May 06, 2008 12:30 am
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DES MOINES — The Ottumwa track squads headed to Des Moines East on Monday and took part in the CIML Metro Conference meet.
The Bulldogs boys finished third with 87 points and the Ottumwa girls team wound up fifth with 59 points.
Des Moines Roosevelt swept the meet.
The highlight of the evening for Bulldog fans was the boys 400 dash as Ottumwa occupied the top two spots.
The race was about as close as it could get as juniors Clint Utter and Tim Easton dueled to see who would cross the finish line first.
Utter prevailed with a winning time of 51.43, to Easton’s 51.47.
“It was nice to see the red and white cross the finish line 1-2,” said Ottumwa head coach Jim Nickerson. “It was a great race.”
Easton also finished second in the high jump with a leap of 5-10.
Ottumwa senior Jordan Conley finished second in the 110 hurdles (15.28).
Ottumwa’s shuttle hurdle relay team of Cody Houk, Tyler Craff, Jacob Morrissey and Conley also finished second. So did OHS’ 4x400 relay, which was comprised of Utter, P.J. Shaeffer, Arnoldo Montoya and Easton.
“It wasn’t our best time in the 4x400, by any means. We were tried to get as many points as we could and ran our guys in as many things as possible. We did the right thing,” said Nickerson.
Ottumwa freshman Sarah Ryan placed second in the long jump with a leap of 16-2.75.
Ottumwa’s 4x800 relay of Courtney Wagner, Michelle Gray, Victoria Swanstrom and Liz Rosales Heilmann ran to a runner-up time of 11:09.21.
Ottumwa’s shuttle hurdle relay of Katherine Person, Kendra Spurgeon, Kelsey Kelly-Celania and Kaitlin McElroy ran a very respectable time of 1:07.58 to finish second. Ottumwa girls head coach Steve Green stated that his Bulldogs lost to a meet record for first place in that event.
Ottumwa freshman Allison Sedore ran three personal-best times in her relay events.
Hoover’s Gretchen Lamar torched the competition in the 100 dash with a blazing time of 11.45. That was just one indication of how the Metro schools have improved over the years.
“The Metro schools have improved immensely with their sprint programs,” said Green. “Quite frankly we don’t have enough depth this year to go after teams like that.”
Ottumwa competes at the Class 4A District/Regional meet on Friday in Ankeny.
CIML Metro Meet
at Des Moines East High School
Monday, May 5, 2008
Boys
Team scores — 1. Des Moines Roosevelt 140; 2. Des Moines East 131; 3. Ottumwa 87; 4. Des Moines Hoover 74; 5. Des Moines North 62; 6. Des Moines Lincoln 26.
Ottumwa Results
Shot put — 3. Kurt Hopkins (O) 45.5; 5. Rupe (O) 44-4.5.
Discus — 4. Chris Rupe (O) 135-3.
High jump — 2. Tim Easton (O) 5-10.
3,200 run — 5. Kevin Lewis (O) 10:41.43.
110 hurdles — 2. Conley (O) 15.28.
4x800 — 3. Ottumwa 8:44.14 (Jesse Hinebaugh, Jimmy Bates, Garrett Crosby, Arnoldo Montoya).
200 dash — 4. Easton (O) 23.12; 6. Utter (O) 23.54.
4x200 — 4. Ottumwa 1:34.81 (Victor Salcido, Nathan Phillips, P.J. Shaeffer, Alex Kelly).
400 dash — 1. Clint Utter (O) 51.43; 2. Easton (O) 51.47.
400 hurdles — 4. John Lawrence (O) 59.85; 5. Drake Bittner (O) 60.58.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay — 2. Ottumwa 1:00.87 (Cody Houk, Tyler Craff, Jacob Morrissey, Jordan Conley).
Distance Medley — 4. Ottumwa 3:56.18 (Salcido, Phillips, Kelly, Hinebaugh).
4x100 — 5. Ottumwa 47.01 (Salcido, Phillips, Alex Stevens, Mark Estes).
4x400 — 2. Ottumwa 3:30.21 (Utter, Shaeffer, Montoya, Easton).
Girls
Team scores — 1. Des Moines Roosevelt 197.75; 2. Des Moines Hoover 101.75; 3. Des Moines East 99; 4. Des Moines North 66.75; 5. Ottumwa 59; 6. Des Moines Lincoln 26.75.
Ottumwa Results
Shot put — 6. Reber (O) 29-8.5.
Discus — 5. Whitney Reber (O) 84-8; 6. Shelby Johns (O) 78-2.5.
Long jump — 2. Sarah Ryan (O) 16-2.75.
3,000 run — 3. Svenja Otto (O) 12:11.71.
100 hurdles — 4. Person (O) 15.66.
100 dash — 5. Ryan (O) 13.12.
4x800 — 2. Ottumwa 11:09.21 (Courtney Wagner, Michelle Gray, Victoria Swanstrom, Liz Rosales Heilmann).
200 dash — 6. Spurgeon (O) 27.8.
1,500 run — 4. Wagner (O) 5:39.14; 5. Otto (O) 5:48.68.
4x200 — 4. Ottumwa 1:56.3 (A. Pope, Sedore, Kelly-Celania, Presley Caldwell).
Sprint Medley — 4. Ottumwa 2:04.52 (Person, Kelly-Celania, Sedore, Nicole Morrow).
Shuttle Hurdle Relay — 2. Ottumwa 1:07.58 (Katherine Person, Kendra Spurgeon, Kelsey Kelly-Celania, Kaitlin McElroy).
Distance Medley — 4. Ottumwa 4:58.3 (Akiya Pope, Allison Sedore, Swanstrom, Wagner).
800 run — 5. Gray (O) 2:47.37.
4x100 — 4. Ottumwa 54.02 (Person, Spurgeon, Kelly-Celania, A. Pope).
4x400 — 5. Ottumwa 4:34.37 (McElroy, A. Pope, Gray, Swanstrom).
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