Personal Bests Reached at Meet of Legends

On Tuesday, April 20, 2024, the Spartans traveled south to Burke, to participate in the Meet of Legends. What seemed to be the right choice in terms of weather, as we saw dark clouds and rainbows to the north of us, turned on us as the front moved in once we arrived at Burke. The flag that once hung downwards on the pole, soon flew perpendicular to the pole as the westerly winds gusted. After a short delay for lightning on the track, the meet went on and the Spartans did their best to shine, despite Mother Nature’s efforts to dampen the day.

In the protected grove of trees, the throwers let loose some personal bests. In discus, Avery Orth threw her personal best 88’ 10” for 6th place. Anna Arhart also hit a personal best of 88’ 4” to land her in 7th place. Brooklyn Caffee threw 66’ 6” and Lily Roesler threw 45’ 5”. While the ladies were throwing discus, the boys threw out of the shot-put ring. Robbie Hine led the Spartans with his toss of 36’ 6.5”; Grady Gan threw 35’ 10”; Holden Jackson threw 30’ 6.5” and Jaspur Gran threw 28’ 9”. As the boys and girls swapped rings, Robbie threw 110’ 8” in the discus to land in 5th place. Also throwing discus, Branden Flowers, 91’ 1” for a personal best; Grady Gran, 93’ 5”, and Jaspur Gran threw 67’ 2”. Both Avery & Anna placed in the shot put for the Spartans. Anna threw a season best of 31’ 2” to land in 5th place. Senior, Avery Orth threw 39’ 5” to not only set the meet record, which she broke last year at this meet, but she improved her distance up on the school’s record board.

Brock Krueger went over 5’10” on the high jump bar for 3rd place. He then jumped 37’ 3.5” into the sand at triple jump landing in 2nd place. To cap off her day, Avery Orth threw the javelin 78’ 4” for 6th place. Lily Roesler threw the javelin 50’ 5”. Branden Flowers let the javelin go 99’ 0” for a personal best for him. Holden Havlik was unable to throw as he came up injured on the track in the medley relay. This meet does the medley relay first, so teams can run their runners in the open 400 or 800, unlike most meets where they are back-to-back. As previously mentioned, Havlik pulled up injured with a level one tear in his hamstring in the opening leg of medley relay. The girls medley of Kendall Kolousek, Mariah Messmer, Alyssa Grohs, and Kenzie Kolousek finished 4:48.14 for 4th place.

The girls 2-mile relay of Ella Kolousek, Alexis Roesler, Alyssa Grohs, and Masynn Mebius ran 12:02 to cross in 1st place. The boys 2-mile relay of Richard Cardona, Sutten Jensen, Kohen Mebius, and Damien Knippling ran 10:39.31 for 3rd place. Bailey Yost ran 19.26 in the 100m hurdles to cross the line in 7th place. Branden Flowers ran the 110 hurdles in 21.04 for a personal best and 4th place.

Running the 100m dash for the girls: Kenzie Kolousek, 14.22; Kaebry Dixon, 14.74, Brooke Mohling, 15.63; Abi Yost, 16.50; and Brooklyn Caffee, 16.92. Nathan Gaikowski ran 12.62; Holden Jackson ran 14.21; and Haiden Boschee, 14.28. The 800m relay of Londyn Mikkelson, Kendall Kolousek, Mariah Messmer, and Bailey Yost ran 2:03.78. The 800m relay of Nathan Gaikowski, Brock Krueger, Sam Poncelow, and Kater Mebius ran 1:39.92.

The Spartans had three girls and one boy in the mile run. Abby Kolousek ran 6:12.81; Alexis Roesler ran 6:53.01; and Masynn Mebius ran 6:55.44. Sutten Jensen ran 6:20.64. The 400m relay of Londyn Mikkelson, Brooke Mohling, Kaebry Dixon, and Mariah Messmer ran 1:00.32. The boys 4x100 of Nathan Gaikowski, Richard Cardona, Holden Jackson, Branden Flowers ran 52.32.

Running in the 400m dash was Kaebry Dixon, 1:13.90; Kendall Kolousek 1:14.52; Ella Kolousek, 1:16.40; and Kennedy Kolousek, 1:28.07. Sam Poncelow ran his 400 in 58.38; Damien Knippling ran 1:04.80; and Haiden Boschee ran 1:07.37. Bailey Yost ran the 300m hurdles in 1:00.72.

In the 800m run, Alyssa Grohs ran 2:41.27 to cross in 3rd place. Kenzie Kolousek ran 2:51.82 for 5th place. Ella Kolousek ran 3:11.44 and Masynn Mebius ran 3:22.95. Karter Mebius ran his 800 in 2:08.59 for 1st place. Richard Cardona ran 2:20.85 for 5th place. Kohen Mebius ran his 800 in 3:01.78. Running the 200m dash for the Spartans were Kaebry Dixon, 31.64; Bailey Yost, 31.80; Londyn Mikkelson, 32.98; Brooke Mohling, 35.02; and Abi Yost, 37.71. The boys running the 200m dash were Nathan Gaikowski, 26.98; Damien Knippling, 28.35; Haiden Boschee, 30.05; and Holden Jackson, 30.37.

The 2-mile run was brutal in the wind, but three Spartans stepped to the line to face the elements and push through. Abby Kolousek ran 14:09.58 and Alexis Roesler ran 14:24.32. Sutten Jensen ran 13:53.93. The girls’ mile relay with Alyssa Grohs, Kendall Kolousek, Mariah Messmer, and Kenzie Kolousek ran 4:47.79. The boys’ mile relay of Karter Mebius, Richard Cardona, Brock Krueger, and Sam Poncelow ran 3:49.46 for 3rd place.