Jana Sandova and Jennifer Palmer of Ottumwa qualified for the Class 2A girls state singles tennis tournament starting May 29th at Ames. The top seeded foreign exchange student Sandova did not drop a set in reaching the championship match where she won by injury default over the unseeded Bulldog due to illness. Palmer got there with 3 wins including upsets of the 2nd and 3rd seeded players.
Ottumwa had Torrie Centeno and Kayla Wagner finish 3rd in the doubles topping the Bullodgs other duo of Laura Schwenk and Ashley Owens 6-3 in both sets of their final match this season. Both were downed by girls from West Des Moines Valley in the semifinal round.
Area State Track Results From The Opening Day
The boys and girls coed state track meet is continuing through tomorrow at Des Moines. Here are the placings for area athletes yesterday:
Final events-
Taking 4th place
Brad Mosinski of Pekin the 2A boys 400 meter dash in 50.16
Fairfield's Maryn Fulton the 3A girls high jump clearing 5-3
Dennis Halverson of Van Buren the 1A boys 400 with a clocking of 50.37
Finishing 5th
Davis County's Amanda Wakelin the 3A girls 400 in 59.21
Danielle Fry of Fairfield the 3A girls discus with a throw of 121-6
7th
Van Buren's Brock Caves the 1A boys 400 in 51.48
8th
Fairfield the 3A girls 4 by 800 featuring Nichole Gevock, Margaret Slechta, Megan Thompson and Brittney Fry in 9:56.15
9th
Jennifer Clubb of Pekin 2A girls shot put 36-11 and a half
Finishing 12th
Clint Utter of Ottumwa the 4A boys 400 in 50.72
Pekin the 2A girls 4 by 800 of Kristen Freeman, Annie Jones, Kati Spilman and Emma Nelson clocked at 10:02.56
Taking 13th
Davis County's Sarah Lindemulder the 3A girls high jump 5-0
Ending up 15th
Tyler Crouse of Pekin the 2A boys shot out 46-10 and 3/4
16th
Fairfield's Amanda Melcher the 3A girls 3000 in 11:28.13
17th
Amy Horras from Pekin the 2A girls shot put with a toss of 34-7
18th
Davis County 3A girls 4 by 800 including Wakelin, Mary Leer, Felica Shunk and Katie Graves in 10:16.22
19th
Pekin the 2A boys 4 by 800 of Bryce Millikin, Cody Millikin, Derek Robison and Brady Lamb in 8:33.61
20th
Brooke Barclift of Van Buren the 1A girls long jump 14-11 and a half
22nd
Van Buren the 1A boys 4 by 800 with Grant Ledger, Brad Goehring, Zach Wenke and Lucas Sandry in 8:49.36
David Pedrick of Van Buren the 1A boys 3200 in 10:52.34
Van Buren's Catie Renken the 2A shot put with a toss of 30-11
23rd
Pekin's Jason Schultz the 2A boys shot put with a distance of 41-6
24th
Maharishi School the 1A boys 4 by 800 of Michael Dearborn, Peter Arnold, David Boyle and Lane Weaver in 8:57.25
Prelims
Events that made the final-
Halverson from Van Buren the 1A boys 200 with fastest time of 22.51
Pekin the 2A boys shuttle hurdle relay made up by Brady Lamb, Kaleb Watson, Kelly Graham and Mosinski with 4th best clocking of 58.28
Will Wellington of Fairfield the 3A boys 200 with 6th best time of 22.68
Not reaching the finals
Wellington the defending champion of 3A boys 100 missed out by .12 with the 9th fastest time of 11.46
Sarah Yeager from Cardinal the 1A girls 100 had the 10th best time of 13.12 only .06 from qualifying
Fairfield's Libbey Schubert the 3A girls 200 the 10th fastest with a 26.86 that was just .04 short of reaching the final
Sarah Ryan from Ottumwa the 12th best 4A girls 100 time of 13.09, a 10th of second from making the final
Pekin the 2A girls shuttle hurdle relay made up by Allison Shipley, Jessica Deutsch, Erin Mosinski and Jaime Sterling 13th of 24 at 1:07. 84, a second from advancing
Fairfield 13th of 24 in 3A girls shuttle hurdle relay with 1:08.01 from Fulton, Kiersten Vaughan, Chelsey Taylor and Megan Thompson
Ottumwa the 4A girls shuttle hurdle relay featuring Katherine Person, Kendra Spurgeon, Kelsey Kelly-Celania and Kaitlin McElroy 16th in 1:07.97
Ottumwa the 4A boys shuttle hurdle relay of Drake Bittner, Tyler Craff, Jacob Morrissey and Jordan Conley 19th in 1:00.33
Cardinal the 1A girls shuttle hurdle relay featuring Crystal Aschenbrenner, Felisha Durflinger, Jenna Courtney and Yeager 21st clocked at 1:11.99
Jessi Martin of Pekin 22nd the 2A girls 100 in 13.88
The state track schedule is available on the boys Athletic Association www.iahsaa.org or girls Athletic Union www.ighsau.org websites.
Fairfield's Rachele Petit 1st In Regional Tennis
Top seeded Rachele Petit of Fairfield took the singles championship of the Class 1A regional tennis tournament the Trojans hosted yesterday. The only set she lost while taking 4 wins was against Katie Schulte from Keokuk in the final. Petit will compete in the state tournament at Decorah May 29th.
In the 3rd set, she trailed 4-5 and had to fight off 2 match points before Schulte suffered an ankle injury and had to default when they were tied at 5 games apiece.
Bonnie Carter and Sheila Higgins of Maharishi School advanced to the 1A state doubles tournament taking 2nd in the Fairfield regional yesterday. The top seeded Pioneers had 3 straight set wins before falling to a duo from Centerville 1-6, 1-6 in the championship match. Fairfield's Kim Thorn and Megan Proctor were 3rd after falling to the eventual champions in the semifinal round.
Fairfield Nipped By Mt. Pleasant In Soccer
The Fairfield soccer team dropped a 1-0 season ending Class 1A substate game against the host Panthers at Mount Pleasant yesterday. The only goal was scored with about 30 seconds left in regulation. Mount Pleasant will now face Columbus Junction tomorrow.
Boys District Golf Taking Place Today
Boys district golf tournaments are going on today and include 3 area teams:
Class 3A-
Fairfield on the Copper Creek course hosted by Norwalk at Pleasant Hill
Class 2A-
Van Buren at North Liberty hosted by Mid-Prairie on the Quail Creek course
Class 1A-
Maharishi School on the Pleasant Valley course at Iowa City hosted by Lone Tree
The top 2 teams and 4 individuals qualify for state from each district. If a host school is 1st or 2nd, the 3rd place team also will advance.
Fairfield Hosting Tennis Tomorrow
Class 1A boys substate tennis in Fairfield tomorrow will have:
Maharishi School meeting on Grinnell at the MUM courts
Keokuk faces Pella at the Fairfield Middle School
Both of those start at 9 and the winners play in the afternoon on the MUM courts for a spot in the final 4
Class 1A girls regional semifinal at 1 tomorrow-
Maharishi School goes against Centerville at the Fairfield Middle School
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