NM Girls Fourth at SICL Championships
MARENGO – Sophomore Emmerson Jedlicka and freshman Nataliya Linder picked up individual wins to help the North Mahaska girls track team to a fourth place finish at the South Iowa Cedar League championships the past week. English Valleys took the top spot with 115 points with Lynnville-Sully and HLV tying for second with 113. NM scored 101.5.
Jedlicka won the 3,000 meters in 11 minutes 53.74 seconds and took second in the 1,500 in 5:30.13. Linder captured the long jump with a leap of 16-feet 2-inches and teammate Abby Van Weelden was eight with a jump of 13-8. Jayden Hiner was second in the high jump with a jump of 4-10.
Ally Steil was second in the 800 meters in 2:34.76 and Ava Huffman was eighth in 2:43.38.
The sprint medley team of Regan Grewe, Kieren Perez, Addison Terpstra and Kayla Readshaw was runnerup in 2:02.53. Van Weelden, Amber Knockel, Huffam and Steil was second in the 3,200-meter relay in 11:00.68.
The final runnerup spot came in the 1,600-meter relay with Steil, Alivia Schock, Linder and Readshaw covering the distance in 4:17.35.
The Warhawks finished fourth in the 400-meter and the 800-meter relays in 54.69 and 1:59.15 respectively. Readshaw was fourth in the 400 in 1:06.09 and Sydney Andersen was fourth in the shot with a put of 33-9.
Linder ran fifth in the 400 hurdles in 1:15.95. Addison Terpstra was seventh in the 200 in 29.20 and Perez was seventh in the 100 in 14.26.
North Mahaska will compete in the district meet at Sigourney on Thursday for a spot in the state championships.
Team Scores: 1. English Valleys 115; 2. Tie, Lynnville-Sully, HLV, 113; 4. North Mahaska 101.5; 5. Iowa Valley 59.5; 6. Belle Plaine 55; 7. Tie, Sigourney, Montezuma 52; 9. Colfax-Mingo 43.5; 10. BGM 15.5; 11. Keota 13.
