Forest City wins conference track meet, coach, and athlete of the year

 

 

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The spring sports postseason started last night with conference track meets across the state. Eagle Grove hosted the TIC West meet. Bishop Garrigan led from start to finish for the title on the girls’ side, but Forest City’s Lillian Nelson dominated the long-distance races. 

 

Nelson won the 800 in 2:34.45, 1500 in 5:32.17, and 3000 m in 12:26.53. 

West Hancock’s Kennedy Kelly has always dreamed of winning a conference title, and she did so last night, winning the 400m hurdle race in 1:12.11. 

 

Kelly also helped the shuttle hurdle relay finish in second place. 

On the boys’ side, it was all Forest City all night long. The Indians had their streak of three straight conference titles snapped in 2019, there wasn’t a meet in 2020, and in 2021, the Indians were on a mission. 

Xavier Holland helped by scoring points in a host of races, including winning the 400m race in 53.01. 

 

Holland scored the most points for Forest City; he also won the high jump, finished second in the 100m, and third in the 200m. 

Forest City won the team title by scoring 174.50 points, 96.50 more points than second-place West Hancock. 

Forest City coach Brian Hovenga was excited to be back on top. 

The title is Forest City’s fourth in the past five competition years. Since 2010, Forest City has won half of the conference meets.

 

Hovenga was also named the conference coach of the year; he was choked up and speechless when asked about it. He just pointed at the team while they finished their victory lap. 

Indian senior Elijah Weaver was named the conference athlete of the year. 

Weaver scored the second-most points to help Forest City win behind Holland, who scored the most. Weaver won conference titles in the 110m hurdles and high jump. He finished second in the 400 m hurdles and was on the team that got third in the shuttle hurdles.

Full team results and top-5 Individual and relay results are below. The boys’ results are first followed by the girls’.

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Team results

Boys

400m Hurdles

1	Kaleb Carlson	Belmond Klemme	59.52	10.00
2	Elijah Weaver	Forest City	1:00.16	8.00
3	Carter Anderson	North Union	1:00.96	6.00
4	Kaleb Umbaugh	Forest City	1:01.00	4.00
5	Dalton Thorson	Lake Mills	1:01.68	2.00

Discus

1	Mathew Francis	West Hancock	122-04	10.00
2	Wyatt Helming	Lake Mills	121-05	8.00
3	Nate Bronk	50511	120-08	6.00
4	Alex Bartz	Belmond Klemme	118-04	4.00
5	Brayden Lindeman	Lake Mills	116-07.50	2.00

High Jump

1	Elijah Weaver	Forest City	6-00.00	10.00
2	Michael Olson	Forest City	6-00.00	8.00
3	Carter Anderson	North Union	5-08.00	6.00
4	Bradan Gabrielson	Belmond Klemme	5-08.00	4.00
5	Nolan Vaske	West Hancock	5-06.00	2.00

 

Long Jump

1	Xavier Holland	Forest City	20-04.75	10.00
2	Logan Sabin	North Iowa	19-09.75	8.00
3	Devion Moore	Ghv	19-09.00	6.00
4	Cole Schisel	West Hancock	18-00.25	3.00
4	Collin Casey	50511	18-00.25	3.00

 

Shot Put

1	Kaden Hagy	Forest City	49-04.25	10.00
2	Seth Hermanson	Lake Mills	43-01.00	8.00
3	Logan Nemmers	50511	39-08.25	6.00
4	Alex Bartz	Belmond Klemme	39-05.25	4.00
5	Carter Winters	Ghv	39-02.50	2.00

4×100

1	Lake Mills	46.12	10.00	Runners
2	Forest City	46.81	8.00	Runners
3	West Hancock	46.89	6.00	Runners
4	BG	47.98	4.00	Runners

4×200

1	Belmond Klemme	1:37.70	10.00	Runners
2	West Hancock	1:37.92	8.00	Runners
3	Forest City	1:38.38	6.00	Runners

 

4×400

1	West Hancock	3:38.56	10.00	Runners
2	Belmond Klemme	3:39.35	8.00	Runners
3	Eagle Grove	3:42.36	6.00	Runners
4	Forest City	3:42.51	4.00	Runners
5	50511	3:44.64	2.00	Runners

4×800

1	Lake Mills	8:51.36	10.00	Runners
2	Forest City	8:57.21	8.00	Runners
3	BG	9:16.63	6.00	Runners
4	North Iowa	9:33.63	4.00	Runners
5	West Hancock	9:53.52	2.00	Runners

Shuttle Hurdle

1

West Hancock

1:05.24

10.00

2

Lake Mills

1:06.75

8.00

Runners

 

Team Scores

1	Bghs	137.00	Point Breakdown
2	Forest City	124.00	Point Breakdown
3	West Hancock	69.00	Point Breakdown
4	North Union	66.50	Point Breakdown
5	EG Girls	56.00	Point Breakdown
6	Belmond-Klemme	49.00	Point Breakdown
7	Lake Mills	38.00	Point Breakdown
8	North Iowa	27.00	Point Breakdown
9	Ghv	22.50	Point Breakdown

Individual Results

100m

1	Ayden Feske	EG Girls	13.12	10.00
2	Molly Joyce	Bghs	13.35	8.00
3	Reagan Murphy	Bghs	13.49	6.00
4	Shelby Goepel	West Hancock	13.59	4.00
5	Aleah Brown	Ghv	13.70	2.00

200m

1	Allison Barrus	Belmond-Klemme	27.48	10.00
2	Jayln Hovenga	Forest City	27.89	8.00
3	Abbie Capesius	Bghs	28.15	6.00
4	Maddie Blomgren	EG Girls	28.40	4.00
5	Taylor Ingledue	Lake Mills	28.67	2.00

400m

1	Gracie Elsbecker	Bghs	1:04.39	10.00
2	Keevan Jones	Forest City	1:06.09	8.00
3	Hannah Good	Forest City	1:07.19	6.00
4	Gretta Gouge	Ghv	1:07.20	4.00
5	Rebecca Hofmann	North Iowa	1:11.69	2.00

800m

1	Lili Nelson	Forest City	2:34.45	10.00
2	Keevan Jones	Forest City	2:34.91	8.00
3	Lily Henderson	North Union	2:37.37	6.00
4	Lea Friedl	EG Girls	2:41.94	4.00
5	Miriam Beenken	North Iowa	2:44.96	2.00

100m Hurdles

1	Ella Stene	Lake Mills	16.02	10.00
2	Molly Joyce	Bghs	16.13	8.00
3	Anna Longhenry	North Union	16.54	6.00
4	Kylie Anderson	Ghv	16.96	4.00
5	Lorelei Cash	Ghv	17.64	1.50

1500m

1	Lili Nelson	Forest City	5:32.17	10.00
2	Keevan Jones	Forest City	5:35.55	8.00
3	Miriam Beenken	North Iowa	5:42.07	6.00
4	Chloe Mullenbach	Ghv	5:49.62	4.00
5	Lauren Swift	Bghs	6:02.18	2.00

3000m

1	Lili Nelson	Forest City	12:26.53	10.00
2	Miriam Beenken	North Iowa	12:43.19	8.00
3	Hannah Morphew	North Union	13:28.59	6.00
4	Emily Dawson	EG Girls	14:11.93	4.00
5	Valerie Torres	Belmond-Klemme	14:28.47	2.00

 

400m Hurdles

1	Kennedy Kelly	West Hancock	1:12.11	10.00
2	Emma Grandgenett	Bghs	1:15.11	8.00
3	Reese Rosenmeyer	Bghs	1:15.87	6.00
4	Alexis Anderson	Lake Mills	1:18.87	4.00
5	Beth Strueber	North Union	1:21.77	2.00

 

Discus

1	Audi Crooks	Bghs	107-03	10.00
2	Ann Horstman	West Hancock	91-11	8.00
3	Addie Buseman	Belmond-Klemme	90-07	6.00
4	Isabel Casey	Bghs	87-06	4.00
5	Kit Byars	Lake Mills	86-01	2.00

 

High Jump

1	Samantha Nielsen	North Union	5-00.00	10.00
2	Kenedie Gabrielson	Belmond-Klemme	4-10.00	8.00
3	Shae Dillavou	Forest City	4-08.00	5.00
3	Reese Rosenmeyer	Bghs	4-08.00	5.00
5	Nadia Kaiser	EG Girls	4-08.00	2.00

 

Long Jump

1	Molly Joyce	Bghs	17-01.75	10.00
2	Ayden Feske	EG Girls	14-08.00	8.00
3	Shelby Goepel	West Hancock	14-05.00	6.00
4	Quinn Harle	West Hancock	14-02.75	4.00
5	Madison Barrus	Belmond-Klemme	14-01.75	2.00

 

Shot Put

1	Audi Crooks	Bghs	41-07.75	10.00
2	Leah Kramersmeier	North Iowa	38-02.00	8.00
3	Carlee Bruns	West Hancock	33-09.50	6.00
4	Olivia Merrill	North Union	33-01.75	4.00
5	Justine Olson	EG Girls	33-01.50	2.00

4×100

1	EG Girls	52.69	10.00	Runners
2	Forest City	53.43	8.00	Runners
3	North Union	53.88	6.00	Runners
4	Lake Mills	53.96	4.00	Runners
5	West Hancock	54.43	2.00	Runners

4×200

1	Forest City	1:52.53	10.00	Runners
2	West Hancock	1:53.78	8.00	Runners
3	Bghs	1:53.81	6.00	Runners
4	Belmond-Klemme	1:56.06	4.00	Runners
5	North Union	1:59.70	2.00	Runners

4×400

1	Bghs	4:21.01	10.00	Runners
2	West Hancock	4:24.62	8.00	Runners
3	Forest City	4:26.81	6.00	Runners
4	Belmond-Klemme	4:31.56	4.00	Runners
5	North Union	4:43.66	2.00	Runners

 

4×800

1	Forest City	11:09.22	10.00	Runners
2	North Union	11:19.00	8.00	Runners
3	Bghs	11:36.23	6.00	Runners
4	Lake Mills	11:59.15	4.00	Runners
5	Ghv	12:38.21	2.00	Runners

 

Shuttle Hurdle

1	Bghs	1:09.86	10.00	Runners
2	West Hancock	1:13.91	8.00	Runners

3

North Union

1:14.18

6.00

Runners

4

Ghv

1:14.36

4.00

Runners

5

Lake Mills

1:20.35

2.00

Runners

Sprint Medley

1	Bghs	2:00.23	10.00	Runners
2	Forest City	2:01.06	8.00	Runners
3	Belmond-Klemme	2:01.09	6.00	Runners
4	Lake Mills	2:04.81	4.00	Runners
5	North Union	2:11.19	2.00	Runner

 

Distance Medley

1	EG Girls	4:39.98	10.00	Runners
2	Forest City	4:40.50	8.00	Runners
3	North Union	5:04.54	6.00	Runners
4	Belmond-Klemme	5:08.06	4.00	Runners
5	West Hancock	5:21.42	2.00	Runners

 

 

Zarren Egesdal is the sports director for Coloff Media radio stations KIOW and KHAM. He can be reached daily at [email protected] or 641-585-1073. Do you have a story idea? Feel free to contact him. Zarren is an award-winning journalist providing coverage to all area schools. Throughout the year, you will hear Zarren calling games as the ‘voice of the Forest City Indians’ on KIOW (107.3), the Indians flagship station.