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Personal records, season bests at RVC meet
by Norv and Mary Coblentz · Sports · May 11, 2017


The Bears boys track and field team set several personal records and season-best times at the River Valley Conference Meet at Bellevue May 4.


“We were very happy how the kids continued to improve their times and distances,” West Branch Head Coach Taylor Larson said. “We are going to go into districts with a lot of confidence and hopefully perform even better.”

The 4x800 team ran a season-best time of 8:39.18. Team members were Jordan Baldwin, John Yates, Atlas Kolpin, and Ben Thompson “They are seeded number one going into districts,” Larson said.

In the dashes, Brandon Rummelhart ran the 100m dash in 13.16, and Jonathan Wargo finished in 14.27. In the 200m dash, Billy Friis finished in 27.83, and Chris McTaggart finished in 26.70. Jace Gongora ran the 400m dash in 1:09.83, and Barrett Walsh finished with a time of 1:10.43.

Jordan Baldwin ran the 800m in 2:12.05. Zach Thompson finished in 2:22.40.

Atlas Kolpin ran the 1600 in 5:07.65. Will Martin finished the race in 5:33.55.

In the 3200m run, John Muckler finished in 11:07.19. Zach Wright ran a personal-record time of 12:14.94.

Wargo ran a personal-record time of 20.02 in the 110m hurdles. Cooper Kabela finished in 15.65. “Cooper Kabela continues his consistent trend in the 110 high hurdles,” Larson said. “He has done a great job all year, and he is looking really strong going into districts. He placed fourth in the conference meet.”

“Ben Thompson set a personal record in the 400 lows,” Larson said. “He has found a real passion running this race, and we look for big things for him next year in this event.” Jacob Graves finished the race in 1:06.56.

The 4x100 team of Wyatt Goodell, Kabela, Luca Passeri, and Tanner Lukavsky had a season-best time of 46.93 for eighth place.

The 4x200 team of Passeri, Trey Eagle, Lukavsky, and Yates ran a season-best time for eighth place. “They are running well now,” Larson said.

In the 4x400, Ben Kyllingstad, Rummelhart, Friis, and Dakota Kaalberg finished in 4:15.92. Friis’s leg of the race was a season-best time for him.

“Trey Eagle ran a personal record in the 400 of the sprint medley,” Larson said. The team finished with a time of 1:45.65.

“The shuttle hurdle relay team ran a season-best and placed sixth as a team,” Larson said. “they are really improving their time lately and have a chance to qualify for state.”Team members were Kabela, Passeri, Goodell, and Kyllingstad.

In the distance medley race, Jacob Graves set a personal record in his leg of the race. Other team members were Kyllingstad, McTaggart, and Keegan Sotelo. Their combined time was 4:19.23.

Jacob Barnhart set a personal record of 38-10.75 in the shot put. Colton Dietz put the shot 37-01.5.

Cole Tisinger placed fifth in the discus with a personal record throw of 140-01. Cale Donovan had a throw of 112-07.5.

In the long jump, Luke Lenoch jumped 18-04, and Rummelhart jumped 14.



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West Branch results: 100m dash: Wyatt Goodale 7th 12.30, Jace Gongora 13.41. 200m dash: John Yates 4th 25.11, Billy Friis 27.55; 400m dash: Chris McTaggert 3rd 58.46. Connor Norfleet 1:21.17. 800m run: Will Martin 3rd 2:23.08, Keegan Sotelo 2:25.91. 110m hurdles: Cooper Kabela 1st 15.42; Jonathan Wargo 6th 20.66. 1600m run: John Muckler 5th 5:08.37. Zach Thompson 5:17.00. 3200m run: Zach Wright 12:30.84; Barrett Walsh 12:37.52. 400m hurdles: Ben Thompson 1:04.55. Jacob Graves 1:05.56. Discus: Cole Tisinger 3rd 131-04; Cale Donovan 6th 120-06. High jump: Jonathan Wargo 5th 5-05.00; Long jump: Brandon Rummelhart 14-08.75; Jace Gongora 13-09.00. Shot put: Jacob Barnhart 5th 38-02. Colton Dietz 37-04.00. 4x100: 5th Wyatt Goodale, Cooper Kabela, Luca Passeri, Tanner Lukavsky 47.28. 4x100 Weight person: 4th Colton Dietz, Cale Donovan, Chris Mahan, Matthew Rummelhart 57.97. 4x200: 1:54.10 Jonathan Wargo, Ben Kyllingstad, Brandon Rummelhart, Dakota Kaalberg. 4x800: 1st 8:54.53 Jordan Baldwin, John Yates, Atlas Kolpin, Ben Thompson. Shuttle hurdle relay: 3rd 1:07.46 Kabela, Passeri, Kyllingstad, Jacob Graves. Sprint medley: 3rd: 1:44.41 Wyatt Goodale, Passeri, Tanner Lukavsky, Trey Eagle. Distance medley: 2nd 4:06.08 Lukavsky, Ben Thompson, Trey Eagle, Jordan Baldwin.

Team scores: 1) West Burlington-Notre Dame 134, 2) West Liberty 102, 3) Wapello 89, 4) Wilton 81, 5) West Branch 72, 6) Columbus Community 63, 7) Durant 43