Edmunds County Tribune -

Ipswich swept its own varsity invitational track and field meet last Thursday, on the varsity side, while the youthful Tiger thinclad boys were able to capture their middle-school results as well. (But the Ipswich middle-school girls' team would end up second only to Warner.)

Overall team depth would play a role in both varsity wins as well as some outstanding individual performances. The IHS boys overpowered runners-up Northwestern 233.75 to 151.5 and the Lady Tigers would top second-place Aberdeen Roncalli 209 to 164.

Ty Kadlec would once again sweep the sprints winning both the 100 and the 200 in :10.99 and :22.45, respectively. And teammate Carson Gohl finished second in both instances - :11.22 and :23.10, respectively. And for good measure Colby Sylte was a close third in both cases.

Maxwell Kulesa earned a 800-meter run win with a 2:08.54 clocking. Teammate Ian Beyers was second in 2:11.22. And Kulesa would add a second-place 1600-meter run effort that afternoon in 4:58.90. Carson Geditz would win the 110-meter hurdles in just under 16 seconds and was second in the longer hurdles in :43.58. And Tyler Hettich added a 5-08.00 high jump win.

Gohl, Sylte, Heinz and Kadlec teamed up for a 4x100 relay victory in :46.67. And Zach Geditz would win both throwing events, the shot put in 44-03.25 and the discus spin measured at 131-03. A teammate Lucas Roland was second in the iron ball competition at 44-00.75.

Rasmus Loken added a 9-06.00 pole vault win with Brody Davis second at 9-00.00 And Sylte was second in the triple-jump outcome at 38-10.50.

Now for the girls. They definitely had a balanced team effort. But Madisyn Gellhaus won the 800-meter run in 2:38.25. And so did Marley Guthmiller in the pole vault with a winning 9-06.00 leap. Quincy Olivier was second there in 8-06.00.

Several seconds would definitely bolster their team total that afternoon. Guthmiller was second in the 100-meter hurdles in :19.15, So was Gracyn Kadlec in the 3200-meter run in 12:46.51.

Gracie Lange was second in the high jump at 4-09.00 and also second in the long jump at 15-00.25. Yet another individual second would come from Ashley Ptacek in the triple jump at 30-09.25.

And the Lady Tigers would augment their individual efforts with some awesome relay performances led by a first in the 4x100 at :55.59. Those runners would be Brianna Geditz, Ptacek, Kathryn Kilber and Vanesa Diaz.

Ipswich was second in the 4x400 ran by Ptacek, Guthmiller, Gabby Wald and Diaz in 4:31.67. The 4x800 foursome also finished second in 11:05.77 (Emily DeRaad, Kadlec, Wald and Ashlinn Hartwell).

Other Top Eighters:

BOYS

200 Meters: 6, Turner Thorson, 24.34; 7, Trevor Beyers, 24.51; 8, Tyler Hettich, 25.03

400 Meters: 3, Turner Thorson, 55.32

800 Meters: 6, Taylor Thorson, 2:23.05

1600 Meters: 3, Ian Beyers, 5:02.43; 8, Dylan Wald, 5:16.87

3200 Meters: 3, Dylan Wald, 11:46.52

300m Hurdles: 4, Rasmus Loken, 46.41

4x400 Relay: 3, Ipswich A, 3:44.54; 7, Ipswich B, 4:16.37

4x800 Relay: 3, Ipswich A, 9:41.59

Shot Put: 5, Jordan Nierman, 40-05.50

Discus: 3, Jordan Nierman, 103-11

High Jump: 4, Zach Reuschlein, 5-04.00

Pole Vault: 4, Austin Rawden, 6-00.00

GIRLS

100 Meters: 4, Brianna Geditz, 14.02; 5, Gracie Lange, 14.17; 7, Reaghan Bowers, 14.43

200 Meters: 3, Ashley Ptacek, 28.83; 5, Gabby Wald, 30.07; 6, Josie Knutson, 30.45; 7, Kathryn Kilber, 31.17; 8, Quincy Olivier, 31.54

800 Meters: 3, Ashlinn Hartwell, 2:56.81; 5, Madison Geditz, 3:16.08

1600 Meters: 3, Madisyn Gellhaus, 5:47.80; 7, Baylee Kulesa, 6:56.61

Tena Gibson

Tyler Hettich in high jump action in Ipswich last week.

100m Hurdles: 4, Josie Knutson, 19.57

300m Hurdles: 3, Marley Guthmiller, 51.30; 5, Josie Knutson, 54.48

4x200 Relay: 4, Ipswich A, 2:02.29

4x400 Relay: 4, Ipswich B, 5:02.54

Medley Relay: 3, Ipswich A 5:05.10

Shot Put: 3, Karlie Gohl, 26-09.00

Discus: 4, Karlie Gohl, 70-08

Pole Vault: 3, Jalyssa Hutson, 8-00.00; 4, Kaitlyn Williams, 8:00.00; 5, Kathryn Kilber, 8-00.00

Long Jump: 4, Jayda Gisi, 13-01.50

Triple Jump: 5, Jayda Gisi, 27-04.50