Battling with the obligations of prom, the Pella High boys’ and girls’ track and field teams each were runners-up at the Oskaloosa Invitational on Saturday. The Little Dutch fell by just nine points, 147 – 138, to Williamsburg. Pella went 1 – 2 in the long jump, discus, and shot put. Michael Buma added a gold in the 400 meter hurdles, and a silver in the 110 high hurdles. The girls scored 145 to Oskaloosa’s 173, also shorthanded due to prom plus the ACT testing on Saturday morning. Pella had eight different events take first place; Annika Pingel won the 100 and 200 meter dashes, the 4 x 100, 200, distance medley, and sprint medley relays also finished first. Pella Christian’s boys were first place in the smaller school division. Eddie Pringle won the long and high jumps plus the 200 meter dash, Grant Dunsbergen finished the fastest in the 3200 meters, Ben Diehl won in the 800 meter run, and the 4 x 200 meter relay team outpaced the competition. PC grabbed 114 points, ten more than second-place North Mahaska. The Eagle girls were just 13 points out of first place and settled for second to Sigourney. Lizzy Van Manen was first in the discus throw, Morgan Fopma was victorious in the high jump, the sprint medley, 4 x 100, 200 and 800 meter relays were also first. Full results for all four teams can be found below.
Pella Boys:
Class A
1st Place:
Chase Van Sant Long jump
Tyson Wassenaar Discus
Austin Hill Shot Putt
Michael Buma 400 Hurdles
Medley Relay, Sam Warner, Avery Van Zee, Isaak Webb, Payson VandeLune
2nd Place:
Avery Van Zee Long Jump
Austin Hill Discus
Tyson Wassenaar Shot Putt
Blaise Winegardner 3200
Michael Buma 110 Hurdles
4×200 Relay. Sam Warner, Avery Van Zee, Nathan Henry, Chase Van Sant
4×800 Relay. Adam Sievers
3rd place:
Blaise Winegardner 1600
Class B
1st Place
Drew Van Hauen 400 Hurdles
2nd Place
Sam Warner Long Jump
Micah Hammann 3200
4×200 Relay. Reece Schnell, Nathaniel Robinson, Dalton Chapman, Jordan Buma
3rd Place
Jordan Buma High Jump
Joshua Van Dusseldorp 400
Micah Hammann 1600
Gavin Tierney 800
4×800 Relay, Thomas Gauley, Drew Van Hauen, Gavin Tierney, Dakota Bigbee
4×400 Relay, Gavin Tierney, Thomas Gauley, Colton Oritz, Jordan Buma
Pella Girls:
Team scores
Osky 173
PELLA 145
Albia 78
Ottumwa 73
Bondurant 71
Centerville 27
1st place
Shot Put Kaeleigh DeWaard 33-09
Long Jump Paighton Malek 16-09
100m Annika Pingel 13.41
200m Annika Pingel 27.00
DMR Makenna Goemaat, Maggie Renaud, Erica Halstead, Kelcey Blommers 4:38.95
4×200 Emily Vos, Maggie Renaud, Paighton Malek, Annika Pingel 1:50.57
SMR Maggie Renaud, Paighton Malek, Emily Vos, Annika Pingel 1:56.49
4×100 Journey Reynolds, Maggie Renaud, Paighton Malek, Emily Vos 53.66
2nd Place
4×800 Payton Phelps, Nicole Schnebbe, Erica Halstead, Kelcey Blommers 10:56.77
100m Sara Tallman 14.18
200m Emily Vos 27.89
400m Lindsey Blommers 63.33
400H Sydney Weppler 1:19.79
3rd Place
Shot Put Elisabeth Jansen 32-09.5
800m Jenna Schulte 2:52.49
4×400 Mackenna Goemaat, Sydney Weppler, Erica Halstead, Lindsey Blommers 4:39.42
PC Boys:
Osky Relays 4-9 Boys Results – Osky Relays Boys Results
PC Girls:
Osky Relays 4-9 Girls Results – Osky Relays Girls Results