The Pella boys track and field team won a highly competitive battle to claim first place in the 2025 Little Hawkeye Conference championship. The Dutch have won their 10th league crown since 2010, and did so in a narrow team score race with Indianola, Newton, and Norwalk.
Team score standings:
Pella – 160.83
Indianola – 147.5
Newton – 115.5
Norwalk – 106.83
DCG – 83
Pella Christian – 21.33
Oskaloosa – 8
Pella’s individual titles included:
110 Hurdles – Logan VanDenBroek (14.58)
400 Meters – Harrison Mullens (48.49)
800 Meters – Canaan Dunham (1:58.03)
1600 Meters – Canaan Dunham (4:15.94)
3200 Meters – Canaan Dunham (9:28.5)
Sprint Medley Relay – H. Tallman, L. Pleima, R. Rhamy, H. Mullens (1:32.97)
Indianola fought hard down the stretch to push the Dutch in the standings, and also had their share of individual league title winners:
400 Hurdles – Easton McGraw (54.7)
Discus – Aiden Curtis (173-05)
4×100 Relay – R. Hilton, V. Anderson, A. Brueck, N. Bradley (42.57)
Newton continued their impressive 2025 campaign and showed their strong corps of sprinters and throwers along the way. Individual Cardinal conference titles included:
100 Meters – Caden Klein (10.67)
200 Meters – Caden Klein (21.55)
High Jump – Isaiah Hansen (6-4)
Shot Put – Nick Milburn (55-7.25)
4×200 Relay – N. Thomason, R. Trease, A. Yahia, C. Ergenbright (1:28.24)
4×400 Relay – A. Yahia, C. Ergenbright, N. Thomason, C. Klein (3:23.04)
Logan Atherton of Norwalk highlighted the Warriors evening with a long jump title, clearing 21-7.25. The Warriors also claimed a Little Hawkeye Conference crown in the boys distance medley relay (3:33.72 – K. Borcherding-Johnson, E. Robbins, T. Koerselman, T. Anania).
Pella Christian’s best finish of the night came from Landon Fransman in the high jump, placing 3rd at 6-2.