The Southeast Valley boys hosted their own two class Boys’ Relays in Gowrie on Tuesday, April 15^th. The Jaguars also had two teams competing. In the class A division, Southeast Valley was able to finish 4^th overall, scoring 84 points. Webster City won the meet with 132 points. Roland Story was 2^nd with 117 points and Madrid was third with 99 points.

               In the class A division, the Jaguars were led by winning four of the relays and taking second in a fifth. The sprint medley team of Dreyvon Steadman, Bryce Harrison, Kayden Showers and Alex Burger ran the fourth fastest time in school history in a 1:39.35. Casey Hanson, Bryce Harrison, Owen Nuss and Lincoln Akins took 1^st in the distance medley with a time of 4:04.66. Alex, Bryce, Logan and Colin took gold medal honors in the 4 x 400m relay with a time of 3:42.02.

Winning the 4 x 100m relay in a season best time of 44.42 was Dreyvon, Bryce, Kayden and Logan. Dreyvon, Alex, Kayden and Logan took silver in the 4 x 200m relay with a school history best time of 1:33.73. 

               Individually, Kayden Showers was the top finisher, taking 2^nd place in the 100m dash in a time of 11.21, while teammate Dreyvon Steadman was 4^th in a time of 11.23. Those times were 2^nd and 3^rd fastest in school history respectively. Kolton Ollinger picked up a pair of individual bronze medals in the long jump with a jump of 17’ 11.75” and in the 400m dash with a time of 55.91. Casey Hanson also took 3^rd place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.16.

               Deegan Brandel was 5^th in the discus (122’ 2”) and set a PR in the shot put (33’ 8.25”). Colin Johnson 6^th place finish in the 200m dash was a season best of 24.36 and Lincoln Akins took 6^th in the 1600m run with a season best of 5:03.95. Ethan Tucker also had a 2:20.02 season best in the open 800m run.

               In class B, Southeast Valley, ran a primarily JV team against four other schools varsity teams and three other schools JV team. The class B team finished 3^rd in the team standings behind GTRA’s varsity team who won the meet with 140 points, followed by the Roland-Story JV team with 78 points.

               Ian Brunner was the top finisher for the Jaguars with a throw of 38’ 1.5” in the shot put which was far enough for second place. A plethora of 3^rd place finishes for the class B team paced the Jaguars. Third place finishes for the Class B team were Logan Jaeschke was in the 100m dash (11.64), Caden Kaltschnee (400m, 1:03.28), Landon Vote (800m, 2:30.10), and Keelan Wellman (400m Hurdles, 1:02.68). Keelan’s time in the 400m hurdles was a freshman school record.

               Three relays also took 3^rd place. They were the 4 x 200m relay team of Jacob Paterson, Leo Rameriz, Jaiden Johnson, Keelan Wellman. The 4 x 100m relay team of Jacob Paterson, Leo Rameriz, Jaiden Johnson, Riley Fawcett and the 4 x 400m relay team of Drew Dorsey, Landon Vote, Trennis Stevens, and Logan Bintz.

               Blaise Echevarria was 4^th in the 400m dash with a season best of 1:03.31 and also the 800m run. Jaiden Johnson’s season best jump of 15’ 10.5” in the long jump was also 4^th while Jake Paterson jumped a season best of 15’ 9” to take 5^th. Trennis Stevens was 5^th in the 110m high hurdles. 6^th place finishes were Kyle Eastman in the discus (96’ 11” PR) and Caden Kaltschnee in the 1600m run (6:46.66)

               The Jaguars will compete in their home coed invitational on Tuesday, April 22^nd before heading to Newell on Friday, April 25^th.