The Clear Lake Lion track & field team traveled to Hampton last Thursday, May 2, for a North Iowa Conference showdown in which the Lions defended their title to become three-peat conference champions.
NCC Meet
The Lion girls scored a total of 172.5 to beat second place Algona who scored 135.5. St. Edmond scored 92 points to round out the top three.
In fourth was Hampton-Dumont-CAL, Humboldt was fifth, Webster City was sixth, Iowa Fall-Alden seventh and Clarion-Goldfield-Dows was eighth.
The Lions saw plenty of top place finishes. Reese Brownlee finished first in the 400 meter dash in a time of 59.58.
Anna Feuerbach finished first in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:25.45, followed by Addie Doughan in third with a time of 2:30.1.
Doughan came back to win the 1500 meter run in a photo finish with Humboldt’s Brynn Malo.
The winning time of 5:19.48, just edged out second place by a time of 5:18.86. Clear Lake’s Emily McLaughlin finished third with a time of 5:20.98.
The 3000 meter saw Doughan win in a time of 11:19.6.
The sprint medley team finished first in a time of 1:53.58 and was ran by Maddie Leisure, Emersyn McGrath, Lauren Englin and Reese Brownlee.
Brownlee continued to perform in the 400 meter hurdles, beating the competition by nearly five seconds in a time of 1:06.52.
Brownlee also saw a first place finish in the long jump, by over two feet, with a leap of 17-09.5.
Also for Clear Lake: 100m – 3rd, Madison Leisure, 13.35; 200m – 2nd, Lauren Englin, 27.67; 3rd, Emersyn McGrath, 27.85; 4×100 – 2nd, Leisure, Brattrud, Landau, E. McGrath, 52.21; 400m – 8th, Jezzie Thompson, 1:11.13; 4×200 – 3rd, Leisure, Saylor Schmitt, Ella Landau, Lydia Brattrud, 1:53.49; 4×400 – 3rd, Englin, Schmitt, Lilliberg, Feuerbach, 4:21.8; 1500m – 4th Rebekah Steinbron, 5:21.71; 4×800 – 3rd, Emily McLaughlin, Jezzie Thompson, Brooklyn Heesch, Rebekah Steinbron, 11:13.98; 100mH – 5th, Pieper Lester, 17.58; 13th, Payton McGrath, 19.54; Shuttle Hurdle – 2nd, Aliya Johnson, Payton McGrath, Mariposa Coleman, Pieper Lester, 1:13.83; 400mH – 8th, Aliya Johnson, 1:15.83; Long Jump – 3rd, Ella Landau, 15-01; High Jump – 4th, Xada Johnson, 4-08; Shot Put – 3rd Taylor Schwenn, 36-09; 8th, Madi Ott, 31-01; Discus – 10th, Xada Johnson, 74-11; 11th, Madi Ott, 74-11; Distance Medley – 2nd, Leisure, Lily Lilliberg, Steinbron, Doughan, 4:35.21; 3000m – 6th, Anna Feuerbach, 12:15.31
The Lion girls compete today (Thursday, May 9) in Clear Lake for a shot to qualify for the State Track meet which is held at Drake University in Des Moines from May 16-18.
