It was another track meet win for the Clear Lake Lion boys on April 23 in Osage, making this the fifth of the season.
“We’ve really only loaded up the lineup a couple times,” said coach Tyler Havens. “It’s great to have other objectives with a lineup and still come out on top because we just have quality guys all around.”
The team had a handful of top performances in Osage, including another run with the 4×100 team before running at Drake on Saturday morning.
The 4×100 team of Blake Enke, Titan Schmitt, Sam Dodge and Alex Kerr won in Osage with a time of 47.91. At Drake, the Lions shaved off over four seconds to finish with a time of 43.35.
The 4×200 team of Isaac Brownlee, Drayce Dohlman, Bradyn Watkins and Tyler LeFevre finished first in a time of 1:36.57.
“The sticks looked pretty good,” said coach Havens. “We were also able to get the win in the 4×2 without any of those guys on the 4×100, which is a great testament to the kind of quality depth that we have on this team.”
Landon Lewerke had a great discus event winning with a throw of 130-03 which was also a personal record.
“Landon always has a great attitude and works really hard at everything he does, so it’s great to see him have some big throws,” said coach Havens.
The Lions had a handful of top three finishes to push them ahead of the competition.
Titan Schmitt finished second in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.5, just behind Aidan Skoda of Crestwood in a time of 11.3.
Schmitt was also second quickest in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.26.
In the 400 meter dash, Alex Kerr finished second in a time of 51.41.
The 4×400 team of Isaac Brownlee, Bradyn Watkins, Jaxson McIntire and Jack Englin took second with a time of 3:40.66.
The shuttle hurdle team of Derek Erpelding, Gage Larson, Keeton Jeppeson and Cooper Cooke finished second overall with a time of 1:02.49.
The long jump was a good event for the Lions as Jaxson McIntire finished second leaping 20-02.25 and Sam Dodge took third with a jump of 20-01.
The 4×800 team of Aiden Burtness, Cody Hua, Ezra Zikefoose and Isaiah Marschke ran a time of 10:16.97 which was good for third.
Caleb Jones finished third in a time of 5:09.63 in the 1600 meter run.
The sprint medley team of LeFevre, Aidan Hartl, Watkins and Brownlee finished third in a time of 1:40.67.
In the 400 meter hurdles, Keeton Jeppeson finished third in 1:00.48.
Caleb Jones took on the 3200 meter run and finished in a time of 10:50.05.
Samuel Howland finished third in the high jump clearing 5-08.
Lewerke finished third in the shot put with a throw of 45-02.
Enke also ran in the 100 meter dash and finished third with a time of 11.58.
“Keeton Jeppeson had a really great night anchoring the shuttle hurdle relay for the first time and then placing well in both the 400 meter dash and 400 meter hurdles,” said Havens. “Doing those two races in one night takes some guts and Keeton did a fabulous job with it.”
Also for the Lions: 200m – 4th, Sam Dodge, 23.62; 4th, Keeton Jeppeson, 54.85; 800m – 6th, Owen Smith, 2:19.74; 11th, Cy Brewer, 2:29.00; 110m Hurdles – 4th, Derek Erpelding, 16.28; 400mH – 8th, Max Larson, 1:05.64; 3200m – 4th, Owen Smith, 10:51.08; High Jump – 6th, Keeton Jeppeson, 5-02; Shot Put – 9th, Henry Bunn, 39-09.75; Discus – 9th, Thomas Meyer, 110-7.
