Taylor Smith, Sports Editor
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows senior MaKayla Beisel had a busy morning last week at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The standout hurdler and multi-time state qualifier found her way to the podium last Friday with her best finish ever on Iowa’s biggest stage.
Beisel started her day with the 100-meter hurdles and clocked a 15.83. She finished just outside of qualifying for the finals, but still had her best ever finish at state for 10th place. Leah Bolluyt of Spirt Lake took 1st in 14.66.
Just an hour later, it was time for MaKayla to shift her focus to the 2A 400-meter hurdles.
After finishing 19th in the grueling event as a freshman in 1:11.40 and 17th as a sophomore with a time of 1:09.55, Beisel broke through with a personal best time of 1:05.00 for an outstanding 2nd place finish. Van Meter’s Madison Boese won the event by a nose in 1:04.73.
To top it all off, Beisel went on high jump 5’ 0” to tie for 13th in the final event of her incredible career at Drake Stadium. Rachel Schany of Emmetsburg won after clearing 5’ 6”.
