
Above: West Burlington-Notre Dame's Mason Watkins competes in the high jump during the Falcons Coed Relays on Thursday, April 6, at West Burlington High School. Watkins finished second in the event with a jump of 5 feet, eight inches. Photo/John Lovretta
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Host West Burlington/Notre Dame won the girls portion of the Falcon Co-ed Relays track meet Thursday at Bill Nelson Field.
Mediapolis won the boys portion.
For the girls, the Falcons won with 157 points, followed by Danville with 146, Mediapolis with 108, Winfield-Mount Union with 72, Louisa-Muscatine with 59 and New London with 16.
For the boys, the Bulldogs won with 176 ½ points, and Danville edged host West Burlington/Notre Dame 116-113 for second. Louisa-Muscatine finished fourth with 83 ½, followed by West Central with 38 and New London with 33.
The top three girls individual finishers and top two relay teams for the area schools were:
100 – 1. Kira Messer, Mepo, 13.31 seconds; 2. Amiya Davis, WB/ND, 13.32 seconds; 3. Ady Lamm, WB/ND, 13.39 seconds.
200 – 1. Ava Parkins, WB/ND, 27.55 seconds; 2. Messer, Mepo, 27.99 seconds.
400 – 1. Haley Steffener, Mepo, 1:05.68; 2. Josie Hutcheson, Mepo, 1:06.39; 3. Logan Kelley, WB/ND, 1:07.01.
800 – 1. Alaina Gourley, Danville, 2:26.76; 2. Kamryn Sherwood, Danville, 2:41.76; 3. Addison Reid, WB/ND, 2:43.55.
1,500 – 1. Bryn Wright, Mepo, 5:39.87; 2. Sherwood, Danville, 5:41.64; 3. Kennedy Ritter, WB/ND, 6:17.54.
3,000 – 1. Ritter, WB/ND, 13:29.57; 2. Aubrey Kuntz, Mepo, 13:54.11; 3. Shelby Schulz, Mepo, 13:58.15.
100 hurdles – 2. Chloe Horn, Danville, 17.94 seconds; 3. Lillie Nance, WB/ND, 19.04 seconds.
400 hurdles – 2. Alexis Dietsch, Danville, 1:16.89.
Sprint medley relay – 1. WB/ND (A. Lamm, M. Marlow, A. Davis, A. Parkins), 1:56.56; 2. Danville (T. Jones, J. Molle, K. Furnald, A. Gourley), 1:59.62.
4x100 – 1. WB/ND (Lamm, Marlow, Davis, Parkins), 52.65 seconds; 2. Mepo (M. Steiner, B. Jackson, P. Steiner, Messer), 55.62 seconds.
4x200 – 2. Danville (T. Jones, Molle, M. Wagner, Furnald), 1:56.40.
4x400 – 1. Danville (M. Orbiana, Molle, Wagner, Gourley), 4:27.00.

Above: Danville High School's Miya Orbiana runs in the 4x800 meter relay during the Falcons Coed Relays. Photo/John Lovretta
4x800 – 1. Danville (M. Orbiana, A. Arnett, Buck, Sherwood), 11:31.13.
Distance medley relay – 1. Danville (Furnald, Molle, M. Orbiana, Gourley), 4:37.41; 2. WB/ND (L. Summers, L. Felkins, L. Parkins, H. Augustine), 4:54.18.
Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. WB/ND (Nance, C. Wenzel, L. Skerik, T. Snodgrass), 1:18.07; 2. Danville (Dietsch, K. Palmer, M. Buck, Horn), 1:24.00.
Discus – 2. Elise Oleson, WB/ND, 99-9.
High jump – 2. Macie Wagner, Danville, 4-4.
Long jump – 1. Furnald, Danville, 15-10; 2. Paige Steiner, Mepo, 13-7; 3. Lacie Felkins, WB/ND, 13-5 ¾.
Shot put – 1. Oleson, WB/ND, 34-4; 2. Nadia Jones, WB/ND, 32-4 ½; 3. Taegan Fraizer, Danville, 32-1 ½.
Here are the top three individual boys finishers and top two relays:
100 – 1. Jack Riley, WB/ND, 11.02 seconds; 2. Travain Donaldson, WB/ND, 11.38 seconds; 3. Kaiden Droste, West Central, 11.62 seconds.
200 – 1. Owen Gulick, WB/ND, 22.96; seconds 2. Anthony Isley, Mepo, 23.01 seconds; 3. Grant Boal, WB/ND, 23.85 seconds.
400 – 1. Isley, Mepo, 50.69 seconds; 2. Droste, West Central, 51.78 seconds.
800 – 1. Logan Rosas, Mepo, 2:00.00; 2. Owen Schmidgall, Mepo, 2:04.49.
1,600 – 1. A.J. Bonnesen, Danville, 4:26.76; 2. Solomon Zaugg, Mepo, 4:29.95.
3,200 – 1. Jackson Shacklett, 10:19.48; 2. Carter Fesler, Danville, 10:32.30.
100 hurdles – 1. Trent Hicks, Mepo, 16.81 seconds; 2. Grady Gunn, Mepo, 17.43 seconds; 3. Cooper Kleinkopf, Danville, 17.73 seconds.
400 hurdles – 1. Jace Figuereo, WB/ND, :57.76; 2. Spencer Nelson, Danville, 58.25 seconds; 3. Logan Hamma, WB/ND, 1:04.94.
Sprint medley relay – 1. WB/ND (Gulick, C. Booton, Figuereo, H. Lillie), 1:38.44; 2. Danville (J. Bauer, K. Whaley, A. Doyle, A. McCane), 1:39.32.
Distance medley relay – 1. Danville (Bauer, L. Seibert, Nelson, Bonnensen), 3:55.18; 2. WB/ND (J. Gorman, E. Oleson, C. Schwenker, D. Kipp), 4:01.86.
Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. Danville (D. Nicholson, A. McCane, Nelson, Kleinkopf), 1:08.56; 2. Mepo (M. Kennedy, Gunn, G. Gerber, Hicks), 1:10.69.
4x100 – 1. WB/ND (Donaldson, Boal, Gulick, Riley), 42.99 seconds; 2. Mepo (C. Lipper, B. Egan, N. Schmidgall, Isley), 44.73 seconds.
4x200 – 1. Mepo (Lipper, Egan, N. Schmidgall, L. Arnold), 1:36.11; 2. Danville (Nicholson, Whaley, Doyle, McCane), 1:36.44.
4x400 – 1. Danville (Doyle, N. Horn, Whaley, McCane), 3:42.20; 2. Mepo (N. Schmidgall, J. Hutcheson, B. Davis, Arnold), 3:44.36.
4x800 – 1. Mediapolis (J. Campbell, O. Schmidgall, Zaugg, Rosas), 8:14.70; 2. Danville (Horn, I. Shinn, P. Buck, Bonensen), 9:51.87.
Discus – 2. Cole Lipper, Mepo, 133-11.
High jump – 2. Mason Watkins, WB/ND, 5-8; 3. Tyler Neumann, West Central, 5-8.
Long jump – 1. Droste, West Central, 21-6; 2. Isley, Mepo, 21-2.
Shot put – 2. Gavin Hallgren, Mepo, 37-10 ½; 3. Kyle Vorwerk, Mepo, 37-3.

Above: West Burlington Notre Dame's Elise Oleson competes in the shot put during the Falcons Coed Relays at West Burlington High School. Oleson won with a throw of 34 feet four inches. Photo/John Lovretta