The Pekin boys and girls track and field teams competed Tuesday, April 21st at the Panther Relays at Mount Pleasant, with the boys finishing fourth in a seven-team field and the girls placing seventh in a sixteen-team field.
Team Standings
On the girls side, Mount Pleasant won with 125 points, followed by Washington with 124, Iowa City Liberty with 115, Muscatine with 73, Fort Madison with 66, Mediapolis with 49, Pekin with 47.75, WACO with 33, Danville with 28, West Burlington with 21, Clear Creek Amana with 12.75, Central Lee with 12, New London with 11, Mount Pleasant JV with 9, Fort Madison JV with 8, and Cardinal with 6.5.
On the boys side, Mount Pleasant won with 161 points, followed by Mediapolis with 130, Washington with 112, Pekin with 80, Danville with 51, Clear Creek Amana with 26, and Mount Pleasant JV with 7.
Pekin Girls Results
Anna Hadley won the shot put with a throw of 43-08.50, with Lilly Longhurst of Muscatine placing second at 37-07. Hadley also won the discus with a throw of 125-02, with Payton Harris of Mediapolis placing second at 120-00. Hadley’s performance continued her dominant season in the throwing events.
Jaedyn Moore of Washington won the 100-meter dash in 12.69. Addison Smith placed 11th for Pekin in 14.29 and Breanna Drish 26th in 15.00. Lauren Drahota of Washington won the 400-meter dash in 1:00.98, with Emerson Porter placing 15th for Pekin in 1:09.08 and Zoe Heisdorffer 24th in 1:21.37.
Paislee Coleman placed second in the 100-meter hurdles in 16.82, just behind winner Leighton Messinger of Washington at 16.70, with Reece Brisby placing 13th in 18.42. In the 400-meter hurdles, Abby Guise placed ninth in 1:25.23 behind winner Allison Gillip of New London at 1:12.68. The shuttle hurdle relay team of Reece Brisby, Abby Guise, Carlie Gambell, and Paislee Coleman placed third in 1:12.01 behind winner Mount Pleasant at 1:08.89.
Josie Dykstra of WACO won the 800-meter run in 2:23.76. Callie Deutschle placed 20th for Pekin in 3:01.09 and Chloe Glosser 24th in 3:13.84. Avery Rump of Fort Madison won the 1,500-meter run in 4:51.66, with Deutschle placing 17th in 6:21.34 and Haven Hensley 19th in 7:11.00. Whitney Estabrook of Muscatine won the 3,000-meter run in 11:28.55, with Hensley placing ninth in 15:51.79.
The 4×100 group of Addison Smith, Taylor Moore, Reece Brisby, and Paislee Coleman placed 11th in 55.85 behind winner Mount Pleasant at 49.89. The 4×200 team of Brin Lauderman, Breanna Drish, Taylor Moore, and Mya Glick placed ninth in 2:00.80 behind winner Mount Pleasant at 1:47.18. The 4×400 team of Maddy Petrehn, Mya Glick, Fynlie Brooks, and Emerson Porter placed seventh in 4:50.47 behind winner Washington at 4:18.18. The 4×800 squad of Emerson Porter, Callie Deutschle, Harper Guise, and Maddy Petrehn placed sixth in 11:44.59 behind winner Fort Madison at 10:02.14. The distance medley team of Addison Smith, Brin Lauderman, Maddy Petrehn, and Chloe Glosser placed 11th in 5:10.87 behind winner Mount Pleasant at 4:16.66.
Paislee Coleman placed second in the high jump clearing 4-08 and Brin Lauderman seventh also at 4-08, both behind winner Avery Crear of Mediapolis at 4-10. Mya Glick placed ninth in the long jump at 14-07.50 and Fynlie Brooks 15th at 13-08.75 behind winner Izzy Sloat of Mount Pleasant at 17-02.50. Taylor Moore placed eighth in the discus at 92-04.
Pekin Boys Results
Riley Smith won the 400-meter hurdles in 56.67, edging Gannon Gunn of Mediapolis who finished second in 57.01. The sprint medley team of Aliyas Brock, Riley Smith, Alijah Brock, and Nolan Glick won in 1:34.60, just ahead of Mediapolis at 1:35.45. The 4×800 relay team of Mason Dahlstrom, Cody Silvers, Cole Millikin, and Lane Fariss won in 8:34.81, well ahead of second-place Mount Pleasant at 8:55.61.
Kael Williams of Washington won the 100-meter dash in 11.42. Henry Adam placed ninth for Pekin in 12.51 and Asaa McCabe 12th in 13.07. In the 200-meter dash, Griffen Jones of Mount Pleasant won in 23.44, with Henry Eubanks placing eighth for Pekin in 26.16 and Adam 10th in 26.71. Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis won the 400-meter dash in 52.50, with Cael Silvers placing third for Pekin in 56.18 and Cody Silvers fifth in 58.77.
Gannon Gunn of Mediapolis won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.92, with Jaxon Mefford placing ninth for Pekin in 21.24. Mefford also placed seventh in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:06.73 behind winner Riley Smith.
Andrew Rees of Washington won the 800-meter run in 2:01.31, with Landon Fariss placing 10th for Pekin in 2:27.61 and Brody Sobaski 12th in 2:34.42. Simon Wendel of Mediapolis won the 1,600-meter run in 4:31.86, with Cole Millikin placing fifth for Pekin in 4:46.30 and Garett Greiner seventh in 5:42.92. Silas Hulett of Mount Pleasant won the 3,200-meter run in 9:55.52, with Greiner placing fifth for Pekin in 12:47.85 and Fariss sixth in 13:01.70.
The 4×100 team of Aliyas Brock, Alijah Brock, Riley Smith, and Nolan Glick placed second in 43.97 behind winner Mediapolis at 43.34. The 4×400 squad of Mason Dahlstrom, Alijah Brock, Lane Fariss, and Nolan Glick placed second in 3:38.60 behind winner Danville at 3:36.82. The 4×200 relay was dropped due to a baton exchange error. The 4×800 relay team of Mason Dahlstrom, Cody Silvers, Cole Millikin, and Lane Fariss won in 8:34.81. The sprint medley group of Aliyas Brock, Riley Smith, Alijah Brock, and Nolan Glick won in 1:34.60.
Brody Sobaski placed second in the high jump clearing 5-08 behind winner Kaden Schadt of Mount Pleasant at 5-10. Henry Adam placed fourth in the long jump at 19-07.75 behind winner Truett Larson of Mediapolis at 20-10. Cal Miller placed sixth in the shot put at 38-02.50 behind winner Jaymisen Rich of Mount Pleasant at 44-11.50. Johnathan Delaney placed 10th in the discus at 101-04 and Cowen Weaver 12th at 90-06 behind winner Mason Frueh of Mount Pleasant at 139-09.
Head coach Davis Eidahl said the meet provided valuable lessons heading into the final stretch of the season. “We learned a lot tonight as to what we need to do over the next few weeks,” Eidahl said. “Our top sprinters can only run three races — they ran great. We found other boys who can step up. We did drop the baton in the 4×200, so we need to work on that. We did not run Chloe tonight — saving her for Drake. The girl sprinters are improving.”
Photo by A.J. Roe.
