Here are Friday’s (4/26) results from the Drake Relays, Tyson Vander Linden of Lynnville-Sully has qualified for the finals of the boys’ 100 meters. Tyson’s time was 11 seconds. Kalen Walker of EBF was 15th and did not qualify for the finals.
Oskaloosa’s boys’ 4 by 400 meter relay team of Aaron Blom, Casey Hill, Brayden VanKampen and Carter Huyser finished in sixth place.
In the boys’ discus, Blake Veenstra of Pella Christian placed 7th, Kody Huisman of Pella was 8th and Pella’s Nick DeJong was 9th. DeJong was also 6th in the shot put. Oskaloosa’s Casey Hill didn’t qualify for the discus finals after coming in 20th in the preliminaries.
Joe Simon of Grinnell was 4th in the 800 meters.
Looking at the girls’ competition, Ottumwa’s Allison Bookin Nobisch was third in the 800 meters, and her twin sister Grace was 8th in that race.
In the girls’ high jump, Oskaloosa’s Emma Kelderman, Shelby Conger of Montezuma and Anne Guest of Ottumwa tied for 19th with jumps of 5 feet even.
Pella finished 12th in the girls’ 4 by 200 relay.
And in the girls’ shot put, Allison Van Gorp of Pella Christian was 18th in the preliminaries and did not qualify for the finals.
