AMES

The meet records fell at a dizzying pace last Friday at Iowa State University.

Mid-Prairie freshman Jeorgia Evans broke her sister’s meet record in the 2A girls 200-meter race at the IATC Indoor Championships, and didn’t even win.

Mid-Prairie junior Jovi Evans, recovering from a foot injury, laced up her spikes and anchored the Golden Hawks to a record run in the 4x100 relay. They didn’t win that event, either.

But at the end of day, an energetic group of Golden Hawks, most of them underclassmen, climbed up to the top of the podium inside the Lied Rec Center to claim the top team prize.

The Golden Hawks edged Pella Christian by two points for the title, a battle that may just be a preview of the outdoor state championships still to come in May in Des Moines.

Jeorgia Evans set a meet record in every event she entered, won two individual events and broke a school long jump record that had existed for 49 years.

“We knew,” Mid-Prairie head coach Mark Hostetler said with a grin, “she was pretty talented.”

Three of the Golden Hawks’ relay teams finished among the top four, including a third-place finish in the 4x100, a second-place finish in the 4x800 featuring four members of the school’s state championship cross country team and a fourth-place finish in the shuttle relay.

In the 1A meet, Hillcrest Academy’s Rya Scott joined the parade to the top of the podium, winning both the 60-meter race and the long jump. She won the 60 in 7.96 seconds and the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 2.25 inches.

But the star of the long jump area was Jeorgia Evans. Competing in her first high school track event ever, Evans hit 17 feet, 10 inches in the preliminary round, smashing the meet and Mid-Prairie school records. The distance qualified her for the Drake Relays.

Evans went on to set meet records in the 60 and 200 although she ended up third in the 200 when two Pella Christian girls went even faster in the heat after Evans. She won the 60 in a time of 7.17 seconds and finished the 200 in 25.69 seconds.

Meredith Van Wyk of Pella Christian won the 200 in 25.51 seconds, beginning a rivalry that is certain to rise up again later this spring.

Jeorgia and Jovi Evans, Tessa Bombei and Myli Hershberger teamed up for a record in the 4x100, and cross country state champs Rachel Hostetler, Brooklyn Stuzman, Rebekah Wallington and Kendal Landstrum combined for a second-place finish in the 4x800.

But the real pleasant “shock,” Mark Hostetler said, was the fourth-place finish by Sophie Miller, Ruby Miller, Bombei and Sierra Crowner in the shuttle hurdle.

“That was a big shock for us,” Hostetler said. “They did outstanding.”

Stutzman, who finished eighth in the state cross country meet, placed fifth in the 3000 and Rachel Hostetler was sixth in her high school debut at 1500 meters.

In the 1A meet, Scott had a fifth-place finish in the 200 for her third podium after winning the 60 and long jump.

Teammate Siena Stanerson had an eighth-place finish in the 3000 and Marie Yoder was 11th in the 1500.

Lone Tree’s sprint medley team of Cate Sexton, Vivian Zaruba, Ava Christofferson and Rylee Shield nearly reached the top of the podium, finishing second with a time of 1:57.25.

Shield added a fourth-place finish in the 400 and Christofferson was fourth in the long jump.

BY THE NUMBERS

IOWA IATC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 14 at Iowa State University

MID-PRAIRIE

60: 1, Jeorgia Evans, :07.77.

60 Hurdles: 19, Sophie Miller, :10.47; 39, Claire Trimpe, :11.34.

200: 3, Jeorgia Evans, :25.69.

800: 21, Kendal Landstrum, 2:40.50.

1500: 6, Rachel Hostetler, 5:07.18.

3000: 5, Brooklyn Stutzman, 11:10.04.

High Jump: 12, Tessa Bombei, 4-11.

Long Jump: 1, Jeorgia Evans, 17-10.

Shot Put: 12, Harper Pacha, 33-8.75.

4x100: 3, Jeorgia Evans-Bombei-Hershberger-Jovi Evans, :50.74.

4x400: 9, Ruby Miller-Poll-Rodgers-Hostetler, 4:24.46.

4x800: 2, Hostetler-Stutzman-Wallington-Landstrum, 10:25.25.

Sprint Medley: 14, Sophie Miller-Rodgers-Hershberger-Ruby Miller, 2:01.89.

Shuttle Hurdles Relay: 4, Sophie Miller-Ruby Miller-Bombei-Crowner, :42.52.

HILLCREST

60: 1, Rya Scott, :7.96.

200: 5, Scott, :27.09.

1500: 11, Marie Yoder, 5:25.75.

3000: 8, Siena Stanerson, 11:38.48; 10, Yoder, 11:46.56.

Long Jump: 1, Scott, 16-2.25; 9, Delaney Shaw, 14-7.

LONE TREE

60: 12, Vivian Zaruba, :08.56.

60 Hurdles: 33, Cate Sexton, :12.25.

400: 4, Rylee Shield, 1:02.36.

1500: 11, Zaruba, 2:39.62.

Long Jump: 4, Ava Christofferson, 15-5.75; 10, Shield, 14-5; 24, Sexton, 12-4.25.

Shot Put: 8, Hayden Yoder, 32-9.75; 26, Alex Dautremont, 27-8.

4x100: 12, Jacque-Shield-Zaruba-Christofferson, :55.25.

4x800: 16, Nino-Zaruba-Graap-Sexton 12:36.34.

Sprint Medley: 2, Sexton-Zaruba-Christofferson-Shield, 1:57.25.