Taking the relatively short trip from Highland to Washington the Huskies boys and girls track and field teams competed in the annual Demon Relays at Case Field on April 6. 

The Highland girls battled it out against 12 other schools (Burlington, Fort Madison, Fairfield, Tipton, Washington, Mount Pleasant, Prairie, Mid-Prairie, North Cedar, Iowa City Liberty, Wapello, and WACO) and the Highland boys competed against eight other schools (Fort Madison, Mount Pleasant, Washington, Iowa City Liberty, Prairie, WACO, Fairfield, and Mid-Prairie).

Girls Results

Earning a top ten finish the Huskies earned 26 points at the Washington Meet to place ninth overall. The overall winner of the meet was Mid-Prairie with a score of 130, clearing the second place and third place schools Prairie and Mount Pleasant who scored 122 and 109.5 points respectively. 

Highland junior Sarah Burton put up another stellar performance for the Huskies at the Demon Relays. Burton took the gold in the long jump event with her jump of 16-11. She was the only competitor to clear the 16 feet mark with the runner-up, Mid-Prairie junior Emma Lueck, going as far as 15-10. 

In the 200 meter dash Burton took fourth place out of 33 competitors with her time of 27.99. Another Huskie who took part in this event was sophomore Lilly Barre, she placed 16th with her time of 30.45. 

The best relay finish for the Huskies came from freshman Emma Cole, freshman Brena Hazelett, senior Adelynn Kleopfer, and freshman Mackenzie Davis in the 4x100 meter shuttle hurdle relay, placing fourth in this event with a time of 1:17.89.

Highland senior Jessica Kraus cracked the top ten in the Discus event with her best throw of 89-09 giving her a seventh place finish out of 29 participants. In the shot put event Kraus placed 14th out of 31 competitors with her farthest throw being 27-00.50. 

Coming up for Highland, the Huskies travel to Lisbon to take part in the Lisbon Track & Field Invitational to compete against nine other schools on April 13.

Boys results

This year’s Highland boys track and team may very well be a young team with a small roster but it doesn’t stop them from competing with great vigor and enthusiasm. 

The Huskies did not score enough points to be ranked at the Demon Relays with Prairie being the overall winner with 163 points.  The second place and third place schools were Iowa City Liberty and Washington with 110 and 104 points respectively. 

Highland junior Jackson Schneider gave the Huskies its top finish of the day. In the 110 meter hurdles Schneider placed 13th in the event with a time of 21.61. He also placed 17th in the 400 meter hurdles event with a time of 1:19.84.

Another top performance for the Huskies came from freshman Owen Knox. Knox placed 21st in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.73 and he placed 26th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 28.44.

Up next for Highland the Huskies will take a trip to Lisbon to compete in the Lisbon Track and Field Invitational on April 13.

RESULTS

G- 100m: 1, Sarah Jordan, Prairie, 13.10; 9, Mackenzie McFarland, Highland, 14.04; 33, Hailie Hoppman, Highland, 16.79.

B- 100m: 1, Ethan Patterson, Washington, 11.65; 21, Owen Knox, Highland, 13.73.

G- 200m: 1, Sarah Jordan, Prairie, 26.86; 4, Sarah Burton, Highland, 27.99; 16, Lilly Barre, Highland, 30.45.

B- 200m: 1, Sam Asiedu-Okyere, Prairie, 22.97; 26, Owen Knox, Highland, 28.44. 

G- 400m: 1, Addie Nerem, Tipton, 1:04.43; 24, Hailie Hoppman, Highland, 1:23.21.

G- 800m: 1, Iris Dahl, Washington, 2:27.28; 20, Laney Skelton, Highland, 3:06.12; 25 Halle Hazelett, Highland, 3:27.36. 

B- 800m: 1, Jayse Yoder, Mid-Prairie, 2:04.19; 24, Brendan Schnoebelen, Highland, 2:53.89. 

G- 1500m: 1, Danielle Hostetler, Mid-Prairie, 4:52.66; 22, Kylie Allen, Highland, 6:37.94; 25, Siena Stanerson, Highland, 6:57.31. 

G- 100m hurdles: 1, Ryann Decker, Prairie, 16.08; 14, Adelynn Kleopfer, Highland, 19.09; 17, Brena Hazelett, Highland, 19.42. 

B- 110m hurdles: 1, Will Davidson, Mt. Pleasant, 14.73; 13, Jackson Schneider, Highland, 21.61.

G- 400m hurdles: 1, Rellana Van Deuren, 1:14.19; 17, Mackenzie Davis, Highland, 1:27.11; 20, Emma Cole, Highland, 1:32.45. 

B- 400m hurdles: 1, Will Davidson, Mt Pleasant, 55.18; 17, Jackson Schneider, Highland, 1:19.84.

G- 3000m: 1, Danielle Hostetler, Mid-Prairie, 10:27.22; 12, Siena Stanerson, Highland, 13:21.09. 

G- Long Jump: 1, Sarah Burton, Highland, 16-11. 

G- High Jump: 1, Lyla Canny, Prairie, 5-03; 8, Kealy Roberts, Highland, 4-06; 10, Hailey Netser, Highland, 4-04. 

G- Shot Put: 1, Ella Ensminger, Mt. Pleasant, 36-05.50; 14, Jessica Kraus, Highland, 27-00.50. 

B- Shot put: 1, Brayden Hartman, Washington, 56-00; 26, Will Boileau-Futrell, Highland, 24-08; 28, Spencer Thompkin, Highland, 22-08.50; 29, Brody Sobolik, Highland, 19-04. 

G- Discus: 1, Savannah Slobodnik, Mt. Pleasant, 99-08; 7, Jessica Kraus, Highland, 89-08. 

B- Discus: 1, Tate Joens, Prairie, 158-02; 22, Keaton Van Schoyk, Highland, 57-00; 23, Wyatt Richardson, Highland, 49-10. 

G- 4x100m relay: 1, Prairie, 51.13; 8, Highland (Grace Prybil, Sarah Burton, Katelyn Waters, Mackenzie McFarland), 53.98

B- 4x100m relay: 1, IC, Liberty, 45.17; 10, Highland (Spencer Thompkin, Willia Boileau-Futrell, Brody Sobolik, Brayden Zywiec), 1:04.15.

G- 4x200m  relay: 1, Burlington, 1:59.39; 7, Highland (Grace Prybil, Lilly Barre, Kealy Roberts, Sarah Burton), 2:00.37.

G- 4x400m relay: 1, Tipton, 4:19.24; 11, Highland (Shauna Sublette, Avery Pierson, Halle Hazelett, Hailey Netser), 5:35.50.

G- 4x800m relay: 1, Tipton, 10:04.58; 9, Highland (Hailey, Netser, Avery Pierson, Kylie Allen, Laney Skelton), 13:08.23.

G- 800m relay: 1, Mid-Prairie, 1:53.86; 12, Highland (Grace Prybil, Katelyn Waters, Kealy Roberts, Lilly Barre), 2:15.50.

G- 1600m relay: 1, Tipton, 4:39.37; 13, Highland (Shauna Sublette, Emma Cole, Hailey Netser, Siena Stanerson), 6:02.57

B- 1600m relay: 1, Prairie, 3:49.03; 10, Highland (Jackson Schneider, Owen Knox, Brayden Zywiec, Brendan Schnoebelen), 5:09.92. 

G- 4x100m hurdle relay: 1, Fairfield, 1:13.48; 4, Highland (Emma Cole, Brena Hazelett, Mackenzie Davis, Adelynn Kleopfer), 1:17.89.