The Greene County High School track and field teams were in action Monday at North Polk High School in Alleman. The coed event was somewhat of a preview of this Thursday’s Heart of Iowa Activities Conference meet in Jefferson as more than half of Monday’s teams are HOIAC members. Not all the teams ran at full strength.

Coach Derek Merk’s girls finished fifth among eight teams at 73 points and Coach Chad Morton’s boys were fourth in a field of seven teams with 90 points. The PCM (Monroe) boys scored 131 and Nevada had 119. Roland-Story (Story City) scored 108 for third, followed by the Rams, North Polk 75, South Hamilton (Jewell) 64, and Johnston had 39. Coach Morton told Raccoon Valley Radio his team did well on a windy night and they recorded six victories.

The Greene County girls won four events and senior Becca Anderson placed first three times. Anderson won the 200 meter dash in :26.27, and she was joined in the 4 x 400 meter relay in 4:19.05 by sohomore Hanna Fouch and seniors Addison Gannon and Kaycee PIttman. Morlan, junior Vanessa Hale, Savannah Lansman, and freshman Macy Bills were clocked in 54.52 seconds in the 4 x 100 meter relay. The Rams won the sprint medley relay in 1:54.54 with Morlan, Gannon, Anderson, and Pittman.

Senior Drew Wolterman won the 800 meter run in 2:10.51. The sprint medley was a winner in 1:37.86 with junior Jaron Jacobs, junior Lincoln Schwander, junior Zack Stalder, and Wolterman. The 4 x 100 meter relay was first in 45 seconds flat with Jacobs, Schwander, senior Aden Bardole, and Stalder. The Rams won the 4 x 200 meter relay in 1:35.63 with the same quartet that won the 4 x 100. Junior Brennan Jacobs joined his twin brother, Bardole and Wolterman to win the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3:44.07, and senior Rafe Michaelsen was the discus throw winner at 140 feet, 1 inch.