Panther boys have first competition at BVU High School Elite Meet

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama boys track and field team hit the blocks for the first time this season in Storm Lake at the BVU High School Elite Meet on Monday, March 24. Team scores were not kept for this meet.

Panorama Head Coach Bruce Dahlhauser was impressed with what he saw from his squad in its first competition of the season.

“We had a solid first meet. It was awesome to see our kids compete in an environment where it mattered more than reps in practice,” Dahlhauser said. “The effort was very high in all of our events. Not one time did we look back at a performance and question whether they did their best. We were able to establish some baselines which we can use to mark progress and set goals moving forward. We left the meet very proud of our guys and the effort they gave. We got better. It was also a great opportunity for our guys to bond and build some camaraderie. We were able to spend 12 hours together, and we saw some great things happening within the culture of our team.”

The competition served as a good test for the boys before they face conference opponents at their next meet on Tuesday, April 1, at the Earlham Early Bird meet at Earlham High School. Panorama will compete against ACGC, ADM, Earlham, Greene County, Madrid, Mount Ayr, Perry, St. Edmond, Treynor, Van Meter, Wayne and West Central Valley.

FULL PANORAMA RESULTS

60-meter dash:

• Hunter Kempf placed 51^st in 8.03
• Braden Bahrenfuss placed 54^th in 8.06
• Bladyn Wearmouth placed 80^th in 8.55
• Devonne Bell placed 81^st in 8.57

60-meter hurdles:

• Syler Shaffer placed 23^rd in 10.16
• Austin Wagner placed 25^th in 10.36

200-meter dash:

• Hunter Kempf placed 19^th in 25.55
• Cruz Crandall placed 19^th in 25.55
• Austin Wagner placed 48^th in 27.17
• Devonne Bell placed 54^th in 27.66

400-meter dash:

• Gabe Wagner placed 23^rd in 58.72
• Blake Schwartz placed 24^th in 58.93
• Bladyn Wearmouth placed 35^th in 1:02.28

1600-meter run:

• Zach Hayden placed 30^th in 5:52.77
• Bennett Allen placed 43^rd in 6:17.62
• Aden Rochholz placed 46^th in 6:19.65

Long jump:

• Blake Schwartz placed 14^th jumping 5.23m
• Cruz Crandall placed 17^th jumping 5.15m
• Gabe Wagner placed 20^th jumping 4.99m

Shot put:

• Cristian Monrroy-Nunez placed 15^th throwing 12.17m

4×400-meter relay:

• Corbin Deardorff, Syler Shaffer, Bladyn Wearmouth and Gabe Wagner placed 16^th in 4:01.22

4×800-meter relay:

• Corbin Deardorff, Aden Rochholz, Bennett Allen and Zach Hayden placed 10^th in 10:03.63

Distance medley:

• Hunter Kempf, Braden Bahrenfuss, Cruz Crandall and Blake Schwartz placed eighth in 4:07.23