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Distance standouts lead Hawks at home meet

Hill takes the 800, Peters the 1,600 in front of home crowd

South Hamilton’s Freddie Lewis takes the curve during the 400-meter dash at yesterday’s Hawk Relays in Jewell. Photo by Angela Hewitt

JEWELL — When South Hamilton wants to win medals and pile up the team points, it can. All head coach Darrell Paulsen has to do is take his horses out of the stable and let them gallop.

Logan Peters. Conner Hill. Cole Berg. Quinton Grove. Freddie Lewis. Several others could be added to the list as well.

The usual suspects were in the spotlight again for South Hamilton at last night’s Hawk Relays, as they provided the bulk of the points in a third-place team finish. In front of the home crowd and competing in blustery and frigid conditions, the Hawks put up 79 points to place behind Des Moines Christian and North Polk, which shared the team title with 128.

Hampton-Dumont (651⁄2) and West Hancock (53) rounded out the top five. A total of eight teams took part.

Hill, a first-year track athlete, won his first individual gold medal, as he fended off a large field at the tape to claim the 800-meter run in 2:03.80. Berg wasn’t far back in third in 2:07.80.

Brandyn Feighner clears a hurdle for the South Hamilton shuttle hurdle relay quartet at yesterday’s Hawk Relays in Jewell. Photo by Angela Hewitt

Usually the king of the 800, Peters went back to the event that won him a state title a season ago. He and Grove cruised around the track in the mile and claimed the first and second medals. Peters crossed in 4:49.80, Grove in 4:52.00.

A potential Drake Relays qualifier in the 4×800, South Hamilton put the band back together and won that event easily as well. Peters, Grove, Berg and Hill turned in an 8:47.60.

The Hawks collected two more individual bronze medals from Brandyn Feighner and Freddie Lewis. Feighner soared 19 feet, 51⁄4 inches in the long jump. Lewis completed the 400 in 55.50 seconds.

Hawk Relays

Thursday at Jewell

Team Standings

1. (tie) Des Moines Christian and North Polk 128; 3. South Hamilton 79; 4. Hampton-Dumont 651⁄2; 5. West Hancock 53; 6. Baxter 52; 7. Saydel 451⁄2; 8. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 31.

South Hamilton Results

Discus — Cade Flaugh 121-10; 6. Trevor Thompson 114-1.

Shot Put — 5. Thompson 42-01⁄2; 7. Flaugh 40-71⁄4.

Long Jump — 3. Brandyn Feighner 19-5 1/4.

High Jump — 5. Carter Hewitt 5-6.

100 Meters — 7. Brock Galetich 11.66; 14. Thompson 12.09.

200 Meters — 9. Galetich 24.60; 15. Nathan Wilson 26.50.

400 Meters — 3. Freddie Lewis 55.50; 9. Ty Skartvedt 59.40.

800 Meters — 1. Conner Hill 2:03.80; 3. Cole Berg 2:07.80.

110 High Hurdles — 8. Tanner Blue 16.47; 9. Feighner 16.58.

1,600 Meters — 1. Logan Peters 4:49.80; 2. Quinton Grove 4:52.00.

3,200 Meters — 9. Clay Willadsen 12:09.10; 11. Logan Halfwassen 12:50.50.

400 Low Hurdles — 4. Blue 1:04.40; 11. F. Lewis 1:08.80.

4×200 Relay — 7. South Hamilton 1:46.50 (Evan Winkler, Elijah Balderas, Preston Stoecker, Ethan Young).

4×400 Relay — 8. South Hamilton 4:07.40 (E. Balderas, Skartvedt, Nic Flaugh, Chase Friest).

4×800 Relay — 1. South Hamilton 8:47.60 (Peters, Grove, Berg, Hill).

Shuttle Hurdle Relay — 4. South Hamilton 1:10.00 (Lane Swenson, Stoecker, Blue, Feighner).

Sprint Medley Relay — 4. South Hamilton 1:45.18 (Galetich, Hill, Grove, F. Lewis).

Distance Medley Relay — 6. South Hamilton 4:16.30 (Cade Murphy, N. Flaugh, E. Balderas, Tristan Marcomb).

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