Girls relays from Guthrie Center and Nodaway Valley had more than one thing in common on Friday at the Iowa High School Coed State Track & Field Championship. For starters, both were in finals and not in the fastest of the three sections, and, most importantly, both finished in second place.

NV was the Class 1A distance medley second place finisher in 4:19.33 with Sadie Marnin, Rachel Scheel, Kenna Lundy, and Destiny Scar. The quartet won the second of three sections of the timed final, then watched the final section and only Maple Valley (Mapleton) ran faster.

GC had similar experience in the three section 4 x 200 timed final. The Tigers won the second section in 1:46.79, then watched as West Hancock (Britt) was timed in 1:46.26 and was the only team faster than the Tigers quartet of Rachel Rummelhart, Jennifer Fuentes, Mady Fuller, and Savana Fuller.

Also, Rummelhart qualified for Saturday’s 100 meter hurdles final with the fourth fastest quailing time of 15.89 seconds.  The Tigers final event Friday evening was the prelims of the 4 x 100 with Fuentes, Rummelhart, Mady Smith, and Savana Fuller. That unit also made the finals with a clocking of :51.45 seconds, good for the fourth fastest qualifying time.

There were other area athletes that earned team points on Friday by placing in the top eight. Greene County senior Daric Whipple was fifth in the 3A 400 meter low hurdles in a personal best time of 54.69 seconds. Whipple becomes a two-time place winner in that event as he was sixth a season ago.

Gabe Richey of Panorama placed eighth in the 2A 400 meter low hurdles in 54.86.

The ADM girls qualified for the finals on Saturday in the 4 x 400 meter relay in 4:06.68 with Anna Kenny Sadie Juergens, Olivia Anderson, and Brianna Mueller. The Tigers have the seventh fastest qualifying time. Maggie Bjustrom of ADM is the fastest 3A qualifier for Saturday’s 100 meter hurdles final. She won her preliminary heat in 14.89 seconds Friday morning.

Morgan Johnk of Panorama will be in the 2A girls 100 meter hurdles final. She qualified with the sixth fastest time from Friday’s prelims after running 16.29 seconds.

Results of other area preliminary and final event results are below:

Class 3A

ADM girls- distance medley relay 23rd 4:41.58 (Sami Schepers, Kristen Bauer, Kylie Hauf, Sadie Juergens); 4 x 200 18th 1:49.20 (Olivia Anderson, Brianna Mueller, Anna Kenny, Sydney Bertman); 4 x 100 10th :51.20 (Olivia Anderson, Maggi Bjustrom, Sami Schepers, Sydney Bertman); long jump Sydney Bertman 15th 15′ 9-3/4″.

ADM boys- 4 x 200 22nd 1:33.35 (Reece McLaughlin, Trey Volz, Austin Flora, David Howard); shot put Mason Warmuth 24th 40′ 4-1/2″; 4 x 400 relay 21st 3:34.67 (Brady Perry, Trey Volz, David Howard, Reece McLaughlin).

Greene County boys- 4 x 100 15th :44.14 (Max Neese, Chase Stoline, Logan Lansman, Daric Whipple); 4 x 400 18th 3:31.63 (Nick Schroeder, Ethan Woodruff, Whipple, Neese).

Perry girls- shot put Taylor Lathrum 32′ 6″ 22nd.

Perry boys- 4 x 400 13th 3:28.71 (Reece Dunlap, Alex Garrido, Jose Castellanos, Adan Medina).

Class 2A

West Central Valley girls- discus throw Lilly Smithson 12th 109′ 7″; 100 hurdles Kristen Culp 15th :16.83; 400 hurdles Culp 21st 1:10.17.

Panorama girls- 4 x 200 13th 1:49.41 (Faith Powell, Michelle Mleynek, Brooke Halterman, Miranda Mleynek); high jump Morgan Johnk tie 13th 4′ 11″; 400 hurdles Faith Powell 15th 1:08.46; 4 x 400 15th 4:12.03 (Bailey Beckman, Devyn Kemble, Michelle Mleynek, Powell).

Panorama boys-discus throw Matt Webner 11th 146′ 7″.

Woodward Academy boys- high jump Ammari Johnson 6′ 1″ tie 14th; 4 x 200 disqualified (Michael Parrish, Asani Abdullah, Josh Johnson, Miles Banks); 4 x 100 19th :44.92 (Josh Johnson Asani Abdullah, Jarius Penn, Miles Banks).

Class 1A

Guthrie Center girls- 100 hurdles Mady Smith 12th :16.71; discus throw Madison McDermott 19th 98′ 8″.

The final day of action starts at 9 .m. tomorrow with all four classes competing together. All the events are running events and all events are finals. Class 1A girls will go first, followed by 2A girls, 3A girls, 4A girls, 1A boys, 2A boys, 3A boys, and 4A boys.

All three Raccoon Valley Radio stations will have reports Saturday.