Pfaltzgraff wins distance event for Cougars in season-opening meet

LE GRAND – AGWSR’s Jeffrey Pfaltzgraff won the 1,600 as the Cougars finished fifth in a six-team meet held by East Marshall on Tuesday, March 30.

He claimed the victory by three seconds, coming in at 5:08.52 to top 3,200 winner Joe Terrones of the host school.

It was the first action for AGWSR’s boys since 2019 due to COVID-19.

His was the only individual victory for the Cougars, but Cale Culver earned a runner-up finish in the 100 in 11.78 seconds and several others placed third as they accumulated 60 points for their finish.

Dike-New Hartford won the meet with 139 points.

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Team Scoring

1. Dike-New Hartford 139; 2. PCM 123; 3. Lynnville-Sully 113; 4. East Marshall 107; 5. AGWSR 60; 6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 18.

Individual Results

(Champion, AGWSR finishes)

100– 1. Jacob VanWinkle (PCM) 11.58; 2. Cale Culver 11.78; 9. Kaden Abbas 12.75; 28. Angel Vera 16.60; 29. Jaedrick Bowles 16.70.

200– 1. Jacob VanWinkle (PCM) 24.25; 4. Cale Culver 25.14; 16. Aiden Heitland 28.09.

400– 1. Caleb Rea (L-S) 57.80; 3. Jayden Bowles 1:03.82; 13. Coltan Richtsmeier 1:19.60; 14. Jaedrek Bowles 1:25.20.

800– 1. Kordell Negrete (EM) 2:20.26; 13. Coltan Richtsmeier 3:13.17; 14. Breyden Miller 3:18.63; 15. Jaedrick Bowles 3:26.56.

110 hurdles– 1. Brewer Eiklenborg (D-NH) 16.39.

1,600– 1. Jeffrey Pfaltzgraff (AGWSR) 5:08.52; 13. Coltan Richtsmeier 7:13.78.

3,200– 1. Joe Terrones (EM) 10:56.47.

400 hurdles– 1. James Gruver (L-S) 1:02.18; 4. Kaden Abbas 1:09.79; 7. Jayden Bowles 1:12.04.

Discus– 1. Cole Graves (D-NH) 111-4; 3. Darren Veld 106-0; 6. Aiden Heitland 94-3; 21. Bryce Cruzan 64-6.

High jump– 1. Logan Giesking (G-R) 5-10.

Long jump– 1. Jerek Hall (D-NH) 19-7.25; 3. Cale Culver 18-8.75; 10. Jayden Bowles 15-2.5.

Shot put– 1. Paul Novotny (EM) 44-10; 7. Aiden Heitland 35-0.

4x100– 1. PCM 47.92; 5. AGWSR (Jayden Bowles, Bradly Roder, Noah Clikeman, Cale Culver) 51.46.

4x200– 1. PCM 1:38.21; 6. AGWSR (Kaden Abbas, Noah Clikeman, Darren Veld, Bradly Roder) 1:50.23.

4x400– 1. Dike-New Hartford 3:45.08.

4x800– 1. East Marshall 9:31.00; 5. AGWSR (Angel Vera, Jaedrick Bowles, Brayden Miller, Coltan Richtsmeier) 12:34.60.

Shuttle hurdle relay– 1. Lynnville-Sully 1:10.83.

Sprint medley relay– 1. PCM 1:43.29; 7. AGWSR (Noah Clikeman, Kaden Abbas, Bradly Roder, Jeffrey Pfaltzgraff) 1:53.95.

Distance medley relay– 1. PCM 4:04.34; 4. AGWSR (Noah Clikeman, Darren Veld, Bradly Roder, Jeffrey Pfaltzgraff) 4:26.10.