Photo Courtesy of Chris Tyler
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls track teams left Eddyville-Blakesburg’s state qualifier meet as champions Thursday. The Golden Hawk girls won the team championship with a score of 177, beating second place Williamsburg with 143. Mid-Prairie was dominant, automatically qualifying athletes in 13 different events, multiple qualifiers in three different events and winning six event titles. One-two finishes on the night for Mid-Prairie included the 800 with Danielle Hostetler the champ in 2:21.85 and Mitzi Evans second, the 1500 with Hostetler the champ in 4:58.96 and Sydney Yoder second and the 3000 with Hostetler taking her third gold in 11:18.75 and Yoder again second. Other titles included Mitzi Evans winning the 400 in 59.31, the sprint medley team of Maddie Edgington, Alyssa McDowell, Amber Swart and Mitzi Evans in 1:49.78 and the distance medley of Edgington, Tabitha Evans, Swart and Hostetler in 4:20.85. Other automatic state qualifiers for the Hawks included Tori Boyse second in the shot put and discus, Ella Groenewold second in the high jump, Mitzi Evans second in the 200 and second for the 4×100 and 200 team of Edgington, Amara Jones, McDowell and Swart. After the meet, senior sprinters Edgington and Swart talked about qualifying in the sprint medley. “I think our hand offs were really strong today. We have been struggling with those. We finished strong, got it to Mitzi Evans and ended up winning. It didn’t hit me until just now after the meet that we are sending three relays to state. That’s crazy! We had a great moment!”