Lewis named MVP, Central men third at conference indoor track meet
WAVERLY Central College men’s track and field junior Brock Lewis (Lathrop, Mo.) was named Field Events Most Valuable Performer at the American Rivers Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships as the team finished third Sunday.
Wartburg College won the team title with 172 points. Central had 112 in third place.
“I’m very happy with how we did today” coach Brandon Sturman said. “I told the team before the meet that we couldn’t get out to a slow start. We needed to get out there and get warmed up and make sure we were ready to go. We broke 100 points and separated ourselves from fourth place.”
Central’s Gray completes career pentathlon sweep
PELLA For the fourth time in as many tries, Central College women’s track and field senior Mary Gray (West Des Moines, Waukee HS) won the pentathlon title at the American Rivers Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
As a team, the Dutch scored 79 points and finished fifth in the standings. Wartburg College won the team title with 200 points.
“I think overall, we went out there and competed,” coach Brandon Sturman said. “Certain things just didn’t fall our way. We had some people overperform and some people struggled a little bit.”
Gray tallied 3,293 points and was a top-three finisher in all five disciplines, recording the best shot put mark of 36 feet, 4.25 inches. She now owns four indoor pentathlon conference titles and two outdoors in the heptathlon.
Final prep for conference track complete for Dutch women
PELLA The Central College women’s track and field team completed its indoor regular season Saturday afternoon in a triangular against Buena Vista University and Loras College.
Loras College won the team title with 111 points as Central finished second with 80. Buena Vista rounded it out with 72.
Central won six total events, including the 400-meter dash thanks to Hadyn Miller’s (freshman, Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS) winning time of 1:01.31
“Hadyn is finally making a breakthrough and feeling good,” Sturman said. “I think part of it is that she’s really getting into the training after missing some of the fall because of volleyball. She’s pumped and feeling good and we’re hopeful of what could happen at conference next week.”
Central’s Lewis breaks conference triple jump record
PELLA A record-breaking effort in the triple jump by junior Brock Lewis (Lathrop, Mo.) highlighted the Central College men’s track and field’s triangular meet against Loras College and Buena Vista University Saturday.
The Dutch finished runner-up with 104.5 points. Loras College won the title with 119.5 and Buena Vista was third with 53.
Lewis leapt 48 feet, 1.75 inches on his fifth jump of the day to break the school and American Rivers Conference record for the triple jump. Lewis had jumped a season-best 46-5.5 last Saturday.
“I thought it was a big jump last week but he was even more motivated this week.” Coach Sturman said. “He’s feeling the differences in his jumps and now hopefully we can go win a conference championship.