The Spirit Lake Park boys track and field team has won their second Lakes Conference championship in three years after securing 142 team points at the conference meet in LeMars on Tuesday. Storm Lake finished in second with 127 points. The rest of the standings included Spencer in fourth, Estherville Lincoln Central in sixth and Emmetsburg seventh. The Indians had eight gold medal finishes, highlighted by Kyle Heidebrink’s four. The senior won the 110 (15.06) and 400 (56.06) meter hurdles, the long jump (20’0”), and anchored the final leg of the Shuttle Hurdle (Aric Waltz, DJ Smith, Rick Wilson, Heidebrink), which set a new school record with a time of one-minute-and-two-tenths of a second. Other firsts were Luke Kabele in the 200 (23.04) meter dash, Alec Baldwin in the 1600 (4:40.92) meter run, Keith Byers in the 3200 (10:07.70) meter run and the 4×400 (3:30.62) relay team of Kabele, Aric Waltz, Kevin Martinson, and Kayne Feldick.
The Spirit Lake Park Girls grabbed the fifth team spot in their portion of the Lakes Conference meet. The Indians amassed 82 points, falling 21 shy of meet champion LeMars. Spencer finished third, Emmetsburg sixth, and Estherville Lincoln Central seventh. Megan Lawler’s 100 meter dash time of 12.48 seconds was the only individual first place for SLP.
The Siouxland Conference also held its conference track and field meet yesterday in Orange City. Sioux Center won the boys title, while Okoboji came in fourth, 40 points back. The Pioneers had top honors in the 400 hurdles (57.40) by Zach Jones, the 800 meter (2:03) run from Milan Johnson, and the Medley Relay (3:44) team of Alex Koepp, Billy Burgduff, Joe Hilsabeck, and Johnson. On the girls side it was MOC Floyd Valley on top the team results, with Okoboji in third by 78 points. Leading the charge was Brandi DeMuth, with first place finishes in the 100 meter hurdles (15.38) and 200 meter dash (27.18). Also grabbing the top spot on the medal stand for the Pioneers were Amanda Dunn in the discuss (125’-01”), the 4×100 relay team (1:08.48), and the 4×200 relay (1:50.45).
