Powers is with the Saints; St. Ansgar dominant as boys’ TIC East champions

 Braden Powers wasn’t going to waste his time worrying aboutbrwhat might have been.

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The senior for St. Ansgar, who couldn’t contain his excitementbrafter winning the 100 and nearly pulled off four wins for the Saints along withbrmale athlete of the meet teammate Riley Witt, despite a dropped baton in thebrevent finale.

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The first exchange between Braden and Drew Powers in the 4×400,bran event the Saints were one of the favorites in, was dropped, nonetheless abrquick recovery led to a runner-up finish in the event and one of three teamsbrto break the previous meet record.

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“We’ll be better for districts next week,” Powers vowed. “Thatbris not going to happen again. I don’t know. Sometimes things happen and Godbrdidn’t want us to win this one (event). Just trust Him and hopefully better thingsbron the way. Sometimes, you can’t win them all.”

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Besides that, Powers and the Saints had plenty to celebrate,brscoring the TIC East title with 154 points, besting runner-up from the hostbrschool, Central Springs (122). West Fork was third with 77 and Osage finishedbrfourth at 71.

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Coach Drew Clevenger was named Coach of the Year, as well.

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“He deserves it and so does Riley for winning the athlete of thebryear,” Powers said. “They’ve been putting in so much work. Coach Clev has beenbrmonumental to making me to where I am today. So is Riley: he’s always pushingbrme to eat better, sleep better, he’s just a great guy to have on the team. Abrlot of team chemistry.”

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Powers couldn’t hide his elation in taking the 100 in a meetbrrecord 11.40 seconds, followed by teammate Ryan Cole, who also broke thebrprevious mark. He let out a huge ‘YES!’ following the win.

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“I just think coming into it I knew I had a lot of competitionbrand I was coming off of a meet where I perform the best that I wanted tobrperform at,” Powers said. “Just being able to glorify God and get that win wasbrsomething really fun for me.

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“First open conference win (for me), so it was great.”

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Powers also set meet records in the 200 and 400 in 23.05 andbr51.62, respectively.

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Witt, too, set meet records in all individual events he ran,brcompleting the distance sweep with times of 2:05.64 (800), 4:45.69 (1,600) andbr10:22.01 (3,200). The junior distance specialist also got the baton in thebrdistance medley relay in the third place and anchored the Saints to the win inbr3:51.78 that earned him the honor.

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Other meet records gained by the Saints included Sage Hulshizerbrin the discus with an effort of 153 feet, 4 inches. His runner-up finish in thebrshot put also broke the record.

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It was obvious the Saints as a whole were gunning for nothingbrless than the TIC East title.

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“(We were) really motivated,” Powers said.
br“Since we started in March or February, whenever the first day of practice was,brour goal was always to win conference. Last year, we didn’t have it because ofbrCOVID and two years ago we got second, definitely a goal every year and we camebrout hungry and got the win, so it’s good.

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“You’ve got to give a shout-out to Sage, he gets us a lot ofbrpoints. Set a meet record in the discus.”

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All told, St. Ansgar recorded 21 top-five finishes in the 19brevents.

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“Talk about an unsung hero: we’ve got Matthew Hall in the 800,brLorne Isler gets a point in the high hurdles, Aslan (Wills) gets two points inbrthe mille, Ryan Cole was supposed to get fourth in the 100 and 200 and he gotbrsecond in both, just stuff like that doesn’t get noticed,” Powers said. “It’sbrthe stuff like that gets you to the win, big things help, but it’s the littlebrthings that mattered. It’s what we preached all year and it’s good to see itbrcoming into fruition.”

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This should only serve as a springboard for the Saints at thebrdistrict meet in Northwood.

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“We’ve got a lot of guys with potential to go and as long as webrexecute,” Powers said. “There is no reason we can’t bring a lot of guys downbr(to state).”

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Osage earned a new meet record from Ben Miller in the high jumpbr(6-0) and the 4×100-meter relay team of Brayden Onken, Cole Adams, Tyson Bogebrand Colton Boge edged the Saints in 47.00 for the pair of Green Devil wins.

Powers is with the Saints

St. Ansgar dominant as boys’ TIC East champions

By Kristi Nixon

MANLY — Braden Powers wasn’t going to waste his time worrying about what might have been.

The senior for St. Ansgar, who couldn’t contain his excitement after winning the 100 and nearly pulled off four wins for the Saints along with male athlete of the meet teammate Riley Witt, despite a dropped baton in the event finale.

The first exchange between Braden and Drew Powers in the 4×400, an event the Saints were one of the favorites in, was dropped, nonetheless a quick recovery still led to a runner-up finish in the event and one of three teams to break the previous meet record.

“We’ll be better for districts next week,” Powers vowed. “That is not going to happen again. I don’t know. Sometimes things happen and God didn’t want us to win this one (event). Just trust Him and hopefully better things on the way. Sometimes, you can’t win them all.”

Besides that, Powers and the Saints had plenty to celebrate, scoring the TIC East title with 154 points, besting runner-up from the host school, Central Springs (122). West Fork was third with 77 and Osage finished fourth at 71.

Coach Drew Clevenger was named Coach of the Year, as well.

“He deserves it and so does Riley for winning the athlete of the year,” Powers said. “They’ve been putting in so much work. Coach Clev has been monumental to making me where I am today. So is Riley: he’s always pushing me to eat better, sleep better, he’s just a great guy to have on the team. A lot of team chemistry.”

Powers couldn’t hide his elation in taking the 100 in a meet record 11.40 seconds, followed by teammate Ryan Cole, who also broke the previous mark. He let out a huge ‘YES!’ following the win.

“I just think coming into it I knew I had a lot of competition and I was coming off of a meet where I perform the best that I wanted to perform at,” Powers said. “Just being able to glorify God and get that win was something really fun for me.

“First open conference win (for me), so it was great.”

Powers also set meet records in the 200 and 400 in 23.05 and 51.62, respectively.

Witt, too, set meet records in all individual events he ran, completing the distance sweep with times of 2:05.64 (800), 4:45.69 (1,600) and 10:22.01 (3,200). The junior distance specialist also got the baton in the distance medley relay in the third place and anchored the Saints to the win in 3:51.78 that earned him the honor.

Other meet records gained by the Saints included Sage Hulshizer in the discus with an effort of 153 feet, 4 inches. His runner-up finish in the shot put also broke the record.

It was obvious the Saints as a whole were gunning for nothing less than the TIC East title.

“(We were) really motivated,” Powers said.
br“Since we started in March or February, whenever the first day of practice was, our goal was always to win conference. Last year, we didn’t have it because of COVID and two years ago we got second, definitely a goal every year and we came out hungry and got the win, so it’s good.

“You’ve got to give a shout-out to Sage, he gets us a lot of points. Set a meet record in the discus.”

All told, St. Ansgar recorded 21 top-five finishes in the 19 events.

“Talk about an unsung hero: we’ve got Matthew Hall in the 800, Lorne Isler gets a point in the high hurdles, Aslan (Wills) gets two points in the mille, Ryan Cole was supposed to get fourth in the 100 and 200 and he got second in both, just stuff like that doesn’t get noticed,” Powers said. “It’s the stuff like that gets you to the win, big things help, but it’s the little things that mattered. It’s what we preached all year and it’s good to see it coming into fruition.”

This should only serve as a springboard for the Saints at the district meet in Northwood.

“We’ve got a lot of guys with potential to go and as long as we execute,” Powers said. “There is no reason we can’t bring a lot of guys down (to state).”

Osage earned a new meet record from Ben Miller in the high jump (6-0) and the 4×100-meter relay team of Brayden Onken, Cole Adams, Tyson Boge and Colton Boge edged the Saints in 47.00 for the pair of Green Devil wins.

2021 TIC East Boys Meet

Team Standings

1. St. Ansgar 154; 2. Central Springs 122; 3. West Fork 77; 4. Osage 71; 5. Nashua-Plainfield 66; 5. North Butler 51; 7. Northwood-Kensett 27; 8. Rockford 13; 9. Mason City Newman 8.

Individual Results

(Champion, area results)

100 — 1. Braden Powers (SA) 11.40*; 2. Ryan Cole (SA) 11.60*; 6. Brayden Onken (O) 12.26; 9. Tyson Boge (O) 12.36.

110 hurdles — 1. Tyler Marino (CS) 15.99; 3. Michael Johnson (O) 16.34; 4. Ben Miller (O) 16.92; 6. Lorne Isler (SA) 17.64l 10. Tate Mayer (SA) 19.04.

200 — 1. Braden Powers (SA) 23.05*; 2. Ryan Cole (SA) 23.61*; 6. Colton Boge (O) 24.71; 7. Ben Miller (O) 25.12.

400 — 1. Braden Powers (SA) 51.62; 7. Bradley Hackenmiller (SA) 56.44; 8. Cole Jeffries (O) 57.28; 10. Hossyn Dalager (O) 58.13.

400 hurdles — 1. Josiah Kliment (N-K) 58.48; 3. Cole Adams (O) 1:00.26; 4. Derek Peterson (SA) 1:00.78; 7. Michael Johnson (O) 1:03.57; 8. Lorne Isler (SA) 1:03.78.

800 — 1. Riley Witt (SA) 2:05.64*; 5. Matthew Hall (SA) 2:14.57; 13. Ashton Sonberg (O) 2:26.40; 14. Garrison Gerdts (O) 2:28.75.

1,600 — 1. Riley Witt (SA) 4:45.69*; 5. Aslan Wills (SA) 5:02.29; 8. Keagan Hennessey (O) 5:09.58; 14. Skyler Wright (O) 5:22.94.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Nashua-Plainfield 1:39.60; 5. St. Ansgar (Bradley Hackenmiller, Noah Michels, Matthew Hall, Lorne Isler) 1:44.06; 7. Osage (Brody Wold, Cade Machin, Cole Jeffries, Noah O’Malley) 1:48.66.

3,200 — 1. Riley Witt (SA) 10:22.01*; 8. Cole Hansen (SA) 11:21.68; 9. Keagan Hennessey (O) 11:28.52.

4×100 — 1. Osage (Brayden Onken, Cole Adams, Tyson Boge, Colton Boge) 47.29; 2. St. Ansgar (Bradley Hackenmiller, Noah Michels, Ryan Cole, Matthew Hall) 47.58.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Central Springs 1:03.99; 3. Osage (Cole Adams, Michael Johnson, Kevin Blair, Ben Miller) 1:06.24; 4. St. Ansgar (Tate Mayer, Lorne Isler, Christian Hermanson, Griffin Carlson) 1:07.27.

4×200 — 1. Central Springs 1:37.45; 2. Osage (Brayden Onken, Cole Adams, Tyson Boge, Colton Boge) 1:38.72; 4. St. Ansgar (Brody Patterson, Noah Michels, Bradley Hackenmiller, Griffin Carlson) 1:40.12.

4×400 — 1. Nashua-Plainfield 3:37.44*; 2. St. Ansgar (Drew Powers, Braden Powers, Derek Peterson, Ryan Cole) 3:40.30*; 7. Osage (Hossyn Dalager, Noah O’Malley, Cole Jeffries, Tyson Boge) 3:54.66.

4×800 — 1. West Fork 8:44.25*; 3. St. Ansgar (Derek Peterson, Justin Horgen, Aslan Wills, Matthew Hall) 8:59.98*; 6. Osage (Skyler Wright, Ashton Sonberg, Garrison Gerdts, Darren Adams) 9:48.82.

Distance medley relay — 1. St. Ansgar (Conner King, Noah Michels, Griffin Carlson, Riley Witt) 3:51.78; 8. Osage (Brody Wolf, Cade Machin, Skyler Wright, Conner Thorne) 4:26.32.

Discus — 1. Sage Hulshizer (SA) 153-4*; 4. Jex Schutjer (SA) 119-10; 5. Colton Boge (O) 111-3; 14. Bryce Hovde (O) 91-9.

High jump — 1. Ben Miller (O) 6-0*; 2. Michael Johnson (O) 5-10*; 7. Hunter Hillman (SA) 5-0.

Long jump — 1. Ren Heimer (WF) 20-7.5*; 2. Brayden Onken (O) 19-9; 6. Caleb Levan (SA) 18-4; 8. Drew Powers (SA) 18-1.5; 13. Alex Graves (O) 16-1.5.

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Shot put — 1. Zach Ott (Rock) 50-11*; 2. Sage Hulshizer (SA) 48-11*; 4. Alex Hansen (SA) 46-0; 7. Bryce Hovde (O) 34-6; 13. Brady Hovde (O) 29-9.