A man authorities are looking for after he fell into the water at Lake Panorama Thursday evening, has been identified as 22-year old Kenton Greaves, of Brooklyn, New York. Multiple sources say Grand View University in Des Moines sent out a letter on Friday, indicating Greaves had died after he disappeared while tubing on the lake with a group of friends.

Greaves had just completed his junior year at GVU, where he was a member of the wrestling team, and a Senior Criminal Justice major. Crisis counselors were being made available to Grand View University students and staff to help them deal with the loss.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office and dive teams are working to recover Greaves’ body.

The Exira-EHK Spartans and IKM-Manning Wolves boys golf teams came in one-two at the Boys District Golf Tournament @ Crestwood Hills Golf Course in Anita on Friday. Both teams will now advance to the 1A State Tournament next Thursday and Friday at Westwood Golf Course in Newton.

The Spartans shot a 326 team score to win it. IKM-Manning was just a shot back at 327. Avery Kwirant of Southwest Valley was Medalist after winning a one-hole playoff over Tyler Kopp of CAM. They both had rounds of 74 through 18 holes and will both get to move on individually to State.

Team Scores

1. Exira-EHK 326
2. IKM-Manning 327
3. CAM 335
4. Southwest Valley 336
5. North Mahaska 342
6. Tri-Center 344
7. Bedford 349
8. Moravia 350
9. St. Albert 362
10. Martensdale St. Marys 380

Individual Scores

1. Avery Kwirant, Southwest Valley, 74
2. Tyler Kopp, CAM, 74
3. Kyler Rasmussen, IKM-Manning 75
4. Cole Burmeister, Exira-EHK, 75
5. Mateo Varese, 75

Atlantic junior Jalen Petersen ended his breakout running season with a 10th place finish in the Class 3A Boys 3200M Run on Thursday at Drake Stadium. Petersen completed the race in a personal best time of 10:08.36.

Petersen was coming off a state meet qualification during the cross country season and carried that progress into track. He said it’s been a great season with what he’s been able to accomplish and is looking forward to trying to place in both sports next season.

Listen to a full interview with Jalen below.

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2A District Golf Tournament at Lake Panorama National Golf Course.

State Qualifying Teams: PCM, Monroe 326 and Des Moines Christian 338.

State Qualifying Individuals: Kelby Shackelford, Panorama, 70 (Medalist). Ben Clement, Earlham, 73 (Runner-Up).

Atlantic Distance Medley Champions (Zade Niklasen, Dillon Sonntag, Chase Mullenix, Tyler Moen) Photo Courtesy Matt Mullenix

The Atlantic Trojans boys track team is staying hot on day 2 of the State Track and Field Championships. Atlantic picked up another State Title by winning the Distance Medley with a time of 3:32.53. The team comprised of Tyler Moen, Dillon Sonntag, Zade Niklasen, and Chase Mullenix picked up the first ever title in the event for the Atlantic boys.

The splits for the winning team were Moen 23.3, Sonntag 23.1, Niklasen 49.2, and Mullenix 1:56.1. With the victory Atlantic moved to the top of the 3A boys team standings as well with 31 points. Marion sits in second with 30 points and the Trojans will have a shot at getting that team championship tomorrow with a number of events yet to run.

Gratt Reed also had a strong day for Atlantic picking up a 2nd place finish in the 400M Hurdles with a time of 53.24. He also qualified for the 110M Hurdle Finals with the top time of the prelims at 14.77.

The Trojans also got some points from the 4x200M Relay team that took 6th place. Jayden Barnwell, Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, and Dillon Sonntag ran a time of 1:31.44 to earn the medal.

The Atlantic boys golf team hosted a District Golf Tournament on Friday at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club. As a team the Trojans came up just shy of an entry to the State Tournament but two individuals will move on. Matt Gearheart shot a 74 and was Runner-Up in the District and Cyle Renaud shot 77 to finish 4th. Both golfers will move on to State.

ADM was the District Champion with a 308 total. Norwalk came in 2nd at 310. Atlantic was 3rd with a 313. Winterset 345 and Bondurant-Farrar 360 rounded out the field.

Atlantic Head Coach Ed DenBeste: “This was a tough one for the team. We were hoping to make it through today. We knew that ADM and Norwalk were both solid teams and had to play well today. Tough to not qualify on your home course. I feel bad for our seniors, Austin, Mason, and Ben. I know they were hoping to make it to state. However, good to see Matt and Cyle both qualify for state as individuals. They will head to Fort Dodge on Wednesday to play Thursday and Friday. Good luck to them.”

Atlantic Boys State Champion 4×800 Relay Team (Chase Mullenix, Zeke Whetstone, Jaxson Eden, Craig Allen Becker)
Photo courtesy Matt Mullenix

The Atlantic boys track team started off the 2018 State Track and Field Championships with a strong opening day. Thursday’s efforts included a State Championship in the 4x800M Relay. The team of Craig Allen Becker, Jaxson Eden, Zeke Whetstone, and Chase Mullenix ran a school record 8:01.05 to take home the hardware.

According to Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins the splits were Becker (1:58.5), Eden (2:00.6), Whetstone (2:03.3), and Mullenix (1:58.2). The win was the third ever relay championship for the Atlantic boys track program.

Listen to interviews below with Seniors Jaxson Eden and Zeke Whetstone as they reflect on the win.

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2018 State Track and Field Championships
Day 2 May 18, 2018

Class 3A Boys

110M Hurdles Prelims

Gratt Reed, Atlantic- Qualified 1st 14.77

4x200M Relay Final

Atlantic- 6th (Jayden Barnwell, Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Dillon Sonntag) 1:31.44
Glenwood- 8th (Joey Saddler, Brady Weddum, Jack Hughes, Zach Vondra) 1:32.02
Harlan- 12th (Deren Scmitz, Jake McLaughlin, Jon Owens, Nick Foss) 1:32.67

400M Hurdles Final

Gratt Reed, Atlantic- 2nd, Runner-Up 53.24
Jon Owens, Harlan- 13th 56.74

Distance Medley Final

Atlantic- 1st, State Champions (Zade Niklasen, Dillon Sonntag, Tyler Moen, Chase Mullenix) 3:32.53 (First ever State Title in this event for Atlantic)

4x100M Prelims

Glenwood 21st (Joey Saddler, Jon Lee, Jack Hughes, Zach Vondra) 45.17

4x400M Prelims

Atlantic- Qualify 1st (Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Gratt Reed, Chase Mullenix) 3:22.62 (Best 3A time this season)
Harlan- 11th (Deren Schmitz, Jon Owens, Jonathon Monson, Michael Erlmeier) 3:27.72
Glenwood- 18th (Christain Stanislav, Jack Hughes, Parson Covington, Kohen Watson) 3:32.56

Long Jump

Nick Foss, Harlan- 4th 22-02.50
Zach Vondra, Glenwood- 15th 20-04.00

Shot Put

Jade Magnuson, Denison-Schleswig- 12th 48-11.50
Caleb Brouse, Harlan- 18th 47-10.75

2018 State Track and Field Championships
Day 2 May 18, 2018

Class 2A Boys

110M Hurdles Prelims

Jake Fisher, Treynor- 19th 16.06
Izak Baumhover, Kuemper Catholic- 24th 16.30

4x200M Relay Final

AHSTW- 1st, State Champions (Drake Partridge, Jake Martin, Korbin Martin, Gage Clay) 1:29.97
Underwood- 16th (Liam Campin, Gavin Dominguez, Hunter Goehring, Brayden Wollan) 1:33.59
Missouri Valley- 19th (Nick Allen, Gage Graeve, Zac Polzin, Kaleb Waterhouse) 1:34.65

400M Hurdles Final

Izak Baumhover, Kuemper Catholic- 6th 55.99
Billy Larsen, West Central Valley- 14th 57.36
Harley Martin, Shenandoah- 16th 57.65

Distance Medley Final

Underwood- 8th (Gavin Dominguez, Brayden Wollan, Thomas Conn, Jalen Humphrey) 3:40.57
AC/GC- 12th (Dylan Soper, Justin Plowman, Caden Wardyn, Clay Billheimer) 3:43.17
Treynor- 16th (Will Halverson, Austin Kulesa, Luke Clausen, Jerry Jorgenson) 3:44.48
Mount Ayr- 18th (John Young, Connor Eaton, Hunter Arends, Isaac Timmerman) 3:45.14

4x100M Prelims

AHSTW- Qualify 1st (Drake Partridge, Jake Martin, Korbin Martin, Gage Clay) 43.29
Shenandoah- 21st (Tylur Powell, Harley Martin, Anthony Stogdill, Josh Lehman) 45.16

4x400M Prelims

Underwood- Qualify 5th  (Thomas Conn, Jalen Humphrey, Hunter Goehring, Brayden Wollan) 3:29.55
Missouri Valley- Qualify 6th (Duke Kyle, Gage Graeve, Wyatt Love, Colton Ford) 3:29.78
West Central Valley- 20th (Brice Sechrist, Billy Larsen, Carson Wadle, Cole Arnburg) 3:34.14
Mount Ayr- 23rd (Marcus Daughton, Dawson Frost, Connor Eaton, Hunter Arends) 3:39.52

High Jump

Miles Rupiper, Kuemper Catholic- 1st, State Champion 6-07.00
Jack Tiarks, Treynor- 5th 6-03.00
Gracen Welberg, Panorama- T15th 5-11.00
Noah James, Treynor- 23rd 5-09.00

Discus

Brandon Magnuson, Underwood- 6th 155-07
Daniel Jensen, Panorama- 10th 149-09
Landon Nelson, Underwood- 19th 138-07
Michael Mohr, Kuemper Catholic- 23rd 132-06

2018 State Track and Field Championships
Day 2 May 18, 2018

Class 3A Girls

Distance Medley Final

Creston- 10th (Kiersten Latham, Cayla Maitlen, Brielle Baker, MaKenna Hudson) 4:15.75

100M Hurdles Prelims

Audrey Arnold, Glenwood- 20th 16.42

4x200M Relay Final

Glenwood- 13th (Sadey Allgood, Elle Scarborough, Jaeda Wilson, Bailey Ostrander) 1:48.83
Atlantic- 16th (Taylor Hansen, Alyssa Derby, Jessica Hartwig, Haley Rasmussen) 1:49.05
Carroll- 23rd (Emma Perkins, Emma Tunning, Taylor Mohr, Jordyn Wardell) 1:50.54

400M Hurdles Final 

Chloe Hansen, Harlan- 8th 1:06.41
Lauren Becker, Glenwood- 10th 1:07.20
Vanessa Gunderson, Denison-Schleswig- 11th 1:07.26

4x100M Relay Prelims 

Denison-Schleswig- 13th (Alex Mohr, Tia Petersen, Cierra Kastner, Whitney Weiss) 51.36
Glenwood- 19th (Devon Bomer, Jaeda Wilson, Abi Schultz, Bailey Ostrander) 51.84
Carroll- 21st (Jordyn Wardell,  Emma Tunning, Brenna Simmons, Emma Perkins) 51.95

4x400M Relay Prelims 

Denison-Schleswig- 10th (Raegan Andersen, Paige Andersen, Vanessa Gunderson, Ellie Mendlik) 4:07.40
Creston- 11th (Kiersten Latham, Stephanie Hemsworth, Brielle Baker, MaKenna Hudson) 4:07.89

Shot Put 

Kelsey Fields, Creston- 6th 38-01.00
Madison Schumacher, Harlan- 13th 35-07.50
Sarah Heilesen, Dension-Schleswig- 16th 35-03.50
Sydney Biermann, Glenwood- 18th 35-00.00

Long Jump 

Haley Rasmussen, Atlantic- 13th 15-11.75