Former Exira star Britta Christofferson captured a victory Saturday at the Musco Twilight track and field meet at the University of Iowa.  Christofferson, a senior for the Cyclones, won the Hammer Throw event with a toss of 193-feet-six-inches.  Her throw was nearly 13 feet better than the runner-up.  The Iowa State track and field team is back in action This weekend at the 102nd running of the Drake Relays.

Atlantic 156, Clarinda 173

Sam Markham 38 (Medalist)
Matt Thielen 39
Travis Olsen 39
Evan Schuler 40
Ben Nelson 42
Sam Renaud 44
Atlantic JV 196, Clarinda JV 226

Nick Berry 42
Derek Stork 44
Ian McNees 55
Cole Lowary 55
Anthony Page 56
Andrew Thielen 58

Atlantic 182, Clarinda 190

Medalist: Brooke Fletcher, Atlantic, 41
Runnerup: Jenni Geer, Clarinda, 43

Atlantic scores:
Kristen Schuler – 45
Bailey Walter – 47
Kaitlynn Walter – 49
Sierra Worth – 51
Pammy Fixmer – 53

Coach Kathy Hobson says:

This was a great team victory for us; Clarinda is one of the top teams in
the conference. For another cold, windy and wet outing, we had some very
good scores. Excited for Brooke as was the team. This was her first time
being medalist and she was playing with and against who I think are 3 of
the top 5 senior golfers in the conference (Kristen Schuler, Jenni Geer
and Sarah Steinauer). She has a beautiful swing; very smooth.

Tiger-Knight Girls Relays in Carroll

1.  Harlan 158
2.  Atlantic 104.5
3.  Carroll 66.5
4.  Boone 37
5.  Mo Valley 26

Atlantic Place Winners:

1st Place:

• 200 — Melanie Nielsen
• 400 — Alex Hartwig
• 3000 — Ali Krogman
• Shuttle Hurdle — Paige Kennon, Lauren Krogman, McKenzie Holmes, Amanda Gude

2nd place:

• 100 — Melanie Nielsen
• 1500 — Ali Krogman
• 4 x 200 — Melanie Nielsen, Carrie Sandage, Taylor Young, Sam Peterson
• 4 x 400 — Carrie Sandage, Taylor Young, Jessica Arneson, Alex Hartwig
• 4 x 800 — Katie Blake, Shelby Worth, Liz Siggins, Sam Peterson

3rd Place:

• 800 — Jesica Arneson
• 1500 — Christy Stevens
• 3000 — Christy Stevens
• 110 Hurdles — Mackenzie Holmes
• 400 Hurdles — Amanda Gude
• Sprint Medley — Kari Sandage, Taylor Young, Melanie Nielsen, Alex Hartwig
• Distance Medley — Kristin Johnk, Paige Kennon, Shelby Worth, Jessica Arneson
• Discus — Paige Kennon

4th Place:

• 100 — Kari Sandage
• 200 — Alex Hartwig
• 400 — Katie Blake
• 4 x 100 — Kristin Johnk, Mackenzie Holmes, Paige Kennon, Amanda Gude
• High Jump — Shelby Worth

5th Place:

• Long Jump — Mackenzie Holmes

6th Place:

• 100 Hurdles — Amanda Gude
• 400 Hurdles — Lauren Krogman
• Long Jump — Lauren Krogman
• Shot Put — Marissa Berns

Tiger-Knight Relays @ Carroll

Team Scores:

1. Jefferson-Scranton  105
2. Boone  89.5
3. Carroll  61
4. Atlantic  59.5
5. Harlan  57

Atlantic Place Winners:

1st Place:

• 800 — Luke Karamitros  2:06.24
• Discus — Tyler Hovey  149-2

2nd Place:

• 1600 — Luke Karamitros  4:39.5
• 4 x 400 — Jake Auerbach, Blake Esbeck, Dalton Franken, Ethan Westering  3:36.21
• 4 x 800 — Parker Hoye, Trevor Knuth, Luke Karamitros, Blake Esbeck  8:29.17

3rd Place:

• 400 — Jake Auerbach  :54.22
• Distance Medley — Christian Holzapfel, Tye Nielsen, Philip Iekel, Parker Hoye  3:56.49
• Long Jump — Dalton Franken  18-7.5
• Shot Put — Tyler Hovey  43-3.75

4th Place:

• 4 x 100 — Christian Holzapfel, Phillip Iekel, Tye Nielsen, Ryan McDermott  :47.54
• 4 x 200 — Ethan Westering, Phillip Iekel, Dalton Franken, Ryan McDermott  1:37.27
• Shot Put — Chris McVey  41-4.5
• Discus — Garrett Eblen  129-3

5th Place:

• High Jump — Kray Lukehart  5-6
• Long Jump — Jake Auerbach  18-0

6th Place:

100 — Ethan Westering :12.31

Girls — Atlantic 5, Clarinda 1 (susp. — rain)

Singles
#1 Liz Metheny 12 (A) over Beth Reiter 12 (C) 8-5
#2 Shelby Svoboda 12 (A) over Teal Driscol 12 (C) 8-6
#3 Carli Thornton 12 (A) over Kristan Clement 12 (C) 8-6
#4 Morgan Allen 12 (A) over Alyssa Alexander 12 (C) 8-2
#5 Sarah Schreiner 12 (A) over Lindsey Poore 12 (C) 8-0
#6 Casey Dean 10 (C) over Tierney Kamies 12 (A) 8-4

Doubles play suspended during warm-ups

Boys — Atlantic 5, Clarinda 4

Singles
#1 Derek Tjepkes 12 (A) over Logan Sump 11 (C) 8-0
#2 Jeremiah Haug 11 (C) over Brett Dennis 12 (A) 9-8 (7-5 tiebreak)
#3 Tyler Stevie (C) over Blake Meneely 10 (A) 8-4
#4 Tyler Fischer 10 (A) over Cordell Turner 11 (C) 8-2
#5 Alex Hiat (C) over Noah Welter 10 (A) 8-5
#6 Austin Conrad 11 (A) over Nate Jones (C) 8-4

Doubles
#1 Tjepkes/Cody Ihnen 12 (A) over Haug/Stevie (C) 8-3
#2 Sump/Jones (C) over Dennis/Conrad (A) 8-2
#3 Fischer/Welter (A) over Turner/Hiat (C) 8-1

JV Boys winners for Atlantic —

Singles — Wyatt Saeugling
Doubles — Meneely/Matt Cook, Jake Arneson/Rob Nichols, Dalton Cook/Scott Caslow, Chad Olsen/Mark Schreiner, Stuart Hoegh/Adam Wieser

Coach Shawn Petersen Comments —

Girls —

This was a great win for the girls — Clarinda is one of the few teams we will see with our senior depth, and it was really tough conditions — borderline unplayable with the temperature and the wind; at #1 Liz was down most of her match, and down 5-4 she started playing more aggressively and won the final 4 games to beat a tough Reiter; seemingly every game went to deuce, and Liz battled through to get us a big win; at #2 it was a similar story — Shelby got down early, but battled back to take a late lead and held serve to finish off Teal; Carli was down early in her match 2-0, but won 3 straight games to take a 3-2 lead; both girls played well and held serve until Carli finally prevailed — a great win for Carli; Morgan at #4 took control early and handled the conditions very well in winning 8-2; Sarah pulled through in some tight games early and then coasted to victory at #5; Tierney was battling a back injury and played well considering her health, losing to a very good sophomore in Dean; as the 3 doubles matchups were just getting ready to start, the clouds opened up on us ending the dual. We will see Clarinda again Saturday at the Trojann Tournament in Atlantic. I was very pleased with the grit the girls showed — a nice bounce-back win over a good team, after a disappointing loss at Glenwood last week.

Boys —

Unfortunately we had to play this match without our #1 player, Mitch Leiferman, and since Clarinda returned most of their lineup from last year, I anticpated a tough dual, even if we were at full-strength; to get a win on the road hopefully shows that we have grown some since the start of the year.

#1 — Derek was really on point from the get-go in a dominating performance over a veteran Sump from Clarinda; #2 Brett was playing for the first time at #2, and almost got the win, losing in a tight tiebreaker; #3 Blake was up early 3-0, then lost his mojo and had a hard time getting it back, losing a tough match 8-4; #4 Tyler played probably his best match of the year in winning handily 8-2 — I’m really excited about the progress he’s made, as this is only his second year of playing tennis; #5 Noah got off to a slow start, then played his opponent even the rest of the match; he needs to be ready to go from the start, especially in an 8-game set — a slow start is tough to overcome; #6 Austin got us a crucial win at #6, evening up the dual heading to doubles; Austin didn’t know he’d be in the lineup until shortly before the match, so he did a great job pinch-hitting for us at the #6 spot.

Doubles — #1 Derek teamed with Cody Ihnen in Cody’s first exposure to varsity competition; they got off to a hot start an cruised to the win — a great effort for these two seniors; #2 Austin and Brett started out slowly and couldn’t get things going very much — we need more consistency out of them at #2 doubles as we head into a tough stretch next week; #3 Welter and Fischer continue to be steady for us at #3 — in tight duals it’s amazing how often the contest comes down to #3 doubles, so it was clutch of them to get the win for us.

next week the boys travel to Denison on monday (make-up), then host Audubon Tuesday, travel to Red Oak Thursday, host LC on Friday (another make-up), before hosting the Trojan Tournament on Saturday; hopefully the weather will cooperate as we have a season-defining week coming up.