AGWSR's Karsjens wins discus title; Grundy girls have busy Saturday

  Nathan Karsjens already had the Class 1A state discus title in hand, but he had one more chance to throw, so he went farther to cap off his career for AGWSR on Friday, May 19.
   Karsjens threw 169 feet, 11 inches to clinch the title, even though he had the title by one foot.
   "Knowing going in (to my last throw) I knew whether I was going to win or not," Karsjens said, "and all the pressure was off so all I had to do was throw as hard as I could to improve on my last one.”
  The discus title makes two championships for the Cougars after AGWSR throws teammate Caleb Meinders won the shot put title on Thursday. Meinders was 21st in the discus.
   "It's the ultimate goal," Karsjens said of winning the title. "I always wanted to win a state championship. I wanted to win one in basketball the most, but to get one, is a reallly good feeling."
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   Grundy Center’s 4x200 relay team of Kyah Luhring, Brooke Flater, Landry Luhring and Hailey Wallis took sixth in the event in 1:49.62 on Friday in Des Moines. But this group is only getting started.
   Saturday will be busy for Wallis, a finalist in the 100-meter dash who will also run with her teammates in the sprint medley to start the final day of state track and then will be one of the final schools on the blue oval this year as part of the 1A 4x400, qualifying with the fifth-best time in 4:12.46.
   The Spartans are seeded fifth in the sprint medley, as well.
Elsewhere in Drake Stadium:
AGWSR
-- Liam Stubbe placed 7th in the 400 hurdles in 56.52.
-- Mason Eilderts, Brent Janssen, Liam Stubbe and Alec Stahl placed 11th in the distance medley relay in 3:42.74.
BCLUW
-- Jack Garber will run in the 110 hurdle final Saturday with a 15.22, the fifth-best time out of the prelims.
-- Jenna Willett placed 19th in the 2A 400 hurdles in 1:10.36.
Dike-New Hartford
-- The 4x400 boys team will run in Saturday’s final after turning in the second-best prelim time, with Ryan Moore, Broden Coulter, Nick Durnin and Connor Blough finishing the race in 3:26.48. Albia has the top qualifying time with 3:22.80.
-- Nick Durnin was 15th in the 110 hurdle prelims with a 15.52.
-- In the 4x100 relay prelims, Josie Claude, Sydney Petersen, Bailey Fettkether and Madison Hedges finished 15th in 51.94.
-- Alayna Kollasch, Courtney Bolhuis, Baylee Petersen and Madison Hedges joined forces in the 4x400 prelims, finishing 21st in 4:15.87.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
-- In the boys 4x400 prelims, Walker Thede, Hunter Lott, Matt Johannsen and Parker Bown combined to run 3:34.46 for 16th place.
-- Walker Thede, Cael Wyatt, Erik Knaack and Parker Bown were 18th in the 1A 4x200 in 1:34.10.
Grundy Center
-- The boys distance medley relay team of Bryce Flater, Adam Kaufman, Caleb Kuiper and Finn Cleveland placed ninth in 3:40.21, three-hundredths of a second from earning a medal. The foursome was also 13th in the 4x400 prelims in 3:33.32.