2005 Year in Review

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Like Marcos too Deep for Mustangs

By: Lindsey Smith
The Morrison Mustangs won nine of the 17 events in their home meet versus Polo, LaMoille-DePue, Annawan, and Ohio. However, they didn’t have the depth that the Polo Marcos brought with them.

Dustin Vandermyde won Morrison’s first field event. He threw the shot put 40’5”, which was just about five feet further than second placed Polo.
Doug Vandermyde nearly hit the “100” mark in the discus. His 99’8 ¾” toss fell about seven feet short of first place. However, Doug cleared third by over 11 feet.
Nate McBride landed just short of first in the long jump. 2’ ¼” was all that separated Nate’s 19’ ¾” jump from first. Zach Ashpole also jumped for the ‘Stangs in the long jump. He hopped 17’ ½” for fourth.
Sammy Biggs and Tony Damhoff teamed together for the triple jump. There Sammy easily jumped to first, landing a 41’9 ½” jump. Tony followed Sammy at fourth by bounding 34’ 10”.
Joey Amstutz leaped up to 5’0” in the high jump. This gave the Mustangs a fourth place finish. He was 6” behind Polo’s first place.
Lewis Selmon was the first of the Mustangs to take to the track for a running event. Lewis braved the warm windy air for the two mile. He ended at a time of 12:16.9, nestled between third and fifth places.
Morrison won every relay that there was at the meet. They started it off with a 10:05 first place in the 4 x 800 relay. Dustin led off the relay before handing the baton to Doug. Doug ran his leg, pulling away from Polo, and passed to Tony. After Tony came Lewis, who finished the race over two minutes ahead of Polo.
The 4 x 100 relay was up next. Spectators saw Nate take off and then reach Nick Vandermyde. Nick let Sammy take the baton to Zach Ashpole for the anchor. Zach crossed the line at 46.57, about seven seconds ahead of Polo.
Sammy got his third gold in the next event: the 100-meter dash. He sprinted to stop his clock at 11.19. Zach Schumacher followed him to third place. He was just .12 seconds shy of second.
Three Mustangs ran and place in the 800. Lewis led the charge by finishing in second place. His 2:24.40 time was .78 seconds ahead of Ohio’s Dunn. Josh Bartels ran to fourth in 2:26.58. Josh was about a second and a half ahead of fifth place and a second and a half behind third. Max Robertson coasted to sixth by finishing the race in 2:43.43.
The Mustangs came back to claim first place in the 4 x 200 relay. The same Morrison sprinters ran in this relay as in the 4 x 100 (Nate, Nick, Sammy, and Zach A.). They blew by Polo to finish in 1:37.88.
Doug and Dustin gave Morrison their first and last 1-2 finish of the day in the 400-meter dash. Doug darted into first place, crossing the line at 55.64. Dustin was right behind him. His clock was punched at 56.87. Third place was about a second and a half behind the Mustang runners.
Zach A. won his first individual event of the meet in the 200-meter dash. Zach was the only Mustang to run. He finished in 23.89 seconds, about half a second faster than second place. There were six sprinters behind Zach and all of them were from Polo.
Again with not much competition in a relay, the Mustangs coasted to an easy win in the final relay. Nate, Nick, and Sammy took care of the first three legs as they did in the 4 x 100 and the 4 x 200. This time, instead of Zach A. anchoring, it was Tony Damhoff. Their final time was 3:45.45, over a quarter of a minute speedier than Polo.
The meet was mainly a competition between the Mustangs and Marcos. Annwan and LaMoille-DePue couldn’t put a point on the board. Ohio tallied nine points for third place. Morrison gathered 82 points. Polo racked up 117 points to win the meet.

by larryg
2005-04-18 21:57:24