Benton’s Aiden Harris leads off the 4×800 for Benton at the Early Bird Invite at Van Horne. 
Belle Plaine’s Sheldon Coover competes for the Plainsmen at the Benton Early Bird Meet. He is shown in the 4×800. 
Benton’s Hope Moore clears a hurdle in the shuttle hurdle relay at the Early Bird Invite March 29 in Van Horne.
Benton Early Bird Co-ed Parent Invite
Monday, March 29, 2021, at Van Horne
Boys’ team results
- Benton Community 131
- Grinnell 117
- Center Point-Urbana 94
- Alburnett 55
- South Tama 52
- North Linn 46
- Belle Plaine 42
- Springville 40
- Valley Lutheran 6
Girls’ team results
- Center Point-Urbana 113
- Mount Vernon 94
- Benton Community 81
- Grinnell 81
- South Tama 66
- Springville 60
- Alburnett 49
- North Linn 42
- Valley Lutheran 2
Benton girls’ place-winners
- High jump – 5. Bailey Davis, 4-4
- Long jump – 4. Shakayla Lamer 14-9
- Discus – 8. Katelyn Buscher 79-0
- Sprint medley – 6. Lamer, Sims, Lohrer, Donald 2:10.23
- 4×800 – 2. Thys, Ricklefs, Rinderknecht, King 12:03.65
- Shuttle hurdle – 2. Twedt, Moore, Janss, Schultz 1:19.35
- 100 – 6. Megan Schulte 15.49
- Distance medley – 3. Thys, Donald, Townsley, Lyons 4:58.92
- 4×200 – 2. Vollbrecht, Lohrer, Sims, Moore 1:57.73
- 110 hurdles – 4. Jenna Twedt 19.98; 6. Chloe Schultz 20.55
- 800 – 5. Abby Rinderknecht 2:49.61
- 400 hurdles – 2. Janelle Morris 1:20.21; 3. Olivia Janss 1:24.14
- 1500 – 1. Jaida Lyons 5:45.12
- 4×100 – 2. Lamer, Sims, Vollbrecht, Moore 54.63
- 4×400 – 4. Thys, Lohrer, Donald, Townsley 4:45.92
Benton boys’ place-winners
- Long jump – 1. Sam Wallace 19-0.50; 5. Colin Buch 17-9.50
- Sprint medley – 2. Wallace, Bruns, Brecht, Thompson 1:45.23
- 3200 – 5. Gage Offill 12:24.24
- 4×800 – 1. Harris, Lange, Canny, Schulte 9:21.56
- Shuttle Hurdle – 2. Buch, Patterson, Frank, Snitker 1:13.14
- 100 – 1. Jacob Brecht 11.87; 3. Aidan Thompson 12.67
- 400 – 3. Easton Patterson 1:00.34
- 4×200 – 4. Gallery, Sims, Frank, Bruns 1:45.22
- 800 – 1. Aiden Harris 2:03.33; Gage Offill 2:25.03
- 200 – 1. Jacob Brecht 23.22; 2. Sam Wallace 24.06
- 400 hurdles – 1. Colin Buch 1:00.10; 3. Easton Patterson 1:03.85
- 1600 – 4. Trey Schulte 5:10.26
- 4×100 – 1. Wallace, Buch, Thompson Brecht 45.25
- 4×400 4. Thompson, Lange, Bruns, Harris 3:50.72
Belle Plaine boys’ place-winners
- Shot put – 6. Eli Ehlen 37-3
- Sprint medley – 5. DeMeulenaere, Tegeler, Hamilton, DeMeulenaere 1:46.05
- Shuttle hurdle – 1. Hamilton, Timm, Ehlen, DeMeulenaere 1:07.94
- Distance medley – 6. Parrott, Timm, Hart, Schwenn 4:30.31
- 4×200 – 3. Parrott, Timm, Oliver, DeMeulenaere 1:43.18
- 110 hurdles – 1. Ben DeMeulenaere 16.36
- 800 – 6. Sheldon Coover 2:29.60
- 400 hurdles – 6. Jackson Tegeler 1:04.32
- 4×100 – 3. DeMeulenaere, Tegeler, Hamilton, DeMeulenaere 46.41
Jim Magdefrau 