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Healthy Kids Iowa – Southeast Linn Community Center has signed up to be a distribution site for the state of Iowa’s new summer food distribution program for school kids. This is for families with kids ages 4-18 who meet specific income guidelines. We will have distributions on 6/12, 7/17 and 8/21 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Each family will receive $40 worth of food per child per month. Pre-registration is required. Please complete the linked form if you would like to participate. For the June distribution, registration must be completed by Friday, June 6th.
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We have signed up to be a distribution site for the state of Iowa’s new summer food distribution program. This is a new state-run program, separate from SELCC’s food pantry and our summer meals. Parti…
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Day 2 at State Track was another great day for the Mustangs!
Eastin Whisner ran 66.67 and Sorell Telecky ran 69.60 in the 400 hurdles to place 8th and 20th, respectively.
4 X 100 prelim team of Lucy Wischmeyer, Kara Swantz, Olivia Haverback, Grace Hale ran well, but did not qualify for finals. Lucy Wischmeyer placed 7th in the long jump with a jump of 16-11.5’. Libby Dix placed 16th in the shot put. The Distance Medley team of Lucy Wischmeyer, Kara Swantz, Eastin Whisner, and Evelyn Moeller run 4:06.92 to place 3rd, the 4 X 400 team of Kiersten Swart, Eastin Whisner, Sorell Telecky, and Cali Whitakerjust missed qualifying for finals but ran well and finished 9th.
For the boys, the Distance Medley team of Colin Bentley, Logan Stanerson, Holden Hlavacek, and Grady Olberding placed 6th. Last up for events on Friday was the boys 4 x 400 prelims. Holden Hlavacek, Dawson Scheil, Erik Lamb, and Jaks Lee ran a 3:29.70.
At the end of the day on Friday, the boys were tied for 14th in the team standings and the girls are holding on to the 1st place team spot.
We look forward to all the finals on Saturday and wish all the student-athletes good luck!
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Congratulations to the Mount Vernon boys and girls track teams on a great first day at the State meet!
Results from today:
Erik Lamb was 16th in the high jump and the boys’ 4 x 800 (Seamus O’Connor, Chasen Caskey, Grady Olberding, and Dawson Scheil) placed 2nd and broke the school record by 3 seconds!
Edith Dawson ran a season-best in the 3000 at 11:23.80. The shuttle hurdle team of Liv Haverback, Adrienne Ruhland, Annabelle Smith, and Kiersten Swart go 1:11.07 to place 17th and outperform their seed. Sydney Maue places 8th in the high jump. Cali Whitaker qualified for the 200 final, and breaks her own school record in the process in 25.07! The 4 x 800 team of Eastin Whisner, Kiersten Swart, Sam Schoff, and Evelyn Moeller get on the award stand in 3rd in 9:21.41. Cali Whitaker takes 3rd in the 400 m with a PR at 56.34 and another school record. And last, but definitely not least Libby Dix is the class 3A State Champion in the discus with a throw of 148-10.
The boys’ team ended the day tied for 8th place and the girls’ team finished the day sitting in 1st place!
Congratulations to all the athletes that competed today and we look forward to more Mustang wins tomorrow!
Photo credit to Kory Swart and Matt Thede
Also, in other sports news, the MV-L girls’ golf team punched their ticket to the State Meet. Mount Vernon shares girls’ golf with Lisbon. Eryn Jackson, Carie Johnson, Grace Bausch, and Avery Thurn are all part of the golf team.
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State track and field begins tomorrow and Mount Vernon will be well represented! Go Mustangs!
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