Cardinal track sweeps meet at South Tama
21.05.12
TAMA — If Monday’s South Tama Early Bird Invitational was any indication of how the season will go for the Newton boys and girls track teams, the Cardinals are in for big things this spring.
Both Newton teams had stellar meets, earning the sweep by finishing atop the standings on both sides as the boys took first out of nine teams and the girls won an eight-team field. The Cardinal boys finished with 153 points, seven better than host South Tama. BCLUW was third with 99, GMG was fourth with 76 and East Marshall took fifth with 34. The Newton girls won with 124 points, Benton Community was five points back, South Tama was third with 97, followed by East Marshall (84) and BCLUW (77.5).
Girls
Out of 14 scheduled events, the Newton girls had 20 place-winners (first-sixth) that scored. The Cardinals won six events, took second in five, third in three, fourth in two, fifth in three and sixth in two.
“It was an exciting night of competition for us,” coach Rachel Tomas said. “It is great to walk away with several first-place finishers and a first-place team finish. Our goal was to improve on our performances from Boone (March 29). We definitely succeeded in our goal. I was very pleased with all the girls. They performed well, and many had personal-best or season-best performances.”
Source: Newton Daily News