The Ballard track teams competed in the Raccoon River Conference Meet hosted by Bondurant-Farrar on Thursday evening.

On the women's side the Bombers would finished with a sixth place finish.  Shewaye Johnson would win the 1,500 M run finishing in a time of 4:58.87.  Paityn Noe would finish second (5:04.42).  Johnson would also win the 3,000 M run.  She finished in a time of 10:29.99 winning by 38 seconds.  The 4x800 relay team (Kate Huisinga, Caitlin Maher, Noe, and Josie Fleischmann) would win with a time of 10:06.31.  The distance medley relay (Molly Ihle, Katie Tollefson, Mya Ehresman, and Shewaye Johnson) finished second (4:38.94).  ADM would win the women's title.

The men would score 11 points and finish ninth overall.  Austin Shoen finished 11th in the 1,600 M run in a time of 5:03.92.  Jameson Witt finished eighth in the 400 M run and the 4x100 relay (Braiden Marlatt, Mason Murphy, Jayden Swain, and Gabriel Christensen) finished 8th overall in a time of 48.08.  North Polk would win the men's title.

Comments From Men's Head Coach Darren Herrold:

"Coach Hokel and I were very pleased with the effort by our men tonight.  We competed in the wind, in what is easily the toughest conference in the state in Class 3A.  Three season best times were achieved, and our young men showed an excellent attitude and competitive spirit.  We will train hard early next week to prepare for our state qualifying meet Thursday at Carlisle."

RRC MEET WOMEN'S SCORES

1. ADM, 121

2. Winterset, 110

3. Bondurant-Farrar, 108

4. North Polk, 105

5. Carlisle, 84

6. Ballard, 70.5

7. Boone 56.5

8. Carroll, 43

9. Gilbert, 36.5

10. Perry, 6.5

RRC MEET MEN'S SCORES

1. North Polk, 183

2. ADM, 168.5

3. Carlisle, 123

4. Bondurant-Farrar, 72

5. Boone, 64.5

6. Winterset, 55

7. Gilbert, 40

8. Carroll, 23

9. Ballard, 11

10. Perry, 1

The Bombers are back in action on Thursday - May 13 when they compete in the State Qualifying Meet at Carlisle.  The meet will start at 4:00 PM.