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Knights Cap Off Successful Day at Darren Young Classic; Abby Veld Wins Shot Put and Weight Throw

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GRINNELL, Iowa- The Knights No. 4 ranked men's and No. 10 ranked women's track and field teams completed the second day of the Darren Young Classic. Abby Veld was victorious in the shot put and weight throw. Deacon Vasey earned an event victory in the shot put.
 
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FIELD EVENTS
(M) Shot Put: Deacon Vasey was victorious with a 14.67m 48-01.75 mark. Eli Keahna (13.56m 44-06.00) took sixth place and Cole Cantrall (12.54m 41-01.75) took 11th place.

(W) Shot Put: Abby Veld earned the event victory with a 13.38m 43-10.75 mark. Additionally, Olivia Rowedder (11.58m 38-0.00) and Lydia Kriegel (11.46m 37-07.25) finished in the top 10. 

(M) Weight Throw: Eli Keahna (15.58m 51-01.50) put together a good performance with his fourth place finish out of 47 total competitors. Deacon Vasey (14.50m 47-07.00) and Carson Luense (13.70m 44-11.50) were the next top performers for the Knights. 

(W) Weight Throw: Abby Veld won her second event of the day with a 17.60m 57-09.00 mark. Anna Glawe (14.80m 48-06.75) finished fifth and Lydia Kriegel (14.71m 48-03.25) finished seventh. Veld is tied for third on the program's top 10 list and stands eighth on the TFRRS list for this season.

 
2025-26 Wartburg School Records:
Anthony Weaver Jr, 14.71m (48-03.25) – (M) Triple Jump
Haley Meyer, 2:55.24 – (W) 1000m
AJ Wright, 6.83 – (M) 60m
Tyler Schermerhorn, 8:12.34 – (M) 3000m
Grace Braden, 3421 points – Pentathlon
Lance Sobaski, 4:05.15 – (M) Mile
Isaiah Hammerand, 14:07.41 – (M) 5000m
 
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Up Next:
The Knights will be back in action next weekend at the Caged Eagle Open in La Crosse on Feb 20 (Fri) and at the Liz Wuertz Indoor Invite in Waverly on Feb 21 (Sat).
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