WEST UNION — Matthew Bratten wasn’t happy with his Drake Relays performance Friday morning in Des Moines.
Oelwein’s senior throw took it out on his discus later that afternoon.
Buoyed by Bratten’s new school record toss, a long jump personal-record and several other top marks, the Huskies won the North Fayette Valley Invitational with 137 points, 25 better than South Winneshiek.
It was Oelwein’s second win at NFV this season; the Huskies won the Early Bird Invite by 58 points.
“The boys’ team claimed a first-place overall finish with a well-rounded effort that saw contributions across the board — from field events to sprints to distance races,†head coach Gary Goeller said.
Bratten set the school record for the fifth time this season with a discus-winning heave of 175 feet, 4.5 inches Friday. He hit 169-plus feet on his first throw; his school record was 168-2 as of Friday morning.
His throw of 175-4.5 ranks third among all classes.
“I was just feeling pretty down from this morning, and the adrenaline rush hit me,†Bratten said. “The first throw was 169, and then kinda just tossed one real up there. Reached out real far, hit 175 (plus).
“It was a good throw.â€
Nearby the throwing sector, Hayden Tripp celebrated an anniversary. The junior’s previous personal record in the long jump was 20 feet, 7 inches, which he hit during the 2024 NFV Invitational.
He scratched four times at the Early Bird and was 0-for-2 Friday. Then, elation.
“Just right off the rip (after running a relay); I didn’t even get a run through,†Tripp said. “Scratched my first two, then it was the third one. Twenty foot eight. I’ve been itching.
“It was at this meet last year that I hit 20 foot 7. I finally got past it.â€
What worked?
“I don’t know what, maybe I got faster, but we moved my steps back,†he said. “Instead of doing 14, I do 16 (steps in the runup).
“Man, my knees are no good. Sometimes you go down, and you come back up. I don’t know.â€
Oelwein’s girls scored 47 points to place sixth, led by Ashlyn Sauser’s school-record 3,000-meter run time of 10 minutes, 41.15 seconds. She surged past Starmont’s Lauren Krogmann in the final 100 meters, winning by a second. She also bested Krogmann in the 1,500 by a second.
Sauser eclipsed Kim Jensen’s time of 10:55.07 in 1991.
“I don’t have a ton to say about it,†Sauser said. “It’s definitely fun to do. I hope in the future to be able to get that time down more.â€
“The evening was a testament to the hard work and dedication of all the athletes, and we look forward to building on this momentum at their next meet (today) at the Warrior Co-Ed Relays held at Husky Stadium,†Goeller said.
Sumner-Fredericksburg’s boys were third (104 points) and girls were fifth (76) and Starmont saw their boys finish fourth (96) and girls place seventh (39) behind Krogmann and Josi Munger (runner-up 400, 800).
North Fayette Valley Invitational
Friday
Team scores
Boys
1. Oelwein 137
3. Sumner-Fredericksburg 104
4. Starmont 96
6. North Fayette Valley 43
Girls
4. North Fayette Valley 84
5. Sumner-Fredericksburg 76
6. Oelwein 47
7. Starmont 39
Individual results
Top 6
Boys
100-meter dash
1. SF Nuss, Tatum 11.52
4. Starmont Sherman, Kyle 11.75
200
2. Starmont Sherman 24.52
4. SF Land, Rhys 25.31
5. Starmont Dettbarn, Extin 25.38
6. Oelwein Ingersoll, Nolan 25.59
400
1. Starmont Thole, Jack 54.21
2. Starmont Otdoerfer, Ian 54.95
3. SF Hauser, Jace 58.17
4. Starmont Pope, Jackson x58.72
6. SF Jones, Jase 1:01.59
800
1. Oelwein Sauser, Conall 2:05.38
2. Oelwein Williams, Keshaun 2:13.53
4. NFV McLellan, Zach :21.24
6. SF Wurzer, Easton 2:28.05
1,600
1. Oelwein Schunk, Caleb 4:50.94
2. Oelwein Irvine, Kaiden 5:05.30
3. Oelwein Dowd, Landon x5:09.75
4. Starmont Pinion, Caleb 5:10.67
5. Starmont Curtis, Carson 5:16.53
6. SF Rochford, Tate 5:38.81
3,200
2. Oelwein Williams 10:24.44
4. Starmont Curtis 11:06.80
5. Starmont Pinion 11:14.47
6. SF Rochford 11:39.64
110 hurdles
4. Oelwein Tripp, Hayden 16.94
6. NFV Lundgren, Jaxson 18.14
400 hurdles
2. SF Schoonover, Owen 1:00.94
4. Oelwein Burkhart, Aaron 1:02.91
5. NFV Rodgers, Cain 1:04.16
6. Starmont Gelner, Noah 1:05.92
High jump
2. Oelwein Burkhart, Brady 5-8
4. Oelwein Driscoll, Jack 5-0
Long jump
1. Oelwein Tripp, Hayden 20-8
2. Starmont Sherman 20-7
4. Oelwein Burkhart, B. 19-10
5. Oelwein Woodson, Landen x17-9
6. Starmont Gelner, Noah 17-8
Shot put
1. NFV Reichter, Cael 48-1.5
2. SF Trask, Gavin 46-6
3. Oelwein Bratten, Matthew 42-6.75
4. SF Land 39-7
5. Oelwein Kuennen, Parker 37-11.5
6. NFV Benson, Noah 37-5
Discus
1. Oelwein Bratten 175-4.5
2. NFV Reichter 157-2
3. SF Wilharm, Kallen 139-10
4. SF Frost, Paxton 139-1.75
5. SF Trask x129-6
Relays
400
1. Sumner-Fred 46.05
1) Henderson, Noah 2) Steege, Liam 3) Brinkman, Jace 4) Nuss
3. Starmont 47.10
1) Sherman 2) Dettbarn 3) Thole 4) Otdoerfer, Ian
4. Oelwein 47.74
1) Tripp 2) Burkhart, B. 3) Whitaker, Landen 4) Woodson
5. NFV 48.94
1) Rodgers 2) Griffith, Ryan 3) Lundgren 4) Boehm, Logan
800
1. Sumner-Fred 1:34.92
1) Henderson 2) Steege 3) Brinkman 4) Nuss
4. Oelwein 1:48.28
1) Cannon, Tyler 2) Rummel, Hayden 3) Goeller, Anders 4) Sandhagen, Eric
5. Starmont 1:49.27
1) Farmer, Derek 2) Aldrich, Logan 3) Harkin, Jacob 4) Popham, Carter
1,600
1. Sumner-Fred 3:37.64
1) Henderson 2) Brinkman 3) Steege 4) Nuss
2. Starmont 3:42.36
1) Willfong, Nick 2) Horns, Matthew 3) Thole 4) Otdoerfer, Ian
4. Oelwein 4:04.47
1) Ingersoll 2) Steinlage, Drake 3) Driscoll, Gabe 4) Rader, Silas
3,200
1. Oelwein 9:24.96
1) Driscoll 2) Schunk 3) Irvine 4) Dowd
3. Starmont 10:30.94
1) Aldrich, Logan 2) Otdoerfer, Izaiah 3) Swales, Maison 4) Smith, Isaac
Sprint medley
2. Starmont 1:43.25
1) Willfong 2) Horns 3) Thole 4) Otdoerfer, Ian
3. Sumner-Fred 1:43.94
1) Henderson 2) Rucker, Kale 3) Brinkman 4) Schoonover
4. Oelwein 1:46.99
1) Cannon 2) Whitaker 3) Woodson 4) Ingersoll
5. NFV 1:48.64
1) Boehm 2) Griffith 3) Lundgren 4) Rodgers
Distance medley
1. Sumner-Fred 4:10.23
1) Land 2) Rucker 3) Schoonover 4) Leete, Jackson
2. Oelwein 4:17.69
1) Sandhagen 2) Rummel 3) Steinlage 4) Driscoll, Gabe
3. Starmont 4:32.43
1) Farmer 2) Aldrich 3) Gelner 4) Smith
Shuttle hurdle
1. NFV 1:07.58
1) Rodgers, Cain 2) Lundgren, Jaxson 3) Boehm, Logan 4) Griffith, Ryan
3. Oelwein 1:11.87
1) Steinlage 2) Burkhart, Aaron 3) Rael, Brandon 4) Tripp
5. Sumner-Fred 1:20.63
1) Schoonover 2) Hauser 3) Leete 4) Jones
6. Starmont 1:22.06
1) Pope, J. 2) Farmer 3) Popham 4) Gelner
Girls
100
5. NFV Loftsgard, Maddie 13.97
6. NFV McGowan, Lexi 14.16
200
1. SF Suckow, Braelyn 26.89
400
2. Starmont Munger, Josi 1:04.83
5. NFV Murray, Annie 1:10.66
800
2. Starmont Munger 2:35.83
4. SF Vsetecka, Madalyn 2:44.09
6. SF Pitz, Ella 2:47.54
1,500
1. Oelwein Sauser, Ashlyn 5:01.91
2. Starmont Krogmann, Lauren 5:02.91
3. SF Suckow, Kendall 5:39.16
4. SF Snyder, Jaci 5:41.96
6. NFV Murray 5:49.71
3,000
1. Oelwein Sauser 10:41.51
2. Starmont Krogmann 10:42.62
4. NFV Murray 12:07.3
6. NFV Tudahl, Megan 12:59.43
100 hurdles
1. NFV Dean, Taylor 16.5
3. Oelwein Becker, Haydin 17.34
5. NFV Loftsgard, Maddie 18.1
400 hurdles
3. NFV Klusman, Ashlynn 1:25.76
High jump
3. Oelwein Fu, Melissa 4-5
4. SF Prosser, Natalie 4-0
Long jump
1. NFV Ward, Aleigha 14-8
3. Oelwein Steil, Alexis 14-2
5. Starmont Munger 13-8
6. Starmont Haynes, Kristen 13-7
Shot put
1. NFV Schroeder, Hannah 38-.5
6. SF Jones, Jamie 31-1
Discus
1. NFV Schroeder 129-7
4. NFV Holthaus, Lily 103-8.50
Relay
400
2. Sumner-Fred 53.24
1) Judisch, Cami 2) Schoonover, Livy 3) Steege, Saela 4) Suckow
3. NFV 54.77
1) McGowan, Lexi 2) Dean 3) Kuhse, Tristan 4) Ward
6. Oelwein 56.60
1) Weir, Aspen 2) Steil 3) Jipson, Morgan 4) Fu
800
1. Sumner-Fred 1:50.80
1) Judisch 2) Schoonover 3) Steege 4) Suckow
5. NFV 2:01.94
1) Kuhse 2) Anderson, April 3) Schultz, Ashton 4) Ward
6. Oelwein 2:02.94
1) Jipson 2) Woodson, Emma 3) Steil 4) Becker
1,600
3. Sumner-Fred 4:22.19
1) Pitz 2) Schoonover 3) Judisch 4) Steege
4. Starmont 4:42.26
1) Munger 2) Haynes 3) Popham, Lexi 4) Krogmann
3,200
2. Sumner-Fred 11:01.82
1) Snyder, Jaci 2) Vsetecka 3) Suckow 4) Pitz
5. NFV 12:19.20
1) Weathermon, Madi 2) Swensen, Anna 3) Mueller, Alivia 4) Van Gelder, Lydia
Sprint medley
2. Sumner-Fred 1:58.84
1) Judisch 2) Schoonover 3) Steege 4) Suckow
5. NFV 2:06.98
1) Kuhse 2) Anderson 3) Ward 4) McGowan
6. Oelwein 2:08.64
1) Fu 2) Weir 3) Becker 4) Jipson
Distance medley
3. Sumner-Fred 5:06.73
1) Jones 2) Land, Aubree 3) Snyder 4) Suckow
5. Oelwein 5:20.95
1) Berry, Layla 2) Steil 3) Woodson, E. 4) Ehn, Melissa
6. NFV 5:51.58
1) Trinidad, Lisbeth 2) Klusman, Ashlynn 3) Van Gelder, Lydia 4) Swensen, Anna
Shuttle hurdle
2. NFV 1:13.7
1) Kuhse 2) Dean 3) Holthaus 4) Loftsgard
4. Oelwein 1:16.38
1) Becker 2) Weir 3) Fu 4) Jipson
