Russell leads Baxter girls to fifth at West Marshall

STATE CENTER — Camryn Russell was part of the Bolts’ three wins and the Baxter girls track and field team placed fifth at the West Marshall Coed Invitational on Thursday.

The Bolts scored 88 points in fifth. They bettered Colfax-Mingo (73.5), Colo-NESCO (28) and Meskwaki Settlement School (23).

East Marshall won the meet championship with 139.5 points, while host West Marshall (124), Lynnville-Sully (124) and South Hamilton (112) completed the eight-team field.

Kendall Brummel

Russell won the 100-meter hurdles in 16.37 seconds. She also won the 400 hurdles in 1:11.42 and Kendall Brummel (1:17.8) was fourth.

Brummel and Russell helped Baxter edge East Marshall in the shuttle hurdle relay.

The Bolts won the race in a season-best time of 1 minute, 13.72 seconds with Brummel, Avery Wonders, Grace Anderegg and Russell. East Marshall was the runner-up in 1:13.73.

Sydnee Hibbs

Baxter finished second twice and third once. Sydnee Hibbs finished second in the 100 in a career-best 13.56.

Alyvia Burdess, Hibbs, Anderegg and Wonders teamed up to finish third in the 4x200 relay in a time of 2:01.06.

Brummel, Zoey Gliem, Gwen Tichy and Makayla True joined forces to place second in the 4x800 relay. They were clocked in 11:02.87.

True also was fifth in the 1,500 in 5:46.97 and posted a career-best time of 1:12.19 in the 400 and placed sixth.

Makayla True

The final top-six individual finish came from Callie Cross, who was sixth in the shot put with a throw of 29 feet, 0 1/2 inches.

The Bolts were competing for the first time in more than a week after the Cardinal Invitational in Newton was canceled on April 24 and the Des Moines Christian Invitational was canceled on April 28.