West Fork’s Zach Martinek makes a high jump attempt at the Top of Iowa Conference meet at Osage. Martinek won the conference title with a best of 6-0. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle)

OSAGE – Titles for Austin Larson, Jake Hansen and Zach Martinek, plus a runner-up finish helped West Fork’s boys finish fourth in the top of Iowa East held at Osage on Thursday, May 4.

Larson won the 110 hurdles, clocking in at 15.26, a new career best by three-tenths of a second. He had recorded that best less than two week’s previous.

Hansen wasn’t far off of his season best in the 1,600, but it was more than good enough to best Nashua-Plainfield’s Dayton Hansen by 11 seconds for his fourth Top of Iowa title overall. He swept the distance races a year ago. Jake Hansen also finished third in the 800.

The entire story appears in the May 11 print editions of the Sheffield Press and Pioneer Enterprise.