Storm Lake Boys Track Posts Multiple Top Finishes at Algona Indoor Meet

Garbieno Weno ran 23.07 seconds in the 200 meters Tuesday, finishing second at the Algona Indoor meet and establishing a sprint benchmark that will carry real weight when Iowa's outdoor rankings begin taking shape in May.

Joel Ramirez-Parra matched that runner-up result in the 1,600 meters, clocking 4:40.14 in a distance event that sits directly on the path to district and state-qualifying berths. Those two individual silver-medal finishes anchored a team performance that demonstrated both individual ceiling and collective depth across the Tornadoes' roster.

David William extended Storm Lake's sprint range with a third-place finish in the 400 meters at 53.4 seconds. Ramirez-Parra then doubled back in the 800 meters, placing eighth at 2:11.46, with Heath Kampbell finishing one spot behind him in ninth at 2:12.93. Having two Storm Lake runners land consecutively in the same distance event points to middle-distance depth that could sharpen relay pairings as the outdoor schedule builds toward postseason. Tim Yanga cleared 5 feet, 10 inches for third place in the high jump, adding a field-event presence to the Tornadoes' scoring column.

The relay results reinforced that this program runs deeper than a handful of standouts. The 4x60 squad ran 29.62 for fourth, the 4x200 finished fourth at 1:38.62, and the 4x800 also placed fourth in 9:55.13. The 4x400 came in eighth at 3:58.97, and the distance medley relay finished ninth at 4:10.68. Three relay squads posting fourth-place finishes in the same meet signals a consistency in lineup construction that is difficult to build early in a season.

Sitah Chaiyawong ran 7.55 seconds to place seventh in the 60 meters, and Rylan Richardson and Brandyn Azurdia finished sixth and seventh in the long jump to round out the individual contributions.

Storm Lake carries those indoor marks into the outdoor season with conference and state-qualifying meets ahead, where Weno's 23.07 and Ramirez-Parra's 4:40 will serve as the pacing targets the coaching staff now knows it has to build around.