Messenger photo by Britt Kudla: Anthony Valles of St. Edmond celebrates his 3200 victory on Monday at the Dodger Relays. For more photos, please visit CU.messengernews.net

Anthony Valles and Aaron Hindt both claimed event titles on Monday at the 67th annual Dodger Relays.

The St. Edmond duo won the 3,200 and the 200-meter dash, respectively, inside a windy Dodger Stadium.

Valles, a Gael senior, won the 800 last year on J.H. Nitzke Track, but this time around, he claimed gold in the two-mile with a time of 10:56.14.

“I thought Anthony ran a smarter race and Aaron did a good job in a brutal wind,” said first-year SEHS head coach Mike Szalat. “This was our first night in warmer weather, but it was windy.”

Hindt, a junior for the Gaels, clocked a 23.47 to edge Humboldt’s Jackson Flaherty (23.72) at the finish line.

St. Edmond’s sprint medley relay quartet of Jack McElroy, Jonah Carlson, Grant Galles and Hindt were third in 1:41.10.

Gael Erik Larson was sixth in the 3,200 (12:14.70) and Valles both placed seventh in the 800-meter run (2:15.26).

“Erik competed in a lot of events for us,” Szalat said. “We are having guys feel in for injured guys and I think we did a good job of that. Gordon Seeden stepped up as well for us.”

Humboldt

The Wildcats, who won the Dodger Relays two years ago, came away with a third-place effort with 116 points.

Dallas Center-Grimes (173) was the team champion, followed by Waukee Northwest (141).

The Wildcats came away with three titles and four runner-up showings.

Jack Guy claimed the shot put crown with a throw of 53-07.50. Chase Flaherty was the 400-meter dash champion in a time of 23.72.

The sprint medley squad of Brayden Dahl, Valley Davis, Jackson Flaherty and Chase Flaherty clocked a 1:37.24 to prevail.

Henry Kramer (11:00.44 in 3,200) and Jackson Flaherty (23.72 in 200) were both silver medalists, as well as Chase Flaherty (52.17) in the 400-meter dash.

The quartet of Brady Roth, Luke DeWinter, Dane Clark and Davis took second in the shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1:08.78.

Chase Flaherty, Jackson Flaherty, Drake Pettit and Davis went 3:43.94 in the 4×400 for second place.

Eagle Grove

Leelan Spencer turned in the top performance for the Eagles, taking third in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.90.

The Eagle Grove 4×200 squad (1:39.02) was fourth behind Keegan Esentrager, Anthony Vasquez, Kylar Sisson and Spencer.

The 4×400 quartet of Gavin Pederson, Felix Gonzalez, Eisentrager and Vasquez was fourth in 3:47.97.

The shuttle hurdle relay quartet of Arturo Reyna Salazer, Colson Schafer, Chase Bedford and Pederson (1:16.59) was fourth.