Messenger photo by Britt Kudla: Isabel Grossoehme of Webster City competes in the Class 3A girls 200-meter dash on Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

DES MOINES — The North Central Conference opened the Class 3A portion of the state track and field championships with three medals.

Algona’s Will Limbaugh and Max Nevitt, along with Webster City’s Justin Callahan, all scored Top-8 finishes here Thursday evening from Drake Stadium.

Limbaugh placed third in the discus with a throw of 169-1. His teammate, Nevitt, was sixth (164-5).

Callahan added to his Lynx resume by taking eighth in the 400-meter dash in a time of 49.59. The senior and Simpson College commit won the second heat of the event.

“It was pretty fun,” Callahan said. “I put it all out there so I cannot really ask for anything more. I would say (the race) went as expected, except I almost fell at the beginning.”

It was a busy day for the Bulldogs, as they also had three girls record Top-12 finishes and a fourth advance to the finals in an event.

Jada Roberts was ninth in the high jump (5-2), the 4×800 relay of Charli Dodds, Rose Kitzinger, Reagan Jensen and Macy Knapp placed ninth (9:43.24) and Reagan Haynes took 11th in the discus (125-2).

Natalie Johnson earned a spot in the 100-meter dash finals, placing fourth in the prelims in 12.28. She was also 14th in the 200 prelims.

Tate Garman was 11th and Evan Allie 23rd in the 200 prelims. William Weichert finished 11th in the 100 prelims.

Along with Callahan, Izzy Grossoehme took part in two events for Webster City. Grossoehme was 10th in the 400 in 59.09 and 21st in the 200 prelims.

The Lynx shuttle hurdle relay of Briley VanDeer, Kali Hartnett, Tristyn Wright and Tessa Hansen crossed in 22nd for the prelims.

Humboldt’s Avery Fisher placed 11th in the 3,000 (10:39.82) and her twin, Aubry Fisher, was 12th in the same event (10:44.48), as both had personal bests. The 4×800 relay of Brayleigh Angstrom, Fisher, Fisher and Brynn Malo placed 23rd in 10:17.85.

For the Wildcat boys, the shuttle hurdle relay of Brady Roth, Griffin Groat, Luke DeWinter and Valley Davis finished 15th while Jackson Flaherty was 22nd in the 200 prelims.