The Union boys track and field 4x100 relay team pictured on April 22 at Oelwein High School after taking gold in the event and setting a new school record in the process. Sprinters pictured include senior Evan Hanus, senior Trevor Clark, sophomore Garrett Kaalberg, and junior Levi Hadachek. PHOTO COURTESY OF UNION COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT/FACEBOOK

​​OELWEIN – The Union Knights boys track and field 4×100-meter relay team of senior Evan Hanus, senior Trevor Clark, sophomore Garrett Kaalberg, and junior Levi Hadachek set a new school record on Tuesday, April 22, at the Oelwein Coed Invite, taking gold in the event with 44.20 seconds and beating runner-up Independence by a mere fraction of a second.

Last season, the same team – minus Kaalberg and with Class of 2024 alum Logan Rosauer – broke the school’s record with a time of 44.34. The record had previously been set in 2017 by Britton Rolison, Nathan LeRoy, Koby Alpers, and Carter Assmusen at 44.65.

On April 22 at Oelwein, the Knights took silver overall out of eight scoring teams with 110 points, just ahead of the hosts with 109 points, but behind Benton in first with 153 points.

In addition to the 4×100, gold medals were also earned by senior Justice Luke in the 110-meter hurdles (15.99), junior Luke Winkelpleck in the 200 (23.13), junior Sawyer Spence in the 800 (2:03.05), and by the distance medley relay team (3:46.35).