Claiming the top spot on our countdown of the best sports moments from PCM High School during the 2022-2023 school year, a quartet of boys runners brought home a State Championship from the State Track and Field Meet at Drake University in Des Moines.

The Mustangs boys’ shuttle hurdle relay team of Gavin Fenton, Griffin Olson, Adrien Robbins, and Gavin VanGorp kicked off all the running events for Class 2A at the Blue Oval. Entering the the preliminary race on Thursday, May 18th as the six seed, the PCM quartet posted a time of 1:01.19 to finish in 2nd place and qualify for the finals. 

On Saturday, May 20th, the four Mustang runners set up in lanes five and six with their sights set on taking down OABCIG, who bested PCM’s preliminary qualifying time by just .31 seconds. In the finals, The Mustangs relay squad ran a season best time of 1:00.46 to narrowly edge the Falcons’ time of 1:00.48 and win the State Championship. While winning the title wasn’t the expectation, the four Mustangs were thrilled to bring home the top spot in the event.

Olson: “It means a lot. I mean, we weren’t really expecting gold but when we made the finals, that’s all we wanted.”

Robbins: “It means a lot. This team’s put in so much work over the season, and I’m just really proud of my teammates.”

VanGorp: “I know when we got second on Thursday we’re gonna have a really good chance and we came out around even better we did Thursday so it’s really great feeling.”

Fenton: “Yeah, coming in we all knew we had a good shot, we really just wanted a PR. And me as a senior, this is the best way I can go out.”

While Fenton graduates as a State Champion, Olson, Robbins, and Van Gorp will look to repeat their Championship effort at the Blue Oval this upcoming season.

Interview with the State Champion PCM boys shuttle hurdle relay team: