ALTAMONT — Iola High’s Mustangs captured the gold medal in the 4×800-meter relay to open the 2011 track season Friday.
The Mustangs finished ninth in a 10-team Labette County High Invitational track meet. They scored 30 points in the varsity division which was won by Fort Scott with 84 points. Chanute edged Parsons for second, 73 to 72 points.
But in the junior varsity division of the LCHS Invitational, the Mustangs scored 115 points and placed third as a team. Labette County won with 139 points and Girard had 117 points.
Christian Kauth, who is the only…
