Metro Sports Report

Mustangs take 'Heart' with new divisions

Mon - 18 May Written by Jim Ecker

Mount Mercy University has been placed in the North Division of the Heart of America Conference for the 2015-16 school year as the school gets ready to join its new league.

There will be five teams from Iowa, one from Missouri and one from Nebraska in the North Division. Three of the Iowa schools - Clarke, William Penn and Grand View - are moving with Mount Mercy from the defunct Midwest Collegiate Conference into the Heart of America.

The fifth Iowa college in the North Division is Graceland, which is already a member of the league. Culver-Stockton (Mo.) and Peru State (Nebraska) will complete the seven-team North Division.

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Lucy Schneekloth wins Metro Spotlight Award

Sun - 17 May Written by Metro Sports Report

Lucy Schneekloth of Cedar Rapids Jefferson is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Schneekloth, a senior, has enjoyed a spectacular career with the Jefferson track team as a vital member of their record-setting sprint relay squads.

Schneekloth helped the J-Hawks establish an all-time state best in the 4x200 relay as a sophomore in 2013 when Jefferson won the event at the Class 4A state meet in Des Moines.

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Mark Schulz wins Metro Spotlight Award

Sun - 17 May Written by Metro Sports Report

Mark Schulz of Cedar Rapids Kennedy is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Schulz, a senior, has been a busy two-sport athlete this spring for the Cougars in track and soccer, excelling in both sports.

Schulz turned in a pair of impressive performances in a 24-hour period last week. On Thursday, he won the 800 meter run in 1:59.77 at the Class 4A district track meet at Linn-Mar Stadium on a wet track. And on Friday, he scored two goals as the 11th-ranked Kennedy soccer team defeated Dubuque Wahlert, 5-0.

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Kernels 'split' 2 games with Peoria

Mon - 18 May Written by Metro Sports Report

PEORIA, Ill. - It took the Cedar Rapids Kernels five days to win a ballgame against the Peoria Chiefs, but it took only 84 minutes to lose another one Monday night.

The Kernels clipped the Chiefs, 7-3, Monday in the completion of a game that was suspended May 14 in Cedar Rapids due to wet grounds in the fourth inning.

They finished that suspended game in Peoria because the teams do not meet in Cedar Rapids again during the first half of the Midwest League season. Once that was done, the Chiefs blanked the Kernels 1-0 on a one-hitter in seven innings.

The "split" left Cedar Rapids with a 23-15 record.

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Coe spending $900,000 on Clark Field

Mon - 18 May Written by Metro Sports Report

Coe College will resurface the track and make other significant improvements at Clark Field this summer to benefit both student-athletes and spectators, the school announced Monday.

The $900,000 project is the first phase of an anticipated multi-million dollar renovation and expansion of the college’s athletic facilities over the next few years.

The centerpiece of this part of the project will be a new track surface from Beynon Sports Surfaces. Beynon’s premier track and field surfaces are found in the world’s most renowned athletic facilities, carrying some of the world’s greatest champions to record-breaking times.

Coe is installing the BSS 1000 – a 13 mm full pour polyurethane surface that allow athletes to perform at their highest levels while in training or in competition. Its bio-engineered force reduction layer integrates very fine SBR rubber granules with environmentally friendly polyurethane to create an impermeable shock-absorbing cushion.

The durable surface is designed to resist the roughest weather and the toughest competition.

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