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Indians win 5 events at Wartburg track

Wed - 09 Mar Written by Metro Sports Report

WAVERLY - The Marion Indians won five events at an indoor track meet hosted by Wartburg College Tuesday.

Blair Brooks was a double-winner for Marion, taking the high jump (5-10) and the long jump (20-1 1/2).

Myles Bach captured the 1600 (4:43.08) and Jeremy Fopma took the 3200 (10:13.05).

Madison Bach won the 1500 for the Marion girls (4:58.40).

Mahlia Brown finished second in the shot put (35-11). Skylar Miller-Baker took third in the 200 (28.27) and the Marion girls placed third in the 4x800 relay (10:18.01).

The Marion boys finished third in the 4x400 relay (3:39.69).

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Prairie's Jalen Rima holds up one finger to indicate he is number 1 at state as he takes first place in the boys Class 4A 400 meter dash (photo by Margaret O'Banion).

Rima claims state title in 400

Thu - 21 May Written by Jim Ecker

DES MOINES - Jalen Rima scrunched his face and shook his head when former Cedar Rapids Prairie football coach Mike Morrissey told him to join the track team two years ago.

Rima did not want to run around in circles, but Morrissey made it perfectly clear: No track, no football.

"I wasn't going to go out my freshman year, but because of him I went out," Rima said Thursday, all smiles. "Thank god he made me."

Rima blazed to victory in the 400 meter dash in 48.85 seconds at the Class 4A state track meet in Des Moines and is now perfectly happy to run track instead of just running pass patterns.

In fact, the faster he runs in track, the more attention he gets from Division I college football teams. Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and others called Morrissey a few days after Rima ran an incredibly fast 400 meter split in a relay at the Drake Relays this year.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 21 May 2015 21:28

Marion - Boys Track

Marion wins 4 events at district meet

Thu - 14 May Written by Metro Sports Report

The Marion Indians won four events at the Class 3A district track meet at Thomas Park Thursday.

Blair Brooks captured the high jump and Skylar Cook claimed the long jump for the Marion boys. The Indians also won the shuttle hurdle relay with Devin Quinn, Cook, Brooks and Deshaun Quinn.

Maddie Bach won the 3000 meter run for the Marion girls.

The Xavier boys won two events Thursday with Evan Gradoville in the 400 meter dash and Bryce Charipar in the 110 hurdles.

District champions automatically qualify for the state meet in Des Moines next week.

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Deshaun Quinn runs the anchor leg on the shuttle hurdle relay Monday for the Marion Indians at the Marion Invitational at Thomas Park. The Indians finished second in the race. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Cook wins long jump at Marion Relays

Mon - 04 May Written by Metro Sports Report

Skylar Cook of Marion High School captured the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 1/4 inch at the Marion Relays Monday at Thomas Park.

Western Dubuque won the team championship with 98.5 points. Marion finished fourth out of 13 teams.

Colton Forster of Marion finished second in the 3200 meter run in 9:46.38. The Indians also finished second in the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:00.44.

Marion placed third in the 4x200 relay in 1:33.77.

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Last Updated on Monday, 04 May 2015 21:20

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Marion boys run 2nd at Vinton

Thu - 30 Apr Written by Metro Sports Report

VINTON - Colton Forster, Jeremy Fopma and Chase Bruns won individual titles Thursday to help the Marion Indians place second at the Vinton-Shellsburg Invitational track meet.

Vinton-Shellsburg won the meet with 154 points. Marion finished second in the seven-team field with 121 points.

Forster captured the 1600 (4:37.02), Fopma claimed the 3200 (9:55.29) and Bruns took the shot put (47-0). Marion also won the shuttle hurdle relay (1:01.55).

Marion got second-place showings from Hunter Reifschneider in the 1600 (4:45.12), the 4x100 relay (45.25) and the 4x200 relay (1:34.41).

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