Prairie Boys Track

Northrup, Laue win races for Prairie

MOUNT VERNON - Trevor Northrup and Max Laue of Cedar Rapids Prairie won titles at the Demon Invitational boys track meet at Cornell College Friday.

Northrup captured the 60 meter dash in 7.18 seconds and Laue claimed the 800 meter run in 2:18.84.

Keagan Pinter placed second for the Hawks in the 60 hurdles in 8.34 seconds. Hunter Gearhart was third in the 800 in 2:20.56. Prairie also finished second in the 4x800 relay (8:37.47) and third in the sprint medley (3:53.31).

The Linn-Mar Lions finished second in the sprint medley in 3:47.32.

Last Updated on Friday, 06 March 2015 22:58

Coaches pick All-Metro boys track

Here is the 2014 All-Metro boys track team, as selected by the Metro coaches.

 

DISCUS

Dallas Jacobus (Kennedy)

Michael Lamparek (Prairie)

 

SHOT PUT

Drew Heitland (Kennedy)

Michael Lamparek (Prairie)

 

LONG JUMP

Curtis McCrary (Linn-Mar)

Derek Jacobus (Kennedy)

Famiek Cook (Kennedy)

Nick Stark (Xavier)

 

HIGH JUMP

Willie Rhoads (Kennedy)

Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)

 

3200

Josh Evans (Linn-Mar)

Mitch Pritts (Prairie)

Daniel Murphy (Linn-Mar)

 

110 HURDLES

Quinn Cannoy (Marion)

Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)

Joah Wallace (Prairie)

 

100

Nick Stark (Xavier)

Nate Karlan (Jefferson)

Trevor Northrup (Prairie)

 

4x800 RELAY

Prairie (Mitch Pritts, Matt Lorenz, Ross Adams, Tysen VanDraska)

Linn-Mar (Tanner Rathje, Daniel Murphy, Greyson Dolezal, Bryan Fogerty)

 

200

Nate Karlan (Jefferson)

Landen Akers (Washington)

 

1600

Josh Evans (Linn-Mar)

Mitch Pritts (Prairie)

 

4x200 RELAY

Kennedy (Jacob Shannon, Derek Jacobus, Marcus Perkins, Famiek Cook)

Linn-Mar (Austin Flieder, Tristan Freese, Tim Wolfe, Daniel Gorsich)

Jefferson (Jacob Beaton, Nate Karlan, Dan Larson, Dylan Chittick)

 

400

Landon Akers (Washington)

Jalen Rima (Prairie)

 

400 HURDLES

Marcus Perkins (Kennedy)

Keagan Pinter (Prairie)

 

1600 MEDLEY

Linn-Mar (Austin Flieder, Tim Wolfe, Duggan Trenary, Josh Evans)

Prairie (Trevor Northrup, Joah Wallace, Jalen Rima, Tysen VanDraska)

 

800

Josh Evans (Linn-Mar)

Tysen VanDraska (Prairie)

 

4x100 RELAY

Kennedy (Jacob Shannon, Marcus Perkins, Famiek Cook, Derek Jacobus)

Linn-Mar (Austin Flieder, Tristan Freese, Tim Wolfe, Daniel Gorsich)

Jefferson (Alphonso Soko, Jacob Beaton, Dylan Chittick, Nate Karlan)

 

4x400 RELAY

Jefferson (Dan Larson, Dylan Chittick, Tayvian May, Alphonso Soko)

Linn-Mar (Dalton Gosch, Duggan Trenary, Joe A'Hearn, Bryce Miller)

 

SHUTTLE HURDLE RELAY

Kennedy (Famiek Cook, Derek Jacobus, Marcus Perkins, Shaun Beyer)

Linn-Mar (Zeal Baker, Daniel Gorsich, Tristan Freese, Nick House)

 

HONORABLE MENTION

 

Jefferson

Shuttle hurdle relay (Savaun Bounds, Mason Furnish, Dakota Tomkins,

Michael Moncivais)

Jared Eivins (shot put)

 

Kennedy

4x400 relay (Mark Schulz, Nick Duehr, Mitch Gaffey, Zach Tinkey)

Jackson Coker (discus)

 

Prairie

Isaiah Vlasek (3200)

Matt Hilligas (shot put)

 

Washington

4x100 relay (Reid Snitker, Landen Akers, Mason Taylor, Alex Herzog)

Carlos Nelson (long jump)

 

Xavier

4x100 relay (Chris Ball, Nick Stark, Sean Murphy, Miles Sullivan)

Jacob Schmitt (3200)

 

Linn-Mar

Kyle Hayek (shot put)

Tanner Rathje (800)

 

Marion

Trevor Hardman (400)

Colton Forster (3200)

 

COACHES OF THE YEAR: Ken Hopkins (Linn-Mar), Brian White (Kennedy)

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 June 2014 17:26

Evans called 'The Greatest' with 4 golds

DES MOINES - Josh Evans sat in the stands at the state track meet as a scrawny freshman in 2011 and loved seeing the crowd rise to its feet as Shelby Houlihan of Sioux City East set a batch of records in the girls distance races.

He remembers the Public Address announcer kept everyone informed that day as one record after another fell by the wayside.

"I remember thinking, that would be so cool if I could get that some day," Evans said Saturday afternoon. "It's really a dream come true that this happened."

Evans got his share of standing ovations Saturday as he completed one of the most remarkable performances in state meet history with four gold medals, three meet records and an all-time Iowa best in the 1600.

Mike Jay, the Public Address announcer, told the sun-splashed crowd of 8,744 that it was "The best distance performance in Iowa state meet history."

Evans wasn't sure about that, praising some of the other record-setting performances at this year's state meet, but he was the Star of Stars in the distance races with four golds.

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 May 2014 19:54

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McCrary soars away from trouble to state crown

DES MOINES - Curtis McCrary grew up on the mean streets of Detroit, where trouble was a constant and evil companion.

Compared to what he knew, Iowa is paradise for the Linn-Mar senior and new state champion.

McCrary sailed 23 feet, 1 inch to claim the state title in the Class 4A long jump Friday in his first and only year of competition in high school track.

"It feels great," he said. "First time here, last time here for high school. So it feels pretty good."

McCrary, 19, moved to Marion several years ago to live with an uncle and his uncle's wife. He left his mother and problems behind in Detroit for a better life in Iowa.

"I love it," he said. "I love it.

"Good school systems. And it pretty much keeps me out of trouble."

McCrary helped Linn-Mar climb into a tie for first place in the Class 4A team standings after Day 2 of the three-day meet with 42 points. Waukee also has 42, with eight events left Saturday.

Kennedy is sitting in third place with 35.5 points. Prairie is sixth with 22 points. Washington is 20th and Jefferson 23rd.

Last Updated on Friday, 23 May 2014 16:01

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