Prairie Girls Track

J-Hawks, Jenks win more gold medals

DES MOINES - Jasmine Blue runs fast for a reason.

"I hate getting second," she said with a sweet, determined smile. "I love first."

Blue had that loving feeling Saturday afternoon with a gutsy anchor to help Jefferson win the sprint medley at the Class 4A state track meet in Des Moines.

Ashley Norem of Urbandale made a spirited bid to pull ahead of Blue on the 400 leg of the medley, but Blue refused to concede.

"I felt her the whole time, but I knew I had to do it," said Blue. "I already knew how it was going to feel if I was going to get second."

And as she said before, "I hate second."

Read more...

Kennedy boys share track title

DUBUQUE - The Kennedy Cougars tied Iowa City West for first place at the Class 4A boys state track qualifier in Dubuque Thursday.

The Cougars and Trojans both finished with 107 points in the incredibly tight standings. Prairie placed third with 105.5 points and Dubuque Senior was fourth at 104.

Derek Jacobus (long jump), Willie Rhoads (high jump) and Marcus Perkins (400 hurdles) won titles for Kennedy. The Cougars also claimed the shuttle hurdle relay in a swift 57.42 seconds and won the 4x200 relay.

Tysen VanDraska captured the 800 meter run for Prairie. The Washington Warriors won the 4x100 relay.

The Washington girls won three events at the coed meet. Amarri Waller claimed the 100 meter dash. The Warriors also won the distance medley and 4x100 relay.

Kenzie Soeken of Prairie won the high jump.

Boys Team Standings

1. (tie) Kennedy 107, Iowa City West 107, 3. Prairie 105.5, 4. Dubuque Senior 104, 5. Clinton 81, 6. Hempstead 67.5, 7. Washington 67, 8. Iowa City High 62.

Girls Team Standings

1. Iowa City West 148, 2. Iowa City High 147, 3. Kennedy 91, 4. Prairie 89, 5. Hempstead 77, 6. Dubuque Senior 71, 7. Washington 68, 8. Clinton 48.

Jenks wins 3 titles at Valley meet

Linn-Mar sophomore Stephanie Jenks captured the 800, 1500 and 3000 meter runs by comfortable margins at the MVC Valley Division girls track meet at Kingston Stadium Thursday.

Jenks won the 800 by more than 11 seconds, the 1500 by more than 13 seconds and the 3000 by more than 24 seconds.

Wahlert edged Linn-Mar for the team title, 154-127.5.

Rachel Perry of Linn-Mar sped to victory in the 400 in 58.93 seconds. The Lions also won the 4x800 relay with Maddie Saville, Ally Hicks, Hanna Saville and Morgan Garcia.

Prairie finished fourth in the team standings. Kenzie Soeken won the high jump, Halle Lueck took the long jump and the Hawks won the sprint medley with Hailee Montgomery, Alexa Martin, Soeken and Hannah Grimm.

Washington won two events and finished in fifth place. Kadejah Sanders took the 100 meter dash and Amara Taylor claimed the 400 hurdles.

Team Standings

1. Wahlert 154, 2. Linn-Mar 127.5, 3. Cedar Falls 101, 4. Prairie 94, 5. Washington 70, 6. Waterloo West 30, 7. Xavier 10.5.

Winners

100 - Kadejah Sanders, Washington, 13.02

200 - Laura Sherman, Wahlert, 26.64

400 - Rachel Perry, Linn-Mar, 58.93

800 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 2:14.28

1500 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 4:54.84

3000 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 11:01.10

100 hurdles - Elizabeth Welu, Wahlert, 15.65

400 hurdles - Amara Taylor, Washington, 1:07.29

4x100 relay - Wahlert 50.37

4x200 relay - Cedar Falls 1:48.15

4x400 relay - Wahlert 4:02.25

4x800 relay - Linn-Mar (Maddie Saville, Ally Hicks, Hanna Saville, Morgan Garcia) 9:58.26

Sprint medley - Prairie (Hailee Montgomery, Alexa Martin, Kenzie Soeken, Hannah Grimm) 1:51.76

Distance medley - Wahlert 4:17.49

Shuttle hurdle relay - Wahlert 1:08.50

High jump - Kenzie Soeken, Prairie, 5-0

Long jump - Halle Lueck, Prairie, 17-5

Shot put - Blaire Thomas, Waterloo West, 40-0.5

Discus - Maddie Nilles, Wahlert, 134-8

Prairie girls win Mount Pleasant Relays

MOUNT PLEASANT - The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls track team won four events and captured the team championship at the Panther Relays in Mount Pleasant Tuesday.

Hannah Grimm won the 400 (1:01.66), Kenzie Soeken took the high jump (4-10) and Rachel Grifin won the discus (111-9) for the Hawks. Prairie also won the sprint medley (1:54.76).

The Hawks got second-place showings from Jocelyn Wood (800), Soeken (200),Halle Lueck (long jump), Natalie Rumer (shot and discus), the distance medley and 4x400 relay.

The Jefferson J-Hawks won the 4x400 relay (4:18.78) and placed second in the 4x800 relay. Jefferson rested most of its top people for the Drake Relays and finished seventh out of eight teams in the standings.