Prairie Girls Track

Deep Hawks prevail at Mount Pleasant Relays

MOUNT PLEASANT - Cedar Rapids Prairie did not have the most winners Monday at the Mount Pleasant Relays, but the Hawks had the best depth.

It added up to a trophy.

Prairie captured the Class A Division at the Mount Pleasant Relays with 130.5 points in an eight-team field. Cedar Rapids Jefferson finished third with 93 points.

The Hawks won the 4x100 shuttle hurdle relay with Megan Titler, Tayler Marion, Jessica Miller and Stacey Howes submitting a 1:09.20 clocking for Prairie's only victory.

The Hawks stacked up points throughout the lineup by finishing second (six times), third (five times), fourth (five times), fifth (five times) and sixth (three times).

Jefferson won five titles with Rachel Broghammer in the 100 (12.99), Malya Rattliffe in the 200 (27.26) and Madison Ranschau in the 100 hurdles (16.52).

The J-Hawks won the 4x200 relay in 1:50.78 with Rattliffe, Ashley Madsen, Jamie Robertson and Broghmammer. They also took the 4x400 relay in 4:07.91 with Taylor Jacobson, Madsen, Broghammer and Summer Carber.

MOUNT PLEASANT RELAYS

Team Standings

1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 130.5, 2. Williamsburg/IMS 118, 3. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 93, 4. Mount Pleasant 85, 5. Washington (Iowa) 52, 6. Keokuk 46, 7. Fort Madison 37.5, 8. Clear Creek Amana 27.

100 Meter Dash

1. Rachel Broghammer (CRJ) 12.99; 2. Bonnie Pickford (FM) 13.11; 3. Malya Rattliffe (CRJ) 13.42; 4. Kelly Bahl (KEO) 13.49; 5. Chelsea Kies (KEO) 13.53; 6. Allison Speltz (CRP) 13.79.

200 Meter Dash

1. Malya Rattliffe (CRJ) 27.26; 2. Shelby Crist (CRP) 28.00; 3. Jessica Harris (CRP) 28.72; 4. Mariah McKinnon (CCA) 29.59; 5. Grace Redlinger (Wash) 29.71; 6. Deja Redd (FM) 29.93.

400 Meter Dash

1. Emma Ludwig (MTP) 1:07.11; 2. Grace Lutovsky (MTP) 1:07.14; 3. Hannah Grimm (CRP) 1:07.33; 4. Maggie Armstrong (WILL) 1:10.78; 5. Chyna Logsdon (KEO) 1:12.72; 6. Courtney Cahalan (CRJ) 1:12.75.

800 Meter Run

1. Chloe Haffarnan (MTP) 2:32.18; 2. Sierra Philipp (CRP) 2:39.41; 3. Rachel Elder (KEO) 2:41.64; 4. Hailee Reist (CRP) 2:44.15; 5. Kiley Ritchie (WILL) 2:44.92; 6. Olivia Howard (CRJ) 2:47.42.

1500 Meter Run

1. Natasha Bruer (WILL) 5:14.50; 2. Beth Heims (CRP) 5:35.14; 3. Regan Glandorf (WILL) 5:36.80; 4. Hannah Weber (MTP) 5:38.48; 5. Mekenzie Coppage (FM) 5:43.11; 6. Rachel Elder (KEO) 5:44.98.

3000 Meter Run

1. Hannah Weber (MTP) 11:54.91; 2. Kira Savage (WILL) 11:58.97; 3. Shannon Mullnix (WILL) 12:04.16; 4. Mekenzie Coppage (FM) 12:04.74; 5. Anastasia Jordan (CRP) 12:06.72; 6. Anna Rubsam (CRP) 12:47.55.

100 Meter Hurdles

1. Madison Ranschau (CRJ) 16.52; 2. Summer Carber (CRJ) 16.58; 3. Jasmine Smith (CCA) 16.59; 4. Stacey Howes (CRP) 17.05; 5. Taylor Marion (CRP) 17.29; 6. Emma Yansky (CCA) 17.37.

400 Meter Hurdles

1. Kaitlin Jones (MTP) 1:09.85; 2. Samara Schmidt (WILL) 1:13.95; 3. Grace Franklin (KEO) 1:14.89; 4. Stacey Howes (CRP) 1:15.94; 5. Kaitlin Buchholz (WASH) 1:17.61; 6. Maeve Broeg (WILL) 1:18.66.

4x100 Meter Relay

1. Keokuk 53.39; 2. Jefferson (Malya Rattliffe, Madison Ranschau, Jamie Robertson, Lauren Hovey) 53.56; 3. Prairie (Alison Speltz, Shelby Crist, Jessica Miller, Jessica Harris) 53.63; 4. Fort Madison 54.42; 5. Mt. Pleasant 54.94; 6. Williamsburg/IMS 55.05.

4x200 Meter Relay

1. Jefferson (Malya Rattliffe, Ashley Madsen, Jamie Robertson, Rachel Broghammer) 1:50.78; 2. Mt. Pleasant 1:53.47; 3. Williamsburg/IMS 1:53.65; 4. Washington 1:54.38; 5. Prairie (Alison Speltz, Chelsey Montgomery, Ashli O'Shea, Jessica Harris) 1:55.51; 6. Clear Creek Amana 1:55.55.

4x400 Meter Relay

1. Jefferson (Taylor Jacobson, Ashley Madsen, Rachel Broghammer, Summer Carber) 4:07.91; 2. Washington 4:11.48; 3. Williamsburg/IMS 4:26.19; 4. Prairie (Sierra Philipp, Ashli O'Shea, Stacey Howes, Hannah Grimm) 4:27.41; 5. Mt. Pleasant 4:29.96; 6. Clear Creek Amana 4:46.57.

Sprint Medley Relay

1. Prairie (Alison Speltz, Jessica Miller, Shelby Crist, Katie Carver) 1:57.66; 2. Williamsburg/IMS 1:59.37; 3. Fort Madison 2:01.06; 4. Jefferson (Jamie Robertson, Lauren Hovey, Madison Ranschau, Emilty Ritchie) 2:05.51; 5. Washington 2:06.12; 6. Mt. Pleasant 2:06.43.

Hawks tie for 3rd at Warrior Invy

It was a day of firsts for Washington freshman Jasmyne Jones on Tuesday at the Warrior Invitational at Kingston Stadium.

She had never beaten her fellow speedy freshman from Washington, Kadejah Sanders, in the 100 meter dash.  But at the Warrior Invitational, Jones just barely edged out Sanders by 0.01 of a second with a time of 13.40.

"Kadejah Sanders is one of my friends," Jones said. "She has always been faster than me, so I was glad that I beat her. We are both working each other to get better, so running with her is really good. I think I just leaned a little bit faster than her this time."

Jones also had never run the 200 meter dash at a high school meet before. Not only did she get a chance to run it at the Warrior Invitational, she won it by 0.78 of a second with a time of 27.34.

"I have never run an open 2 before, I have only done split 2's so that was actually really good that I got whatever my time was," Jones said. "I'm not even sure what time is good for an open 2."

The 4x100 provided a couple more firsts for Jones as she helped Washington win yet again with a time of 51.48 seconds.

"I had never started a relay before, or handed off to Jazz Royster before, so it was kind of a different feel," I think we did pretty good."

By the end of the day, Jones had won three of her four events, helping Washington run away with their home meet with 134 points, 46 points higher than second place Linn-Mar.

"It's been a great day," Jones said with a big smile. "It's our home meet today so we were just trying to show off what we got."

The Warrior Invitational also featured one of the best long distance runners in the state in Linn-Mar junior Carolyn Newhouse.

Newhouse dominated both the 3000 and the 1500 runs, winning by 15.91 seconds (10:43.88) and 16.55 seconds (4:55.22).

"I took first in the 3000, but I was kind of disappointed in that run because it was 20 seconds lower than my PR. I am really excited about (the 1500) because my PR is a 4:55 and I think I almost hit it and that should get me into Drake."

Team Standings

1. Washington 134, 2. Linn-Mar 88, 3. (tie) Prairie 85, Kennedy 85, 5. Hempstead 65, 6. Waterloo West 59, 7. Muscatine 52.

3000 -- 1. Carolyn Newhouse (LM) 10:43.88; 2. Kristin Rogers (CRW) 10:59.79; 3. Allison Culver (CRK) 11:17.08, 4. Morgan Gerdes (WWEST) 11:22.82; 5. Tara Mittelberg (CRK) 11:44.82; 6. Anastasia Jordan 12:23.79.

4x800 -- 1. Washington 10:10.64; 2. Linn-Mar 10:13.27; 3. Kennedy 10:27.20; 4. Hempstead 10:39.17; 5. Prairie 11:00.55.

4x100 Shuttle -- 1. Washington 1:07.19; 2. Prairie 1:08.94; 3. Linn-Mar 1:11.21; 4. Hempstead 1:12.95.

Long Jump -- 1. Shalyn Greenhaw (MUS) 16-08.50; 2. Meghan Payne (WWEST) 16-00.25; 3. Callie Stone (CRW) 15-10.00; 4. Katie Carver (CRP) 15-7.25; 5. Chelsey Montgomery (CRP) 15-05.00; 6. Kate Worthington (WWEST) 15-4.75.

100 -- 1. Jasmyne Jones (CRW) 13.40; 2. Kadejah Sanders (CRW) 13.41; 3. Blaire Thomas (WWEST) 13.80; 4. Mackenzie Digman (DH) 13.81; 5. Vinessa Schmitz (CRK) 13.98; 6. Alison Speltz (CRP) 14.08.

Distance Medley -- 1. Linn-Mar 4:28.37; 2. Prairie 4:33.85; 3. Muscatine 4:39.52; 4. Kennedy 4:40.97; 5. Washington 4:43.51; 6. Hempstead 4:44.92.

High Jump -- 1. Shalyn Greenhaw (MUS) 5-3; 2. Kristen Huebsch (CRK) 5-3; 3. Sara Strauel (LM) 5-0; 4. Jasmine Teague (CRW) 4-10; 5. Meghan Payne (WWEST) 4-10; 6. Claire Meyer (LM) 4-8.

400 -- 1. Taylor Vogel (CRW) 59.58; 2. Samantha Kistler (MUS) 1:01.52; 3. Katie Carver (CRP) 1:02.19; 4. Megan Muller (CRW) 1:03.89; 5. Leah Kremer (LM) 1:05.07; 6. Bailee Seger (LM) 1:05.69.

4x200 -- 1. Hempstead 1:48.64; 2. Kennedy 1:48.94; 3. Washington 1:50.75; 4. Prairie 1:53.48; 5. Waterloo West 1:53.85; 6. Linn-Mar 1:57.75.

100 Hurdles -- 1. Layloni Beard (CRW) 15.55; 2. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 15.93; 3. Zinka Duric (WWEST) 16.46; 4. Stacey Howes (CRP) 16.90; 5. Mallory Young (LM) 16.96; 6. Megan Titler (CRP) 17.00.

Shot Put -- 1. Jadyn Spencer (WWEST) 39-1.75; 2. Ashley Bolyen (DH) 35-2.50; 3. Amy Dew (MUS) 33-2.25; 4. Blaire Thomas (WWEST) 32-3.75; 5. Rachel Griffin (CRP) 31-10.75; 6. Katherine Sickelka (CRK) 30-8.75.

Discus -- 1. Amanda Piche (LM) 129-5; 2. Katie Carver (CRP) 108-9; 3. tie Alex Malloy (CRP) 105-0, Ericka Johnson (DH) 105-0; 5. Tydel Jones (CRW) 100-8.50; 6. Ashley Bolyen (DH) 99-4.50.

800 -- 1. Lindsay Brunson (MUS) 2:29.53; 2. Megan Terukina (CRK) 2:30.30; 3. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 2:30.70; 4. Kelsey Strief (DH) 2:32.20; 5. Morgan Uridil (LM) 2:34.60; 6. Taylor Kraus (MUS) 2:37.44.

200 -- 1. Jasmyne Jones (CRW) 27.34; 2. Shelby Crist (CRP) 28.12; 3. Capria Davis (CRK) 28.17; 4. Nikki Miles (WWEST) 28.45; 5. Breyana McPherson (CRW) 28.77; 6. Jessica Harris (CRP) 28.84.

400 Hurdles -- 1. Madison Esker (LM) 1:13.03; 2. Stacey Howes (CRP) 1:13.63; 3. Becca Brimeyer (DH) 1:14.29; 4. Kelsie Coates (CRK) 14.49; 5. Mackenzie Welsh (CRK) 1:14.60; 6. Felicia Fischer (DH) 1:16.50.

Sprint Medley -- 1. Hempstead 1:53.90; 2 Waterloo West 1:54.68; 3. Prairie 1:55.20 4. Kennedy 1:56.86; 5. Muscatine 1:56.86; 6. Washington 1:58.27.

4x100 -- 1. Washington 51.48, 2. Prairie 52.66; 3. Waterloo West 52.70; 4. Hempstead 53.13; 5. Linn-Mar 54.00; 6. Kennedy 54.76.

1500 -- 1. Carolyn Newhouse (LM) 4.55.22; 2. Allison Culver (CRK) 5:11.77; 3. Kathia Wampole (CRK) 5.11.97; 4. Kristin Rogers (CRW) 5:12.08; 5. Brooklyn Kascel (LM) 5:15.75; 6. Lindsay Brunson (MUS) 5:24.41.

4x400 -- 1. Kennedy 4:06.57; 2. Linn-Mar 4:08.27; 3. Washington 4:11.37; 4. Hempstead 4:20.85; 5. Prairie 4:26.55; 6. Muscatine 4:40.94.

Prairie girls track is a true family

Some coaches are fond of referring to their teams as "family," but it's literally true for the Cedar Rapids Prairie girls track squad.

Chris Perkins is the head coach at Prairie and one of her assistant coaches is her husband, Randy Perkins, who volunteers his time. Their daughter, Brittany, now a sophomore at Drake, was on the team in high school.

This is nothing new for the family. Chris Perkins previously coached at Mount Mercy University and Randy was one of her assistant coaches there, too. They've been married for 27 years.

"Ever since I've been in coaching, he's always helped me out in some way," said Chris. "He's been my right hand for 27 years. Whatever I do, he's always there with me."

Chris Perkins works in the College Community school district. Randy Perkins works at Grant Wood AEA, and they work together with the track team.

"It works well," said Chris. "It's a passion we both share, so it's worked out well for us."

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O'Shea 6th in 400 at Central College meet

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O'Shea also anchored Prairie's 4x200 relay that placed seventh in 1:56.35 with Jessica Miller, Kiana Jackson and Megan Titler.

Rachel Griffin of Prairie finished eighth in the shot put at 32-6 1/2. DaBryana Miller of Prairie was ninth at 32-1.