Washington Boys Track

Pinckney retiring as Wash track coach

Bill Pinckney is retiring as the boys track coach at Cedar Rapids Washington after 19 years and two state titles.

Pinckney said Maurice "Mo" Blue will become the head coach after this season. Pinckney and Blue have been serving as co-head coaches for several years.

Pinckney, 62, has been an educator for 26 years.

"It's time for me to be done," he said Friday night after the Wilkinson Relays at Kingston Stadium. "I have a lot of things I want to do. I'm looking forward to it."

Washington won back-to-back state titles in 2009 and 2010. "We were loaded. It was so much fun," Pinckney said.

He said the state championships were the highlights of his career. "And the kids coming back," he remarked. "I love to communicate with them. That's the biggest thrill for me."

The Warriors have been rebuilding the track program the past few years and have some promising young athletes on the squad.

"Maurice is going to do a great job," said Pinckney. "The kids are in great hands."

Last Updated on Saturday, 02 May 2015 17:23

Coker sparks Kennedy to track title

DUBUQUE - Jackson Coker uncorked a throw of 170 feet, 11 inches in the discus Thursday to help the Kennedy Cougars claim top honors at the Harley Sweet Invitational in Dubuque.

Coker's toss was the second-longest in the state this year.

Kennedy won the championship with 129 points. Washington placed third, Jefferson was fifth and Prairie finished sixth in the 11-team field.

Willie Rhoads won the high jump for the Cougars at 6 feet, 5 inches.

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Bokoyo wins sprints for J-Hawks

Merje' Bokoyo has arrived at Cedar Rapids Jefferson this year with speed.

Bokoyo, a transfer student from Galesburg, Ill., captured the 100 and 200 meter dashes at the John Ask Relays Saturday on a cool, sunny day at Kingston Stadium.

Bokoyo claimed the 100 meter dash in a hand-held time of 10.92 seconds, which Jefferson Coach Ron Tower said would translate to about a 11.15 electronic clocking.

"That's a good time. No question, this early, in the cold," said Tower.

Bokoyo helped Galesburg finished third in the 4x100 relay and sixth in the 4x200 relay at the Class 2A state meet in Illinois last year. Tower said Bokoyo is originally from the Congo in Africa.

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 March 2015 19:33

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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