Washington Girls Track

Foreman smiling again; Lions are, too

Brooke Foreman was in good spirits again Tuesday after helping Cedar Rapids Washington break a 33-year-old school record.

The Linn-Mar Lions were feeling pretty good about themselves as well after nipping Iowa City West, 135-133, for the team championship at the Prairie Relays.

Foreman bounced back from her bitter disappointment Saturday at the Drake Relays, where she finished second in the 400 meter hurdles and broke down in tears. She helped the Warriors set a school record in the distance medley Tuesday, snapping a mark that had stood since 1979 and giving her five school records at Washington.

The distance medley was the oldest school record on the books, but Taylor Vogel, Jasmyne Jones, Foreman and Shannon Gorman wiped it away in 4 minutes, 15.26 seconds.

"That kind of got me all hyped and back in my regular spirit of being all chipper," said Foreman, smiling. "It was a nice way to get myself back on my feet."

The 400 hurdles is Foreman's favorite race and falling short at the Drake Relays as a senior left her emotionally distraught. She's the defending state champion in the event and had trouble dealing with the setback, especially since she's dedicated that race to her late grandfather, Ed Foreman, who died last year.

Foreman felt much better Tuesday, thanking her family, friends and school for helping her get through a tough time. She wanted a victory flag from Drake, but realizes there are more important things.

"I realize it wasn't the flag that mattered, it was all the people that helped me along," she said. "So I really can't complain. It was hard on me at first because that race means everything, but I'm real proud of myself."

Foreman normally runs the 400 hurdles and 100 hurdles, but the Washington coaches did not enter her in those events Tuesday at Prairie. Instead, she ran 400-meter legs on the victorious sprint medley and distance medley and ran the anchor on the 4x100 relay that finished second, working on her speed and finish.

"I'm really glad they gave me a break from hurdles so I can focus on getting my strength back and my mind set," she said. "I needed the break. Emotionally, I needed the break."

Foreman now holds school records in the 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles, shuttle hurdle relay, 4x400 relay and distance medley. "I'm pretty happy," she said.

The Linn-Mar Lions were happy, too. They won the 4x400 relay - the final event of the day - to climb past Iowa City West for the overall team championship.

Kennedy Japenga, Audra Schminke, Maddie Saville and Rachel Perry won the 4x400 relay in 4 minutes, 10.4 seconds, beating North Scott by more than 11 seconds. Perry also captured the 400-meter dash for the Lions in 57.89 seconds, which is the third-fastest time in Class 4A this year according to the IGHSAU website.

Linn-Mar also got victories from Olivia Miller in the 800 and Sydney Johnston in the 3000, along with triumphs in the shuttle hurdle relay and 4x800 relay.

The Xavier Saints claimed the 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay with Audrey Richards, Hannah Rochford, Allison Schwach and Molly Breitbach running both races.

The Prairie Hawks won two field events with Leslie Harder taking the high jump and Rachel Griffin winning the shot put.

Vogel won the 400 hurdles for Washington.

PRAIRIE RELAYS
John Wall Field

Team Standings

1. Linn-Mar 135, 2. Iowa City West 133, 3. Prairie 96, 4. Washington 75, 5. Xavier 63, 6. North Scott 61, 7. Davenport West 45, 8. Waterloo West 37.

Discus

1. Mollie Bender (NS) 115-0, 2. Katelynn Rheingans (NS) 111-8, 3. Abby Brayton (ICW) 109-3, 4. Rachel Griffin (CRP) 108-10, 5. Alex Malloy (CRP) 106-0, 6. Jenny Hanson (ICW) 99-6.

Shot Put

1. Rachel Griffin (CRP) 36-0, 2. Natalie Rumer (CRP) 34-7 1/2, 3. Blaire Thomas (WW) 34-5, 4. Abby Brayton (ICW) 34-3, 5. Gwen Gardner (LM) 31-7 1/2, 6. Jamie Wichhart (ICW) 31-7.

High Jump

1. Leslie Harder (CRP) 5-1, 2. Alex Bartz (CRX) 5-0, 3. Sara Strauel (LM) 5-0, 4. Lauren Bobst (ICW) 4-10, 5. Meghan Payne (WW) 4-10, 6. Caroline Van Voorhis (ICW) 4-8.

Long Jump

1. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW) 17-2 3/4, 2. Callie Stone (CRW) 16-11 3/4, 3. Tanner Werthmann (DW) 16-6 1/2, 4. Meghan Payne (WW) 15-10 1/4, 5. Alexis Angel (LM) 15-3, 6. Hailey Saladino (NS) 15-2 3/4.

3000 Meter Run

1. Sydney Johnston (LM) 11:38.96, 2. Emily Starman (ICW) 11:53.01, 3. Beth Heims (CRP) 11:55.10, 4. Anastasia Jordan (CRP) 12:10.82, 5. Jackie Hughes (CRW) 12:41.50, 6. Kristin Mackenburg (CRW) 13:37.33.

4x800 Relay

1. Linn-Mar (Morgan Uridil, Audra Schminke, Olivia Miller, Caitlin Novak) 10:18.55, 2. North Scott 10:26.38, 3. Washington (Sarah Witt, Madison Stuckenschneider, Morgan Stuckenschneider, Anna Kline) 10:31.17, 4. Xavier (CJ Lampe, Rachel Brady, Shelby Christensen, Kim Leskovec) 10:32.69, 5. Iowa City West 10:37.59, 6. Prairie (Bree Gaster, Hope Steimel, Emily Wallace, Ashli O'Shea) 10:44.86.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1. Linn-Mar (Meghan Holdgrafer, Ashley Jones, Maleta Montague, Mallory Young) 1:08.41, 2. Prairie (Tayler Marion, Hailee Montgomery, Jessica Harris, Chelsey Montgomery) 1:09.56, 3. Iowa City West 1:09.75, 4. North Scott 1:13.27, 5. Davenport West 1:18.95, 6. Waterloo West 1:21.94.

100 Meter Dash

1. Rebecca Tanner (ICW) 12.99, 2. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW) 13.03, 3. Alison Speltz (CRP) 13.27, 4. Blaire Thomas (WW) 13.45, 5. Ieashia Moore (WW) 13.52, 6. Teriona Phillips (DW) 13.55.

Distance Medley

1. Washington (Taylor Vogel, Jasmyne Jones, Brooke Foreman, Shannon Gorman) 4:15.26, 2. Linn-Mar (Ellie Rizor, Halley Morgan, Courtney Major, Kennedy Japenga) 4:28.72, 3. Xavier (Morgan Delaney, Jenna Fenske, Carlie Jurgens, Rachel Sigmon) 4:33.84, 4. North Scott 4:41.93, 5. Davenport West 4:49.45, 6. Iowa City West 4:49.92.

400 Meter Dash

1. Rachel Perry (LM) 57.89, 2. Maddie Saville (LM) 1:01.96, 3. Kiana Wilson (ICW) 1:02.43, 4. Kaytlin Crouse (DW) 1:07.06, 5. Annie Schaeckenbach (ICW) 1:07.39, 6. Madeline Bailey (CRX) 1:07.44.

4x200 Relay

1. Xavier (Audrey Richards, Hannah Rochford, Allison Schwach, Molly Breitbach) 1:47.95, 2. Davenport West 1:48.37, 3. Prairie (Kiana Jackson, McKenna Mumaw, Hannah Kousheh, Ashli O'Shea) 1:50.64, 4. Iowa City West 1:52.03, 5. Linn-Mar (Danielle Cook, Lauren Dalecky, Sarah Renner, Taylor Robertson) 1:52.10, 6. North Scott 1:54.64.

100 Meter Hurdles

1. Rebecca Tanner (ICW) 16.16, 2. Mallory Young (LM) 16.79, 3. Chelsey Montgomery (CRP) 17.39, 4. Meghan Holdgrafer (LM) 17.53, 5. Callie Stone (CRW) 17.91, 6. Tayler Marion (CRP) 17.96.

800 Meter Run

1. Olivia Miller (LM) 2:33.56, 2. McKenzie Mellecker (ICW) 2:33.84, 3. Evan Hundley (NS) 2:34.71, 4. Anna Kline (CRW) 2:36.56, 5. Emily Wallace (CRP) 2:36.99, 6. Sydney Brotherten (NS) 2:38.64.

200 Meter Dash

1. Courtney Dauber (ICW) 26.38, 2. Molly Breitbach (CRX) 27.58, 3. Alicia Hardin (ICW) 27.59, 4. Courtney Major (LM) 27.61, 5. Ieashia Moore (WW) 27.67, 6. Hannah LaBrecque (DW) 27.76.

400 Meter Hurdles

1. Taylor Vogel (CRW) 1:09.68, 2. Dana Sublett (LM) 1:11.74, 3. Katie VanDooren (CRP) 1:12.02, 4. Madison Esker (LM) 1:12.49, 5. Natalie Fisher (WW) 1:14.84, 6. Jana Berens (NS) 1:15.95.

Sprint Medley

1. Washington (Callie Stone, Megan Muller, Jasmyne Jones, Brooke Foreman) 1:54.72, 2. Linn-Mar (Halley Morgan, Lauren Dalecky, Courtney Major, Rachel Perry) 1:55.13, 3. Davenport West 1:55.50, 4. Iowa City West 1:56.87, 5. Prairie (Hailee Montgomery, Alison Speltz, Kiana Jackson, Hannah Kousheh) 1:57.73, 6. North Scott 2:07.65.

1500 Meter Run

1. Pombie Sliverman (ICW) 4:55.73, 2. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 4:56.86, 3. Kayla Torson (CRX) 4:59.03, 4. Caitlin Novak (LM) 5:21.08, 5. Morgan Uridil (LM) 5:23.14, 6. Madison Stuckenschneider (CRW) 5:23.92.

4x100 Relay

1. Xavier (Audrey Richards, Hannah Rochford, Allison Schwach, Molly Breitbach) 50.91, 2. Washington (Callie Stone, Jasmyne Jones, Megan Muller, Brooke Foreman) 51.10, 3. Prairie (Alison Speltz, Jessica Harris, Kiana Jackson, Hannah Kousheh) 51.69, 4. Davenport West 52.94, 5. Waterloo West 53.28, 6. Iowa City West 53.71.

4x400 Relay

1. Linn-Mar (Kennedy Japenga, Audra Schminke, Maddie Saville, Rachel Perry) 4:10.40, 2. North Scott 4:21.86, 3. Xavier (Madeline Bailey, Carlie Jurgens, Taylor Skala, Kayla Torson) 4:23.29, 4. Waterloo West 4:23.68, 5. Davenport West 4:24.18, 6. Prairie (Leslie Harder, Ashli O'Shea, Emily Wallace, Hope Steimel) 4:24.62.

Foreman distraught with runnerup showing at Drake Relays

DES MOINES - Brooke Foreman left the 103rd Annual Drake Relays in tears Saturday.

Foreman had the lead in the 400 meter hurdles coming over the final barrier, but Anne Leners of Pleasant Valley put on a late burst and beat her to the finish line.

Foreman began sobbing on the track, then headed quickly to the interview room under the stands where she spent a few minutes trying to control her emotions before meeting with reporters.

"I blew it," she announced, visibly distraught.

She began crying again and ducked behind a curtain in the interview room, where the senior from Cedar Rapids Washington put her head in her hands and cried loudly for several minutes before trying to answer questions again. She said a few more words and accepted an invitation to leave, but returned a few minutes later to conduct a short television
interview.

Foreman won the Class 4A state title in the 400 meters last year and was hoping to add a title at Drake to her list of accomplishments. She was clocked in 1:03.28 Saturday, her best time of the season by 1.54 seconds, but Leners won in 1:02.93 to claim the title by 35-hundredths of a second.

"It wasn't good enough," Foreman said during her TV interview. "She was stronger at the end."

Foreman took no consolation in running her fastest race of the year. She won the state title in 1:02.62 last year and uses that as a measuring stick, so running 1:03.28 at Drake on a cool day provided no satisfaction.

"My best this year, yes. But I was running 1:02 last year," she said with emphasis.

Foreman has signed to run track at Drake University next year and was hoping to win a gold medal on what will become her home turf. Instead, Leners got the flag that goes to all the Drake Relays champs.

Foreman has dedicated this season to her grandfather, Ed Foreman, who died a few months before the 2011 state meet without having a chance to see her run in high school. She announced this March that she'd like to use the 2012 state track meet as a fundraiser to help fight cancer, with people able to pledge amounts that would be tied to how she does at state.

Frank Scherrman, the girls track coach at Cedar Rapids Washington, wants to make sure Foreman does not put too much pressure on herself as she seeks to repeat as a state champion and also raise money to fight cancer as a high school senior.

Foreman's emotions flowed to the surface Saturday after her near-miss in the Drake Relays. She was reminded that she could get another shot at beating Leners at the state meet in three weeks.

"Yes," she replied, "but I don't get a Drake flag at state."

Foreman claims 3 gold medals at Waterloo

WATERLOO - Cedar Rapids Washington senior Brooke Foreman collected three gold medals at the Wahawk Invitational track meet in Waterloo Friday.

Foreman won the 100 hurdles and the 400 hurdles and ran the opening leg on the triumphant 4x100 relay.

Callie Stone captured the long jump for the Warriors and also ran on the 4x100 relay. Shannon Gorman won the 800 for Washington.

Cedar Falls won the team championship with 150 points. Hudson finished second and Washington was third in the six-team field.

WAHAWK INVITATIONAL
At Waterloo

Team Standings

1. Cedar Falls 150, 2. Hudson 118, 3. Washington 99, 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 89, 5. New Hampton 77, 6. Waterloo West 47.

Winners

100 - Nicole Drewelow, New Hampton, 13.00.
200 - Marisa Evers, Hudson, 26.92.
400 - Marisa Evers, Hudson, 59.16.
800 - Shannon Gorman, Washington, 2:29.04.
1500 - Brianna King, Cedar Falls, 4:48.71 (meet record)
3000 - Anna Holdiman, Waverly-Shell Rock, 10:45.63.
100 hurdles - Brooke Foreman, Washington, 15.55.
400 hurdles - Brooke Foreman, Washington, 1:06.77.
4x100 relay - Washington 51.22.
4x200 relay - Cedar Falls 1:51.25.
4x400 relay - Cedar Falls 4:17.48.
4x800 relay - Cedar Falls 10:19.56.
Sprint medley - Hudson 1:55.10.
Distance medley - Waverly-Shell Rock 4:21.34 (meet record).
Shuttle hurdle relay - Cedar Falls 1:11.73.
High jump - Jenna Brandhorst, Hudson, 5-5 (ties meet record).
Long jump - Callie Stone, Washington, 16-4 1/2.
Shot put - Ashley Kohagen, Waverly-Shell Rock, 37-0.
Discus - Genie Payne, New Hampton, 108-11.

Washington Placewinners
(Top 6)

1st - Shannon Gorman, 800, 2:29.04.
1st - Brooke Foreman, 100 hurdles, 15.55.
1st - Brooke Foreman, 400 hurdles, 1:06.77.
1st - 4x100 relay (Brooke Foreman, Callie Stone, Megan Muller, Kadejah Sanders) 51.22.
1st - Callie Stone, long jump, 16-4 1/2.
2nd - Distance medley (Megan Muller, Kadejah Sanders, Crystall Watts, Shannon Gorman) 4:24.89.
3rd - Madison Stuckenschneider, 3000, 12:08.77.
3rd - 4x800 relay (Sarah Witt, Sam Stuer, Morgan Stuckenschneider, Nicole Corcoran) 10:46.87.
4th - Kadejah Sanders, 200, 27.54.
4th - Madison Stuckenschneider, 1500, 5:32.88.
4th - Jazz Royster, shot put, 30-8.
5th - Sam Stuer, 1500, 5:35.32.
5th - Anna Kline, 3000, 12:28.56.
5th - 4x400 relay (Artiara Sanders, Shannon Gorman, Kylie Coutentos, Anna Kline) 4:31.63.
5th - Sprint medley (Kadejah Sanders, Callie Stone, Megan Muller, Crystall Watts) 1:59.29.

Foreman wins 3 golds at Linn-Mar Relays

The best was saved for last at the Linn-Mar Relays Tuesday night.

All seven teams in the 4x400 relay came in thinking they had a legitimate shot to crack the 4:08 mark seen as fast enough to qualify for next week’s Drake Relays in Des Moines.

The cut-off date is Thursday, so this was their last chance.

“It will be the race of the night,” longtime Linn-Mar assistant coach Max Huffman said beforehand. “The competition will bring out their best.”

It certainly worked out that way for the Linn-Mar quartet of sophomores Kennedy Japenga, Audra Schminke, Rachel Perry and freshman Maddie Saville. They took more than eight seconds off their top time and won a close four-team finish in 4:01 in the final race on the program.

“We loaded up for this one tonight with strongest runners,” said head coach Craig Pilcher. “We wanted to make Drake.”

Dubuque Senior and Kennedy came in right on their tail. And even fourth-place Washington with a replacement runner exceeded its previous best by 12 seconds with a 4:06 clocking.

It was only the second time this year that the four Linn-Mar girls had run together.

“We knew what we had to do,” said Japenga. “So we just went out and did it. It feels great.”

For Perry, it was her second victory of the night. She earlier took almost two seconds off her best time by claiming the 400 meter dash in 58.97. Huffman said her time puts her among the elite Class 4A mid-distance sprinters in the state.

Washington’s fourth-place finish in the 4x400 kept star senior speedster Brooke Foreman from winning her fourth race of the night. She previously breezed to easy wins in the 100 meter hurdles and 400 meter hurdles and ran the opening leg of the Warriors’ sizzling victory in the 4x100 meter relay.

“I was really focused tonight,” Foreman said. “This was the best weather we’ve had this year, and I came out strong. We really want to gear up for Drake.”

Freshman Crystal “I Got Power” Watts was plugged onto the 4x400 for Washington when Jasmyne Jones re-injured her leg in an earlier race. Completing the team were Taylor Vogel and Shannon Gorman.

Gorman began the meet by out-dueling Kennedy sophomores Alyssa Averhoff and Allison Culver in the 3000 meter run. Her time of 10:33 was more than 20 seconds faster than the Kennedy duo and 13 seconds off her personal best.

Kennedy’s Kathia Wampole turned in an impressive performance with two wins and a close second. She took the 1500 run in 5:06, anchored the winning 4x800 (with Megan Terukina, Jessica Rodman and Lauren Meyer) in 9:47 and was nudged by Xavier freshman Kayla Torson in the 800 meter run.

The 800 was a wire-to-wire sprint with Torson posting a 2:20.33 to Wampole’s 2:20.46.

“It was a back and forth race,” Wampole said. “We pushed each other all the way. She had a little more at the end. But then she’s got some wheels.”

Linn-Mar won the team title with 139 points. Kennedy was second with 128, Washington fifth with 88, Marion seventh with 58 and Xavier eighth with 54.5.

LINN-MAR RELAYS

Teams
1. Linn-Mar 139, 2. Kennedy 128, 3. Davenport Central 108, 4. Dubuque Senior 89.5, 5. CR Washington 88, 6. Davenport West 67, 7. Marion 58, 8. Xavier 54.5

Long jump
1. Shalanne Thomas (DC) 17-7 1/4, 2. Allanah McCorkle (DC) 17-3 3/4, 3. Callie Stone (CRW) 16-4 3/4

Shot put
1. Brianna Nash (DC) 35-3 1/2, 2. Lannie Nietert (LM) 33-8, 3. Jazz Royster (CRW) 31-9

Discus
1. Nash (DC) 102-9 1/2, 2. Nietert (LM) 96-5, 3. Sam Ross (Mar) 92-10

High jump
1. Sara staruel (LM) 5-0, 2. (tie) Kelarey Nathan (DC), Alex Bartz (CRX) 4-10

3000
1. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 10:33.96, 2. Alyssa Averhoff (CRK) 10:55.07, 3. Allison Culver (CRK) 10:59.12

3200 relay
1. Kennedy (Terukina, Rodman, Meyer, Wampole) 9:47.82, 2. Dubuque Senior 10:04.75, 3. Linn-Mar 10:20.94

Shuttle hurdle relay
1. Dubuque Senior 1:08.02, 2. Linn-Mar 1:08.31, 3. Davenport West 1:17.85

100
1. McCorkle (DC) 12.95, 2. Kadejah Sanders (CRW) 13.23, 3. Hannah Rochford (CRX) 13.35

Distance medley relay
1. Marion (A.Kolarik, Draeger, M.Kolarik, Scott) 4:23.98, 2. Linn-Mar 4:25.77, 3. Davenport West 4:36.33

400
1. Rachel Perry (LM) 58.97, 2. Kendra Conforti (DS) 1:03.80, 3. Sam Livingston (Mar) 1:04.09

4x200 relay
1. Dubuque Senior 1:47.19, 2. Davenport Central 1:47.70, 3. Davenport West 1:49.79

100 hurdles
1. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 15.40, 2. Sammie Osterberger (DS) 16.16, 3. Tanner Werthman (DW) 16.43

800
1. Kayla Torson (CRX) 2:20.33, 2. Kathia Wampole (CRK) 2:20.46, 3. Allison Scott (Mar) 2:28.58

200
1. Thomas (DC) 26.74, 2. Capria Davis (CRK) 27.09, 3. Jasmine Butler (DC) 27.10

400 hurdles
1. Foreman (CRW) 1:05.06, 2. Kelsie Coates (CRK) 1:08.64, 3. Tadajsha Thornton (DC) 1:12.56

Sprint medley relay
1. Davenport West 1:55.64, 2. Dubuque Senior 1:58.45, 3. Marion 1:59.03

1500
1. Wampole (CRK) 5:06.79, 2. Culver (CRK) 5:09.58, 3. Morgan Uridil (LM) 5:15.24

4x100 relay
1. Washington (Foreman, Jones, Muller, Sanders) 51.34, 2. Davenport Central 51.39, 3. Xavier 51.41

4x400 relay
1. Linn-Mar (Japenga, Schminke, Saville, Perry) 4:01.82, 2. Davenport West 4:03.11, 3. Kennedy 4:04.13