Xavier Boys Track

Xavier boys win 3 titles in Washington

WASHINGTON, Iowa - Ethan Brown, Josh Volk and Jax Junge won individual titles for the Xavier boys track team Tuesday at the Washington Relays in Washington, Iowa.

Brown edged Volk in the discus with a winning throw of 124 feet, 9 inches, with Volk finishing second by four inches.

Volk topped Brown for the shot put title with a heave of 47 feet, 5.25 inches. Brown was second at 44-8.25.

Junge claimed the 100 meter dash in 11.77 seconds. Teammate Kaiden Cuevas placed third in 11.99.

The Saints placed second in the 4x800 relay (8:37.13) and the 4x100 relay (45.94). The Saints finished third in the distance medley  (4:02.74) and the 4x400 relay (3:39.46).

George Durin placed third in the 400 low hurdles (1:01.94).

Mount Pleasant won the team championship with 172 points. Xavier finished ninth out of 18 teams with 97 points.

Scott helps Linn-Mar take 4x200

DES MOINES - Linn-Mar senior Perrion Scott wanted to make a last hurrah at the Class 4A state track meet before heading off to college.

He got it Friday.

Scott ran a sensational anchor leg on the 4x200 relay and led the Lions to victory in a bang-bang finish at Drake Stadium.

Scott seemingly came out of nowhere and leaned across the finish line to give Linn-Mar the victory in 1 minute, 29.13 seconds in one of the closest races in state history.

Ankeny Centennial finished second in 1:29.14 and Cedar Falls was third in 1:29.17, with only four-hundredths of a second separating the top three finishers.

Sean Zimmerman, Tristan Freese and Daniel Gorsich joined Scott on the 4x200 relay.

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Rima claims state title in 400

DES MOINES - Jalen Rima scrunched his face and shook his head when former Cedar Rapids Prairie football coach Mike Morrissey told him to join the track team two years ago.

Rima did not want to run around in circles, but Morrissey made it perfectly clear: No track, no football.

"I wasn't going to go out my freshman year, but because of him I went out," Rima said Thursday, all smiles. "Thank god he made me."

Rima blazed to victory in the 400 meter dash in 48.85 seconds at the Class 4A state track meet in Des Moines and is now perfectly happy to run track instead of just running pass patterns.

In fact, the faster he runs in track, the more attention he gets from Division I college football teams. Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and others called Morrissey a few days after Rima ran an incredibly fast 400 meter split in a relay at the Drake Relays this year.

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Marion wins 4 events at district meet

The Marion Indians won four events at the Class 3A district track meet at Thomas Park Thursday.

Blair Brooks captured the high jump and Skylar Cook claimed the long jump for the Marion boys. The Indians also won the shuttle hurdle relay with Devin Quinn, Cook, Brooks and Deshaun Quinn.

Maddie Bach won the 3000 meter run for the Marion girls.

The Xavier boys won two events Thursday with Evan Gradoville in the 400 meter dash and Bryce Charipar in the 110 hurdles.

District champions automatically qualify for the state meet in Des Moines next week.

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