Jefferson Boys Track

J-Hawks capture title at Dubuque meet

DUBUQUE - The Jefferson J-Hawks claimed top honors at the University of Dubuque Boys Indoor Track Classic Saturday.

The J-Hawks scored 88 points in the 13-team field to capture the championship. Linn-Mar finished second with 72 points.

Merje Bokoyo won the 60-meter dash for Jefferson in 6.71 seconds as the J-Hawks had a 1-2-3 sweep in the event. Jacob Beaton won the silver medal and Justin Crockett took the bronze.

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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

Metro Spotlight honors track athletes

Athletes from the Metro area enjoyed a fabulous weekend at the state track meets in Des Moines with 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals, seven bronze medals and two handsome trophies.

As a result, the Metro Sports Report is honoring all of these track stars as the Metro Spotlight Athletes of the Week.

Josh Evans of Linn-Mar collected four gold medals in the 800, 1600, 3200 and distance medley with Austin Fielder, Tim Wolfe and Duggan Trenary.

Stephanie Jenks of Linn-Mar claimed two gold medals in the 1500 and 3000. Curtis McCrary of Linn-Mar won the long jump, giving the Lions seven titles overall.

The Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls captured the 4x200 relay and sprint medley relay. And the Cedar Rapids Prairie boys won the 4x800 relay as part of the Metro's golden haul.

In addition to all that gold, Evans ran the fastest 1600 in state history (4:06.32) and set a Class 4A state meet record in the 3200 (9:00.97). The Lions also set a 4A state meet record in the distance medley in 3:24.39 with Evans on the anchor.

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 May 2014 18:55

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Evans called 'The Greatest' with 4 golds

DES MOINES - Josh Evans sat in the stands at the state track meet as a scrawny freshman in 2011 and loved seeing the crowd rise to its feet as Shelby Houlihan of Sioux City East set a batch of records in the girls distance races.

He remembers the Public Address announcer kept everyone informed that day as one record after another fell by the wayside.

"I remember thinking, that would be so cool if I could get that some day," Evans said Saturday afternoon. "It's really a dream come true that this happened."

Evans got his share of standing ovations Saturday as he completed one of the most remarkable performances in state meet history with four gold medals, three meet records and an all-time Iowa best in the 1600.

Mike Jay, the Public Address announcer, told the sun-splashed crowd of 8,744 that it was "The best distance performance in Iowa state meet history."

Evans wasn't sure about that, praising some of the other record-setting performances at this year's state meet, but he was the Star of Stars in the distance races with four golds.

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