Jefferson Girls Track

J-Hawks bring home 2 silver medals

DES MOINES - Maliya Ratliffe, Taylor Jacobson and Rachel Broghammer were just sophomores in 2011 when they helped Cedar Rapids Jefferson win the 4x200 relay at the Class 4A state track meet.

The J-Hawks served notice Friday that they might be ready for an encore this year as seniors.

Ratliffe, Jacobson and Broghammer helped Jefferson finish a tight second in the 4x200 relay at the 104th Drake Relays Friday behind Des Moines Roosevelt, which is loaded with top sprinters.

Summer Carber joined Ratliffe, Jacobson and Broghammer in the winners circle at the state meet two years ago. Carber graduated last year and now sophomore Lucy Schneekloth is a member of the club.

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J-Hawks win 10 events, claim Mount Pleasant title

MOUNT PLEASANT - Jefferson won 10 events and roared to the championship of the Panther Relays girls track meet Tuesday night.

Jefferson won five relays and five J-Hawks claimed individual titles.

Jefferson senior Rachel Broghammer was a quadruple winner, taking the open 100 meters and running anchor on the 4x200, 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

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Jeff girls, Evans shine at Kingston

The Jefferson girls turned in another series of dominant performances Saturday at Kingston Stadium, while the Linn-Mar boys outdueled Kennedy for the team title in a frigid running of the Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational track meet.

Fresh from a blowout at their own meet a week ago, the J-Hawks claimed six of seven relay events Saturday and also picked up wins from senior hurdler Taylor Jacobson and sophomore sprinter Lucy Schneekloth.

The Lion boys, meanwhile, won four of six relay events along with a school record-setting run by unstoppable junior Josh Evans in a race for which he wasn’t even primed.

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Jeff girls set records in Fort Madison

FORT MADISON - The Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls track team broke two records at the Pen City Relays in Fort Madison Tuesday.

Taylor Jacobson snapped the meet record in the 400 hurdles in 1:06.59, topping the former standard of 1:06.63 by four-hundredths of a second.

The J-Hawks broke their own meet record in the 4x200 relay with Maliya Rattliffe, Lucy Schneekloth, Jacobson and Rachel Broghammer clocked in 1:44.54. Jacobson and Broghammer helped Jefferson set the old record of 1:46.92 in 2010 when they were freshmen.

The J-Hawks won a total of seven events in the meet. Rattliffe captured the 100 meter dash, Jasmine Blue claimed the 200 meter dash and Madison Ranschau won the 100 meter hurdles.

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