Kennedy Girls Track

Jenks sets 2 records in Iowa City

IOWA CITY - Linn-Mar junior Stephanie Jenks smashed two meet records at the Women of Troy Relays in Iowa City Tuesday.

Jenks blazed to victory in the 800 meter run in 2 minutes, 14.38 seconds, breaking the old mark of 2:17.69 set by Erin Penticoff of Xavier in 2003. She captured the 1500 in 4 minutes, 35.77 seconds, snapping her own meet record of 4:42.94 set as a freshman in 2013.

Jenks ran the fastest times in the state this year in both events. She also ranks No. 1 in the state in the 3000.

Iowa City West nipped Linn-Mar for the team championship, 146 to 145. Prairie placed third, Kennedy fifth and Xavier seventh.

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Ranschau, J-Hawks are right on time

CEDAR FALLS - Abbie Ranschau does not like to waste time.

That's a great attribute to have for a track star, where tenths of a second can spell the difference between victory and defeat, but Ranschau's attitude carries beyond sports.

"I've always enjoyed being active and staying in shape," the Cedar Rapids Jefferson junior said Tuesday. "I don't like staying at home and doing nothing. It's kind of boring.

"I like to get stuff done," she said, "so I don't feel like I've wasted a day."

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 19:42

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Coaches pick All-Metro girls track

Here is the 2014 girls All-Metro track team, as selected by the Metro

track coaches.

 

DISCUS

Morgan Martin, Kennedy, 123-8

Lannie Nietert, Linn-Mar, 115-6

 

SHOT PUT

Lannie Nietert, Linn-Mar, 40-7 1/4

Natalie Rumer, Prairie, 38-1 1/2

 

LONG JUMP

Halle Lueck, Prairie, 17-10 1/4

Amara Taylor, Washington, 16-9 1/2

 

HIGH JUMP

Kenzie Soeken, Prairie, 5-3

Jade Irish, Kennedy, 5-0 1/2

 

3000 METER RUN

Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 9:24.67

Alyssa Averhoff, Kennedy, 10:28.22

 

4x800 RELAY

Linn-Mar (Hanna Saville, Ally Hicks, Morgan Garcia, Amber Decker) 9:40.44

Jefferson (Adrianna Hargrove, Sarah Hanna, Caleigh Meyer, Meredith Koenigsfeld) 9:51.38

 

SHUTTLE HURDLE RELAY

Jefferson (Abbie Ranschau, Sam Kitterman, Ellie Trosky, Madison Ranschau) 1:04.65

Prairie (McKenna Mumaw, Katie VanDooren, Natalie Bohnsack, Hailee Montgomery) 1:07.78

 

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY

Linn-Mar (Sarah Renner, Brooke Lorenz, Rachel Perry, Amber Decker) 4:07.77

Washington (Kadejah Sanders, Megan Muller, Anne Visser, Shannon Gorman) 4:18.64

 

100 METER DASH

Amarri Waller, Kennedy, 12.44

Kadejah Sanders, Washington, 12.46

 

400 METER DASH

Rachel Perry, Linn-Mar, 58.93

Amber Decker, Linn-Mar, 59.06

 

4X200 RELAY

Jefferson (Abbie Ranschau, Jasmine Blue, Morgan Meese, Lucy Schneekloth) 1:41.12

Kennedy (Dekeylah Thomas, Kelsie Coates, Jade Irish, Amarri Waller) 1:45.07

 

100 METER HURDLES

Madie Ranschau, Jefferson, 14.88

Hailee Montgomery, Prairie, 15.63

 

800 METER RUN

Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 2:10.20

Amber Decker, Linn-Mar, 2:14.46

 

200 METER DASH

Lucy Schneekloth, Jefferson, 25.17

Amarri Waller, Kennedy, 25.69

 

400 METER HURDLES

Amara Taylor, Washington, 1:05.36

Kelsie Coates, Kennedy, 1:06.80

 

SPRINT MEDLEY

Jefferson (Madison Ranschau, Abbie Ranschau, Lucy Schneekloth, Jasmine Blue) 1:45.94

Linn-Mar (Halley Morgan, Katie Sommer, Rachel Perry, Amber Decker) 1:49.83

 

1500 METER RUN

Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 4:28.72

Alyssa Averhoff, Kennedy, 4:55.18

 

4X100 RELAY

Jefferson (Lucy Schneekloth, Abbie Ranschau, Morgan Meese, Jasmine Blue) 48.17

Washington (Mariah Ward, Jasmyne Jones, Megan Muller, Kadejah Sanders) 49.84

 

4x400 RELAY

Linn-Mar (Hanna Saville, Kennedy Japenga, Rachel Perry, Amber Decker) 3:58.59

Jefferson (McKayla Belew, Meredith Koenigsfeld, Autumn Anderson, Sam Kitterman) 4:06.65

 

HONORABLE MENTION

 

Jefferson: Brianna Prohaska

Kenendy: Kate Nus, Lyndsey Eades

Prairie: Hannah Grimm, Alexis Thumann

Washington: Kristin Mackenburg, Bri Andrews

Xavier: Molly Breitbach, Kayla Torson

Linn-Mar: Dana Sublett, Maddie Saville

Marion: Mahlia Brown

 

COACH OF THE YEAR: Bill Calloway, Jefferson

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 June 2014 17:57

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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