Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

No. 5 Lions boot Hempstead

Hunter Wong and Ben Johnson scored goals Thursday night as No. 5 Linn-Mar blanked Dubuque Hempstead, 2-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Blake Comstock and Devin Eby had assists on Johnson's goal.

Wong scored his goal on a direct free kick from just outside the 18-yard box at the 20th minute of the first half.

Senior Jared Belin posted his sixth shutout of the season and seventh for the team.

Garcia lifts No. 2 Lions in OT

DUBUQUE - Junior Olivia Garcia netted the only goal of the game in overtime at No. 2-ranked Linn-Mar escaped with a 1-0 win Thursday night over Dubuque Hempstead at Hempstead.

Kayla Kvach assited on Garcia's goal for the 7-0 Lions.

Jenks snaps state record in 3000 at Drake

DES MOINES - Stephanie Jenks idolized Katie Flood when she was younger and dreamed about becoming as good as the former Dowling star some day.

Now she's better. Now she's the all-time best in Iowa.

Jenks broke Flood's record in the 3000 meter run Thursday when she captured the race at the Drake Relays on a grey, blustery day in Des Moines.

Jenks set the new standard at 9 minutes, 26.87 seconds as she blew away the competition and topped Flood's old mark of 9:27.25 set as a high school senior in 2010.

"She was my idol when I was little," said Jenks, a sophomore at Linn-Mar. "I always heard about Katie Flood. It kind of made me work harder to get there."

By coincidence, Flood is competing at the Drake Relays this year as a senior at the University of Washington, where she's won an NCAA title in the 1500.

"I decided it would mean more to me and more to her if I broke it when she was here in town," said Jenks.

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Evans breaks 3200 record, but gets 2nd

DES MOINES - Josh Evans succeeded in breaking the state record in the 3200 meter run at the Drake Relays Thursday, but somebody else was a little faster.

Albert Meier of Boone became the first high school runner in state history to break 9 minutes in the 3200 meter run when he crossed the finish line in 8:58.46.

Evans, who gave Meier a good battle, had to settle for second place in 9:01.55. They both eclipsed the old state record of 9:04.33 set by Jon Thomas of Des Moines Roosevelt and both broke the old Drake Relays mark of 9:05.58 set by Kevin Lewis of Ottumwa in 2005.

"I wanted to run a great race and that's exactly what I got," said Evans,a senior at Linn-Mar. "I can't ask for anything more than that. I ran what I wanted to run, so I'm very happy."

Evans was hoping to break 9 minutes as well, but he got jostled at the start of the race and had to wipe water off his face during the eight-lap event. It was not raining during the race, but the track was wet from rains earlier in the day.

He survived the jostling, but was a little distracted by the water.

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