Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Lions in 7th after diving

MARSHALLTOWN - Linn-Mar's Alyssa Deuso and Mikaela Lengwin finished 13th and 14th, respectively, Friday in diving at the Girls State Swim Meet at the Marshalltown YMCA.

Linn-Mar is tied with Johnston for seventh place with seven points after one event.

Junior Maggie James from Ames won the event with 532.05 points, just 3.65 points off the state record set in 1982. Her teammate Jess Misra finished third to lead the Little Cyclones into first place with 38 points.

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Steph Jenks forfeits eligibility in X-C

FORT DODGE - Linn-Mar sophomore Stephanie Jenks will not be eligible to compete in high school cross country meets in Iowa for the rest of her prep career because she ran in open college events this year, IGHSAU Executive Director Mike Dick said Saturday at the state meet in Fort Dodge.

Jenks won the Class 4A state cross country title in 2012 as a freshman, but elected not to run for Linn-Mar this year. Instead, she competed against college runners at races in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Oregon and fared very well.

Dick said the Jenks family knew beforehand that Jenks would forfeit her future cross country eligibility in Iowa if she competed against college runners.

Jenks is competing for the Linn-Mar swimming team this year and was a state champion at the Class 4A track meet last May. Dick said Jenks will continue to be eligible in swimming and track.

Prairie, Evans run to state titles

FORT DODGE - The Cedar Rapids Prairie cross country team chased the Linn-Mar Lions all over Eastern Iowa this year, often settling for second place along the way.

Not this time.

The Hawks caught the Lions - and everyone else - in the biggest meet of the season Saturday and claimed their second Class 4A state title in four years at the Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge.

"It feels incredible. This is great," said Prairie sophomore Jake Moore, who led the hungry Hawks by finishing fourth overall.

"It feels like all the work we put in this season and all the practices, it's all worth it," said Isaiah Vlasek, who placed seventh. "This is amazing."

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Cougars, Jenks win regional swim titles

Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Jennifer Jenks were the big winners at the regional swimming meets on Saturday.

Kennedy trimmed Iowa City West, 432.5 to 424, for the team championship at the regional in Iowa City and qualified for the state meet in nine events.

Michele Wasta of Kennedy won the regional title in the 100 butterfly. The Cougars also claimed regional crowns in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay.

Jenks, a freshman at Linn-Mar, captured the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle at the regional meet in Cedar Falls. Her time of 51.30 seconds in the 100 freestyle leads all qualifiers for the state meet.

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