Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Jenks wins 3 titles at Valley meet

Linn-Mar sophomore Stephanie Jenks captured the 800, 1500 and 3000 meter runs by comfortable margins at the MVC Valley Division girls track meet at Kingston Stadium Thursday.

Jenks won the 800 by more than 11 seconds, the 1500 by more than 13 seconds and the 3000 by more than 24 seconds.

Wahlert edged Linn-Mar for the team title, 154-127.5.

Rachel Perry of Linn-Mar sped to victory in the 400 in 58.93 seconds. The Lions also won the 4x800 relay with Maddie Saville, Ally Hicks, Hanna Saville and Morgan Garcia.

Prairie finished fourth in the team standings. Kenzie Soeken won the high jump, Halle Lueck took the long jump and the Hawks won the sprint medley with Hailee Montgomery, Alexa Martin, Soeken and Hannah Grimm.

Washington won two events and finished in fifth place. Kadejah Sanders took the 100 meter dash and Amara Taylor claimed the 400 hurdles.

Team Standings

1. Wahlert 154, 2. Linn-Mar 127.5, 3. Cedar Falls 101, 4. Prairie 94, 5. Washington 70, 6. Waterloo West 30, 7. Xavier 10.5.

Winners

100 - Kadejah Sanders, Washington, 13.02

200 - Laura Sherman, Wahlert, 26.64

400 - Rachel Perry, Linn-Mar, 58.93

800 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 2:14.28

1500 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 4:54.84

3000 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 11:01.10

100 hurdles - Elizabeth Welu, Wahlert, 15.65

400 hurdles - Amara Taylor, Washington, 1:07.29

4x100 relay - Wahlert 50.37

4x200 relay - Cedar Falls 1:48.15

4x400 relay - Wahlert 4:02.25

4x800 relay - Linn-Mar (Maddie Saville, Ally Hicks, Hanna Saville, Morgan Garcia) 9:58.26

Sprint medley - Prairie (Hailee Montgomery, Alexa Martin, Kenzie Soeken, Hannah Grimm) 1:51.76

Distance medley - Wahlert 4:17.49

Shuttle hurdle relay - Wahlert 1:08.50

High jump - Kenzie Soeken, Prairie, 5-0

Long jump - Halle Lueck, Prairie, 17-5

Shot put - Blaire Thomas, Waterloo West, 40-0.5

Discus - Maddie Nilles, Wahlert, 134-8

No. 4 Lions blank Saints, 2-0

Ben Johnson and Bobby Charlton tallied goals and senior Jared Belin posted another shutout as Class 4A No. 4 Linn-Mar rebounded from a loss to top-ranked Iowa City West by downing Xavier, 2-0, Thursday at Heco Field.

Daniel Luzindya set up Johnson on the Lions' first goal in the 26th minute of the first half.

With Xavier pushing for the tying goal in the final minute, Kevin Simon hit Darrin Eby with a long pass. Eby dropped  the ball off to Charlton, who scored the clinching goal.

The shutout was Belin's ninth this season, one shy of the school record set by Clark Anderson in 2004 Linn-Mar moves to 11-2 with the win. The loss drops Xavier, ranked No. 4 in Class 2A, to 6-6.

6 Metro teams ranked in boys soccer

Six boys soccer teams from the Metro area are ranked again this week by the IAHSSCA, but the exact spots have changed a little bit.

Four Metro teams are ranked in Class 3A with Linn-Mar No. 4, Washington No. 5, Kennedy No. 6 and Prairie No. 13.

Two Metro teams are ranked in Class 2A with Xavier No.4 and Marion No.13.

CLASS 3A
Records Through May 3

1. Iowa City West (11-0), 2. Johnston (12-0), 3. Iowa City High (8-1), 4. Linn-Mar (10-1), 5. Washington (6-3), 6. Kennedy (6-3), 7. Waukee (10-2), 8. Sioux City West (12-0), 9. Bettendorf (9-3), 10. West Des Moines Valley (8-2), 11. (tie) Pleasant Valley (6-2), Ankeny Centennial (8-3), 13. Prairie (5-4), 14. Marshalltown (10-1), 15. Ames (7-2), 16. Muscatine (8-4).

CLASS 2A
Records Through May 3

1. Norwalk (7-4), 2. Spencer (11-0), 3. Waverly-Shell Rock (7-1), 4. Xavier (5-5), 5. Pella (9-3-1), 6. Dallas Center-Grimes (4-3), 7. Glenwood (7-2), 8. DeWitt Central (8-2), 9. Perry (8-2), 10. Hudson (6-4), 11. Creston (9-2), 12. Clear Creek-Amana (6-4-2), 13. Marion (6-2), 14. ADM (6-5-1), 15. Davenport Assumption (5-6), 16. Webster City (7-2).

Ramlo's goal lifts Saints by Wash

Connor Ramlo tapped in a rebound for the only goal of the game Tuesday as the Xavier Saints topped Washington, 1-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer meet at breezy Heco Field.

Ryan Persick shot from 25 yards for the Saints to begin the scoring play. Washington goal-keeper Gunnar Lenzen stopped the shot, but the loose ball came to Hoffman for the putback.

The game was affected by a strong northeast wind, so each team dominated in one of the halves with the wind at its back.

Xavier is ranked No. 4 in Class 2A. Washington is ranked No.6  in Class 3A.