Will Griffin (right) of Cedar Rapids Washington crosses the finish line in first place followed by teammate Nick Corbett in second place in the 200 meter dash at Kingston Stadium on Tuesday. (Photo by Margaret O’Banion)Will Griffin can feel the 100 meter dash coming together.

The explosion, the speed, the fury. It's all there now except the finish, and he's working on it after being slowed since last August with a bad ankle.

Griffin ran stride for stride with three speed merchants from Waterloo West on Tuesday before finishing fourth in the 100 meter dash in a swift 10.83 seconds at the Early Bird Quad at Kingston Stadium on a warm, windy day.

"It was pretty good, but I felt like I kind of went on cruise control for the last 20 meters," he said. "I just didn't finish my race."

The 10.83 was an excellent time for the Cedar Rapids Washington senior, but the three sprinters from Waterloo ran three of the fastest times in the state this year with the breeze at their backs. Haris Nuhanovic won the race in 10.62, which makes him a threat to challenge James Harrington of Cedar Falls for the state title this year.

Griffin finished second in the Class 4A 100 meter dash last year behind Harrington and had a qualifying time in the preliminaries at state of 10.81 seconds. His clocking Tuesday was only two-hundredths of a second slower than his best time in Des Moines last year.

"I can feel it coming together," he said. "I'm encouraged with the progress I'm making. I'm a little disappointed with the way I finished, but other than that it was OK."

Griffin hurt his ankle last August and missed the first five games of the football season. He gamely returned and helped the Warriors make the playoffs, but he wasn't nearly 100 percent in terms of speed, endurance or cutting ability.

He feels physically fit now and is looking to have a strong campaign in track, where he's proven to be one of the top sprinters in Iowa.

"I'm definitely getting more satisfied than I was a week or two weeks ago," he said. "I'm just trying to build my way up for Drake (the Drake Relays) and state."

Griffin captured the 200 meter dash Tuesday in 22.71 seconds and also ran a strong leg on the 4x100 relay. He'll play football at Winona State next season, but does not plan to run track in college as a freshman.

Washington dominated the meet against its Mississippi Valley Conference rivals by winning nine out of 18 events. Etienne Nzoyisaba was a double winner in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs and Drake Hickok captured the 110 high hurdles and 400 low hurdles.

Cedar Rapids Washington’s Drake Hickok clears the last hurdle on his way to a first place finish in the 110 meter hurdles. (Photo by Margaret O’Banion)The Warriors also got victories from Nick Corbett in the 400, Trevor Luebe in the 800, Srorhm Henry in the shot put and Zach Gillis in the discus.

Kennedy won four events, Waterloo West claimed three titles and Jefferson won two races.

Derek Jacobus won the long jump for Kennedy and Willie Rhodes took the high jump. The Cougars also won the sprint medley and shuttle hurdle relay.

 

Jefferson captured the 4x400 relay and the 4x800 relay.

 

BOYS EARLY BIRD QUAD

At Kingston Stadium

Jefferson

Kennedy

Washington

Waterloo West

 

(No Team Scores Kept)

 

High jump

1. Willie Rhodes (CRK), 6-0; 2. John Koelling (CRK) 5-8; 3. (tie) Jason Phelps (CRJ) 5-6; Elijah Evans (WW) 5-6; Jacob Shannon (CRK) 5-6; Lance Scallon (CRJ) 5-6.

Long jump

1. Derek Jacobus (CRK) 21-5 1/2; 2. Famiek Cook (CRK) 19-9; 3. Jacob Shannon (CRK) 19-5; 4. Joseph McBride (CRW) 18-3 3/4.

Shot put

1. (tie) Storhm Henry (CRW) 46-11; Ryan Eivens (CRJ) 46-11; 3. Drew Heitland (CRK) 45-2; 4. Sam Sechau (CRJ) 44-9.

Etienne Nzoyisaba (left) edges out Taylor Mueller to finish first in the 1600 meter run. (Photo by Margaret O’Banion)Discus

1. Zach Gillis (CRW) 135-5; 2. Zach Berryman (CRJ) 131-2; 3. Sam Techau (CRJ) 127-11; 4. Tyler Burrell (CRW) 127-5.

100 Meter Dash

1. Haris Nuhanovic (WW) 10.62; 2. Tyrell Martin (WW) 10.77; 3. Dequayvious Martin (WW) 10.79; 4. Will Griffin (CRW) 10.83.

200 Meter Dash

1. Will Griffin (CRW) 22.71; 2. Nick Corbett (CRW) 23.54; 3. Rashon Burrell (WW) 24.11; 4. Aaron Gruwell (CRJ) 24.20.

400 Meter Dash

1. Nick Corbett (CRW) 51.83; 2. Asim Wallace (CRJ) 53.61; 3. Noah Dostal (CRW) 54.27; 4. Ryan Deerberg (CRJ) 55.36.

800 Meter Run

1. Trevor Luebe (CRW) 2:02.92; 2. Alex Hottle (WW) 2:04.30; 3. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 2:06.88; 4. Taylor Mueller (CRJ) 2:08.60.

1600 Meter Run

1. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 4:38.31; 2. Taylor Mueller (CRJ) 4:38.66; 3. Anthony Ohl (WW) 4:44.70; 4. Trevor Luebe (CRW) 4:54.83.

3200 Meter Run

1. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 10:14.90; 2. Alex Hottle (WW) 10:32.00; 3. Joe Berry (CRW) 10;43.00; 4. Matthew Whittman (CRW) 10:52.40.

110 Meter Hurdles

1. Drake Hickok (CRW) 14.59; 2. Tom Kaiser (CRK) 15.42; 3. Forest Vega (CRW) 15.43; 4. Savaun Bounds (CRJ) 15.78.

400 Meter Hurdles

1. Drake Hickok (CRW) 55.03; 2. Forest Vega (CRW) 58.80; 3. Lucas Vanous

(CRJ) 58.89; 4. Zach Newell (WW) 1:00.38.

4x100 Relay

1. Waterloo West 42.70; 2. Washington (Morris Williams, Joseph McBride, Mitch Bredeson, Will Griffin( 43.76; 3. Kennedy (Alex Hillyer, Tom Kaiser, Jacob Hannon, Derek Jacobus) 44.35; 4. Jefferson (chance Tiedtke, Tim

Larson, Savaun Bounds, Tanner Lund) 46.56.

4x200 Relay

1. Waterloo West 1:29.64; 2. Jefferson (Nate Karlan, Chance Tiedtke, Aaron Gruwell, Alex baxter) 1:33.36; 3. Kennedy (Alex Hillyer, John Koelling, Famiek Cook, Derek Jacobus) 1:33.78; 4. Waterloo West 1:35.04.

4x400 Relay

1. Jefferson (Alex Baxter, Nate Karlan, Timauntay Jones, Aaron Gruwell) 3:35.45; 2. Washington (Drake Hickok, Nick Corbett, Reagan Wilson, Noah Dostal) 3:35.94; 3. Waterloo West 3:43.60; 4. Waterloo West  3:44.13.

4x800 Relay

1. Jefferson (Timauntay Jones, Colton Cortez, Aaron Carter, Maverick Guyer) 8:45.19; 2. Waterloo West 8:48.99; 3. Washington (Jon Rockwell, Blair Burdt, Sam Kline, Andrew Cook) 9:10.24; 4. Kennedy (Matt Bunnell, Noah Nosley, Brett Paulsen, Brady Christensen) 9:28.26.

1600 Sprint Medley

1. Kennedy (Alex Hillyer, Jacob Shannon, John Koelling, Trevor Oates) 3:51.40; 2. Jefferson (Dylan Pady, Josh Forcht, Trey Hitchings, Tim MacDonald) 4:06.66; 3. Jefferson (Michael Moncivais, Hunter Wageman, Dan Larson, Maverick Guyer) 4:09.58; 4. Kennedy (Rayez Bell, Alex Pins, Jonah Moes, Noah Nosley) 4:18.81.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1. Kennedy (Tom Kaiser, Famiek Cook, Mitchell Gaffey, Derek Jacobus) 1:02.07; 2. Jefferson (Tanner Lund, Savaun Bounds, Michael Moncivais,Lucas Vanous) 1:07.43; 3. Waterloo West 1:08.40; 4. Washington (Tacoma Davis, Connor Vincent, Reagan Wilson, Daniel Rosenthal) 1:12.01.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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