DES MOINES - Maliya Rattliffe, Lucy Schneekloth, Jasmine Blue and Rachel "Bronco" Broghammer have been chasing the Jefferson school record in the 4x200 relay all spring.

They finally got it Friday and quite a bit more.

The Jefferson quartet shattered the all-time state record in the 4x200 when they blazed to victory in 1 minute, 40.94 seconds at the Class 4A state meet at Drake Stadium.

The J-Hawks splintered the old state mark of 1:41.0 set 38 years ago by Woodbine High School with the great Debbie Esser in 1975.

It took awhile for the J-Hawks to realize what they'd accomplished Friday.

Broghammer, ecstatic with her second state title in the 4x200 in three years, did not hear the announcement about the all-time record and wondered what a reporter was talking about.

"What!?!," she exclaimed when told the news. "OH MY GOD!"

Schneekloth heard the announcement about the state record and then put 2-and-2 together: Yup, they must have broken the school record as well.

That made her happy, because her mother - Julie Davis Schneekloth - helped set the school mark during her state championship days in the 1980s and had encouraged her daughter and friends to break it.

"I knew we could do this," said Ratliffe, one of two seniors on the relay. "There wasn't any doubt in my mind whatsoever."

Ratliffe, Broghammer, Taylor Jacobson and Summer Carber won the state title in the 4x200 relay in 2011. Now Rattliffe and Broghammer have struck again as 12th graders.

"I knew we were destined for greatness," said Broghammer. "We worked so hard."

The J-Hawks posed for pictures in the infield at Drake Stadium, happily obliging a string of newspaper, website and television folks, then happily posed some more for family and friends in a far corner of the track.

"I'm very proud of the kids," beamed Jefferson Coach Bill Calloway, one of the picture-takers. "I've coached for a long time, boys and girls. This is the hardest-working bunch of sprinters I've ever had."

Calloway has been a track coach for 37 years, including the last 27 as a head coach at Jefferson, and he ranked Friday's accomplishment as one of the best of his successful career.

"This is obviously way, way up there," he said. "This is an all-time best. Unreal. It's quite a moment for us."

They love their relays at Jefferson, moreso than individual events.

"You don't just win by yourself, you win with three other girls who are working just as hard as you are," Rattliffe explained. "That's the best part of it.

"After all the work, I get to look at three of my best friends. We did this together," she said, smiling at her teammates. "And I know for the rest of our lives we're going to be bound together over this."

Rattliffe got the 4x200 started with a swift leg out of the blocks. Schneekloth ran a strong second leg and gave the baton to Blue, just a freshman.

Blue gave the stick to Broghammer in good shape and "Bronco" (as she's called by Calloway) had a fiercely determined look coming down the straightaway.

"We did it!" she said.

The J-Hawks work endlessly on their handoffs and it paid off Friday with perfect exchanges and a perfect race.

By the way, the girls knew exactly what Calloway would tell them after the race. In fact, they laughed about it. Broghammer knows the script by heart after four years on the team.

"His exact words will be: 'Great job, girls. You have three more races to go. Get ready,'" she said. "He'll be very happy, though.

"He's pushed us and helped every one of us individually. As hard as we've worked, he's worked just as hard. It was a great win for everybody."

Broghammer was simply glad the race took place without incident. "Before the race," she confided, "I almost threw up multiple times."

Calloway said all four of his sprinters can run the 100-meter dash in 12.1 seconds, giving the J-Hawks the speed for a record-setting 4x200 relay.

"I think we surprised some people," he said.

Jefferson's victory in the relay lifted them into fifth place in the Class 4A standings with 22 points heading into the third and final day of the state meet on Saturday.

Jacobson did not contribute to a state title in the 4x200 this time, but the senior made a big contribution to the J-Hawks Friday by placing second in the 400 meter low hurdles in 1 minute, 4.24 seconds.

Metro girls claimed three of the top spots in the shot put. Lannie Nietert of Linn-Mar placed fourth at 38-10.75, Natalie Rumer of Prairie was fifth at 38-3 and Allyson Ballinger of Kennedy took seventh at 36-9.25.

Linn-Mar finished fifth in the distance medley with Lauren Dalecky, Halley Morgan, Maddie Saville and Amber Decker clocked in 4:09.66. The Lions are in sixth place in the team standings with 19 points.

Halle Lueck of Prairie placed sixth in the long jump at 16 feet, 8.75 inches.

Cedar Rapids Washington finished sixth in the 4x200 relay with Jasmine Raue, Jasmyne Jones, Megan Muller and Kadejah Sanders timed in 1:44.58.

Prairie is 14th in the team standings with eight points. Washington and Kennedy are tied for 24th with three points.

Pleasant Valley leads the Class 4A girls standings with 55 points. Waukee is second with 42 points.

GIRLS STATE TRACK MEET
At Des Moines (Drake Stadium)
Friday

CLASS 4A

Team standings (through 10 events)
1. Pleasant Valley 55, 2. Waukee 42, 3. Iowa City High 35, 4. WDM Dowling 23, 5. CR Jefferson 22, 6. (tie) Linn-Mar, Ankeny 19, 8. DM Roosevelt 18, 9. Iowa City West 17, 10. (tie) Urbandale, Bettendorf 16
12. Davenport North 14, 13. Cedar Falls 12, 14. (tie) WDM Valley, Newton, CR Prairie 8, 17. (tie) Ames, Waterloo West, Johnston 6, 20. (tie) Muscatine, SC North 5
22. (tie) Burlington, Indianola 4, 24. (tie) CR Washington, CR Kennedy, Dubuque Senior, Dubuque Hempstead, Davenport Central, Western Dubuque 3, 30. SC East 2, 31. (tie) SE Polk, Waterloo East 1

Finals
Shot Put
1. Alexa Hunt (DM Roosevelt) 45-7.75, 2. Aliyah Gustafson (IC High) 40-9.75, 3. Blaire Thomas (Waterloo West) 39-3.5, 4. Lannie Nietert (Linn-Mar) 38-10.75, 5. Natalie Rumer (CR Prairie) 38-3, 6. Brianna Nash (Dav. Central) 37-4.5, 7. Allyson Ballinger (CR Kennedy) 36-9.25, 8. Allison Griffin (Cedar Falls) 36-7.25
Also - Rachel Griffin (CR Prairie) 33-2.5

Long Jump
1. McKennan Cronbaugh (IC West) 19-1, 2. Lexus Lovan (Urbandale) 18-5.25, 3. Kiera Washpun (IC High) 18-2.5, 4. Kaisha Billings (SC North) 17-2.75, 5. Kelsi Conner (Burlington) 16-9.5, 6. Halle Lueck (CR Prairie) 16-8.75, 7. Chloe Miller (Pleasant Valley) 16-5.75, 8. Emma Drees (Waukee) 16-5.5
Also - 11. Brooke Lorenz (Linn-Mar) 16-1.75

Distance Medley Relay
1. Bettendorf 4:02.00, 2. Dowling 4:02.61, 3. Pleasant Valley 4:04.49, 4. Urbandale 4:06.30, 5. Linn-Mar (Lauren Dalecky, Halley Morgan, Maddie Saville, Amber Decker) 4:09.66, 6. Western Dubuque 4:10.23, 7. Johnston 4:10.86, 8. Iowa City West 4:11.16
Also - 10. CR Washington (Jasmyne Jones, Megan Muller, Jasmine Raue, Shannon Gorman) 4:13.81, 16. CR Jefferson (Morgan Meese, Abbie Ranschau, Sam Kitterman, Meredith Koenigsfeld) 4:20.46, 17. CR Kennedy (Tianna Drahn, Breyana Cooper, Kelsie Coates, Lauren Meyer) 4:22.15, 20. CR Prairie (Ashli O'Shea, Katie VanDooren, Hope Steimel, Jocelyn Wood) 4:26.06

400 Meter Hurdles
1. Anne Leners (Pleasant Valley) 1:02.19, 2. Taylor Jacobson (CR Jefferson) 1:04.24, 3. Sarah Plock (IC High) 1:05.34, 4. Carly Donahue (Pleasant Valley) 1:05.91, 5. Claire Netten (Ankeny) 1:06.02, 6. Allie Osterberger (Dubuque Senior) 1:06.04, 7. Erika Lewis (Waukee) 1:06.35, 8. Emma Drees (Waukee) 1:06.77
Also - 12. Kelsie Coates (CR Kennedy) 1:08.03

4x200 Relay
1. CR Jefferson (Maliya Ratliffe. Lucy Schneekloth, Jasmine Blue, Rachel Broghammer) 1:40.94 (state record, old mark, 1:41.71, Davenport Central (2012); All-time Iowa best, old mark, 1:41.00, Woodbine (1975)), 2. Waukee 1:42.24, 3. DM Roosevelt 1:43.55, 4. Cedar Falls 1:43.60, 5. Davenport North 1:44.16, 6. CR Washington (Jasmine Raue, Jasmyne Jones, Megan Muller, Kadejah Sanders) 1:44.58, 7. SC East 1:45.26, 8. IC High 1:46.73
Also - 14. Linn-Mar (Lauren Dalecky, Courtney Major, Brittany Sefton, Halley Morgan) 1:47.78

Preliminaries
Metro qualifiers
(DNQ - Did not qualify)

100 Hurdles
5. Madison Ranschau (CRJ) 15.13
7. Marisa Estelle (CRK) 15.40
DNQ - Maleta Montague (LM) 16.30

4x100 Relay
3. CR Jefferson (Maliya Ratliffe, Lucy Scheekloth, Morgan Meese, Rachel Broghammer) 48.60
DNQ - CR Washington (Jasmine Raue, Jasmyne Jones, Megan Muller, Kadejah Sanders) 49.45, 12. CR Xavier (Audrey Richards, Allison Schwach, Sydney Oakley, Molly Breitbach) 49.86, 14. CR Kennedy (Breyana Cooper, Marisa Estelle, Tianna Drahn, Amari Waller) 50.02, 15. CR Prairie (Amanda Pipolo, Hannah Kousheh, Kiana Jackson, Amina Baloch) 50.36, 24. Linn-Mar (Shelby Ham, Sarah Einck, Brittany Sefton, Courtney Major) 51.45

4x400 Relay
5. CR Jefferson (Taylor Jacobson, Jasmine Blue, Rachel Broghammer, Lucy Schneekloth) 4:02.19
DNQ - 11. Linn-Mar (Maddie Saville, Kennedy Japenga, Rachel Perry, Amber Decker) 4:02.92, 19. CR Washington (Jasmine Raue, Sarah Witt, Mikayla Frye, Anne Visser) 4:10.13, 21. CR Prairie (Ashli O'Shea, Janae Aune, Kenzie Soeken, Hope Steimel) 4:12.39, 22. CR Xavier (Taylor Skala, Audrey Richards, Carlie Jurgens, Kayla Torson) 4:14.70

CLASS 3A

Team standings (through 10 events)
1. Solon 41, 2. (tie) Dubuque Wahlert, Davenport Assumption 31, 4. MOC-Floyd Valley 30, 5. (tie) Union, Waverly-Shell Rock 22, 7. Mount Pleasant 21. 8. Anamosa 16.5, 9. Carroll 15.5, 10. (tie) Spencer, Dallas Center-Grimes, SC Heelan 13
13. Carlisle 12, 14. Harlan 8.5, 15. (tie) Decorah, Boone 8, 17. Gilbert 7, 18. Pella 6.5, 19. (tie) Washington, Oskaloosa, West Delaware, Maquoketa, Center Point-Urbana, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Grinnell 6
26. Glenwood 5, 27. Greene County 4, 28. (tie) Humboldt, Clear Creek Amana, Creston 3, 31. (tie) South Tama, Algona, ADM, Fairfield 2, 35. (tie) Denison-Schleswig, Spirit Lake Park, Benton 1

Finals
Shot Put
1. Kara Misel (Solon) 41-10.5, 2. Shelby Gunnells (Solon) 39-4.5, 3. Brooke Willson (Center Point-Urbana) 39-2.75, 4. Mary Wester (Mount Pleasant) 38-7, 5. Payton Hilton (Union) 38-0, 6. Lauren Janning (Carroll) 37-4.25, 7. Samantha Holtz (South Tama) 37-4, 8. Molly Villhauer (Clear Creek Amana) 37-2.75

Long Jump
1. Leslie Taylor (Mount Pleasant) 18-0, 2. Bailey Schminke (Boone) 17-3.25, 2. Madie Pike (SB-Luton) 17-1.75, 4. Taylor Richardson (Oskaloosa) 16-9, 5. Nicole Sanborn (Anamosa) 16-8.5, 6. Brianna Maitlen (Creston) 16-6.25, 7. Tyhesia Simpson (CC Amana) 16-5.75, 8. Emma Sadoris (Greene County) 16-5

Distance Medley Relay
1. Solon 4:09.61, 2. Waverly-SR 4:09.63, 3. Decorah 4:10.79, 4. SC Heelan 4:11.30, 5. DC-Grimes 4:13.15, 6. Wahlert 4:14.11, 7. ADM 4:14.50, 8. Oskaloosa 4:15.52
Also - 22. Marion (Morgan Kolarik, Johanna Steggall, Jamie Draeger, Ellen Cannon) 4:29.89

400 Meter Hurdles
1. Taylor Glover (Spencer) 1:04.06, 2. Kaleigh Haus (Carlisle) 1:05.19, 3. Aubree Taylor (Maquoketa) 1:06.22, 4. Lydia VanEe (Pella) 1:07.29, 5. Katey Trecker (Carroll) 1:07.62, 6. Madison Spear (Gilbert) 1:07.67, 7. Hannah Becker (Mount Pleasant) 1:07.99, 8. Kendra Stokke (Spirit Lake Park) 1:08.51
Also - 21. Morgan Kolarik (Marion) 1:12.28

4x200 Relay
1. Davenport Assumption 1:43.96, 2. Dubuque Wahlert 1:45.39, 3. MOC-Floyd Valley 1:45.90, 4. Glenwood 1:45.97, 5. DC-Grimes 1:46.29, 6. Gilbert 1:46.39, 7. Harlan 1:46.43, 8. Pella 1:46.45

Preliminaries
Metro qualifiers
(DNQ - Did not qualify)

100 Hurdles
DNQ - 12. Morgan Kolarik (Marion) 16.72

4x100 Relay
DNQ - 22. Marion (Avery Draves, Morgan Kolarik, Kelsey Kirk, Micaela Combs) 52.43

4x400 Relay
No qualifiers

 

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