IOWA CITY - Brooke Foreman kissed her right index finger and pointed to the sky Thursday evening after winning the 400 meter hurdles at the Class 4A regional track meet in Iowa City.

It was a gesture of love.

"It's a tribute to my grandpa, who passed away with cancer this year," said Foreman, a junior at Cedar Rapids Washington. "He was given four or five days (to live) over the summer and he lasted 6 1/2 months. Ever since, the 400 hurdle race was dedicated to him."

Edward Foreman was in his late 70's when he died this winter. He was a big fan of his granddaughter.

"Yeah, he was," she said. "He lived in Lombard, Illinois, so he never had the chance to make it to a track meet, but I know he can see me now. And that's why before every race I tell him that I hope he's watching me this time."

Foreman also won the 100 hurdles and ran on the victorious shuttle hurdle relay Thursday, but the 400 hurdles is the special one.

"That race is just for him," she said. "It's my favorite race, and it's the hardest race there is. And I know cancer is really hard to fight, so that race represents the cancer to me."

Foreman has dedicated the 400 hurdles to her grandfather all season, but just recently told her parents, Eric and Mary Foreman, what she was doing.

"I told them at the last meet and my dad almost teared up. He's just really proud," she said. "My mom teared up, though. She was speechless."

Foreman is one of the top track athletes in Iowa. She's broken the Mississippi Valley Conference record in the 400 hurdles and will be aiming for state titles in Des Moines next week.

Taylor Vogel, Alissa Oney and Layloni Beard joined Foreman on the triumphant shuttle hurdle relay team. Foreman and the Warriors placed second in the 4x100 relay and hope to qualify in that event as well.

The Jefferson J-Hawks won the 4x200 relay and sprint medley to automatically qualify for state. Maliya Rattliffe, Summer Carber, Taylor Jacobson and Rachel Broghammer ran both races for Jefferson.

Kennedy captured the 4x400 relay with a strong kick by Jasmine Raue on the anchor leg. Mariah Simmons, Megan Terukina and Capria Davis ran the first three legs for the Cougars.

Iowa City High won the regional title with 188 points. Washington placed third, Kennedy fourth, Prairie fifth, Jefferson sixth and Xavier eighth.

Class 4A Regional
At Iowa City High

Team Standings

1. Iowa City High 188, 2. Iowa City West 163, 3. Washington 116, 4. Kennedy 69.5, 5. Prairie 54, 6. Jefferson 53.5, 7. Muscatine 50, 8. Xavier 45.

High Jump
1. Virginia Johnson (ICH) 5-6; 2. Kriten Huebsch (CRK) 5-3; 3. Shalyn Greenhaw (MUSC) 5-3; 4. Alex Bartz (CRX) 5-2; 5. Leslie Harder (CRP) 5-1; 6. Jasmine Teague (CRW) 5-0.

Long Jump
1. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW) 17-7 1/2; 2. Kiera Washpun (ICH) 17-6; 3. Shalyn Greenhaw (MUS) 17-5 1/2; 4. Layloni Beard (CRW) 16-9 1/2; 5. Jessica Harris (CRP) 16-0 3/4; 6. Callie Stone (CRW) 15-9 1/4.

Shot Put
1. Cara Jansen (ICW) 40-4 1/4; 2. Aliyah Gustafson (ICH) 39-2 1/2; 3. Kayla Hyche (ICH) 38-9 1/4; 4. Shelia Johnson (ICW) 35-0 1/4; 5. Rachel Griffin (CRP) 34-7; 6. Emma Edelen (CRJ) 34-0.

Discus
1. Aliyah Gustafson (ICH) 129-1; 2. Katie Carver (CRP) 122-9; 3. Tydel Jones (CRW) 115-5; 4. Emma Edelen (CRJ) 115-0; 5. Kayla Hyche (ICH) 112-3; 6. Briannie Kraft (ICW) 107-10.

3000 Meter Run
1. Meg Richardson (ICH) 11:04.17; 2. Rebecca Rethwisch (ICH) 11:04.18; 3. Kristin Rogers (CRW) 11:11.52; 4. Allison Culver (CRK) 11:22.17; 5. Brett Guerra (ICW) 11:32.46; 6. Taylor Fehlberg (ICW) 11:43.0.

4x800 Meter Relay
1. Iowa City West 9:33.20; 2. Iowa City High 9:46.25; 3. Washington (Shannon Gorman, Eveline Niyokwizizgigwa, Sam Stuer, Anna Kline) 9:50.16; 4. Muscatine 9:53.58; 5. Xavier (Hallie Martin, Alex Saxen, Rachel Sigmon, Kim Leskovec) 9:57.67; 6. Kennedy (Allison Koch, Jessica Rodman, Aliza Lichty, Megan Terukina) 10:03.21.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay
1. Washington (Brooke Foreman, Taylor Vogel, Alissa Oney, Layloni Beard) 1:04.74; 2. Iowa City High 1:06.94; 3. Prairie (Stacey Howes, Jessica Miller, Tayler Marion, Megan Titler) 1:07.03; 4. Jefferson (Taylor Jacobson, Madison Ranschau, Summer Carber, Allison Gruwell) 1:07.48; 5. Iowa City West 1:08.81; 6. Kennedy (Kelsie Coates, Mackenzie Welsh, Marisa Estelle, Alexus Rogers) 1:10.35.

100 Meter Dash
1. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW) 12.51; 2. Katie Shoultz (MUSC) 12.53; 3. Shahana Williams (ICW) 12.78; 4. Rachel Broghammer (CRJ) 12.90; 5. Jasmyne Jones (CRW) 12.99; 6. Tyler Sampson (CRX) 13.01.

400 Meter Dash
1. Clair Crew (ICH) 59.00; 2. Samantha Kistler (MUSC) 1:00.86; 3. Fatima Omar (ICH) 1:01.75; 4. Annie Schaeckenbach (ICW) 1:02.18; 5. Megan Terukina (CRK) 1:03.19; 6. Akimi Oya (ICW) 1:03.67.

4x200 Relay
1. Jefferson (Maliya Rattliffe, Summer Carber, Taylor Jacobson, Rachel Broghammer) 1:43.24; 2. Iowa City High 1:44.02; 3. Iowa City West 1:45.23; 4. Xavier (Audrey Richards, Kate Steingreaber, Molly Breitbach, Tyler Sampson) 1:45.35; 5. Washington (Jasmyne Jones, Megan Mullen, Taylor Vogel, Kadejah Sanders) 1:46.14; 6. Kennedy (Capria Davis, Vinessa Schmitz, Katelyn Oates, Breyanna Cooper) 1:49.21.

100 Meter Hurdles
1. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 15.21; 2. Layloni Beard (CRW) 15.44; 3. Caitlin Ward (ICH) 16.07; 4. Stacey Howes (CRP) 16.30; 5. Madison Ranschau (CRJ) 16.65; 6. Jesse Robinson (ICW) 16.68.

800 Meter Run
1. Molly Leveille (ICW) 2:20.92; 2. Ellen Carman (ICH) 2:22.34; 3. Olive Carrollhach (ICW) 2:23.66; 4. Kathia Wampole (CRK) 2:24.54; 5. Soumba Traore (2:25.78); 6. Anna Kline (CRW) 2:29.41.

200 Meter Dash
1. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW) 25.56; 2. Shahana Williams (ICW) 25.57; 3. Katie Schoultz (MUSC) 25.94; 4. Aarionna Craig-Dothard (CRK) 25.95; 5. Taylor Vogel (CRW) 26.14; 6. Tyler Sampson (CRX) 26.52.

400 Meter Hurdles
1. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 1:04.52; 2. Emily Sotelo (ICH) 1:07.43; 3. Lori Lines (ICH) 1:07.98; 4. Stacey Howes (CRP) 1:08.47; 5. Lauren Bobst (ICW) 1:10.05; 6. Kelsie Coates (CRK) 1:10.73.

Sprint Medley
1. Jefferson (Maliya Rattliffe, Summer Carber, Taylor Jacobson, Rachel Broghammer) 1:50.32; 2. Iowa City High 1:50.96; 3. Washington (Alissa Oney, Kadejah Sanders, Jasmyne Jones, Taylor Vogel) 1:51.44; 4. Iowa City West 1:51.54; 5. Muscatine 1:53.23; 6. Kennedy (Mariah Simmons, Breyana Cooper, Aarionna Craig-Dothard, Jasmine Raue) 1:53.27.

Distance Medley
1. Iowa City High 4:13.53; 2. Iowa City West 4:13.78; 3. Kennedy (Jasmine Raue, Aarionna Craig-Dothard, Mariah Simmons, Kathia Wampole) 4:16.30; 4. Washington (Megan Muller, Breyana McPherson, Mikayla Frye, Shannon Gorman) 4:22.94; 5. Jefferson (Lauren Hovey, Jamie Robertson, Ashley Madsen, Rachel Sedlacek) 4:26.10.

1500 Meter Run
1. Rebecca Rethwisch (ICH) 4:52.10; 2. Meg Richardson (ICH) 4:52.11; 3. Allison Culver (CRK) 5:05.09; 4. Pombie Silvermann (ICW) 5:06.78; 5. Kristin Rogers (CRW) 5:11.34; 6. Olive Carrollhach (ICW) 5:11.73.

4x100 Relay
1. Iowa City West 49.02; 2. Washington (Brooke Foreman, Jazz Royster, Alissa Oney, Layloni Beard) 49.42; 3. Xavier (Audrey Richards, Kate Steingreaber, Molly Breitbach, Tyler Sampson) 49.47; 4. Iowa City High 49.87; 5. Kennedy (Vinessa Schmitz, Breyana Cooper, Capria Davis, Marissa Estelle) 50.89; 6. Prairie (Alison Speltz, Jessica Harris, Jessica Miller,
Shelby Crist) 51.88.

4x400 Relay
1. Kennedy (Mariah Simmons, Megan Terukina, Capria Davis, Jasmine Raue) 4:03.77; 2. Iowa City High 4:04.03; 3. Iowa City West 4:05.49; 4. Xavier (Lizzy McWhinney, Alex Saxen, Kim Leskovec, Audrey Richards) 4:11.62; 5. Washington (Mikayla Frye, Sarah Witt, Megan Muller, Anna Kline) 4:15.25; 6. Prairie (Stacey Howes, Hannah Grimm, Janae Aune, Katie Carver) 4:16.41.