Marion Girls Track

Marion cruises to 4A state tourney

MAQUOKETA - Roxanne Paulsen has been operating a successful volleyball program at Marion High School for many years and won a state title in 2008, but none of the players on this year's team had ever played in the state tournament when the season began.

That changed Tuesday night.

The third-ranked Indians dominated DeWitt Central, 25-13, 25-13, 25-18, in the Class 4A regional finals and claimed the school's first trip to the state tournament since 2009.

Marion (33-7) will face Charles City (41-4) in the quarterfinals of the state meet next Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids at 4 p.m. on Court 2.

"It's been five years," Paulsen noted. "None of these girls were part of the high school squad the last time we went, so it was nice to be able to do it tonight.

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 November 2014 00:00

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Coaches pick All-Metro girls track

Here is the 2014 girls All-Metro track team, as selected by the Metro

track coaches.

 

DISCUS

Morgan Martin, Kennedy, 123-8

Lannie Nietert, Linn-Mar, 115-6

 

SHOT PUT

Lannie Nietert, Linn-Mar, 40-7 1/4

Natalie Rumer, Prairie, 38-1 1/2

 

LONG JUMP

Halle Lueck, Prairie, 17-10 1/4

Amara Taylor, Washington, 16-9 1/2

 

HIGH JUMP

Kenzie Soeken, Prairie, 5-3

Jade Irish, Kennedy, 5-0 1/2

 

3000 METER RUN

Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 9:24.67

Alyssa Averhoff, Kennedy, 10:28.22

 

4x800 RELAY

Linn-Mar (Hanna Saville, Ally Hicks, Morgan Garcia, Amber Decker) 9:40.44

Jefferson (Adrianna Hargrove, Sarah Hanna, Caleigh Meyer, Meredith Koenigsfeld) 9:51.38

 

SHUTTLE HURDLE RELAY

Jefferson (Abbie Ranschau, Sam Kitterman, Ellie Trosky, Madison Ranschau) 1:04.65

Prairie (McKenna Mumaw, Katie VanDooren, Natalie Bohnsack, Hailee Montgomery) 1:07.78

 

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY

Linn-Mar (Sarah Renner, Brooke Lorenz, Rachel Perry, Amber Decker) 4:07.77

Washington (Kadejah Sanders, Megan Muller, Anne Visser, Shannon Gorman) 4:18.64

 

100 METER DASH

Amarri Waller, Kennedy, 12.44

Kadejah Sanders, Washington, 12.46

 

400 METER DASH

Rachel Perry, Linn-Mar, 58.93

Amber Decker, Linn-Mar, 59.06

 

4X200 RELAY

Jefferson (Abbie Ranschau, Jasmine Blue, Morgan Meese, Lucy Schneekloth) 1:41.12

Kennedy (Dekeylah Thomas, Kelsie Coates, Jade Irish, Amarri Waller) 1:45.07

 

100 METER HURDLES

Madie Ranschau, Jefferson, 14.88

Hailee Montgomery, Prairie, 15.63

 

800 METER RUN

Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 2:10.20

Amber Decker, Linn-Mar, 2:14.46

 

200 METER DASH

Lucy Schneekloth, Jefferson, 25.17

Amarri Waller, Kennedy, 25.69

 

400 METER HURDLES

Amara Taylor, Washington, 1:05.36

Kelsie Coates, Kennedy, 1:06.80

 

SPRINT MEDLEY

Jefferson (Madison Ranschau, Abbie Ranschau, Lucy Schneekloth, Jasmine Blue) 1:45.94

Linn-Mar (Halley Morgan, Katie Sommer, Rachel Perry, Amber Decker) 1:49.83

 

1500 METER RUN

Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 4:28.72

Alyssa Averhoff, Kennedy, 4:55.18

 

4X100 RELAY

Jefferson (Lucy Schneekloth, Abbie Ranschau, Morgan Meese, Jasmine Blue) 48.17

Washington (Mariah Ward, Jasmyne Jones, Megan Muller, Kadejah Sanders) 49.84

 

4x400 RELAY

Linn-Mar (Hanna Saville, Kennedy Japenga, Rachel Perry, Amber Decker) 3:58.59

Jefferson (McKayla Belew, Meredith Koenigsfeld, Autumn Anderson, Sam Kitterman) 4:06.65

 

HONORABLE MENTION

 

Jefferson: Brianna Prohaska

Kenendy: Kate Nus, Lyndsey Eades

Prairie: Hannah Grimm, Alexis Thumann

Washington: Kristin Mackenburg, Bri Andrews

Xavier: Molly Breitbach, Kayla Torson

Linn-Mar: Dana Sublett, Maddie Saville

Marion: Mahlia Brown

 

COACH OF THE YEAR: Bill Calloway, Jefferson

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 June 2014 17:57

Indians, Saints win 7 titles

The Marion and Xavier boys track teams combined to capture seven events at the Class 3A state qualifier at Thomas Park Thursday.

Jordan Garthwaite won the 400 meter dash, Colton Forster claimed the 3200 meter run and Devin Quinn took the high jump as the Marion Indians placed third in the team standings. The Indians also won the 4x800 meter relay with Jacob Manderscheid, Austin Yirkovsky, Garthwaite and Trevor Hardman.

Nick Stark was a double-winner for Xavier in the 100 meter dash and long jump as the Saints placed fourth in the team standings. Xavier also claimed the 4x400 relay with Josh Gerke, Joe Welch, Evan Gradoville and Noah Clasen.

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:39

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Marion girls win shuttle relay

INDEPENDENCE - The Marion Indians captured the shuttle hurdle relay and finished fourth in the team standings at the Independence girls track meet Monday.

Marion got second-place showings from Sydney Brase in the 400 hurdles, Olivia Frazier in the high jump, Mahlia Brown in the shot put, the 4x200 relay and the 1600 medley relay.

The Indians got third-place finishes from Abby Kolarik in the 200 and Breanna Smith in the shot put.

Waterloo East won the team title with 124 points. Marion placed fourth with 92.

Last Updated on Monday, 05 May 2014 20:17