Marion Girls Track

Brown wins shot put at Vinton

VINTON - Mahlia Brown of Marion High School won the shot at the Vikette Invitational in Vinton Tuesday.

The Indians also captured the shuttle hurdle relay.

Marion got second-place showings from Sydney Brase in the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles and from Olivia Frazier in the high jump. The Indians also placed second in the distance medley.

Waterloo East edged Vinton-Shellsburg for the title, 140-139. Marion placed fourth out of seven teams.

Jenks snaps state record in 3000 at Drake

DES MOINES - Stephanie Jenks idolized Katie Flood when she was younger and dreamed about becoming as good as the former Dowling star some day.

Now she's better. Now she's the all-time best in Iowa.

Jenks broke Flood's record in the 3000 meter run Thursday when she captured the race at the Drake Relays on a grey, blustery day in Des Moines.

Jenks set the new standard at 9 minutes, 26.87 seconds as she blew away the competition and topped Flood's old mark of 9:27.25 set as a high school senior in 2010.

"She was my idol when I was little," said Jenks, a sophomore at Linn-Mar. "I always heard about Katie Flood. It kind of made me work harder to get there."

By coincidence, Flood is competing at the Drake Relays this year as a senior at the University of Washington, where she's won an NCAA title in the 1500.

"I decided it would mean more to me and more to her if I broke it when she was here in town," said Jenks.

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Brown wins shot put for Marion girls

Mahlia Brown won the shot put for the Marion Indians at the Marion Early Bird girls track meet Thursday at Thomas Park.

Brown's winning toss measured 33 feet, 9.5 inches.

Marion also won the distance medley.

Cascade won eight of 19 events.

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Marion girls win relay at Wamac meet

MOUNT VERNON —  The Marion Indians captured the distance medley at the Wamac Conference indoor track meet Saturday at Cornell College.

Skylar Miller, Gloria Coder, Sam Livingstone and Sydney Brase passed the baton in 4 minutes, 43 seconds for first place.

Avery Graves placed second in the 55 meter dash (8.02 seconds), and she placed third in the 200 (29.23) for the Indians.

The Marion boys finished second in three events. Colton Forster was second in the 1600 (4:57.13), Quinn Cannoy was the runner-up in the 55 hurdles (8.11) and the 4x800 relay also placed second (8:53.04).

No team scores were kept.