Marion Girls Track

Indians 2nd in Marion Invitational girls track

Marion finished second to Benton Community at the Marion Invitational girls track meet Thursday night.

Marion had three winners. Allison Scott won the 800 meters, Morgan Kolarik the 100 hurdles and the distance medley relay team also scored a win.

Alexis Timp and Kaitlin Church finished second and third in the 3000 meters. Sam Livingston was second in the 400.

MARION INVITATIONAL

Teams -- 1. Benton 94, 2. Marion 86, 3. Fairfield 66, 4. Monticello 52, 4. Center Point-Urbana 52, 6. Anamosa 50, 7. North Linn 49, 8. Independence 38, 9. DeWitt Central 33, 10. West Delaware 28, 11. Springville 25, 12. Vinton-Shellsburg 16

100 meters
1. Sydney Howard (Fair) 12.59, 2. Olivia Loy (Ana) 12.79, 3. Kaylee Jones (Monti) 13.00

200 meters
1. Howard (Fair) 26.31, 2. Jordan Aitchison (Monti) 26.84, 3. Quinci Morris (Indee) 27.32

400 meters
1. Becca Dirks (Monti) 1:01.47, 2. Sam Livingston (Marion) 1:02.44, 3. Chantel Christiansen (Ana) 1:03.12

800 meters
1. Allison Scott (Marion) 2:27.25, 2. Jessica Lamb (Fair) 2:27.83, 3. Sarah Schoel (DWC) 2:32.00

1500 meters
1. Ashley Mills (Benton) 5:05.37, 2. Katie Goettsch (Monti) 5:27.01, 3. Hanna Adams (North Linn) 5:34.90, 5. Kaitlin Church (Marion) 5:41.04

3000 meters
1. Alex Oldham (Ana) 11:47.17, 2. Alexis Timp (Marion) 12:12.07, 3. Church (Marion) 12:14.98

100 hurdles
1. Morgan Kolarik (Marion) 16.45, 2. Kourtney Daubs (CPU) 16.65, 3. Lacee Bowman (Benton) 16.90

400 hurdles
1. Natalie Parizek (Benton) 1:08.09, 2. CJ Fitzgerald (Spring) 1:09.93, 3. Hailey Benson (Benton) 1:11.06

4x100 relay
1. Benton 53.09, 2. Marion 53.49, 3. Center Point-Urbana 53.52

4x200 relay
1. Fairfield 1:51.45, 2. Independence 1:52.00, 3. Anamosa 1:52.67, 4. Marion 1:52.95

4x400 relay
1. North Linn 4:05.34, 2. Independence 4:13.63, 3. Benton 4:13.77, 6. Marion 4:20.11

4x800 relay
1. Benton 9:53.09, 2. Marion 10:23.39, 3. Fairfield 10:24.97

Sprint medley
1. Anamosa 1:54.68. 2. Benton 1:54.87, 3. Center Point-Urbana 1:57.19, 6. Marion 1:59.45

Distance medley
1. Marion 4:27.90, 2. Springville 4:36.22, 3. Benton 4:41.19

Shuttle hurdle relay
1. North Linn 1:09.79, 2. Center Point-Urbana 1:10.67, 3. Benton 1:11.10

High jump
1. Sam Barr (DWC) 5-0, 2. Brooke Stahlberg (Monti) 4-10, 2. Stephanie McMillan (Indee) 4-10

Long jump
1. Sarah Schoel (DWC) 15-7.5, 2. Jessie Dudak (WDel) 14-4.5, 3. Katrina Sindt (Benton) 14-2, 4. Johanna Steggall (Marion) 14-1.5, 5. Michaela Jacobs (Marion) 14-1.5

Shot put
1. Brooke Willson (CPU) 38-3, 2. Alyssa Fangman (WDel) 34-7, 3. Mikaela Chapman (NLinn) 33-6.5

Discus
1. Sydney Baumann (Fair) 110-5, 2. Kennedy Salow (CPU) 109-9, 3. Chapman (NLinn) 101-1, 4. Sam Ross (Marion) 100-7

Marion girls win 4 events at Vikette Invy

VINTON - Kaitlin Church won the 3000 meter run and Micaela Combs claimed the discus Tuesday for the Marion Indians at the Vikette Relays.

Marion also won the 4x800 relay and distance medley.

Benton Community won the team title with 167 points. Marion finished second in the four-team field with 158.

VIKETTE INVITATIONAL
At Vinton-Shellsburg

Team Standings

1. Benton Community 167, 2. Marion 158, 3. Vinton-Shellsburg 156, 4. Alburnett 59.

Winners

100 - Cheyenne Barnes, Vinton, 13.31.
200 - Cheyenne Barnes, Vinton, 28.15.
400 - Madison Weekly, Benton, 1:01.32.
800 - Ashley Mills, Benton, 2:30.07.
100 hurdles - Lacee Bowman, Benton, 16.87.
1500 - Karley Kenney, Vinton, 5:38.45.
3000 - Kaitlin Church, Marion, 12:11.92.
400 hurdles - Natalie Parizek, Benton, 1:10.32.
Discus - Micaela Combs, Marion, 97-10.
High jump - Bethany Peterson, Alburnett, 5-1.
Long jump - Maddy Springer, Vinton, 14-7 3/4.
Shot put - Sara Petrzelka, Benton, 32-2 1/4.
4x100 relay - Vinton 52.01.
4x200 relay - Vinton 1:52.34.
4x400 relay - Benton 4:17.31.
4x800 relay - Marion 10:27.54.
Shuttle hurdle relay - Vinton 1:18.21.
Sprint medley - Vinton 1:58.81.
Distance medley - Marion 4:27.36.

Marion Placewinners
(Top 3)

1st - Kaitlin Church, 3000, 12:11.92.
1st - Micaela Combs, discus, 97-10.
1st - 4x800 relay 10:27.54.
1st - Dsitance medley 4:27.36.
2nd - Sam Livingston, 400, 1:02.40.
2nd - Allison Scott, 800, 2:41.03.
2nd - Kaitlin Church, 1500, 5:38.45.
2nd - Alexis Timp, 3000, 12:34.08.
2nd - Sam Ross, discus, 94-4.
2nd - 4x200 relay 1:53.73.
2nd - 4x400 relay 4:27.30.
2nd - Shuttle hurdle relay 1:24.09.
2nd - Sprint medley 2:00.73.
3rd - Leah Pedersen, 100, 15.01.
3rd - Johanna Steggall, 200, 29.43.
3rd - Tara Zumwalt, 3000, 13:26.21.
3rd - 4x100 relay 55.07.

Marion girls 7th at Linn-Mar Relays

The best was saved for last at the Linn-Mar Relays Tuesday night.

All seven teams in the 4x400 relay came in thinking they had a legitimate shot to crack the 4:08 mark seen as fast enough to qualify for next week’s Drake Relays in Des Moines.

The cut-off date is Thursday, so this was their last chance.

“It will be the race of the night,” longtime Linn-Mar assistant coach Max Huffman said beforehand. “The competition will bring out their best.”

It certainly worked out that way for the Linn-Mar quartet of sophomores Kennedy Japenga, Audra Schminke, Rachel Perry and freshman Maddie Saville. They took more than eight seconds off their top time and won a close four-team finish in 4:01 in the final race on the program.

“We loaded up for this one tonight with strongest runners,” said head coach Craig Pilcher. “We wanted to make Drake.”

Dubuque Senior and Kennedy came in right on their tail. And even fourth-place Washington with a replacement runner exceeded its previous best by 12 seconds with a 4:06 clocking.

It was only the second time this year that the four Linn-Mar girls had run together.

“We knew what we had to do,” said Japenga. “So we just went out and did it. It feels great.”

For Perry, it was her second victory of the night. She earlier took almost two seconds off her best time by claiming the 400 meter dash in 58.97. Huffman said her time puts her among the elite Class 4A mid-distance sprinters in the state.

Washington’s fourth-place finish in the 4x400 kept star senior speedster Brooke Foreman from winning her fourth race of the night. She previously breezed to easy wins in the 100 meter hurdles and 400 meter hurdles and ran the opening leg of the Warriors’ sizzling victory in the 4x100 meter relay.

“I was really focused tonight,” Foreman said. “This was the best weather we’ve had this year, and I came out strong. We really want to gear up for Drake.”

Freshman Crystal “I Got Power” Watts was plugged onto the 4x400 for Washington when Jasmyne Jones re-injured her leg in an earlier race. Completing the team were Taylor Vogel and Shannon Gorman.

Gorman began the meet by out-dueling Kennedy sophomores Alyssa Averhoff and Allison Culver in the 3000 meter run. Her time of 10:33 was more than 20 seconds faster than the Kennedy duo and 13 seconds off her personal best.

Kennedy’s Kathia Wampole turned in an impressive performance with two wins and a close second. She took the 1500 run in 5:06, anchored the winning 4x800 (with Megan Terukina, Jessica Rodman and Lauren Meyer) in 9:47 and was nudged by Xavier freshman Kayla Torson in the 800 meter run.

The 800 was a wire-to-wire sprint with Torson posting a 2:20.33 to Wampole’s 2:20.46.

“It was a back and forth race,” Wampole said. “We pushed each other all the way. She had a little more at the end. But then she’s got some wheels.”

Linn-Mar won the team title with 139 points. Kennedy was second with 128, Washington fifth with 88, Marion seventh with 58 and Xavier eighth with 54.5.

LINN-MAR RELAYS

Teams
1. Linn-Mar 139, 2. Kennedy 128, 3. Davenport Central 108, 4. Dubuque Senior 89.5, 5. CR Washington 88, 6. Davenport West 67, 7. Marion 58, 8. Xavier 54.5

Long jump
1. Shalanne Thomas (DC) 17-7 1/4, 2. Allanah McCorkle (DC) 17-3 3/4, 3. Callie Stone (CRW) 16-4 3/4

Shot put
1. Brianna Nash (DC) 35-3 1/2, 2. Lannie Nietert (LM) 33-8, 3. Jazz Royster (CRW) 31-9

Discus
1. Nash (DC) 102-9 1/2, 2. Nietert (LM) 96-5, 3. Sam Ross (Mar) 92-10

High jump
1. Sara staruel (LM) 5-0, 2. (tie) Kelarey Nathan (DC), Alex Bartz (CRX) 4-10

3000
1. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 10:33.96, 2. Alyssa Averhoff (CRK) 10:55.07, 3. Allison Culver (CRK) 10:59.12

3200 relay
1. Kennedy (Terukina, Rodman, Meyer, Wampole) 9:47.82, 2. Dubuque Senior 10:04.75, 3. Linn-Mar 10:20.94

Shuttle hurdle relay
1. Dubuque Senior 1:08.02, 2. Linn-Mar 1:08.31, 3. Davenport West 1:17.85

100
1. McCorkle (DC) 12.95, 2. Kadejah Sanders (CRW) 13.23, 3. Hannah Rochford (CRX) 13.35

Distance medley relay
1. Marion (A.Kolarik, Draeger, M.Kolarik, Scott) 4:23.98, 2. Linn-Mar 4:25.77, 3. Davenport West 4:36.33

400
1. Rachel Perry (LM) 58.97, 2. Kendra Conforti (DS) 1:03.80, 3. Sam Livingston (Mar) 1:04.09

4x200 relay
1. Dubuque Senior 1:47.19, 2. Davenport Central 1:47.70, 3. Davenport West 1:49.79

100 hurdles
1. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 15.40, 2. Sammie Osterberger (DS) 16.16, 3. Tanner Werthman (DW) 16.43

800
1. Kayla Torson (CRX) 2:20.33, 2. Kathia Wampole (CRK) 2:20.46, 3. Allison Scott (Mar) 2:28.58

200
1. Thomas (DC) 26.74, 2. Capria Davis (CRK) 27.09, 3. Jasmine Butler (DC) 27.10

400 hurdles
1. Foreman (CRW) 1:05.06, 2. Kelsie Coates (CRK) 1:08.64, 3. Tadajsha Thornton (DC) 1:12.56

Sprint medley relay
1. Davenport West 1:55.64, 2. Dubuque Senior 1:58.45, 3. Marion 1:59.03

1500
1. Wampole (CRK) 5:06.79, 2. Culver (CRK) 5:09.58, 3. Morgan Uridil (LM) 5:15.24

4x100 relay
1. Washington (Foreman, Jones, Muller, Sanders) 51.34, 2. Davenport Central 51.39, 3. Xavier 51.41

4x400 relay
1. Linn-Mar (Japenga, Schminke, Saville, Perry) 4:01.82, 2. Davenport West 4:03.11, 3. Kennedy 4:04.13

Marion girls win 2 races at Bobcat Relays

EPWORTH - The Marion High School girls track team won two titles at the Bobcat Relays in Epworth Thursday with Allison Scott running the anchor leg on both quartets.

Ellen Cannon, Marlie Neff, Sam Livingston and Scott captured the 4x400 meter relay in 4:21.73. Abby Kolarik, Johanna Steggall, Morgan Kolarik and Scott took the distance medley in 4:27.71.

Western Dubuque won the team championship with 171 points. Marion finished in fourth place in the six-team meet.

BOBCAT RELAYS
At Western Dubuque

Team Standings

1. Western Dubuque 171, 2. DeWitt Central 110, 3. Central Elkader 82, 4. Marion 79, 5. Maquoketa 73, 6. Clayton Ridge 71.

Winners

100 - Randi Bodish, Clayton Ridge, 13.44.
200 - Randi Bodish, Clayton Ridge, 27.25.
400 - Abigail Mahoney, Western Dubuque, 1:01.02.
800 - Brette Correy, Western Dubuque, 2:28.89.
1500 - Amanda Asche, Central Elkader, 5:23.80.
3000 - Dakota Tell, Western Dubuque, 11:20.52.
100 hurdles - Laura Nuemberger, Maquoketa, 16.29.
400 hurdles - Aubree Taylor, Maquoketa, 1:09.05.
4x100 relay - Western Dubuque 52.72.
4x200 relay - Western Dubuque 1:52.51.
4x400 relay - Marion 4:21.73.
4x800 relay - Clayton Ridge 10:15.65.
Sprint medley - Clayton Ridge 1:55.39.
Distance medley - Marion 4:27.71.
Shuttle hurdle relay - Maquoketa 1:12.07.
High jump - Sam Barr, DeWitt Central, 4-9.
Long jump - Raegan Hoefler, Western Dubuque, 15-5.
Shot put - Jessie Hoffman, Western Dubuque, 39-8.
Discus - Ashlee Hoffman, Western Dubuque, 109-7.

Marion Placewinners
(Top 6)

1st - 4x400 relay (Ellen Cannon, Marlie Neff, Sam Livingston, Allison Scott) 4:21.73.
1st - Distance medley (Abby Kolarik, Johanna Steggall, Morgan Kolarik, Allison Scott) 4:27.71.
2nd - Abby Kolarik, 200, 27.44.
2nd - Allison Scott, 800, 2:29.53.
2nd - 4x200 relay (Avery Draves, Natalie Ertz, Abby Kolarik, Ellen Cannon) 1:54.69.
3rd - Avery Draves, 100, 14.08.
3rd - Alexis Timp, 3000, 12:12.15.
3rd - Sprint medley (Avery Draves, Johanna Steggall, Ellen Cannon, Allison Scott) 2:01.34.
4th - Kaitlin Church, 3000, 12:13.11.
4th - Sam Livingston, 400, 1:02.76.
4th - 4x100 relay (Avery Draves, Abby Kolarik, Natalie Ertz, Morgan Kolarik) 55.42.
5th - Kaitlin Church, 1500, 5:46.32.
5th - 4x800 relay (Ellen Cannon, Marlie Neff, Natalie Ertz, Sam Livingston) 10:45.28.