Washington Girls Track

Jones, Gorman place second for Warriors

MUSCATINE -- Jasmyne Jones placed second in the 100- and 200-meter dash for the Cedar Rapids Washington Warriors at the Dick Washburn Invitational in Muscatine on Thursday. Shannon Gorman took second in the 3000 for the Warriors, who finished in seventh place in the team standings.

Rachel Griffin won the shot put title to help the Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks finish in third place in the team standings. Griffin captured the shot put with a heave of 35 feet, 6 inches.

Leslie Harder finished second in the high jump and Alex Malloy placed second in the discus for Prairie. The Hawks also placed second in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays.

Iowa City West trimmed Pleasant Valley for the title.

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Vocal cord ailment slows Foreman at state

DES MOINES - Brooke Foreman suffers from Vocal Cord Dysfunction, an ailment that makes it difficult for her to breathe when it's extremely hot or cold.

Imagine her trying to run the 400 meter hurdles at the Class 4A state meet Friday when it was a steamy 87 degrees in the middle of the afternoon.

Now imagine her trying to run the 400 hurdles in those conditions, hoping to defend her state title in the event, just 40 minutes after she ran a grueling 200 leg on the distance medley for Cedar Rapids Washington.

Foreman courageously finished fifth in the 400 hurdles and needed medical assistance as she battled to catch her breath after the race. She thought about quitting halfway through the event, but willed herself and her body to keep going.

"It was really hard," she said, still gasping for air. "It was like, 'I can't give up, this is my favorite race. I can't stop.'"

Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) is hardest to battle in extreme weather, because the vocal cords contract and reduce the flow of oxygen to the lungs. Foreman fought the problem last year as well, and it struck at the worst time Friday.

"It hurts to know I couldn't run the best race of my life in the 400 hurdles, but I can't help what it does," she said. "When I try to breathe real hard, it hurts."

Foreman was clocked in 1:02.62 last year when she won the 400 hurdles as a junior. By contrast, her time Friday was 1:06.02, exactly 3.4 seconds slower than a year ago. Anne Leners of Pleasant Valley won the race Friday in 1:02.13.

Foreman underwent a battery of tests when the problem struck last year. "I had a camera shoved down my nose. And I had to go on the (stationary) bike forever," she related.

Foreman could have scratched from the distance medley and let a teammate take her place, but that's not her nature. She wanted to run, knowing what might happen.

"It was for my team. I had to do it," she said. "This is a big race."

Foreman broke down in tears after she finished second in the 400 hurdles behind Leners at the Drake Relays last month, but she appeared to take Friday's setback in stride, knowing she did the best she could under the conditions.

"I was not ready for this heat," she said. "I've been drinking water all week, but you can't help what the vocal cords do."

Foreman returned to the track for a third time Friday and ran in the preliminaries of the 100 meter hurdles, less than two hours after her ordeal in the 400 hurdles. She qualified in eighth place in the 100 hurdles and plans to run in the finals on Saturday.

Foreman, J-Hawks face stiff tests at state

Washington senior Brooke Foreman can expect stiff competition next week when she seeks to defend her Class 4A state title in the 400 meter hurdles.

The same holds true for Cedar Rapids Jefferson as the J-Hawks try to claim back-to-back state titles in the 4x200 relay.

Foreman is seeded fourth in the 400 hurdles behind Anne Leners of Pleasant Valley, Sarah Plock of Iowa City High and Jenny Roberts of Ankeny. Leners nipped Foreman for the 400 hurdles title at the Drake Relays and Plock has successfully challenged Foreman in the Mississippi Valley Conference this year despite being a freshman.

Jefferson has its entire 4x200 relay team back from last year's championship performance, but the J-Hawks are seeded only seventh for the state meet, a full 2.5 seconds behind top-ranked Davenport Central. Maliya Rattliffe, Summer Carber, Taylor Jacobson and Rachel Broghammer won the 4x200 last spring, but freshman Lucy Schneekloth has entered the picture as well this year.

The Kennedy Cougars have qualified in 13 events for the Class 4A state meet, the most qualifiers for any Metro team. The Linn-Mar Lions have qualified in 11 events.

CLASS 4A STATE QUALIFIERS

KENNEDY (13 events): Kathia Wampole (800), Megan Terukina (800), Allison Culver (1500, 3200), Alyssa Averhoff (1500, 3000), Marisa Estelle (100 hurdles), Kelsie Coates (400 hurdles), McKenzie Drahn (long jump), Ashlyn Milbrath (discus), shuttle hurdle relay, 4x200 relay, 4x400 relay, 4x800 relay, sprint medley, distance medley.

LINN-MAR (11 events): Courtney Major (200), Halley Morgan (200), Rachel Perry (400), Brooklyn Kascel (3000), Ashley Jones (100 hurdles), Sara Strauel (high jump), Lannie Nietert (shot put), shuttle hurdle relay, 4x400, 4x800, sprint medley, distance medley.

WASHINGTON (8 events): Shannon Gorman (1500, 3000), Brooke Foreman (100 hurdles, 400 hurdles), Callie Stone (long jump), Jazz Royster (shot put), 4x100, distance medley.

XAVIER (8 events): Molly Breitbach (100), Alex Bartz (high jump), 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 4x800, sprint medley, distance medley.

PRAIRIE (9 events): Alison Speltz (100), Leslie Harder (high jump), Natalie Rumer (shot put), Rachel Griffin (shot put), Alex Malloy (discus), shuttle hurdle relay, 4x100, 4x200, 4x400.

JEFFERSON (7 events): Maliya Rattliffe (100), Lucy Schneekloth (100), Summer Carber (100 hurdles), Madison Ranschau (100 hurdles), Emma Edelen (discus), shuttle hurdle relay, 4x100, 4x200, sprint medley.

CLASS 3A STATE QUALIFIERS

MARION (8 events): Sam Livingston (400), Allison Scott (800), Morgan Kolarik (100 hurdles), Micaela Combs (discus), 4x200, 4x800, sprint medley, distance medley.

Foreman wins 2 golds at state qualifier

WATERLOO - Maliya Ratliffe enjoyed a golden day for the Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls track meet Thursday in Waterloo.

Ratliffe won the 100 meter dash and ran on three triumphant relays as the J-Hawks had a strong performance at the Class 4A state qualifying meet.

Ratliffe ran on the victorious 4x100, 4x200 and sprint medley relays. The J-Hawks also captured the shuttle hurdle relay.

Lucy Schneekloth, Taylor Jacobson and Summer Carber ran on three winning relays for Jefferson and Rachel Broghammer ran on two of them. Madison Ranschau and Allison Gruwell ran on the shuttle hurdle relay.

Schneekloth (100), Carber (100 hurdles) and Emma Edelen (discus) claimed silver medals for Jefferson to automatically qualify for state in those events.

Brooke Foreman captured the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles for Cedar Rapids Washington. The Warriors also qualified for the state meet with second-place showings by Shannon Gorman (3000), Callie Stone (long jump) and the distance medley of Foreman, Jasmyne Jones, Taylor Vogel and Gorman.

The top two finishers in each event automatically qualified for the state meet in Des Moines next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There also will be 12 at-large berths from around the state, making for 24 qualifiers in each event.

Cedar Falls dominated the meet and won the team title with 180 points. Jefferson finished third and Washington tied for fourth in the eight-team field.

CLASS 4A QUALIFYING MEEET
At Waterloo West

Team Standings
1. Cedar Falls 180, 2. Dubuque Senior 106, 3. Jefferson 99, 4. (tie) Washington 89; Marshalltown 89, 6. Hempstead 70, 7. Waterloo West 61, 8. Waterloo East 34.

100 Meter Dash
1. Maliya Rattliffe (CRJ) 12.70, 2. Lucy Schneekloth (CRJ) 12.96, 3. Ieashia Moore (WW) 13.12, 4. Brinesha McKinney (WE) 13.26, 5. Shakari Baker-Bruce 9WE) 13.32, 6. Ashley Griffin (CF) 13.44.

200 Meter Dash
1. Kaz Brown (CF) 26.20, 2. Mackenzie Beals (MTOWN) 26.59, 3. Daianera Whitaker (CF) 26.74, 4. Jaclyn Riggins (WE) 27.35, 5. Haley Puk (WW) 27.42, 6. Ashley Schmitt (DS) 27.67.

400 Meter Dash
1. Kaily Mohr (DS0 1:00.63, 2. Haley Puk (WW) 1:00.73, 3. Eisha Oden (MTOWN) 1:00.90, 4. Natalie Shimp (CF) 1:02.84, 5. Emily Neff (CF) 1:02.84, 6. Kendra Conforti (DS) 1:05.02.

800 Meter Run
1. Brianna King (CF) 2:18.81, 2. Hannah Savage (CF) 2:21.78, 3. Sarah Shirar (MTOWN) 2:22.91, 4. Rachel Blagg (MTOWN) 2:28.88, 5. Hannah Timmerman (DS) 2:33.79, 6. Anna Kline (CRW) 2:35.08.

1500 Meter Run
1. Allison Gregg (CF) 4:47.92, 2. Brianna King (CF) 4:50.08, 3. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 4:54.72, 4. Sarah Shirar (MTOWN) 5:06.46, 5. Rachel Blagg (MTOWN) 5:12.53, 6. Meredith Petty (DS) 5:17.40.

3000 Meter Run
1. Allison Gregg (CF) 10:38.08, 2. Shannon Gorman (CRW) 10:51.16, 3. Kaitlyn Hennings (CF) 11:20.32, 4. Michelle Zikes (CRJ) 11:25.16, 5. Jane Bradley (DS) 11:52.54, 6. Mary Buchheit (DH) 12:27.74.

100 Meter Hurdles
1. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 15.02, 2. Summer Carber (CRJ) 15.57, 3. Allie Osterberger (DS) 15.81, 4. Madison Ranschau (CRJ) 15.89, 5. Haley Alexander (CF) 16.63, 6. Hannah Brummel (CF) 16.93.

400 Meter Hurdles
1. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 1:05.62, 2. Samantha Osterberger (DS) 1:06.04, 3. Emily Neff (CF) 1:08.05, 4. Taylor Vogel (CRW) 1:10.90, 5. Jamie Becker (CF) 1:10.97, 6. Carolyn Davis (DS) 1:12.76.

4x100 Relay
1. Jefferson (Rachel Broghammer, Maliya Rattliffe, Lucy Schneekloth, Summer Carber) 49.39, 2. Cedar Falls 50.00, 3. Washington (Brooke Foreman, Jasmyne Jones, Megan Muller, Taylor Vogel) 50.19, 4. Waterloo East 50.89, 5. Dubuque Senior 52.09, 6. Waterloo West 52.10.

4x200 Relay
1. Jefferson (Maliya Rattliffe, Rachel Broghammer, Taylor Jacobson, Lucy Schneekloth) 1:45.20, 2. Cedar Falls 1:45.65, 3. Dubuque Senior 1:46.78, 4. Marshalltown 1:47.46, 5. Waterloo East 1:48.06, 6. Waterloo West 1:49.13.

4x400 Relay
1. Dubuque Senior 4:06.29, 2. Cedar Falls 4:08.57, 3. Marshalltown 4:12.06, 4. Waterloo West 4:22.65, 5. Washington (Artiara Sanders, Anna Kline, Megan Muller, Kylie Coutentos) 4:24.15, 6. Hempstead 4:30.35.

4x800 Relay
1. Cedar Falls 9:58.17, 2. Dubuque Senior 9:59.79, 3. Marshalltown 10:07.49, 4. Washington (Sarah Witt, Sam Stuer, Madison Stuckenschneider, Anna Kline) 10:16.57, 5. Hempstead 10:24.20, 6. Jefferson (Jennifer McDowell, Cara Voll, Kylie Steimer, Bethany Polansky) 10:44.92.

Sprint Medley
1. Jefferson (Maliya Rattliffe, Lucy Schneekloth, Summer Carber, Taylor Jacobson) 1:52.61, 2. Marshalltown 1:52.67, 3. Dubuque Senior 1:52.95, 4. Washington (Taylor Vogel, Callie Stone, Megan Muller, Jasmyne Jones) 1:57.43, 5. Hempstead 1:58.37, 6. Waterloo West 2:07.98.

Distance Medley
1. Cedar Falls 4:13.55, 2. Washington (Brooke Foreman, Jasmyne Jones, Taylor Vogel, Shannon Gorman) 4:16.97, 3. Dubuque Senior 4:24.17, 4. Hempstead 4:26.45, 5. Jefferson (Jessica Ohrnstein, Lauren Hovey, Olivia Howard, Michelle Zikes) 4;44.04, 6. Marshalltown 4:48.32.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay
1. Jefferson (Madison Ranschau, Allison Gruwell, Taylor Jacobson, Summer Carber) 1:06.10, 2. Dubuque Senior 1:07.24, 3. Cedar Falls 1:09.84, 4. Hempstead 1:11.55, 5. Marshalltown 1:14.26.

High Jump
1. Alexis Higgins (CF) 5-4, 2. Hannah Riebkes (CF) 5-0, 3. Heather Splinter (DH) 4-10, 4. Meghan Payne (WW) 4-10, 5. (tie) Cristina Young (DS) 4-6; Jessica Bradley (DS) 4-6.

Long Jump
1. Meghan Payne (WW) 17-0 1/2, 2. Callie Stone (CRW) 17-0 1/4, 3. Jaclyn Riggins (WE) 16-8 1/4, 4. Melanie Stoss (CF) 16-4, 5. Jessie Vopova (MTOWN) 16-2, 6. Abby Larson (CF) 15-7 1/2.

Shot Put
1. Blaire Thomas (WW0 37-1 1/4, 2. Amanda Schrempf (MTOWN) 36-10 1/4, 3. Hope Koerprich (DH) 35-7 1/4, 4. Jazz Royster (CRW) 35-6, 5. Sarah Granau (DH) 33-11, 6. Emma Edelen (CRJ) 31-9.

Discus
1. Hope Koerprich (DH) 117-6 1/2, 2. Emma Edelen (CRJ) 117-4, 3. Amanda Schrempf (MTOWN) 116-1 1/2, 4. Erica Johnson (DH) 106-8, 5. Maddison Wignall (MTOWN) 100-1, 6. Allison Griffin (CF) 93-1.