Xavier Girls Track

Saints 5th at MVC girls track meet

CEDAR FALLS -- Prairie's Jessica Harris won the high jump and Katie Carver the discus to pace the Hawks to a third-place finish at the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division girls track meet Friday night.

Harris and Xavier's Alex Bartz both jumped 5-foot, but Harris won on fewer misses.

Carver tossed the discus 126-8 to easily beat second-place Emma Edeleen of Jefferson, who had a best toss of 111-5.

Iowa City West beat Cedar Falls by one point for the team championship. The Women of Troy had 189, Cedar Falls 188. Prairie was third with 62, foollowed by Jefferson (52), Xavier (43), Dubuque Hempstead (40) and Waterloo East (8).

Jefferson won the 4x200 and sprint medley relays.  Xavier did not have any first-place finishes.


Team Standings
1. Iowa City West 189
2. Cedar Falls 188
3. CR Prairie 69
4. CR Jefferson 52
5. CR Xavier 43
6. Dubuque Hempstead 40
7. Waterloo East 8

High Jump
1. Jessica Harris (CRP) 5-0, 2. Alex Bartz (CRX) 5-0, 3. Alexis Higgins (CF) 4-10, 3. Hannah Riebkes (CF) 4-10, 5. Caroline Van Voorhis (ICW) 4-10, 6. Leslie Harder (CRP) 4-10

Long Jump
1. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW) 15-11.25, 2. Melanie Stoss (CF) 15-5.75, 3. Jaclyn Riggins (WE) 15-5.25, 4. Jessica Harris (CRP) 15-3.5, 5. Cassy Herkelman (CF) 14-11.5, 6. Chelsey Montgomery (CRP) 14-8.5

Shot Put
1. Cara Jansen (ICW) 39-7, 2. Ashley Bolyen (DH) 36-1.25, 3. She She Bullock (CF) 36-0.5, 4. Abby Brayton (ICW) 35-7.75, 5. Emma Edelen (CRJ) 33-5.75, 6. Rachel Griffin (CRP) 33-4.5

Discus
1. Katie Carver (CRP) 126-8, 2. Emma Edelen (CRJ) 111-5, 3. Ashley Bolyen (DH) 107-11, 4. Ericka Johnson (DH) 105-1, 5. Briannie Kraft (ICW) 104-10, 6. Alex Malloy (CRP) 103-8

100 Meters
1. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW) 12.44, 2. Shahana Williams (ICW) 12.44, 3. Rachel Broghammer (CRJ) 12.67, 4. Cassie Crotty (CF) 12.69, 5. Tyler Sampson (CRX) 12.69, 6. Jaclyn Riggins (WE) 13.09

200 Meters
1. Shahana Williams (ICW) 25.21, 2. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW) 25.23, 3. Cassie Crotty (CF) 25.75, 4. Tyler Sampson (CRX) 26.17, 5. Daianera Whitaker (CF) 26.30, 6. Kate Steingreaber (CRX) 26.60

400 Meters
1. Ashley Stow (CF) 59.58, 2. Ally Disterhoft (ICW) 1:00.81, 3. Katelyn Haan (CF) 1:01.37, 4. Annie Schaeckenbach (ICW) 1:02.18, 5. Katie Carver (CRP) 1:02.37, 6. Nicole Schmitt (DH) 1:05.89

800 Meters
1. Brianna King (CF) 2:17.52, 2. Hannah Savage (CF) 2:18.29, 3. Ashley Knudson (ICW) 2:21.50, 4. Molly Leveille (ICW) 2:26.14, 5. Molly Denlinger (DH) 2:39.55, 5. Kelsey Strief (DH) 2:39.55

1500 Meters
1. Hannah Savage (CF) 4:49.20, 2. Allison Gregg (CF) 4:51.83, 3. Pombie Silverman (ICW) 5:04.85, 4. Olive Carrollhach (ICW) 5:05.57, 5. Hallie Martin (CRX) 5:08.02, 6. Becca Brimeyer (DH) 5:09.04

3000 Meters
1. Allison Gregg (CF) 11:02.32, 2. Brett Guerra (ICW) 11:21.31, 3. Molly Leveille (ICW) 11:32.59, 4. Molly Gettman (CF) 11:38.89, 5. Beth Heims (CRP) 11:51.76, 6. Amanda Weyer (CRP) 11:53.98

100 Hurdles
1. Molly Youde (CF) 15.62, 2. Megan Titler (CRP) 16.33, 3. Rebecca Tannner (ICW) 16.34, 4. Kaitlyn Gillett (CF) 16.69, 5. Madison Ranschhau (CRJ) 16.71, 6. Jesse Robinson (ICW) 16.80

400 Hurdles
1. Emily Neff (CF) 1:08.21, 2. Lauren Bobst (ICW) 1:08.79, 3. Lizzy Klemme (ICW) 1:10.39, 4. Stacey Howes (CRP) 1:10.63, 5. Hannah Brummel (CF) 1:12.24, 6. Megan Titler (CRP) 1:13.60

4x100 Relay
1. Iowa City West 49.36, 2. Xavier 50.16, 3. Cedar Falls 50.34, 4. Jefferson 50.70, 5. Prairie 52.34, 6. Dubuque Hempstead 53.38

4x200 Relay
1. Jefferson 1:45.86, 2. Cedar Falls 1:47.79, 3. Iowa City West 1:48.17, 4. Xavier 1:49.68, 5. Prairie 1:51.97, 6. Waterloo East 1:55.73

4x400 Relay
1. Cedar Falls 4:01.13, 2. Iowa City West 4:01.61, 3. Prairie 4:22.04, 4. Dubuque Hempstead 4:24.68, 5. Xavier 4:24.84, 6. Jefferson 4:26.34

4x800 Relay
1. Iowa City West 9:42.85, 2. Cedar Falls 9:43.45, 3. Xavier 10:25.74, 4. Dubuque Hempstead 10:35.99, 5. Prairie 11:39.22, 6. Jefferson 11:57.38

Sprint Medley Relay
1. Jefferson 1:51.23, 2. Cedar Falls 1:53.68, Iowa City West 1:54.37, 4. Prairie 1:55.63, 5. Xavier 1:55.89, 6. Hempstead 1:56.13

Distance Medley Relay
1. Iowa City West 4:17.51, 2. Cedar Falls 4:22.82, 3. Hempstead 4:24.81, 4. Jefferson 4:26.43, 5. Xavier 4:36.31, 6. Prairie 4:42.65

Shuttle Hurdle Relay
1. Cedar Falls 1:06.61, 2. Iowa City West 1:08.24, 3. Prairie 1:08.68, 4. Jefferson 1:09.89, 5. Xavier 1:13.18, 6. Hempstead 1:13.37

Saints girls 7th at Prairie Relays

Just three days after Brooke Foreman placed in three events in the Drake Relays, she was back at it with Washington at the Prairie Relays on Tuesday.

Foreman ran well again, although she didn’t run her usual slate of races.

"After Drake, I am very tired so my coach just wanted to put me in some 100's to see if I could get my time down,” Foreman said.

Foreman picked up two victories, one in the 100 meter dash and one in the 100 hurdles. She also helped the 4x100 relay team to a second place finish.

Last season Foreman placed seventh in the state in the 100 meter dash, but this year, she hasn’t run it much, focusing instead on hurdles.

"My time hasn't been where I've wanted it to be, but I have found other races that I can be much better at this season," she said.

In the 100 meter race at the Prairie Relays, Foreman was credited with the win, running a 12.53, .02 seconds faster than teammate Kadejah Sanders, though Foreman is fairly sure Sanders edged her out in the end.

“I haven't run the 100 since early in the season,” Foreman said. “I got out well, but I think my teammate caught me at the end, Kadejah, but they announced me as first so I was a little confused."

There was no doubt about who won the 100 meter hurdles, however, as Foreman pulled away from the field with a time of 15.25, a full 1.03 seconds ahead of the next closest runner. Despite the sizeable win, Foreman was less than pleased with her time. She missed fellow Warrior Layloni Beard, who did not run Tuesday, pushing her across the finish line.

“There was nothing really there to push me,” she said. “I like dropping time because I'm thinking about running that race at state. I guess after Drake it wasn't that bad to have a little bit of a break."

After the Drake Relays, Foreman didn’t run in her best race, the 400 meter hurdles, though she was excited about how she ran the race at Drake over the weekend.

"I clipped the last hurdle, but I was still really close to getting third, and I dropped an entire second off my PR, so I was really proud of that,” She said. “Now I am down to 1:03."

Washington finished second overall with 124.5 points, 16 points behind Iowa City West. Linn-Mar (88 points) and Prairie (85.5 points) came in third and fourth. Xavier finished sixth with 47.5 points.

"This meet is just kind of a workout for us, we aren't trying to go out and give it our all,” Foreman said. “We always try to win, but we are looking to do really well on Friday. We have a really tough division but hopefully we will pull it out."

The Warriors and Linn-Mar are running in the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division meet at Loras College in Dubuque on Friday. Prairie and Xavier will compete in the MVC Valley meet Friday at Cedar Falls.

PRAIRIE RELAYS

Team Standings -- 1. Iowa City West 140.5, 2. Washington 124.5, 3. Linn-Mar 88, 4. Prairie 85.5, 5. Davenport West 64, 6. Waterloo West 58.5, 7. Xavier 47.5, 8. North Scott 34.

High Jump -- 1. Layloni Beard (Wash) 5-02.00, 2. Leslie Harder (Prairie) 5-01.00, 3. (tie) Meghan Payne (W West), Caroline Van Voorhis (IC West), Alex Bartz (Xavier), Jasmine Teague (Wash), Jessica Harris (Prairie) 4-10.00.

Long Lump -- 1. McKennan Cornbaugh (IC West) 17-01.5, 2. Tanner Werthmann (D West) 15-01.00, 3. Meghan Payne (W West) 15-00.00, 4. Chelsey Montgomery (Prairie) 14-10.00, 5. Courtney Dauber (IC West) 14-09.75, 6. Jessica Jarris (Prairie) 14-08.75.

Discus -- 1. Amanda Piche (Linn-Mar) 127-04, 2. Katie Carver (Prairie) 112-11, 3. Ranae Stock (D West) 104-03, 4. Tydel Jones (Wash) 102-11.5, 5. Briannie Kraft (IC West) 101-05, 6. Cara Jansen (IC West) 96-11.

Shot Put -- 1. Jadyn Spencer (W West) 40-00.00, 2. Cara Jansen (IC West) 38-05.00, 3. Sam Butlett (North Scott) 38-04.00, 4. DaBryana Miller (Prairie) 36-03.50, 5. Shelia Johnson (IC West) 36-03.00, 6. Ranae Stock (D West) 35-11.00.

3000 meters -- 1. Kritstin Rogers (Wash) 10:59.31, 2. Pombie Silverman (IC West) 11:09.19, 3. Brett Guerra (IC West) 11:22.26, 4. Amanda Weyer (Prairie) 11:54.54, 5. Tayler Osborne (D West) 12:00.27, 6. Claire Tupper (Linn-Mar) 12:30.69.

4x800 -- 1. Linn-Mar 10:07.79, 2. Iowa City West 10:11.21, 3. Washington 10:25.11, 4. Prairie 11:11.43, Davenport West 11:47.00.

Shuttle Hurdle -- 1. Prairie 1:09.88, 2. Linn-Mar 1:10.13, 3. Iowa City West 1:10.52, 4. Davenport West 1:12.82, 5. North Scott 1:14.10, 6. Xavier 1:14.11.

100 meters -- 1. Brooke Foreman (Wash) 12.53, 2. Kadejah Sanders (Wash) 12.55, 3. Tyler Sampson (Xavier) 12.56, 4. Jasmine Butler (North Scott) 12.76, 5. Kate Steingreaber (Xavier) 12.83, 6. Zinka Duric (W West) 12.91.

Distance Medley -- 1. Iowa City West 4:16.59, 2. Linn-Mar 4:24.25, 3. Xavier 4:31.32, 4. North Scott 4:31.98, 5. Prairie 4:36.76, 6. Washington 4:39.94.

400 meters -- 1. Taylor Vogel (Wash) 1:00.71, 2. Zinka Duric (W West) 1:00.98, 3. Amanda Milne (D West) 1:01.20, 4. Annie Schaeckenbach (IC West) 1:01.66, 5. Katie Carver (Prairie) 6. Audrey Richards (Xavier) 1:02.52.

4x200 -- 1. Washington 1:48.59, 2. Davenport West 1:49.54, 3. North Scott 1:50.61, 4. Waterloo West 1:51.85, 5. Prairie 1:52.56, 6. Linn-Mar 1:55.95.

100 meter hurdles -- 1. Brooke Foreman (Wash) 15.25, 2. Mallory Young (Linn-Mar) 16.28, 3. Tanner Werthmann (D West) 16.34, 4. Stacey Howes (Prairie) 16.48, 5. Jesse Robinson (IC West) 16.63, 6. Aber Yaddof (D West) 16.64.

800 meters -- 1. Ashley Knudson (IC West) 2:21.94, 2. Ally Disterhoft (IC West) 2:22.21, 3. Shannon Gorman (Wash) 2:29.20, 4. Morgan Uridil (Linn-Mar) 2:32.42, 5. Anna Kline (Wash) 2:33.74, 6. Sierra Philipp (Prairie) 2:36.23.

200 meters -- 1. Tyler Sampson (Xavier) 26.05, 2. Kate Steingreaber (Xavier) 26.57, 3. Courtney Major (Linn-Mar) 26.68, 4. Kristina Bauer (IC West) 26.84, 5. Jasmyne Jones (Wash) 26.99, 6. Taylor Vogel (Wash) 27.32.

400 meter hurdles -- 1. Zinka Duric (W West) 1:08.85, 2. Lauren Bobst (IC West)  1:11.79, 3. Stacey Howes (Prairie) 1:11.82, 4. Madison Esker (Linn-Mar) 1:11.94, 5. Lizzy Klemme (IC West) 1:12.09, 6. Megan Titler (Prairie) 1:13.52.

Sprint Medley -- 1. Prairie 1:55.30, 2. Waterloo West 1:57.34, 3. Washington 2:02.11, 4. North Scott 2:02.39, 5. Iowa City West 2:03.69, 6. Linn-Mar 2:04.00.

1500 meters -- 1. Carolyn Newhouse (Linn-Mar) 4:59.56, 2. Olive Carrollhach (IC West) 5:07.69, 3. Kristin Rogers (Wash) 5:09.37, 4. Shannon Gorman (Wash) 5:10.22, 5. Taylor Fehlberg (IC West) 5:14.85, 6. Hallie Martin (Xavier) 5:18.70.

4x100 -- 1. Iowa City West 49.99, 2. Washington 50.84, 3. Waterloo West 51.95, 4. Davenport West 52.34, 5. Xavier 52.45, 6. Prairie 53.00.

4x400 -- 1. Linn-Mar 4:14.02, 2. Davenport West 4:14.98, 3. Iowa City West 4:18.85, 4. North Scott 4:23.85, 5. Prairie 4:24.13, 6. Xavier 4:26.36.

Former Xavier star Nelson posts Drake Relays win

DES MOINES - Former Xavier High School state champion Meaghan Nelson won the 5000 meter run for university and college runners Thursday night at the 102nd Drake Relays.

Nelson is a junior at Iowa State, but she ran unattached Thursday. She has battled injuries this year and is taking a redshirt season with the ISU women's track team.

Nelson captured the 5000 in 16 minutes, 27.55 seconds. Technically, she was the unofficial winner of the race because she ran unattached. Martina Barinova of Nebraska got credit for the victory in 16:28.77, more than a second slower than Nelson.

Nelson helped Xavier win a state cross country title during her career with the Saints. She finished second in the 1500 and fourth in the 3000 at the 2008 state track meet as a senior.

Sampson second in the 100; Saints girls 7th at Clinton

CLINTON - Tyler Sampson placed second in the 100-meter dash Tuesday to help Xavier finish seventh at the River Queen Invitational in Clinton.

The Saints also placed second in the 4x200 relay and the sprint medley relay.

Team Standings

1. Iowa City High 165, 2. Dubuque Wahlert 125, 3. Dubuque Senior 79.5, 4. Davenport West 68.5, 5. Pleasant Valley 67.5, 6. Bettendorf 57, 7. Xavier 49, 8. Moline 35, 9. (tie) Clinton 35, North Scott 35, 11. DeWitt 8.5.

3000 - Siglin (ICH) 11:19.96; Shuttle Hurdle Relay - Pleasant Valley 1:08.78 (Xavier, 5th, 1:13.89); 100 - Crew (ICH) 12.68 (Sampson, Xavier, 2nd, 12.96); 4x200 relay - Dubuque Senior 1:46.53 (Xavier, 2nd, 1:47.22); 800 - Watts (Bett) 2:17.37; 400 hurdles - Watts (Bett) 1:06.79; 1500 - Richardson (ICH) 4:47.47; 4x400 relay - Wahlert 4:06.32; Shot put - Hyche (ICH) 39-0; High jump - Till (Wahlert) 5-6 (Bartz, Xavier, 4th, 5-1).

4x800 relay - Pleasant Valley 9:43.45 (Xavier, 4th, 9:57.18); Distance Medley - Wahlert 4:29.18; 400 - Milne (DavWest) 1:01.59; 100 hurdles - Rodriguez (PV) 15.60 (Galligan, Xavier, 6th, 17.98); 200 - Crew (ICH) 27.09 (Rochford, Xavier, 4th, 28.32); Sprint medley - Dubuque Senior 1:53.20 (Xavier, 2nd, 1:53.81); 4x100 relay - Wahlert 51.41 (Xavier, 6th, 53.39); Discus - Weimerskirch (Wahlert) 119-10 1/2; Long jump - Washpun (ICH) 16-8 1/2.