Xavier Girls Track

Gerke picks Coe for wrestling

Josh Gerke has been a prime example of perpetual motion during his senior year at Xavier High School.

He helped the Xavier football team reach the semifinals of the Class 3A playoffs in November, took three days off and promptly joined the wrestling team.

He placed third at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament at 145 pounds in Feburary, took another three days off and began working with  the boys track team.

Now he's gunning for a state title in the 800-meter run at the Class 3A state meet in May, but after that he's decided to settle down and focus on just one sport in college.

It will be wrestling. And it will be for the Kohawks at Coe.

"I committed to Coe College on Saturday, so I'm really excited about  that," he said Tuesday after running in the 19th Annual Xavier Invitational track meet. "I've never gotten to focus on one sport, so  I want to see what I can do."

He's not ready to turn the page on his running career just yet, however. He placed fifth in the 800 at state last year in 1:58.07 and feels he's on track for a good performance at state next month.

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Tallett, Lampe lead Xavier girls track

WATERLOO - Katie Tallett and Theresa Lampe led the Xavier girls track team at the Wahawk Invitational in Waterloo Thursday.

Tallett placed third in the 3,000-meter run in 10 minutes, 52.65 seconds. Lampe finished third in the 100 hurdles in 16.39 seconds.

Tallett claims 3,000 at Mustang Invitational

DUBUQUE - Katie Tallett of Xavier captured the 3,000-meter run at the Mustang Invitational in Dubuque Tuesday in 10 minutes, 38.9 seconds.

Tallett also placed second in the 1,500 in 5:03.55.

The Saints finished second in the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:10.43. Theresa Lampe was third in the 100 hurdles in 16.19 seconds.

Dubuque Hempstead won the meet with 133.5 points. Xavier finished seventh and last in the team standings with 41 points.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Dubuque Hempstead 133.5, 2. Dubuque Senior 123.5, 3. Western Dubuque 105.5,  4. Dubuque Wahlert 97.5, 5. Linn-Mar 88, 6. Washington 52, 7. Xavier 41.

Tallett, Arnold pace Xavier runners

Katie Tallett and Libby Arnold collected silver medals for the Xavier Saints Tuesday at the Lion Relays at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Tallett finished second in the 3,000-meter run in 10:54.64 and Arnold  was the runner-up in the 400 in 1:07.32.

The Saints finished third in the 3,200 relay.

Kennedy and Dubuque Senior tied for the team championship with 126  points. Xavier placed seventh out of eight teams with 24 points.