Linn-Mar Girls Track

Jenks wins 3000 at ISU Classic

AMES - Linn-Mar freshman Stephanie Jenks won the 3000 meter run at the 2013 Iowa State High School Girls Classic indoor track meet Monday.

Jenks and Waverly-Shell Rock senior Anna Holdiman waged a neck-and-neck battle for much of the race before Jenks broke away with about 200 meters remaining.

Jenks, who won the Class 4A state cross country title last fall, was clocked in 9:49.24. Holdiman finished second in 9:53.36 in a field of 56 runners.

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Lions grab 3rd in distance medley

IOWA CITY - The Linn-Mar Lions placed third in the distance medley at the Demon Indoor girls track meet Monday at the University of Iowa Recreation Center.

The Lions broke the meet record in 4:22.39, but Iowa City West won the race in 4:19.74.

Sara Strauel finished fourth in the high jump for Linn-Mar and the Lions also took fourth in the 4x800 relay. Maleta Montague placed sixth in the 60 hurdles and Halley Morgan finished eighth in the 60 meter dash for Linn-Mar.

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Linn-Mar tabs Hopp as girls track coach

Nathan Hopp will have two different jobs with schools in the Mississippi Valley Conference during the 2012-13 school year.

He'll be the boys cross country coach at Xavier High School this fall, then he'll change colors and become the girls track coach at Linn-Mar High School.

Linn-Mar announced Hopp's new appointment Thursday.

Hopp, 29, graduated in 2002 from Clear Creek Amana High School, where he ran track and cross country. He also ran at Mount Mercy University and was a two-time NAIA national qualifier in the marathon.

Hopp has been an assistant track coach at Xavier the last three years and also was a coach with the Cedar Rapids Track Club. He works at Running Wild.

Linn-Mar qualifies for state in 11 events

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 (8 events): Alison Speltz (100), Leslie Harder (high jump), Natalie Rumer (shot put), Rachel Griffin (shot put), 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.