Linn-Mar Girls Track

Newhouse, Piche win MVC titles

DUBUQUE -- Washington won four events but the Warriors couldn't overcome Iowa City High and finished second Friday night at the MVC Mississippi Division girls track meet at Loras College.

Kadejah Sanders won the 100 meters, Layloni Beard the 100 hurdles, Brooke Foreman the 400 hurdles and the Warriors also won the shuttle hurdle relay. Beard and Foreman finished 1-2 in the 100 hurdles.

Linn-Mar's Carolyn Newhouse won the 1500 and 3000 meters, and Amanda Piche won the discus, to propel the Lions to a fourth-place finish.

Kennedy's Aarionna Craig-Dothard won the 200 for the Cougars only champion. Kennedy finished fifth.

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

Team Standings
1. Iowa City High 158.5
2. Washington 129
3. Dubuque Wahlert 117.5
4. Linn-Mar 81
5. Kennedy 69
6. Waterloo West 68
7. Dubuque Senior 62

High Jump
1. Claire Till (DW) 5-6, 2. Virginia Johnson (ICH) 5-4, 3. Kristen Huebsch (CRK) 5-2

Long Jump
1. Meghan Payne (WW) 15-10.75, 2. Caitlin Ward (ICH) 15-10, 3. Callie Stone (CRW) 15-4.5

Shot Put
1. Jadyn Spencer (WW) 40-5.25, 2. Aliyah Gustafson (ICH) 37-8, 3. Kayla Hyche (ICH) 37-2

Discus
1. Amanda Piche (LM) 143-10, 2. Katelyn Weimerskirch (DW) 133-3, 3. Aliyah Gustafson (ICH) 120-11

100 Meters
1. Kadejah Sanders (CRW) 12.83, 2. Jasmyne Jones (CRW) 12.86, 3. Zinka Duric (WW) 13.07

200 Meters
1. Aarionna Craig-Dothard (CRK) 26.33, 2. Courtney Major (LM) 26.50, 3. Taylor Vogel (CRW) 26.57

400 Meters
1. Clair Crew (ICH) 58.28, 2. Jessica Janecke (DW) 58.86, 3. Zinka Duric (WW) 1:00.51

800 Meters
1. Meg Richardson (ICH) 2:22.53, Lauren Rusch (DW) 2:23.10, 3. Rebecca Rethwisch (ICH) 2:23.92

1500 Meters
1. Carolyn Newhouse (LM) 4:56.51, 2. Ellen Carman (ICH) 5:03.15, 3. Meredith Petty (DS) 5:04.97

3000 Meters
1. Carolyn Newhouse (LM) 10:26.29, 2. Kristin Rogers (CRW) 11:00.52, 3. Morgan Gerdes (WW) 11:11.99

100 Hurdles
1. Layloni Beard (CRW) 15.47, 2. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 15.53, 3. Mallory Young (LM) 15.68

400 Hurdles
1. Brooke Foreman (CRW) 1:04.01, 2. Zinka Duric (WW) 1:05.49, 3. Emily Sotelo (ICH) 1:06.14

4x100 Relay
1. Iowa City High 50.18, 2. Washington 50.19, 3. Wahlert 50.37

4x200 Relay
1. Iowa City High 1:45.54, 2. Dubuque Senior 1:46.13, 3. Washington 1:47.17

4x400 Relay
1. Dubuque Senior 4:04.92, 2. Wahlert 4:06.93, 3. Kennedy 4:07.05

4x800 Relay
1. Iowa City High 9:39.51, 2. Wahlert 9:46.19, 3. Dubuque Senior 9:46.89

Sprint Medley Relay
1. Wahlert 1:50.15, 2. Dubuque Senior 1:52.60, 3. Iowa City High 1:53.83

Distance Medley Relay
1. Wahlert 4:16.56, 2. Iowa City High 4:18.94, 3. Linn-Mar 4:20.64

Shuttle Hurdle Relay
1. Washington 1:07.27, 2. Linn-Mar 1:08.81, 3. Dubuque Senior 1:08.90

Linn-Mar girls 3rd 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.

Piche finishes a precarious 2nd at Drake Relays

DES MOINES -- Linn-Mar senior Amanda Piche lived dangerously at the 102nd Annual Drake Relays on Thursday.

She was almost disqualified for wearing the wrong number on her uniform (not her fault), then almost failed to qualify for the finals in the discus after winning the event here last year.

"I was kind of freaking out," she said.

The day had a mostly happy ending. Piche overcame the misadventures and finished second in the discus at 137 feet, 9 inches. That was better than her winning toss of 136-9 last year, but not good enough to beat Dakotah Goodell of Williamsburg (140-0).

"I'm a little disappointed, because I won last year," Piche said, "but I'm really excited that I actually made it to the finals. Because, wow, I did terrible in the first round of throws."

Piche threw 112 feet, 8 inches on her first toss, then was stopped before she could return to the ring for her second throw. One of the Drake Relays officials noticed she was wearing entry No. 4184 on her uniform when she was supposed to be No. 4186.

Somehow, Piche and Linn-Mar distance runner Carolyn Newhouse mistakenly had each other's number and for a while it looked like they wouldn't let Piche take her second throw.

"I don't know how they got mixed up," Piche said. "When they (Linn-Mar's coaches) gave them out to us they thought it was the right number. I guess it must not have been right in the packet or something."

After a short delay, a Drake official told Piche she could take her second throw and they'd resolve the problem later. Piche promptly had her worst throw of the day and deliberately scratched by stepping out of the front of the ring.

"It kind of broke my concentration," she said. "I was a little worried that I was going to be DQ'd, and so I was kind of freaking out in my mind, and then I wasn't really focused on the throw.

"I was focused on the number, so that kind of threw me off a little. It was like a hundred feet. I didn't know what was happening."

This all happened at approximately 4 p.m., and by coincidence Newhouse was scheduled to compete in the 3000 meter run at 4:10 p.m. Newhouse had No. 4186, but was supposed to be No. 4184 and risked being disqualified as well.

Fortunately for Linn-Mar, the discus facility at Drake is near the track, where Newhouse was getting ready for her race.

"Our distance coach ran over, got her number and got my number and switched them," Piche explained. "Yeah, I was a little worried. I was a little flustered."

Linn-Mar Coach Craig Pilcher identified Kim Kuda as the distance coach who saved the day.

Piche regained her composure and had a toss of 126 feet, 5 inches on her third and final throw in the prelims to qualify for the finals. Only eight of 24 contestants made the finals, and Piche advanced with the seventh-best toss.

Given a fresh start, she uncorked throws of 137-9, 137-2 and 128-4 in the finals to finish in second place by 10 inches.

"I'm really happy I made runnerup," she said. "I came from the bowels of the competition and made it to second place, so I'm really happy about that."

Newhouse wasn't so fortunate in her event. She battled for third place during the first part of the 3000 meter run, but faded and finished ninth in 10:28.77. Shelby Houlihan of Sioux City East won the race in 9:56.71.

Xavier junior Alec Clasen tied for eighth in the boys high jump at 6 feet, 4 inches. Jordan Cress of Olin won the event at 6 feet, 8 inches.

Cedar Rapids Prairie senior Kyle Stocker finished 10th in the boys 3200 meter run in 9:36.79. Kevin Lewis of Ottumwa won the race and set a meet record in 9:05.58.

Cedar Rapids Washington junior Callie Stone finished 22nd in the girls long jump at 15 feet, 2 3/4 inches. Alex Gochenour of Logan-Magnolia won the long
jump at 18-2.

The Drake Relays continue Friday and Saturday.

Linn-Mar girls win West Delaware title

MANCHESTER - Carolyn Newhouse and Amanda Piche collected impressive victories Thursday as Linn-Mar won the West Delaware Invitational girls track meet.

Newhouse captured the 1500-meter run in 5:00.39, beating the runnerup by more than seven seconds. Piche took the discus at 140 feet, 8 inches, topping the second-place finisher by 26 feet.

Linn-Mar also won the 4x400 relay and the 4x800 relay.

The Lions finished with 112 points in the 11-team field to beat Western Dubuque by 13.5 points. Marion finished last with 18.5 points. The Indians placed second behind Linn-Mar in the 4x800 relay.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Linn-Mar 112, 2. Western Dubuque 98.5, 3. Central Elkader 82, 4. Cascade 80.5, 5. West Delaware 47, 6. Maquoketa Valley 37, 7. Vinton-Shellsburg 32, 8. (tie) Maquoketa 31, Edgewood-Colesburg 31; 10. Independence 19.5, 12. Marion 18.5.

100 - Tessa Helmle, Cascade, 12.88; 200 - Aubree Taylor, Maquoketa, 26.66 (Ellie Rizor, Linn-Mar, 5th, 28.38; Morgan Kolarik, Marion, 6th, 28.66); 400 - Kristy Lueken, Ed-Co, 1:02.00 (Leah Kremer, Linn-Mar, 5th, 1:05.04); 800 - Brette Correy, Western Dubuque, 2:24.88 (Allison Scott, Marion, 4th, 2:29.25; Morgan Uridil, Linn-Mar, 5th, 2:33.97).

100 hurdles - Emily Ruhser, Central Elkader, 15.58 (Mallory Young, Linn-Mar, 3rd, 16.84; Meghan Holdgrafer, Linn-Mar, 4th, 16.90); 1500 - Carolyn Newhouse, Linn-Mar, 5:00.39 (Brooklyn Kascel, Linn-Mar, 5th, 5:28.43); 3000 - Dakota Tell, Western Dubuque, 10:49.11 (Claire Tupper, Linn-Mar, 12:35.44).

400 hurdles - Sara Davis, Western Dubuque, 1:10.86 (Madison Esker, Linn-Mar, 2nd, 1:12.48); Discus - Amanda Piche, Linn-Mar, 140-8; High jump - (tie) Laura Hoffman, West Delaware, 4-10; Laura Osterhaus, Maquoketa, 4-10 (Sara Strauel, Linn-Mar, 3rd, 4-8; Claire Meyer, Linn-Mar, 5th, 4-6).

Long jump - Madison Miller, West Delaware, 16-5 3/4 (Ellie Rizor, Linn-Mar, 4th, 15-7 1/2; Angie Williams, Marion, 5th, 15-7); Shot put - Jessie Hoffman, Western Dubuque, 37-8; 4x100 relay - Vinton-Shellsburg 52.25 (Linn-Mar, 3rd, 53.98); 4x200 relay - Cascade 1:49.37 (Linn-Mar, 2nd, 1:51.70; Marion, 4th, 1:53.69).

4x400 relay - Linn-Mar 4:14.41; 4x800 relay - Linn-Mar (Audra Schminke, Carolyn Newhouse, Morgan Uridil, Brooklyn Kascel) 10:02.58; Shuttle hurdle relay - Central Elkader 1:09.23 (Linn-Mar, 2nd, 1:09.59); Sprint medley - Cascade 1:53.30 (Linn-Mar, 3rd, 1:56.46); Distance medley - Western Dubuque 4:27.48 (Linn-Mar, 2nd, 4:38.73).