Linn-Mar Boys Track

Hickok eyes state title in 400 hurdles

Drake Hickok is pleasantly surprised.

He figured he'd rank near the top of the 400 meter hurdles in Class 4A this season, but he didn't think he'd be No. 1.

There it was on the Iowa High School Athletic Association website Tuesday: Drake Hickok, Cedar Rapids Washington, the state leader at 54.28 seconds.

Hickof finished 11th in the 400 hurdles in the Class 4A state meet last year as a junior and figured to move up this season, since eight of the guys ahead of him in 2011 were seniors.

"I always knew that I was going to be up there my senior year, I just never saw myself as first," he said Tuesday. "So being first at this point in the season is a big surprise."

Hickok won his specialty at Linn-Mar's Clark Weaver Relays Tuesday, but it was not a night for fast times with the temperature in the low 40's. Hickok captured the 400 hurdles in 56.68, which was 2.4 seconds slower than his best clocking.

Hickok owns a slight edge over Brandon Ophoff of Linn-Mar in the 400 hurdles. Ophoff has been timed in 54.37 seconds, just nine-hundredths of a second behind Hickok, but Ophoff did not run in the 400 hurdles Tuesday.

Hickok and Ophoff have faced each other only once this season in the 400 lows and Hickok prevailed. They've been battling in track and field in the Metro area since the eighth grade, and Hickok finally beat his friendly rival in an event this year.

"I did the high jump in the eighth grade, and I would always get second in the city meet. He would always be in first," Hickok said. "I didn't start doing hurdles until high school and there he was, and he was always in first and I was always getting second."

Ophoff ranks second in Class 4A in the 110 meter hurdles, his speciality, and Hickok ranks sixth in that event. But right now, Hickok has the edge in the 400 lows.

"I finally found something I could beat him at," Hickok said with a good-natured smile.

Hickok gives the nod in the 110 hurdles to Ophoff, but he thinks their battle in the 400 hurdles could go all the way to the Drake Relays and the Class 4A state meet.

"It's going to be fun," he said. "The way I look at it, from here until the end of the season it's pretty much going to be me and him. It's whoever wins when it counts."

When the season began, Hickok thought he might have a shot to finish in the top-3 or top-4 in the 400 hurdles at state.

"But as the year keeps going on, why not win?," he said. "I'm right there and I can do it, so why not win?"

Ophoff captured the 110 hurdles in 14.39 seconds Tuesday, ran on Linn-Mar's triumphant 4x400 relay and also ran a leg on the shuttle hurdle relay to help the Lions take the team trophy at their own meet.

Josh Evans won the 3200, Jabez Walker took the 400 and Jack Halupnik won the shot put for Linn-Mar. The Lions also captured the distance medley.

The Washington Warriors finished third in the team standings and got victories from Hickok in the 400 hurdles, Robert Hogg in the 800 and in the 4x200 relay with Nick Corbett, David Tann, Mitch Bredeson and Will Griffin.

The Xavier Saints placed fourth in the eight-team field and got victories from Nick Ball in the 200, Alec Clasen in the high jump and Craig Murtha in the discus.

Jefferson captured the 4x100 relay and finished sixth in the standings. Kennedy placed seventh in the meet.

CLARK WEAVER RELAYS
At Linn-Mar Stadium

Team Standings

1. Linn-Mar 133, 2. Iowa City High 95, 3. Washington 91.5, 4. Xavier 81.5, 5. Waterloo West 65, 6. Jefferson 47, 7. Kennedy 31, 8. Waterloo East 8.

Long Jump

1. Dequayvious Martin (WW) 22-3 1/2, 2. Jason Millett (WW) 20-11 1/2, 3. Colton Sanchez (LM) 20-4 1/2, 4. Bryson Runge (ICH) 20-3 3/4, 5. Michael Detert (LM) 20-2 1/2, 6. Famiek Cook (CRK) 19-10 3/4.

High Jump

1. Alec Clasen (CRX) 6-2, 2. Jeremy Johnson (ICH) 6-2, 3. Cameron Spears (ICH) 6-0, 4. Brandon Ophoff (LM) 6-0, 5. Willie Rhodes (CRK) 6-0, 6. Ben Sagers (CRX) 5-8.

Discus

1. Craig Murtha (CRX) 152-8, 2. Kody Dailey (ICH) 139-2, 3. Tyler Burrell (CRW) 136-4, 4. Andrew Martin (WW) 132-11, 5. Zach Berryman (CRJ) 128-3, 6. Dustin Smith (LM) 124-9 1/2.

Shot Put

1. Jack Halupnik (LM) 46-6 1/2, 2. Craig Murtha (CRX) 46-4 3/4, 3. Nile Banks (ICH) 42-10, 4. Kody Dailey (ICH) 41-6 3/4, 5. Darrell Caldwell (WE) 41-0, 6. Sam Techau (CRJ) 40-11 1/2.

3200 Meter Run

1. Josh Evans (LM) 10:09.54, 2. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 10:09.88, 3. Tyler Chlystun (LM) 10:29.38, 4. Taylor Mueller (CRJ) 10:30.77, 5. Mitch Black (WW) 10:58.73, 6. Eugeney Kolyvanov (ICH) 11:02.53.

4x800 Relay

1. Iowa City High 8:20.68, 2. Linn-Mar 8:42.84, 3. Xavier 8:56.39, 4. Washington 9:00.80, 5. Waterloo West 9:01.82, 6. Jefferson 9:08.50.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1. Linn-Mar (Brandon Ophoff, Mike Keiser, Colton Sanchez, Tristan Freese) 59.67, 2. Kennedy (Tom Kaiser, Derek Jacobus, Famiek Cook, Josh Jahlas) 1:01.36, 3. Iowa City High 1:02.33, 4. Xavier (Noah Clasen, Josh Nelson, Chris Ball, David Kirpes) 1:03.03, 5. Waterloo West 1:03.72, 6. Jefferson (Tanner Lund, Savaun Bounds, Dakote Tomkins, Michael Moncivais) 1:07.04.

100 Meter Dash

1. Haris Nuhanovic (WW) 10.78, 2. Will Griffin (CRW) 10.82, 3. Aaron Taylor (WE) 10.83, 4. Tyrell Martin (WW) 10.84, 5. Bryson Runge (ICH) 11.15, 6. (tie) Joseph McBride (CRW) 11.41; Jordan Weber (CRX) 11.41.

400 Meter Dash

1. Jabez Walker (LM) 51.74, 2. Robert Hogg (CRW) 52.39, 3. Timauntay Jones (CRJ) 53.71, 4. Dylan Chittick (CRJ) 54.99, 5. Ben Valentine (CRX) 55.26, 6. Noah Dostal (CRW) 55.42.

4x200 Relay

1. Washington (Nick Corbett, David Tann, Mitch Bredeson, Will Griffin) 1:32.69, 2. Iowa City High 1:33.28, 3. Xavier (Nick Ball, Brandon Gradoville, Cal Stovie, Jordan Weber) 1:33.40, 4. Linn-Mar (Austin Fleider, Tristan Freese, Tommy Feller, Jake Luerkens) 1:33.68, 5. Kennedy (John Koelling, Josh Jahlas, Jacob Shannon, Derek Jacobus) 1:35.15, 6.
Waterloo West 1:35.90.

1600 Meter Run

1. Alex Hottle (WW) 4:34.65, 2. Anthony Ohl (WW) 4:35.02, 3. Daniel Murphy (LM) 4:36.42, 4. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 4:40.05, 5. Mohamed Traore (ICH) 4:44.54, 6. Keegan Cook (LM) 4:45.99.

110 Meter Hurdles

1. Brandon Ophoff (LM) 14.39, 2. Dan Roemerman (ICH) 14.60, 3. Mike Keiser (LM) 15.16, 4. Drake Hickok (CRW) 15.42, 5. Mason Greer (ICH) 15.43, 6. Tom Kaiser (CRK) 15.70.

200 Meter Dash

1. Nick Ball (CRX) 23.22, 2. Nick Corbett (CRW) 23.23, 3. Jasper Washington (ICH) 23.62, 4. Chance Tiedtke (CRJ) 23.90, 5. Tim Larson (CRJ) 23.93, 6. Noah Clasen (CRX) 24.25.

400 Meter Hurdles

1. Drake Hickok (CRW) 56.68, 2. Jeremy Johnson (ICH) 57.46, 3. Lucas Vanous (CRJ) 1:00.18, 4. Ellis McBrayer (LM) 1:01.05, 5. Chris Ball (CRX) 1:02.77, 6. Riley Fergus (CRK) 1:03.48.

Distance Medley

1. Linn-Mar (Tristan Freese, Jake Luerkens, Matt Simon, Chase Grabau) 3:37.02; 2. Kennedy (Jacob Shannon, Famiek Cook, John Koelling, Trevor Oates) 3:49.66; 3. Iowa City High 3:54.59; 4. Waterloo West 3:58.62; 5. Washington (Josh Snetzler, Robert Miley, Sam Kline, Joe Berry) 4:03.03; 6. Xavier (Miles Sullivan, Jim Moore, Raymond Wright, Nick Robinson) 4:11.26.

800 Meter Run

1. Robert Hogg (CRW) 2:00.54, 2. Trevor Luebe (CRW) 2:02.22, 3. Josh Evans (LM) 2:03.18, 4. Brandon Gradoville (CRX) 2:09.45, 5. Patrick Mullin (CRX) 2:09.85, 6. Tyler Schlystun (LM) 2:12.10.

4x100 Meter Relay

1. Jefferson (Shaquille Harbor, Dylan Chittick, Chance Tiedtke, Tim Larson) 45.19, 2. Linn-Mar (Austin Fleider, Tommy Feller, Travis Kvach, Tristan Freese) 45.32, 3. Xavier (Nick Ball, Josh Nelson, Cal Stovie, Jordan Weber) 45.55, 4. Kennedy (Famiek Cook, Tom Kaiser, Jacob Shannon, Derek Jacobus) 46.51.

4x400 Relay

1. Linn-Mar (Brandon Ophoff, Jake Luerkens, Duggan Trenary, Jabez Walker) 3:31.05, 2. Xavier (Ben Valentine, Noah Clasen, Zach Stovie, Brandon Gradoville) 3:38.31, 3. Jefferson (Asim Wallace, Alex Baxter, Aaron Gruwell, Ryan Deerberg) 3:38.40, 4. Kennedy (Josh Jahlas, John Koelling, Trevor Oates, Donovan Kosman) 3:44.57.

Evans, Ophoff post wins at Wilkinson Relays

The Marion High School boys track team was anxious to see how it would fare against all the Class 4A schools at the 26th Wilkinson Relays on Thursday.

They did quite well, thank-you.

The Indians finished ahead of Kennedy, Jefferson, Prairie and Waterloo East in the team standings. Heck, they even finished ahead of the Linn-Mar Lions, who practically own the city of Marion when it comes to high school sports.

The Indians beat everybody at Kingston Stadium except the Washington Warriors, and they came darn close to getting them as well.

Washington won the meet with 135 points and Marion placed a strong second in the seven-team field with 123 points. Linn-Mar was third with 117.

The Indians have done very well in track this spring, but most of those meets were against fellow Class 3A schools. They faced nothing but 4A competition Thursday and proved they can run with the big dogs.

"We did," said Lukas Mees, Marion's top distance runner. "Coming in our coach told us that people aren't going to be thinking about us. But we have what it takes to really compete, and I believe we showed them that today.

"I feel we're showing them who we are. Our people are stepping up to the plate."

Marion won four events. Zach Bornes doubled in the shot put (48-1) and discus (141-4), Issac Frazier captured the high jump (6-4) and the Indians claimed the 4x800 relay with Mees, Greg Sam, Brennen Kelly and Jordan Garthwaite.

The Indians displayed their depth with four second-place showings and six third-place finishes. That means they finished 1st, 2nd or 3rd a total of 14 times in 18 events.

"I feel like some of the 4A schools thought that we weren't able to stand up to them. But we did," said Sam. "Amazing. I'm proud of everybody."

It's still early, but Mees thinks the Indians have the right stuff to compete for the Class 3A state championship this year. "I think we have a chance to challenge for the title, and that's a huge goal," he said.

The Washington Warriors won six events and got an eye-popping time of 48.70 seconds from Nick Corbett in the 400 meter dash, but they might have to put an asterisk next to that one. The Washington coaches acknowledged that meet officials may have made a mistake and put Corbett in the wrong spot at the start of the race, requiring him to run only 389 meters instead of 400.

Corbett was clocked in 50.78 seconds in the 400 last Saturday at the John Ask Relays at Kingston Stadium, which was a personal best. If he indeed ran a 48.70 on Thursday, it means he would have chopped more than two seconds off his top performance and would have posted the fastest 400 time in the state this year.

Corbett was not aware of the disputed distance when he excitedly talked to reporters after the race. "Honestly tonight, I don't know what happened!" he exclaimed, not realizing he may have inadvertently run a shortened race through no fault of his own.

Jabez Walker of Linn-Mar finished second in the 400 and was given a time of 49.30 seconds, which also was in dispute along with several other times in the race.

Josh Evans and Brandon Ophoff of Linn-Mar submitted sterling times in their specialties, and there was no dispute about those. Evans blazed to victory in the 1600 in 4:25.16 and Ophoff claimed the 110 high hurdles in 14.39 seconds.

Evans set a personal record in the 1600. "I felt pretty strong," he said. "I never felt like I was dying."

Will Griffin of Washington won the 100 meter dash in 10.88 seconds as he continues to round into form. Drake Hickok of Washington trimmed Ophoff in the 400 meter hurdles in 54.52 seconds. The Warriors also won the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

Prairie captured the 4x200 and sprint medley relays.

Derek Jacobus of Kennedy won the long jump at 21 feet, 4 inches.

26th Annual Wilkinson Relays
At Kingston Stadium

Team Scores

1. Washington 135, 2. Marion 123, 3. Linn-Mar 117, 4. Kennedy 58, 5. Jefferson 57, 6. Prairie 47, 7. Waterloo East 19.

Long Jump

1. Derek Jacobus (CRK) 21-4, 2. Famiek Cook (CRK) 20-5 1/2, 3. Colton Sanchez (LM) 19-10 1/2, 4. Demetrius Harper (CRP) 19-1, 5. Ethan Herran (MAR) 18-11, 6. Jared Samuelson (MAR) 18-6.

High Jump

1. Issac Frazier (MAR) 6-4, 2. Willie Rhodes (CRK) 6-2, 3. Jacob Shannon (CRK) 5-10, 4. Lance Scallon (CRJ) 5-8, 5. Jason Phelps (CRJ) 5-8, 6. Colton Sanchez (LM) 5-8.

Discus

1. Zach Bornes (MAR) 141-4, 2. Tyler Burrell (CRW) 133-1 1/2, 3. Zach Gillis (CRW) 131-5, 4. Zach Berryman (CRJ) 130-0 1/2, 5. Sam Techau (CRJ) 127-10, 6. Sam Manternach (CRP) 123-6.

Shot Put

1. Zach Bornes (MAR) 48-1, 2. Justin Dolley (MAR) 47-5, 3. Jack Halupnik (LM) 47-3 1/2, 4. Storhm Henry (CRW) 46-2 1/2, 5. Drew Heitland (CRK) 45-9 1/2, 6. Ryan Eivins (CRJ) 45-8.

3200 Meter Run

1. Robert Hogg (CRW) 10:37.55, 2. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 10:37.61, 3. Cole Kuethe (MAR) 10:48.89, 4. Zach Waite (CRP) 10:58.33, 5. Brady Bisgard (LM) 11:05.44, 6. Matt Stevens (CRK) 11:11.76.

4x800 Meter Relay

1. Marion (Lukas Mees, Greg Sam, Brennen Kelly, Jordan Garthwaite) 8:14.89; 2. Prairie (Mitch Pritts, Isaiah Vlasek, Luke Galloway, Jacob Aune) 8:27.00; 3. Washington (Trevor Luebe, Joe Berry, Matt Wittman, Blair Burdt) 8:27.10; 4. Jefferson (Timauntay Jones, Taylor Mueller, Devin Stone, Colton Cortez) 8:27.14; 5. Linn-Mar (Devin Bettmann, Amani
Richardson, Josh Wick, Keegan Cook) 8:44.07; 6. Kennedy (Trevor Oates, Matt Bunnell, Trent Seubert, Chris Blum) 8:54.90.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1. Linn-Mar (Brandon Ophoff, Mike Keiser, Tristan Freese, Colton Sanchez) 59.42; 2. Kennedy (Tom Kaiser, Famiek Cook, Derek Jacobus, Josh Jahlas) 59.53; 3. Marion (Cedrick Williams, Quinn Cannoy, Issac Frazier, Taylor Rogers) 59.63; 4. Prairie (Mitchell Dellamuth, Keagan Pinter, Jarred Edmonds, Haakon Wilz) 1:04.60; 5. Jefferson (Tanner Lund, Savaun Bounds, Dakote Tomkins, Michael Moncivais) 1:05.58.

100 Meter Dash

1. Will Griffin (CRW) 10.88, 2. Aaron Taylor (WE) 10.95, 3. Derrick Williams (MAR) 11.35, 4. Dylan Chittick (CRJ) 11.48, 5. Joseph McBride (CRW) 11.50, 6. Desmond VanArsdale (WE) 11.58.

400 Meter Dash

1. Nick Corbett (CRW) 48.70, 2. Jabez Walker (LM) 49.30, 3. Trevor Luebe (CRW) 50.38, 4. Trevor Hardman (MAR) 51.97, 5. Asim Wallace (CRJ) 53.20, 6. Aaron Gruwell (CRJ) 53.82.

4x200 Meter Relay

1. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Tristan Beyer, Jacob Aune, Demetrius Harper) 1:31.12; 2. Marion (Derrick Williams, Issac Smith, Cale Cannoy, Devin LeBeau) 1:31.27; 3. Linn-Mar (Austin Fleider, Jake Luerkens, Tommy Feller, Tristan Freese) 1:32.60; 4. Jefferson (Dylan Chittick, Chance Tiedtke, Alex Baxter, Nate Karlan) 1:33.10; 5. Kennedy (John Koelling, Famiek Cook, Jacob Shannon, Derek Jacobus) 1:33.62; 6. Washington (Drake Hickok, Braedon Tovey, Mitch Bredeson, Will Griffin) 1:37.41.

110 Meter High Hurdles

1. Brandon Ophoff (LM) 14.39, 2. Taylor Rogers (MAR) 14.84, 3. Drake Hickok (CRW) 15.01, 4. Tom Kaiser (CRK) 15.59, 5. Forrest Vega (CRW) 15.64, 6. Mike Keiser (LM) 15.74.

1600 Meter Run

1. Josh Evans (LM) 4:25.16, 2. Chase Grabau (LM) 4:32.45, 3. Lukas Mees (MAR) 4:32.94, 4. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 4:33.87, 5. Robert Hogg (CRW) 4:38.21, 6. Taylor Mueller (CRJ) 4:39.53.

200 Meter Dash

1. Aaron Taylor (WE) 22.00, 2. Derrick Williams (MAR) 22.47, 3. Will Griffin (CRW) 22.57, 4. Jake Luerkens (LM) 23.07, 5. Nick Corbett (CRW) 23.12, 6. Jarred Edmonds (CRP) 23.89.

400 Meter Hurdles

1. Drake Hickok (CRW) 54.52, 2. Brandon Ophoff (LM) 54.61, 3. Forrest Vega (CRW) 57.52, 4. Lucas Vanous (CRJ) 58.31, 5. Taylor Rogers (MAR) 58.46, 6. Tanner Rathje (LM) 59.44.

1600 Medley Relay

1. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Demetrius Harper, Tristan Beyer, Jacob Aune) 3:35.20, 2. Jefferson (Nate Karlan, Chance Tiedtke, Alex Baxter, Timauntay Jones) 3:35.90, 3. Marion (Cedrick Williams, Devin LeBeau, Issac Smith, Lukas Mees) 3:45.38, 4. Kennedy (Jacob Shannon, Famiek Cook, John Koelling, Trevor Oates) 3:48.18, 5. Linn-Mar (Mason Renner, Tommy Feller, Ellis McBrayer, Will Fuhrmann) 3:50.690, 6. Washington (Braedon Tovey, David Tann, Morris Williams, Joe Berry) 3:51.59.

800 Meter Run

1. Jabez Walker (LM) 2:00.30, 2. Matt Simon (LM) 2:00.68, 3. Greg Sam (MAR) 2:04.52, 4. Trevor Luebe (CRW) 2:04.62, 5. Brennen Kelly (MAR) 2:06.22, 6. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 2:07.37.

4x100 Meter Relay

1. Washington (Braedon Tovey, Will Griffin, Mitch Bredeson, Joseph McBride) 43.17, 2. Jefferson (Shaquille Harbor, Dylan Chittick, Chance Tiedtke, Nate Karlan) 44.49, 3. Linn-Mar (Austin Fleider, Jake Luerkens, Tommy Feller, Tristan Freese) 44.89, 4. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Jarred Edmonds, Mitchell Dellamuth, Demetrius Harper) 45.19, 5. Kennedy (Josh
Jahlas, Tom Kaiser, Jacob Shannon, Derek Jacobus) 45.36; 6. Marion (Derrick Williams, Issac Smith, Cale Cannoy, Devin LeBeau) DQ.

4x400 Meter Relay

1. Washington (Drake Hickok, Noah Dostal, Robert Hogg, Nick Corbett) 3:28.90; 2. Linn-Mar (Chase Grabau, Amani Richardson, Brandon Ophoff, Ellis McBrayer) 3:36.69; 3. Jefferson (Aaron Gruwell, William Orr, Ryan Deerberg, Asim Wallace) 3:37.31; 4. Marion (Issac Smith, Trevor Hardman, Cale Cannoy, Cedrick Williams) 3:37.99; 5. Kennedy (John Koelling, Tom Kaiser, Chad Slaymaker, Trevor Oates) 3:38.61; 6. Prairie (Mitchell Dellamuth, Tristan Beyer, Alex Nelson, Steven Wallace) 3:43.35; 6. Prairie (Mitchell Dellamuth, Tristan Beyer, Alex Nelson, Steven Wallace) 3:43.35.

Lions grab 3 titles at Hollingsworth Relays

IOWA CITY - Alec Clasen began his final season with the Xavier High School track team in style Tuesday afternoon at the Hollingsworth Relays in Iowa City.

Clasen soared 6-foot-6 in the high jump to break the meet record and match the best leap in the state this year. On top of that, he undoubtedly qualified for the Drake Relays that will be held later this month in Des Moines.

"You're safe. Your parents should be buying tickets to Drake. Nice job," happy Xavier Coach Russ Camacho said shortly after the competition ended at Iowa City West High School.

Clasen hopes his coach is right about qualiyfing for the prestigious Drake Relays. "I'm looking forward to that, if that (6-foot-6) gets me in," he said.

Clasen had not competed in a meet this season while recovering from a sore ankle, but he showed Tuesday that he's ready to defend his status as one of the top jumpers in Iowa. Clasen placed second at the Class 4A state meet last May at 6-foot-6 and soared 6-foot-8 at the district meet last spring.

Clasen cleared 6-4 1/4 on his third and final try Tuesday, snapping the meet record of 6-4, then cleared 6-foot-6 on his first try at that height, matching the second-best jump of his career. He took three shots at 6-foot-8 and came close on his final attempt, but the bar fell to the ground.

Clasen was satisfied with his first jumps of the year.

"It feels pretty good, I guess," said Clasen, who does not show a lot of emotion at meets. "I wish I could have done a little better. I was kind of struggling in the beginning. I'm pleased with it, I guess."

Dondre Alexander and Jeremy Morgan, two basketball stars at 4A champion Iowa City West, tied for second in the high jump at 6-foot-2.

Clasen's leap of 6-foot-6 matched the highest in the state this year, according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association website. He knows he can leap 6-foot-8, because he did it last year, and he's hoping to hit 6-foot-10 this spring. "That would be nice to get," he said.

Clasen plans to attend the University of Iowa next year and not jump in college at this point, but that could change as events unfold. "We'll see how this year goes," he said. "Maybe I'll get lucky."

Xavier had a good day overall in the field events Tuesday. Craig Murtha captured the discus (141-5) and the shot put (47-6 3/4) for the Saints.

The Prairie Hawks set a meet record in the 4x400 relay with a swift 3:23.86 with Austin Dellamuth, Tristan Beyer, Jacob Aune and Demetrius Harper dominating the competition. The Hawks also captured the sprint medley with Austin Dellamuth, Beyer, Mitch Dellamuth and Mitch Pritts making the rounds in 3:44.25.

Pritts and Aune both won exciting races. Pritts used a strong kick to win the 3200 meter run in 9:50.45, nudging Daniel Gardarsson (9:50.59) and Isaac Jensen (9:50.88) of Iowa City West at the wire in a bang-bang-bang finish.

Aune also used a strong finish to win the 1600 in 4:28.40 and trim Josh Evans of Linn-Mar (4:28.61) and Bailey Wetherell of Iowa City West (4:28.71).

Linn-Mar came home with three first-place medals. Matt Simon won the 400 (51.55), Jabez Walker claimed the 400 low hurdles (57.21) and Chase Grabau captured the 800 (1:58.84).

Kennedy won the shuttle hurdle relay with Tom Kaiser, Famiek Cook, Derek Jacobus and Josh Jahlas clocked in 1:00.73.

Iowa City West won the team title. Linn-Mar finished second, Xavier placed third, Prairie fourth and Kennedy fifth in the eight-team field.

HOLLINGSWORTH RELAYS

Team Standings

1. Iowa City West 170, 2. Linn-Mar 116.33, 3. Xavier 79.33, 4. Prairie 75, 5. Kennedy 46, 6. Muscatine 38, 7. Waterloo East 27, 8. Ottumwa 6.33.

High Jump

1. Alec Clasen (CRX) 6-6 (meet record; old 6-4); 2. (tie) Dondre Alexander (ICW) 6-2; Jeremy Morgan (ICW) 6-2; 4. Willie Rhodes (CRK) 6-0; 5. Demetrius Harper (CRP) 5-10; 6. (tie) Lane Halupnik (LM) 5-6; Noah Clasen (CRX) 5-6; Patrick Peters (OTT) 5-6.

Long Jump

1. Tavian Smith (ICW) 21-3; 2. Derek Jacobus (CRK) 20-3; 3. Colton Sanchez (LM) 19-1 1/2; 4. Richard Bryant (ICW) 19-0 3/4; 5. Kris Treiber (MUSC) 18-4; 6. Famiek Cook (CRK) 18-3.

Discus

1. Craig Murtha (CRX) 141-5; 2. Robbie Hanson (ICW) 131-2; 3. Jacob Nelson (ICW) 127-8; 4. Sam Manternach (CRP) 125-8; 5. Jacob Anderson (CRK) 123-9; 6. Matt Hilligas (CRP) 113-4.

Shot Put

1. Craig Murtha (CRX) 47-6 3/4; 2. Jack Halupnik (LM) 47-5 3/4; 3. Drew Heitland (CRK) 45-8 1/2; 4. Tyler Much (MUSC) 44-3 1/4; 5. Josh Williams (CRP) 43-11; 6. Gage Berry (CRK) 43-5 3/4.

Shot Put Wheelchair

1. Jordan Houdeshell (LM) 12-4.

4x800 Relay

1. IC West 8:15.23; 2. Linn-Mar (Josh Evans, Tanner Rathje, Will Fuhrmann, Chase Grabau) 8:22.40; 3. Xavier (Collin O'Connell, Patrick Mullin, Evan Gradoville, Brandon Gradoville) 8:42.58; 4. Prairie (Luke Galloway, Conner Neuhaus, Ross Adams, Steven Wallace) 8:46.56; 5. Ottumwa 9:00.45; 6. Muscatine 9:01.11.

3200 Meter Run

1. Mitch Pritts (CRP) 9:50.45; 2. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW) 9:50.59; 3. Isaac Jensen (ICW) 9:50.88; 4. Ben Schueler (CRX) 10:04.76; 5. Tyler Chlystun (LM) 10:18.28; 6. Daniel Murphy (LM) 10:28.59.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1. Kennedy (Tom Kaiser, Famiek Cook, Derek Jacobus, Josh Jahlas) 1:00.73; 2. Linn-Mar (Brandon Ophoff, Mike Keiser, Ryan Wirth, Colton Sanchez) 1:01.39; 3. Muscatine 1:02.15; 4. IC West 1:03.38; 5. Xavier (Noah Clasen, David Kirpes, Josh Nelson, Chris Ball) 1:03.69; 6. Prairie (Mitchell Dellamuth, Keagan Pinter, Jarred Edmons, Haakon Wilz) 1:04.29.

100 Meter Dash

1. Aaron Taylor (WE) 10.93; 2. Armando Williams (ICW) 10.93; 3. Richard Bryant (ICWS) 11.21; 4. Nick Ball (CRX) 11.44; 5. Nick Steingreaber (CRX) 11:45; 6. Jacob Shannon (CRK) 11:54.

100 Meter Wheelchair

1. Jordan Houdeshell (LM) 20.91 (meet record; old 24.24).

400 Meter Dash

1. Matt Simon (LM) 51.55; 2. Zach Stovie (CRX) 52.73; 3. Ahmed Noureldaim (ICW) 52.79; 4. Duggan Trenary (LM) 53.05 5. Rayce Miller (MUSC) 54.87; 6. Tyler Sanders (MUSC) 55.48.

400 Meter Wheelchair

1. Jordan Houdeshell (LM) 1:19.58.

4x200 Relay

1. Iowa City West 1:30.60; 2. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Tristan Beyer, Jarred Edmonds, Demetrius Harper) 1:32.09; 3. Xavier (Nick Ball, Nick Steingreaber, Cal Stovie, Jordan Weber) 1:32.84; 4. Linn-Mar (Ellis McBrayer, Tristan Freese, Tommy Feller, Jake Luerkens) 1:33.82; 5. Kennedy (Alex Hillyer, Famiek Cook, Josh Jahlas, John Koelling) 1:36.56; 6.
Waterloo East 1:42.71.

110 Meter Hurdles

1. Lucas Brenneman (ICW) 15.24; 2. Andrew Gilbaugh (ICW) 15.37; 3. Mike Keiser (LM) 15.55; 4. Haakon Wilz (CRP) 15.81; 5. Kris Treiber (MUSC) 15.88; 6. Tom Kaiser (CRK) 15.90.

1600 Meter Run

1. Jacob Aune (CRP) 4:28.40; 2. Josh Evans (LM) 4:28.61; 3. Bailey Wetherell (ICW) 4:28.71; 4. Bennett Luedtke (MUSC) 4:33.54; 5. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW) 4:45.31; 6. Keegan Cook (LM) 4:48.33.

200 Meter Dash

1. Aaron Taylor (WE) 21.94; 2. Demetrius Harper (CRP) 22.68; 3. Jake Luerkens (LM) 22.96; 4. Spencer Hammack (OTT) 23.08; 5. Tristan Freese (LM) 23.09; 6. Jacob Shannon (CRK) 23.25.

200 Meter Wheelchair

1. Jordan Houdeshell (LM) 39.82.

400 Meter Hurdles

1. Jabez Walker (LM) 57.21; 2. Lucas Brenneman (ICW) 58.09; 3. Andrew Gilbaugh (ICW) 58.43; 4. Josh Jahlas (CRK) 1:00.23; 5. Jon Centeno (MUSC) 1:01.10; 6. Jarred Edmonds (CRP) 1:02.57.

1600 Sprint Medley

1. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Tristan Beyer, Mitch Dellamuth, Mitch Pritts) 3:44.25; 2. Linn-Mar (Ellis McBrayer, Tommy Feller, Ryan Wirth, Devin Bettman) 3:45.19; 3. Iowa City West 3:46.52; 4. Muscatine 3:53.41; 5. Xavier (Miles Sullivan, Dylan Eller, Ben Valentine, Ben Schueler) 3:54.58; 6. Kennedy (Cody Burke, Rod Dooley, Donovan Kosman, Trenton Seubert)
4:02.14.

800 Meter Run

1. Chase Grabau (LM) 1:58.84; 2. Bennett Luedtke (MUSC) 2:00.49; 3. Kaleb Greiner (ICW) 2:00.59; 4. Bailey Wetherell (ICW) 2:01.65; 5. Duggan Trenary (LM) 2:04.12; 6. Brandon Gradoville (CRX) 2:05.99.

4x100 Relay

1. Iowa City West 43.57; 2. Xavier (Nick Ball, Nick Steingreaber, Cal Stovie, Jordan Weber) 43.96; 3. Waterloo East 44.74; 4. Linn-Mar (Travis Kvach, Tristan Freese, Tommy Feller, Brad Fitzpatrick) 45.40; 5. Kennedy (Alex Hillyer, Tom Kaiser, Jacob Shannon, Derek Jacobus) 45.51; 6. Muscatine 45.64.

4x400 Relay

1. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Tristan Beyer, Jacob Aune, Demetrius Harper) 3:23.86 (meet record; old 3:25.49); 2. Linn-Mar (Brandon Ophoff, Jake Luerkens, Matt Simon, Jabez Walker) 3:29.71; 3. Xavier (Ben Valentine, Noah Clasen, Zach Stovie, Jordan Weber) 3:35.74; 4. Iowa City West 3:37.38; 5. Kennedy (John Koelling, Famiek Cook, Trevor Oates, Chad Slaymaker) 3:41.14; 6. Muscatine 3:42.49.

Nick Corbett running away from politics

Nick Corbett will leave running for political office to his father. He just likes to run on an all-weather track, and he's becoming very good at it.

Corbett blazed to victory in the 400 meter dash in 50.78 seconds Saturday at the John Ask Relays and anchored Cedar Rapids Washington to an impressive win in the 4x400 relay.

His father, Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett, was in Mexico on city business Saturday and unable to attend the meet on a cool day at Kingston Stadium, but he was rooting for his son from afar.

"He texted me this morning," Corbett said after his strong showing in the open 400. "He said 'good luck,' so that was nice of him. He's always rooting for me."

Corbett, a junior at Washington, said he has no political ambitions of his own. "I try to stay away from politics," he said. "It's not my thing."

Corbett qualified for the 400 meter dash at the Class 4A state meet last year as a sophomore, but finished 23rd and dead last in Des Moines. "If he qualifies this year, I guarantee he won't be dead last again," Washington distance coach Will Harte remarked.

Corbett's personal best in the 400 last year was 51.9 seconds, so he's already chopped more than a second off his P.R. and the season is just starting to heat up. He'd love to crack 50 seconds and appears well on his way.

"I hope so," he said. "I was definitely happy with my time today. It's what I've been working for."

The Warriors put a strong 4x400 unit together with Drake Hickok, Noah Dostal, Robert Hogg and Corbett clocked in a winning time of 3:27.44, which would have been good enough to place at state last year.

Iowa City West won the John Ask title with 330 points. Linn-Mar finished second with 303 markers, followed by Bettendorf, Washington, Prairie, Jefferson and Kennedy.

The Linn-Mar Lions won five events to reinforce their status as the top boys track team in the Metro area at this point. Brandon Ophoff claimed two of those victories by taking the 110 high hurdles in 14.69 seconds and notching the 400 low hurdles in 55.47 seconds.

Ophoff also ran the opening leg on Linn-Mar's victorious shuttle hurdle relay with Mike Keiser, Ryan Wirth and Colton Sanchez in 1:00.22. The Lions also took the 4x800 relay with Jabez Walker, Duggan Trenary, Tanner Rathje and Matt Simon in 8:04.98.

Linn-Mar junior Josh Evans, the runnerup at the Class 4A state cross country meet last fall, won the 1600 in 4:31.16 and placed second in the 3200 in 9:36.35.

"I was really happy with my times today. I think it's been a good season so far," he said after winning the 1600.

Evans trailed Daniel Gardarsson and Bailey Wetherell of Iowa City West on the final lap of the 1600 and appeared to be fading, but he picked up the pace in the final 200 meters and won by more than two seconds.

"I said I'm not going to let them go. I stayed on those guys," Evans remarked of his strong kick. "We got to the back stretch and I felt I could probably go by one of them.

"I just felt strong," he said. "It was fun. It was a good race."

Cedar Rapids Jefferson junior Timauntay Jones left a calling card at Kingston Stadium by claiming the 800 meter run in 1:58.51. He also finished second in the 400 behind Corbett in 51.76.

Cedar Rapids Prairie won the sprint medley in 3:36.59 with Austin Dellamuth, Demetrius Harper, Tristan Beyer and Jacob Aune carrying the baton.

Kennedy sophomore Derek Jacobus won the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 3 inches.

JOHN ASK RELAYS
Kingston Stadium

Team Standings

1. Iowa City West 330, 2. Linn-Mar 303, 3. Bettendorf 264.5, 4. Washington 256, 5. Prairie 233.5, 6. Jefferson 203, 7. Kennedy 148.

High Jump

1. Dondre Alexander (ICW) 6-3, 2. Jeremy Morgan (ICW) 6-1, 3. Willie Rhodes (CRK) 6-1, 4. Jordan Bonner (BETT) 6-0, 5. John Koelling (CRK) 5-6, 6. (tie) Jacob Aune (CRP) 5-4, Jake Hayles (BETT) 5-4.

Long Jump

1. Derek Jacobus (CRK) 21-3, 2. Richard Bryant (ICW) 20-11 1/3, 3. Armando Williams (ICW) 20-10, 4. Colton Sanchez (LM) 19-4, 5. Demetrius Harper (CRP) 19-4, 6. Jarred Edmons (CRP) 18-5.

Discus

1. Jacob Hayes (BETT) 155-4, 2. Tyler Burrell (CRW) 128-11, 3. Robbie Hanson (ICW) 128-0, 4. Zach Gillis (CRW) 125-10, 5. Sam Techau (CRJ) 124-6, 6. Sam Manternach (CRP) 122-6.

Shot Put

1. Jacob Hayes (BETT) 49-9, 2. Ryan Eivens (CRJ) 46-9 3/4, 3. Storhm Henry (CRW) 46-6 1/4, 4. Jack Halupnik (LM) 44-3 1/2, 5. Zach Gillis (CRW) 43-11 1/2, 6. Stephen Breitbach (ICW) 42-7 1/2.

3200 Meters

1. Matt Butler (BETT) 9:29.69, 2. Josh Evans (LM) 9:36.35, 3. Isaac Jensen (ICW) 9:46.96, 4. Jacob Aune (CRP) 9:50.13, 5. Chase Grabau (LM) 10:05.96, 6. Taylor Mueller (CRJ) 10:11.74.

4x800 Meter Relay

1. Linn-Mar (Jabez Walker, Duggan Trenary, Tanner Rathje, Matt Simon) 8:04.98, 2. IC West 8:05.97, 3. Washington (Robert Hogg, Matthew Wittman, Joe Berry, Trevor Luebe) 8:18.90, 4. Prairie (Mitch Pritts, Luke Galloway, Steven Wallace, Coen Brown) 8:47.14, 5. Jefferson (Tim MacDonald, Colton Cortez, Aaron Carter, Devin Stone) 9:00.94, 6. Bettendorf 9:21.24.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1. Linn-Mar (Brandon Ophoff, Mike Keiser, Ryan Wirth, Colton Sanchez) 1:00.22, 2. IC West 1:02.53, 3. Prairie (Mitchell Dellamuth, Keagan Pinter, Jarred Edmons, Haakon Wilz) 1:05.65, 4. Bettendorf 1:07.62, 5. Jefferson (Savaun Bounds, Tanner Lund, Michael Moncivais, Lucas Vanous) 1:07.95.

100 Meters

1. Tyler Younkin (BETT) 11.24, 2. Armando Williams (ICW) 11.27, 3. Will Griffin (CRW) 11.35, 4. Nate Karlan (CRJ) 11.59, 5. Jake Luerkens (LM) 11.72, 6. Tavian Smith (ICW) 11.84.

Wheelchair 100 Meter Dash

1. Jordan Houdeshell (LM) 23.15.

400 Meters

1. Nicolas Corbett (CRW) 50.78, 2. Timauntay Jones (CRJ) 51.76, 3. Gabe Rees (BETT) 52.35, 4. Tre Goode (ICW) 53.70, 5. Devon Clarke (BETT) 54.63, 6. Noah Dostal (CRW) 55.03.

Wheelchair 400 Meter Dash

1. Jordan Houdeshell (LM) 1:20.69.

4x200 Meter Relay

1. Bettendorf 1:31.26, 2. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Tristan Beyer, Jarred Edmons, Demetrius Harper) 1:32.47, 3. Washington (Drake Hickok, Morris Williams, Mitch Bredeson, Braedon Tovey) 1:32.62, 4. Iowa City West 1:33.11, 5. Linn-Mar (Travis Kvach, Tristan Freese, Tommy Feller, Jake Luerkens) 1:33.22, 6. Jefferson (Nate Karlan, Chance Tiedtke, Aaron Gruwell, Alex Baxter) 1:33.44.

110 Meter Hurdles

1. Brandon Ophoff (LM) 14.69, 2. Drake Hickok (CRW) 15.58, 3. Mike Keiser (LM) 15.59, 4. Lucas Brenneman (ICW) 15.89, 5. Tom Kaiser (CRK) 16.18, 6. Forest Vega (CRW) 16.39.

1600 Meters

1. Josh Evans (LM) 4:31.16, 2. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW) 4:33.67, 3. Bailey Wetherell (ICW) 4:38.37, 4. Isaiah Vlasek (CRP) 4:46.86, 5. Joe Berry (CRW) 4:49.58, 6. Matthew Wittman (CRW) 4:50.40.

200 Meters

1. Armando Williams (ICW) 22.72, 2. Will Griffin (CRW) 23.09, 3. Jake Luerkens (LM) 23.29, 4. Blake Younkin (BETT) 23.82, 5. Tre Goode (ICW) 24.06, 6. John Koelling (CRK) 24.10.

400 Meter Hurdles

1. Brandon Ophoff (LM) 55.47, 2. Forest Vega (CRW) 58.17, 3. Jabez Walker (LM) 58.64, 4. Lucas Vanous (CRJ) 59.79, 5. Haakon Wilz (CRP) 1:01.80, 6. Lucas Brenneman (ICW) 1:02.36.

Sprint Medley

1. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Demetrius Harper, Tristan Beyer, Jacob Aune) 3:36.59, 2. Bettendorf 3:40.01, 3. Iowa City West 3:47.03, 4. Linn-Mar (Mason Renner, Tommy Feller, Ellis McBrayer, Will Fuhrmann) 3:50.70, 5. Washington (Nicolas Corbett, Mason Taylor, Trevor Luebe, Matthew Wittman) 3:53.84, 6. Kennedy (Tom Kaiser, Donovan Kosman, John Koelling, Chris Blum) 4:02.95.

800 Meters

1. Timauntay Jones (CRJ) 1:58.51, 2. Chase Grabau (LM) 2:00.73, 3. Matt Simon (LM) 2:03.16, 4. Mitch Pritts (CRP) 2:03.98, 5. Phillip Laux (ICW) 2:04.51, 6. Taylor Mueller (CRJ) 2:07.12.

4x100 Relay

1. Iowa City West 43.10, 2. Washington (Braedon Tovey, Joseph McBride, Mitch Bredeson, Will Griffin) 43.80, 3. Bettendorf 43.85, 4. Prairie (Austin Dellamuth, Jarred Edmonds, Mitchell Dellamuth, Demetrius Harper) 44.69, 5. Linn-Mar (Travis Kvach, Tristan Freese, Tommy Feller, Jake Luerkens) 45.01, 6. Kennedy (Alex Hillyer, Tom Kaiser, Jacob Shannon,
Derek Jacobus) 45.04.

4x400 Relay

1. Washington (Drake Hickok, Noah Dostal, Robert Hogg, Nicolas Corbett) 3:27.44, 2. Linn-Mar (Ryan Wirth, Duggan Trenary, Jabez Walker, Brandon Ophoff) 3:29.03, 3. Iowa City West 3:36.17, 4. Jefferson (William Orr, Alex Baxter, Ryan Deerberg, Aaron Gruwell) 3:36.20, 5. Prairie (Mitchell Dellamuth, Jace Hanna, Alex Nelson, Tristan Beyer) 3:39.57, 6. Kennedy (John Koelling, Chad Slaymaker, Famiek Cook, Donovan Kosman) 3:48.15.