Iowa City West sweeps at its home meet

IOWA CITY -- Girls' sprinters, boys' sprinters.

Girls' title. Boys' title.

Led by McKennan Cronbaugh and Armondo Williams, Iowa City West rode its sprinting speed to twin wins at the Hollingsworth Relays and Women of Troy Relays on Tuesday night at Trojan Field.

"My coaches keep telling me, 'Stay relaxed, stay relaxed,' said Williams, who swept the 100- and 200-meter races and anchored the Trojans' 400-meter relay to a title. "They say the guys in front of me are going to tighten up."

West's boys won their second title in five days. After edging Linn-Mar by two points on Friday, they prevailed in more comfortable fashion Tuesday.

The Trojans accumulated 132 points. Linn-Mar was second with 106, followed by Ottumwa (72 1/2).

West outscored Burlington, 160 1/2-114, for a convincing girls' title. The Women of Troy won nine events, breaking meet records in the 800-meter relay (1:44.24) and 400-meter relay (49.62).

Sophomore McKennan Cronbaugh was on both of those relays and captured the 100 and long jump, making it a quadruple-title kind of day.

"Coach (Mike) Parker told me right after the 100 that I'd be running in the 4-by-2," Cronbaugh said. "When you run two events close to each other like that, you have to focus in, keep your head up and make a good exchange."

Cronbaugh and Shahana Williams are the veteran standouts now for the West sprinting corps, succeeding the graduated Jessica Gehrke.

"We're taking on new leadership roles," Cronbaugh said. "It's up to us to lead the freshmen like Jessica led us."

Williams edged teammate Charles Rogers in the 100, then nudged Waterloo East's Aaron Taylor in the 200. Both were timed in 22.93 seconds.

Linn-Mar won six boys' events, sparked by Kyle Dunn's meet-record 52.67-second effort in the 400 hurdles. He anchored the Lions from fifth to first in the 1,600 relay.

Carolyn Newhouse of Linn-Mar swept the girls' distance events, running the 3,000 in 10:44.99 and the 1,500 in 5:03.70.

"The 3,000 was about 20 seconds off my (personal best), but I'm pretty happy with my 1,500," Newhouse said.

Kyle Stocker's 2-flat third leg gave Cedar Rapids Prairie the lead for good in the boys' 3,200 relay, and the Hawks won it going away in 8:09.36.

"It was nothing special," Stocker said. "I just ran hard."

Burlington's Khanishah Williams set three girls' records -- the high jump (5-8), the 100-meter hurdles (15.29) and anchoring the Grayhounds' shuttle hurdle relay team in 1:07.72.

BOYS' RESULTS

HOLLINGSWORTH RELAYS

At Iowa City West

Teams -- 1. Iowa City West 132, 2. Linn-Mar 106, 3. Ottumwa 72 1/2, 4. C.R. Kennedy 67 1/2, 5. C.R. Xavier 54 1/2, 6. C.R. Prairie 53 1/2, 7. Muscatine 41, 8. Waterloo East 31.

Shot put -- 1. Isaac Ales (Musc), 52-8; 2. Zach Ingles (Ott), 46-5; 3. Alex Oliver (WE), 45-8; Discus -- 1. Sam Joens (CRP), 170-6; 2. Derek Norland (ICW), 160-8; 3. Craig Murtha (CRX), 137-8; High jump -- 1. Alec Clasen (CRX), 6-0; 2. Tylor White (WE), 6-0; 3. Keith Clay (ICW), 5-10; Long jump -- 1. Richard Bryant (ICW), 20-4 1/4; 2. Caleb Mere (CRK), 20-1 1/4; 3. Derek Jacobus (CRK), 19-9.

3,200 relay -- 1. C.R. Prairie (Ju.Burns, Jo.Burns, K.Stocker, M.Stocker), 8:09.36; 2. Linn-Mar, 8:22.80; 3. Iowa City West, 8:32.40; 3,200 -- 1. Josh Evans (LM), 9:59.51; 2. Isaac Jensen (ICW), 10:03.87; 3. Trevor Oates (CRK), 10:11.68; Shuttle hurdle relay -- 1. C.R. Kennedy (Losch, Mere, Kaiser, Jahlas), 59.75; 2. Linn-Mar, 1:00.50; 3. Muscatine, 1:01.08; 100 -- 1. Armando Williams (ICW), 11.59; 2. Charlie Rogers (ICW), 11.62; 3. Ben Kramer (Ott), 11.73; 400 -- 1. Brandon Gradoville (CRX), 52.92; 2. Aaron Razo (LM), 52.93; 3. Zach Messer (Ott), 52.96; 110 hurdles -- Brandon Ophoff (LM), 14.91; 2. Carter Valentine (CRX), 15.31; 3. Jared Hetzler (Musc), 15.33; 800 relay -- 1. Ottumwa (Brown, Kramer, Hammack, Vesley), 1:32.34; 2. C.R. Xavier, 1:32.46; 3. C.R. Kennedy, 1:32.93; 200 -- 1. Armondo Williams (ICW), 22.93; 2. Aaron Taylor (WE), 22.93; 3. Jonathan Williams (ICW), 23.13;  1,600 medley relay -- 1. Linn-Mar (Detert, Hunter, Ophoff, Rathje), 3:45.32; 2. Iowa City West, 3:46.22; 3. C.R. Prairie, 3:50.65; 1,600 -- 1. Kevin Lewis (Ott), 4:17.39*; 2. Jordan Burns (CRP), 4:35.43; 3. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW), 4:40.44; 400 hurdles -- 1. Kyle Dunn (LM), 52.67*; 2. Nick Lucas (LM), 56.20; 3. Jacob Losch (CRK), 57.15; 800 -- 1. Chase Grabau (LM), 2:06.14; 2. Bailey Wetherell (ICW), 2:06.39; 3. Danton Irelan (Ott), 2:06.48; 400 relay -- 1. Iowa City West (Bryant, Goode, Clay, Williams), 43.56; 2. Ottumwa, 43.93; 3. C.R. Xavier, 44.81; 1,600 relay -- 1. Linn-Mar (Lucas, Kremer, Walker, Dunn), 3:27.79; 2. C.R. Kennedy, 3:28.09; 3. C.R. Prairie, 3:29.92.

GIRLS' RESULTS

WOMEN OF TROY RELAYS

At Iowa City West

Teams -- 1. Iowa City West 160 1/2, 2. Burlington 114, 3. Linn-Mar 69, 4. Muscatine 64, 5. C.R. Prairie 53, 6. Mount Pleasant 52 1/2, 7. C.R. Xavier 43, 8. C.R. Kennedy 33.

Shot put -- 1. Cara Jensen (ICW), 40-2; 2. Alicia Steffeny (Burl), 37-11; 3. Rachel Griffin (CRP), 36-1; Discus -- 1. Amanda Piche (LM), 129-7; 2. Alex Malloy (CRP), 107-11; 3. Katie Carver (CRP), 106-2; High jump -- 1. Khanishah Williams (Burl), 5-8*; 2. Victoria Ita (Burl), 5-2; 3. Kristin Huebsch (CRK), 5-0; Long jump -- 1. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW), 16-2; 2. Brena Peterson (Burl), 16-1 3/4; 3. Kelsi Conner (Burl), 15-9.

3,000 -- 1. Carolyn Newhouse (LM), 10:44.99; 2. Mackenzie Eland (Burl), 11:01.55; 3. Maddie Moyer (Burl), 11:14.92; 3,200 relay -- 1. Iowa City West (Carrollhach, Schaeckenbach, Yokom, Silverman), 10:08.65; 2. Mount Pleasant, 10:25.43; 3. Linn-Mar, 10:26.31; Shuttle hurdle relay -- 1. Burlington (Perry, Ita, Peterson, Williams), 1:07.72*; 2. Mount Pleasant, 1:09.19; 3. C.R. Prairie, 1:09.65; 100 -- 1. McKennan Cronbaugh (ICW), 12.95; 2. Katie Schoultz (Musc), 13.08; 3. Kristina Bauer (ICW), 13.28; Distance medley relay -- 1. Iowa City West (Kinney, Kraft, Klemme, Disterhoft), 4:29.16; 2. Linn-Mar, 4:29.41; 3. Burlington, 4:32.45; 400 -- 1. Samantha Kistler (Musc), 1:01.05; 2. Audrey Richards (CRX), 1:02.96; 3. Katie Carver (CRP), 1:03.29; 800 relay -- 1. Iowa City West (Bauer, Cronbaugh, Dauber, Williams), 1:44.24*; 2. Mount Pleasant, 1:51.02; 3. C.R. Kennedy, 1:51.82; 100 hurdles -- 1. Khanishah Williams (Burl), 15.29*; 2. Leslie Taylor (MP), 16.92; 3. Brena Peterson (Burl), 16.97; 200 -- 1. Katie Schoultz (Musc), 26.77; 2. Rebecca Tanner (ICW), 27.07; 3. Courtney Dauber (ICW), 27.17; 800 -- 1. Molly Leveillle (ICW), 2:19.96; 2. Ashley Knudson (ICW), 2:23.05; 3. Lindsay Brunson (Musc), 2:27.50; Sprint medley relay -- 1. Muscatine (Madison, Shoppa, Shoultz, Kistler), 1:55.11; 2. C.R. Xavier, 1:56.21; 3. Burlington, 1:56.52; 400 hurdles -- 1. Kaitlin Jones (MP), 1:08.63; 2. Madison Esker (LM), 1:11.47; 3. Lauren Bobst (ICW), 1:11.58; 1,500 -- 1. Carolyn Newhouse (LM), 5:03.70; 2. Pombie Silverman (ICW), 5:10.57; 3. Maddie Moyer (Burl), 5:14.08; 400 relay -- 1. Iowa City West (Bauer, Williams, Dauber, Cronbaugh), 49.62*; 2. C.R. Xavier, 51.95; 3. Mount Pleasant, 52.41; 1,600 relay -- 1. Iowa City West (Klemme, Shull, Schaeckenbach, Knudson), 4:15.48; 2. Muscatine, 4:23.61; 3. C.R. Kennedy, 4:24.67.

*meet record