Runge, Butler pace Little Hawks

IOWA CITY -- It's not where he's seeded. It's where he finishes."If I'm not in Lane 4, it's a lot of motivation for me," said Iowa City High sprinter Bryson Runge. "If somebody is faster than me on paper, that's fine. I like the competition."Runge and Kole Butler paved the way as City High won the boys' division of the Forwald-Coleman Relays on Thursday at the Raffensperger Track on the City High campus.The Little Hawks compiled 121 points, outdistancing rival Iowa City West (116.5). Linn-Mar was third with 70.5."It's a big deal," Runge said. "West has beaten us so many times the last couple years. We came in here wanting to do whatever it takes to beat them."Runge won the 100 (10.99 seconds) and 200 (22.65) and anchored the Little Hawks from behind in the 400-meter relay.Only in the 100 was Runge the pre-race favorite -- on paper. And that's the way he likes it."(In terms of time), I was hoping for a little better," he said. "But winning is the ultimate goal, so I'm happy."Butler swept the hurdles events, leading off the Little Hawks' victorious shuttle hurdle relay (they won it in 59.35 seconds), motoring through the 110-meter highs in 14.71 seconds, then coming from way back to capture the 400 lows in 55.92. Butler was running fourth as he rounded the final curve, then sprinted his way to the front down the stretch."(Winning the meet), it's awesome," Butler said. "It's what we wanted to do."All told, the Little Hawks won seven events (Ladarius Taylor led the high jump field), West and Linn-Mar three apiece.West's Kaleb Greiner (400) and Daniel Gardarsson (3,200) were champions, as was its 3,200 relay. Linn-Mar was led by Kyle Hayek in the shot put, Curtis McCrary in the long jump and its 1,600-meter relay.Waukee paced a stacked girls field, winning eight events and tallying 142 points. West was next with 118 points, followed by Pleasant Valley (99) and City High (84).Two girls records were broken, both by Little Hawks. Kiera Washpun leaped 18-4 to win the long jump, and Sarah Plock ran 1:04.53 in the 400 hurdles.Plock's effort moved her to No. 1 in the state this season, according to Quik Stats.Washpun also anchored the Little Hawks' triumphant 800 relay, and City won the distance medley. West's Tia Saunders was the 400 champion, and the Women of Troy finished second in 10 events. 

BOYS TRACK: FORWALD-COLEMAN RELAYS

At Iowa City High

Teams -- 1. Iowa City High 121, 2. Iowa City West 116.5, 3. Pleasant Valley 105.5, 4. Linn-Mar 70.5, 5. West Des Moines Valley 54.5, 6. (tie) Muscatine and Southeast Polk 38.5, 8. Des Moines East 13.

Shot put -- 1. Kyle Hayek (LM), 48-5; 2. Jake Leohr (ICH), 47-8; 3. Cody Genzen (WDMV), 47-3;

Discus -- 1. Connor Gasaway (PV), 145-4; 2. Jacob Nelson (ICW), 139-10; 3. Jake Leohr (ICH), 132-11;

High jump -- 1. Ladarius Taylor (ICH), 5-10; 2. Drew Greenhaw (Musc), 5-10; 3. Kellen O'Connor (WDMV), 5-8;

Long jump -- 1. Curtis McCrary (LM), 21-10 3/4; 2. Bryson Runge (ICH), 20-10 3/4; 3. Jaylin James (DME), 20-6.

3,200 relay -- 1. Iowa City West (Karanja, Brase, McGillicuddy, Marvin), 8:13.10; 2. Pleasant Valley, 8:15.74; 3. Iowa City High, 8:18.04;

3,200 -- 1. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW), 9:29.29; 2. Tanner Rathje (LM), 9:40.27; 3. Karson Sommer (PV), 9:49.80;

Shuttle hurdle relay -- 1. Iowa City High (K.Butler, Lindsey, Buell, S.Butler), 59.35; 2. Iowa City West, 59.88; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 1:00.69;

100 -- 1. Bryson Runge (ICH), 10.99; 2. Moussa Kuyateh (SEP), 11.36; 3. Tyler Flanders (PV), 11.40;

400 -- 1. Kaleb Greiner (ICW), 51.70; 2. Chandler Reed (PV), 53.04; 3. Alec James (ICH), 54.65;

800 relay -- 1. West Des Moines Valley (Manektala, Skellenger, Harris, Bell), 1:30.48; 2. Pleasant Valley, 1:31.66; 3. Iowa City West, 1:32.27;

110 hurdles -- 1. Kole Butler (ICH), 14.71; 2. Davonn Phothiboupha (SEP), 15.24; 3. Andrew Gilbaugh (ICW), 15.26;

1,600 -- 1. Andrew Dixon (PV), 4:22.96; 2. Daniel Murphy (LM), 4:23.65; 3. Wynton Karanja (ICW), 4:26.77;

200 -- 1. Bryson Runge (ICH), 22.65; 2. Tyler Flanders (PV), 22.94; 3. Wali Parks (ICW), 23.08;

400 hurdles -- 1. Kole Butler (ICH), 55.92; 2. Andrew Gilbaugh (ICW), 56.09; 3. Daniel Rodriguez (PV), 56.80;

1,600 medley relay -- 1. West Des Moines Valley (Bell, Harris, Skellenger, Coffey), 3:37.03; 2. Southeast Polk, 3:37.81; 3. Iowa City West, 3:41.45;

800 -- 1. Bennett Luedtke (Musc), 1:57.00; 2. Kaleb Greiner (ICW), 1:57.76; 3. Cole Mullins (WDMV), 1:58.60;

400 relay -- 1. Iowa City High (Riley, Lindsey, Washpun, Runge), 43.68; 2. Iowa City West, 44.35; 3. Pleasant Valley, 44.39;

1,600 relay -- 1. Linn-Mar (Gosch, Trenary, Dolezal, A'Hearn), 3:27.87; 2. Pleasant Valley, 3:28.70; 3. Iowa City West, 3:30.25. 

GIRLS TRACK: FORWALD-COLEMAN RELAYS

At Iowa City High

Teams -- 1. Waukee 142, 2. Iowa City West 118, 3. Pleasant Valley 99, 4. Iowa City High 84, 5. West Des Moines Valley 63, 6. Muscatine 50, 7. C.R. Kennedy 32.

Shot put -- 1. Caroline Slaughter (Wau), 37-6; 2. Abby Brayton (ICW), 37-2; 3. Cheryl Young (WDMV), 36-8;

Discus -- 1. Erin Bramble (Wau), 131-7; 2. Abby Brayton (ICW), 122-4; 3. Caroline Slaughter (Wau), 117-7;

High jump -- 1. Kelli DeGeorge (PV), 5-4; 2. Emma Kent (Musc), 5-0; 3. Jessica Kramer (Wau), 4-8;

Long jump -- 1. Kiera Washpun (ICH), 18-4*; 2. Taleah Smith (ICW), 16-11 1/2; 3. Larkin Chapman (Musc), 16-5.

3,000 -- 1. Kaley Ciluffo (PV), 10:20.43; 2. Ashlynn Yokom (ICW), 10:29.70; 3. Torey Brown (WDMV), 10:30.93;

3,200 relay -- 1. Muscatine (Chapman, Melendez, Roos, Kraft), 9:46.14; 2. Pleasant Valley, 9:51.39; 3. Waukee, 9:53.16;

Shuttle hurdle relay -- 1. Waukee (Modrell, Schau, Seese, Smith), 1:05.18; 2. Iowa City West, 1:06.12; 3. Pleasant Valley, 1:08.47;

100 -- 1. Talia Buss (Wau), 12.51; 2. Sarah Plock (ICH), 12.67; 3. Amarri Waller (CRK), 12.94;

Distance medley relay -- 1. Iowa City High (Hanrahan, Blowers, Traore, Shepherd), 4:27.49; 2. Muscatine, 4:31.61; 3. Iowa City West, 4:32.43;

400 -- 1. Tia Saunders (ICW), 59.27; 2. Erika Lewis (Wau), 1:01.43; 3. Kayla Sabotin (Wau), 1:01.69;

800 relay -- 1. Iowa City High (Deprenger, Plock, Crew, Washpun), 1:46.55; 2. Pleasant Valley, 1:48.11; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 1:48.76;

100 hurdles -- 1. Mallory Smith (Wau), 15.27; 2. Valerie Welch (ICW), 15.96; 3. Carly Donahue (PV), 15.99;

800 -- 1. Addie Swanson (PV), 2:23.12; 2. Emily Seibel (WDMV), 2:25.60; 3. Mary Arch (ICH), 2:26.29;

200 -- 1. Talia Buss (Wau), 25.84; 2. Taleah Smith (ICW), 26.49; 3. Tia Saunders (ICW), 26.83;

400 hurdles -- 1. Sarah Plock (ICH), 1:04.53*; 2. Carly Donahue (PV), 1:04.91; 3. Valerie Welch (ICW), 1:05.62;

Sprint medley relay -- 1. Pleasant Valley (Paul, J.Simon, A.Simon, Ciluffo), 1:50.89; 2. Muscatine, 1:54.30; 3. Waukee, 1:55.64;

1,500 -- 1. Brina Kraft (Musc), 4:53.32; 2. Ashlynn Yokom (ICW), 4:54.14; 3. Ellen Carman (ICH), 4:58.75;

400 relay -- 1. Waukee (Sehman, Modrell, Witte, Buss), 50.33; 2. Iowa City West, 50.36; 3. Pleasant Valley, 51.85;

1,600 relay -- 1. Waukee (Gates, Wilson, Sabotin, Lewis), 4:05.30; 2. Iowa City West, 4:05.68; 3. Pleasant Valley, 4:14.19.*meet record