It’s a season of adjustment for Kennedy’s Addison Swartzendruber

MARION — Of course it’s an adjustment.

“It’s a lot different this year,” Addison Swartzendruber said. “In workouts, I have to take accountability myself.”

Swartzendruber has had two major identities in her four years at Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

On the track. And as a twin.

She still has both, but this spring, they aren’t intertwined.

Her twin, Sidney Swartzendruber, is out of commission this season due to a stress fracture.

“In workouts, I don’t have her to push me,” Addison said. “But she is still part of the team and supports us when she can.”

If there’s a silver lining to all of this, it’s that Swartzendruber is transitioning to life as an individual on the track. She will head to Oregon State University next year; Sidney has committed to Colorado State.

“It will be good for both of us,” Addison said. “We will get to experience what it’s like to be truly individuals.”

Monday night was the Marion Invitational track and field meet, an event wedged between last weekend’s Drake Relays and the upcoming conference meets, most of which are Thursday.

Swartzendruber anchored Kennedy to titles in the sprint medley relay and the 1,600-meter relay.

“It was good to get back into the rhythm,” she said. “We wanted to use this meet as a preview of what’s to come. The next couple of days, we’ll take it easy, then we’ll be ready to go.”

Despite running a skeleton lineup, Solon claimed the girls’ title Monday while Center Point-Urbana was the boys’ champion.

Bolstered by titles from Kate Shafer (discus), Hailey Miller (long jump) and Sydney Dee (1,500) — along with a winning 3,200-meter relay — Solon registered 128 points. Kennedy was second with 114.

CPU got 1-2 finishes in the boys’ 200, 400 and 800, then capped the night with a 1,600-meter relay title.

“The 400 was just all right,” said Peyton Stowers, who won that event in 51.73 seconds, then anchored the Stormin’ Pointers’ 1,600 relay that ran 3:30.16. “The relay was better because the wind calmed down.”

Center Point-Urbana scored 135 points; Benton Community was second with 111.

Stowers was followed by teammate Jack Witte in the 400. Cooper Grimm and Blayze Havel took the top two spots in the 800, then A.J. Maloney and Nathan Miller did likewise in the 200.

Marion Invitational

At Marion Stadium

Girls Results

Teams — 1. Solon 128, 2. C.R. Kennedy 114, 3. Marion 106, 4. Center Point-Urbana 73, 5. Benton Community 68, 6. North Linn 39, 7. Springville 32, 8. Williamsburg 29.

Shot put — 1. Ana Glawe (BC), 37-5; 2. Isabelle Gasper (CRK), 33-4 1/2; 3. Avery Kellen (Solon), 32-5 1/2.

Discus — 1. Kate Shafer (Solon), 118-8; 2. Ana Glawe (BC), 114-8; 3. Sophie Simon (CPU), 110-8.

High jump — 1. Rowan Jacobi (Spring), 5-2; 2. Lilly Towne (Solon), 4-10; 3. Addy Phillips (CRK), 4-8.

Long jump — 1. Hailey Miller (Solon), 15-9 1/2; 2. Skylar Benesh (NL), 15-0; 3. Carly Rich (Wmsbg), 14-8.

Sprint medley relay — 1. C.R. Kennedy (Hospodarsky, Hullon, Blocker, Swartzendruber), 1:50.31; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 1:54.88; 3. Solon, 1:55.29.

3,000 — 1. Meghan Wheatley (NL), 11:19.63; 2. Kendall Orozco (Marion), 11:35.04; 3. Jaida Lyons (BC), 11:42.59.

3,200 relay — 1. Solon (Rolwes, Hoeper, Svalstad, Fordice), 10:06.84; 2. Marion; 3. North Linn, 10:45.75.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Benton Community (Sadler, Werner, Moore, Seeck), 1:10.37; 2. Solon, 1:10.72; 3. Springville, 1:12.75.

100 — 1. Morgan Hospodarsky (CRK), 12.77; 2. Kenzie Lovell (Marion), 12.84; 3. Piper Stahle (Solon), 13.57.

Distance medley relay — 1. Marion (Van Weelden, Dietzenbach, Hansen, Cordes), 4:27.12; 2. C.R. Kennedy, 4:35.18; 3. Benton Community, 4:37.41.

400 — 1. Grace Estling (CPU), 1:00.14; 2. Deni Katcher (CPU), 1:04.70; 3. Laeni Hinkle (Solon), 1:06.50.

800 relay — 1. Marion (Carnes, Lovell, McAllister, Cave), 1:47.01; 2. C.R. Kennedy, 1:47.51; 3. Solon, 1:50.34.

100 hurdles — 1. Kayla Langerman (CRK), 17.01; 2. Sophia Seeck (BC), 17.03; 3. Carsyn Clothier (Spring), 17.18.

800 — 1. Kyra Cordes (Marion), 2:26.06; 2. Grace Estling (CPU), 2:27.97; 3. Emma Wilkerson (CPU), 2:34.80.

200 — 1. Jovie Veach (CRK), 26.88; 2. Abby Cave (Marion), 27.47; 3. Ava Kingsbury (CRK), 28.02.

400 hurdles — 1. Keston Spratt (Wmsbg), 1:08.91; 2. Mia Stahle (Solon), 1:09.99; 3. Trea Eidahl (Solon), 1:13.26.

1,500 — 1. Sydney Dee (Solon), 5:07.76; 2. Alyssa Brandt (CRK), 5:08.04; 3. Deni Katcher (CPU), 5:13.79.

400 relay — 1. C.R. Kennedy (Garsayne, Gieseman, Campbell, Hullon), 51.84; 2. Marion, 52.19; 3. Center Point-Urbana, 52.32.

1,600 relay — 1. C.R. Kennedy (Blocker, Lovell, Veach, Swartzendruber), 4:02.32; 2. Marion, 4:15.56; 3. Solon, 4:20.18.

Boys Results

Teams — 1. Center Point-Urbana 135, 2. Benton Community 111, 3. Marion 105, 4. Mount Vernon 95, 5. Vinton-Shellsburg 83, 6. North Linn 25, 7. Springville 24.

Shot put — 1. Tory Wash (V-S), 55-0; 2. Carter Holmes (BC), 47-9 1/2; 3. Seth Werner (CPU), 47-2 1/4.

Discus — 1. Brennen Blegen (BC), 149-5; 2. Byron Christianson (V-S), 146-2; 3. Ian Shady (MtV), 135-10.

High jump — 1. Eli Patterson (BC), 6-4; 2. Kinnick Covington (CPU), 5-8; 3. (tie) Kaleb Hayden (BC), and Gideon Hansen (Marion), 5-6.

Long jump — 1. Atticus Rood (MtV), 20-2 3/4; 2. Jackson Brincks (CPU), 19-3; 3. Xavier Perez (CPU), 19-1.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Vinton-Shellsburg (Mullinex, Solberg, Fairbanks, Schneider), 1:40.22; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 1:40.94; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:43.51.

3,200 — 1. Dawson Scheil (MtV), 10:15.30; 2. Graham Vavricek (MtV), 11:13.68; 3. Jack Blais (V-S), 11:28.98.

3,200 relay — 1. North Linn (Thomsen, Wheatley, Woods, Benesh), 8:43.37; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 8:46.44; 3. Benton Community, 8:48.25.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Benton Community (Timmerman, Schanbacher, Von Ahsen, Patterson), 1:04.53; 2. Marion, 1:04.63; 3. Vinton-Shellsburg, 1:20.20.

100 — 1. Carson Bruns (BC), 11.40; 2. Creighton Wheeler (Marion), 11.71; 3. Nova Lane (MtV), 11.95.

Distance medley relay — 1. Vinton-Shellsburg (Mullinex, Schneider, Fairbanks, Page), 3:42.14; 2. Marion, 3:55.97; 3. Center Point-Urbana, 4:03.82.

400 — 1. Peyton Stowers (CPU), 51.73; 2. Jack Witte (CPU), 52.16; 3. Toby Neal (MtV), 54.35.

800 relay — 1. Benton Community (Brooks, Tjelmeland, Martin, Bruns), 1:33.12; 2. Marion, 1:34.00; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:35.01.

110 hurdles — 1. Elliott Zrudsky (Marion), 16.63; 2. Gideon Hansen (Marion), 17.04; 3. Maddox Thede (MtV), 17.35.

800 — 1. Cooper Grimm (CPU), 2:03.60; 2. Blayze Havel (CPU), 2:03.97; 3. Chasen Caskey (MtV), 2:04.17.

200 — 1. A.J. Maloney (CPU), 22.68; 2. Nathan Miller (CPU), 22.69; 3. Matthew Danninger (Marion), 23.65.

400 hurdles — 1. Elliott Zrudsky (Marion), 1:00.10; 2. Brock Corrigan (BC), 1:03.23; 3. Brayden Suiter (BC), 1:03.96.

1,600 — 1. Eli Page (V-S), 4:40.86; 2. Jack Stamp (Spring), 4:41.28; 3. Carter Easton (CPU), 4:48.66.

400 relay — 1. Marion (Wheeler, Nicholls, Danninger, Rouson), 44.70; 2. Center Point-Urbana, 44.71; 3. Mount Vernon, 45.34.

1,600 relay — 1. Center Point-Urbana (Andersen, Witte, Estling, Stowers), 3:30.16; 2. Benton Community, 3:34.34; 3. Springville, 3:40.29.

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