Marion girls’ relays, both sprint and distance, open eyes at Mount Vernon

MOUNT VERNON — In three weeks, Marion High School is set to take some loaded girls’ events to the Drake Relays.

The Wolves don’t intend to be mere traffic, fodder for their big-school sisters.

“It’s going to be really fun,” Kyra Cordes said. “We’re just getting started.”

In both the sprints and the middle-distance events, Marion experienced — in Cordes’ words — some “top-of-the-world” moments at the Mount Vernon Relays on Thursday at the Martha Parsons Family Athletic Complex.

The Wolves won six events — three relays — and vaulted into the top five in the state (all classes) in three of them.

It started early, with Marion’s 3,200-meter relay team holding off Mount Vernon. The Wolves’ 9:31.87 effort stood at No. 2 statewide as of late Thursday night; Mount Vernon (9:36.66) was at No. 5.

Cordes led off in 2:17; Addison Dabroski anchored in 2:19 to hold off a challenge by Mount Vernon’s Evelyn Moeller.

“Everybody was saying, ‘She’s coming,’” Dabroski said. “I couldn’t let her catch me.”

Marion’s 4x200 ran 1:45.94 (No. 5 in the state), and Kelsey Cave won the 200 in 25.37 seconds (No. 3).

Other winners were Kelsey Lovell in the 100, Cordes in the 1,500 and the 4x100 relay.

The Wolves finished second to Mount Vernon (145-101) in the girls’ team standings, but matched the Mustangs with six event titles.

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“We’ll take it,” a jubilant Cordes said after her 4:47.46 effort in the 1,500.

Clear Creek Amana claimed the boys’ title with 131 points. Reigning Class 1A state champion Lisbon was second with 96.

CCA’s Landon Prince swept the throwing titles; he soared to No. 1 statewide in the shot put (57-10 1/2) and climbed to No. 2 in the discus (176-5).

Despite a couple of harrowing moments late in the race, sophomore Tay Seals took the 110-meter hurdles title in 14.10 seconds (No. 3 statewide).

“I can definitely go faster,” he said. “I’ve got some of the best coaches in the state, and I’ve got teammates to push me. It’s only going to get better from here.”

Seals anchored the Clippers’ 4x100, clocked at 42.99 seconds (No. 4 in Iowa). CCA also won the sprint medley relay and shuttle hurdle relay.

Other highlights:

* Moeller’s 800 title (2:19.10) led Mount Vernon’s girls. Other champs for the Mustangs were Edith Dawson (3,000), Libby Dix (discus) and Lucy Wischmeyer (long jump). The Mustangs were crowned in both medley relays.

* Benton Community’s Owen Von Ahsen ran away with the boys’ 400-meter hurdles in 54.57 seconds, a mark that ranks No. 2 in Iowa.

* Center Point-Urbana got big efforts from its 800- and 1,600-meter relays, both of which were anchored by Nathan Miller. The Stormin’ Pointers’ 4x200 clocking of 1:29.87 is No. 3 statewide.

* Benton’s Ana Glawe crossed the 39-foot barrier for the first time this season.

“Everything came together today,” she said. “It was the best series of throws I’ve ever had.”

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Girls Results

Teams — 1. Mount Vernon 145, 2. Marion 101, 3. Solon 94.5, 4. Clear Creek Amana 71, 5. Benton Community 68, 6. West Branch 42.5, 7. Lisbon 39, 8. Center Point-Urbana 20.

Shot put — 1. Ana Glawe (Benton), 39-0 1/2; 2. Alyssa Pierce (West Branch), 38-7; 3. Libby Dix (Mount Vernon), 36-2 1/2.

Discus — 1. Libby Dix (Mount Vernon), 128-7; 2. Kate Shafer (Solon), 117-0; 3. Ana Glawe (Benton), 109-7.

High jump — 1. Emersyn Reiter (Lisbon), 4-10; 2. Sophia Miles (Solon), 4-10; 3. Eastin Whisner (Mount Vernon), 4-10.

Long jump — 1. Lucy Wischmeyer (Mount Vernon), 17-1 1/2; 2. Brynn Epperly (Lisbon), 16-4 1/2; 3. Hayden Dietz (Marion), 15-11.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Mount Vernon (Swantz, Wischmeyer, Whisner, Whitaker), 1:51.66; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 1:52.93; 3. Solon, 1:53.66.

3,000 — 1. Edith Dawson (Mount Vernon), 11:34.81; 2. Josie Bothell (Mount Vernon), 12:07.81; 3. Eva Leighton-Dick (CCA), 12:39.28

3,200 relay — 1. Marion (Cordes, Carnes, Hansen, Dabroski), 9:31.87; 2. Mount Vernon, 9:36.66; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 10:23.44.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Solon (Stahle, Jaster, Kleppe, Grimm), 1:11.09; 2. Benton Community, 1:11.17; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 1:13.94.

100 — 1. Kenzie Lovell (Marion), 12.59; 2. CaliAna Whitaker (Mount Vernon), 12.81; 3. Piper Stahle (Solon), 13.23.

Distance medley relay — 1. Mount Vernon (Jaspers, Hale, Pershing, Rupe), 4:34.85; 2. Marion, 4:41.88; 3. Benton Community, 4:43.92.

400 — 1. Grace Hoeper (Solon), 1:03.41; 2. Lexi Skay (West Branch), 1:03.53; 3. Quinn Armentrout (Solon), 1:03.69.

800 relay — 1. Marion (Lovell, Dietz, Aarhus, Cave), 1:45.94; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 1:47.35; 3. Solon, 1:47.77.

100 hurdles — 1. Brynn Epperly (Lisbon), 17.01; 2. Haiden Moore (Benton), 17.19; 3. Sophia Seeck (Benton), 17.27.

800 — 1. Evelyn Moeller (Mount Vernon), 2:19.10; 2. Grace Hamann (West Branch), 2:21.98; 3. Sam Schoff (Mount Vernon), 2:29.37.

200 — 1. Abby Cave (Marion), 25.37; 2. Addilyn Wade (CPU), 27.32; 3. Jerzey Haluska (Solon), 27.68.

400 hurdles — 1. Grace Hamann (West Branch), 1:07.61; 2. Kiersten Swart (Mount Vernon), 1:07.72; 3. Mya McCarville (Benton), 1:15.28.

1,500 — 1. Kyra Cordes (Marion), 4:47.46; 2. Addison Dabroski (Marion), 5:05.77; 3. Madison Hoffert (Mount Vernon), 5:21.00.

400 relay — 1. Marion (Lovell, Dietz, Aarhus, Cave), 50.31; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 51.53; 3. Mount Vernon, 52.10.

1,600 relay — 1. Solon (Armentrout, Haluska, Hoeper, Lietz), 4:10.14; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 4:15.56; 3. Mount Vernon, 4:19.21.

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Boys Results

Teams — 1. Clear Creek Amana 131, 2. Lisbon 96, 3. Center Point-Urbana 91, 4. Benton Community 79, 5. Mount Vernon 70, 6. Solon 60, 7. West Branch 33, 8. Marion 28.

Shot put — 1. Landon Prince (CCA), 57-10 1/2; 2. Carson Bromwell (CCA), 46-6 1/2; 3. Carter Holmes (Benton), 46-5.

Discus — 1. Landon Prince (CCA), 176-5; 2. Cohen Spurlock (CPU), 140-1; 3. Carter Holmes (Benton), 133-11.

High jump — 1. Eli Patterson (Benton), 6-4; 2. Donovan Crouchet (CPU), 6-0; 3. Justin Snyder (Lisbon), 6-0.

Long jump — 1. Carter Andrews (CPU), 21-10 1/2; 2. Caleb Bock (Solon), 21-9; 3. Daylin Schaefer (Lisbon), 21-7 1/4.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Frank, Dains, Rosenberg, Jensen), 1:35.69; 2. Lisbon, 1:37.16; 3. Benton Community, 1:39.14.

3,200 — 1. Grady Olberding (Mount Vernon), 10:01.02; 2. Carter Easton (CPU), 10:16.66; 3. Sawyer Feldman (Lisbon), 10:26.21.

3,200 relay — 1. Mount Vernon (O'Connor, Caskey, Vavricek, Scheil), 8:24.65; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 8:29.29; 3. Solon, 9:05.07.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Rosenberg, Mipata, Higdon, Seals), 1:00.66; 2. Benton Community, 1:04.16; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:06.90.

100 — 1. Tiernan Boots (Lisbon), 11.10; 2. Brandon Pedersen (West Branch), 11.18; 3. Quinn Coleman (Lisbon), 11.31.

Distance medley relay — 1. Solon (Kelley, Hoeper, Gange, Brandt), 3:52.02; 2. Benton Community, 3:54.98; 3. Center Point-Urbana, 3:57.29.

400 — 1. Brandon Pedersen (West Branch), 52.19; 2. Cayle Estling (CPU), 54.02; 3. Jackson Powers (Lisbon), 54.48.

800 relay — 1. Center Point-Urbana (Andrews, Grimm, Maloney, Miller), 1:29.87; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 1:31.13; 3. Marion, 1:33.25.

110 hurdles — 1. Tay Seals (CCA), 14.10; 2. Gage Holub (Lisbon), 15.65; 3. Luke Higdon (CCA), 15.82.

800 — 1. Anthony Armstrong (Lisbon), 2:03.26; 2. Chasen Caskey (Mount Vernon), 2:03.71; 3. Carter Easton (CPU), 2:04.24.

200 — 1. Eli Kampman (Solon), 22.90; 2. Dakota Clark (Lisbon), 22.92; 3. Daylin Schaefer (Lisbon), 23.30.

400 hurdles — 1. Owen Von Ahsen (Benton), 54.57; 2. Brogan Meyer (Mount Vernon), 59.74; 3. Brock Corrigan (Benton), 59.82.

1,600 — 1. Dawson Scheil (Mount Vernon), 4:45.80; 2. Brock Hilsman (CCA), 4:48.25; 3. Carson Meskimen (CCA), 4:50.18.

400 relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Frank, Dains, Rosenberg, Seals), 42.99; 2. Marion, 44.38; 3. Benton Community, 45.13.

1,600 relay — 1. Center Point-Urbana (Maloney, Estling, Grimm, Miller), 3:26.32; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 3:33.61; 3. Solon, 3:36.94.

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