Stocker twins pace Prairie to 'Super' title

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Kyle Stocker won his first race with his twin Matt.First out of the womb. By five minutes.This one was somewhat closer. And this one was captured by Little Bro.The Stocker boys finished 1-2 to lead Cedar Rapids Prairie to the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet championship Thursday afternoon at Noelridge Park."I had to double-check when I peeked back there," Matt said. "I thought, 'Oh, is that my brother?' "The top-ranked team in Class 4A, Prairie overcame a slow start by several of its runners; a strong final mile helped the Hawks beat Cedar Falls, 36-50, for the title. Cedar Rapids Washington was third with 74 points."It's been a season of some magic moments, and this was another one of them," said Hawks Coach Bill Schwarz. "Heading into the last mile, we were not winning this meet."Matt Stocker finished in 15:50. Kyle was next, in 15:59, passing two Cedar Falls runners down the stretch."I felt really good the whole race," Kyle said. "Way up in second place, I've never been in this position. I didn't know if I was killing myself or running a stupid race."Jordan Burns (seventh), Jacob Aune (11th) and Justin Burns (15th) rounded out Prairie's scorers.The Hawks' 1-2 finish was impressive, but it was trumped by the 1-2-3 effort of Iowa City High's Rebecca Rethwisch, Erin Danielson and Meg Richardson as the Little Hawks easily took the girls' crown.City High accumulated 32 points, outrunning Iowa City West (65) and Cedar Falls (74).Rethwisch was in control most of the way, breaking the race open on the south side of the Noelridge bridge and winning in 14:40."At the mile mark is usually when I make my push," Rethwisch said. "That's when our coaches tell us to 'ask the question' and see if anybody will answer it, if anybody wants to come along for the ride."Rethwisch was clocked in 14:40, Danielson in 14:50, Richardson in 14:53."My senior year, I'm just really, really surprised with the way I've improved," Rethwisch said. "A lot of people don't improve when they're a senior. It's great to go out with some good memories."Linn-Mar's Carolyn Newhouse and Morgan Uridil were fourth and fifth.Chase Grabau of Linn-Mar and Brook Price of City High were third and fourth in the boys' competition.The entire Cedar Rapids Kennedy team was disqualified for violating a uniform rule. Washington Athletics Director Paul James said the Cougars wore several different colored undershirts.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE SUPER MEET

At Noelridge Park

GIRLS RESULTS

Teams -- 1. Iowa City High 32, 2. Iowa City West 65, 3. Cedar Falls 74, 4. Linn-Mar 121, 5. C.R. Washington 123, 6. Dubuque Wahlert 142, 7. C.R. Kennedy 163, 8. Dubuque Senior 182, 9. Dubuque Hempstead 250, 10. C.R. Xavier 251, 11. C.R. Prairie 291, 12. Waterloo West 361, 13. C.R. Jefferson 408.

Individuals -- 1. Rebecca Rethwisch (ICH), 14:40; 2. Erin Danielson (ICH), 14:50; 3. Meg Richardson (ICH), 14:53; 4. Carolyn Newhouse (LM), 14:54; 5. Morgan Uridil (LM), 15:04; 6. Allison Gregg (CF), 15:08; 7. Molly Leveille (ICW), 15:13; 8. Jessica Janecke (DW), 15:26; 9. Kristin Rogers (CRW), 15:28; 10. Ellen Carman (ICH), 15:29; 11. Brett Guerra (ICW), 15:31; 12. Brianna King (CF), 15:31; 13. Cassy Herkelman (CF), 15:36; 14. Taylor Fehlberg (ICW), 15:38; 15. Ashlynn Yokom (ICW), 15:40; 16. Courtney Bruns (ICH), 15:40; 17. Hannah Savage (CF), 15:40; 18. Pombie Silverman (ICW), 15:41; 19. Morgan Philippi (DH), 15:41; 20. Eveline Niyokwizigigwa (CRW), 15:42.

BOYS RESULTS

Teams -- 1. C.R. Prairie 36, 2. Cedar Falls 50, 3. C.R. Washington 74, 4. Iowa City High 131, 5. Linn-Mar 133, 6. Iowa City West 151, 7. Dubuque Senior 163, 8. Dubuque Wahlert 202, 9. Waterloo West 216, 10. C.R. Xavier 305, 11. C.R. Jefferson 315, 12. Dubuque Hempstead 329.Note: C.R. Kennedy was disqualified for violating a uniform rule.

Individuals -- 1. Matt Stocker (CRP), 15:50; 2. Kyle Stocker (CRP), 15:59; 3. Chase Grabau (LM), 16:07; 4. Brook Price (ICH), 16:10; 5. Andrew Halloran (CF), 16:12; 6. Adam Streicher (CF), 16:12; 7. Jordan Burns (CRP), 16:15; 8. Robert Hogg (CRW), 16:15; 9. Laurent Hakizimana (CRW), 16:16; 10. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW), 16:17; 11. Jacob Aune (CRP), 16:20; 12. Tanner Reyhons (CF), 16:23; 13. Jakob Stoner (CF), 16:23; 14. Jaime Zarate (CF), 16:24; 15. Justin Burns (CRP), 16:24; 16. Ryson Stuart (ICW), 16:25; 17. Zach Greimann (ICH), 16:27; 18. Issac Jensen (ICW), 16:31; 19. Matthew Adrian (CF), 16:33; 20. Andrew Brimeyer (DS), 16:33.