Tipton’s Noelle Steines makes a full return to the track, winning 4 events

TIFFIN — So much for baby steps.

After spending much of her senior outdoor track season in the pool, Noelle Steines ran through a full program Thursday.

Or, as Tipton’s distance star would say: “From aqua-jogging to full-on running.”

Full-on winning.

Steines won three girls’ individual events (800, 1,500 and 3,000 meters) and anchored the triumphant distance medley relay at the Pacha Relays at Clear Creek Amana High School.

“I think the races were proof of what I can do,” she said. “I believe in myself.

“Don’t count me out.”

The highlight, certainly, was the 3,000, which she ran in 10 minutes, 12.35 seconds.

“I didn’t know I could race a time like that yet,” said Steines, who ran her final two races Thursday in a steady rain.

A recent commit of Bradley University, Steines has won eight state titles in track (including four last year), and four in cross country.

But a quadriceps strain earlier this season forced her out of action. She returned for the Drake Relays last week, which was “pretty upsetting,” she said.

Thursday was more encouraging. Like she said, once she gets to the big stage in three weeks, don’t count her out.

Clear Creek Amana swept the team titles. Five relay golds staked the Clippers to 165 points in the girls’ standings. Williamsburg (145) and Tipton (129) rounded out the top three.

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Led by another monster throwing performance by Landon Prince, CCA’s boys scored 161 points. Mount Vernon was second with 102.5.

Prince established career-bests in both the discus (190 feet, 4 inches) and the shot put (64-1 1/2).

He climbed to No. 10 on the all-time Iowa list in the shot, No. 17 in the discus.

“I don’t even know what to say. I still think I have more in the tank,” he said. “If I can get my arm a little higher ... I feel I’m swooping too much ... I can really hit one in the discus. It’s super exciting.”

All of this from a guy whose career-best was 47 feet in the shot put, 167 in the discus prior to the season.

His progress is staggering. And yet, there hasn’t been a line of college coaches blowing up his phone.

“I want to throw for sure,” Prince said. “I feel my numbers are good enough to be Division-I. I’m still searching.”

While Prince lit up the throwing events, CCA sophomore Tay Seals was a three-event winner on the track, claiming the 100, 200 and anchoring the 4x100 to victory.

Other highlights:

* Tipton’s Ella Hein won the girls’ open 400 and 400 hurdles, and put Steines in good position in the distance medley.

* Ailea Wetjen of Williamsburg was the girls’ champion in the 100 and 200, and anchored the Raiders’ winning 4x100.

* Benton Community’s Ana Glawe swept the girls’ throwing events.

Girls Results

Teams — 1. Clear Creek Amana 165, 2. Williamsburg 145, 3. Tipton 129, 4. Benton Community 94, 5. Durant 47.5, 6. Iowa City Regina 46, 7. Davenport Assumption 42.5, 8. Anamosa 37, 9. Clear Creek Amana JV 16.

Shot put — 1. Ana Glawe (Benton), 37-0 3/4; 2. Jordyn Schmidt (Tipton), 36-2 1/4; 3. Lilly Ness (Williamsburg), 36-2.

Discus — 1. Ana Glawe (Benton), 119-7; 2. Crystal Bonafazi-King (Anamosa), 117-8; 3. Nakia Tangang (CCA), 115-1.

High jump — 1. Ellie Nielsen (Williamsburg), 5-4 1/4; 2. Isobel Tepoel (CCA), 4-11; 3. Isla Nielsen (Williamsburg), 4-11.

Long jump — 1. Elizabeth Timmerman (CCA), 17-3 3/4; 2. Ella Hein (Tipton), 16-8 1/2; 3. Carly Rich (Williamsburg), 15-2 1/4.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Johnson, Stratton, Ronnfeldt, Simpson), 1:53.26; 2. Benton Community, 1:58.62; 3. Durant, 1:59.43.

3,000 — 1. Noelle Steines (Tipton), 10:12.35; 2. Channing Becker (Williamsburg), 10:43.92; 3. Laura Owen (Tipton), 11:33.80.

3,200 relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Wyant, Kinzenbaw, Stiltner, Whitmer), 10:15.87; 2. Davenport Assumption, 10:23.99; 3. Williamsburg, 10:35.12.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Pfeiffer, Scheetz, Behrens, Herring), 1:08.79; 2. Benton Community, 1:09.54; 3. Iowa City Regina, 1:11.19.

100 — 1. Ailea Wetjen (Williamsburg), 12.56; 2. Avery Recker (Regina), 12.85; 3. Anna Johnson (CCA), 13.23.

Distance medley relay — 1. Tipton (Holstein, Nebergall, Hein, Steines), 4:17.45; 2. Williamsburg, 4:20.95; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 4:33.10.

400 — 1. Ella Hein (Tipton), 1:00.05; 2. Sienna Stiltner (CCA), 1:04.35; 3. Anna Embretson (Benton), 1:06.04.

800 relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Herring, Simpson, Scheetz, Timmerman), 1:45.98; 2. Williamsburg, 1:49.24; 3. Benton Community, 1:51.47.

100 hurdles — 1. Reese Naeve (Regina), 15.63; 2. Addilyn Scheetz (CCA), 16.56; 3. Haiden Moore (Benton), 17.12.

800 — 1. Noelle Steines (Tipton), 2:28.72; 2. Harper Erwin (Regina), 2:36.00; 3. Mya Bodecker (Tipton), 2:40.69.

200 — 1. Ailea Wetjen (Williamsburg), 25.83; 2. Elizabeth Timmerman (CCA), 26.28; 3. Tatum Nebergall (Tipton), 28.00.

400 hurdles — 1. Ella Hein (Tipton), 1:06.49; 2. Jaylin Herring (CCA), 1:10.66; 3. Keston Spratt (Williamsburg), 1:12.02.

1,500 — 1. Noelle Steines (Tipton), 4:54.76; 2. Jada Hoffman (Assumption), 5:09.50; 3. Amelia Moore (Assumption), 5:18.86.

400 relay — 1. Williamsburg (Uhlmann, Hocker, Hughes, Wetjen), 50.06; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 51.06; 3. Durant, 53.26.

1,600 relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Herring, Curtin, Simpson, Timmerman), 4:10.41; 2. Williamsburg, 4:19.52; 3. Durant, 4:21.00.

Boys Results

Teams — 1. Clear Creek Amana 161, 2. Mount Vernon 102.5, 3. Benton Community 94, 4. Tipton 78, 5. (tie) Durant and Iowa City Regina 48, 7. Monticello 47, 8. Davenport Assumption 43, 9. Wilton 37, 10. Clear Creek Amana JV 36.5, 11. Williamsburg 36, 12. Anamosa 9.

Shot put — 1. Landon Prince (CCA), 64-1 1/2; 2. Brody Clubb (CCA), 51-3; 3. Tate McKinley (Durant), 50-4 3/4.

Discus — 1. Landon Prince (CCA), 190-4; 2. Carter Holmes (Benton), 147-0; 3. Tate McKinley (Durant), 145-5.

High jump — 1. Eli Patterson (Benton), 6-5; 2. Luke Higdon (CCA), 6-3; 3. Albert Bamrick (Williamsburg), 6-1.

Long jump — 1. Noah Gray (Wilton), 21-3 3/4; 2. Stanley Krob (Mount Vernon), 19-7 1/4; 3. Maddox Thede (Mount Vernon), 19-4 1/2.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Williamsburg (Bamrick, Wetjen, Hocker, Heitman), 1:33.40; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 1:34.02; 3. Monticello, 1:35.79.

3,200 — 1. Aedan Althoff (Monticello), 10:07.06; 2. Zander Hagen (Tipton), 10:08.58; 3. Tristen Gray (Assumption), 10:11.39.

3,200 relay — 1. Mount Vernon (O'Connor, Caskey, Olberding, Scheil), 8:02.06; 2. Tipton, 8:06.97; 3. Clear Creek Amana, 8:10.07.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Benton Community (Von Ahsen, Timmerman, Schanbacher, Patterson), 1:01.77; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 1:02.18; 3. Wilton, 1:04.24.

100 — 1. Tay Seals (CCA), 10.94; 2. Edwin Gangba (Regina), 11.23; 3. Colby Gast (Durant), 11.48.

Distance medley relay — 1.Tipton (Barton, Spangler, Hagen, Bohlmann), 3:38.55; 2. Clear Creek Amana, 3:44.72; 3. Monticello, 3:54.64.

400 — 1. Caleb Bohlmann (Tipton), 51.60; 2. Gavin Sorgenfrey (Tipton), 52.72; 3. Brendan Olney (Regina), 53.31.

800 relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Frank, Dains, Zeman, Rosenberg), 1:29.59; 2. Williamsburg, 1:30.17; 3. Benton Community, 1:30.92.

110 hurdles — 1. Jordan Dusenberry (Wilton), 15.90; 2. Jahmar Richards (Assumption), 16.02; 3. Eli Patterson (Benton), 16.35.

800 — 1. Clay Bohlmann (Tipton), 1:58.33; 2. John Murphy (Assumption), 1:58.96; 3. Chasen Caskey (Mount Vernon), 2:02.00.

200 — 1. Tay Seals (CCA), 22.25; 2. Joey Dains (CCA), 22.63; 3. Edwin Gangba (Regina), 22.67.

400 hurdles — 1. Owen Von Ahsen (Benton), 56.01; 2. Jacob Barton (Tipton), 58.89; 3. Will Schanberger (Benton), 1:00.06.

1,600 — 1. Grady Olberding (Mount Vernon), 4:31.14; 2. Dawson Scheil (Mount Vernon), 4:36.50; 3. Clay Bohlmann (Tipton), 4:42.01.

400 relay — 1. Clear Creek Amana (Frank, Dains, Rosenberg, Seals), 43.31; 2. Durant, 44.36; 3. Iowa City Regina, 44.45.

1,600 relay — 1. Benton Community (Brooks, Pugh, Patterson, Von Ahsen), 3:30.53; 2. Monticello, 3:30.87; 3. Mount Vernon, 3:31.51.

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