Two meets in two nights, and Cedar Rapids Prairie is up to the challenge

IOWA CITY — The “preponement” of the Forwald-Coleman Relays prevented weather issues.

It did present a challenge of its own.

For the boys’ track and field team from Cedar Rapids Prairie, it meant back-to-back competition nights.

“We needed a lot of sleep (Tuesday night),” senior William Roelfs said. “Yeah, it was a challenge.”

The Hawks met it just fine.

Prairie capped Wednesday’s meet with the 1,600-meter title: Drew Bennis, Roelfs, Brady Peterka and Carson Nove posted a 3:23.73 effort that moved the foursome to No. 4 in the state this season.

“We were hoping to cut a second (off our season-best time),” Nove said.

The meet, hosted by Iowa City High at Raffensperger Track/Bates Field, was originally scheduled for Thursday.

But with the Drake Relays qualifying cutoff looming Friday morning and a forecast for storms Thursday, City officials opted to move it up a day.

Iowa City West’s boys and Pleasant Valley’s girls copped the team titles.

Led by a distance medley unit that climbed to No. 2 in the state (3:30.29), West won seven events and accumulated 164.5 points. Prairie was second with 153.

Mason Woods, Jason Manson, KingSton Swayze and South Carolina commit Moustafa Tiea ran that fleet D-med for the Trojans.

West also got a 1-2 finish in the shot put from James Barnett and Colin Whitters, both of whom surpassed 55 feet.

Prairie won six events, including four relays.

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Led by a pair of super-speedy relays, the Pleasant Valley girls tallied 181 points. City High (142) was the runner-up.

The Spartans ran 9:22.80 in the 4x800, 3:57.83 in the 4x400. Both of those efforts rank No. 2 statewide.

Middle-distance aces Grace Boleyn and Ani Wedemeyer were on both of those relays.

City High’s Maeve Bowen-Burt won the 400 and anchored the Little Hawks’ winning sprint medley relay. Iowa City West’s Amara MacLagan was the long jump champion and ran on the Trojans’ 4x100 title team.

Girls Results

Teams — 1. Pleasant Valley 181, 2. Iowa City High 142, 3. West Des Moines Valley 117, 4. Linn-Mar 102, 5. Iowa City West 65, 6. C.R. Kennedy 56.5, 7. Iowa City Liberty 37.5, 8. Waukee 26.

Shot put — 1. Mackenzie Fah (PV), 43-3; 2. Rachel Haack (City High), 40-11 1/2; 3. Isabelle Gasper (Kennedy), 36-1 1/4.

Discus — 1. Gabriella Ragins (PV), 135-2; 2. Hannah Braun (City High), 124-0; 3. Mackenzie Mohler (Valley), 121-3.

High jump — 1. Claire Lorenz (Linn-Mar), 5-1 1/4; 2. Hanley Schmidt (PV), 5-1 1/2; 3. Alice Edelen (City High), 5-1 1/4.

Long jump — 1. Amara MacLagan (IC West), 16-11 3/4; 2. Adalyn Thostenson (Kennedy), 16-9 3/4; 3. Elodie Stroup (PV), 16-7 1/4.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Iowa City High (Hamilton, Newell, Fraga, Bowen-Burt), 1:50.53; 2. Linn-Mar, 1:51.44; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 1:53.70.

3,000 — 1. Maddie Millage (PV), 10:21.94; 2. Nina Peterson (City High), 10:30.03; 3. Kate Vogel (Valley), 10:40.48.

3,200 relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (Wedemeyer, Johnson, Quinn, Boleyn), 9:22.80; 2. West Des Moines Valley, 9:40.38; 3. Iowa City High, 9:41.20.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. West Des Moines Valley (Karr, Stanbro, Parker, Havighurst), 1:03.40; 2. Pleasant Valley, 1:10.96; 3. Linn-Mar, 1:12.10.

100 — 1. Abby Mecklenburg (Linn-Mar), 12.60; 2. Ja’Niya Crawford (Linn-Mar), 12.64; 3. Ashley Hansen (PV), 12.74.

Distance medley relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (Stroup, Rebitzer, Wilson, Millage), 4:31.52; 2. Iowa City High, 4:33.16; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 4:34.99.

400 — 1. Maeve Bowen-Burt (City High), 1:00.50; 2. Aerielle Johnson (PV), 1:02.42; 3. Brynn Edgin (PV), 1:02.95.

800 relay — 1. Waukee (Doerue, Williams, Maharry, Bruening), 1:44.89; 2. C.R. Kennedy, 1:46.58; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 1:47.24.

100 hurdles — 1. Emma Havighurst (Valley), 14.24; 2. Morgan Karr (Valley), 14.90; 3. Sophia Olivo (IC West), 15.31.

800 — 1. Abigail Burns (City High), 2:20.11; 2. Klaire Lietz (Valley), 2:20.92; 3. Kaylee Mowen (PV), 2:23.91.

200 — 1. Sarah White (Linn-Mar), 26.40; 2. Cali McDermott (PV), 26.97; 3. Estelle Hinke (Waukee), 27.32.

400 hurdles — 1. Rylee Kluver (Valley), 1:09.42; 2. Christina Gorsich (Linn-Mar), 1:10.42; 3. Kailee Wilson (PV), 1:11.61.

1,500 — 1. Hailey Kozloski (Linn-Mar), 4:57.00; 2. Frankie Gotto (PV), 5:00.23; 3. Brynn Edgin (PV), 5:01.65.

400 relay — 1. Iowa City West (Stewart, MacLagan, Cornish, Steva), 50.61; 2. C.R. Kennedy, 50.81; 3. Pleasant Valley, 52.07.

1,600 relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (McDemott, Boleyn, Hansen, Wedemeyer), 3:57.83.

Boys Results

Teams — 1. Iowa City West 164.5, 2. C.R. Prairie 153, 3. Pleasant Valley 101, 4. Iowa City High 90.5, 5. Iowa City Liberty 78, 6. West Des Moines Valley 77, 7. Linn-Mar 63, 8. Iowa City High JV 10.

Shot put — 1. James Barnett (IC West), 55-2; Colin Whitters (IC West), 55-1; 3. Roman Saddler (PV), 50-7 1/2.

Discus — 1. Kian Gilmore (Valley), 167-3; 2. Roman Saddler (PV), 158-3; 3. Colin Whitters (IC West), 151-6.

High jump — 1. Bernard Grant (City High), 6-5 1/4; 2. Joseph Alexander (Valley), 6-1 1/4; 3. Victor Nakihinga (Liberty), 6-1 1/4.

Long jump — 1. Bernoli Luvandu (IC West), 21-7; 2. T.Y. Pour (Prairie), 21-5 1/2; 3. Denzil Green (Prairie), 21-2 1/2.

Sprint medley relay — 1. C.R. Prairie (Kurumeh, Erickson, Nove, Krambeer), 1:36.77; 2. Iowa City West, 1:37.76; 3. Pleasant Valley, 1:37.86.

3,200 — 1. Noah Gregoire (Liberty), 9:39.88; 2. Joe Knepp (PV), 9:52.20; 3. Jonah Whitson (PV), 9:59.42.

3,200 relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (Russell, Foad, Orris, Gotto), 8:03.36; 2. Linn-Mar, 8:07.40; 3. C.R. Prairie, 8:08.52.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. West Des Moines Valley (LeLaCheur, Brown, Harne, Alexander), 58.99; 2. Iowa City West, 59.49; 3. Iowa City High, 59.92.

100 — 1. Harel Gameti (IC West), 11.45; 2. Magnus Kpahn (Prairie), 11.48; 3. Harrison Fierce (PV), 11.54.

Distance medley relay — 1. Iowa City West (Woods, Manson, Swayzer, Tiea), 3:30.29; 2. Iowa City Liberty, 3:31.88; 3. C.R. Prairie, 3:42.10.

400 — 1. Drew Bennis (Prairie), 49.91; 2. Micah Herlich (PV), 50.78; 3. Carson Nove (Prairie), 51.01.

800 relay — 1. C.R. Prairie (Byishimo, Cooling, Peterka, Pour), 1:30.16; 2. West Des Moines Valley, 1:30.32; 3. Pleasant Valley, 1:31.59.

110 hurdles — 1. Quinton Alexander (Prairie), 14.09; 2. Victoe Nakihinga (Liberty), 15.88; 3. KeAndre Bush (Prairie), 16.00.

800 — 1. Sam Showers (IC West), 1:57.99; 2. Emmett Palmberg (City High), 2:00.31; 3. Aadi Gopinath (IC West), 2:02.32.

200 — 1. Mason Woods (IC West), 22.87; 2. Kade Erickson (Prairie), 22.94; 3. Jermaine Holmes (City High), 23.22.

400 hurdles — 1. Ely Smock (IC West), 55.89; 2. Quinton Logan (Liberty), 56.53; 3. Waleed Ibrahim (IC West), 57.18.

1,600 — 1. Cameron Gotto (PV), 4:19.05; 2. Nicholaus Lee (Prairie), 4:20.18; 3. Moustafa Tiea (IC West), 4:20.23.

400 relay — 1. C.R. Prairie (Alexander, Byishimo, Cooling, Kpahn), 42.73; 2. Iowa City West, 42.85; 3. Iowa City High, 43.78.

1,600 relay — 1. C.R. Prairie (Bennis, Roelfs, Peterka, Nove), 3:23.73; 2. Iowa City Liberty, 3:26.11; 3. Linn-Mar, 3:28.04.

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