Iowa City West’s Moustafa Tiea dazzles in the middle distances at Forwald-Coleman Relays

IOWA CITY — Now, that was a stirring set of bookends.

Moustafa Tiea opened the running portion of the Forwald-Coleman Relays with a record-setting relay anchor, and he closed it with an improbable comeback in the finale.

He did plenty in between, too.

“He’s killing it right now,” Iowa City West boys’ track and field coach T.J. Craig said. “Wherever you put him, you know you’re going to get his best.”

Tiea ran four winning races — two individual, two relays — to lead West to the boys’ team title Thursday night at Iowa City High’s Bates Field/Raffensperger Track.

“I’m here for whatever they need me,” he said. “Coming off from cross country and running 1,600s, running 400s is like a Bingo game.”

Tiea’s program Thursday — the day before Drake Relays qualification cutoff — was three 400s and an 800.

All were winners.

“I really made fresh legs a mindset,” he said. “I feel I can run fast if I deserve it.”

Let’s start at the end.

Tiea got the baton in fifth place when he anchored the Trojans’ 1,600-meter relay. He moved into contention on the backstretch, then won going away.

West was clocked in 3:26.76.

“I was a ways back, and didn’t have anything to lose,” he said after a 49.8-second split. I figured, ‘If I die, I die.’ I’m happy with myself.“

Tiea opened the night by anchoring West to a meet record in the sprint medley relay. Harel Garneti, Daniel Robinson, Izaiah Loveless and Tiea ran in 1:33.50.

In his two individual triumphs, Tiea ran 50.15 in the 400 and 1:55.82 in the 800.

West won seven boys’ events and compiled 145 points. West Des Moines Valley was second with 122.5, followed by City High (119.5).

Pleasant Valley claimed the girls’ title with 166 points, setting the only girls’ meet record of the night, 3:58.49 in the 1,600 relay.

Waukee was next with 125.

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The state leader in the boys’ long jump (23 feet, 1 inch), Cedar Rapids Prairie junior T.Y. Pour leaped 22-10 Thursday.

He is about 2 feet beyond his marks from last year.

“I feel really good right now,” Pour said. “I’m working on having a consistent routine, hydrate a lot, mental reps, landing drills.”

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Photos: 51st annual Forwald-Coleman Relays at Iowa City High

Forwald-Coleman Relays

At Bates Field/Raffensperger Track

Girls Results

Teams — 1. Pleasant Valley 166, 2. Waukee 125, 3. West Des Moines Valley 96, 4. Iowa City Liberty 87, 5. Linn-Mar 82, 6. Iowa City High 70, 7. Iowa City West 66, 8. C.R. Kennedy 49.

Shot put — 1. Helen Penning (ICW), 37-2; 2. Josianna Toingar (LM), 36-8 1/2; 3. Jolie Nordell (ICL), 36-5 3/4.

Discus — 1. Reese Goodlet (PV), 145-9; 2. Gabriella Ragins (PV), 135-4; 3. Rachel Hauck (ICH), 132-2.

High jump — 1. Maia Denge-Hagen (LM), 5-3; 2. Claire Lorenz (LM), 4-11; 3. Sophia Austen (ICW), 4-11.

Long jump — 1. Payton Keiser (Valley), 16-7 1/4; 2. Ruth Cloyd (ICH), 16-6; 3. Elodie Stroup (PV), 16-3 3/4.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Waukee (Hinke, Williams, Jones, Carder), 1:48.10; 2. Iowa City Liberty, 1:50.74; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 1:53.22.

3,000 — 1. Cori Mac (ICL), 10:23.66; 2. Lexi Minard (PV), 10:32.35; 3. Vivian McCombs (PV), 10:38.84.

3,200 relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (Wedemeyer, Quinn, Wilson, Mowen), 9:44.76; 2. West Des Moines Valley, 9:52.48; 3. Waukee, 9:58.20.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Waukee (Sitzmann, Taylor, Bruening, Maharry), 1:06.29; 2. Iowa City West, 1:06.46; 3. Linn-Mar, 1:08.25.

100 — 1. Morgan Hospodarsky (CRK), 12.76; 2. Kai Rebro (PV), 12.77; 3. Taishon Graham (Valley), 12.99.

Distance medley relay — 1. Waukee (Rees, James, Berger, Burrier), 4:26.64; 2. Iowa City West, 4:34.83; 3. Iowa City High, 4:37.39.

400 — 1. Addison Swartzendruber (CRK), 57.20; 2. Ani Wedemeyer (PV), 57.60; 3. Josie Case (PV), 1:02.91.

800 relay — 1. Waukee (Bruening, Maharry, Williams, Carder), 1:43.62; 2. Pleasant Valley, 1:43.93; 3. C.R. Kennedy, 1:46.64.

100 hurdles — 1. Sophia Olivo (ICW), 15.40; 2. Natalie Sitzmann (Waukee), 15.82; 3. Petra Sherman (LM), 16.02.

800 — 1. Grace Boleyn (PV), 2:12.01; 2. Emma Baugh VanZee (Waukee), 2:19.68; 3. Mallory Wurth (Waukee), 2:22.92.

200 — 1. Anjelena Carder (Waukee), 25.76; 2. Natalie Ramsey (ICL), 26.65; 3. Chelsea VeDepo (ICL), 27.08.

400 hurdles — 1. Hannah McVey (PV), 1:07.05; 2. Erinn Varga (ICW), 1:07.11; 3. Olivia Berger (Waukee), 1:09.60.

1,500 — 1. Greta Bergman (Valley), 4:42.45; 2. Cohen Kooker (Valley), 4:43.80; 3. Cori Mac (ICL), 4:55.93.

400 relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (Stroup, Rebro, Lewis, Hansen), 50.63; 2. West Des Moines Valley, 51.23; 3. Linn-Mar, 51.81.

1,600 relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (Boleyn, Hansen, Clemons, Wedemeyer), 3:58.49*; 2. Waukee, 4:03.93; 3. C.R. Kennedy, 4:04.17.

Boys Results

Teams — 1. Iowa City West 145, 2. West Des Moines Valley 122.5, 3. Iowa City High 119.5, 4. C.R. Prairie 109, 5. Linn-Mar 84, 6. Iowa City Liberty 72, 7. Pleasant Valley 65, 8. Marion 19.

Shot put — 1. Sam Watts (LM), 56-1; 2. Kendall Woodson (ICW), 50-6 3/4; 3. Haydn Stockdale (CRP), 48-1 1/2.

Discus — 1. Haydn Stockdale (CRP), 155-5; 2. Tyler Rindels (ICH), 149-10; 3. Sam Watts (LM), 148-9.

High jump — 1. Jeremiah Madlock (ICH), 6-1; 2. Jonathan Tillman (PV), 5-11; 3. Daniel Robinson (ICW), 5-11.

Long jump — 1. T.Y. Pour (ICW), 22-10; 2. Miles Parlet (ICH), 21-3; 3. Miciah LeLaCheur (Valley), 20-11 1/2.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Iowa City West (Gameti, Robinson, Loveless, Tiea), 1:33.50*; 2. Iowa City High, 1:38.36; 3. Linn-Mar, 1:38.51.

3,200 — 1. Keegan Decker (ICL), 9:28.89; 2. Nicholaus Lee (CRP), 9:29.21; 3. Max Sorgenfrey (PV), 9:50.87.

3,200 relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (Gotto, Perry, Russell, Rekow), 8:04.58; 2. Iowa City High, 8:13.31; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 8:16.11.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. West Des Moines Valley (Zeh, Alexander, Brown, LeLaCheur), 59.80; 2. Iowa City West, 59.85; 3. C.R. Prairie, 1:03.13.

100 — 1. Izaiah Loveless (ICW), 10.86; 2. A.J. Wright (ICH), 11.08; 3. Mason Woods (ICW), 11.11.

Distance medley relay — 1. Iowa City Liberty (Bell, Baldwin, Meyers, Decker), 3:34.90; 2. West Des Moines Valley, 3:36.02; 3. Pleasant Valley, 3:36.99.

400 — 1. Moustafa Tiea (ICW), 50.15; 2. Weston Koch (CRP), 50.42; 3. Izaiah Loveless (ICW), 51.45.

800 relay — 1. Iowa City West (Rent, Woods, Manson, Jacobsen), 1:30.51; 2. C.R. Prairie, 1:30.56; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 1:31.89.

110 hurdles — 1. Quinton Alexander (CRP), 14.20; 2. Isaac Washpun (ICH), 15.31; 3. Dominic Roe (ICH), 15.46.

800 — 1. Moustafa Tiea (ICW), 1:55.82; 2. Sam Showers (ICW), 1:57.84; 3. Ezra Crandall (LM), 2:00.98.

200 — 1. Jeremiah Madlock (ICH), 22.98; 2. Mason Woods (ICW), 23.22; 3. Brayden Bell (ICL), 23.32.

400 hurdles — 1. Aidan Jacobsen (ICW), 53.89; 2. Jacob Zeh (Valley), 55.57; 3. Phillip Kaplan (ICH), 57.69.

1,600 — 1. Aidan Decker (ICL), 4:20.35; 2. Jack Bergman (Valley), 4:26.32; 3. Evan McClinton (Valley), 4:29.53.

400 relay — 1. C.R. Prairie (Alexander, Byishimo, Erickson, Turner), 43.12; 2. West Des Moines Valley, 44.05; 3. Linn-Mar, 44.79.

1,600 relay — 1. Iowa City West (Showers, Manson, Wahe, Tiea), 3:26.76; 2. West Des Moines Valley, 3:27.26; 3. C.R. Prairie, 3:27.38.

*meet record

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