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KMAland Schools Advance to State Golf

Red Oak, AHST, Kuemper Catholic and  Carroll  will all be participating in the 2008 Iowa High School Boys state golf tournaments coming up next weekend at the Lake Panorama National Resort in Panora, Iowa.

In Class 3A, Red Oak picked up third place finish on Friday afternoon behind Carroll and Spencer at the Carroll Country Club. Tiger senior Eric Robinson was the individual runner-up shooting a 69 on the day, two strokes behind Carroll's Kirby Pettit who shot an impressive 67. Shenandoah and Atlantic failed to qualify as teams.

Kuemper Catholic was the only KMAland school to qualify in class 2A. Clarinda's bid came up short.

In Class 1A, AHST will be one of the favorites next weekend after they fired an outstanding 303 on Friday in Anita. Treynor junior Nathan Zimmerman qualifed for state as an individual.

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Notes: 

- After the first day of the Missouri Class 1 state track meet, the Rock Port girls are currently in second place, just seven points back of first place Miller.

- Rock Port's Brentlee Thomas won the state title in the triple jump on Friday for the second season in a row.

- Rock Port's Kyleigh Parrish won the Class 1 state championship in the discus.

State Track Live Updates

Left: Clarinda junior Bryant Hummel. Photo by Jan Castle Renander.

(Des Moines)

FRIDAY

Boys 4A Standings thru Friday

1-IC West-43  2- Pleasant Valley-42 3-Marshaltown-26  4-Valley-24 19-TJ-9 20-LC-8 25-AL-4

Boys 1A Standings thru Friday

1-West Lyon-22  2- NE Goose Lake-18 2-Alta-18 2-West Hancock-18 5- Van Buren Keosoqua-17    10-Griswold-10 10-Logan-Magnolia-10 18-AHST-8 24-Manning-6 29-Essex-5 35-Fremont-Mills-4 43-Treynor-3 47-Sidney-2 47-Audubon-2

Girls 4A Standings thru Friday

7:45 In the girls 1A 4x400 meter prelims, Griswold places 6th and will qualify for Saturday's final with a time of 4:07.11. That team features Alyx Sandboothe, Mandy Nicklaus, Brandi Freund, and Lauren Moore. Treynor finished 7th and will also qualify. Their team of Darcy Christiensen, Sarah Klahn, Kaitlin Floerchinger and Danielle Floerchinger finished with a time of 4:07.8. New London had the best prelim time with a time of 4:05.38.

7:25 In the girls 1A high jump, Logan Magnolia's Megan Hutson captures the gold with a jump of 5-05. Becca Baker of Villisca places 9th with a jump of 5-01. Taylor Geer of Treynor places 12th with a jump of 5-00, and Ariel Loughry of Corning places 13th with a jump of 4-10. Logan Magnolia jump up to 2nd in the team standings with 30 points. North Tama is still in 1st with 46, Underwood is tied with PReston for in 3rd with 24 points. Griswold and Corning are tied in 34th with 3 points. Manning is in 40th with 2 points.

7:05 In the 1A boys 4x400 meter prelims, no KMALand schools qualify. Fremont-Mills places 18th with a time of 3:37.27, Stanton placed 20th with a 3:37.77. Lake Mills had the best qualifying time with a 3:25.84.

7:00 In the girls 1A 4x100 meter prelims, Corning is on to the Saturday final. The team featuring Morgan Davenport, Melyssa Longfellow, Rachel Peterson, and Lara West qualifies with a time of 51.42. Underwood places 16th with a time of 52.52. Valley Community of Elgin had the fastest time running 50.63

6:45 In the boys 1A discus, Dominic Alvis of Logan-Magnolia captures the gold with a throw of 169-03, Alan Bladt of AHST finishes 2nd with a throw of 157-02, while Morgan Starner places 7th with a throw of 140-04. Brian Nebel of Farragut fouled on all three of his attempts.

6:40 In the boys 4A shot-put, Jason Belt of Thomas Jefferson places 18th with a throw of 45-01. Iowa City West's Thomas Reynolds wins the shot with a 57-00. West takes the team lead in Class 4A with 43 points, Pleasant Valley is 2nd with 42, Marshaltown 3rd with 26. Thomas Jefferson is in 19th with 9 points, Lewis Central 20th with 8, and Abraham Lincoln 25th with 4.

6:25 In the boys 1A 4x100 meter pelims, Griswold is just one spot out of qualifying, ending with the 9th best time of 44.77. East Mills had the 15th best time at 45.46 and Stanton the 23rd best time at 46.03. West Hancock has the best prelim time of 43.42.

6:20 In the boys 4A distance medley final, Thomas Jefferson places 18th with a time of 3:38.4, Abraham Lincoln places 22nd with a time of 3:45.75. Pleasant Valley wins the event with a time of 3:26.51. They increase their boys 4A lead with 42 points. Iowa City West is 2nd with 33, Marshaltown 3rd with 26. Thomas Jefferson is 15th with 9 points, Lewis Central 17th with 8 and Abraham Lincoln 25th with 4.

5:50 In the boys 1A distance medley, Treynor places 6th with a time of 3:39.5. That team featured Andrew Holmes, AJ Gordon, Lee Volkens, and Kyle Strohbehn. Griswold was just out of the points, placing 10th with a time of 3:41.91. Essex places 16th with a time of 3:47.72. Hamburg places 23rd with a time of 3:53.26. BCLUW wins the event with a time of 3:36.41. West Lyon is now the boys 1A leader with 22 points, Alta is 2nd with 18 along with NE Goose Lake, Griswold is tied for 9th with 10 points, Manning is tied for 22nd with 6 points, Essex is 27th with 5 points, Fremont-Mills 32nd with 4, and Treynor is 39th with 3 points.

5:35 In the girls 4A 100 meter hurdle prelims, Jamie Zwotek of Thomas Jefferson places 10th and doesn't advance to tomorrow's final with a time of 15.28. The best time was by Drake Relay and 400 hurdle champ AG Bradford who ran a 14.12.

5:30 In the girls 1A 100 meter hurdle prelims, Logan Magnolia's Alex Gochenour had the best qualifying time and also set a new Class 1A state record running a 14.37. Also qualifying is Essex's Joscelyn Coleman who grabs the 8th and final spot running 15.95.

5:25 In the boys 1A high jump, Jerad Croghan of Manning placed 3rd with a jump of 6-08. Chris Schaaf of Villisca places 20th with a jump of 5-08. Brian Visocky of East Mills finished 22nd with a 5-08. Kody Gillaspie of Westwood Sloan won the event with a jump of 6-08. 

5:20 In the boys 4A 110 high hurdle prelims, Brian Clark of Thomas Jefferson had the 17th best qualifying time with a 16.06. Terrance Roberts of Waterloo West had the best time with a 14.59.

5:05 In the boys 1A 110 high hurdle prelims, Logan-Magnolia Dominic Alvis has the 3rd best qualifying time to advance to Saturday's final. Alan Bladt of AHST had the 15th best time of 16.07, and Villisca's Matt Herzbeg has the 23rd best time of 16.95. Austin McBeth of Waco had the best qualifying time with a 14.89.

4:55 In the girls 4A 4x200 relay, Abraham Lincoln places 19th with a time of 1:47.96. Cedar Falls wins the event on a strong anchor by Faith Burt with a time of 1:44.29.

4:45 In the girls 1A 4x200 relay, Logan Magnolia takes the gold. Lo-Ma runs a 1:46.5 with a team of Ann Hutson, Karen Hutson, Jessica Steinkamp, and Megan Hutson. Treynor earns a point by finishing 8th with a time of 1:48.61. That squad features Kelcie Craft, Sarah Klahn, Danielle Floerchinger, and Darcy Christiensen. Corning places 12th with a 1:50.46. North Tama is still in 1st with 46 points, Underwood in 2nd with 24 points, but Logan-Magnolia jumps up to 3rd with 20 points.

4:35 In the boys 4A 4x200 relay final, Lewis Central places 15th with a time of 1:31.79, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson places 21st with a time of 1:32.80. Cedar Rapids Washington wins the event, running 1:28.86. Pleasant Valley is now in 1st with 32 team points in Class 4A, Iowa City West drops to 2nd with 28, Marshaltown is in 3rd with 26 points. Thomas Jefferson is in 15th with 9 points, Lewis Central in 17th with 8, and Abraham Lincoln 23rd with 4 team points.

4:30 In the boys 1A 4x200 relay final, Stanton places 18th with a time of 1:35.14, East Mills was one spot back in 19th with a time of 1:35.48. Alta won the event with a 1:31.03. Alta vaults into the boys 1A lead with 18 points, Van Buren Keosoqua is in 2nd with 17, West Lyon 3rd with 14. Griswold is 7th with 10 points, Essex in 22nd with 5 points, Fremont-Mills 28th with 4, and Audubon 37th with 2 points.

4:20 In the boys 4A long jump, Dylan Hope of Thomas Jefferson places 5th with a jump of 21-02.25. He earns 4 team points for TJ. Derek Williams of Marshaltown won the event with a jump of 21-10.50.

4:15 In the girls 4A 400 meter hurdles, Lewis Central's Natalie Olberding places 9th with a time of 1:06.72. The event was won in record time by Davenport North's AG Bradford who set a state meet record time of 1:00.82. Iowa City West is in 1st place with 47.5 points, Dowling Catholic and Davenport North are tied in 2nd with 37 points, and Waukee is 4th with 19.5 points.

4:04 KMALand has a champion in the girls 1A discus. Devon Jensen of Underwood wins the discus, throwing 125-10 to take the crown. She placed 2nd Thursday in the shot-put. Tessa Mullen of Corning places 6th with a 106-05, Alex Halbur of Manning places 7th with a 105-06, Cassie Price of AHST places 13th with a 100-01, Shauna Stewart of Treynor places 18th with a time of 97-07. North Tama is in 1st in Class 1A with 46 points, Underwood jumps into 2nd with 24 points, Logan-Magnolia is 9th with 10, Griswold and Corning are tied in 29th with 3.

3:56 In the girls 1A 400 meter hurdles, Sarah Klahn of Treynor places 11th with a time of 1:08.85, Brandi Freund of Griswold places 12th with a 1:08.98, teammate Lauren Moore of Griswold places 19th with a 1:09.88, Stanton's Kadie Subbert 20th with a 1:10.18. Blaire Dinsdale of North Tama extended their team lead by winning the event with a 1:03.29. They now have 46 points, New London 2nd with 16 points, Underwood is tied for 3rd with 14. Logan-Magnolia is tied for 9th with 10 points, and Griswold is 27th with 3 points.

3:50 In the boys 4A 400 meter hurdles, Abraham Lincoln's Tony Liston placed 5th running a 55.84. The race was won by Ethan Holmes of Clinton, who also captured the Drake Relays title, he ran 53.03 today to get gold. Iowa City West stays in front in the team standings with 28 points, Pleasant Valley is 2nd with 27, Waukee 3rd with 17. Lewis Central is 12th with 8, Thomas Jefferson is 19th with 5 points, Abraham Lincoln 20th with 4.

3:40 In the boys 1A 400 meter hurdles, Zach Ward of Essex earns the Trojans some solid points. Ward finished 4th with a great time of 55.40 to earn Essex 5 team points. Matt Herzberg of Villisca places 17th with a 58.86, Ryan Eberly of Manning places 22nd with a 1:00.59. Brock Caves of Van Buren Keosaqua won the event with a 54.2, vaulting them into the team point lead with 17 points total. Northeast Goose Lake is in 2nd with 12 points, while Griswold is in a tie for 4th with 10. Essex jumps up to a tie for 20th with those 5 points. Fremont-Mills is 25th with 4 points, Audubon 35th with 2 points.

3:25 In the girls 4A distance medley, no KMALAnd teams competed, but Waukee made history by running an 4:01.13 an all-time Iowa best and the 2nd best girls time in the nation this year.

3:00 In the first event of the day for girls Class 1A distance medley, Underwood finished 12th with a time of 4:25.61. Corning placed 18th with a time of 4:31.98. Manning placed 21st with a 4:35.35. Logan-Magnolia was disqualified in the event. North Tama won the medley and put more cushion in their lead by running a 4:11.28 to take the gold. They now have 36 points, New London is 2nd with 16 points. Underwood is 3rd with 14 points.  Logan-Magnolia is 8th with 10 points, Griswold is 24th with 3 points.

2:25 In the girls 2A 4x400 prelims, St. Albert finished 24th with a time of 4:22.55. They won't qualify for Saturday's final. Mediapolis had the best prelim time with a 4:02.55.

2:20 In the girls 3A 4x400 prelims, No KMALAnd teams qualify. Glenwood places 11th with a time of 4:10.41, Harlan places 14th with a 4:10.76. Marion had the best prelim time with a 4:03.72.

2:15 In the boys 3A 4x400 prelims, no KMALand athletes qualify, Harlan and Atlantic were just outside the top 8. Harlan finished 9th with a time of 3:29.86, Atlantic finished 10 with a 3:29.87. The best prelim time was turned in by Sioux City Heelan, who ran a 3:24.41.

2:00 The final event of the day for boys 2A was the 4x400 relay prelims. Missouri Valley qualifies for Saturday's final with a time of 3:29.6 with a team of Mitch Keizer, Patrick Burns, Matt Dilocker, and Tim Wilson. Red Oak was just a second shy of qualifying, they finish 13th with a time of 3:30.68. That team featured Josh Kasubick, Joey Norris, Austin Jones, and Andy Leinen. St. Edmond had the best qualifying time of 3:25.5.

2:00 In the girls 2A high jump, St. Albert's Marissa Moran ties for 5th with a jump of 5-01. Laura Steinauer of Clarinda placed 18th with a jump of 5-00. The story of this event was Hannah Willms of Dike-New Hartford who won the event with an Iowa  all class State meet record of 5-10.25. Final standings for the 2A girls thru Friday:

1. Unity Christian-26 2. North Polk-24 3. Davenport Assumption-22 4. Tipton-20 5. Dike-NH-20 4. Hudson-20 7. St. Albert-19.5 8. Mid-Prairie-18 9. Riverside-16.

1:50 In the girls 3A long jump, Anna Wernimont of Atlantic finishes 3rd with a jump of 16-11.25 to earn the Trojanns 6 team points. Harlan's Denise Dawson finished 7th with a jump of 16-00.75 to earn Harlan two points. Glenwood's Lydia Bienlien finished 14th with a 15-04. Lexie Hoffman of Harlan jumped 14-05 to finish 23rd. The 2A standings are as follows: 1)Pella-27 2)Decorah-26 3)Mount Vernon-25. Harlan is in 11th with 12 points, Atlantic 20th with 8 points, Glenwood and Creston are tied in 35th with 2 points.

1:45 A KMALand Champion in the boys 2A discus. Cody Bahrke the junior from Tri-Center finished 1st with a throw of 172-05, eclipsing the 2nd place finisher by almost 10 feet. Cy Williams of Clarinda places 19th with a throw of 127-00, Missouri Valley's Billy Thomas finishes 13th with a throw of 137-02. Tri-Center leaps all the way to 8th place with the 10 1st place points. St. Edmond and Mid-Prairie remain tied in 1st with 36 points. St. Albert is 23rd with 5 points, Red Oak 41st with 1 point.

1:30 It was a very good event for KMALand athletes in the boys 3A shot-put. Brandon Scherff of Denison-Schleswig captures the gold with a throw of 59-05.50. Kasey Juhl of Atlantic finishes 4th with a 54-00, and Dan Hoch of Harlan finished 5th with a throw of 53-06.25. Thru 10 events, CR Xavier is in 1st with 32, Mount Pleasant 2nd with 28. Atlantic moves up to 9th with 13 points, Denison and Glenwood are tied in 16th with 10, while Harlan is in  21st with 9 points.

1:10 In the girls 3A 4x100 meter relay prelims, Harlan qualifies for Saturday's final with the 6th best prelim time of 50.68. That relay featured Denise Dawson, Katie Mages,  Ranae Schanck, and Trish Nowatzke. Atlanitc falls just short of qualifying finishing 9th with a time of 51.42. Benton Van Horne had the best prelim time of 49.45. Pella leads the girls 3A standings with 27 points, Mt. Vernon 2nd with 25, Harlan is 11th with 10 points, Creston, Glenwood and Atlantic are tied in 32nd with 2 points.

1:05 In the girls 2A 4x100 meter relay prelims, Riverside places 13th with a time of 51.63. They won't quaily for Saturday's final. Solon ran the fastest prelim with a time of 49.93. Team standings thru 9 events, North Polk is 1st with 24 points, Davenport Assumption 2nd with 22, Tipton 3rd with 20, Mid-Prairie and Unity Christian 4th with 18, St. Albert is 6th with 17, Riverside 7th with 16.

1:03 In the boys 2A high jump, Tri Center's Caleb Peters places 8th to earn a point for the Trojans with a jump of 6-02. Marc Baumert of St. Albert finished 21st with a 5-10. Fletcher Sunderman of Clarinda did not clear the opening jump height. Thru 9 events, St. Edmond and Mid Prairie are tied with 36 points, Pekin is in 3rd with 25 points. Tri-Center is 29th with 4 points. Red Oak is 39th with 1 point.

1:00 The Glenwood boys score points in the long jump in Class 3A, Kyle Ruhr jumped 20-08 to place 3rd and earn the Rams 6 points. Garet Frederichsen of finished 13th with a jump of  19-05. The 6 points vaults Glenwood up to 13th in the team standings with 10 points. CR Xavier remains in 1st with 32.5 points, Mount Pleasant is 2nd with 28, Algona and Charles City are tied with 26. Atlantic is 19th with 8 points, Harlan is 25th with 5 points.

12:55 In the 3A 4x100 meter relay prelims, Glenwood will advance to Saturday's final. The Rams with a team of Taylor Williams, Kyle Ruhr, Kirk Porter, and Michael Dallas finished with the sixth best qualifying time of 44.13. Harlan was just outside the qualifying pack finishing 10th with a 44.33. CR Xavier had the best prelim time with a 43.01.

12:45 In 2A 4x100 relay prelims, Tri-Center places 17th with a 45.40, Missouri Valley 19th with a 45.47, and St. Albert 20th with a 45.64. None of the team will qualify for tomorrow's final. Okoboji had the best qualifying time with a 43.78.

12:35 In the boys 3A distance medley, Glenwood finished 11th with a time of 3:41.31, and Harlan finished 18th with a time of 3:46.79. Charles City won the medley with a time of 3:30.87. Thru 9 events, CR Xavier is in 1st with 32.50 points, Mount Pleasant 2nd with 28, Algona and Charles City are tied with 26. Atlantic is 19th with 8 points, Harlan 25th with 5 points.

12:20 In the boys 2A distance medley relay, Shenandoah finished 21st with a time of 3:46, with a team of William Gibilisco, Billy Burgduff, Brad Swank, and John Sturm. Saint Albert finishes 6th with a time of 3:39.07. But the story of the race was Mid-Prairie. They set an all class state meet record with a time of 3:26.16. The time is also the best in the high school ranks in the nation this year. Their Outstanding mid-distance runner Aaron Stockstell had an anchor leg in the 800 of 1:49. Mid-Prairie moves into a tie for first with St. Edmond, Ft. Dodge with 36 points, Pekin is in 3rd with 25 points. St. Albert is in 22nd with 5 points, Tri-Center is in 29th with 4 points.

11:55 In the girls 3A 100 meter hurdles, two Creston Panthers qualify. Senior Meghin Krambeck had the 2nd best time with a 15.07, while junior Nicole Hunter had a 15.17. Both will advance to Saturday's final. Atlantic's Ayli Kennon finishes 17th with a time of 16.15. Carmen Goedken of Dubuque Wahlert had the best time with a 14.89.

11:50 In the girls 2A 100 meter hurdles, Riverside's Shea Anderson advances to Saturday's final by finishing with the 3rd best qualifying time with a 15.01. Teammate Savannah Smith finishes just outside the qualifying pack placing 10th with a 15.93. Jordie VanderHolt of Aplington-Parkersburg had the best time with a 14.95.

11:35 In the boys 3A 110 high hurdle prelims, Atlantic's Jordan Mullen established himself as one of the state's best ever in the event. Mullen ran a 14.18 in the prelims, which breaks a 30 year old Class 3A record by almost three tenths of a second. The time is also the third fastest ever fully automated time in state history. Rees Christensen of Harlan finishes 19th with a 16.70, while Ian Efflin of Glenwood finishes 23rd with a 19.55. Mullen had the best qualifying time by an entire second.

11:30 In the boys 2A 110 high hurdles prelims, Clarinda's Pete Westerkamp moves on to Saturday's final. He places 3rd in his heat, and 8th overall with a time of 15.72. Caleb Peters of Tri-Center finishes 14th with a 16.10, another Trojan Matt Nanninga finishes 17th with a 16.11. Channing Puls of Hudson had the best qualifying time with a 14.40

11:15 In the girls 3A 4x200 relay, Harlan finishes 6th with a time of 1:47.29. The Cyclones score 3 points to vault into 11th position with 10 points total. That team featured Denise Dawson, Katie Mages, Ellen Kliitgard, and Trish Nowatzke. Atlantic finished 8th and earned one point with Katie Pappas, Melina Shouse, Ayli Kennon, and Anna Wernimont with a time of 1:47.85.  Benton Van Horne wins the event with a 1:43.64. Pella is 1st in girls class 3A after finishing 1st and 6th in the discus to move up to 27 points,  Mount Vernon is 2nd with 25 points.

11:00 In the girls 2A 4x200 relay, no KMALand schools finish in the scoring. Riverside placed 12th with a time of 1:48.37, Kuemper Catholic finishes 21st with a 1:51.54. North Polks sets a class 2A record in the 4x200 by breaking their own preformance last year with a splendid time of 1:42.94. This moves the North Polk Comets into 1st place in Class 2A with 23 points, Davenport Assumption is in 2nd with 22 points, Tipton jumps into 3rd with 20 points, St. Albert drops to 6th with 17, Riverside is in 7th with 16 points.

10:45 In the boys 3A 4x200 relay, Harlan showed very well, finishing 4th with a 1:31.39. Glenwood finished 12th with a 1:33.02. Atlantic was DQ'd with a fumbled exchange between the 2nd and 3rd legs.  CR Xavier won the event with a 1:29.08, that sets a new Class 3A record. Mount Pleasant holds a narrow lead over Xavier, with 28 points to Xavier's 26.5. Atlantic is 15th with 8, Harlan 21st with 5 points.

10:35 In the boys 2A 4x200 relay, Red Oak earns points. The Tigers finished 8th with a time of 1:33.14, with a team of Joey Norris, Josh Kasubick, Conrad Metz, and Andy Leinen to earn 1 point. Clarinda was just out of the team scoring, finishing 10 with a time of 1:33.32. Their team included Justin Walker, Pete Westerkamp, Fletcher Sunderman, and Bryant Hummel. St. Albert finished 21st with a 1:34.61. St. Edmond of Fort Dodge won the event with a 1:31.22. They move into first place thru 7 events with 28 points, Mid-Prairie is in 2nd with 26 points.

10:25 In the girls 3A 400 meter hurdles, Jenny Hosack of Harlan finishes 5th and earns 4 points for the Cyclones with a time of 1:06.5. Carroll's Caitlin Schultz finishes 20th with a 1:10.3. Tashina McCallister of Oelwein won the event with a 1:04.99. Mount Vernon still leads with 25 poitns, Marion 2nd with 22. Harlan vaults up to 15th with 7 points.

10:20 In the girls 2A 400 meter hurdles, Red Oak's Alex Schenk finished 24th with a time of 1:15. The event was one by Unity Christian's Kendra Dejong. They move into a tie with Davenport Assumption in 1st with 18 points. St. Albert drops to 3rd with 17 points, with Riverside 4th with 16 points.

10:15 In boys 3A 400 meter hurdles, Alex Schelling of Atlantic finishes 8th to garner one point for the Trojans with a time of 56.28. Harlan's Doug Bissen finished 14th with a 57.43. Jordan Cotton of Mount Pleasant won the event and vaults Mount Pleasant into the 3A team lead. Cotton ran a 53.47 to capture the gold. Mount Pleasant has 28 points, Algona 2nd with 18, Atlantic is 13th with 8 points.

10:10 In the boys 2A 400 meter hurdles, two KMAland athletes earn points. Tri Center's Monte Larsen placed 6th with a time of 55.05, and Tony Knowtek of St. Albert was one behind in 7th with a time of 55.17. Clarinda's Cameron Tally finished 24th with a 1:00.21. Brad Mosinski of Pekin won the event with a 53.44. Thru 6 scored events in Class 2A, Monticello remains in first with 23 points, with Mid-Prairie 2nd with 20. Tri-Center is 24th and St. Albert 30th.

10:00 In the girls 3A distance medley, Harlan finishes 21st with a time of 4:25, while Atlantic finishes 24th with a 4:32. Carroll placed 10th with a 4:20, neither earned points. Mount Vernon took the gold with a 4:11, they move into a tie for 2nd in the team standings with 17. Decorah has the lead with 21.

9:45 In the first event of the day, Riverside begin on the right foot, while St. Albert slipped. In the girls 2A distance medley, Riverside finished 5th with a time of 4:18 to earn 4 points, while the start of the day's 2A leader St. Albert false started and were disqualified. Davenport Assumption won the medley with a 4:11 to earn 10 points and take the Class 2A girls lead with 18. St. Albert now has 17, and Riverside 16. 

7:50 Boys Class 4A Team Standings thru Thursday

1) Pleasant Valley             22        1) Iowa City West             22  
    3) Waukee                      15        4) Waterloo West              14   
    5) Cedar Falls                 11.25     6) Iowa City City High        10
     9)Lewis Central-8 1      8)Council Bluffs TJ-5

Boys Class 1A Team Standings thru Thursday

1) Northeast Goose Lake-12     2) Griswold-10 

2)Sioux Central-10 2)West Lyon-10 2)Central Elkader-10 

30) Audubon 1

Alex Cabbage of Stanton. Photo by Jan Castle Renander.

7:35 Girls Class 1A Team Standings thru Thursday

1) North Tama                  26        2) Underwood                  14
    2) Hinton                     14        4) Twin Cedars                11
    4) Preston                    11        6) Logan-Magnolia           10
    6) Southeast Webster-Grand     10        6) Postville            10

Joscelyn Coleman of Essex. Photo by Jan Castle Renander.

Girls Class 4A Team Standings thru Thursday

 1) Iowa City West              27.50     2) Dowling Catholic           26  
    3) Davenport North             22        4) Burlington                 13.50
    5) Sioux City East             11        6) Iowa City City High        10

   17-CB Abraham Lincoln-3

7:30 In the boys 1A 400 meter dash, Seth Ward of Essex finishes 13th with a time of 52.20, while Lucas Barrett of Hamburg finishes 24th with a time of 54.21. Trevor Tiefenthaler of Sioux Central wins the 400 in Class 1A with a time of 49.94

7:25 In the girls 1A 400 meter final, Griswold freshman Lauren Moore finished 18th with a time of 1:01.98. Sara Stokes and Blaire Dinsdale finished 1,2 for North Tama in the 400.

7:20 In the girls 4A high jump, Lewis Central's Haley Higgins jumped 4-10 to finish 19th. A.G. Bradford of Davenport  North set a class 4A record with a jump of 5-08.

7:15 In the boys 2A 200 meter prelims, East Mills Levi Helbling will move on to the finals. Helbling finished with the 4th best qualifying time with a 22.75. Griswold's Brandon Ridlen finishes 10th in the prelims with a 23.11, while Zach Ward of Essex runs 23.72 to finish 20th. Dennis Halverson of Van Buren Keosaqua had the best prelim time with a 22.51.

7:10 In girls 4A 200 meter prelims, Stephanie Huntoon of CB Abraham Lincoln finishes 18th with a time of 26.82. Faith Burt of Cedar Falls has the best 200 prelim time with a 25.20

6:45 In the girls 1A 200 meter prelims, Logan-Magnolia freshman Alex Gochenour had the 2nd best qualifying time with a 25.84, teammate Karen Hutson also qualifies with a 26.66, Lara West of Corning places 15th with a 27.18, Cassie Kadel of East Mills runs a 27.36 to place 18th and Alyx Sandbothe of Griswold runs 27.73 to finish 23rd. Sara Stokes of North Tama had the best 1A prelim time with a 25.69. 

6:45 In the boys 4A discus, Jon Higgins of Lewis Central places 2nd with a great throw of 166-00, Jason Belt of Thomas Jefferson places 4th with a 163-01. Thomas Reynolds of Iowa City West smashed the field with a throw of 191-10 to take the title.

6:35 In the boys Class 4A 4x800 meter relay, Thomas Jefferson finishes 17th with a time of 8:19, Abraham Lincoln finishes 23rd with a time of 8:30. Waukee won the 4x800 with a time of 7:53.

6:25 In the girls class 1A long-jump, Bedford freshman Kaley Folkerts finished 10th with a jump of 15-10, Courtney Auxier of Villisca finished 11th with a jump of 15-08, Kelcie Craft of Treynor finishes 15th with a 15-04 and Joscelyn Coleman of Essex finishes 16th with a 15-03.75. Jennifer Jorgensen of SE Webster won the long-jump with a 18-07.5 breaking her own Class 1A state record.

6:15 In the boys Class 1A Shot-put, Dominic Alvis of Logan-Magnolia places 12th with a throw of 47-03, Treynor's David Day finishes 13th with a 46-02, Manning's Ryan Arp finishes 19th with a 44-01, Skyler Fuller of Farragut places 22nd with a throw of 41-01. Seth Ward of Essex places 23rd with a 38-04. Andrew Simons of West Lyon won the shot with a 53-01.

6:10 In the boys Class 1A 4x800 relay, Fremont-Mills finishes 16th with a time of 8:37, Griswold was 17th with a 8:37.6, and Bedford was 20th with a 8:41. Northeast Goose Lake won the event with a stellar time of 8:09.

5:45 In the girls Class 4A 4x800 relay, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln finished 20th with a time of 10:11. Dowling Catholic ran away with the title with a new Class 4A record of 9:17.

5:30 In the girls Class 1A 4x800 relay, Griswold finishes 6th and earns 3 points for the Tigers with a time of 9:54. Corning finished 11th with a 10:08, Treynor was 13th with a time of 10:09. The 4x800 was won by New London with a time of 9:33.

5:20 In the boys 4A high jump, Brian Clark of CB Thomas Jefferson, with a jump of 6-00. Trayvonn Wright of Waterloo West earned the gold with a jump of 6-10.

5:10 In the boys 4A 100 meter prelims, DJ Gnader of Lewis Central finishes 17th with a 11.50, Austin Ebertowski finishes 19th with a 11.60. The best time was ran by Jared Herring of Burlington, last year's 4A champ, who ran a 10.93 today.

5:05 In the boys 1A 100 meter prelims, Corey Meier of Stanton finished 20th with a time of 11.88, Seth Ward of Essex finished 24th with a time of 12.12. The fastest qualifying time in 1A was Coon-Rapids-Bayard's Bryce Deeth who ran a 11.40.

4:55 In the girls 4A 100 meter prelims, freshman Kyley Simmons of Lewis Central finishes 19th and won't qualify for the finals with a time of 13.46. Gabriel Williams of Sioux City West had the best qualifying time with a 12.30

4:50 In the girls 4A discus, Chelsea Colpitts of CB Abraham Lincoln threw 118-08 to finish 6th. Taylor Freeman of Iowa City West threw an impressive 156-04 to win the event by over 20 feet and setting a new state meet record.

4:45 In the girls 1A 100 meter prelims, Joscelyn Coleman of Essex finishes 22nd with a time of 13.49. She won't make it to Saturday's final. Karen Hutson of Logan-Magnolia qualifies with the 4th best time of 12.81. Manning's Laura Eberly failed to qualify with the 18th best time at 13.39. The best qualifying time in the prelims was SE Webster Grand's Jennifer Jorgensen, who ran a 12.62, 

4:35 In the boys 4A 3200 meter run, Kyle Blue of CB Thomas Jefferson finished 22nd with a time of 10:22. The event was won by Devin Allbaugh of Pleasant Valley with a time of 9:20.88

4:30 In boys long jump competition, Stefan Petersen of Audubon finishes 7th with a jump of 21-02, Levi Helbling of East Mills finishes 10th with a jump of 20-05, Triston Crouch of Sidney and Colin Mann of Logan-Magnolia both didn't have a qualifying jump.

4:20 In the girls 1A shot-put, Devon Jensen of Underwood places 2nd with a throw of 36-11.75. Cassie Radley of Essex finishes 15th with a throw of 33-00.75, Shauna Stewart of Treynor finishes 16th with a throw of 33-00.5. Carrie Eischeid of Manning finishes 24th with a throw of 29-05.25. Leah Lechtenburg of Postville won the shot with a throw of 37-06.

4:05 In the boys 1A 3200 meter run, Griswold's Nathan Gaunt takes home the title, winning the 3200 with a time of 9:52. Gaunt had the lead for the final two laps and held off David Nielsen of NU High who ran a 9:56. Tym Wood of Fremont-Mills earns some points for the Knights by finishing 5th with a time of 10:10.4. 

3:50 In the girls 4A 3000 meter run, Courtney Ruff of CB Thomas Jefferson finished 14th with a time of 11:21. Bridget Hall of Lewis Central finished 24th with a time of 12:35. Katie Flood of Dowling Catholic defended her title with a time of 9:46. The time is the 6th best in the nation in the girls 3000 this year.

3:35 Logan-Magnolia's Carly Olsen won her third straight 3000 meter title with a time of 10:11.3. She had won her previous two titles in Class 2A, this was in Class 1A. She outdistanced defending 1A champ Brooke Dinsdale of North Tama who finished with a 10:52. Kara Telfer of Underwood finished 3rd with a 10:56. Tabitha Shepard of Corning finished 14th with a time of 11:26.

3:20 In the boys 4A shuttle hurdle preliminaries, CB Thomas Jefferson finishes 17th with a time of 59.78, CB Abraham Lincoln finishes 18th with a time of 59.96. Iowa City West sets a new state record with a 56.55

3:15 In the 1A boys shuttle hurdle preliminary, Essex finishes 19th with a time of 1:03.02, Stanton finishes 22nd with a time of 1:03.81. Manning qualifies for Saturday's final with a time of 59.49. That was the 5th best time in the prelims. That quartet features Jerad Croghan, Tyler Muhlbauer, Ryan Eberly, and Dan Puck. Waco has the best qualifying time with a class 1A state record 58.17. 

2:40 In the 3A boys shuttle hurdle preliminary, Atlantic qualifies with the best time with a 58.52. That team features John Cord, JD Reason, Alex Schelling, and Jordan Mullen. Mullen's leg was a astounding 13.5. Glenwood finishes 11 and won't qualify with a 1:00.16.

2:30 In the 2A boys shuttle hurdle preliminary, Clarinda advances to Saturday's final. The Cardinals ran a 58.86 to finish 6th overall. The team features Fletcher Sunderman, Cameron Tally, Bryant Hummell and Pete Westerkamp. St Albert finished 21st in the prelims, and Tri-Center won their heat, but was disqualified for a pre-mature exchange. Hudson had the best qualifying time with a 57.60.

2:10 Class 2A Boys Team Standings thru Thursday events

1. Monticello-23 2. St. Edmond-14 2. West Liberty-14 4. Mid-Prairie-12

27th-Kuemper Catholic-2

Class 3A Boys Team Standings thru Thursday events

1. Mount Pleasant-18 1. Algona-18 3. CR Xavier-12.5 4. Marion-11

14th-Atlanitc-7 21st-Glenwood-4

Girls Class 2A Team Standings thru Thursday events

1. St. Albert-17 2. Riverside-12 3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck-11

30. Kuemper Catholic-1

Girls Class 3A Team Standings thru Thursday events

1. Marion-16 1. Decorah-16 3. Grinnell-14

22.Harlan-3  26.Glenwood-2 26.Creston-2

2:10 In the girls Class 2A long jump, Riverside's Stephanie Bentley finishes 3rd and earns the Lady Bulldogs 6 points with a jump of 16-09. Lindsay Lettow of Des Moines Christian won the gold with a jump of 18-00.

In the girls 3A high jump Claire Bristow of Glenwood finishes 7th with a jump of 5-03, Meghin Krambeck of Creston ninth with a 5-01.

2:05 In the boys 3A 400 meter dash, Keenan Benn of Atlantic finishes 6th to earn three points with a time of 50.69. Chad Rutledge of Algona finishes first with a time of 49.54.

2:00 In the boys 3A discus, Atlantic's Kasey Juhl finished 5th with a throw of 161-05 to earn four points for the Trojans. Glenwood's BJ Kuxhuasen finished 9th with a 149-05. Wallace Carter of Centerville earned the gold with a throw of 174-03.

1:55 In boys 2A 400 finals, Red Oak's Andy Leinen finishes 14th with a time of 51.89, Clarinda's Dustin Sump finishes 21st with a 55.21, Mike Shorter of the Clarinda Academy finishes 22nd with a 55.48. Aaron Stocksell wins the event for Mid-Prairie with a great time of 47.67, only three tenths shy of the all-time state record.

1:50 In the boys 2A shot-put, Cody Bahrke of Tri-Center finishes 9th with a throw of 49-08, Kuemper's Adam Wittrock 7th with a 50-11.5 to earn two points for Kuemper. Kris Curry of the Clarinda Academy threw 47-02 to finish 14th. Ethan Tuftee, from Davenport Assumption and an ISU football recruit, wins the 2A shot with a 56-11.

1:40 In girls 3A 400 meter finals, Creston's Taylor Geary earns two points for the Panthers, by finishing 7th with a 1:00.5, Lydia Bienlien of Glenwood finishes 10th with a 1:01.5, Ellen Klitgaard of Harlan finishes 13th with a 1:02.3, Cristin Kloewer of Harlan 14th with a 1:02.9. Michaela Brungardt of Storm Lake won the 400 final with a 56.84.

1:35 In girls 2A 400 meter finals, St. Albert's Audrey Wiedman finishes 6th with a time of 59.22 to earn 3 more points for the Saintes. Thru 4 events, St. Albert has the girls Class 2A lead with 17 points. Hannah Wilms of Dike-New Hartford won the event with a 2A record time of 54.70, breaking her own mark from a year ago by 2 seconds.

1:20 In boys 3A 200 meter prelims, Atlantic's junior Jordan Mullen qualifies with the 5th best time of 22.54. Harlan's Reid Murtaugh finishes 13th with a time of 23.31. Bryce Colston of CR Xavier had the best qualifying time with a 22.25

1:15 In boys 2A 200 meter pelims, Clarinda's Fletcher Sunderman finished 17th with a time of 23.32, Clarinda Academy's Demilo Martin finished 16th with a 23.26. Only the top 8 qualify, Brian Miller of PCM finsished with the best qualifying time with a 22.14.

1:05 Girls 3A 200 meter prelims, freshman Trish Nowatzke of Harlan finishes 15th with a 27.15, Lydia Bienlien of Glenwood 22nd with a time of 26.76. Jasmine Riesberg of Carroll finishes 18th with a 27.28. Callan Jacobson of Benton Van Horne had the best qualifying time with a 25.41. The top 8 qualify for Saturday's 200 final.

1:00 In the girls 2A 200 meter prelims, Clarinda sophomore Laura Steinauer finishes 13th with a time of 27.44. Only the top 8 qualify for Saturday's final. Hannah Wilms of Dike-New Hartford had the best prelim time with a 25.32.

12:50 In the boys Class 2A 4x800 relay, Glenwood finishes 10th with a time of 8:17, Atlantic 13th with a time of 8:22, Harlan 14th with a time of 8:23. Spirit Lake won the gold with a time of 8:00.

12:30 In the boys Class 2A 4x800 relay, St. Albert finished 15th with a time of 8:29, Missouri Valley was 22nd with a time of 8:37, and Kuemper was 23rd with a time of 8:42. West Liberty won the 4x800 in Class 2A with a time of 8:00.

12:15 p.m. In the girls Class 3A 4x800 meter relay, Harlan finishes 6th and earns 3 points with a time of 9:52. That relay featured Jenny Hosack, Jessie Byrnes, Jill Rueshenburg, and Lexie Hoffman. Atlantic finishes 16th with a time of 10:10, Glenwood 17th with a time of 10:15.

11:55 In the boys Class 3A high jump, Paul Kite of Atlantic jumps 6-00 to finish 13th, John Cord of Atlantic finishes 17th with a jump of 5-10. Colten Kelly of Anamosa set a new state record in Class 3A with a jump of 6-11.

11:50 In the girls Class 2A 4x800 meter relay, St. Albert scores 4 more points. The Saintes finished 5th with a time of 9:44 with a group of Gabreille Welch, Molly Vermillion, Abby Schlater, and Audrey Weidman. Kuemper Catholic finished 8th and gets one point with a time of 9:52. Nodaway Valley finishes 16th with a 10:13. Denver captured the 4x800 Class 2A title with a time of 9:29. 

11:40 In the boys Class 2A long jump, Justin Walker of Clarinda finishes 21st with a jump of 18-07.25, Garrett Buckley of Tri-Center jumped 18-03.5 to finish 23rd, Josh Davis of the Clarinda Academy finishes 19th with a 18-10.25. Nick Pulscher of Sheldon wins the long jump with a jump of 21-07.50.

11:30 In the boys Class 3A 100 meter prelims, no KMALand athletes qualify for the finals. Michael Dallas of Glenwood finished 13th with a 11.58, Reid Murtaugh of Harlan finished 16th with a 11.71 and Jordan Thelen running 11.76 to finish 21st.

11:25 In girls Class 2A shot-put, Shala Davidson of Clarinda finished 22nd with a throw of 32 feet 10, Paige Lager of Missouri Valley finished 13th with a throw 35-08. Kelsey Sukavaty of Manson NW-Webster won the shot with a throw of 42-03.

In girls Class 3A discus, Maggie Robinson of Atlantic finished 8th with a throw of 116-07, Aubrey Pendegraft of Creston finished 22nd with a throw of 91-04. Sarah Hoffman of Epworth West won the discus with a throw of 133-00.

11:20 In boys Class 2A 100 meter prelims, no KMALand athletes qualify. Doug Winters of the Clarinda Academy finishes 12th with a time of 11.36, teammate Demilo Martin finished 16th with a time of 11.60. Matt Ambruster of St. Albert finished 19th with a time of 11.73. Brian Miller of PCM had the best prelim time with 11.06

11:15 a.m. In the 3A section of the girls 100 meter prelims. No KMALand athletes qualified for the finals. Trish Nowatzke of Harlan finished 12th with a time of 13.23, Nicole Hunter of Creston finished 19th with a time of 13.47

11:10 a.m. Laura Steinauer of Clarinda qualifies for the finals in the Class 2A 100 meters with a time of 13.12 to finish 2nd in her heat and 7th among all runners in the prelims. Tricillia Rogers of the Clarinda Academy finished 21st with a time of 13.71. Brandee Bohr of Mid-Prairie had the best time in the prelims with a 12.56. 

10:50 a.m. Glenwood's Alden Wignall finished 5th in the Class 3A 3200 with a time of 9:41, to earn 4 points in the meet for the Rams. Johnny Fuller of Glenwood finished 11th with a time of 10:03.The 3200 was won by freshman Evan Selsor of Winterset. Selsor becomes the first freshman to win the 3200 since 1992.

10:40 a.m. Shenandoah's John Sturm finished 13th in the boys Class 2A 3200 with a time of 10:18. The race was won by Nathan Dotterweich of Monticello with a time of 9:29.42. Kevin Guinan of St. Albert was DQ'd.

10:15 a.m. St. Albert's Abby Schlater captures the first championship of the day, winning the Girls 3000 meter run in Class 2A with a time of 10:30. Schlater held off Davenport Assumption's Mary Menster who finished 10:34, and Riverside's Amanda Vorthmann finished 3rd to earn the Lady Bulldogs points with a time of 10:41.

In Class 3A, no KMALand athletes competed in the 3000, but Grinnell's Danielle Nowasell set a 3A record by over 15 seconds, running 10:12. 

9:55 a.m. The Atlantic girls qualified 1st in the 3A shuttle hurdle relays prelims with a time of 1:05.67. That team featured Ayli Kennon, Melina Shouse, Katie Pappas, and Kasey Swinnerton. Harlan captured the 8th and final qualifying spot with a time of 1:07.26. Creston ran a 1:07.52 and Carroll ran a 1:07.95, both didn't qualify for the finals. 

9:45 a.m  Riverside girls Shuttle Hurdle team qualifies with the second best time in Class 2A. The team of Caitlin Wilson, Jenny Wichert, Savannah Smith, and Shea Anderson ran a 1:05.22 to win their heat, they were second only to Tipton's 105.15 overall. The finals are scheduled for Saturady at 11:10.

Shenandoah's girls finished 22nd and won't qualify for the finals, they ran a 1:10.06.

Kuemper Catholic ran a 1:08.23 to finish 15th.

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