Girls Track Roundup: West High Switches up Lineup; Wins J-Hawk Relays
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West High switched up its lineup for Saturday’s J-Hawk Relays but that didn’t result in a change in the team standings.
The Women of Troy won five events and had five more runner-up finish on their way to claiming the team title at the 14-team J-Hawk Relays at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids.
West High racked up 102 points, 30 more than runner-up Decorah to win its second meet on the week after cruising to the team title at its own Women of Troy Relays on Tuesday.
Solon won a pair of events and placed sixth with 43 points.
West High won three of the four field events as Chander Haight won the shot put, Leah Dusterhoft won the discus and Valerie Welch and Kitra Bell finished first and second in the long jump.
Bailey Nock added a title in the 1,500 and West High won the 4×800 relay.
Erin Kerkhoff paced Solon by winning the 400 while the Spartans won the shuttle hurdle relay.
J-Hawk Relays
Team Results – 1. West High 102; 2. Decorah 72; 3. Cedar Falls 66; 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie 55; 5. Linn-Mar 46; 6. Solon 43; 7. Waterloo East 42; 8. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 40; 9. City High 33; 10. Dubuque Wahlert 30; 11. Cedar Rapids Washington 24; 12. Cedar Rapids Xavier 15; 13. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 11; 14. Waverly-Shell Rock 10.
Individual Results
(Event winners; Area placewinners)
100 – 1. Kerris Roberts (WE) 12.08.
200 – 1. Kerris Roberts (WE) 25.0; 2. Valerie Welch (ICW) 26.16.
400 – 1. Erin Kerkhoff (SOL) 59.85; 3. Taylor Ryan (SOL) 1:01.45.
800 – 1. Autumn Anderson (CRJ) 2:20.87; 2. Gabby Skopec (ICW) 2:22.94.
1,500 – 1. Bailey Nock (ICW) 4:48.6.
3,000 – 1. Reagan Gorman (CRW) 10:40.2; 4. Gabriel McCormick (ICH) 11:26.44; 5. Claire Ronnebaum (ICW) 11:26.95.
100 Hurdles – 1. MiAsia Bergmann (CRJ) 15.41; 3. Kitra Bell (ICW) 16.22; 5. Alexis Sands (SOL) 16.57.
400 Hurdles – 1. Peyton Wensel (LM) 1:03.4; 6. Micaela Gravelin (ICW) 1:10.76.
Shuttle Hurdle – 1. Solon (Sayler McIlravy, Molly Duckett, Peyton Sands, Alexis Sands) 1:09.07.
Sprint Medley – 1. Decorah 1:50.95; 2. West High (Peyton Steva, Ally Bauer, Kitra Bell, Valerie Welch) 1:51.07; 6. Solon (Ally Prybil, Alexis Sands, Erin Kerkhoff, Taylor Ryan) 1:53.56.
Distance Medley – 1. Cedar Falls 4:21.25; 4. City High (Tiara Green, Isabel Hansen, Izzy Jones, Mary Arch) 4:33.83; 6. West High (Micaela Gravelin, Chamya Adams, Simone Willis, Jessie Skopec) 4:34.12.
4×100 – 1. Linn-Mar 51.18; 2. City High (Emma Clark, Emma Cooper, Sydney DePrenger, Azzura Sartini-Rideout) 51.83; 4. Solon (Alli Prybil, Molly Duckett, Alexis Sands, Erin Kerkhoff) 52.08; 5. West High (Peyton Steva, Taylor Cannon, Chamya Adams, Ally Bauer) 52.45.
4×200 – 1. Decorah 1:46.81; 3. City High (Emma Clark, Sydney DePrenger, Azzura Sartini-Rideout, Emma Cooper) 1:49.09.
4×400 – 1. Decorah 4:04.59; 4. Solon (Taylor Ryan, Cayley Annis, Abby Smith, Erin Kerkhoff) 4:10.29.
4×800 – 1. West High (Olivia Moore, Deniz Ince, Gabby Skopec, Bailey Nock) 9:46.24.
Long jump – 1. Valerie Welch (ICW) 18-7 ¼; 2. Kitra Bell (ICW) 17-11 ¾.
High jump – 1. Auriona Kimbrough (CF) 5-2; 3. Abby Smith (SOL) 4-10; 6. Izzy Jones (ICH) 4-10.
Shot put – 1. Chandler Haight (ICW) 40-4; 2. Luci Murphy (ICH) 36-8 ½.
Discus – 1. Leah Dusterhoft (ICW) 115-4; 2. Chandler Haight (ICW) 111-4; 5. Luci Murphy (ICH) 98-11.