Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

What a difference a year made for Ammon Smith at the Drake Relays.

A year after placing 17^th in the 800 at the Drake Relays 800 Smith completed an impressive turnaround on Friday claiming his first individual Drake Relays title winning the 800 in a time of 1:53.42 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Smith finished 17^th out of 17 competitors at the Drake Relays last season with a time of 2:00.36.

On Friday the City High senior edged 3,200 meter champion Chase Lauman of Pella by less than half a second on his way to the 800-meter title.

Teammate Truman Thompson finished fourth in the 800 in a time of 1:53.95 as the top four all posted times under 1:54.

City High senior Ayman Noreldaim was 14^th in the 800 in a time of 1:57.01 on what was a strong day for City High.

Senior distance standout Ford Washburn placed fourth in the Elite High School Mile that featured 10 runners from six different states.

Washburn posted a career-best time of 4:07.08 on his way to his fourth-place finish as Simeon Burnbaum of Stevens High School in South Dakota won the title in 4:02.36.

Jackson Heidesch of West Des Moines Dowling was runner-up in 4:02.76 followed by Wyatt Haughton of Shawnee Mission East, Kansas.

City High added a runner-up finish in the distance medley relay and Ronnie Major finished seventh in the long jump with a leap of 21-3.

The City High distance medley relay team of Sam Rew, Major, Jeremiah Madlock and Noreldaim was runner-up to West High in a time of 3:27.65.

West High won its first ever Drake Relays title in the distance medley as the foursome of Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Aidan Jacobsen and Moustafa Tiea won in a school-record time of 3:26.67.

The distance medley win was the highlight of a big day for the Trojan relay teams as West High added a runner-up finish in the 4×200.

Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Jacobsen and Christian Janis set a school record finishing runner-up to champion Johnston in the 4×200 in a time of 1:27.41.

The 4×200 time beat the previous school record of 1:27.43 that was set in 2012.

Izaiah Loveless added an eighth-place finish in the 100 for West High in a time of 11.04.

Solon got a pair of top-10 performances in the discus as Ben Kampman was sixth in 165-1 and Adam Smith was eighth in 161-1.

The Solon girls sprint medley relay team of Aly Stahle, Mia Stahle, Sophia Stahle and Gracie Federspiel finished runner-up in a time of 1:47.35.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy won the sprint medley title in a time of 1:46.1.

Federspiel added a seventh-place finish in the 400 in 58.52 and finished 11^th in the 800 in 2:16.17.

City High sophomore Ani Wedemeyer was eighth in the 800 in 2:14.22 and 11^th in the 400 in 59.24.

Clear Creek Amana senior Silvana Kabolo finished 10^th in the 100 hurdles in 15.34 and West High senior Meena Tate was 15^th in the high jump clearing 5-2.

Drake Relays

At Drake Stadium in Des Moines

Individual champions; area participants

Girls

100 – 1. Jaidyn Sellers (Panorama) 12.23

400 – 1. Jaidyn Sellers (Panorama) 56.24; 7. Gracie Federspiel (Solon) 58.52; 11. Ani Wedemeyer (City High) 59.24

800 – 1. Adrienne Buettner-Cable (Des Moines Roosevelt) 2:10.62; 8. Ani Wedemeyer (City High) 2:14.22; 11. Gracie Federspiel (Solon) 2:16.17

100 hurdles – 1. Ali Frandsen (Ames) 14.33; 10. Silvana Kabolo (Clear Creek Amana) 15.34; 18. Sophia Stahle (Solon) 15.59; 29. Erinah Carter (West High) 16.19

Sprint medley relay – 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 1:46.1; 2. Solon (Aly Stahle, Mia Stahle, Sophia Stahle, Gracie Federspiel) 1:47.35; 21. City High (Safia Almabrazi, Bella Skay, Eva Reynolds, Ani Wedemeyer) 1:52.16

4×200 – 1. Waukee Northwest 1:41.33; 21. Solon (Aly Stahle, Mia Duckett, Piper Stahle, Mia Stahle) 1:46.19; 22. City High (Sierra Pruessner, Bella Skay, Ruth Cloyd, Eva Reynolds) 1:46.21 23. Liberty High (Amira Coleman, Natalie Ramsey, Jasmine Barney, Alexi Thigpen) 1:46.92

High jump – 1. Maddie Olson (Sheldon) 5-8; 15. Meena Tate (West High) 5-2

Shot put – 1. Charlee Morton (Hampton-Dumont-CAL) 43-3 ½;

Boys  

100 – 1. Miles Thompson (Cedar Rapids Washington) 10.54; 8. Izaiah Loveless (West High) 11.04

400 – 1. Ryce Reynolds (Mount Ayr) 48.46

800 – 1. Ammon Smith (City High) 1:53.42; 4. Truman Thompson (City High) 1:53.95; 14. Ayman Noreldaim (City High) 1:57.01; 16. Moustafa Tiea (West High) 2:01.79

Elite 1,600 – 1. Simeon Burnbaum (Stevens South Dakota) 4:02.36; 4. Ford Washburn (City High) 4:07.08

110 hurdles – 1. Grayson Hartman (Cedar Rapids Xavier) 14.1; 11. Matt Schaeckenbach (City High) 14.91;

Distance medley – 1. West High (Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Aidan Jacobsen, Moustafa Tiea) 3:26.67; 2. City High (Sam Rew, Ronnie Major, Jeremiah Madlock, Ammon Smith) 3:27.65; 11. Liberty High (Jalen Wieck, Cody Nichols, Carter Meyers, Aidan Decker) 3:33.68

4×200 – 1. Johnston 1:27.29; 2. West High (Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Aidan Jacobsen, Christian Janis) 1:27.41; 17. City High (Deon Brown, Sam Rew, Jeremiah Madlock, Ronnie Major) 1:30.84

Long jump – 1. Abu Sama (Southeast Polk) 23-6 ¼; 7. Ronnie Major (City High) 21-3; 9. Aidan Jacobsen (West High) 21-1 ¾

Discus – 1. Duke Faley (Dubuque Wahlert) 187-5; 6. Ben Kampman (Solon) 165-1; 8. Adam Smith (Solon) 161-1; 14. Michael Etuma (City High) 153-10 ¾

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