Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

MOUNT PLEASANT – Running a lifetime best is almost always cause for a celebration.

That wasn’t the case for Clear Creek Amana senior Silvana Kabolo last week.

Kabolo ran a career-best 15.1 in the 100 hurdles at the WAMAC Conference meet last week but wasn’t in the mood to celebrate after finishing second in the event to Solon senior Sophia Stahle.

“I ran my best time but it was a humbling experience,” Kabolo said.“I looked back at the race and saw what I could improve on and worked on my technique down and doing anything I could do to get better.”

Kabolo was better on Thursday.

Much better in fact.

Kabolo blazed to a new career-best time of 14.86 to win the 100 hurdles at the Class 3A state qualifying meet at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex in Mount Pleasant.

“Coming out of WAMACs I think she was on a mission and she executed flawlessly,” Clear Creek Amana coach Ben Robinson said of Kabolo. “That’s the best out of the blocks I’ve ever seen her run and that was a full complete race so she’s in a dang good spot.”

The 100 hurdle title was part of a strong day for Kabolo who helped two Clipper relay teams secure automatic berths to the Class 3A state meet that opens May 18 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Kabolo anchored the Clipper shuttle hurdle relay team to a runner-up finish in 1:06.94 and ran on the 4×100 team that finished second in 50.71.

The strong day from Kabolo helped Clear Creek Amana finish runner-up to defending 3A state champion Solon with 126 points.

“I think we had a really good night,” Robison said. “I think we definitely over-performed in some areas, I think there are some areas that we are on the fence about but largely I think our kids had a really good night.”

Clear Creek Amana had three individual champions on Thursday as Kira Barker won the 1,500 and Emma Descourouez won the long jump.

The highlight of the night for the Clippers came from Kabolo who avenged her only loss of the season outside of the Drake Relays in the 100 hurdles.

Stahle ran a 15.07 to edge Kabolo at the WAMAC meet last week.

On Thursday Stahle was the only runner other than Kabolo to break the 16-second mark in the event but was nearly half a second behind the Clipper senior in 15.31.

“I went into that meet last week I was supposed to get first and when Sophia beat me that motivated me a lot for today,” Kabolo said. “She really has pushed me this whole season because she has gotten really good and having that competition has been really good.”

Kabolo and Stahle have been competing against each other in the hurdles since junior high.

That competition has turned both into state medalists.

“It is really fun to be able to run against someone as fast as Sophia,” Kabolo said. “Growing up with each other and seeing her do really well in her events too I just feel like we are a big family even though we are from different schools.”

Barker won the 1,500 in 4:59.22 with a late surge over the final 200 meters and Descourouez won the long jump with a mark of 16-11.

Clear Creek Amana got a runner-up finish from Bliss Beck in the high jump and had five relays earn spots at state with second place finishes.

Clear Creek Amana finished second to Solon in the 4×100, distance medley, 4×400 and 4×800.

“I think you run fast when you race against fast kids,” Robison said. “Obviously Solon is fast and I think our kids kind of know that because they see it all the time and I think it makes everybody better.”

The Clear Creek Amana boys had three automatic qualifiers, winning a pair of relays and getting a runner-up finish from freshman Aren Schlemme in the 100 hurdles.

The Clear Creek Amana foursome of Brock Hilsman, Cash Jensen, Jamie Hayes and Isaac Sorensen won the 4×800 in 8:13.08.

Hilsman joined Aren Schlemme, Joey Dains and Jensen to win the distance medley in 3:40.88.

“In the 4×8 I knew we had a pretty good chance,” Hilsman said. “In the medley I wasn’t really sure but I realized that we had a chance when we were in the lead when I got the baton so I knew I had to go.”

Class 3A State Qualifier #6

At Mapleleaf Athletic Complex

Team scores – 1. Solon 180; 2. Washington 130; 3. Clear Creek Amana 117; 4. Mount Pleasant 91; 5. Fort Madison 85; 6. West Burlington 73; 7. Fairfield 38; 8. Keokuk 15

Automatic state qualifiers; area placers

100 – 1. Jack Riley (WB) 10.88; 2. Elijah Morrs (WAS) 11.01; 7. Nash Kotar (SOL) 11.88; 8. Brett White (SOL) 11.96

200 – 1. Blake Timmons (SOL) 22.69; 2. Nik Fullenkamp (FM) 23.55; 3. Joey Dains (CCA) 23.71; 4. Cole Carney (SOL) 24.16; 5. Brayden Frank (CCA) 24.22

400 – 1. Jeremy Bachus (SOL) 49.81; 2. Alec Ulin (WAS) 51.08; 6. Cale Berry (CCA) 55.03; 7. Tyler Bell (SOL) 55.3; 8. Jack Colvin (CCA) 56.44

800 – 1. Logan McDole (WAS) 2:04.64; 2. Michael Yeomans (SOL) 2:04.65; 3. Brock Hilsman (CCA) 2:04.89; 6. Cameron Kimm (CCA) 2:12.66

1,600 – 1. Micah Rees (WAS) 4:38.54; 2. Brick Kabela (SOL) 4:45.29; 4. Peyton Stadler (CCA) 4:50.04; 6. Noah Yost (CCA) 4:52.37; 7. Spencer Michels (SOL) 4:56

3,200 – 1. Brick Kabela (SOL) 10:37.63; 2. Micah Rees (WAS) 10:39.73; 3. Noah Yost (CCA) 10:42.91; 5. Peyton Stadler (CCA) 10:50.7; 6. Colin Bumsted (SOL) 11:15.26

110 hurdles – 1. Will Davidson (MP) 14.48; 2. Aren Schlemme (CCA) 15.53; 3. Andrew Schlemme (CCA) 15.55; 6. Nash Kotar (SOL) 15.99; 8. Cole Carney (SOL) 16.63

400 hurdles – 1. Will Davidson (MP) 54.12; 2. Keenan Kruse (SOL) 56.98; 4. Thomas Stiltner (CCA) 58.32; 6. Charlie Brandt (SOL) 1:01.28

4×100 – 1. West Burlington 42.79; 2. Fort Madison 43.64; 3. Solon (Brett White, Brayden Moore, Milo Ashbacker, Blake Timmons) 44.07; 4. Clear Creek Amana (Aren Schlemme, Owen Rosenberg, Nick Johnson, Eston McAlpin) 44.38

4×200 – 1. West Burlington 1:29.7; 2. Solon (Brayden Moore, Rhett Mesch, Austin Knight, Blake Timmons) 1:31.05; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Andrew Schlemme, Owen Rosenberg, Nick Johnson, Brayden Frank) 1:32.2

4×400 – 1. Solon (Rhett Mesch, Michael Yeomans, Grant Knipper, Jeremy Bachus) 3:27.06; 2. Washington 3:28.12; 4. Clear Creek Amana (Cash Jensen, Jamie Hayes, Cameron Kimm, Isaac Sorensen) 3:35.33

4×800 – 1. Clear Creek Amana (Brock Hilsman, Cash Jensen, Jamie Hayes, Isaac Sorensen) 8:13.08; 2. Mount Pleasant 8:16.85; 4. Solon (Michael Yeomans, Maddox Shipley, Wyatt Applegarth, Grant Bumsted) 8:22.43

Sprint medley – 1. Washington 1:35.12; 2. Solon (Brayden Moore, Blake Timmons, Jeremy Bachus, Austin Knight) 1:36.19; 5. Clear Creek Amana (Nick Johnson, Andrew Schlemme, Owen Rosenberg, Cash Jensen) 1:38.79

Distance medley – 1. Clear Creek Amana (Aren Schlemme, Joey Dains, Cash Jensen, Brock Hilsman) 3:40.88; 2. Solon (Milo Ashbacker, Grant Knipper, Grant Bumsted, Brick Kabela) 3:43.59

Shuttle hurdle – 1. Mount Pleasant 1:00.59; 2. Fort Madison 1:01.57; 3. Solon (Charlie Brandt, Cole Carney, Ben Duckett, Nash Kotar) 1:01.92; 4. Clear Creek Amana (Aren Schlemme, Luke Higdon, Owen Rosenberg, Andrew Schlemme) 1:03.72

Discus – 1. Adam Smith (SOL) 160-9; 2. Ben Kampman (SOL) 159-4; 8. Landon Prince (CCA) 129-2

Shot put – 1. Brayden Hartman (WAS) 55-1 ½; 2. Adam Smith (SOL) 53-2; 4. Marcus Richard (SOL) 47-10; 5. Vinnie Keller (CCA) 43-4; 7. Brody Clubb (CCA) 42-2

Long jump – 1. Avin Truong (MP) 22-8 ½; 2. Caleb Bock (SOL) 21-5; 3. Oaken Foster (SOL) 21-3 ½

High jump – 1. Ryan Giberson (FAI) 6-3; 2. Oaken Foster (SOL) 6-0; 4. Josh Loren (CCA) 5-10

Girls Results

Team scores – 1. Solon 228; 2. Clear Creek Amana 126; 3. Mount Pleasant 115; 4. Washington 102; 5. Fairfield 64; 6. Fort Madison 50; 7. West Burlington 45; 8. Keokuk 4

Automatic state qualifiers; area placers

100 – 1. Piper Stahle (SOL) 13.12; 2. Andi Scott (MTP) 13.14; 3. Anna Johnson (CCA) 13.46; 4. Emma Wolff (SOL) 13.58; 7. Kennedy Stratton (CCA) 13.84

200 – 1. Aly Stahle (SOL) 25.77; 2. Mia Duckett (SOL) 26.66; 3. Pisca Kalala (CCA) 26.68; 7. Emma Descourouez (CCA) 28.51

400 – 1. Gracie Federspiel (SOL) 56.97; 2. Kobi Lietz (SOL) 1:00.89; 8. Kylie Koehn (CCA) 1:07.56

800 – 1. Gracie Federspiel (SOL) 2:19.79; 2. Iris Dahl (WAS) 2:22.91; 3. Anna Quillin (SOL) 2:26.67

1,500 – 1. Kira Barker (CCA) 4:59.22; 2. Iris Dahl (WAS) 4:59.87; 3. Kayla Young (SOL) 5:01.43

3,000 – 1. Kayla Young (SOL) 10:44.14; 2. Avery Rump (FM) 10:52.54; 4. Mary Fiala (SOL) 11:48.09; 8. Harper Tecklenburg (CCA) 12:11.7

100 hurdles – 1. Silvana Kabolo (CCA) 14.86; 2. Sophia Stahle (SOL) 15.31; 6. Calla Foster (SOL) 16.92

400 hurdles – 1. Sophia Stahle (SOL) 1:05.47; 2. Mia Stahle (SOL) 1:08.16; 3. Jaylin Herring (CCA) 1:08.53

4×100 – 1. Solon (Mia Duckett, Emma Wolff, Piper Stahle, Aly Stahle) 49.74; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Prisca Kalala, Silvana Kabolo, Elizabeth Timmerman, Kendra Eckrich) 50.71

4×200 – 1. Mount Pleasant 1:46.74; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Prica Kalala, Kendra Eckrich, Elizabeth Timmerman, Jaylin Herring) 1:46.78; 3. Solon (Aisley Foster, Mia Duckett, Piper Stahle, Mia Stahle) 1:47.08

4×400 – 1. Solon (Kobi Lietz, Kerrigan Lyons, Grace Hoeper, Gracie Federspiel) 4:02.58; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Kiera Rogers, Sam Schrage, Averie Lower, Bliss Beck) 4:08.72

4×800 – 1. Solon (Anna Quillin, Grace Hoeper, Ashlyn Williams, Gracie Federspiel) 9:47.67; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Kiera Rogers, Haidyn Barker, Sara Kinzenbaw, Sam Schrage) 9:55.37

Sprint medley – 1. Solon (Mia Duckett, Emma Wolff, Aly Stahle, Sophia Stahle) 1:49.09; 2. West Burlington 1:54.73; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Prica Kalala, Silvana Kabolo, Elizabeth Timmerman, Jaylin Herring) 1:55.15

Distance medley – 1. Solon (Mia Stahle, Piper Stahle, Grace Hoeper, Anna Quillin) 4:22.57; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Emma Descourouez, Bliss Beck, Kiera Rogers, Haidyn Barker) 4:26.79

Shuttle hurdle – 1. Solon (Mia Stahle, Calla Foster, Sophia Stahle, Aly Stahle) 1:05.56; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Jaylin Herring, Averie Lower, Sydney Pfeiffer, Silvana Kabolo) 1:06.94

Discus – 1. Kate Shafer (SOL) 121-10; 2. Abigail Felton (SOL) 111-8

Shot put – 1. Ava English (MP) 37-3; 2. Leah Kollar (SOL) 36-6 ½; 7. Hilary Wilson (SOL) 33-9; 8. Nakia Tangang (CCA) 32-2

Long jump – 1. Emma Descourouez (CCA) 16-11; 2. Hailey Miller (SOL) 16-7 ¾; 3. Elizabeth Timmerman (CCA) 16-2; 6. Aisley Foster (SOL) 15-7 ¾

High jump – 1. Grace Voss (WAS) 5-1; 2. Bliss Beck (CCA) 5-0; 3. Lilly Towne (SOL) 4-10; 6. Averie Lower (CCA) 4-10

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