Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

IOWA CITY – Ben Kampman had a meet to forget on Tuesday.

The Solon senior scratched on every attempt in the discus on Tuesday at the Iowa Valley Invitational.

Kampman bounced back with a performance to remember at the Iowa Track and Field Festival on Saturday after at West High.

Kampman launched a career-best and school-record toss of 188-4 in the discus while sweeping the throwing events to highlight a stellar day for the Spartans at the all-star format meet that featured entries 49 different schools.

“On Tuesday I scratched all four of my throws so we worked pretty hard at practice on the fundamentals,” Kampman said. “I was excited to get back out there and I just popped one out there today.”

Kampman added a title in the shot put with a mark of 52-9 but his discus performance was the headliner.

The 188-4 effort came on the final throw of the day for Kampman and is the best in the state this spring.

It was a little extra special following the disappointment of earlier in the week.

“It does make it feel a lot better, it felt good,” Kampman said. “I just want to keep climbing and throw my best throws in May.”

The two titles from Kampman were part of a huge day for Solon as the Spartans won four events and set three school records.

Freshman Kaden Hoeper cleared a career-best 6-4 ½ to win the high jump and Solon won the shuttle hurdle relay in a school-record time of 1:00.9.

“We wanted to get the blue standard and get close the minute mark,” senior Nash Kotar said of the shuttle hurdle relay title. “It feels good to get that and a school record.”
Charlie Brandt, Cole Carney and Ben Duckett all joined Kotar as returners on the Spartan shuttle hurdle team this spring.

It didn’t take long for the foursome to make history, breaking the school record on Saturday while edging runner-up City High which finished in 1:01.48.

“At the start of the year we had a talk as a team that we could do some special things,” Kotar said. “We are all returning, it’s my fourth year and Charlie’s third year so it’s mostly that experience and we have a good group of guys.”

The Solon 4×800 team of Grant Bumsted, Brick Kabela, Spencer Michels and Michael Yeomans finished fifth in a stout field on Saturday while setting a school-record with a time of 8:09.3.

Solon also got a fourth-place finish from Marcus Richard in the shot put, a fourth-place finish from Eddie Johnson in the 200 and a fifth-place finish from Kabela in the 1,600,

Solon was fourth in the 4×200 and fifth in the 4×400.

“I don’t think we see any meet as too big or too small,” Kotar said. “We go into every meet with the same goals.”

Boys Results 

Individual results (Event winner; area placers)

Shot put – 1. Ben Kampman (Solon) 52-9; 4. Marcus Richard (Solon) 50-0 ½; 5. Brady Cannon (Liberty High) 49-8

Discus – 1. Ben Kampman (Solon) 188-4 ½; 3. Colin Whitters (West High) 149-10 ½; 4. Cael Schramm (Liberty High) 148-6 ½; 5. Brady Cannon (Liberty High) 144-7

Long jump – 1. Daylin Schaefer (Lisbon) 21-11; 2. Isaac Washpun (City High) 21-9; 6. Damari Lacy (West High) 20-10

High jump – 1. Kaden Hoeper (Solon) 6-4 ½; 3. Daniel Robinson (West High) 6-0; 6. Mason Middleton (West High) 5-8; 6. Victor Nakihinga (Liberty High) 5-8

100 – 1. Izaiah Loveless (West High) 10.95; 3. AJ Wright (City High) 11.11; 6. Mason Woods (West High) 11.26; 6. Miles Parlet (City High) 11.26

200 – 1. Edwin Gangba (Regina) 23.07; 2. Harel Gameti (West High) 23.08; 3. Brayden Bell (Liberty High) 23.38; 4. Eddie Johnson (Solon) 23.6; 8. Oliver Kniss (City High) 24.16

400 – 1. Jordan Townsend (Cedar Falls) 48.3; 5. Carter Meyers (Liberty High) 49.99; 7. Rhett Mesch (Solon) 50.96; 8. Cale Baldwin (Liberty High) 52.83

800 – 1. Tommy Tyynismaa (South Tama) 1:54.12; 6. Sam Showers (West High) 2:02.68; 7. Michael Yeomans (Solon) 2:04.65

1,600 – 1. Jaden Merrick (Cedar Falls) 4:16.07; 3. Aidan Decker (Liberty High) 4:24.13; 4. Keegan Decker (Liberty High) 4:24.43; 5. Brick Kabela (Solon) 4:27.25

3,200 – 1. Ahmed Aldamak (Cedar Falls) 9:30.75; 4. Linus McRoberts (City High) 9:54.19; 5. Michael Lee (West High) 9:58.2

110 hurdles – 1. Isaac Washpun (City High) 15.44; 2. Waleed Ibrahim (West High) 15.51; 5. Dominic Roe (City High) 16.0; 6. Cole Carney (Solon) 16.3

400 hurdles – 1. Aidan Jacobsen (West High) 52.52; 5. Ely Smock (West High) 58.03; 6. Waleed Ibrahim (West High) 58.07

4×100 – 1. Cedar Falls 41.98; 2. West High (Todd Rent, Mason Woods, Julian Manson, Izaiah Loveless) 42.34; 5. Regina (Jackson Naeve, Edwin Gangba, Alex Jensen, Savion Miller) 44.31; 6. Solon (Milo Ashbacker, Brayden Moore, Eli Kampman, Austin Knight) 44.32; 7. Liberty High (Brayden Bell, Jackson Burnes, Brody Beaver, Brady Cannon) 44.5

4×200 – 1. West High (Todd Rent, Mason Woods, Julian Manson, Izaiah Loveless) 1:28.1; 2. City High (Jeremiah Madlock, Phillip Kaplan, AJ Wright, Miles Parlet) 1:28.8; 5. Solon (Milo Ashbacker, Grant Knipper, Brayden Moore, Austin Knight) 1:32.28;

4×400 – 1. Dubuque Senior 3:24.5; 3. West High (Moustafa Tiea, Julian Manson, Sam Showers, Dara Olaleye) 3:26.41; 4. Solon (Rhett Mesch, Grant Knipper, Grant Bumsted, Michael Yeomans) 3:27.22; 6. Liberty High (Cale Baldwin, Cody Nichols, Sutton Koller, Carter Meyers) 3:28.5; 8. City High (Jeremiah Madlock, Phillip Kaplan, Isaac Washpun, Miles Parlet) 3:34.6

4×800 – 1. West High (Sam Showers, Brice Wahe, Maxwell Bruss, Moustafa Tiea) 7:57.73; 3. Liberty High (Noah Gregoire, Jacob Madsen, Keegan Decker, Aidan Decker) 8:01.13; 4. City High (Emmett Palmberg, David Randall, George Karr, Maxwell McDowell) 8:09.2; 5. Solon (Grant Bumsted, Brick Kabela, Spencer Michels, Michael Yeomans) 8:09.3

Distance medley – 1. Lisbon 3:34.15; 5. West Branch (Conner Capper, Connor Rios, Lincoln Naber, Joe Hamann) 3:46.52; 6. City High (Deon Brown, Rickey Long Jr., Connor Cross, Linus McRoberts) 3:51.33; 7. West High (Karston Pietrzak, Damari Lacy, Kellen Craig, Colin Wehrle) 3:53.57

Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. Solon (Charlie Brandt, Cole Carney, Ben Duckett, Nash Kotar) 1:00.9; 2. City High (Phillip Kaplan, Dominic Roe, Adams Kane, Isaac Washpun) 1:01.48; 3. West High (Jackson Seering, Quinn Abbott, Ely Smock, Waleed Ibrahim) 1:02.22; 7. Liberty High (Victor Nakihinga, Lincoln Gravel, James Eckhardt, Gavin Benton) 1:11.6

Girls Results

Individual results (Event winner; area placers)

Shot put – 1. Alyssa Pierce (West Branch) 39-5 ¾; 5. Helen Penning (West High) 36-9 ¾; 6. Rachel Haack (City High) 35-10 ¾;

Discus – 1. Libby Dix (Mount Vernon) 140-11; 2. Rachel Haack (City High) 138-2; 3. Hannah Braun (City High) 122-2

Long jump – 1. Kenna Furnald (Danville) 17-5; 6. Eva Willis (West High) 16-3; 7. Ava Bruxvoort (West High) 16-1 ½; 8. Lindsey McKane (West High) 15-11

High jump – 1. Cambel Drapeau (Dubuque Senior) 5-5; 3. Reese Naeve (Regina) 5-2; 7. Sophia Austen (West High) 4-10; 7. Evelyn Cornish (West High) 4-10; 7. Ava Bruxvoort (West High) 4-10

100 – 1. Caliana Whitaker (Mount Vernon) 12.6; 7. Natalie Steva (West High) 13.43

200 – 1. Kloe Nissen (Don Bosco) 25.88; 4. Avery Recker (Regina) 27.54; 5. Ellie Fraga (City High) 27.92; 8. Anna Dickens (West High) 28.66

400 – 1. Kadence Huck (Nashua-Plainfield) 56.79; 5. Ruth Cloyd (City High) 1:01.16; 7. Josephine LeClair (City High) 1:03.63

800 – 1. Kadence Huck (Nashua-Plainfield) 2:18.2; 6. Grace Hamann (West Branch) 2:25.28; 7. Kate Van Waning (West High) 2:26.3; 8. Ruby Greving (Regina) 2:29.54

1,500 – 1. Noelle Steines (Tipton) 4:46.83; 4. Grace Hamann (West Branch) 5:06.84; 6. Naomi Downing-Sherer (City High) 5:08.15; 8. Claire Locher (City High) 5:10

3,000 – 1. Leah Klapatauskas (Dubuque Senior) 10:27.93; 4. Abigail Burns (City High) 11:02.42; 5. Nicole Peterson (City High) 11:06.21; 8. Nina Peterson (City High) 11:15.19

100 hurdles – 1. Sierra Pruessner (City High) 15.62; 2. Sophia Olivo (West High) 16.09; 3. Reese Naeve (Regina) 16.1; 4. Eriniah Carter (West High) 16.47; 7. Alli Clark (Regina) 16.9

400 hurdles – 1. Cortney Knutson (Wayne) 1:07.33; 2. Erinn Varga (West High) 1:07.87; 4. Josephine LeClair (City High) 1:10.48; 7. Willow Schultz (City High) 1:12.83

4×100 – 1. Williamsburg 49.97; 3. West High (Natalie Steva, Miracle Stewart, Evelyn Cornish, Eriniah Carter) 51.39; 4. Regina (Avery Kies, Reese Naeve, Alli Clark, Avery Recker) 51.82

4×200 – 1. Waterloo West 1:49.14

4×400 – 1. Mount Vernon 4:04.68; 2. West High (Sophia Austen, Kate Van Waning) 4:08.7; 3. Erinn Varga, Jaylin Herring) 4:08.7; 5. City High (Sierra Pruessner, Ruth Cloyd, Abigail Burns, Josephine LeClair) 4:28.09

4×800 – 1. Tipton 9:37.61; 5. West High (Gabby Moniza, Lydia Evans, Helen Orszula, Cindy Wang) 10:31.4; 6. Regina (Harper Erwin, Caitlyn Bell, Ellie Johnson, Ruby Greving) 10:40.22;

Sprint medley – 1. Nashua-Plainfield 1:51.78

Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. West High (Erinn Varga, Jaylin Herring, Eriniah Carter, Sophia Olivo) 1:06.05; 4. City High (Willow Schultz, Gloria Konu, Mary Hamilton, Angelica Hamilton) 1:13.17

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