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Sophia Olivo and Eva Willis both won individual titles to help West High to a third-place team finish at the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Divisional meet on Thursday at Liberty Stadium in North Liberty.

Olivo won the 100 hurdles and Willis won the 400 hurdles as West High finished with 65 points.

Linn-Mar won the team title with 126 points followed by Dubuque Senior with 78.

Host Liberty High matched Cedar Rapids Kennedy with 60 points.

Olivo won the 100 hurdles in 15.11 and Willis won the 400 hurdles in 1:07.76 to highlight four top-three individual finishes for West High.

Kate Van Waning finished runner-up in the 800 in 2:28.07 and Sophia Austen finished third in the high jump clearing 5-2.

West High was second in the distance medley in 4:25.47 and was third in both the 4×200 (1:48.7) and 4×400 (4:15.53).

Liberty High won the 4×400 relay in 4:11.9 and got top-three finishes from four different individuals.

Alexi Thigpen was runner-up in the long jump with a leap of 18-2 and finished fourth in the 200 in 26.7.

Sydney Van Heukelom was runner-up in the discus with a mark of 108-1.

Chelsea VeDepo finished third in the 400 in 1:01.1 and Ivy Nury Gyina was third in the 100 hurdles in a time of 15.51.

MVC Mississippi Divisional

At Liberty High School

Team scores – 1. Linn-Mar 126; 2. Dubuque Senior 78; 3. West High 65; 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 60; 4. Liberty High 60; 6. Western Dubuque 42; 7. Cedar Rapids Xavier 37

Individual results (event winners; area placewinners)

High jump – 1. Claire Lorenz (L-M) 5-5; 3. Sophia Austen (ICW) 5-2; 6. Greta Daniels (ICL) 4-10; 6. Asta Hildebrand (ICL) 4-10

Long jump – 1. Abby Mecklenburg (L-M) 20-5 ½; 2. Alexi Thigpen (ICL) 18-2; 3. Amara MacLagan (ICW) 17-1

Shot put – 1. Isabelle Gasper (CRK) 39-6 ¼; 5. Sydney Van Heukelom (ICL) 34-0 ½; 7. Emily Cronk (ICL) 31-7 ½

Discus – 1. Erica Kinn (L-M) 128-10; 2. Sydney Van Heukelom (ICL) 108-1; 6. Eliza Bodin (ICW) 93-10

100 – 1. Ja’Niya Crawford (L-M) 12.42; 6. Ivy Nuro-Gyina (ICL) 13.16; 7. Marissa Becker (ICL) 13.28

200 – 1. Abby Mecklenburg (L-M) 25.11; 4. Alexi Thigpen (ICL) 26.7; 7. Savannah Mathias (ICW) 27.27

400 – 1. Hailey Williams (WD) 59.59; 3. Chelsea VeDepo (ICL) 1:01.1; 6. Averie Bilskemper (ICL) 1:02.53; 7. Jena Frank (ICW) 1:03.88

800 – 1. Nevaeh Kessler (DS) 2:22.09; 2. Kate Van Waning (ICW) 2:28.07; 5. Hannah Geng (ICW) 2:35.86; 7. Averie Bilskemper (ICL) 2:38.57

1,500 – 1. Emily Gorton (DS) 4:53.96; 6. Nora Brown (ICL) 5:25.87

3,000 – 1. Emily Gorton (DS) 10:30.65; 7. Kalli Titus (ICW) 12:18.98

100 hurdles – 1. Sophia Olivo (ICW) 15.11; 3. Ivy Nury Gyina (ICL) 15.51

400 hurdles – 1. Eva Willis (ICW) 1:07.76; 4. Avery Nepple (ICW) 1:10.47; 6. Margaret Maassen (ICL) 1:14.67

Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. Cedar Rapids Xavier 1:11.47

Sprint medley relay – 1. Western Dubuque 1:49.75; 4. Liberty High 1:54.98; 5. West High 1:56.19

Distance medley relay – 1. Linn-Mar 4:21.51; 2. West High 4:25.47; 5. Liberty High 4:47.78

4×100 – 1. Linn-Mar 48.86; 3. Liberty High 50.62; 5. West High 51.5

4×200 – 1. Linn-Mar 1:42.79; 3. West High 1:48.7; 5. Liberty High 1:50.32

4×400 – 1. Liberty High 4:11.9; 3. West High 4:15.53

4×800 – 1. Dubuque Senior 9:54.11; 4. Liberty High 10:42.13; 6. West High 11:24.01

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