Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

IOWA CITY – It took an entire team effort to have City High in position to win the team title at the Forwald/Coleman Relays with one event remaining.

It was Maeve Bowen-Burt and the Little Hawk 4×400 relay team that sealed the win.

Bowen-Burt anchored City High to a win the 4×400 relay in a time of 3:57.93 as City High held off Waukee to win the team title at the 53^rd Forwald/Coleman Relays on Thursday at Raffensperger Track in Iowa City.

“We haven’t won this in a long time so I am so happy to be a part of it,” Bowen-Burt said. “It feels amazing.”

City High was runner-up at its home meet last season.

On Thursday the Little Hawks got over the hump, winning its first Forwald/Coleman team title since 2022 with 150 points, three more than runner-up Waukee.

West Des Moines Valley was third with 107 followed by Pleasant Valley with 103 and Linn-Mar with 93.

“It means a lot because it really just puts together how hard our entire team is working,” City High junior Ellie Fraga said. “It feels really good because it was such a team win.”

Fraga, Bowen-Burt, Abigial Burns and senior throwing standout Rachel Haack all took turns in the spotlight for City High on Thursday but it truly was a team effort.

City High scored points in 18 of 19 events on Thursday, including all seven relays, and had 14 top-three finishes.

Burns, Fraga and Haack accounted for four individual titles as 13 different Little Hawks combined to post top-eight finishes in individual events.

“One person cannot win a meet and this was a combination group effort,” Fraga said. “All of our field events did amazing, our sprints did amazing, our distance was amazing and if all of that didn’t come together and work together as whole team we couldn’t have done it.”

Haack dominated her way to a sweep of the throwing events.

The senior won the discus with a throw of 144-9 while teammate Hannah Braun was runner-up with a mark of 132-11.

Haack added a title in the shot put with a career-best mark of 45-9 ¼ which was nearly seven feet further than runner-up Annie Cassidy of Linn-Mar.

“You can kind of feel it when it comes out, just the way my rotation was going and I knew it was good,” Haack said. “I was kind of celebrating in my head a little bit before it hit the ground because I knew it was good.”

Braun finished third in the shot put with a mark of 38-6 ¾.

“This is my favorite meet of the year because we have such a strong throwing program at City High and every time a City High thrower steps in the ring there is cheering,” Haack said. “It’s inspiring.”

Junior Alice Edelen cleared 5-1 to win the high jump to cap a strong field event day for City High.

On the track the Little Hawks were just as good and equally balanced.

Fraga won the 200 in 25.79 and was third in the 100.

“I feel pretty good,” Fraga said. “My 100 was a good race, it wasn’t as good as I wanted but I am really happy with my 200 and I felt really strong out of the blocks so I am really happy with that.”

Burns won the 3,000 in 10:33.40 and was runner-up in the 1,500 in 4:44.69.

Bowen-Burt was runner-up in the 400 hurdles in 1:03.52 and anchored the Little Hawk sprint medley team to a win in 1:47.83.

She capped the night by securing the win with an anchor leg of the 4×400.

“We had to beat Waukee in that race to win. I just had to stay with her the whole race. I wasn’t trying to pr or anything, I wasn’t focused on a crazy time I was just trying to get ahead of her,” Bowen-Burt said. “It feels amazing. We were trying to get under 4 for over a year so it feels really good.”

Cedar Rapids Prairie won the boys title with 150.5 points while West High was runner-up with 114 points.

City High was sixth with 74.5 points followed by Clear Creek Amana with 72 and Liberty High with 29.

West High swept the throwing events with James Barnett winning the shot put with a mark of 57-6 ¾ and Collin Whitters winning the discus with a toss of 166-2.

Whitters was third in the shot put and Elite Mbulekoya was third in the discus.

The Trojans added a title in the distance medley relay while Waleed Ibrahim was runner-up in the 110 hurdles and Ely Smock was runner-up in the 400 hurdles.

Cael Dunham added a third-place finish in the 400 for the Trojans.

Clear Creek Amana got runner-up finishes from Carson Bromwell in the shot put, Riley Colvin in the 200 and Carson Meskimen in the 1,600 while Tay Seals was third in the 100 and Jackson VanHorn was third in the 800.

Raphael Etuma was runner-up in the discus to lead City High while Gavin Washpun was third in the 110 hurdles, Damari Lacy was third in the long jump and Adams Kane was third in the 400 hurdles and the high jump.

Forwald/Coleman Relays

At City High School

Girls Results

Team scores – 1. City High 150; 2. Waukee 147; 3. West Des Moines Valley 107; 4. Pleasant Valley 103; 5. Linn-Mar 93; 6. West High 62; 7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 51; 8. Liberty High 27

Individual results (Event champ; area medalists)

100 – 1. Cali McDermott (PV) 12.51; 3. Ellie Fraga (ICH) 12.67

200 – 1. Ellie Fraga (ICH) 25.79; 6. Aarianna Shaw (ICW) 27.8; 8. Janrita Dahn (ICH) 28.11 s

400 – 1. Lydia Bennett (WAU) 59.28; 3. Mackenzie Maher (ICL) 1:00.24; 7. Laila Pho (ICH) 1:02.45; 8. Cooper Hamilton (ICH) 1:02.75

800 – 1. Emme Baugh Van Zee (WAU) 2:20.18; 7. Naomi Downing-Sherer (ICH) 2:31.44; 8. Ellie DeWaard (ICW) 2:31.98

1,500 – 1. Maddie Millage (PV) 4:44.36; 2. Abigail Burns (ICH) 4:44.69; 6. Calissa Fruin (ICH) 4:56.51

3,000 – 1. Abigail Burns (ICH) 10:33.49; 6. Ava Twait (ICW) 11:19.66; 7. Eliza Doster (ICH) 11:20.13

100 hurdles – 1. Morgan Karr (WDV) 14.04; 5. Savannah Graham (ICW) 16.56; 8. Willow Schultz (ICH) 16.93

400 hurdles – 1. Jana Maharry (WAU) 1:03.06; 2. Maeve Bowen-Burt (ICH) 1:03.52; 4. Willow Schultz (ICH) 1:06.05; 7. Eva Willis (ICW) 1:12.18; 8. Avery Nepple (ICW) 1:14.02

Sprint medley – 1. City High (Dede Aboussa-Folly, Jaydah Kent, Ellie Fraga, Maeve Bowen-Burt) 1:47.83; 2. West High (Myriam Rahmouni, Savannah Graham, Amara MacLagan, Savannah Mathias) 1:48.66; 8. Liberty High (Ella McGonegle, Landry Wilson, Mackenzie Maher, Chelsea VeDepo) 1:55.93

Distance medley – 1. City High (Jaydah Kent, Janiah Newell, Noelle Schnoebelen, Calissa Fruin) 4:18.92; 2. West High (Jena Frank, Beatrice Ahren, Eva Willis, Kate Van Waning) 4:26.6; 5. Liberty High (Olivia Meyer, Bailey Kirchner, Kate Prahm, Harlow Bucheit) 4:47.47

Shuttle hurdle – 1. Waukee 1:02.47; 4. City High (Gloria Konu, Bernadette Hamilton, Madeline Fraga, Willow Schultz) 1:09.68; 6. West High (Savannah Graham, Chelsi Wing, Ava Sieren, Eva Willis) 1:11.39; 8. Liberty High (Ava Meyers, Addy Achenbach, Greta Daniels, Cindy Eckhardt) 1:24.33

4×100 – 1. Linn-Mar 48.63; 4. West High (Amara MacLagan, Savannah Graham, Evelyn Cornish, Myriam Rahmouni) 50.48; 5. City High (Dede Aboussa-Folly, Janiah Newell, Madeline Fraga, Cooper Hamilton) 52.1; 6. Liberty High (Ella McGonegle, Mackenzie Maher, Landry Wilson, Ava Meyers) 52.33

4×200 – 1. Waukee 1:41.72; 4. West High (Myriam Rahmouni, Evelyn Cornish, Amara MacLagan, Savannah Mathias) 1:44.6; 7. City High (Janrita, Betsy Wolfe, Gracie Poggenpohl, Dede Aboussa-Folly) 1:51.6; 8. Liberty High (Olivia Meyer, Bailey Kirchner, Lilly McManus, Addy Achenbach) 1:54.52

4×400 – 1. City High (Laila Pho, Ellie Fraga, Jaydah Kent, Maeve Bowen-Burt) 3:57.93; 3. West High (Beatrice Ahern, Jena Frank, Sophia Austen, Savannah Mathias) 4:01.17; 8. Liberty High (Kate Prahm, Addy Achenbach, Claire Cannon, Carson Perry) 4:31.11

4×800 – 1. West Des Moines Valley 9:51.03; 3. City High (Lucy Sherburne, Maeve Nordlund, Claire Locher, Naomi Downing-Sherer) 10:10.83; 6. West High (Avery Nepple, Mia Ahn, Lydia Evans, Myra Crawford) 10:43.82; 7. Liberty High (Ayla Trolliet, Harlow Bucheit, Aleah Williams, Claire Cannon) 10:45.45

Shot put – 1. Rachel Haack (ICH) 45-9 ¼; 3. Hannah Braun (ICH) 38-6 ¾; 8. Sydney Van Heukelom (ICL) 34-1 ½

Discus – 1. Rachel Haack (ICH) 144-9; 2. Hannah Braun (ICH) 132-11; 7. Sydney Van Heukelom (ICL) 103-6

Long jump – 1. Abby Mecklenburg (L-M) 20-1 ¾; 2. Amara MacLagan (ICW) 17-3 ½; 4. Alexi Thigpen (ICL) 16-9 ¾

High jump – 1. Alice Edelen (ICH) 5-1; 6. Evelyn Cornish (ICW) 4-11

Boys Results

Team scores – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 150.5; 2. West High 114; 3. West Des Moines Valley 113; 4. Pleasant Valley 98.5; 5. Linn-Mar 86.5; 6. City High 74.5; 7. Clear Creek Amana 72; 8. Liberty High 29

Individual results (Event champ; area medalists)

100 – 1. Miciah LeLaCheur (WDV) 11.06; 3. Tay Seals (CCA) 11.11; 6. Adbul Hodge Jr. (ICW) 11.36; 7. Damari Lacy (ICH) 11.49

200 – 1. Joseph Alexander (WDV) 21.85; 2. Riley Colvin (CCA) 22.56; 8. Tomi Alaleye (ICW) 23.38

400 – 1. Drew Bennis (CRP) 48.07; 3. Cael Dunham (ICW) 50.53; 8. Jaylen McDowell (ICL) 52.34

800 – 1. Will Kennedy (L-M) 1:59.87; 3. Jackson VanHorn (CCA) 2:00.63; 5. Mohamed Musa (ICW) 2:03.43; 6. Zachariah Bruzek (ICW) 2:03.83

1,600 – 1. Joe Knepp (PV) 4:22.43; 2. Carson Meskimen (CCA) 4:22.77; 4. Lars Hildebrand (ICL) 4:24.24; 7. Michael Hanna (ICW) 4:30.6

3,200 – 1. Jonah Whitson (PV) 9:29.12; 5. Linus McRoberts (ICH) 9:57.31; 6. Andrew Hamilton (ICH) 9:59.21; 8. Jake Weiler (ICW) 10:01.99;

110 hurdles – 1. Miciah LeLaCheur (WDV) 14.43; 2. Waleed Ibrahim (ICW) 14.49; 3. Gavin Washpun (ICH) 14.99; 7. Adams Kane (ICH) 15.38; 8. Cade Towler (ICW) 15.59

400 hurdles – 1. Dane Mai (CRP) 54.27; 2. Ely Smock (ICW) 54.61; 3. Adams Kane (ICH) 57.66; 8. Cooper Spark (ICW) 59.82

Sprint medley – 1. Linn-Mar 1:34.26; 4. Clear Creek Amana (Brady Hilsman, Tay Seals, Adam Zeman, Quade Jensen) 1:37.11; 5. Liberty High (Adrian Clerry, Jacob Karstens, Cooper Lester, Jaylen McDowell) 1:37.5; 6. West High (Corey Davis, Tomi Olaleye, Ryder Gorsh, Winston Fan) 1:37.98; 7. City High (Davon Sanders, Arrow Westerdahl, Peter Pufall, Carter Turnbough) 1:38.76

Distance medley – 1. West High (Kellen Craig, Neil James, Aidan Nelson, Dara Olaleye) 3:32.66; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Quade Jensen, Brady Hilsman, Cade Overman, Carson Meskimen) 3:35.24; 4. City High (Zyaire Washpun, Marshall Sheldon, Gavin Washpun, Emmett Palmberg) 3:39.07; 8. Liberty High (Terrence Thames, Tate Rettig, Cooper Lester, Randy Nuro Gyina) 4:02.55

Shuttle hurdle – 1. Linn-Mar 1:00.15; 3. West High (Owen Smock, Adan Carbajal, Cooper Spark, Will Maxwell) 1:01.91; 5. City High (Kyle Hartwig, Chris Kabaiza, Seth McLean, David Whittaker) 1:07.53

4×100 – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 42.74; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Brady Hilsman, Colter Austin, Adam Zeman, Tay Seals) 43.45; 4. Liberty High (Jackson Burnes, Cale Baldwin, Adrian Clerry, Leo Rozz) 43.88; 5. West High (Bernoli Luvandu, Neil James, Atari Brown, Abdul Hodge. Jr.) 43.94; 6. City High (Gavin Washpun, Zyaire Washpun, Damari Lacy, Peter Pufall) 44.15

4×200 – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 1:27.65; 2. Clear Creek Amana (Adam Zeman, Quade Jensen, Riley Colvin, Tay Seals) 1:27.7; 4. City High (Zyaire Washpun, Marshall Sheldon, Damari Lacy, Wyatt Byrd) 1:30.42; 5. West High (Atari Brown, Tomi Olaleye, Ryder Gorsh, Ethan Headings) 1:30.56; 6. Liberty High (Rylen Schweitzer, Leo Rozz, Jackson Burnes, Cale Baldwin) 1:30.66

4×400 – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 3:18.49; 2. West High (Dara Plaleye, Aidan Nelson, Atari Brown, Cael Dunham) 3:21.49; 4. Clear Creek Amana (Cade Overman, Riley Colvin, Jack Timmerman, Quade Jensen) 3:22.49; 7. Liberty High (Rylen Schweitzer, Jackson Burnes, Keegan Decker, Cale Baldwin) 3:25.06; 8. City High (Marshall Sheldon, Maxwell McDowell, Gavin Washpun, Wyatt Byrd) 3:28.48

4×800 – 1. Pleasant Valley 7:59.61; 2. Liberty High (Lars Hildebrand, Hans Hildebrand, Maxwell Kinzer, Keegan Decker) 8:06.68; 3. West High (Michael Hanna, Zachariah Bruzek, Thomas Tong, Mohamed Musa) 8:09.18; 5. City High (Emmett Palmberg, Benjamin Elwell, Jarris Prottsman, Maxwell McDowell) 8:16.69; 6. Clear Creek Amana (Jackson, VanHorn, Caden Burkle, Kyle Vogel, Micah Johnson) 8:26.28

Shot put – 1. James Barnett (ICW) 57-6 ¾; 2. Carson Bromwell (CCA) 52-10; 3. Colin Whitters (ICW) 52-8 ½; 5. Preston Mensah (ICH) 49-8 ½;

Discus – 1. Colin Whitters (ICW) 166-2; 2. Raphael Etuma (ICH) 165-6; 3. Elite Mbulekoya (ICW) 157-2; 6. Preston Mensah (ICH) 149-5

Long jump – 1. Charlie Tuchel (L-M) 21-2; 3. Damari Lacy (ICH) 20-10; 7. Jeremy Makenda (ICW) 20-3 ¾; 8. Riley Colvin (CCA) 19-11 ¾

High jump – 1. Josephe Alexander (WDV) 6-3 ¼; 3. Adams Kane (ICH) 6-3; 8. Carter Spark (ICW) 5-9; 8. Abe Bidanis (ICH) 5-9

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