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The 16th conference title in the past 20 years for West High came in dominating fashion on Thursday.

West High won 10 events, placing first and second in half of those events and cruised to the team title with 180 points at the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Divisional meet at Memorial Stadium in Waterloo.

Bailey Nock won the 800, 1,500 and 3,00 and Valerie Welch added titles in the long jump and 100 hurdles as West High won its second consecutive divisional title.

West High got titles from Chandler Haight in the shot put, Leah Dusterhoft in the discus and won three relays while rolling up 180 points to finish 70 points in front of runner-up Linn-Mar.

The Women of Troy won titles in the shuttle hurdle, distance medley and 4×800 relays, placed in 18 of 19 events and had two placewinners in every individual event but one.

Gabby Skopec was second to Nock in both the 1,500 and 3,000 and Deniz Ince was runner-up to Nock in the 800.

Haight was second in the discus, Kitra Bell was second in the long jump and Welch finished second in the 400 hurdles.

MVC Mississippi Divisional

At Waterloo

Team scores – 1. Iowa City West 180; 2. Linn-Mar 110; 3. Dubuque Wahlert 93; 4. Waterloo East 63; 5. Waterloo West 57; 6. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 42; 7. Xavier 35. 

Individual Results

(Event winners; Area placewinners)

100 – 1. Kerris Roberts (WE) 11.93; 7. Katie Severt (ICW) 13.15.

200 – 1. Kerris Roberts (WE) 24.65; 4. Kitra Bell (ICW) 26.89; 6. Katie Severt (ICW) 27.87.

400 – 1. Payton Wensel (LM) 58:32; 5. Claire Ronnebaum (ICW) 1:07.62; 6. Simone Willis (ICW) 1:08.42.

800 – 1. Bailey Nock (ICW) 2:19.70; 2. Deniz Ince (ICW) 2:25.65.

1,500 – 1. Bailey Nock (ICW) 4:49.86; 2. Gabby Skopec (ICW) 5:04.76.

3,000 – 1. Bailey Nock (ICW) 10:48.37; 2. Gabby Skopec (ICW) 10:56.65.

100 hurdles – 1. Valerie Welch (ICW) 14.59; 3. Peyton Steva (ICW) 15.61.

400 hurdles – 1. Payton Wensel (LM) 1:03.67; 2. Valerie Welch (ICW) 1:06.27; 3. Micaela Gravelin (ICW) 1:08.77.

Shuttle hurdle – 1. Iowa City West (Kitra Bell, Taylor Cannon, Kia Noibi, Peyton Steva) 1:05.27.

Sprint medley – 1. Linn-Mar 1:49.60; 4. Iowa City West (Kia Noibi, Ally Bauer, Katie Severt, Micaela Gravelin) 1:55.23.

Distance medley – 1. Iowa City West (Peyton Steva, Kitra Bell, Valerie Welch, Deniz Ince) 4:19.99.

4×100 – 1. Waterloo East 48.86; 7. Iowa City West (Peyton Steva, Katie Severt, Taylor Cannon, Ally Bauer) 52.42.

4×200 – 1. Dubuque Wahlert 1:45.02; 7. Iowa City West (Elizabeth Davis, Leah Elliott, Natalie Young, Mia Dillingham) 1:58.40.

4×400 – 1. Dubuque Wahlert 4:06.20; 4. Iowa City West (Simone Willis, Deniz Ince, Olivia Moore, Micaela Gravelin) 4:19.51.

4×800 – 1. Iowa City West (Claire Ronnebaum, Olivia Moore, Annika Jensen, Gabby Skopec) 10:04.97.

Long jump – 1. Valerie Welch (ICW) 18-03.50; 2. Kitra Bell (ICW) 17-11.00.

High jump – 1. Skyler Presler (LM) 5-05.

Discus – 1. Leah Dusterhoft (ICW) 126-04; 2. Chandler Haight (ICW) 116-04.

Shot put – 1. Chandler Haight (ICW) 4.-07.50; 4. Leah Dusterhoft (ICW) 34-07.75.

City High’s Murphy Just Misses Throwing Event Sweep

Luci Murphy came up four inches short of a throwing event sweep for City High at the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division meet at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids.

Murphy won the discus with a mark of 125-3 and finished second in the shot put with a toss of 39-2 ½, just four inches behind champion Megan Gronau of Dubuque Hempstead.

The strong performance by Murphy helped City High to a sixth-place team finish with 68 points.

Cedar Falls won the team title with 126 points while Dubuque Senior was second with 99 and Cedar Rapids Prairie was third with 86.

Mary Arch finished second in the 800 for City High in 2:28.03 and helped the City High 4×800 team to a third-place finish in 10:04.67.

Anna Lindower finished third in the 1,500 in 5:02.76.

MVC Valley Divisional

At Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids

Team scores – 1. Cedar Falls 126; 2. Dubuque Senior 99; 3. Cedar Rapids Prairie 86; 4. Dubuque Hempstead 76; 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 71; 6. Iowa City 68; 7. Cedar Rapids Washington 63.

Individual Results

(Event winners; Area placewinners)

100 – 1. Cheyenne Mitchell (CRK) 12.59; 6. Emma Clark (ICH) 13.00.

200 – 1. Stevie Lambe (DS) 25.93; 5. Emma Clark (ICH) 26.80; 8. Azzura Sartini-Rideout (ICH) 27.39.

400 – 1. Mackenzie Michael (CF) 57:87; 5. Sydney DePrenger (ICH) 1:03.31.

800 – 1. Mackenzie Michael (CF) 2:23.77; 2. Mary Arch (ICH) 2:28.03; 6. Gabriel McCormick (ICH) 2:33.82.

1,500 – 1. Hannah Brown (DH) 5:01.04; 3. Anna Lindower (ICH) 5:02.76; 6. Emily Bywater (ICH) 5:10.43.

3,000 – 1. Reagan Gorman (CRW) 10:49.08; 7. Bridget Brown (ICH) 11:42.48.

100 hurdles – 1. Amara Taylor (CRW) 14.65.

400 hurdles – 1. Sydney Davis (CF) 1:04.77; 3. Merryl Green (ICH) 1:09.32.

Shuttle hurdle – 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 1:08.27; 5. Iowa City (Brooke Bormann, Merryl Green, Kate Swenning, Michelle Jennings) 1:15.44.

Sprint medley – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 1:54.23; 6. Iowa City (Isabel Hansen, Azzura Sartini-Rideout, Emma Cooper, Tiara Green)) 1:59.56.

Distance medley – 1. Cedar Falls 4:23.10; 4. Iowa City (Sydney Fellows, Merryl Green, Lindsey Parrott, Izzy Jones) 4:36.64.

4×100 – 1. Dubuque Senior 50.34; 6. Iowa City (Emma Clark, Azzura Sartini-Rideout, Tiara Green, Isabel Hansen) 51.81.

4×200 – 1. Dubuque Senior 1:47.11; 4. Iowa City (Emma Clark, Tiara Green, Azzura Sartini-Rideout, Emma Cooper) 1:50.20.

4×400 – 1. Cedar Falls 4:05.46; 5. Iowa City (Tiara Green, Sydney DePrenger, Emma Cooper, Izzy Jones) 4:22.43.

4×800 – 1. Cedar Falls 9:51.81; 3. Iowa City (Anna Lindower, Mary Arch, Kinsee Brands, Naomi Meurice) 10:04.67.

Long jump – 1. Vanessa Eniola (CRW) 17-01.75; 8. Isabel Hansen (ICH) 14-05.50.

High jump – 1. Katie Beer (CRK) 5-00; 5. Cyan Vanderhoef (ICH) 4-10.

Discus – 1. Luci Murphy (ICH) 125-03.

Shot put – 1. Megan Gronau (DH) 39-06.50; 2. Luci Murphy (ICH) 39-02.50; 6. Salima Omari (ICH) 35-00.50.

Miller Leads West Branch at RVC Meet

Paige Miller won the 400 hurdles and ran on three West Branch relay teams that earned top three finishes to help the Bears to a sixth-place team finish at the River Valley Conference meet on Thursday in Bellevue.

Miller won the 400 hurdles in 1:06.27 and anchored the West Branch shuttle hurdle and 4×200 relay teams to runner-up finishes.

The senior also ran the anchor on the West Branch 4×400 squad that finished third helping the Bears rack up 50.5 points.

Defending 2A state champion Cascade won the team title with 157 points while North Cedar was second with 115.5 and Monticello finished third with 90.

Regina finished 11th with 24 points.

Grace Swenning placed fifth in both the 200 and 400 and ran a leg on the sprint medley relay team that placed third to lead Regina.

River Valley Conference Meet

At Bellevue

Team scores – 1. Cascade 157; 2. North Cedar 115.5; 3. Monticello 90; 4. Mid-Prairie 62; 5. Tipton 56; 6. West Branch 50.5; 7. Bellevue 44; 8. Wilton 42; 9. Northeast 36; 10. Camanche 32; 11. Regina 24; 12. Durant 17; 13. West Liberty 15.

Individual Results

(Event winners; Area placwinners)

100 – 1. Grace Proesch (NC) 13.03; 6. Madeline Adam (ICR) 13.95; 7. Haley Mullinnix (WB) 14.13.

200 – 1. Grace Proesch (NC) 26.59; 5. Grace Swenning (ICR) 27.74.

400 – 1. Grace Proesch (NC) 58.36; 5. Grace Swenning (ICR) 1:02.41.

800 – 1. Anna Hostetler (MP) 2:17.93.

1,500 – 1. Anna Hostetler (MP) 4:50.29.

3,000 – 1. Camryn Reeg (BEL) 11:15.86.

100 hurdles – 1. Lisa Tucker (CAS) 16.13.

400 hurdles – 1. Paige Miller (WB) 1:06.27; 5. Molly Vittetoe (ICR) 1:14.89.

Sprint medley – 1. Cascade 1:51.8; 3. Regina (Madeline Adam, Molly Vittetoe, Emma Corkery, Grace Swenning) 1:56.97; 5. West Branch (Taylor Thein, Haley Mullinnix, Jaylen Votroubek, Kaiya Luneckas) 1:58.

Distance medley – 1. Cascade 4:15.82.

Shuttle hurdle – 1. Cascade 1:07.64; 2. West Branch (Tatum Koenig, Jaylen Votroubek, Kaiya Luneckas, Paige Miller) 1:08.53.

4×100 – 1. Cascade 50.8; 7. West Branch (Taylor Thein, Haley Mullinnix, Riley Vaughan, Autumn Kolpin) 54.95.

4×200 – 1. Cascade 1:45.76; 2. West Branch (Tatum Koenig, Jaylen Votroubek, Kaiya Luneckas, Paige Miller) 1:49.7; 6. Regina (Madelin Adam, Kemberly Flores, Lauren Kimani, Elizabeth Klesner) 1:56.47.

4×400 – 1. Monticello 4:03.89; 3. West Branch (Tatum Koenig, Jaylen Votroubek, Kaiya Luneckas, Paige Miller) 4:08.92.

4×800 – 1. Monticello 9:32.02.

High jump – 1. Darby Hawtrey (NC) 5-3; 4. Mikayla Prusha (WB) 4-10.

Long jump – 1. Kortney Drake (WIL) 15-11; 5. Tatum Koenig (WB) 15-3 ½.

Shot put – 1. Jamie Kofron (TIP) 38-8 ½; 8. McKenzie Heise (WB) 31-10 ¼.

Discus – 1. Jamie Kofron (TIP) 116-7 ½; 8. Kaylee Montgomery (WB) 93-11.

Solon Second at WAMAC Meet

Solon finished runner-up at the WAMAC meet for the second straight season on Thursday as Mount Vernon edged the Spartans for the team title in Epworth.

Mount Vernon finished with 109 points while Solon was second with 95 followed by Benton Community with 78.  

Clear Creek Amana finished 12th with 28.5 points.

Erin Kerkhoff won the 400 and added a runner-up finish in the 200 and a fourth-place finish in the 100 to lead Solon.

Josie Durr won the high jump and the sprint medley relay team of Sayler McIlravy, Alexis Sands, Bryn Hanrahan and Taylor Ryan won in a time of 1:52.14.
Gabbi Bullard added a runner-up finish in the 400 hurdles and teammate Sophie Nicol was fourth.

Mariah Roller led Clear Creek Amana with a runner-up finish in the discus with a toss of 108-6 while Karsyn Stratton was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 16-1.

WAMAC Meet

At Western Dubuque

Team scores – 1. Mt Vernon 109; 2. Solon 95; 3. Benton Community 78; 4. Center Point-Urbana 61; 5. Western Dubuque 57.5; 6. South Tama 50; 7. Marion 44; 8. Vinton-Shellsburg 41; 9. Anamosa 39; 10. Central DeWitt 35; 11. Maquoketa 29; 12. Clear Creek-Amana 28.5; 13. Williamsburg 28; 14. Independence 25; 15. Western Delaware 13; 16. Dyersville Beckman 8.

Individual Results

(Event winners; Area placewinners)

100 – 1. Ellie Masten (BC) 12.38; 4. Erin Kerkhoff (SOL) 12.82.

200 – 1. Olivia Nebergall (ANA) 26.35; 2. Erin Kerkhoff (SOL) 26.62; 8. Khaylor Fleck (SOL) 27.61.

400 – 1. Erin Kerkhoff (SOL) 1:01.71; 4. Taylor Ryan (SOL) 1:03.05; 7. Karsyn Stratton (CCA) 1:04.34; 8. Cierra Lacina (CCA) 1:05.07.

800 – 1. Julia Campbell (CD) 2:22.72.

1,500 – 1. Adrianna Katcher (CPU) 4:57.42.

3,000 – 1. Adrianna Katcher (CPU) 10:44.38; 7. Makayla Lindemann (SOL) 11:49.18.

100 hurdles – 1. Grace Martensen (BC) 14.99.

400 hurdles – 1. Allison Yuska (ST) 1:07.27; 2. Gabbi Bullard (SOL) 1:09.55; 4. Sophie Nicol (SOL) 1:10.65.

Shuttle hurdle – 1. Mount Vernon 1:06.15; 4. Solon (Sayler McIlravy, Molly Duckett, Rachael Nelson, Alexis Sands) 1:08.41.

Sprint medley – 1. Solon (Sayler McIlravy, Alexis Sands, Bryn Hanrahan, Taylor Ryan) 1:52.14.

Distance medley – 1. Central DeWitt 4:24.03; 7. Solon (Jessica Heick, Khaylor Fleck, Cayley Annis, Gabbi Bullard) 4:30.70.

4×100 – 1. Benton Community 50.07; 3. Solon (Bryn Hanrahan, Molly Duckett, Alexis Sands, Erin Kerkhoff) 51.55.

4×200 – 1. Benton Community 1:46.78; 7. Solon (Sophie Nicol, Bryn Hanrahan, Abby Smith, Molly Duckett) 1:51.57.

4×400 – 1. Western Dubuque 4:05.97; 4. Solon (Taylor Ryan, Cayley Annis, Abby Smith, Sophie Nicol) 4:12.05; 8. Clear Creek-Amana (Karsyn Stratton, Riley Hennes, Cierra Lacina, Claire Navara) 4:23.37.

4×800 – 1. Mount Vernon 10:02.69; 4. Solon (Cayley Annis, Gabbi Bullard, Calista Haasl, Sophie Nicol) 10:15.43.

Long jump – 1. Ella Wischmeyer (MV) 16-08.50; 5. Karsyn Stratton (CCA) 16-01.

High jump – 1. Josie Durr (SOL) 5-4; T6. Andrea Roller (CCA) 4-10.

Discus – 1. Ainsley Schrock (CCA) 108-08; 2. Mariah Roller (CCA) 108-06; 5. Bryce Hinkel (SOL) 103-02; 7. Elli Becicka (SOL) 101-10.

Shot put – 1. Oceana Papakee (BC) 40-09.