Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

The Your Prep Sports Alumni Report is a weekly segment that recognizes the accomplishments of graduates from YPS area schools that are continuing their careers as student athletes at the collegiate level. Alumni News is a way for readers to keep tabs on former area standouts.

Jack Kinzer

Liberty High graduate and current Wartburg junior Jack Kinzer was named American Rivers Conference men’s track performer of the week last Tuesday.

Kinzer won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 9:01 at the Phil Esten Challenge at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on April 20.

The time of 9:01 by Kinzer ranks third all-time at Wartburg and is the seventh fastest time in NCAA Division III this season.

Ashlyn Keeney

Liberty High graduate and current Iowa State sophomore Ashlyn Keeney had a strong showing over the weekend at the Drake Relays in Des Moines recording a pair of top-three finishes.

Keeney finished third in the 1,500 on Thursday in a time of 4:21.93 which was .12 seconds off her career-best time.

On Friday Keeney was a member of the Iowa State 4×1,600 relay team that finished runner-up to Notre Dame in a time of 19:06.26.

Keeney ran a 4:52.53 split in the 4×1,600 relay helping the Cyclones ran the second-fastest time in program history.

Skyler Stookey

Solon graduate and current Coe College senior Skyler Stookey had two hits and drove in four runs in an 8-7 win over Luther on Saturday.

On the season Stookey is hitting .371 and leads the KoHawks with eight home runs and 27 walks.

Stookey has 10 doubles and 19 extra-base hits, has driven in 31 runs, score 22 runs and has a on-base percentage of .500 while helping Coe College to a 27-9 record.

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