Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

DES MOINES – Colin Whitters came to the state track and field meet this week chasing a pair of individual titles while seeking to help West High to its first team trophy since 2018.

Whitters came up just shy of his first goal on Thursday finishing runner-up in the Class 4A discus at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

The junior throwing standout isn’t about to let a minor misstep distract him from achieving his final two goals.

“We’ve got another one tomorrow,” Whitters said. “I’ll let this ruin my dinner tonight but I can’t let it ruin my breakfast tomorrow.”

Whitters entered Thursday’s discus competition with the top qualifying throw at 186-9 but settled for a runner-up finish, which was the second consecutive state medal for the Iowa football commit.

Davenport West senior Nolan Dempsey won the discus title with a mark of 177-2.

“Obviously not my best day but I can’t complain about second place,” Whitters said. “I’ve still got one more.”

Whitters also owns the best qualifying throw in the 4A shot put which is scheduled for tomorrow at 4:30 p.m.

The shot put offers another shot at an individual title for Whitters and a second opportunity to help add to the point total for West High which concluded the opening day with 11 team points.

“Obviously there is tomorrow,” Whitters said. “I wish I could have won, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth for next year but we’ve still got one more.”

Whitters was joined in the top-eight in the discus by teammate Elite Mbulekoya.

Mbulekoya finished eighth with a toss of 155-7.

The West High 4×800 relay team of Dara Olaleye, Sam Showers, Maxwell Bruss and Moustafa Tiea finished seventh in a time of 7:51.78.

Class 4A State Track Meet

Girls Results

Team scores (top 10/area teams) – 1. Ankeny 24; 2. Waukee Northwest 22.5; 3. Dallas Center-Grimes 20; 4. Cedar Falls 19; 5. Pleasant Valley 17.5; 6. Johnston 16; 7. Ottumwa 10; 8. Indianola 9; 9. Burlington 8; 9. West Des Moines Dowling 8; 14. City High 5

Individual results (event winners; area competitors)

400 – 1. Kloe Nissen (Cedar Falls) 55.78; 14. Chelsea VeDepo (Liberty High) 1:00.34

3,000 – 1. Piper Messerly (Dallas Center-Grimes) 9:52.08; 10. Nina Peterson (City High) 10:22.25; 21. Nicole Peterson (City High) 10:43.12

4×800 – 1. Pleasant Valley 9:00.75; 13. City High (Calissa Fruin, Eliza Doster, Naomi Downing-Sherer, Abigail Burns) 9:39.67

Discus – 1. Delilah Subsin (Ottumwa) 158-8; 4. Rachel Haack (City High) 137-5; 14. Hannah Braun (City High) 121-0

High jump – 1. Reagan Hanfelt (Ankeny) 5-6; 9. Sophia Austen (West High) 5-2; 14. Alice Edelen (City High) 5-0

Boys Results

Team scores (top 10/area teams) – 1. Ankeny 28; 2. Cedar Falls 21; 3. West Des Moines Dowling 20.5; 4. City High 12; 5. Johnston 11; 5. Waukee Northwest 11; 5. West High 11; 8. Des Moines Roosevelt 10; 8. Davenport West 10; 10. Norwalk 9.5

Individual results (event winners; area competitors)

400 – 1. Jashua Anglo (Johnston) 47.6; 17. Moustafa Tiea (West High) 50.56; 19. Cale Baldwin (Liberty High) 50.77; 21. KingSton Swayzer (West High) 50.88

3,200 – 1. Owen Marett (Des Moines Roosevelt) 9:00.17; 12. Keegan Decker (Liberty High) 9:17.04; 15. Noah Gregoire (Liberty High) 9:25.92

4×800 – 1. Ankeny 7:39.94; 7. West High (Dara Olaleye, Sam Showers, Maxwell Bruss, Moustafa Tiea) 7:51.78; 16. City High (Maxwell McDowell, George Karr, Emmett Palmberg, Dylan Beerends) 8:01.61

High jump – 1. Bernard Grant (City High) 6-5; 6. Victor Nakihinga (Liberty High) 6-3; 14. Mason Middleton (West High) 6-1

Discus – 1. Nolan Dempsey (Davenport West) 177-2; 2. Colin Whitters (West High) 169-9; 7. Raphael Etuma (City High) 158-8; 8. Elite Mbulekoya (West High) 155-7

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