IOWA CITY — Bad weather couldn’t stop Kyle Dunn last week.
And a full day’s work couldn’t slow him last night.
Dunn continued to chip away at his 400-meter hurdles time, motoring through a 51.51-second lap at a Class 4A state-qualifying track and field meet last night at Trojan Field.
That ranks No. 4 all-time in Iowa. And he did it in his fourth race of the evening.
The junior credited a teammate.
“My buddy (Nick) Lucas goes really hard for the first 200, and that pushes me a lot,” said Dunn, who had run …

CLASS 4A
At Iowa City West
(The top 2 in each event automatically advance to the state meet, plus the next 12 best times/distances statewide, next week at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.)
Teams — 1. Iowa City High 193, 2. Iowa City West 188, 3. Burlington 89, 4. Linn-Mar 83, 5. C.R. Prairie 59, 6. C.R. Jefferson 58, 7. Davenport West 37, 8. Muscatine 26.
Shot put — 1. Micaela Haight (ICW), 45-0; 2. Courtney Fritz (ICW), 41-7 1/2; 3. Alicia Steffany (Burl), 40-6 3/4.
Discus — 1. Courtney Fritz (ICW), 139-9; 2. Amanda Piche …

CLASS 4A
At Iowa City West
The top 4 in each event advance to the state meet, next week at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.
Teams — 1. Linn-Mar 140, 2. Burlington 137, 3. Iowa City High 127, 4. Iowa City West 91, 5. C.R. Prairie 78, 6. Muscatine 51, 7. C.R. Jefferson 44, 8. Davenport West 30.
Shot put — 1. Mark Jennings (LM), 56-3 3/4; 2. Nick Ganzley (Musc), 52-7 1/2; 3. Jacob Gannon (ICW), 52-6 1/4; 4. Ryan Piche (LM), 52-3 1/4.
Discus — 1. Jacob Gannon (ICW), 179-5; 2. Ryan Piche …

The western thumb of the Big East Conference, Lisbon is somewhat isolated.
“We’re on the outside edge,” said Jim Schultz, the school’s athletics director. “Eight (of our 11 conference rivals) are at least an hour and 15 minutes away.”
So it’s time to look elsewhere.
Lisbon has formally applied for membership into the Tri-Rivers Conference. If its application is accepted, Lisbon will join in 2012-13.
Tri-Rivers athletics directors and principals have green-lighted the expansion, with superintendents scheduled to vote at their annual meeting June 2.
“They’ve got some really nice athletic programs,” said North Linn …

Lions to Brooklyn, Mustangs to Monticello.
And Zebras to Marion.
That’s the plan of action today for track and field athletes from southeast Linn County.
State-qualification meets —boys’ districts and girls’ regionals — will be held in all classes at 4 this afternoon.
(DISTRICT/REGIONAL ASSIGNMENTS can be found HERE.)
This is the sixth year for co-ed postseason competition, giving most fans a chance to see their boys’ and girls’ teams at one spot.
Not so for folks from Mount Vernon and Lisbon.
The girls’ program is merged and will defend its Class 3A state title next week …

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Kristen Hahn has been selected as a first-team “Gym Dandy” by PrepVolleyball.com.
Hahn, a defensive specialist bound for Iowa State, was one of 13 players selected to the first team. The players selected as Gym Dandies are primarily back row players.
She garnered Elite All-State honors for the second-straight year, racking up 628 digs as a senior.

CEDAR RAPIDS — Max Martino will guard the big guys. Or the little guys.
He’ll use his size. Or his speed.
“I’ll be whatever they need me to be,” Martino said Tuesday, after it was announced that the senior from Cedar Rapids Kennedy has signed to play men’s basketball at the University of Northern Iowa as an invited walk-on.
A two-year varsity starter at guard, Martino averaged 8.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game last season.
Martino (6-5, 195) is Kennedy’s 2010 Male Athlete of the Year and has been a standout on the track and football …

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Christian French and Williamsburg’s Austin Blythe have been nominated to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
The game is Jan. 8, 2011, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The annual classic East vs. West match-up will be televised live on NBC at noon (Iowa time) and will feature the nation’s top high school football players.
Blythe has committed to play at the University of Iowa. French has offers with a number of Division-I programs.
The players were nominated by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee, which consists of All …

MARION — Kyle Dunn owned the spotlight. Cedar Rapids Washington and Cedar Falls shared a title.
A junior at Linn-Mar, Dunn ran the fourth-fastest time in state history in the 400-meter hurdles at the MVC Valley Division boys’ track meet Friday at Armstrong Field.
He was clocked in 51.64 seconds on a less-than-optimal day.
“That’s what I was looking for,” he said. “I’d kind of been on a Drake (Relays) hangover. I couldn’t get motivated.”
That effort highlighted a triple-crown day for Dunn. He also won the 110-meter highs and anchored the triumphant 1,600-meter …

ARLINGTON — Even as a little girl, Madeline Otdoerfer ran at the state track meet.
“I’d race on the (Drake Stadium) track every year after it was over,” she said.
“I was kind of jealous of my older sisters, because they got to run there for real.”
An era will end for the Starmont girls’ track program later this month. The Otdoerfer sisters — all nine of them — have been a constant since the eldest, Jessica, was a freshman in 1989.
That’s right. This is the 22nd straight season that Coach Roger Reed …