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 …

Cedar Rapids Washington has canceled the Wilkinson Relays boys’ track meet at Kingston Stadium.
It will not be made up.

DES MOINES – Matt Stocker’s emotions did a 180-degree turn in one day.
Stocker anchored Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 1,600-meter medley relay to a Drake Relays championship Friday.
The Hawks’ quartet of Andy Erenberger, Tom Frieden, Demetrius Harper and Stocker was clocked in 3 minutes, 30.83 seconds.
Prairie competed in the second of three heats, and won it behind Stocker’s 800-meter anchor of 1:53.4. Then it was a matter of waiting and watching as the teams in the so-called fast heat battled it out.
Nobody was faster than the Hawks.
“It looked like the Indianola kid (Brennan …

Here are assignments for boys’ district and girls’ regional track meets.
Class 4A
Class 3A
Class 2A
Class 1A
The state-qualifying meets are Friday, May 14. The state meet is May 20-22 at Drake Stadium, Des Moines.

Here is the first team:

DES MOINES — Lisbon freshman Conner Smock and Tipton senior Eric Thien gave Eastern Iowa a small-school sweep in the 3,200-meter run Thursday at the state track meet.
Smock took the lead on the fifth lap and held on to win the Class 1A title in 9 minutes, 47.25 seconds. Thien led more than six laps of the eight-lap event to win the Class 2A crown in 9:33.34.
Thien won the Class 2A state cross-country title last fall, a feat that was on his mind during the race.
“I was like, ‘Senior year, …

DES MOINES — Marion senior Drew Clark needed only one launch to cement his name into the Class 3A record book.
Clark, who will attend Iowa on a football scholarship, won the discus on his first throw of 161 feet, 1 inch last night at Drake Stadium. Clark held off several late challengers to claim the state title.
“That’s probably been the most consistent I’ve been, this week and the week before,” Clark said. “I’m hitting around 160 every meet.
“I know there’s a lot of guys out there that can throw farther, …

DES MOINES — Eastern Iowa track rivalries extended to Drake Stadium Thursday.
When Iowa City West junior Frank Canady and Cedar Rapids Washington senior Lewi Manirumva do battle, the results are always close. The Class 4A state 3,200-meter run was no different.
Canady, an Iowa City West junior, edged Manirumva, a Cedar Rapids Washington senior, in a sprint for second place. Canady, who lost to Manirumva last week at the district meet, finished in 9 minutes, 23.34 seconds, almost 1 second ahead of Manirumva, who stumbled about 5 meters from the finish …

IOWA CITY — Lewi Manirumva sprinted to the finish line stronger and faster than ever. He put his hands over his head and took several deep breaths.
“I was just trying to get away,” the Cedar Rapids Washington senior said moments after winning the Class 4A district crown in the 3,200-meter run last Saturday and qualifying for the state meet that begins today in Des Moines.
Manirumva attacks the track as he has his class work and a language barrier. He and his family left Burundi for the United States in 2004 …

Saturday
CLASS 4A REGIONAL
At Iowa City
Teams —  1. C.R. Washington 156; 2. Iowa City West 141; 3. Iowa City High 100; 4. Linn-Mar 98; 5. Burlington 67; 6. C.R. Prairie 49; 7. Ottumwa 48; 8. C.R. Jefferson 38.
High jump — 1. Nate Hutcheson (LM), 6-3; 2. Alex Kelly (O), 6-2; 3. Logan Ruffridge (CRJ), 6-0; 4. Peter VanVoorhis (ICW), 6-0. Discus — 1. Ryan Piche (LM), 154-0; 2. Jacob Gannon (ICW), 153-5; 3. Mark Jennings (LM), 141-0; 4. Spencer Heath (ICW), 136-0. Shot put — 1. Kevin Harp (ICH), 53-11; 2. …