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 …

CEDAR RAPIDS — This is the time prep tennis coaches are put to the test.
With rosters due Monday for Thursday’s Class 1A and 2A district meets, boys’ tennis coaches are challenged to find their best possible lineup.
It turns out that determining lineups for district competition is more complex than filling out a sheet with names. Coaches implore strategy to try to advance as many athletes to the state meet as well as improving the team’s chances to reach team substate.
Coaches and players have to decide whether to compete in singles …

DES MOINES — Forty-eight years, girls’ track has been a sanctioned sport in Iowa. Forty-eight years, the girls’ 400-meter relay has been contested at the Drake Relays.
All those years. And nobody has run it as fast as these four Women of Troy ran it Saturday afternoon.
Iowa City West set an all-time Iowa best of 48.10 seconds in blazing to the Drake title. 
“It felt fast,” said anchor Jessica Gehrke. 
It was the fastest ever. West’s effort eclipsed Waukee’s time of 49.15, set last year. 
Fast. But, according to the Women of Troy, they …

DES MOINES — Amanda Piche changed her technique.
“I’ve been trying to get lower in my throw,” she said.
Getting lower got Piche higher. All the way to the top.
A sophomore at Linn-Mar High School, Piche won the girls’ discus competition at the Drake Relays Friday morning.
Piche’s winning toss of 136 feet, 9 inches, came on her first throw of the day.
“That was probably the best grip I had all day,” she said. “I made sure I had a lot of chalk.”
The event was contested in a steady rain. Piche’s best throw …

DES MOINES — Boys. Girls.
Shot put. Discus.
When it comes to the throws, Iowa City West is decisively the best.
Why?
“Wymer,” said Micaela Haight.
Jacob Gannon won the boys’ discus title and Haight captured the girls’ shot put crown at the Drake Relays on Thursday.
Throwers come and throwers go. But throwing coach Brad Wymer is the constant at West.
“He’s amazing,” Haight said after uncorking a toss of 44 feet, 3 1/2 inches on her second-to-last attempt to move past Urbandale’s Margo Shandri on the leader board.
“He helps me stay calm. He pushes us …

Top-level talent and overall depth have collided within the Iowa City West girls’ track program.
The result is predictable: West appears to be a juggernaut again.
Armed with “the deepest team and the best freshman class I have ever coached,” Mike Parker’s Women of Troy are rated No. 1 statewide in six of 19 events, according to quikstatsiowa.com.
“We have stars, but we have girls, if the stars aren’t at their best, that can be stars for a day,” Parker said.
Last year, West was denied a third consecutive Class 4A state championship, settling …

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released the Class 4A regional golf assignments. Unlike the other classes, the class of largest schools do not have district meets. Just regionals and state. The Cedar Rapids/Marion Metro 4A schools all travel north to Irv Warren Memorial at Waterloo for their regional meet. In a little bit of an odd circumstance, the Iowa City schools are being sent to very different locations. Iowa City High heads north to Peosta to play Timberline. Iowa City West goes to Ottumwa.
Class 4A Golf regional assignments …

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