Stephanie Jenks 9:26 3K, Albert Meier 8:58 3200 opens up Drake Relays

Apr 25, 2014

The high school events got underway on Thursday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa and the two performances which stood out the most were two meet record breaking performances by Stephanie Jenks of Linn-Mar High School (IA) in the 3K and Albert Meier of Boone High School in the 3200 meter run.

Linn-Mar sophomoe Jenks was coming off two wins last week at the Kansas Relays including earning an automatic spot in the adidas Dream Mile. She continued her strong spring of races this weekend at the Drake Relays, but simply dominating the girls 3K field winning by 34 seconds over Rebekah Topham of Griswold in a new Drake Relays meet record time of 9:26.87, which is the third fastest time in the country this season behind only the Arcadia Invite 3200 en route times by Alexa Efraimson (9:23.24) and Anna Maxwell (9:26.23). Jenks time also establishes a new Iowa state 3K record with her race at the Drake Relays.

The 3200 race at the Drake Relays for Albert Meier is the definition of a breakthrough run. With a previous 3200 PR of 9:18 and finishing second in the Iowa state cross country meet this past fall, Meier was able to take a huge chunk of time off his 3200 PR as well as defeat one of his state's best runners in Josh Evans of Linn-Mar in the proccess. It ended up being a three runner race at the end between Meier, Evans (2nd, 9:01.55), and Gilbert junior Thomas Pollard (3rd, 9:04.85) as all three ended up running under the meet record time, while Meier closed the strongest over the final lap to run his first sub 9 minute race in impressive fashion in a final time of 8:58.46 for the win.

A third meet record of the day nearly went down in the boys long jump as Clear Lake junior Chandler Diercks was less than two inches off the all-time high school best at the Drake Relays with a leap of 23'10".

Girls Highlights

100 Meter Hurdles - Mary Young (Urbandale High School) 14.30 SB; Mary Young (Urbandale High School) 14.94;
100 Meter Dash - Jalynn Roberts-lewis (Des Moines Roosevelt High School) 12.24 SB;
3,000 Meter Run - Stephanie Jenks (Linn-Mar High School) 9:26.87 SB; Rebekah Topham (Griswold High School) 10:00.09 SB; Karissa Schweizer (Dowling Catholic High School) 10:03.30; Jordyn Kleve(Johnston High School) 10:04.00; Grace Gibbons (Gilbert High School) 10:07.14 SB; Megan Schott (Des Moines Roosevelt High School) 10:12.15 SB; Abby Caldwell (Waverly-Shell Rock High School) 10:12.28 SB; Elyse Prescott (Urbandale High School) 10:15.72 SB; Torey Brown (Valley High School) 10:21.85 SB; Leah Seivert (Sibley-Ocheyedan High School) 10:22.30 SB; Gwynn Wright (Pekin High School) 10:24.96 SB; Madison Waymire (Dallas Center-Grimes High School) 10:25.45 SB; Payton Boylston (Ames High School) 10:26.09 SB; Grace Coen (Newton High School) 10:26.22 SB; Kate Smith(Ankeny Centennial HS) 10:29.85 SB; Rachel Brush (Waukee High School) 10:32.55 SB; Ellen Carman (Iowa City High School) 10:34.68 SB;
4x200 Meter Relay - Assumption High School 1:41.71;
800 Meter Run - Kaley Ciluffo (Pleasant Valley High School) 2:10.23 SB; Stephanie Jenks (Linn-Mar High School) 2:11.65 SB; Jasmine Staebler (Clayton Ridge High School) 2:11.73 SB; Rebekah Topham(Griswold High School) 2:12.17 SB; Karissa Schweizer (Dowling Catholic High School) 2:14.09 SB; Nicole Miller (North-Linn High School) 2:14.32 SB; Abby Caldwell (Waverly-Shell Rock High School) 2:15.06 SB; Erika Lewis (Waukee High School) 2:15.26 SB; Joy Ripslinger (Assumption High School) 2:15.47 SB; Kenndy King (Assumption High School) 2:15.79 SB; Joy Ihedilonye (Des Moines Roosevelt High School) 2:16.86 SB; Abby Kohut-jackson (Ballard High School) 2:17.26 SB; Grace Coen (Newton High School) 2:17.81 SB; Amber Decker (Linn-Mar High School) 2:18.15;
Discus - Kiana Phelps (Kingsley-Pierson High School) 151-10 SB; Erin Bramble (Waukee High School) 140-2 SB; Maddie Nilles (Dubuque Wahlert High School) 136-8; Kate Birchmier (Davis County High School) 135-5 SB; Hope Koerprich (Dubuque Hempstead High School) 129-3; Sarah Kalkhoff (Newton High School) 127-3 SB; Kennedy Salow (Center Point-Urbana High School) 123-3 SB; Mary Wester(Mount Pleasant High School) 123-1; Abby Brayton (Iowa City West High School) 120-8;
High Jump - Alexis Conaway (MOC-Floyd Valley High School) 5-5; Kasey Reuter (Hinton High School) 5-5; Maria Wrage (Union High School) 5-5 SB;
Long Jump - Jalynn Roberts-lewis (Des Moines Roosevelt High School) 19-0 SB; Kiera Washpun (Iowa City High School) 18-4.75 SB; Mallory Vawter (BCLUW High School) 17-7.5 SB;
Shot Put - Shelby Gunnells (Solon High School) 42-4.25 SB; Dasiana Larson (Garner-Hayfield High School) 42-2.5; Kate Birchmier (Davis County High School) 42-2.25 SB; Macey Bales (Pocahontas Area High School) 41-0 SB; Caitlyn Clayton (Estherville-Lincoln Central High School) 40-2.25; Shelbie Williams (Pekin High School) 39-8.25 SB; Jacy Embray (Glenwood High School) 39-4; Kelsey Ratchford(Independence High School) 39-3.25; Mary Wester (Mount Pleasant High School) 38-9.75 SB; Blaire Thomas (Waterloo West High School) 38-6.5; Molly Villhauer (Clear Creek-Amana High School) 38-5;Jennifer Davis (West Marshall High School) 38-2.5; Samantha Holtz (South Tama County High School) 38-1 SB; Tanasha Atwater (Davenport Central High School) 37-10.5; Michaela Bleeker (Newton High School) 37-6 SB;

Boys Highlights

100 Meter Dash - Rico Gafford (Dowling Catholic High School) 10.62w SB;
110 Meter Hurdles - Davis Sydne (Des Moines Roosevelt High School) 14.20 SB; Elijah Young (Des Moines Lincoln High School) 14.28 SB; Jared Brdicko (Waukee High School) 14.51 SB; Deonne Harris(Newton High School) 14.55; Cole Phillips (Mount Pleasant High School) 14.57 SB; Davis Sydne (Des Moines Roosevelt High School) 14.40; Jayvon Matthews (Davenport Central High School) 14.51 SB;Deonne Harris (Newton High School) 14.70;
3,200 Meter Run - Albert Meier (Boone High School) 8:58.46 SB; Josh Evans (Linn-Mar High School) 9:01.55 SB; Thomas Pollard (Gilbert High School) 9:04.85 SB; Michael Melchert (Monticello High School) 9:19.78 SB; Daniel Gardarsson (Iowa City West High School) 9:24.04 SB; Spencer Clark (Dowling Catholic High School) 9:26.04 SB; Mitch Pritts (Prairie High School) 9:27.76 SB; Daniel Murphy(Linn-Mar High School) 9:28.41 SB; Eli Kaczinski (Northeast High School) 9:29.87 SB; Ryan Tunink (Waukee High School) 9:31.09 SB; Timothy Sevcik (Cedar Falls High School) 9:31.63 SB; Mark Fairley(Dubuque Senior High School) 9:32.16 SB; Chandler Austin (Boone High School) 9:34.21 SB; Imad Amenzou (Marshalltown High School) 9:35.42 SB; Drew Hershey (Johnston High School) 9:35.81 SB; Josh Yeager (Center Point-Urbana High School) 9:36.87 SB; Daniel Soto (Valley High School) 9:38.24; Mason Tope (Davenport Central High School) 9:39.13 SB;
4x200 Meter Relay - Waukee High School 1:27.81; Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School 1:28.56; Dowling Catholic High School 1:28.65; Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School 1:29.46; Albia High School1:29.52;
800 Meter Run - Carter Lilly (Sioux City East High School) 1:54.62 SB; Jay Wolfe (Creston High School) 1:55.05 SB; Daniel Chan (Ames High School) 1:55.94 SB; Tysen Vandraska (Prairie High School) 1:56.17 SB; Austin Kronke (Waukee High School) 1:56.40 SB; Daniel Lee (Ames High School) 1:57.10 SB; Bo Hjelle (Algona High School) 1:57.26; Luedtke Bennett (Muscatine High School) 1:57.55; Isaiah Hanna (Waukee High School) 1:57.56 SB; Jordan Pingel (Pella High School) 1:57.79 SB; Michael Melchert (Monticello High School) 1:57.84;
Discus - Ethan Fenchel (Western Christian High School) 181-8 SB; Isaac Holtz (Monticello High School) 180-1 SB; Seth Snitker (Waukon High School) 168-1; Colton Tracy (Abraham Lincoln High School) 166-1; Colton Phelps (Kingsley-Pierson High School) 162-7; Dalton Ferguson (Solon High School) 157-7; Garret Jansen (Pella High School) 156-5 SB; Austin Langston (Sioux City North High School) 155-8;Jess Jacobsen (Bettendorf High School) 155-7 SB; Luke Farley (Waterloo Columbus Catholic High School) 153-3 SB; Sam Heimer (Saint Ansgar High School) 152-1; Robbie Peters (Mount Vernon High School) 151-0;
High Jump - Jeff Giannettino (West Burlington High School) 7-0 SB; Jared Seay (Johnston High School) 6-8; Xavior Williams (West Burlington High School) 6-8 SB;
Long Jump - Chandler Diercks (Clear Lake High School) 23-10 SB; Bryce Newcomb (G-M-G High School) 22-11w SB;
Shot Put - Dalton Ferguson (Solon High School) 55-4.5; Jacob Barents (Lewis Central High School) 54-11.75 SB; Zach Samson (Baxter High School) 53-5.5 SB; Seth Snitker (Waukon High School) 53-2.75;Keegan Tritle (Lisbon High School) 52-2.75; Daniel Pike (Monticello High School) 52-1.25; Clay Meinders (AGWSR High School) 51-11.75 SB;
Sprint Medley Relay - Linn-Mar High School 3:26.89; Dowling Catholic High School 3:28.08; Algona High School 3:29.98; Johnston High School 3:31.97; Pleasant Valley High School 3:32.08; Iowa City West High School 3:32.39; Fort Madison High School 3:32.67; Ames High School 3:34.03; Muscatine High School 3:34.27; Ankeny Centennial HS 3:34.45; Pella High School 3:35.11; Center Point-Urbana High School 3:35.34; North Polk High School 3:35.45; Cedar Falls High School 3:35.50; Waukee High School 3:35.92; Monticello High School 3:36.30; Dubuque Hempstead High School 3:38.20; Valley High School 3:38.22; Southeast Polk High School 3:38.25; Des Moines Lincoln High School 3:39.24; Iowa City High School 3:41.18; Dubuque Senior High School 3:42.05; Prairie High School 3:44.12;

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