Students-Athletes Qualify in 31 Events at State Track & Field

The Lincoln Rails boys track team, seen here winning the the 4×100 at the 2013 Drake Relays, qualified in 10 events at this year’s State Meet.

Student-athletes from DMPS high schools have qualified to compete in 31 different events at the 2014 Iowa High School Track & Field Championship, to be held May 22-24 at Drake Stadium here in Des Moines.

Among the top qualifiers are Roosevelt’s Jalynn Roberts-Lewis, who won three events at this year’s Drake Relays; Elihah Young of Lincoln, the state’s top qualifier in both the 110m and 400m hurdles; and Roosevelt’s Sydne Davis, who won the 110m hurdles at this year’s Drake Relays.

For more information about the State track meet, visit the Iowa High School Athletic Association or the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The following is a list of DMPS qualifiers by event (include alternates for the relays):

BOYS

100 Meters
Williams, Cameron 11 Roosevelt
Koko, Mamoon 10 Hoover
Kesselring, Kaleb 12 Lincoln
Gray, Rayvon 12 Hoover

200 Meter
Williams, Cameron 11 Roosevelt
Kesselring, Kaleb 12 Lincoln
Koko, Mamoon 10 Hoover

400 Meters
Young, Brandon 12 East
Lyon, Zach 11 Lincoln

110 Meter Hurdles
Young, Elijah 12 Lincoln
Davis, Sydne 12 Roosevelt
Sparks, Josh 12 Roosevelt

400 Meter Hurdles
Young, Elijah 12 Lincoln
Davis, Sydne 12 Roosevelt
Hoogensen, Finn 12 Lincoln

4×100 Relay
Lincoln: 1) Richter, Bryan 10 2) Westmoreland, Tanner 11 3) Haskins, Victor 11 4) Kesselring, Kaleb 12 5) Bryson, Jordan 12 6) Blaylock, Robby 10
Hoover: 1) Horton, Jalen 11 2) Gray, Rayvon 12 3) Schwarz, Matt 11 4) Koko, Mamoon 10 5) Anderson, Elliot 09 6) Larsen, Brock 11
East: 1) Trotter, Brandon 10 2) Akers, Evian 11 3) Knutzen, Skyler 12 4) James, Jaylin 11 5) Young, Justice 09 6) Sama, Gerald 09

4×200 Relay
East: 1) Trotter, Brandon 10 2) Akers, Evian 11 3) Knutzen, Skyler 12 4) James, Jaylin 11 5) Young, Justice 09 6) Sama, Gerald 09

4×400 Relay
Roosevelt: 1) Williams, Cameron 11 2) Sparks, Josh 12 3) Krah, Prince 12 4) Davis, Sydne 12 5) Fritzjunker, Jack 12 6) King, Jason
Lincoln: 1) Lyon, Zach 11 2) Hoogensen, Finn 12 3) McMichael, Sam 11 4) Young, Elijah 12 5) Thongvanh, Blake 11 6) Scott, Isaac 09

4×800 Relay
Lincoln: 1) Hoogensen, Finn 12 2) Lucht, Christian 12 3) Wood, Tanner 10 4) McMichael, Sam 11 5) Smith, Tanner 12 6) Carter, Seth 12

100, 200, 400 Meter Wheelchair
Lee, Austin 12 DSM, East

Distance Medley Relay
Lincoln: 1) Richter, Bryan 10 2) Blaylock, Robby 10 3) Lyon, Zach 11 4) McMichael, Sam 11 5) Shumpert, Darius 11 6) Wood, Tanner 10
Roosevelt: 1) Reed, Tristam 12 2) Krah, Prince 12 3) Fritzjunker, Jack 12 4) Stewart, Thomas 11 5) Omar, Abdisalam 10 6) King, Jason

Long Jump
James, Jaylin 11 East

4×110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay
Roosevelt: 1) Sparks, Josh 12 2) Williams, Cameron 11 3) King, Jason 4) Davis, Sydne 12 5) Reed, Tris 12 6) Minor, Roman 10
Lincoln: 1) Garrels, Logan 10 2) Fisher, Yarrell 10 3) Hoogensen, Finn 12 4) Young, Elijah 12 5) Scott, Isaac 09 6) Mezera, Hunter 10

GIRLS

100 Meters
Roberts-Lewis, Jalynn 12 Roosevelt
Carter, Briyana 10 Roosevelt
Jung, Artorria 12 Hoover
Jones, Monaijah 11 Lincoln

200 Meters
Roberts-Lewis, Jalynn 12 Roosevelt
Jones, Monaijah 11 Lincoln

400 Meters
Brown, Ashley 11 Roosevelt
Moss, Desirae 10 Roosevelt

800 Meters
Ihedilonye, Joy 10 Roosevelt
Voss, Sarah 11 Roosevelt

1500 Meters
Schott, Megan 11 Roosevelt
Carney, McKenzie 12 Roosevelt

3000 Meters
Schott, Megan 11 Roosevelt
Hicks, Elena 10 Roosevelt

100 Meter Hurdles
Hamilton, Dimetrea 10 East
Anderson, Ajae 10 East
Berry, Salisa 12 Lincoln

400 Meter Hurdles
Cooper, Mariah 10 Lincoln

4×100 Shuttle Hurdle Relay
East: 1) Anderson, Ajae 10 2) Youngwirth, Abbie 09 3) Bell, Asia 11 4) Hamilton, Dimetrea 10 5) Williams, Lora 11 6) Ibrahim, Hadil 12
Roosevelt: 1) Schnack, McKenna 12 2) Whitaker, Tyanna 10 3) Mason, Hannah 12 4) Duos, Receva 12 5) Musa, Sara 11 6) Dok, Angeir 11
Lincoln: 1) Bryson, Teyjionna 12 2) Louw, Alex 11 3) Cooper, Mariah 10 4) Berry, Salisa 12 5) Hall, Marissa 11 6) Miller, Lynzie 11

4×100 Relay
Roosevelt: 1) Schnack, McKenna 12 2) Roberts-Lewis, Jalynn 12 3) Lewis, Teanna 11 4) Carter, Briyana 10 5) Johnson, Jaelyn 10 6) Kroger, Tiffany 09

4×200 Relay
Hoover: 1) Robinson, Maresha 10 2) Smith, Daja 12 3) Jung, Artorria 12 4) Claytor, Kassandra 09 5) Jackson, Destiny 09

4×400 Relay
Roosevelt: 1) Matthews, Shaniya 09 2) Brown, Ashley 11 3) Odir, Julia 11 4) Moss, Desirae 10 5) Herndon, Zoe 11 6) Whitaker, Tyanna 10

4×800 Relay
Roosevelt: 1) Ihedilonye, Joy 10 2) Voss, Sarah 11 3) Carney, McKenzie 12 4) Schott, Megan 11 5) Grinstead, Grace 12 6) Buchanan, Emma 12

Sprint Medley Relay
Roosevelt: 1) Kroger, Tiffany 09 2) Carter, Briyana 10 3) Lewis, Teanna 11 4) Brown, Ashley 11 5) Whitaker, Tyanna 10 6) Moss, Desirae 10

Long Jump
Roberts-Lewis, Jalynn 12 Roosevelt
Odir, Julia 11 Roosevelt

Distance Medley Relay
Roosevelt: 1) Schnack, McKenna 12 2) Johnson, Jaelyn 10 3) Odir, Julia 11 4) Ihedilonye, Joy 10 5) Brown, Ashley 11 6) Lewis, Teanna 11