Prairie’s Quinton Alexander repeats in the 4A 110-meter hurdles

DES MOINES — How does one ignore pain?

“You have to have tunnel vision,” Quinton Alexander said. “It was good enough to end on a good note.”

A championship note.

Alexander raced to the Class 4A boys’ title in the 110-meter hurdles at the state track and field meet Saturday afternoon at Drake Stadium.

His final clocking: 13.65 seconds.

“I knew I had something to prove,” said Alexander, who will continue his track career at Iowa Western Community College. “I didn’t have the best prelim, and my hip was hurting. I was icing it as much as possible.”

But when the stakes were highest, Alexander delivered, and repeated.

Speaking of repeating ... Ankeny won its second consecutive 4A boys’ championship with 100 points. Cedar Falls (78) and West Des Moines Dowling (66.5) were the other trophy teams.

Cedar Rapids Prairie was ninth, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10th.

Kennedy managed three top-three finishes Saturday. The Cougars were runners-up in the 400-meter relay, third in the shuttle hurdle relay. Dawson Dougherty was third in the 100-meter dash.

The shuttle was extraordinarily fast: Ankeny won it in 56.06 seconds, followed by Waukee Northwest (56.16) and Kennedy (56.55).

“For three of us, it was the first time we’ve been here,” Jackson Goslin said. “Three of us will be back next year, but (senior) Ryan Bartels was our heart and soul.”

Bartels said, “We got the school record this year, and I don’t think it will be broke for a while.”

Iowa City West’s Moustafa Tiea was third in the 800 meters.

STATE TRACK & FIELD

Class 4A Boys

Top 10 teams (final) — 1. Ankeny 100, 2. Cedar Falls 78, 3. West Des Moines Dowling 66.5, 4. Ankeny Centennial 61, 5. Iowa City West 53, 6. Johnston 43, 7. Waukee Northwest 36, 8. Waterloo West 33, 9. Cedar Rapids Prairie 32, 10. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 31.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Cedar Falls (Fuchtman, Remmert, Mills, Townsend), 1:30.19; 2. Johnston, 1:30.29; 3. Ankeny Centennial, 1:30.34; 7. Iowa City West, 1:31.62; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 1:31.73.

800 — 1. Owen Wolfe (West Des Moines Dowling), 1:50.51; 2. Ethan Zuber (Ankeny), 1:52.53; 3. Moustafa Tiea (Iowa City West), 1:52.96.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Ankeny (Pote, Madsen, Carlson, Wise), 56.06; 2. Waukee Northwest, 56.16; 3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 56.55; 7. Iowa City West, 1:02.52.

100 — 1. Ben Frazier (Waterloo West), 10.83; 2. Tyler Sickerson (Ankeny), 10.95; 3. Dawson Dougherty (Cedar Rapids Kennedy), 10.97.

110 hurdles — 1. Quinton Alexander (Cedar Rapids Prairie), 13.65; 2. Hayden Carlson (Ankeny), 13.91; 3. Landon Pote (Ankeny), 14.14.

200 — 1. Braeden Jackson (Ankeny Centennial), 21.64; 2. Logan Fairchild (Ankeny), 21.68; 3. Robert McGhee (Ankeny Centennial), 21.70.

1,600 — 1. Owen Wolfe (West Des Moines Dowling), 4:09.21; 2. Ethan Zuber (Ankeny), 4:12.59; 3. Owen Marett (Des Moines Roosevelt), 4:12.92; 5. Keegan Decker (Iowa City Liberty), 4:13.64.

400 relay — 1. Ankeny Centennial (Ross, McGhee, Reed, Jackson), 41.29; 2. Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 41.36; 3. Waterloo West, 41.41; 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 41.71.

1,600 relay — 1. Cedar Falls (Russell, Steege, Schreiber, Townsend), 3:14.35; 2. Des Moines East, 3:15.36; 3. Muscatine, 3:15.47; 5. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 3:16.62.

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