On May 3, 2024 the West girls track and field team hosted the Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) Championships after thunderstorms canceled the event the previous day. The girls and boys varsity teams ran at 12 p.m. against Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Washington, Dubuque Hempstead, Epworth, Iowa City High, Linn-Mar and Waterloo West. While originally the meet held both varsity and junior varsity events, only varsity girls and boys ran on Friday. 

The boys track and field team took first place, with City High following in second place. The girls team took fourth place, with Linn-Mar taking first in the championship. 

The boys team won eight out of nineteen events, with Aidan Jacobsen ’24, Izaiah Loveless ’24, Moustafa Tiea ’25 and Colin Whitters ’26 winning four individual events. The girls won three events, with two individual events won by Sophia Olivio ’25 and Erinn Varga ’24. More results can be found down below. 

The girls and boys track and field teams look to next week to compete in the track state qualifier at City High School. They will compete on May 9 against Pleasant Valley, Iowa City High, Burlington, Davenport Central, Muscatine, Prairie and Waterloo East. 

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Erinn Varga

Sophia Austen ’27 warms up with a few practice runs before competing in the high jump.

Girls results:

100-meter dash: 8th place 13.29 (Caroline Dickens ’27)

400-meter dash: 5th place 1:02.90 (Erinn Varga ’24), 7th place 1:03.85 (Jaylin Herring ’26)

800-meter dash: 5th place 2:29.17 (Kate Van Waning ’26)

1500-meter run: 6th place 5:15.81 (Van Waning)

100-meter hurdles: 1st place 15.07 (Sophia Olivio ’25), 2nd place 15.57 (Eriniah Carter ’24)

400-meter hurdles: 1st place 1:06.65 (Varga), 4th place 1:09. (Herring)

3000-meter run: 4th place 11:15.33 (Van Waning)

Long jump: 7th place 15-01.00 (Ava Bruxvoort ’25)

High jump: 4th place 5-00.00 (Sophia Austen ’27), 5th place 4-10.00 (Evelyn Cornish ’27)

Shot put: 4th place 37-05.00 (Helen Penning ’24)

Discus: 7th place 94-07 (Penning)

4×100-meter relay: 6th place 52.23 (Natalie Steva ’25, Miracle Stewart ’25, Cornish, Dickens)

4×200-meter relay: 6th place 1:50.39 (Steva, Stewart, Cornish, Austen)

4×400-meter relay: 3rd place 4:09.35 (Eva Willis ’26, Austen, Varga, Herring)

4×800-meter relay: 4th place 10:25.36 (Hannah Geng ’27, Cindy Wang ’24, Lydia Evans ’26, Gabby Moniza ’24)

800 medley relay:

1600 medley relay: 7th place 4:53.69 (Lindsey McKane ’25, Adriana Vargas ’26, Erin Chen ’27, Olivia Orszula ’24)

4×100-meter shuttle hurdle relay: 1st place 1:06.26 (Varga, Herring, Carter, Olivio)

Boys results:

100-meter dash: 1st place 10.84 (Izaiah Loveless ’24), 2nd place 11.08 (Todd Rent ’25)

200-meter dash: 2nd place 22.19 (Julian Manson ’26), 8th place 23.67 (Daniel Robinson ’24)

400-meter dash: 1st place 49.70 (Moustafa Tiea ’25), 7th place 1:03.85 (Dara Olaleye ’27)

800-meter dash: 2nd place 1:58.71 (Tiea), 8th place 2:03.12 (Sam Showers ’25)

1500-meter run: 6th place 5:15.81 (Kate Van Waning ’26)

110-meter hurdles: 4th place 15.11 (Waleed Ibrahim ’26)

400-meter hurdles: 1st place 52.91 (Jacobsen), 2nd place 56.22 (Ibrahim)

3200-meter run: 6th place 10:08.98 (Caleb Benson ’24)

Long jump: 2nd place 22-03.25 (Jacobsen)

High jump: 3rd place 5-10.00 (Robinson), 7th place 5-08.00 (Mason Middleton ’27)

Shot put: 3rd place 51-02.75 (Colin Whitters ’26), 7th place 48-01.00 (Kendall Woodson ‘24)

Discus: 1st place 155-07 (Whitters), 2nd place 152-09 (Winner Ndjibu ’24)

4×100-meter relay: 2nd place 41.71 (Rent, Mason Woods ’25, Manson, Loveless)

4×200-meter relay: 1st place 1:27.42 (Rent, Woods, Manson, Loveless)

4×400-meter relay: 1st place 3:27.75 (Jacobsen, Showers, Brice Wahe ’26, Tiea)

4×800-meter relay: 4th place 8:07.44 (Showers, Wahe, Tiea, Michael Lee ’24)

800 medley relay: 1st place 1:32.55 (Rent, Woods, Manson, Loveless)

1600 medley relay: 1st place 3:35.87 (Robinson, Woods, Showers, Wahe)

4×100-meter shuttle hurdle relay: 2nd place 59.61 (Jacobsen, Ely Smock ’26, Ibrahim, Cade Towler ’27)