MARION — The Lady Spartans took the runner up spot at Linn-Mar’s Clark Weaver meet Friday, April 18 with 177 points, taking second to champion and host Linn-Mar (194.5) in a largely class 4A field of Cedar Rapids metro area teams.

Kate Shafer pulled off a two-fer as she won the shot put and discus with 35’-8” and 113’-3” throws while Liv Nelson and Addison Seamans won the 3,000 and 1,500-meter runs in 11:33.88 and 5:17.17 respectively. Sophia Miles, Cydney Jaster, Kobi Lietz, and Keegan Kleppe took runner up in the high jump (4’-10”), 100-meter hurdles (17.58), 200-meter dash (27.17), and 400-meter hurdles (1:13.11).