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Drake Relays: Girls preview
Jeff Linder Apr. 25, 2012 7:50 am
DES MOINES -- A high school girls' glance for the Drake Relays, Thursday through Saturday at Drake Stadium:
SHOT PUT
Time -- Thursday, 3 p.m.
Drake Relays record -- Paulette Mitchell, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 50-4 3/4, 1992
2012 state leader -- Alexa Hunt, Des Moines Roosevelt, 44-10
Area qualifiers -- Allison Blaser, Western Dubuque; Madison Koch, North Cedar; Vicky Kapnisis, North Fayette; Kara Misel, Solon; Dakotah Goodell, Williamsburg; Jessie Hoffmann, Western Dubuque; Aliyah Gustafson, Iowa City High.
DISCUS
Time -- Friday, 9 a.m.
Drake Relays record -- Taylor Freeman, Iowa City West, 151-1, 2007
2012 state leader -- Katelyn Weimerskirch, Dubuque Wahlert, 148-11
Area qualifiers -- Annie Gullickson, South Winneshiek; Emma Edelen, Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Vicky Kapnisis, North Fayette; Kara Misel, Solon; Hanna Thoms, North Fayette; Aliyah Gustafson, Iowa City High; Kristi Feldman, West Liberty; Dakotah Goodell, Williamsburg; Jenna Lansing, Dyersville Beckman; Madison Koch, North Cedar; Melissa Alger, Mount Vernon-Lisbon; Jenny Boeding, West Delaware; Jackie Hoyme, Decorah.
HIGH JUMP
Time -- Thursday, 3 p.m.
Drake Relays record -- Hannah Willms, Dike-New Hartford, 6-1, 2010
2012 state leader -- Alexis Conaway, MOC-Floyd Valley, 5-9
Area qualifiers -- Sammy Ellingson, Washington (Iowa); Alex Bartz, Cedar Rapids Xavier; Laura Osterhaus, Maquoketa; Allison Twedt, Center Point-Urbana; Leslie Hoffman, West Delaware; Kailey Kladivo, North Tama; Mackenzie Bigbee, Williamsburg; Kelsey Cave, Solon; Gina Montagna, West Liberty.
LONG JUMP
Time -- Friday, 9:30 a.m.
Drake Relays record -- LaNeisha Waller, Cedar Rapids Washington, 19-3 3/4, 2003
2012 state leader -- Allanah McCorkle, Davenport Central, 18-0 1/2
Area qualifiers -- Lexi Frieden, Valley Community; Krista Bushkofsky, West Central; Emily Bransky, Solon; Kiera Washpun, Iowa City High; McKennan Cronbaugh, Iowa City West; Chelsea Berry, Starmont.
100 METERS
Time -- Friday, 8:31 a.m. (prelims); Friday, 12:40 p.m.
Drake Relays record -- LaNeisha Waller, Cedar Rapids Washington, 12.13, 2003
2012 state leader -- Erin Hawkins, Des Moines Roosevelt, 11.92
Area qualifiers -- Emily Toennies, Belle Plaine; Emily Bransky, Solon; Molly Breitbach, Cedar Rapids Xavier; Maliya Rattliffe, Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Kadejah Sanders, Cedar Rapids Washington; Courtney Dauber, Iowa City West; Megan Hall, Clear Creek Amana.
800 METERS
Time -- Friday, 2:22 p.m.
Drake Relays record -- Shelby Houlihan, Sioux City East, 2:07.69, 2011
2012 state leader -- Lydia Saggau, West Des Moines Valley, 2:13.49
Area qualifiers -- Nicole Miller, North Linn; Lindsey Kite, Jesup; Jasmine Staebler, Clayton Ridge; Mariah Kauder, Cascade; Kathia Wampole, Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
1,500 METERS
Time -- Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Drake Relays record -- Katie Flood, West Des Moines Dowling, 4:28.30, 2010
2012 state leader -- Rebekah Topham, Griswold, 4:39.16
Area qualifiers -- Lauren Benzing, Solon; Ashlynn Yokom, Iowa City West; Mariah Kauder, Cascade; Meg Richardson, Iowa City High; Molly Leveille, Iowa City West.
3,000 METERS
Time -- Thursday, 4:10 p.m.
Drake Relays record -- Katie Flood, West Des Moines Dowling, 9:43.39, 2010
2012 state leader -- Rebekah Topham, Griswold, 10:13.59
Area qualifiers -- Lauren Benzing, Solon; Meg Richardson, Iowa City High; Ashlynn Yokom, Iowa City West; Courtney Bruns, West Branch; Shannon Gorman, Cedar Rapids Washington; Mariah Kauder, Cascade; Molly Leveille, Iowa City West.
100-METER HURDLES
Time -- Friday, 8 a.m. (prelims); Friday, 11:07 a.m. (final)
Drake Relays record -- Alex Gochenour, Logan-Magnolia, 14.46, 2010
2012 state leader -- Destani Welch, Des Moines Roosevelt, 14.47
Area qualifiers -- Krista Bushkofsky, West Central; Rebecca Tanner, Iowa City West; Caitlin Ward, Iowa City High; Celine Fender, Clear Creek Amana; Brooke Foreman, Cedar Rapids Washington; Rylee Smith, Solon; Summer Carber, Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
400-METER HURDLES
Time -- Saturday, 1:23 p.m.
Drake Relays record -- A.G. Bradford, Davenport North, 1:01.01, 2008
2012 state leader -- Anne Leners, Pleasant Valley, 1:04.76
Area qualifiers -- Brooke Foreman, Cedar Rapids Washington; Sarah Plock, Iowa City High.
400-METER RELAY
Time -- Friday, 5:30 p.m. (prelims); Saturday, 4:22 p.m. (final)
Drake Relays record -- Des Moines Roosevelt, 47.79, 2011
2012 state leader -- Des Moines Roosevelt, 47.33
Area qualifiers -- Iowa City High, Des Moines Roosevelt, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Cedar Rapids Washington, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Iowa City West, Solon, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Mid-Prairie, Cascade, Dyersville Beckman, Vinton-Shellsburg, Western Dubuque, Williamsburg, Clayton Ridge, Benton Community, Decorah, Linn-Mar, Maquoketa.
800-METER RELAY
Time -- Friday, 1:58 p.m.
Drake Relays record -- Des Moines Roosevelt, 1:42.20, 2011.
2012 state leader -- Des Moines Roosevelt, 1:42.04
Area qualifiers -- Monticello, Cedar Rapids Washington, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Iowa City High, Cascade, Iowa City West.
1,600-METER RELAY
Time -- Friday, 8:15 p.m. (prelims); Saturday, 5:33 p.m. (final)
Drake Relays record -- Waukee, 3:50.21, 2009
2012 state leader -- Davenport Assumption, 3:57.53
Area qualifiers -- Cedar Rapids Washington, Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cascade, North Linn, Linn-Mar, Iowa City High.
3,200-METER RELAY
Time -- Saturday, 10:45 a.m.
Drake Relays record -- West Des Moines Dowling, 9:11.01, 2010
2012 state leader -- Indianola, 9:28.00
Area qualifiers -- Iowa City West, North Linn, Jesup, Iowa City High.
SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY
Time -- Friday, 10:25 a.m.
Drake Relays record -- Des Moines Roosevelt, 1:44.98, 1985
2012 state leader -- Des Moines Roosevelt, 1:46.64
Area qualifiers -- Clayton Ridge, Belle Plaine, Cascade, Iowa City West, Iowa City High, Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
SHUTTLE HURDLE RELAY
Time -- Saturday, 8 a.m. (prelims); Saturday, 12:30 p.m. (final)
Drake Relays record -- Urbandale, 1:03.65, 2011
2012 state leader -- Urbandale, 1:04.43
Area qualifiers -- Iowa City High, West Branch, Linn-Mar, Iowa City West.
Williamsburg's Dakotah Goodell (right), hugging her mother Lori after she won the Class 3A girls discus at the 2011 state meet, also is the defending Drake Relays champion. (Jim Slosiarek, The Gazette-KCRG)

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