Catching up with area preps

Iowa colleges - Members of the all-Iowa Conference academic women's track and field team include Coe's Holly Wisnousky of Fairfax (C.R. Prairie), Dubuque's Kiersten Wenthold of Fort Atkinson (South Winneshiek) and Kristin Mackenburg of Cedar Rapids (Washington), Loras' Bri Cook of Anamosa and Kelly Minear of Calmar (Decorah), Luther's Marea Holkesvik, Jackie Hoyme, Tess Kraus, Kayla Ingvalson and Alexis Hove of Decorah, Jessie Robinson and Emily Starman of Iowa City (West), Rhianna MacDonald of Manchester (West Delaware) and Breanna Gaster of Walford (C.R. Prairie), and Wartburg's Whitney Stahr of Fayette (North Fayette Valley), Jessica Brimeyer of Solon, Tessa Helmle of Bernard (Cascade) and Dailen Folkedahl of Decorah ... Corbin Woods of Cedar Rapids (Xavier) earned all-Big Ten academic honors as a member of the Iowa baseball team ... Jaemin Powell of Wellman (Mid-Prairie) and Dan Roemerman of Iowa City (City High) earned their fourth varsity letters as members of the Central men's track and field team and Kody Dailey of Iowa City (City High) earned his third. Roemerman was an indoor and outdoor all-American and won the Iowa Conference indoor 60-meter hurdles title, Powell won the IIAC decathlon title Dailey won the outdoor Iowa Conference javelin crown ... Central's Spencer Gritsch of Brooklyn (BGM) and Seth Eash of Kalona (Mid-Prairie) earned Iowa Conference all-academic honors in baseball, along with Wartburg's Robbie Anstoetter of Farley (Dyersville Beckman), Hunter Westhoff of Dyersville (Western Dubuque) and Ty Mougin of Walford (C.R. Prairie) ... Tanner Rathje of Marion (Linn-Mar) earned his second varsity letter as a member of the Central men's track and field team and Nathan Fitzgerald of Elkader (Central) earned his first varsity letter ... Hannah Rochford of Cedar Rapids (Xavier) earned all-Big Ten academic honors as a member of the Iowa rowing team ... Central's Trevor Scheweinefus of Ossian (South Winneshiek) earned all-Iowa Conference academic honors in men's golf, along with Chance Manternach of Monticello, Mitchell Martin of Cedar Rapids (Kennedy) and Blaise Waller of Maquoketa ... Iowa softball junior Kara Misel of Solon earned all-Big Ten academic honors ... Earning Iowa Conference all-academic honors in softball were Central's Mikayla Heath of Iowa City (City High) and Taylor Sohn of Cedar Rapids (Kennedy), Loras' Miranda Chapman of Mount Vernon and Regan Wolverton of West Union (North Fayette Valley), Simpson's Alex Curley of Stanwood (North Cedar) and Wartburg's Brittney Fuller of Independence ... Iowa sophomore Michael Melchert of Monticello was named to the all-Big Ten academic team in men's track and field ... Coe's Brady Anderson of Cedar Rapids (Linn-Mar) earned all-Iowa Conference academic honors in men's tennis, along with Central's C.J. Cliff of Decorah, Luther's Kyle Appel of Coralville (I.C. West) and Wartburg's Austin Pauling of Dysart (Union Community) ... Austin Groth of Toledo (GMG) earned Iowa Conference academic honors as a member of the Buena Vista men's track and field team. Other area honorees were Central's Tanner Rathje of Marion (Linn-Mar), Coe's Austin Springsteen of Lisbon, Dubuque's Ames Helzer of Decorah, Loras' Zach Frey of Cascade and Christopher Bell of Marion (Xavier), Luther's Parker Beard and Patrick of Decorah, and Wartburg's Ryan Hermsen of Epworth (Western Dubuque), Jordan Schmitt of West Union (Turkey Valley), Kyle Read of Marion (Linn-Mar), Drew Schwartz of Decorah, Riley Anderson of West Liberty, Dakota Moore of Elgin (North Fayette Valley) and Zach Nullmeyer of North Liberty (I.C. West)

Illinois colleges - Thomas Bernard of Mount Vernon was named next year's captain on the Augustana College men's track and field team.

Nebraska colleges - Taylor Mueller of Cedar Rapids (Jefferson) was named a Daktronics-NAIA Track and Field Scholar Athlete as a member of the Concordia University track team. This is his fourth such honor.

Washington, D.C., colleges - Alexy Boehm of Marion (Linn-Mar) was a member of the George Washington University men's soccer team.