Track & field: Area and state leaders

DES MOINES — The Drake Relays are April 28-30 at Drake Stadium. The following is a high-school track and field primer that will be updated periodically as Drake approaches.

The deadline for Drake qualification is 11:59 p.m. April 21. Cutoffs are through March 29.

BOYS

SHOT PUT (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Nick Phelps, KP-WC, 60-11 1/2

Area leader — Tristan Wirfs, Mount Vernon (3rd overall), 58-2 3/4

Drake cutoff — 48-7

DISCUS (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Jackson Coker, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 177-6

Area leader — Coker

Drake cutoff — 134-2

HIGH JUMP (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Xavior Williams, West Burlington-Notre Dame, 6-10

Area leader — Garrett Rieniets, Monticello (3rd overall), 6-6

Drake cutoff — 6-3

LONG JUMP (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Cooper Koenig, West Branch 22-7 1/2

Area leader — Koenig

Drake cutoff — 20-8 1/4

100 METERS (32 qualifiers)

State leader — Hunter Weldon, Albia, 10.85

Area leader — Jalen Rima, Cedar Rapids Prairie (3rd overall), 11.11

Drake cutoff — 11.61

800 METERS (16 qualifiers)

State leader — Ryan Schweizer, West Des Moines Dowling, 1:55.53

Area leader — Tysen VanDraska, Cedar Rapids Prairie (3rd overall), 1:57.89

Drake cutoff — 2:02.75

1,600 METERS (21 qualifiers)

State leader — Ryan Schweizer, West Des Moines Dowling, 4:22.83

Area leader — Tysen VanDraska, Cedar Rapids Prairie (2nd overall), 4:25.06

Drake cutoff — 4:37.40

3,200 METERS (21 qualifiers)

State leader — Karson Sommer, Pleasant Valley, 9:31.18

Area leader — Ryan Murphy, Linn-Mar (7th overall), 9:45.60

Drake cutoff — 10:05.93

110-METER HURDLES (32 qualifiers)

State leader — Joah Wallace, Cedar Rapids Prairie, 14.63

Area leader — Wallace

Drake cutoff — 16.14

400-METER HURDLES (8 qualifiers)

State leader — Wade Barclay, Southeast Polk, 54.29

Area leader — JoJo Frost, Center Point-Urbana (3rd overall), 55.69

Drake cutoff — 56.56

400-METER RELAY (80 qualifiers)

State leader — West Burlington-Notre Dame, 43.45

Area leader — Cedar Rapids Prairie (4th overall), 43.92

Drake cutoff — 47.99

800-METER RELAY (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Pleasant Valley, 1:29.61

Area leader — Cedar Rapids Washington (2nd overall), 1:30.37

Drake cutoff — 1:34.97

1,600-METER RELAY (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Cedar Falls, 3:25.28

Area leader — Cedar Rapids Washington (5th overall), 3:28.68

Drake cutoff — 3:35.42

3,200-METER RELAY (16 qualifiers)

State leader — Cedar Falls, 7:59.30

Area leader — Cedar Rapids Prairie (2nd overall), 8:04.65

Drake cutoff — 8:29.76

1,600-METER MEDLEY RELAY (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Waukee, 3:34.68

Area leader — Cedar Rapids Prairie (2nd overall), 3:36.29

Drake cutoff — 3:53.25

SHUTTLE HURDLE RELAY (16 qualifiers)

State leader — Linn-Mar, 57.30

Area leader — Linn-Mar

Drake cutoff — 1:01.47

GIRLS

SHOT PUT (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Kiana Phelps, KP-WC, 47-4 1/4

Area leader — Chandler Haight, Iowa City West (6th overall), 39-10

Drake cutoff — 37-1

DISCUS (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Sydney Laufenberg, Clinton, 143-7

Area leader — Katy Misel, Solon (5th overall), 127-2

Drake cutoff — 102-5

HIGH JUMP (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Rose Gamamou, Iowa City High, 5-6

Area leader — Gamamou

Drake cutoff — 5-2

LONG JUMP (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Valerie Welch, Iowa City West, 19-4

Area leader — Welch

Drake cutoff — 16-2

100 METERS (32 qualifiers)

State leader — Carly King, Davenport Assumption, 12.78

Area leader — Kira Ramsey, Linn-Mar (6th overall), 12.98

Drake cutoff — 13.58

800 METERS (16 qualifiers)

State leader — Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 2:14.53

Area leader — Jenks

Drake cutoff — 2:25.63

1,500 METERS (21 qualifiers)

State leader — Joy Ripslinger, Davenport Assumption, 4:44.07

Area leader — Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar (3rd overall), 4:50.25

Drake cutoff — 5:05.81

3,000 METERS (21 qualifiers)

State leader — Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 10:28.55

Area leader — Jenks

Drake cutoff — 11:20.62

100-METER HURDLES (32 qualifiers)

State leader — Kylie Morken, Ames, 15.19

Area leader — Valerie Welch, Iowa City West (3rd overall), 15.26

Drake cutoff — 17.61

400-METER HURDLES (8 qualifiers)

State leader — Valerie Welch, Iowa City West, 1:06.36

Area leader — Welch

Drake cutoff — 1:10.23

400-METER RELAY (80 qualifiers)

State leader — Ames, 50.10

Area leader — Cedar Rapids Jefferson (2nd overall), 50.25

Drake cutoff — 57.11

800-METER RELAY (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 1:45.39

Area leader — Jefferson

Drake cutoff — 1:52.58

1,600-METER RELAY (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Davenport Assumption, 4:02.21

Area leader — Linn-Mar (2nd overall), 4:02.60

Drake cutoff — 4:19.34

3,200-METER RELAY (16 qualifiers)

State leader — Linn-Mar, 9:36.50

Area leader — Linn-Mar

Drake cutoff — 10:14.35

SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY (24 qualifiers)

State leader — Dubuque Wahlert, 1:49.88

Area leader — Iowa City West (6th overall), 1:54.27

Drake cutoff — 2:00.02

SHUTTLE HURDLE RELAY (16 qualifiers)

State leader — Ames, 1:05.25

Area leader — Iowa City West (2nd overall), 1:06.62

Drake cutoff — 1:14.06

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