Jeff Linder

State track and field, Class 3A boys Friday: Washington (Iowa) and Benton Community earned second-place relay finishes.

State track and field, Class 3A girls: Solon won the distance medley relay Friday and declared itself as a championship contender.

State track and field, Class 4A girls: Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Gabby Cortez was moved out of two relays and into two others . The experiement paid off as the Hawks take the lead into Saturday’s final push.

State track and field, Class 4A boys: Iowa City High’s distance-medley win was worth flipping for. The Little Hawks moved into first place in the team standings.

State track and field, 3A girls: Solon’s opening day is the opposite of nightmarish. The Spartans jet to the top of the standings thanks to a 3,200-meter relay title.

State track and field, 3A boys: Western Dubuque won the 3,200-meter relay, while Washington (Iowa) took the team lead after Elijah Morris’ 400-meter conquest.

State track and field, 4A girls: Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Gabby Cortez started her final meet with a win in the 400 meters.

State track and field, 4A boys: Ford Washburn surged late to earn the 3,200-meter title and Iowa City High moved to the front of the team race.

Led by junior sprinters Miles Thompson and Michael Blank, Cedar Rapids Washington is equipped to make a big jump after last year’s 27th-place state track and field finish in Class 4A.

Here are the top girls’ runners, jumpers, throwers and teams at the 2022 Iowa high school state track and field meet.

Here are the top boys’ runners, jumpers, throwers and teams at the 2022 Iowa high school state track and field meet.

Waverly-Shell Rock rescinded its application into the Mississippi Valley Conference and now plans to apply to the MVC for wrestling only, to the Wamac Conference for all other sports.

Bill McTaggart said “it just felt right” to resign as Iowa City High girls’ basketball coach after 24 years.

The list of area 2022 Class 1A state qualifiers for the Iowa high school state track and field meet.

The list of area 2022 Class 2A state qualifiers for the Iowa high school state track and field meet.