Jeff Linder

Women’s basketball: Chazadi “Chit-Chat” Wright has committed to join the Iowa Hawkeyes. Wright follows new Iowa assistant LaSondra Barrett from Georgia Tech and has three years of eligibility remaining.

Prep track and field: Five storylines to watch in the high school competition at the Drake Relays this week.

Track & field: Assignments have been released for state-qualifying meets, which will be May 15.

Prep sports: Adam McDonnell will return as athletics director at Cedar Rapids Xavier, effective July 1.

Women’s basketball: LaSondra Barrett joins the Iowa staff after spending the last three years at Georgia Tech.

Prep track and field: Drake Relays 2025 form chart, including unofficial area qualifiers.

Track & field: “Preponement” of the Forwald-Coleman Relays forces Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys to compete on back-to-back nights, but the Hawks’ 4x400 crew looked fresh in a 3:23.73 effort.

Prep track and field: Drake Relays 2025 form chart, as of April 17.

Track & field: Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Quinton Alexander runs an all-time Iowa best in the 110-meter hurdles at 13.64 seconds.

Women’s basketball: Washington Mystics draft Iowa’s Lucy Olsen with the 23rd pick in the WNBA Draft

Girls’ track & field: At 20 feet, 8 1/4 inches, Linn-Mar’s Abby Mecklenburg is No. 1 all-time in the girls’ long jump.

Prep track and field: Drake Relays 2025 form chart, as of April 14.

Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Lucy Olsen figures to go in the second or third round of the WNBA Draft on Monday.

Boys’ track and field: Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s distance duo of Slader Buckheister and Adam Gray goes 1-2, twice, and the Cougars roll to the team title of the Cedar Rapids Invitational.

Women’s basketball: Former Hawkeye Aaliyah Guyton signs with Illinois. She will have three seasons of eligibility remaining.