Jeff Linder

Prep track and field: Drake Relays 2025 form chart, as of April 11.

Track & field notes: Another state championship in the 110-meter hurdles is on Quinton Alexander’s radar. So is the all-time Iowa best.

Girls’ track and field: Area Super Ten for April 9, 2025. Iowa City High, Marion and Mount Vernon are the top three.

Boys’ track and field: Area Super Ten for April 8, 2025. Iowa City West is on top as the outdoor season hits full gear.

Track & field: Mount Vernon’s Evelyn Moeller focuses in, sets a school record in the 800 meters. Her 2:15.39 effort puts her at No. 2 statewide this season.

Girls’ basketball: A month after leading Mount Vernon to the Class 3A state championship, Nate Sanderson vacates his post as head coach.

Prep football 2025: Nine big area games in nine weeks, starting with the Battle for the Boot in Week 1.

Women’s basketball: Iowa assistant Raina Harmon is hired as head coach at Florida Gulf Coast.

Track and field: Mount Vernon girls, Clear Creek Amana boys are champions at the Mount Vernon Relays. Meanwhile, Marion’s girls opened some eyes with some chart-topping performances.

Prep track & field: Blue Standard qualifiers for the Drake Relays, through March 31.

Track and field: Mount Vernon girls, Denver boys are team champions at the Benton Early Bird meet.

Women’s basketball: Aaliyah Guyton will enter the transfer portal after one year at Iowa.

Boys’ track and field: Clear Creek Amana believes it has ‘all the pieces’ for a run at the Class 3A state championship. Ten state placewinners are back, led by long jump champ Aren Schlemme.

Top area teams and individuals to watch for the 2025 boys’ high school track and field season.

Girls’ track and field: Linn-Mar’s Abby Mecklenburg became the first Iowa girl to hit 20 feet in the long jump (unofficially) earlier this spring. The reigning Class 4A state champion pursues Drake and state-meet records, plus the all-time Iowa best.