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Jeff Linder
Passionate about high school sports and high school sports athletes, I have been with The Gazette sports team since 1995 covering high school sports and Iowa Women’s Basketball for The Gazette. I am a proud, lifelong Iowan who grew up reading The Gazette.
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Latest Articles by Jeff Linder
High School Track and Field Apr. 28, 2018 7:44 pm2843d ago
DES MOINES — For an instant, Payton Wensel wore a sad face in the media room. It wasn’t very convincing. …
High School Track and Field Apr. 27, 2018 7:46 pm2844d ago
DES MOINES — They have contested the boys’ 800-meter relay at the Drake Relays for 108 years. Nobody has run …
High School Track and Field Apr. 27, 2018 6:55 pm2844d ago
DES MOINES — Get the baton to Payton Wensel with the lead, and you’d figure it would be ‘game over.’ …
High School Track and Field Apr. 26, 2018 9:51 pm2845d ago
DES MOINES — The go-ahead jump wasn’t his best jump. That was yet to come. Marion senior Blair Brooks earned …
High School Track and Field Apr. 26, 2018 9:45 pm2845d ago
DES MOINES — The past few meets, Jamie Kofron had been consistent. Forty-two feet in the shot put one night, …
High School Track and Field Apr. 25, 2018 12:29 pm2846d ago
This week’s area track and field Super Ten. It is a purely mathematical system, and here’s how it works: Using …
High School Track and Field Apr. 26, 2018 2:59 pm2845d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The self-proclaimed Cheetah Girls have graduated, their accomplishments easily located in record books and trophy cases at …
High School Track and Field Apr. 23, 2018 12:09 am2849d ago
DES MOINES — An official list of Drake Relays qualifiers, from information taken from Quik Stats after the deadline (11:59 …
High School Track and Field Apr. 19, 2018 11:05 pm2852d ago
IOWA CITY — His team followed a superb season with a state meet that was, frankly, a bit of a …
Sports Apr. 19, 2018 8:29 pm2852d ago
IOWA CITY — After a year away, Brenda Frese and C. Vivian Stringer will return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena next winter. …
High School Track and Field Apr. 18, 2018 8:02 pm2853d ago
This week’s area track and field Super 10. It is a purely mathematical system, and here’s how it works: Using …
Iowa High School Sports Jan. 31, 2023 2:09 pm1104d ago
If DeWitt Central leaves the Wamac Conference, it leaves Maquoketa in a geographical quandry. It’s one that school officials appear …
High School Track and Field Apr. 18, 2018 2:24 pm2853d ago
SOLON — A tricky part of track and field is learning to pace oneself. In practice. In a race. In …
High School Track and Field Apr. 17, 2018 10:53 pm2854d ago
SOLON — When Erin Kerkhoff races, she wears a necklace bearing eight small clips — one for each of the …
High School Track and Field Apr. 19, 2018 10:57 am2852d ago
DES MOINES — The high school portion of the Drake Relays is April 26-28 at Drake Stadium. Here is a …

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