Jeff Linder

Gracie Federspiel earned girls’ athlete-of-the-year honors, winning four events to lead Solon to the Wamac Conference girls’ track and field championship. Solon’s boys also dominated, racking up 157 points

Track and field: MVC, Wamac, River Valley and Tri-Rivers will hold their track and field championships Thursday.

Marion’s Alex Mota and Kenzie Lovell swept the 100-meter races at Monday’s wind-buffeted Marion Invitational track and field meet.

Miles Thompson of Cedar Rapids Washington has been named the 2023 Drake Relays most outstanding performer in the high school boys’ division.

Prep softball: Williamsburg is No. 1 in The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten.

Drake Relays, Saturday boys: It’s a gold-filled, bittersweet day for area stars. Linn-Mar, Washington, City High and Kennedy each win a title, but the Warriors’ stirring 4x100 crown comes with a price, with anchor Michael Blank suffering a hamstring injury.

Drake Relays, Saturday girls: Another relay title, and an unexpected Cup, for Cedar Rapids Kennedy. Swartzendruber twins are bookends on the Cougars’ triumphant 4x400, but the middle runners (Jovie Veach and Emerson Swearinger) play their roles to perfection.

It’s the final day of the 2023 Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Follow The Gazette’s live blog for updates and results throughout the day.

Drake Relays, Elite Miles: South Dakotan Simeon Birnbaum wins the boys’ race in 4:02.36; Des Moines Roosevelt’s Adrienne Buettner-Cable is the girls’ champion.

Drake Relays, Friday girls: Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls snap 31-year championship drought with sprint medley title.

Drake Relays, Friday boys: Cedar Rapids Washington’s Miles Thompson and Michael Blank sprinted to a 1-2 sweep in the 100.

A couple of hours after soaring into the top 10 on the 110-meter hurdles all-time chart, Grayson Hartman followed with Cedar Rapids Xavier’s first Drake Relays title in 14 years.

The junior and the younger of the speedy Swartzendruber twins, Sidney Swartzendruber blazed from behind Friday morning at Drake Stadium to give Cedar Rapids Kennedy its first Drake Relays girls’ championship in 31 years.

Friday is the second day of the 2023 Drake Relays. Follow The Gazette’s live blog for updates and results throughout the day.

Drake Relays, Thursday girls: No discus repeat for English Valleys’ Kennedy Axmear, but a personal best.