Jeff Linder

Follow The Gazette’s live blog for results and updates from Thursday’s Drake Relays high school events.

The pursuit of the 4-minute mile tops our list of Five Things to Watch in the high school division of the Drake Relays.

Former Iowa women’s basketball player Shateah Wetering will join the UNI Panthers next season.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and the Iowa High School Athletic Association released assignments for track and field state-qualifying meets Monday.

Track and field: Drake Relays 2023 form chart, including official area qualifiers

Forwald-Coleman Relays: Linn-Mar’s Nicholas Gorsich pulled away down the stretch to run 52.02 in the 400 hurdles, and Iowa City High’s Ford Washburn posted a fast distance double (9:04.28 and 4:10.93).

An updated Drake Relays form chart for Iowa high school events, with results sent to Bound as of 9 a.m. Thursday, April 20.

The second Gazette boys’ track and field area Super Ten for 2023, plus area leaders.

Girls’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (April 19).

Track and field: The field of 13 girls’ teams and 10 boys’ squads at Thursday’s Forwald-Coleman Relays is elite, and the meet comes just before the Drake Relays qualification deadline.

Boys’ track and field: Moustafa Tiea’s come-from-behind 1:53 split triggers Iowa City West’s 4x800; Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Prairie share the title at the John Ask Relays.

Drake Relays 2023 form chart: Current cutoffs, state leaders and more (April 17)

With Friday’s football schedule release by the Iowa High School Athletic Association, The Gazette is offering a one-time, 10-game, nine-week tour of the best games in our circulation area, with no stadium visited more than once.

Prep track and field: Linn-Mar’s T.J. Jackson sweeps the high jump (nearly clearing 7 feet) and the long jump at the Clark Weaver Invitational on Friday. Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys’ and Linn-Mar’s girls are team champions.

Drake Relays 2023 form chart: Current cutoffs, state leaders and more (April 14)