Jeff Linder

Drake Relays (Thursday boys): In his first time on the track in more than a week, Jesup’s Jack Miller claims the long jump championship.

Drake Relays (Thursday girls): Two schools, two school records in the high jump for Sydney Maue. The Mount Vernon newcomer is a runner-up, clearing 5 feet, 7 inches.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union have released the BEDS Documents for the 2024-25 school year. The file is used to classify schools for postseason tournaments.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and the Iowa High School Athletic Association have released state qualifying meet assignments for Thursday, May 9. Qualifiers advance to the state meet May 16-18 at Drake Stadium, Des Moines.

Drake Relays: After a false-start mishap last spring and a broken fibula last fall, Lisbon’s Baylor Speidel is healthy again and ready for one more dash of glory.

Here are five things to watch in the high school portion of the Drake Relays, which runs Thursday through Saturday at Drake Stadium.

Prep track and field: Drake Relays 2024 form chart, including unofficial area qualifiers.

Moustafa Tiea opened the running portion of the Forwald-Coleman Relays with a record-setting relay anchor, and he closed it with an improbable comeback in the finale. He did plenty in between, too.

Instrumental in the state’s rapid growth of girls’ high school wrestling, Erin Gerlich was announced Thursday as the next executive director of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Lucy Olsen, a three-year player at Villanova and 2024 Associated Press honorable-mention All-American, has committed to play her final women’s basketball season at the University of Iowa, The Gazette has learned.

Track and field: Area Super Ten for April 17, 2024. Solon girls, Iowa City West boys remain at No. 1.

Prep track and field: Drake Relays 2024 form chart, as of April 17.

Kate Martin was selected by the Las Vegas Aces with the 18th overall pick in the second round of the WNBA Draft on Monday, far earlier than projected.

Women’s basketball: Iowa’s incomparable ‘22,’ Caitlin Clark is the No. 1 selection in the WNBA Draft. She heads to Indiana with a mission to reheat the Fever.

As expected, Caitlin Clark was the Indiana Fever’s selection as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, N.Y.