Articles Tagged: Panther track and field

Katie Fare with dominating win in Friday’s shot put championship at Drake Relays

See photos as athletes from the local to international level run, jump, and throw at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

See photos from the 2025 Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Eastern Iowa natives and UNI teammates Jessica Heims and Erin Kerkhoff return to the Paralympics in Paris. “I feel all the love here (at Monday’s sendoff), and I’m going to take it with me to Paris,” Kerkhoff said.

Former Solon prep Erin Kerkhoff will compete in the World Championships next month in Paris, hoping for a return in 2024 for the Paralympics.

Scenes from Saturday’s Drake Relays events.

Iowa State enjoyed a red-letter day at Drake Stadium, as the Cyclones claimed Drake Relays flags in three women’s events: The 400-meter shuttle hurdle relay, the distance medley relay and the 100-meter hurdles.

The 1,500-meter run proved to be a fitting, if grueling way to cap Carter Morton’s personal-best winning effort of 7,454 points in the Drake Relays decathlon. Also Thursday, Loras set the 3,200-meter relay record.

Parker Kiewiet offers Northern Iowa track and field a level of versatility commensurate to a do-it-all ball player. He won the MVC outdoor long jump, 200 and 400-meter dashes and ran the third leg of the Panthers’ winning 4x400-meter relay team.

Northern Iowa’s men’s and women’s track and field teams hope to out-perform expectations at this weekend’s Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships.

UNI All-American Darius King is intrigued by potential post-collegiate opportunities in track and field. He competed among the elites in the Drake Relays this year.

Photos from day two of the Drake Relays as athletes from universities and colleges across the state competed.

Former Cedar Rapids Prairie and Northern Iowa star Jessica Heims hurled a discus 122 feet, 3 inches Friday at the Drake Relays to set a Paralympic world record.

Four years ago, Mike Jasa helped Cedar Rapids Prairie win a pair of Drake Relays events. Friday, he was back on the winner’s stand with Loras’ 4x800 team.