Photos from the Class 3A Iowa high school state qualifier track meet at Solon High School in Solon on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

Marion’s Cooper Cook runs across the finish line to place first in the boys 3200 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Kaleb Wilgenbusch raises his hands in celebration after placing third in the boys 800 meters event and punching his ticket to state during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Trea Eidahl competes in the girls 400 meter shuttle hurdles event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Runners compete in the girls 100 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Williamsburg’s Braylon Wetjen takes off in the boys 4 x 200 meters relay during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Brick Kabela leads while competing in the boys 4 x 800 meters relay during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Taylor Wing smiles as she places first in the girls 100 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

With rainfall in the forecast, a couple of crowd members watch track events from the comfort of their plastic pod during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Runners compete in the boys 100 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Marion’s Greta Hansen anchors in the girls 4 x 800 meters relay event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Aly Stahle crosses the finish line in the girls 100 meter hurdles event and places first during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Michael Yeomans, middle, holds the lead as he runs in the boys 800 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Tye Hardin crosses the finish line and places first in the boys 400 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Brick Kabela races towards the finish line in the boys 3200 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Isabelle Hardin passes Solon’s Ella Sheeley while competing in the girls 3000 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Mile Ashbacker takes off in the boys 4 x 200 meters relay during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Attendees sport umbrellas as rain falls during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Charlie Brandt competes in the boys 440 meter shuttle hurdles event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Brick Kabela gives Marion’s Cooper Cook a fist-bump after completing the boys 3200 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Benton’s Isaac Morris, left, and Central DeWitt’s Caleb Olson compete in the boys 1600 meters distance medley relay during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Williamsburg’s Keston Spratt competes in the girls long jump during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Gracie Federspiel runs in second as she rounds the corner of the first lap in the girls 800 meters race during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Marion’s Abby Cave reacts after anchoring in the girls 4 x 200 meters relay event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa assistant coach Cera Waltert reacts after her runner Kacy Williams after placing third in the girls 100 meter hurdles event and qualifying for state during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Marion’s Kyra Cordes leads the pack while competing in the girls 1600 meters distance medley relay during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Marion’s Kyra Cordes hugs her teammate after winning the girls 800 meters event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Brick Kabela sprints towards the finish line and places first followed by Central DeWitt’s Caleb Olson in the boys 4 x 800 meters relay during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Mia Duckett pulls ahead of Marion’s Abby Cave right before the finish line in the girls 4 x 200 meters relay event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Spencer Michels races to hand the baton off to teammate Brick Kabela in the boys 4 x 800 meters relay event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Aly Stahle holds first place as she races alongside Oskaloosa’s Hannah Quang, left, and Maquoketa’s Kacy Williams in the girls 100 meter hurdles event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Taylor Wing reacts as she runs across the finish line to place first with her team in the girls 4 x 200 meters relay event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Williamsburg’s Clayten Steckly holds first position as he heads to the finish line while running in the boys 4 x 200 meters relay event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Jerzey Haluska competes in the girls long jump event as Solon’s Grant Bumsted races in the boys 4 x 800 meters relay event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Nash Kotar, left, Xavier’s Coleton Beasler-Weber and Central DeWitt’s Tristan Rheingans compete in the boys 110 meter hurdles event during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Marion’s Bennett Kautz reacts as he crosses the finish line while competing in the boys 1600 meter distance medley relay during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Kacy Williams and head coach Todd Bowman reacts as assistant coach Cera Waltert reveals her final time and that she’s headed to state after placing third in the girls 100 meter hurdles event and qualifying for state during the 3A qualifying track meet at Solon High School in Solon, Iowa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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