Photos: 2021 Drake Relays, Thursday

High school athletes competed in an abbreviated Drake Relays on Thursday.

Liz Martin

Apr. 22, 2021 5:06 pm, Updated: Apr. 23, 2021 7:30 am

Gabby Cortez takes the baton from Catie Reittinger for the anchor leg of the girls sprint medley relay at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Prairie placed third in 1:49.23. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Audrey Biermann strides to the finish of the girls’ sprint medley relay at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Fans watch the girls’ 3000 meter race at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler (second from right) and Linn-Mar’s Micah Poellet cross the finish line in seventh and eighth places in the girls’ 3000 meter run Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler collapses at the finish line after placing seventh in the girls’ 3000 meter run Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Caleb Shumaker finishes ninth in the boys’ 3200 meter run Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Bowen Gryp rounds the final turn while anchoring the boys’ 4x800 meter relay for a second place finish at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Marion’s Garret Wagner prepares to throw in the boys’ shot put at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wagner placed second with a best throw of 57-05.75. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Marion’s Garret Wagner competes in the boys’ shot put at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wagner placed second with a best throw of 57-05.75. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Officials reset the hurdles between heats of the shuttle hurdle relay at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Brody Lovell leads Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Ceondae Adams over the final hurdle in the shuttle hurdle relay at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Kennedy won in 57.95. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Ammon Smith runs the anchor leg of the boys’ distance medley relay for a second place finish at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Gabby Cortez runs the 400 meter run for a fifth place finish at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Drew Bartels jumps in the long jump finals for a third place finish at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Competitors in the boys’ 3200 meter race run past partially-empty stands at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Fans watch Drake Relays from outside the fence at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Ticket sales were limited this year due to coronavirus-related precautions. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Competitors in the boys’ 4x800 meter relay make the turn in front of partially-empty stands at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

North Cedar’s Kelly Proesch clears the final hurdle to place third in the 100 meter hurdles in 15.12 at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Drew Bartels eyes the final hurdle to win the 110m high hurdles in 14.40 at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Solon’s Emma Bock crosses the finish line in 2:15.99 to place third in the girls’ 800 meter run at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Jack Kinzer celebrates his sixth place finish in 1:58.98 in the boys’ 800 meter run at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Drew Bartels runs the 400 meter hurdles at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Ashlyn Keeney leads the chase pack in the girls’ 1500 meter run at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Keeney overcame the leader to win in 4:39.24. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Fairfield’s Kelsey Pacha lands in the long jump pit while competing in the finals at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

West Liberty’s Macy Daufeldt lands in the long jump pit while competing in the finals at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Iowa State’s Abby Caldwell leads over the water jump in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Caldwell won in 10:05.62. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Iowa State’s Winrose Chesang leads the chase pack in the women’s 5000 meter open at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Iowa State’s Dana Feyen crosses the finish line to place seventh in 16:29.61 in the women’s 5000 meter open at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Wartburg’s Joe Freiburger moves into position at the bell in the men’s 5000 meter open at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Freiburger placed second in 14:00.69. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Wartburg’s Joe Freiburger strides to the finish in the men’s 5000 meter open at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Freiburger placed second in 14:00.69. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Wartburg’s Joe Freiburger collapses at the finish line of the men’s 5000 meter open at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Freiburger placed second in 14:00.69. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Loras’ Kassie Rosenbum reacts as she finishes third in the women’s 10,000 meter run in 34:19.16 at Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)