Rob Gray

Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler powered past second-place finisher Hillary Trainor of Sumner-Fredericksburg as she entered the backstretch and never looked back, finishing in a gold-worthy time of 10:20.73 for her third straight state championship in the Class 2A 3,000-meter run.

Thursday’s Iowa Class 1A state track and field results: South Winneshiek finished second in the girls’ 3,200-meter relay at last year’s state meet, so Thursday’s top-of-the-podium effort seemed a natural, but far from effortless, progression.

Call it outlandish, implausible or a borderline miracle. Just don’t call Iowa State women’s tennis rising to elite status “impossible.”

Iowa State women’s tennis coach Boomer Saia pumped his fists and let out a subdued “Yes,” after his 12th-ranked Cyclones clinched their first NCAA Super Regionals win Friday over No. 20 UCLA at the Ames High School Tennis Complex.

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.

Iowa’s Kat Moody won the Drake Relays women’s university division discus Friday, then repeated her clutch feat to win the shot put, as well.

Former Iowa City Liberty standout Ashlyn Keeney has fully emerged from an extended stay in a self-described “valley” — and Friday the Iowa State freshman basked with her teammates atop the medal stand at the Drake Relays.

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.

It’s broadly considered unlikely O’Rien Vance will hear his name called during the NFL Draft this week. But facing daunting odds has never slowed the former Iowa State standout linebacker’s progress in the past.

Here are some takeaways from Saturday’s Iowa State football spring game to contemplate before fall camp appears on the horizon.

Here are five things to watch as Iowa State puts a bow on spring football Saturday and prepares for the important summer strength and conditioning workouts to come.

The Iowa State women’s basketball team gained a commitment Thursday from 6-5 former Sacramento State post Isnelle Natabou.

Iowa State’s football team will take the field Saturday at roughly 10 a.m. for a spring “game” and perform drills for swaths of bundled-up Cyclone fans at Jack Trice Stadium for the first time since 2017.

Ashley Joens and David Carr were among the top award winners at the first annual Iowa State athletics red-carpet O.S.C.A.R.S event at Cy Stephens Auditorium.

The Iowa State offensive line emerged this spring bigger, stronger and smarter than ever before — and that serves as a testament to the synergy first-year offensive line coach Ryan Clanton and new strength and conditioning coach Reid Kagy have forged in a relatively short time.