Rob Gray

State track and field, Class 2A girls Friday: Mid-Prairie won the distance medley for the fourth straight year. This year’s team got it done in a school-record time.

State track and field, Class 2A boys Friday: Williamsburg won two events on the second day, the 800-meter relay and the high jump with Derek Weisskopf.

State track and field, Class 1A girls: Kennedy Axmear made English Valleys history with the school’s first Drake Relays title. At state, only Iowa State women’s basketball commit Audi Crooks beat the sophomore in the discus.

Boys’ state track and field, Class 1A boys Friday: Lisbon got season bests from Luke Czarnecki in the high jump and the distance medley relay team, plus a runner-up finish from Kole Becker in the 400 hurdles.

State track and field, Class 2A boys Thursday: Tipton’s 3,200-meter relay team won the state title for the first time since stringing three championships in a row from 2000-02.

State track and field, Class 2A girls Thursday: Mid-Prairie standout Danielle Hostetler won her second straight title in the 3,000 and Mitzi Evans became the school’s first 400 champion.

Alburnett’s Lacey Neighbor injured her right knee in the state-qualifying meet, but still notched a second-place finish in the Class 1A girls’ long jump at the state track and field championships.

Lisbon’s Kole Becker nearly matched a state record as he repeated as the Class 1A boys’ long jump champion at the state track and field championships. The Lions are in the team lead after the first day.

Iowa State announced Wednesday the signing of three transfer football players. The headliner is redshirt senior Dimitri Stanley, who caught 70 passes for 830 yards and four touchdowns for Colorado.

Iowa State athletics director Jamie Pollard spoke with the media about a broad range of topics, including the ever-expanding transfer portal and the vital importance of finding the right person to replace outgoing Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

Thomas Pollard faced a painful setback early in his Iowa State career that nonetheless set the stage for an impressive rebuild that could culminate in a Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship. top-of-the-podium moment.

Anthony Johnson could have entered the NFL Draft. Instead he took on a new challenge and switched from cornerback to safety, a move that enhances the Cyclones’ defensive backfield and his own potential professional prospects.

Former Iowa standout Erik Sowinski ran a sub-1:50 race in the 800 meters for the 200th time in his career Saturday at the Drake Relays. And even the winner of that special elite race was impressed by Sowinski’s milestone moment.

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.

The Iowa State men’s basketball program added more depth to its backcourt with the addition of St. Bonaventure transfer Jaren Holmes.