Photo gallery: Day 1 Iowa High School State Track & Field Championship at Drake Stadium Thursday, May 22, 2025

Action from day 1 of the Iowa High School State Track & Field Championship at Drake Stadium

May. 22, 2025 9:57 pm, Updated: May. 23, 2025 8:18 pm

Center Point-Urbana’s Nathan Miller celebrates after winning the 3A boys 400-meter run on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Miller won from lane eight and set a new state record with 47.88. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Center Point-Urbana’s Nathan Miller gets out of the blocks during the 3A boys 400-meter run on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Miller won from lane eight and set a new state record with 47.88. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

West Branch’s Alyssa Pierce throws during the 2A girls shot put on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Pierce finished fifth with a throw of 39’6”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Benton Community’s Eli Patterson clears the bar during the 3A boys high jump on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Patterson won with a jump of 6’7”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Decorah’s Renae Wilson clears the bar during the 3A girls high jump on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Wilson finished third with a jump of 5’6”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Northeast’s Grant Gray reacts after winning the 2A boys shot put with his final throw on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Gray threw 59’ 1.50”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Decorah’s Renae Wilson reacting after clearing 5’5” during the 3A girls high jump on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Wilson finished third with a jump of 5’6”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Burke Berry launches the shot during the 2A boys shot put on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Berry finished third with a throw of 54’04”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Libby Dix throws during the 3A girls discus on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Dix won with a throw of 148’, 10”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Sydney Maue clears the bar during the 3A girls high jump on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Maue finished eighth with a jump of 5’2”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman celebrates after winning the 3A boys 3,200-meter run on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Nauman won in 8:57.97. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman laps runners on his way to winning the 3A boys 3,200-meter run on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Nauman won in 8:57.97. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Justin Kurt releases the discus during the 3A boys discus on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Kurt finished eighth with a throw of 158’04”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Clear Creek-Amana’s Landon Prince winds up on his last throw on his way to winning the 3A boys discus on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Prince finished with a throw of 181’10”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Noelle Steines (center) kicks to the finish as Manson Northwest Webster’s Alyssa Richman trails during the 2A girls 3,000-meter run on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Steines won in 9:53.95. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Noelle Steines (right) leads Manson Northwest Webster’s Alyssa Richman during the 2A girls 3,000-meter run on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Steines won in 9:53.95. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Libby Dix (center) hugs her twin brothers Will (left) and Mack, both 10, after she won the 3A girls discus on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Dix won with a throw of 148’, 10”. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa City West’s Colin Whitters launches the discus during the 4A boys discus on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Whitters finished second with a throw of 169-09. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa Valley’s Lydia Kriegel throws the shot during the 1A girls shot put on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Kriegel finished second with a throw of 38-02.75. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa Valley’s Lydia Kriegel winds up during the 1A girls shot put on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Kriegel finished second with a throw of 38-02.75. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Bernard Grant hypes up the crowd during the 4A boys high jump on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Grant won the event with a jump of 6’05” in fewer attempts. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Bernard Grant reacts after missing 6’07” but winning the 4A boys high jump on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Grant won the event with a jump of 6’05” in fewer attempts. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

English Valley’s Gage Heyne runs through turn four during the 1A boys 3,200-meter run on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Heyne finished second in 9:29.86. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Hillcrest Academy’s Owen Scott leaps into the air during the 1A boys long jump on the first day of the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Scott finished third with a jump of 21-07.00. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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