Here are five important storylines to watch in Thursday’s Iowa high school state-qualifying track and field meets concerning Gazette area teams. In each class, in each event, 24 entrants advance to next week’s state championships.
Track and field: Actually it’s field and track for the Linn-Mar girls, who score 62 field-event points in an MVC Valley Division title repeat. Iowa City West wins the boys’ championship.
Prep track and field: Mount Vernon girls, Solon boys claim Wamac Conference championships.
Photos from the Wamac track meet at Marion High School in Marion, Iowa on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
Track and field: Solon-Mount Vernon girls’ duel in the Wamac is the top area storyline as the area conference meets loom.
Track and field: It’s a season of adjustment for Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Addison Swartzendruber, who with twin Sidney out for the season with a stress fracture, has “to take accountability myself.”
Track and field: Area Super Ten for April 17, 2024. Solon girls, Iowa City West remain No. 1 in the area, but Mount Vernon’s girls are closing.
Drake Relays: After a three-hour delay Saturday, many of those that stuck around were rewarded.
See photos from Saturday’s action in Des Moines.
Drake Relays (Saturday boys): Iowa City West’s Aidan Jacobsen emerged from a four-wide deadlock in the final 40 meters and claimed the boys’ 400-meter hurdles championship.
Drake Relays (Saturday girls): Iowa City Wes’s Erinn Varga, Herring, Eriniah Carter, Sophia Olivo ran to third place in the girls’ shuttle hurdle relay.
See photos from Friday’s action at Drake Stadium.
Cam Jones already owns Iowa State’s indoor and outdoor records in the shot put. Friday night, the former Cedar Rapids Kennedy prep added an elite Drake Relays title to his long list of honors.
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