The five Male finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Ben Kueter of Iowa City High, Aidan McDermott of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Alex Mota of Marion, Tate Petersen of Monticello and Miles Thompson of Cedar Rapids Washington.
Former Solon prep Erin Kerkhoff will compete in the World Championships next month in Paris, hoping for a return in 2024 for the Paralympics.
Iowa’s Austin West among leaders in decathlon and also won Iowa 1,600 relay team as meet kicks off Wednesday in Austin, Texas
Lisbon was one of three Gazette area state track and field team champions; Solon’s girls repeated in Class 3A, and Williamsburg shared the 2A boys’ crown with Mediapolis.
Lisbon’s boys’ track and field team won its first team title since winning three in a row from 2015-17. The girls’ 400-meter relay team won the school’s first title in the event, so in a span of about 15 minutes both Lisbon programs gave their fans a pair of milestones to savor.
Cedar Rapids Washington’s Miles Thompson captured the Class 4A boys’ 100- and 200-meter races Saturday at the state track and field meet. But he wants to be remembered as more than a guy who ran fast.
Sure, the Cedar Rapids Xavier boys’ shuttle hurdle relay team would have preferred a different path to victory. But, as Grayson Hartman said, “That’s the way track goes.”
Owen Douglas sprinted to a Class 2A 200-meter title Saturday during the state track and field meet at Drake Stadium, then anchored the Raiders’ gold medal-winning 400-meter relay. All those points proved to be highly consequential. Williamsburg tied Mediapolis for the 2A team crown — giving it its first state track and field team title since 2002.
Gracie Federspiel blazed to the Class 3A girls’ 800-meter championship at the state track and field meet Saturday at Drake Stadium. She was a major reason — but far from the only one — that the Spartans repeated as 3A team champions.
Sidney Swartzendruber’s last-ditch lean at the wire sent Cedar Rapids Kennedy to victory in the Class 4A girls’ sprint medley relay at the state track and field meet Saturday at Drake Stadium.
Photos from the Saturday championship session of the 2023 Iowa high school state track and field meet at Drake Stadium.
It’s the final day of the 2023 Iowa high school state track and field meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, with events in all four classes throughout the day. Follow The Gazette’s live blog for updates.
Mount Vernon came out of the second heat and won the Class 3A boys’ distance medley relay at the state track and field meet Friday afternoon at Drake Stadium.
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