Boys’ track and field: Clear Creek Amana believes it has ‘all the pieces’ for a run at the Class 3A state championship. Ten state placewinners are back, led by long jump champ Aren Schlemme.
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Boys’ track and field: Clear Creek Amana believes it has ‘all the pieces’ for a run at the Class 3A state championship. Ten state placewinners are back, led by long jump champ Aren Schlemme.
Top area teams and individuals to watch for the 2025 boys’ high school track and field season.
Girls’ track and field: Linn-Mar’s Abby Mecklenburg became the first Iowa girl to hit 20 feet in the long jump (unofficially) earlier this spring. The reigning Class 4A state champion pursues Drake and state-meet records, plus the all-time Iowa best.
Top area teams and individuals to watch for the 2025 girls’ high school track and field season.
State cross country, Class 2A: Tipton’s Noelle Steines captured her fourth championship and the Mid-Prairie girls and Oelwein boys ran to team titles.
Photos from day 2 of the 2024 Iowa high school state cross country meet featuring Class 1A and Class 2A teams from around the state at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.
State cross country, Class 1A: Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul and English Valleys’ Gage Heyne finished 3-4. The Earlham girls and Lake Mills boys are team champions.
Photos from day one of the 2024 Iowa high school state cross country meet featuring Class 3A and 4A schools at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, November 1, 2024.
State cross country, Class 4A: Iowa City Liberty’s Keegan Decker and Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Slader Buckheister finished third and fourth, and both will return next year. The Pleasant Valley girls and Cedar Falls boys won the team titles.
State cross country, Class 3A: Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman set a 3A state-meet record and ran the second-fastest time, all-class, all-time. The Pella girls and Gilbert boys ran away with the team titles.
Five Gazette-area state cross country storylines, including Noelle Steines’ pursuit of a fourth consecutive individual championship and both the Mid-Prairie boys and girls contending for titles.
Capsules for the Iowa high school state cross country meet Friday and Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course
Action from the Class 1A Iowa high school cross country state-qualifying meet at North Linn High School on Thursday.
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