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Rachel Haack’s 4th-place discus effort leads area 4A girls’ competitors
City High junior throws 137-5 in an event full of goodwill
May. 22, 2025 9:21 pm
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DES MOINES — There were few side glances or snarls during the Class 4A girls’ discus competition at the state track and field meet Thursday afternoon.
Instead, there were high-fives, laughs and camaraderie.
“There’s a special throwers’ connection,” Iowa City High’s Rachel Haack said. “It’s a competition against each other, but we boost each other up.”
Haack’s fourth-place finish in the discus was the best by any Gazette-area 4A girls’ competitor Thursday at Drake Stadium.
The junior threw 137 feet, 5 inches.
“I feel great,” Haack said. “I had a solid series. I kept it going. Sometimes, it’s hard to stay motivated, but I was happy to compete.
“I wanted to have fun, throw 135 feet and finish in the top five.”
Check, check and check.
Ankeny is the 4A girls’ leader through five events, with 24 points. Waukee Northwest, a heavy pre-meet favorite, is second with 22.5, followed by Dallas Center-Grimes (20), Cedar Falls (19) and defending champion Pleasant Valley (17.5).
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Reese Wiley was fifth in the 400, in 57.31 seconds.
STATE TRACK & FIELD
Class 4A Girls
Top 10 teams (through 5 events) — 1. Ankeny 24, 2. Waukee Northwest 22.5, 3. Dallas Center-Grimes 20, 4. Cedar Falls 19, 5. Pleasant Valley 17.5, 6. Johnston 16, 7. Ottumwa 10, 8. Indianola 9, 9. (tie) Burlington and West Des Moines Dowling 8.
Discus — 1. Delilah Subsin (Ottumwa), 158-8; 2. Kylee Hill (Burlington), 149-3; 3. Gabriella Ragins (Pleasant Valley), 145-6; 4. Rachel Haack (Iowa City High), 137-5.
High jump — 1. Reagan Hanfelt (Ankeny), 5-6; 2. Alex Gaskell (West Des Moines Dowling), 5-6; 3. Cambel Drapeau (Dubuque Senior), 5-4; 6. Lyla Canny (Cedar Rapids Prairie), 5-2.
3,000 — 1. Piper Messerly (Dallas Center-Grimes), 9:52.08; 2. Charlee Gall (Cedar Falls), 9:56.40; 3. Jordyn Brown (Indianola), 9:56.82.
3,200 relay — 1. Pleasant Valley (Wedemeyer, Johnson, Mowen, Boleyn), 9:00.75; 2. Johnston, 9:03.39; Waukee Northwest, 9:10.29.
400 — 1. Kloe Nissen (Cedar Falls), 55.78; 2. Avery Winter (Waukee Northwest), 56.01; 3. Olivia Fehn (Johnston), 56.14; 5. Reese Wiley (Cedar Rapids Prairie), 57.31.
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