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Western Dubuque, Lisbon earn state track and field championships
An overview of Saturday’s Iowa high school state track and field championships, with links to class-by-class coverage
May. 18, 2024 8:15 pm
DES MOINES — Fifth place never felt so good.
Four fateful points in the 400-meter relay were enough for Western Dubuque to clinch the Class 3A boys’ championship at the state track and field meet Saturday afternoon at Drake Stadium.
Led by Quentin Nauman’s remarkable four-title weekend, the Bobcats edged Adel ADM for the crown, 72-71.
“That’s Quentin,” Western Dubuque’s Grant Glausser said. “We don’t expect anything less of him.
A sophomore, Nauman won the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter races and anchored the Bobcats’ distance medley relay.
Austin Hogrefe won the 110-meter hurdles and anchored the shuttle hurdle title team.
Lisbon sprinted its way to its second consecutive 1A boys’ title; the Lions’ 76 points were 27 more than runner-up Woodbine.
“We just had to finish the job,” said sprinter Baylor Speidel, the champion of the 100 and 200, and the anchor of the Lions’ 4x100 and 4x200 gold medalists.
Tipton junior Noelle Steines was a four-time winner, too (Class 2A girls 800, 1,500, 3,000 and distance medley).
“It’s awesome. I’ve had a lot of success at other meets, but I'm so proud of my team,” said Steines, who led Tipton to a third-place finish in the 2A girls’ team race, behind repeat champion Van Meter and Pella Christian.
Other girls’ team champions were Pleasant Valley (4A), ADM (3A) and Saint Ansgar (1A).
Ankeny scored a whopping 112 points to win the 4A boys’ title; Mediapolis was the 2A boys’ champion.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy set an all-time Iowa best in the boys’ 400-meter relay, in 41.27 seconds.
The three-day attendance was 39,537, just shy of last year’s record crowd.
Saturday’s state track and field coverage
Class 4A girls: Iowa City West’s Hannah Longmire sweeps the ambulatory races
Class 4A boys: Cedar Rapids Kennedy wins the 400-meter relay with an all-time Iowa best
Class 3A girls: Solon’s Aly Stahle stays cool, wins the 100-meter hurdles
Class 3A boys: Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman adds 800 and 1,600 titles to conclude phenomenal weekend
Class 2A: Tipton’s Noelle Steines wins 2 more titles with mom’s motivational message in mind
Class 1A: Baylor Speidel sweeps the sprints, Lisbon cruises to its second straight state title
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