More High School Track Athletes Qualify For Drake Relays

The weather continues to cause problems for high school track and field in the state of Iowa, but that has not slowed the athletes down from competing.
Several more have reached the Blue Standard for the upcoming Drake Relays, which will be held in Des Moines, Iowa from Drake Stadium. The event takes place April 22-25.
The Blue Standard is times and distances set for automatic qualification to the event, which brings together the top high schoolers, collegiate and professional track and field athletes from around the world.
Drake Relays Blue Standard Qualifiers
Girls
100 (12.35)
Katie Willits, Waukee Northwest (11.98)
Keziah Caldwell, Waukee Northwest (12.16)
Alayna Goldsberry, Southeast Polk (12.17)
Kaleigh Tooker, MOC-Floyd Valley (12.30)
400 (57.05)
Logan Vogt, Waukee Northwest (56.40)
CaliAna Whitaker, Mount Vernon (56.45)
800 (2:15.40)
Emee Dani, Waukee Northwest (2:14.92)
Lili Denton, Council Bluffs St. Albert (2:15.01)
1500 (4:42.50)
Evelyn Moeller, Mount Vernon (4:34.69)
Charlee Gall, Cedar Falls (4:40.05)
Lili Denton, Council Bluffs St. Albert (4:42.29)
3000 (10:13.00)
Evelyn Moeller, Mount Vernon (9:39.26)
Izzy Hardin, Maquoketa (9:59.91)
Chloe Glosser, Pekin (10:00.64)
Marissa Ferebee, Pella (10:02.16)
Lili Denton, Council Bluffs St. Albert (10:07.38)
Emma Chesterman, Dubuque Senior (10:09.63)
Emmy Stubbendeck, Waukee Northwest (10:11.20)
100 Hurdles (15.10)
Morgan Karr, Valley (14.01)
Anna Woods, Ankeny Centennial (14.71)
Leah Bolluyt, Spirit Lake (14.78)
Elise Coghlan, ADM (14.91)
Rylee Hemmingsen, Treynor (14.93)
400 Hurdles (1:04.50)
Elise Coghlan, ADM (1:03.05)
Tatum Miller, Bettendorf (1:04.13)
4x100 (50.50)
Waukee Northwest (47.33)
Southeast Polk (48.87)
Pleasant Valley (49.81)
Spirit Lake (49.87)
Western Dubuque (49.91)
Ankeny Centennial (49.91)
Valley (49.98)
Bishop Heelan (50.10)
Atlantic (50.27)
Mount Pleasant (50.31)
Gilbert (50.41)
Marion (50.44)
ADM (50.46)
Mid-Prairie (50.50)
4x200 (1:44.50)
Waukee Northwest (1:40.63)
Southeast Polk (1:44.03)
4x400 (4:01.50)
Waukee Northwest (3:56.29)
Cedar Falls (4:00.78)
Ankeny (4:01.06)
800 Medley (1:49.00)
Pella Chrsitian (1:47.49)
Southeast Polk (1:48.43)
Cedar Rapids Prairie (1:48.68)
Shuttle Hurdle (1:05.00)
Waukee Northwest (1:02.56)
Valley (1:04.43)
Long Jump (18-0)
Abby Mecklenburg, Linn-Mar (19-5.25)
Ella Landau, Clear Lake (18-3.5)
Aiden Gosselink, Grinnell (18-1.75)
Aubrey Johnson, Gilbert (18-1)
Jeorgia Evans, Mid-Prairie (18-0)
High Jump (5-6)
Renae Wilson, Decorah (5-6.5)
Alyssa Schroeder, North Scott (5-6.25)
Brielle Hoegh, MOC-Floyd Valley (5-6)
Shot Put (42-0)
Delilah Subsin, Ottumwa (47-4.25)
Anna Hadley, Pekin (43-8.5)
Rachel Haack, Iowa City High (43-0)
Discus (140-0)
Sophia Schlader, Waukee Northwest (141-0)
Macy Faust, Bettendorf (140-2)
Boys
100 (10.75)
Kaiden Kunze, Norwalk (10.52)
Noah Ross, Ankeny Centennial (10.61)
400 (49.00)
Drew Bennis, Cedar Rapids Prairie (48.52)
Harrison Mullens, Pella (48.84)
1600 (4:15.00)
Quentin Nauman, Western Dubuque (4:03.65)
Keegan Decker, Iowa City Liberty (4:04.33)
Logan Bleich, Gilbert (4:14.67)
3200 (9:15.00
Keegan Decker, Iowa City Liberty (8:59.49)
Quentin Nauman, Western Dubuque (9:07.03)
AJ Willey, Bettendorf (9:08.52)
Slader Buckheister, Cedar Rapids Kennedy (9:08.54)
Canaan Dunham, Pella (9:12.27)
110 Hurdles (14.50)
Hayden Carlsen, Ankeny (14.07)
Caiden Johnson, Pella (14.16)
Blake Ludwig, Waukee Northwest (14.25)
Miciah LaLaCheur, Valley (14.30)
Logan VanDenBroek, Pella (14.31)
Gino Sciorrotta, Urbandale (14.37)
Lamar Ceant, Columbus (14.40)
Darien Walker, Dallas Center-Grimes (14.49)
4x100 (43.20)
Gilbert (42.21)
Cedar Rapids Jefferson (42.61)
Treynor (42.70)
Western Dubuque (42.79)
Waukee Northwest (42.86)
ADM (42.94)
Pella (42.99)
4x200 (1:29.00)
Valley (1:26.29)
Clear Lake (1:27.55)
Waukee Northwest (1:28.54)
ADM (1:28.60)
4x400 (3:24.00)
Clear Lake (3:20.37)
Cedar Falls (3:21.03)
Waukee Northwest (3:23.95)
4x800 (7:58.00)
Waukee Northwest (7:55.90)
Cedar Falls (7:57.36)
1600 Medley (3:31.50)
Waukee Northwest (3:30.23)
Shuttle Hurdle (59.00)
Pella (58.29)
Iowa City West (58.61)
Waukee Northwest (58.95)
Long Jump (23-0)
Rylan Peters (23-8)
Kaiden Kunze (23-3)
High Jump (6-7)
Ajak Malual, Waukee (6-9)
Logan Atherton, Norwalk (6-8)
Eli Patterson, Benton (6-7)
Shot Put (56-0)
Greyson Hartman, Washington (65-2.25)
Morgan Cooley, East Union (59-11)
Max Nevitt, Algona (59-5.5)
Carson Davis, Hinton (57-6)
Shem Mally, Cedar Rapids Kennedy (57-5.5)
Nick Milburn, Newton (57-0.75)
James Barnett, Iowa City West (56-2.5)
Discus (175-0)
Greyson Hartman, Washington (179-9)
Aiden Curtis, Indianola (179-2)
Daxon Kiesau, Urbandale (176-8)

Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in northcentral Iowa and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in 2022 focused on the state of Iowa. Along with providing coverage of football and wrestling, Dana also spotlights cross country, swimming, basketball, track and field, soccer, tennis, golf, baseball and softball. He began writing for High School on SI in 2023.
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