(Area) — On Tuesday, the IHSAA and the IHGSAU announced the school assignments for the State Qualifying Meets on Thursday, May 15. Atlantic and Harlan will both be competing at Glenwood in Class 3A. Griswold is a host in Class 1A and will host AHSTW, Ar-We-Va, Bedford, East Mills, Essex, Exira EHK, Hamburg, Heartland Christian, Lenox, Riverside, Sidney and Southwest Valley. AC/GC will be going to Madrid along with CAM and Nodaway Valley. In Class 2A, the Audubon Girls will be at Clarinda along with Missouri Valley, Panorama, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Tri Center and Underwood.
All qualifying meets will start at 4 PM with field events. Running events will begin at 4:45 PM.
State Meet Qualifications
In Class 4A, the top two place winners in each event plus the next twelve (12) best performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners (1st – 8th) will advance to the state meet. Class 3A and Class 2A, the top two place winners in each event plus the next eight (8) performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners (1st – 8th) will advance to the state meet. In Class 1A, the top place winner in each event plus the next fourteen (14) best performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners will advance to the state meet. If there are ties, the highest qualifying meet place winner (1st – 8th) will be the qualifier. If the tie still remains, the school name, as printed in the IHSAA Directory, will be used as the tie breaker. In 2025, the first school name alphabetically will become the qualifier. There will be no more than 24 qualifiers in any event. In 2026, the last school name alphabetically will become the qualifier.
Class 1A
Class 2A
Class 3A
Class 4A
