Girls Class 1A scoring – thru 10 events entering Saturday
Edgewood-Colesburg 39
Pekin 28
CAM, Anita 25
Madrid 24
Mount Ayr 24
Girls Class 2A scoring – thru 10 events entering Saturday
Spirit Lake 35
Grundy Center 30
Mid-Prairie, Wellman 27
Van Meter 23
Tipton 23
Girls Class 3A scoring – thru 10 events entering Saturday
Pella 50
Sioux Center 35
Mount Vernon 35
Williamsburg 23
ADM, Adel 23
Girls Class 4A scoring – thru 10 events entering Saturday
Waukee Northwest 63.5
Cedar Falls 38.5
Iowa City, City High 38
Ames 35
Ankeny 26
Boys Class 1A scoring – thru 10 events entering Saturday
Iowa Valley, Marengo 25.5
Lisbon 25
Riverside,Oakland 23
Van Buren 23
New London 20
Boys Class 2A scoring – thru 10 events entering Saturday
Grundy Center 33
Alburnett 24
Spirit Lake 15
Pella Christian 15
Applington-Parkersburg 15
Okoboji, Milford 15
Boys Class 3A scoring – thru 10 events entering Saturday
Pella 41
Clear Lake 31
Gilbert 27
Western Dubuque 24
Benton Community 24
Boys Class 4A scoring – thru 10 events entering Saturday
Bettendorf 44
Cedar Falls 36
Indianola 28
Norwalk 20
Cedar Rapids Kennedy 20
ALL-TIME STATE BESTS SO FAR
– 5 entering Saturday
Boys — 1
THURSDAY
STATE MEET RECORDS:
24 total (17 girls, 7 boys) entering Saturday
FRIDAY: 11 (9 girls, 2 boys)
Girls — 9 (4 afternoon session, five morning sessions)
—Class 3A Distance Medley Relay-4:00.09-Sioux Center. Old record 4:03.14, Fairfield, 2006.
—Class 3A Long Jump—19-7 ¾, Aiden Gosselink, Grinnell. Old record 19-3 1/2, Reese Brownlee, Clear Lake, 2024.
—Class 2A 4×200 Relay-1:39.70, Pella Christian. Old record 1:39.72, Pella Christian, 2024.
—Class 2A 4×100 Relay-48.10, Pella Christian. Old record 48.22, Pella Christian, 2025.
—Class 4A Distance Medley Relay-3:55.44, Ankeny. Old record 3:59.67, Waukee Northwest, 2025.
—Class 4A 4×200 Relay-1:37.77, Waukee Northwest. Old record 1:38.55, Waukee Northwest, 2025.
—Class 4A 400 Hurdles-1:00.11, Jana Maharry, Waukee. Old record, 1:00.15, Payton Wensel, Linn-Mar, 2018.
—Class 4A 4×100 Relay-47.07, Waukee Northwest. Old record 47.22, Waukee Northwest, 2024.
—Class 1A 400 Hurdles -1:01.28, Ada Hansen, CAM. Old record 1:02.14, Sara Stoakes, North Tama, 2009.
Boys — 2 (1 afternoon session, 1 morning session)
—Ambulatory 800—2:33.88-Kyle Simmons, Maquoketa. Old record 2:51.90, Cameron McGraw, Alburnett, 2025.
—Class 1A distance medley relay — 3:30.11, Van Buren County. Old record 3:30.94, Riverside, Oakland, 2025
THURSDAY – 13
Girls — 8 (3 morning, 5 afternoon session)
—Class 2A 100 Prelims — 11.80, Rachel Kacmarynski, Pella Christian. Old record 11.81, Kelly Grobstich, Davenport Assumption, 2025 prelims
—Class 2A 200 Prelims — 24.31, Rachel Kacmarynski, Pella Christian. Old record 24.49, Hannah Willms, Dike-New Hartford, 2009 prelims
—Class 2A 4×800 Relay – 9:17.25, Grundy Center. Old record 9:24.76, Western Christian, 2019.
—Class 3A 3,000 – 9:27.31, Evelyn Moeller, Mount Vernon. Old record 9:38.82, Paityn Noe, Ballard, 2023.
—Class 3A 4×800 Relay — 9:14.43, Sioux Center. Old record 9:14.60, Gilbert, 2025.
—Class 4A 4×800 Relay – 8:58.01, Waukee Northwest. Old record 8:59.53, Pleasant Valley, 2024.
—Class 4A 100 Shuttle Hurdle Relay – 1:00.11, West Des Moines Valley (prelims). Old record 1:00.40, West Des Moines Valley, 2025 (prelims).
—Class 1A 3,000 – 9:37.39, Chloe Glosser, Pekin. Old record 9:42.04, Lili Denton, Council Bluffs St. Albert, 2025.
Boys — 5 (1 morning session, 4 afternoon session)
—Class 2A 200 – 21.31, Cauy Konz, Treynor (prelims). Old record 21.33, Isaiah Trousil, West Burlington/Notre Dame, 2016.
—Class 2A 4×800 Relay — 7:48.83, Alburnett. Old record 7:49.87, Okoboji, Milford, 2024
—Class 3A 400 — 47.48, Kolby Hodnefield, Clear Lake. Old record 47.88, Nathan Miller, Center Point-Urbana, 2025.
—Class 3A 4×800 Relay — 7:45.33, Pella. Old record: 7:47.21, Gilbert 2026 first section*
—*Class 3A 4×800 Relay — 7:47.21, Gilbert, first section. Old record: 7:49.07, Spirit Lake, 2011
—Class 4A 3,200 – 8:49.65, AJ Willey, Bettendorf. Old record 8:59.66, Ethan Zuber, Ankeny, 2024.
REPEAT CHAMPIONS
GIRLS
Abby Mecklenburg of Linn-Mar won the Class 4A long jump for the third straight year.
Kylee Hill of Burlington won her third straight shot put title, Class 3A this year, Class 4A the two previous years.
Pella Christian won the Class 2A 4×200 relay for the third straight year
Waukee Northwest won the Class 4A 4×200 relay for the fourth straight year.
Council Bluffs St. Albert won the Class 1A distance medley relay for the second straight year.
Ada Hansen of CAM won the Class 1A 400 hurdles for the second straight year.
BOYS
Rylan Peters of Waverly-Shell Rock won the Class 3A long jump for the second straight year.
Trevon Keely of Paton-Churdan won the Class 1A high jump for the second straight year.
MULTIPLE WINNERS
GIRLS
Two Titles
Karlee Lynch, Maddy Hendershot and Grace Storjohann, Grundy Center, Class 2A 4×800 relay and DMR
Kolby Oldenkamp, Sioux Center, Class 3A 4×800 relay and DMR
Bailey Vos, Pella Christian, Class 2A 400, 4×200 relay
Kylee Hill of Burlington, Class 3A shot put, discus
Ada Hansen, CAM, Class 1A 400 and 400 hurdles
BOYS
Two Titles
Kyle Simmons, Maquoketa, ambulatory 400 and 800
Greyson Hartman, Washington, Class 3A shot put and discus
Lincoln Bainbridge, Van Buren, Class 1A 400 and DMR
AJ Willey, Bettendorf, Class 4A 3200 and DMR
Kaiden Kunze, Norwalk, Class 4A 400 and long jump
London Franklin, New London, Class 1A long jump and 4×200
BOYS AFTERNOON SESSION NOTES
Nauman And Mates Denied In DMR
Quentin Nauman and his Western Dubuque teammates were denied a third straight title in the Class 3A distance medley relay, but how it ended up was a bit of a surprise. Mount Vernon’s Dawson Scheil outran Nauman in a sprint to the finish after Nauman had to go all out to take his team from sixth place to the front on his 1:52.38 800-meter anchor carry. But as it turned out, that was just a race for second. They were running in the last of the three sections in the race. Solon’s time of 3:27.58 in the first section was the fastest so the Spartans became the champions. Mount Vernon ran 3:28.40 and Western Dubuque finished in 3:30.08. Nauman won his third consecutive title in the 3200 on Thursday. He’ll try for his third championships in the 800 and 1600 on Saturday before heading off to the University of Oregon.
Rising To The Moment
Lisbon’s Henry Reiling found his discus groove at just the right moment. Reiling, a senior, came into the Class 1A competition with a career best of 154-5. He exceeded that on all six of his throws and won at 172-9, more than 18 feet farther than he had ever thrown before. Elijah Lillie of Iowa Valley was second at 167-0 – nearly 15 feet farther than his previous best.
Peters Repeats After Poor Start
A shaky start didn’t deter Waverly-Shell Rock’s Rylan Peters in the Class 3A long jump. Peters went only 15-1 ½ on his first jump, quickly regrouped and jumped 22-9 on his second try. No one went farther in the rest of the competition and he repeated his title. Two Pella jumpers claimed the next two spots. Owen Kettler went 21-10 ¼ to finish second and Aidan Kruempel took third at 21-8 ¼.
Hartman Makes It A Double With Shot Put Title
Washington’s Greyson Hartman has been the state leader in the shot put all season and now he’s a state champion. Hartman threw 60-4 ¾ to win the Class 3A title and become a double winner. The Washington junior won the discus on Thursday, throwing 189-5. Hartman has thrown 67-3 ½ in the shot this year, which ranks second on the state’s all-time list, trailing only the great Doug Lane of Cedar Rapids Jefferson. Lane has reigned supreme since 1968 with his throw of 70-11.
Easy Time For Linn-Mar Jumper
Linn-Mar’s Abby Mecklenburg didn’t have to expend much energy to win her third straight Class 4A long jump championship. Mecklenburg went 19 feet on her first attempt and that held up for the title. She went 18-1 on her second jump and then passed on her final four attempts. Sophia Hatcher of Ames threatened with a jump of 18-11 ¼ on her third try but could not improve on that and settled for second. Mecklenburg is the sixth athlete to win three straight long jump titles and the second in 4A. She also was the Drake Relays champion this year and is the state’s the all-time leader at 20-8 ¼. She’ll continue her track and field career at Iowa State.
It’s Pella Christian – Again
Put a Pella Christian relay team on the track and there’s a good chance you’ll see a record. So it was in the 4×200 relay and the preliminaries of the 4×100 relay. The Eagles broke their own meet record in winning the Class 2A 4×200 for the third straight year, running 1:39.70 with a team of Lexi Terpstra, Bailey Vos, Amaia Agre and Meredith Van Wyk. Van Wyk has anchored all three of those championship units and Vos has won three straight titles in the 400. In the 4×100 prelims, Pella Christian broke its own record with a time of 48.10, running a foursome of Terpstra, Agre, Olivia De Haan and Rachel Kacmarynski, the two-time defending champion in the 100.
A State Champion At Last!
Mount Ayr high jumper Aubree Shields has been oh, so close throughout her career. Now, as a senior, she’s finally a state champion. Shields cleared 5-5 to win the title before missing three tries at 5-9 ½, which is the meet record. It was a satisfying victory for Shields, who finished second as a freshman and sophomore and third as a junior. Lilee Boriskey, who ran on the Edgewood-Colesburg 4×200 relay team that gave the school its first state championship in a running event, cleared 5-4 to finish second.
Twenty-Year-Old Record Goes Down
The oldest relay record on the books finally has fallen. Sioux Center took down Fairfield’s Class 3A record in the distance medley relay when it covered the 1600 meters in 4:00.09, which goes in at No. 5 on the state’s all-time list. The old record of 4:03.14 had stood since 2016. It’s the second record for a Sioux Center relay team in this meet. The Warriors ran 9:14.43 for a meet record in the 4×800 on Thursday. Kolby Oldenkamp ran the second leg on that unit and anchored the medley.
Grundy Grinds Out Another Relay Win
They had to run only half as far this time, but the Grundy Center Spartans got the same result – another Class 2A relay championship. Using three runners from the record-setting 4×800 team on Thursday, Grundy Center returned to the track and won the distance medley relay to open today’s afternoon session. Karlee Lynch, Maddy Hendershot and Grace Storjohann ran on both units and were joined in the medley by leadoff runner Ava Heeren. Storjohann trailed the lead runner by 30 meters when she got the baton for her 800 anchor carry, but she ate up the difference quickly and kept her team safely ahead in bringing the Spartans to the finish in 4:09.01.
Three-peat Gives Hill A Sweep
It’s a three-peat for Burlington’s Kylee Hill in the shot put. And it also it also gives her a sweep of the throwing events in Class 3A. Hill, a junior, threw 46-6 to win by a wide margin after going into the meet as the state leader. Pella’s Katie Scheckel finished second at 43-11 ¼. Hill’s first two shot put titles came when Burlington was a Class 4A school. She had a throw of 52-5 ½ earlier this year, which ranks second on the state’s all-time list, trailing only the great Paulette Mitchell, who threw 53-3 ½ in 1992. Hill won the discus on Thursday with a throw 151-3, which ties for 20th on the all-time list.
Another Year, Another Relay Title For Wahlert Catholic
The beat goes on for Dubuque Wahlert Catholic relay teams. With its victory in the Class 3A 4×200, Wahlert has won at least one relay in 14 of the last 15 state meets. The Golden Eagles have captured 27 relay titles in that stretch and they own 33 overall – 10 more than any other school. They won today’s race in 1:41.16, which ranks 20th on the state’s all-time list.
At Last, Another Individual Winner For Williamsburg
Williamsburg has enjoyed considerable success in relays at the state track meet through the years, winning 12 titles. But Ava Hocker’s victory in the Class 3A 400 hurdles was just the second championship in an individual running event for a Williamsburg athlete. Hocker blazed to the finish in 1:00.46, which puts her at No. 4 on the state’s all-time list. Williamsburg’s other individual running champion was Molly O’Brien, who won the Class 1A 100 hurdles in 1998. Hocker was the runner-up in the 400 hurdles last year and finished second in the open 400 on Thursday.
