Iowa High School State Track & Field Championships
May 23, Drake Stadium, Des Moines, Iowa
Weather: 3pm —66 degrees, partly sunny, winds from east at 3 mph...5pm—64 degrees, cloudy skies, winds from west at 4 mph....7 pm— 63 degrees, overcast winds from southwest at 3 mph.
FRIDAY ATTENDANCE: 16,047 (record crowd for Friday session)
TWO-DAY ATTENDANCE: 30,153 Thursday: 14,106  Friday:16:047)—2nd largest two-day total, trailing 30,353 in 2023 
30 RECORDS SET SO FAR (17 girls, 13 plus 1 tie for boys)

GIRLS DIVISION

FRIDAY RECORDS: 8...TWO-DAY TOTAL ENTERING SATURDAY: 17 (including 9 Thursday)

—Class 4A distance medley relay – 3:59.67, Waukee Northwest. Old record 4:00.19, Cedar Falls, 2019.

—Class 1A discus – 150-9, Anna Hadley, Pekin. Old record 137-11, Wendy Ausdemore, Tri-Center, 2004.

—Class 4A 100 hurdles – 13.62, Emma Havighurst, West Des Moines Valley, 13.62. Old record 14.08, Ali Frandsen, Ames, 2023.

—Class 4A 4x200 relay – 1:38.55, Waukee Northwest. Old record 1:39.15, Waukee Northwest, 2024.

—Class 1A high jump – 5-9 1/2, Ema Roberts, HLV-TC. Old record 5-8 ¼, Chaley Rath, Treynor, 2012.

—Class 3A shot put – 47-6 ¼, Charlee Morton, Hampton-Dumont/CAL. Old record 47-5 ½, Jaden Brumbaugh, Mount Pleasant, 2022.

—Class 1A 4x100 – 48.23, Pella Christian. Old record 48.97, Okoboji, 2024

—Wheelchair 800 — 2:50.10, Ally Darter, Dubuque Hempstead. Old record 2:55.22, Darter, 2024

TOP TEN ALL-TIME

—Waukee Northwest, No. 1 4x200 relay, 1:38.55
—Emma Havighurst, West Des Moines Valley, No. 1 100 hurdles, 13.62
—Morgan Karr, West Des Moines Valley, No. 8 100 hurdles, 14.10
—Waukee Northwest, No. 3 distance medley relay, 3:59.67
—Ankeny, No. 4 distance medley relay, 4:00.10
—Pleasant Valley, No. 8 distance medley relay, 4:01.01
—West Des Moines Valley, No. 4 4x100 relay, 47.62

—Pella Christian, No. 6 4x200 relay, 1:40.61

REPEATING

—Kylee Hill of Burlington won the Class 4A shot put for the second straight year
—Waukee Northwest won the Class 4A 4x200 relay for the third straight year
—Abby Mecklenburg of Linn-Mar won the Class 4A long jump for the second straight year
—Ema Roberts of HLV-TC won the Class 1A high jump for the second straight year

—Tipton won the Class 2A distance medley relay for the second straight year

—Gilbert won the Class 3A distance medley relay for the second straight year

—Charlee Morton of Hampton-Dumont/CAL won the Class 3A shot put for the third straight year.

—Pella Christian won the Class 2A 4x200 relay for the second straight year.

—Reese Brownlee of Clear Lake won the Class 3A 400 hurdles and long jump for the second straight year. It was her third long jump title.

—Rachel Schany of Emmetsburg won the Class 2A high jump for the second straight year.

MULTIPLE WINNERS

Three Titles

—Reese Brownlee, Clear Lake, Class 3A 400, 400 hurdles, long jump

Two Titles

—Lili Denton, Council Bluffs St. Albert, Class 1A 3000, DMR

—Noelle Steines, Tipton, Class 2A 3000, DMR

—Sarah Feddersen, Gilbert, Class 3A 4x800, DMR

—Keira Anderson, Gilbert, Class 3A 4x800, DMR

NOTES

Havighurst Is Having Quite A Meet
West Des Moines Valley’s Emma Havighurst keeps outdoing herself in the 100 hurdles. Havighurst lowered her own all-time best in the event to 13.62 in winning her Class 4A preliminary heat. That comes after she anchored Valley to an all-time best in the prelims of the shuttle hurdle relay on Thursday. She ran her leg in that race in a blazing 13.40. Her Valley teammate, Morgan Karr, moved to No. 8 on the all-time list when she won her preliminary heat in 14.10\

Denton Delivers Again For St. Albert
Lili Denton’s teammates gave her a nice lead for her anchor carry in the Class 1A distance medley relay and it’s a good thing, too, because Nashua-Plainfield’s Kadence Huck was closing fast. Denton, the 3000 winner on Thursday, held on to give her Council Bluffs St. Albert team the victory in 4:05.87. Huck, the 400 winner on Thursday, closed in 2:07.96 after getting the baton in eighth place to get her team into second at 4:08.69. Denton ran her 800 leg in 2:10.54. It’s the first relay title for St. Albert for the Saintes since winning the DMR in 2009.

This Was One Fast Race
Cedar Falls broke into the all-time top 20 in the distance medley relay and finished only fourth in the Class 4A race. That’s how fast it was. Waukee Northwest won in 3:59.67, a meet record and No. 3 on the state’s all-time list. Runner-up Ankeny finished in 4:00.10, which ranks fourth, and Pleasant Valley came in third in 4:01.01, which puts the Spartans at No. 8 on the all-time list. Cedar Falls’ fourth-place time of 4:03.41 ranks 18th.

Wolves Pack Away Another Title
Waukee picked up another victory – and another record – with a blistering run in the 4A 4x200 relay. The Wolves won that race in 1:38.55, which improved on their all-time best in the event. It was Northwest’s third straight victory in that race and No. 3 runner Aunya Van Zetten has been on all three championship units. Southeast Polk finished second in 1:39.89, which is fifth on the all-time list. Third-place finisher Waukee goes on the list at No. 22 with its time of 1:41.23.

Pekin Thrower Regains Championship Form
Pekin’s Anna Hadley regained her title in the Class 1A discus and she did so in record-fashion. Hadley threw 150-9 to break a record that had stood since 2004. The Pekin junior won the event as a freshman in 2023 and was the runner-up last year, when she won the shot put.  She finished sixth in the shot on Thursday.

Finally, Another Win For CAM
Sophomore Ada Hansen gave the folks at CAM a long-awaited chance to cheer a state champion. Hansen raced to a decisive victory in the Class 1A 400 hurdles, finishing in 1:02.97. It’s just the second state title in a running event for CAM. The other also came in the 100 hurdles, by Marne Harris in 1993.

No. 2 Helped Make Her No. 1
Abby Mecklenburg’s second-best mark helped her repeat her title in the Class 4A long jump. The Linn-Mar junior went 19-3 ¾ for the win, a jump matched by Johnston’s Jaida Bell. But Mecklenburg’s second-best jump measured 19-1 ½ and that made the difference. Bell’s No. 2 jump came in at 18-8 ¼. Mecklenburg is the state’s all-time leader in the long jump at 20-8 ¼.