2024 Iowa High School COED State Track & Field Championships
May 16-18 • Drake Stadium, Des Moines, Iowa
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Saturday Weather: Partly sunny skies throughout the day. 9 am— 72 degrees, winds from southwest at 13 mph. 11 a.m. temperature- 80 degrees with wind from southwest at 15 mph. 1 p.m. temperature—84 degrees with wind from southwest at 15 mph. Temperature reached a high of 85 degrees at 4 pm. with winds from west at 12 mph
Saturday Attendance: 9,786 (2nd largest Saturday crowd)Friday Attendance: 16,033 (2nd largest one-day crowd)
Thursday Attendance: 13,718
THREE-DAY TOTAL: 39,537 (2nd largest three-day attendance)
Girls Class 1A scoring
St. Ansgar 40
Nashua-Plainfield 38
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 37
Riverside, Oakland 37
Panorama 36
Lisbon 30
AGWSR 28.5
Fort Dodge St. Edmond 25
Pekin 24
West Monona 21
NOTE: St. Ansgar wins first ever state title
Girls Class 2A scoring
Van Meter 63
Pella Christian 60
Tipton 57
Spirit Lake 43
Aplington-Parkersburg 29
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 27
Estherville-LC 27
Forest City 24
Mid-Prairie, Wellman 23
Unity Christian, Orange City
NOTE: Van Meter defends Class 2A state title.
Girls Class 3A scoring
ADM, Adel 48
MOC, Floyd Valley 43
Mount Vernon 41
Clear Lake 37
Gilbert 37
Maquoketa 35
Sioux Center 35
Dubuque Wahlert 27
Solon 26
Pella 26
NOTE: ADM, Adel wins first ever state team title
Girls Class 4A scoring
Pleasant Valley 92
Waukee Northwest 81
Johnston 62
Waukee 53
Dubuque Hempstead 52
West Des Moines Valley 46
Dowling Catholic 40
Ankeny 34
Linn-Mar 26
Sioux City East 26
NOTE: Pleasant Valley captures fourth state team title but first since winning Class 4A crown in 2015. Other titles wereL Class 3A in 1985 and 1991.
GIRLS NOTES
SATURDAY RECORDS-8... THREE-DAY TOTAL — 23
Class 2A sprint medley relay – 1:46.05. Old record 1:46.35, Dike-New Hartford, 2010.
Class 1A shuttle hurdle relay – 1:04.89, Northwood-Kensett. Old record 1:05.44, Le Mars Gehlen Catholic, 2012.
Class 4A 1500 – 4:25.32, Addison Dorenkamp, West Des Moines Valley. Old 4A record and overall meet record, 4:27.76, Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 2015.
Class 2A 4x100 -- 48.97, Okoboji. Old record 49.14, Roland-Story, 2024 prelims.
Class 4A 4x100 – 47.22, Waukee Northwest. Old record 47.56, Waukee Northwest, 2024 prelims.
New Event
Ambulatory 100 – 15.83, Hannah Longmire, Iowa City West
Ambulatory 200 – 32.67, Longmire
Ambulatory 400 – 1:17.01, Longmire
FRIDAY RECORDS- 11....
Class 2A distance medley relay – 4:06.37, Tipton. Old Record 4:06.40, Van Meter, 2023.
Class 2A 4x200 relay – 1:39.72, Pella Christian. Old record 1:42.94, North Polk, 2008.
Class 2A 4x100 relay – 49.14, Roland-Story. Old record 49.29, Northeast, 2021.
Class 2A 4x400 relay – Pella Christian, 3:55.22. Old record 3:55.52, Cascade, 2012.
Class 3A 4x100 relay – 47.87, Western Dubuque. Old record 48.21, Wahlert Catholic, 2018.
Class 3A long jump – 19-3 ½, Reese Brownlee, Clear Lake. Old record 18-8 ¾, Isabelle Noring, Carlisle, 2022.
Class 3A 400 hurdles – 59.83, Reese Brownlee, Clear Lake. Old record 1:02.53, Holly Salzbrenner, Mount Vernon-Lisbon, 2010. Old overall meet record 1:00.15, Payton Wensel, Linn-Mar, 2018.
Class 4A 4x200 relay – 1:39.15, Waukee Northwest. Old record 1:39.24, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 2015. That also was the previous overall state record.
Class 4A 4x100 relay – 47.56, Waukee Northwest. Old record 47.89, Iowa City West, 2010.
Wheelchair 800 – 2:55.22, Ally Darter, Dubuque Hempstead. Old record 3:08.81, Keri Siebrecht, Sheldon, 2019.
New Event
Ambulatory 800 – 2:49.37, Hannah Longmire, Iowa City West.
THURSDAY RECORDS - FOUR
Class 4A 4x800 – 9:59.53, Pleasant Valley. Old record 9:09.34, Waukee, 2018.
Class 1A 100 – 12.05, Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama. Old record 12.25, Katie Maschmann, Montezuma, 2015.
Class 1A 400 – 55.44, Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama. Old record 55.75, Ellie Herzberg, Manson-Northwest Webster, 2013.
Class 3A 100 – 12.07, Jessica Kyne, Des Moines Hoover (prelims). Old record 12.08, Keaton Kester, ADM, 2017.
TOP 25 ALL-TIME MARKS MADE ON SATURDAY
—Addison Dorenkamp, West Des Moines Valley, No. 1 in the 1500, 4:25.32
—Waukee Northwest, No. 1 in the 4x100 relay, 47.22
—Pleasant Valley, No. 2 in the 4x400 relay, 3:48.47
—Waukee, No. 6 in the sprint medley relay, 1:45.38
—Pleasant Valley, No. 9 in the 4x100 relay, 47.86
—Keelee Leitzen, Dubuque Hempstead, No. 10 in 800,2:09.15
—Waukee Northwest, No. 11 in the shuttle hurdle relay, 1:02.30
—Waukee, No. 11 in the 4x400 relay, 3:51.96
—Pella Christian, No. 18 in the sprint medley relay, 1:46.05
MULTIPLE WINNERS
Four Titles
Noelle Steines, Tipton, Class 2A 800, 1500, 3000, DMR
Bailey Vos, Pella Christian, Class 2A 400, 4x200 relay, 4x100, SMR
Rachel Kacmarynski, Pella Christian, Class 2A 100, 4x100, 4x200, SMR
Hannah Longmire, Iowa City West, ambulatory 100, 200, 400, 800
Three Titles
Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama, Class 1A 100, 200, 400
Ally Darter, Dubuque Hempstead, wheelchair 200, 400, 800
Kadence Huck, Nashua-Plainfield, Class 1A 800, 1500, DMR
Meredith Van Wyk, Pella Christian, Class 2A 4x200, 4x400, SMR
Noelle Steines, Tipton, Class 2A 800, 3000, DMR
Two Titles
Amaia Agre, Pella Christian, 4x200, SMR
Anjelena Carder, Waukee, Class 4A 400, SMR
Keelee Leitzen, Dubuque Hempstead, Class 4A 800, DMR
Addison Dorenkamp, West Des Moines Valley, Class 4A 1500, 3000
Marissa Ferebee, Pella, Class 3A 1500, 3000
Ayrissa Robinson, Aunya Van Zetten and Katie Stahl, Waukee Northwest, Class 4A 4x100, 4x200
Brynn Epperly, Ava Czarnecki, Addie Clark, Addy Happel, Lisbon, Class 1A 4x100, 4x200
Ani Wedemeyer, Aerielle Johnson and Grace Boleyn, Pleasant Valley, Class 4A 4x400 relay, 4x800 relay
Rylee Steffen and Kyle Sievrerding, Dubuque Wahlert Catholic, Class 3A 4x400 relay, sprint medley relay
REPEATING
Dubuque Wahlert Catholic won the Class 3A sprint medley relay for the second straight year.
Keelee Leitzen, Dubuque Hempstead, won the Class 4A 800 for the second straight year.
Ally Darter, Dubuque Hempstead, won the wheelchair shot put, 200 and 400 for the third straight year.
Dowling Catholic won the Class 4A shuttle hurdle relay for the third straight year
Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama, won the 100 and the 200 for the fourth straight year, the first three of each in Class 2A, the fourth in 1A
Addison Dorenkamp, West Des Moines Valley, won the Class 4A 1500 for the third straight year.
Lisbon won the Class 1A 4x100 for the second straight year.
Riverside won the Class 1A 4x400 relay for the third straight year.
Dubuque Wahlert Catholic won the Class 2A 4x400 relay for the second straight year.
NOTES
Happy Birthday, Addy
Addison Dorenkamp’s last race on the Blue Oval as a high school athlete was one for the ages. Dorenkamp knocked two Hall of Fame runners from their lofty perches when she won the Class 4A race in 4:25.32. The West Des Moines Valley senior eclipsed Linn-Mar’s Stephanie Jenks, who went into the Hall of Fame earlier in the day, for the 4A and overall meet record. And she pushed aside Sioux City’s East Shelby Houlihan for the all-time best in the event, doing so on her 18th birthday. Dorenkamp finishes her prep career with three titles each in the 1500 and 3000 , just the third runner in state history to accomplish that. The five others all are in the Hall of Fame. Dorenkamp, also the all-time leader in the 1500, will run at Alabama next season.
Impressive Debut For Pella Christian Freshman
Pella Christian freshman Rachel Kacmarynski made quite a splash in her first state meet. Kacmarynski beat an experienced field in the Class 2A 100 in 12.61, running into a stiff headwind. She also helped her team win the sprint medley relay in a record-breaking time (1:46.05) earlier today, ran the opening leg on the first-place 4x400 unit to close out the meet and ran on the winning 4x200 relay on Friday. Kacmarynski comes from athletic bloodlines. Her father Rich starred in football at Mallard High School and Central College and her mother Mindi played softball at Central.
Sellers Closes Out Career With Three More Titles
Panorama’s Jaidyn Sellers wrapped an impressive high school career by winning three more races this weekend, giving her 10 state titles in all. Sellers, competing in Class 1A this year after three seasons in 2A, started the day by winning her fourth straight championship in the 100, then added a fourth title in 200. She’s the only Iowa girl to win both events four times. She won a second championship in the 400 on Thursday and finished third in the high jump on Friday. She competed in 15 events at state in her career and never finished lower than fifth. She’ll continue her athletic career at Iowa – playing softball.
You Can Count On Kadence
A victory in the Class 1A 1500 capped off an impressive meet for Nashua-Plainfield junior Kadence Huck. Huck won that race in 4:42.13 for her third title of the weekend and eighth of her career. She also won the 800 in this meet, anchored the winning distance medley relay and finished second in the 400. She will go into her senior year with 12 medals in 12 events at state.
A Perfect Meet For Noelle Steines
Tipton’s Noelle Steines ran away with the victory in the Class 2A 1500 to complete a perfect state meet – four events, four state championships. Steines won the 1500 in 4:38.46 after collecting titles in the 800, 3000 and distance medley relay. She’s just the fifth runner to achieve that particular combination at state. A junior, Steines now has eight state championships in track, plus three in cross country.
Wahlert Catholic Increases Relay Haul
Dubuque Wahlert Catholic earned victories in the Class 4A sprint medley and 4x400 relays to run their championship total in baton events to 31, the most by any school. Senior Rylee Steffen was a key figure in the Golden Eagles’ recent success and anchored both relay wins today. She also finished second in the 200 and 400 this year and ran on five winning relays in all in her career, which included medals in all 16 events she ran at state
Spartans Nail Down Another Title
Pleasant Valley piled up 92 points to win the Class 4A team championship, giving the Spartans five titles in all. Also claiming crowns were ADM (3A), Van Meter (2A) and Saint Ansgar (1A). Dubuque Hempstead was the para champion.