Iowa high school state track and field meet results, recap of Thursday's events

Welcome to Day 1 of the Iowa high school state track meet.

Over the next three days, the best of the best in-state track and field athletes will compete to take home state titles in several events. From the 100-meter dash and 4x800 relay to discus and shuttle hurdle relay, there’s a bit of everything spread out through Saturday.

Saying there is something for everyone isn’t an understatement.

Only have a dozen seconds to spare? The sprint events – like some of the ones Ankeny’s Tyrese Miller competes in – are for you.

Then there are athletes like Waukee Northwest’s Mackenzie Carney and Southeast Polk’s Abu Sama, who dominate the competition in their respective events.

And that doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface.

More: What you need to know about the 2022 Iowa high school state track and field meet

Three state meet records fall on first day of Iowa state track meet

It was a record-breaking day at Drake Stadium as three athletes in three different classes broke the state meet record in three different classes.

First was Bishop Garrigan’s Audi Crooks. While she’s committed to Iowa State for basketball, it was the junior’s time to shine on the field. She threw 45-1 on her fifth attempt in the shot put, setting a new Class 1A girls shot put record. The previous record was 42-1.25.

Then Walker Whalen decided he wasn’t done with an already successful senior season. He set a new state record with a throw of 204-9 in the Class 4A discus, more than enough to win him the state title too. That 200-plus toss may have come on one of his final attempts, but he actually broke the record several times before his longest throw.

Wrapping out the day was Audrey Biermann, who ran a 54.56 in the Class 3A girls 400-meter dash to take home the state title. Her time is the fourth best all-time in that event, and broke the old record of 54.73 that was held since 2016.

7:32 p.m. — Track finals finished for Thursday

All the finals for the first day of the Iowa high school state track and field meet are complete, and Class 3A boys closed it out in style with the 400-meter dash.

Washington's Elijah Morris defended his title and won first with a 48.96. Finishing behind him were Pella senior Karl Miller and Fairfield senior River Patterson.

7:25 p.m. — Class 2A boys 400-meter dash record stays intact...barely

Spirit Lake senior Qai Hussey won the 2A 400-meter dash in 47.83, just shy of the state meet record of 47.43 that's been held since 2000. Pella Christian senior Levi Schelhaas came in second and Cascade senior Cole Miller finishe

7:15 p.m. — Audrey Biermann moves into fifth all-time in 3A 400

West Dubuque's Audrey Biermann put her name in the Iowa record books by winning the Class 3A 400-meter dash state title. Biermann ran a 56.36 - a new state meet record and the fifth best finish all-time in that Class 3A event - for the win. She held off Carlisle's Ainsley Erzen, who took second, and Solon's Emma Bock, who came in third.

7:07 p.m. — Mitzi Evans wins Mid-Prairie girls first 400 title

Mid-Prairie senior Mitzi Evans capped her high school career in the 400-meter dash by winning the Class 2A state title on Thursday. Her time of 56.36 was the best out of three sections, with Evans outlasting a push by KPWC's Erika Kuntz and Clear Lake's Reese Brownlee in the final stretch.

6:59 p.m. — All qualifiers in for 100-meter dash

Here are the qualifiers in the 100-meter dash for Class 2A and 3A boys and girls:

Class 2A girls

• Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama – 12.41

• Aubree Bell, KPWC

• Meredith Street, Osage

• Ethnee Jorgensen, Okoboji

• Rylee Vercande, Williamsburg

• Tieler Hull, Underwood

• Clara Smith, Davis County

• Tasha Williams, West Central Valley

Class 3A girls

• Audrey Biermann, West Dubuque – 12.54

• Meghan McDonald, Dubuque-Wahlert

• Hallie Henfling, ADM-Adel

• Jaslynn Dagel, Iowa Falls-Alden

• JoJo Tyynismaa, South Tama County

• Makayla Crannell, ADM-Adel

• Maleah Walker, Oskaloosa

• Brynn Walters, West Dubuque

Class 2A boys

• Jack Latham, Spirit Lake – 11.00

• Qai Hussey, Spirit Lake

• Tate Sander, Belmond-Klemme

• Austin Kunkle, ACGC

• Owen Douglas, Williamsburg

• Lamont Whiting, Estherville-LC

• Gavin Phillips, Des Moines Christian

• Clayten Steckly, Williamsburg

Class 3A boys

• Brevin Doll, ADM-Adel – 11.11

• Alex Mota, Marion

• Sam Wallace, Benton Community

• Tate Johnson, Fort Madison

• Caden Plasier, Sioux Center

• Dawson Forgy, Winterset

• Will Neuharth, Harlan

• Aaron Kramer, CPU

6:37 p.m. — And that's a wrap on Thursday's field events

The sun's starting to set behind Drake Stadium, and the final hour or so of events are underway. The field events are complete, with state titles awarded in the Class 3A girls high jump and boys discus.

In the 3A high jump, it came down to a jump-off, but Central DeWitt's Soren Maricle won the state title. Keely Collins (Charles City), London Warmuth (ADM-Adel) and Avery Beckett (Waverly-Shell Rock) were all competing in the jump-off

Dubuque-Wahlert's Duke Faley won the 3A discus state title with a throw of 165-09. Washington's Brayden Hartman and MOC-FV's Josiah Bundt had the second and third best throws in the class on Thursday.

6:33 p.m. — Western Dubuque wins first title

Western Dubuque's 4x800-meter relay team secured the program's first state title on Thursday. Brenden Begle, Nathan Williams, Ryan Digmann and Caden Coyle ran a 7:59.41 to claim the Class 3A title, just a few weeks after finishing eighth at the Drake Relays. Dallas Center-Grimes finished in second place and Newton came in third.

6:11 p.m. — Tipton wins 2A boys 4x800 relay

The Tipton boys relay team of Ty Nichols, Caden Schmidt, Cody Bohlmann and Clay Bohlmann won the program's first state title in the 4x800 since 2002. They ran an 8:08.83 to take first in Class 2A, and Grundy Center and Mediapolis finished in second and third, respectively.

6:07 p.m. — Thursday's field events are wrapping up

There are still a couple field events in the final rounds, but the 2A boys shot put and 2A girls long jump titles have been awarded.

Carson Lienau from Jesup won the 2A shot put state title with a throw of 58.09.5. South Hamilton's Austin Busch finished in second and Louisa-Muscatine's Spencer Kessel came in third.

Clear Lake's Reese Brownlee - who also qualified in the 2A 200-meter dash - won the girls long jump title after leaping 18-07. West Liberty's Macy Daufeldt and New Hampton's Carlee Rochford rounded out the top three.

5:49 p.m. — Solon girls defend 4x800 title in Class 3A

Solon girls relay team - Kaia Holtkamp, Grace Hoeper, Anna Quillin and Gracie Federspiel held off a late surge from Carlisle to win the 3A 4x800 relay state title in 9:34.41. Carlisle finished in second, after entering the final leg in sixth. Mt Vernon walked away with third place.

5:27 p.m. — Van Meter defends state title in girls 4x800

The Van Meter girls 4x800 relay team finished first at the 2022 state meet with a time of 9:33.48. Mary Kelly, Maya Herman, Brooklyn Fryar and Clare Kelly outran the competition to defend last year's title in the same event. Tipton's relay team rana  9:58.74 for second place and Williamsburg's 10:00.77 was good enough for third.

5:03 p.m. — Qualifiers in for Class 2A, 3A boys in 200-meter finals

Here are the eight qualifiers in each class for the boys 200-meter dash finals:

Class 2A

• Jack Latham, Spirit Lake - 21.81

• Qai Hussey, Spirit Lake

• Tate Sander, Belmond-Klemme

• Austin Kunkle, ACGC

• Levi Schelhaas, Pella Christian

• Anthony Isley, Mediapolis

• Aiden Anderson, PCM-Monroe

• Cason Johannes, Sheldon

Class 3A

• Brevin Doll, ADM-Adel - 22.37

• Caeden DaSilva, Nevada

• Ryan Brosius, Dubuque-Wahlert

• Aaron Kramer, CPU

• Alex Mota, Marion

• River Patterson, Fairfield

• Nate Maki, Newton

• Will Davidson, Mt Pleasant

4:47 p.m. — Fields set for Class 2A, 3A girls 200 finals

Here are the eight qualifiers in each class for the girls 200-meter dash finals:

Class 2A

• Mitzi Evans, Mid-Prairie - 25.55

• Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama

• Natalie Demai, Denver

• Erika Kuntz, KPWC

• Reese Brownlee, Clear Lake

• Meredith Street, Osage

• Anna Heynen, Unity Christian

• Olivia Shannon, Greene County

Class 3A

• Audrey Biermann, Epworth - 25.32

• Rylee Steffen, Dubuque-Wahlert

• JoJo Tyynismaa, South Tama Couy

• Hallie Henfling, ADM-Adel

• Mackenzie Kauffman, Spirit Lake

• Jaslynn Dagel, Iowa Falls-Alden

• Maleah Walker, Oskaloosa

• Lani Hubka, Decorah

4:28 p.m. — Future Drake Bulldog Aidan Ramsey wins big at state meet

Cross country state champion, Drake Relays champion in the 3,200 and now state champion in the 3,200 for Class 3A. It's been a heck of a senior year for Dallas Center-Grimes' Aidan Ramsey, who will head to Drake in the fall to continue his career. He took home first in 9:22.64.

Newton's Jackson Mace-Maynard finished second and Marion's Shane Erb crossed the line third.

4:14 p.m. — Des Moines Christian goes 1, 2 in 2A 3,200

Des Moines Christian senior won the Class 2A boys 3,200 run state title in 9:36.90. His teammate, junior Aaron Fynaardt, came in second. Oelwein's Brennan Sauser rounded out the top three.

4:03 p.m. — Triple crown, of sorts, for Paityn Noe

Ballard's Paitlyn Noe is only a junior but she already has a big collection of awards. She's a cross country state champion, the 2022 Drake Relays champion in the 3,000 and just won the 3A 3,000 run at the state meet with a time of 10:22.05.

MOC-FV's Emily Haverdink came in second and ADM-Adel's Geneva Timmerman finished third.

3:56 p.m. — Beau DeRocher wins long jump

Hinton's Beau DeRocher jumped 22-04.75 for the Class 2A long jump state title. Clarinda's Isaac Jones and West Sioux Hawarden's Carter Bultman finished in second and third, respectively, behind DeRocher.

3:52 p.m. — Hostetler sister wins another state title

In track and cross country, Hostetler is a familiar name across Iowa. The most recent state-title-holding sister is Mid-Prairie sophomore Danielle Hostetler, who rans the 2A girls 3,000 in 10:27.77. Clarinda's Mayson Hartley came in second and Osage's Katelyn Johnson took third place.

3:42 p.m. — Ian Collins wins back-to-back high jump titles

Charles City's Ian Collins won his second straight Class 3A boys high jump state title, and he had to beat the same competitor as last year to win. Collins' and North Polk's Jack Noble had a jump off at 6-9 last year, with Collins taking home the title. Both athletes made it past the 6-8 mark this year, but only Collins cleared 6-9. Noble took second with 6-8 and Newton's Keith Moko finished third.

The Class 2A girls discus state title was also awarded, with Mt Pleasant's Jaden Brumbaugh throwing 151-10 for the win. Bondurant-Farrar's Katelyn Lappe finished second and Decorah's Julia Alberts finished third.

3:34 p.m. — Sydney Eggena wins 2A girls shot put

Denver's Sydney Eggena won the Class 2A shot put state title with a throw of 44-00.5. West Lyon's Jana Ter Wee came in second and Kuemper Catholic's Kenzie Schon finished third.

3:15 p.m. — Preliminaries complete for boys 4x110 shuttle hurdle

Here are the top eight qualifiers for all classes in the boys 4x110-meter shuttle hurdle:

Class 1A

• Belle Plaine - 1:00.78

• North Butler

• Lenox

• Aubudon

• Wapsie Valley

• Madrid

• South O'Brien

• CAM-Anita

Class 2A

• Spirit Lake - 59.65

• Underwood

• Van Meter

• Treynor

• Central Decatur

• Greene County

• Jesup

• West Liberty

Class 3A

• Pella - 59.38

• Clear Creek-Amana

• North Polk

• Xavier

• Humboldt

• Carlisle

• LeMars

• Bondurant-Farrar

Class 4A

• Pleasant Valley - 1:00.22

• Linn-Mar

• Cedar Rapids Kennedy

• Mason City

• Cedar Falls

• West Des Moines Valley

• Norwalk

• Ankeny

2:20 p.m. — Title winners in morning field events

The second section of field events in Class 1A and 4A have wrapped up. Here are the top three finishers in each event:

Class 1A boys shot put

• Abraham Christensen, Ogden - 53-06.5

• Ryan McDonough, Wapello

• Carter Allen, New London

Class 4A boys discus

• Walker Whalen, Indianola - 204-09

• Corey Phillips, Ames

• McKade Jelinek, Linn-Mar

Class 1A girls long jump

• Molly Joyce, Bishop Garrigan - 17-11.75

• Lacey Neighbor, Alburnett

• Sarah Burton, Highland

Class 4A girls high jump

• Josie Moreland, Waukee - 5-06.5

• Alex Gaskell, Dowling Catholic

• Isabelle Woody, Iowa City Liberty

2:00 p.m. — Tyrese Miller, Ryce Reynolds claim boys 400 titles

Ankeny senior Tyrese Miller ran the fastest 400 of the day, winning the Class 4A state title in 48.71 seconds. With the win, Miller completed a Drake Relays-State Meet sweep in the 400-meter dash. Iowa City Liberty's Luke Meyers finished second and Dubuque Senior's Matthew Kruse took third.

Mount Ayr sophomore Ryce Reynolds won the Class 1A boys 400 state title in 49.22 seconds. Lawton-Bronson's Theo Moseman and Lisbon's Kole Becker - who won the 1A long jump state title - finished second and third, respectively.

More: Without a home track in 2022, Des Moines Roosevelt still qualified for 17 events at state meet

1:34 p.m. — Gabby Cortez, Kadence Huck win girls 400 titles

Nashua-Plainfield freshman Kadence Huck won the 1A girls state title in the 100-meter dash with a time of 57.35. It was the first state title for the girls program. Mount Ayr's Adalyn Reynolds finished second and Kee-Lansing's Haley Meyer took third.

In the Class 4A field, Cedar Rapids Prairie's Gabby Gortez - the Drake Relays 400 champion - won the state title in 55.27. Norwalk's Claire Farrell and Iowa City High's Ani Wedemeyer finished in second and third, respectively.

1:25 p.m. — Titus Christiansen misses out on 100-meter final

Ankeny's Tyrese Miller and Southeast Polk's Abu Sama emerged as quality contenders for a state title in the 100-meter dash this season, but Titus Christiansen has always been a top performer in the 100. He will miss the finals after pulling up early and did not finish. Here are the eight qualifiers in the 4A boys 100-meter dash:

• Tyrese Miller, Ankeny - 10.85

• Mikey McClain, Dowling Catholic

• Luke Meyers, Iowa City Liberty

• Carter Erickson, Indianola

• Miles Thompson, Cedar Rapids Washington

• Kendrick Achebe, Des Moines Lincoln

• NaZion Caruthers, DVPT West

• Ayden Price, West Des Moines Valley

1:17 p.m. — Walker Whalen throws over 200...again

Indianola's Walker Whalen has had some impressive discus throws this season, including throwing over 200 in the regular season. The competition is still ongoing, but Whalen's 204-09 throw set a new state meet record and gave the Indianola thrower the fourth-best throw in high school track and field this season.

1:12 p.m. — Qualifiers set for 1A boys 100-meter dash

Some of the fastest high school runners in the state just competed, but only eight can make it through to the final race. Here are the qualifiers for the Class 1A boys 100:

• Brendan Monahan, St. Albert - 11.25

• Beau Flander, English Valleys

• Keaten Bonderson, Gehlen Catholic

• Liam Carlson, Tripoli

• Austin Brehmer, Tripoli

• Bryer Prochniak, North Union

• Jake Gustison, Wapello

• Lane Spieker, CAM-Anita

1:05 p.m. — Holly Duax continues to dominate

Sure, it was only the preliminary races to determine the qualifiers for the 4A girls 100-meter dash but Sioux City West's Holly Duax stood out from all the other competition. Here is the field of eight headed to the finals:

• Holly Duax, Sioux City West - 12.23

• Olivia Kramer, Dowling Catholic

• Jessica Kyne, Des Moines Hoover

• Claire Farrell, Norwalk

• Kenzie Newton, Southeast Polk

• Kanijah Angel, Clinton

• Keira Allis, Waukee Northwest

• Avery Horner, Bettendorf

12:57 p.m. — Qualifiers for the 1A girls 100-meter dash

Madrid took the top two spots in the Class 1A girls 100-meter dash preliminary races, taking a quarter of the spots in the final. Here are the eight qualifiers:

• Lilly Ostert, Madrid - 12.91

• Ella Santi, Madrid

• Makenzie Foelske, Nashua-Plainfield

• Willa Sickelka, South O'Brien

• Veronica Andrusyshyn, Riverside Oakland

• Reese Brown, Wayne Corydon

• Myla Murphy, Graet-T/Ruth-Ayr

• Emily Mutombo, HM-Sanborn

12:42 p.m. — North brings state title back to Sioux City

Sioux City North's boys 4x800 relay team had a successful outing at the state meet, to say the least. The quartet of Beshanena Gutema, Gabe Nash, Natnael Kifle and Yemane Kifle ran a 7:44.64, their best time this season and the fourth-best high school time in the country. It was the first win by a Sioux City high school team in the 4x800 in 50 years.

Dowling Catholic finished in second and Waukee Northwest came in third.

12:30 p.m. — Earlham completes the three-peat

The Earlham boys 4x800 relay team won the 1A title at the 2022 Iowa high school state track meet, but it was a group that's already accustomed to winning. With the victory, Earlham officially won the last three 4x800 state titles, marking the first time since the mid-70s that any program in Class 1A has done that.

11:57 a.m. — Dubuque Hempstead wins first ever state title in girls 4x800

Dubuque Hempstead's squad of Camdyn Kay, Maddie Digman, Keelee Leitzen and Brooke O'Brien ran a 9:21.09 in the 4A girls 4x800 relay to win the program's first ever state title in the event. Ames and West Des Moines Valley finished in second and third, respectively.

11:37 a.m. — Top three finishers for 1A girls 4x800 relay

Pekin's girls 4x800 relay took first place at the 2022 Iowa high school state track meet. Audrey Fariss, Lauren Derscheid, Sarah Eubanks and Makenzie Dahlstrom finished in 9:55.02 to take the title. South Winneshiek-Calmar came in second and Logan-Magnolia finished third.

More: Southeast Polk's Abu Sama already broke a nearly 40-year-old state track record. And he's not done yet

11:14 a.m. — Results from girls discus, boys long jump and high jump

Some of the morning's field events have wrapped up, and we have title winners in the 4A girls discus, 1A boys long jump and 4A boys high jump.

4A girls discus

• Alex Buscher, Waukee - 132-05

• Reese Goodlet, Pleasant Valley

• Lilly Duff, Marshalltown

1A boys long jump

• Kole Becker, Lisbon - 23-02.25

• Alex Pitts, Bellevue

• Carter Sievers - Newell-Fonda

4A boys high jump

• Sam Skarich, North Scott - 6-08

• Jacob Kieler, Cedar Falls

• Idris Thomas, DVPT West

11 a.m. — Fields set for 1A and 4A girls 200 dash finals

With a couple distance events out of the way, the Iowa state meet turned to preliminary rounds of the 200-meter dash. Here are the eight qualifiers for the finals:

Class 1A

• Jillian Dodds, Madrid - 25.97

• Myla Murphy, Graet-T/Ruth-Ayr

• Adalyn Reynolds, Mount Ayr

• Lindsy Massner, Wapello

• Reese Brown, Waynem Corydon

• Willa Sickelka, South O'Brien

• Lydia Erickson, Riverside

• Mackenzie Foelske, Nashua-Plain

Class 4A

• Holly Duax, Sioux City West - 24.52

• Claire Farrell, Norwalk

• Jessica Kyne, Des Moines Hoover

• Olivia Kramer, Dowling Catholic

• Elliana Harris, Sioux City East

• Natalie Harris, Waukee Northwest

• Avery Horner, Bettendorf

• Nyla Norman, Waterloo East

10:40 a.m. — Ford Washburn wins boys 4A 3,200

Iowa City High junior Ford Washburn won the 4A state title in the boys 3,200-meter run in a time of 9:05.35. He ran the final 400-meters in 58.92 seconds to pull off the victory. Finishing behind him were Pleasant Valley's Jacob Mumey in second and Dowling Catholic's Will Ryan in third.

10:32 a.m. — Audi Crooks sets how many state records?

So, Bishop Garrigan's Audi Crooks, who committed to Iowa State earlier this year, set the record in the girls 1A state title in the shot put. Her furthest throw went 45-01, a new best in her class. But apparently that wasn't enough, because every single one of Crooks' six attempts broke the state record held since 2011.

10:27 a.m. — Saint Ansgar wins first 3,200 title since 1970

It's been a long time coming for any Saint Ansgar distance runner to win the Class 1A state title in the boys 3,200-meter run.

The drought ended Thursday, though, when senior Riley Witt won first by a landslide. He ran a 9:38.96 for Saint Ansgar's first state title in 52 years. New London's Alexander Julian and Earlham's Dominic Braet came in second and third, respectively.

10:15 a.m. — Valley, Roosevelt in top three for girls 3,000

Addison Dorenkamp, Abi Hahn, Kamryn Ensley.

It's a familiar finishing order in the Class 4A girls 3,000-meter run. In fact, excluding Ballard's Paityn Noe (who doesn't compete in 4A), Dorenkamp, Hahn and Ensley finished in that order at the 2022 Drake Relays.

Valley sophomore Dorenkamp ran a 9.55.89 to take the state title and set a new 4A best this season. Roosevelt junior Hahn came in second after passing Dorenkamp's teammate, Ensley, in the final laps.

10:00 a.m. — Calamus-Wheatland freshman wins first title of 2022 state meet

Freshman Noelle Steines outlasted close competition in the home stretch to win the Class 1A girls 3,000-meter run. She finished with a time of 10:21.01 to claim the first state title of the Iowa high school meet.

But this isn't the first state title for the freshman runner. In the fall, she wont the state title in girls cross country.

Hudson senior Addison Grady took second place and Grand View Christian's Maddy Childs came in third.

9:45 a.m. — Harris, Carney dominate in 4A shuttle hurdle

Waukee Northwest's Mackenzie Carney and Natalie Harris have put on a show in almost every major competition this season and the opening day of the state meet was no different. The Wolves took first in the 4A girls 4x100 shuttle hurdle with a time of 1:02.31. Here is the field in order of times:

• Waukee Northwest

• Dowling Catholic

• Iowa City West

• Iowa City High

• Cedar Falls

• Pleasant Valley

• West Des Moines Valley

• Cedar Rapids Kenned

9:24 a.m. — Finals field set for Class 1A girls 4x100 shuttle hurdle relay

The competition at the Iowa high school state track and field meet began with the preliminary rounds of the Class 1A girls 4x100 shuttle hurdle relay. Nodaway Valley had the top time, completing the relay in 1:08.06. Here is the order of the final eight:

• Nodaway Valley

• Bishop Garrigan

• Alburnett

• Belle Plaine

• Remsen St. Mary's

• Saint Ansgar

• Wayne Corydon

• Northwood-Kensett

A breakdown of events to watch at the 2022 Iowa high school track meet

Thursday’s action kicks off with the girls shuttle hurdle relay preliminaries for Class 1A and 4A. The first finals of the meet are scheduled right after that, with the 1A and 4A girls competing for the state title in the 3,000-meter run.

The Register tried to make keeping track of every event a little easier, so here are breakdowns of athletes to watch for girls track and field and boys track and field.

The full schedule for all three days of the Iowa state track meet is provided by the Iowa High School Athletics Association.

Alyssa Hertel is a college sports recruiting reporter for the Des Moines Register. Contact Alyssa at ahertel@dmreg.com or on Twitter @AlyssaHertel.

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