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The Drake Relays returned last season after a one-year hiatus in 2020 caused by the pandemic.

This season the high school portion of the event returns to its regular three-day format starting on Thursday April 28 and concluding on Saturday.

Once again the Your Prep Sports area will be well represented at the Drake Relays with a number of area athletes qualifying for the event.

Here is the unofficial list of the 2021 Drake Relays qualifiers from the Your Prep Sports area.

Girls

100 (32 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 8:30 a.m. prelims/2:34 finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Holly Duax (Sioux City East) 11.81; 29. Aly Stahle (Solon) 12.72; 31. Mia Duckett (Solon) 12.74

100 hurdles (32 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 8 a.m. prelims/10:31 finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Mackenzie Carney (Waukee Northwest) 14.13; 9. Ella Woods (West High) 15.32; 26. Silvana Kabolo (Clear Creek Amana) 15.79; 28. Sophia Stahle (Solon) 15.86; 31. Sierra Pruessner (City High) 15.9

400 (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 5:14 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Gabby Cortez (Cedar Rapids Prairie) 55.52; 9. Ani Wedemeyer (City High) 57.87; 10. Emma Bock (Solon) 57.94;

400 hurdles (17 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday, 3:06 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Mackenzie Carney (Waukee Northwest) 1:04.35; 2. Erinn Varga (West High) 1:05.51;

800 (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 1:40 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Gabby Cortez (Cedar Rapids Prairie) 2:11.19; 3. Ani Wedemeyer (City High) 2:16.87; 8. Ashlyn Keeney (Liberty High) 2:17.76; 12. Emma Bock (Solon) 2:18.21

1,500 (21 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday. 3:50 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Danielle Hostetler (Mid-Prairie) 4:41.71; 2. Ashlyn Keeney (Liberty High) 4:43.31;

3,000 (21 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Thursday, 6:10 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Paityn Noe (Ballard) 9:46.31; 11. Ashlyn Keeney (Liberty High) 10:24.57

Long jump (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 9:30 a.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Holly Duax (Sioux City East) 19-1 ½; 8. Makinley Levin (Solon) 17-7 ¼;

High jump (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Thursday, 4:30 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Maddie Olson (Sheldon) 5-8; 21. Isabelle Woody (Liberty High) 5-3 ¼

Shot put (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Thursday, 4:30 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Jadan Brumbaugh (Mount Pleasant) 46-9 ¾;

Discus (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 9 a.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Faith DeRonde (Oskaloosa) 137-6 ½; 8. Darya Acas (Liberty High) 128-9

4×100 relay (96 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday 10 a.m. prelims/3:30 p.m. finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Ames 48.91; 4. Solon (Makinley Levin, Aly Stahle, Mia Duckett, Emma Wolff) 49.76; 41. Liberty High (Amira Coleman, Brityn Gryp, Brie Klein, Brynlee Slockett) 51.63; 54. Clear Creek Amana (Silvana Kabolo, Bailey Olerich, Emma Mathis, Emma Descourouez) 52.08; 73. City High (Safla Almabrazi, Sierra Pruessner, Claire Brown, Mia DePrenger) 52.39; 96. West Branch (Ava Finley, JaLynn Falco, Avery Schultes, Iva Senio) 52.81

4×200 relay (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 12:49 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Waukee Northwest 1:43.69; 6. Solon (Mia Duckett, Sophia Stahle, Emma Bock, Aly Stahle) 1:44.87; 16. Liberty High (Amira Coleman, Brynlee Slockett, Jasmine Barney, Hannah Ramsey) 1:46.34;

4×400 relay (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday 8:08 p.m. prelims/Saturday 4:40 finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. City High (Iris Wedemeyer, Mia DePrenger, Sierra Pruessner, Ani Wedemeyer) 3:58.82; 3. Solon (Meghan O’Neill, Kaia Holtkamp, Gracie Federspiel, Emma Bock) 4:02.04; 21. West High Annie Schwartz, Lindsey McKane, Lily McConnell, Erinn Varga) 4:09.96

Sprint medley relay (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday 9:48 a.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 1:47.41; 3. City High (Ruth Cloyd, Claire Brown, Mia DePrenger, Ani Wedemeyer) 1:48.83 7. Solon (Mia Stahle, Makinley Levin, Sophia Stahle, Emma Bock) 1:49.28; 15. Liberty High (Amira Coleman, Brityn Gryp, Hannah Ramsey, Ashlyn Keeney) 1:50.7

4×800 (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday 9:30 a.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 9:20.32; 8. City High (Ani Wedemeyer, Tatum Frazier, Iris Wedemeyer, Rowan Boulter) 9:40.44; 10. Solon (Meghan O’Neill, Emma Bock, Kaia Holtkamp, Gracie Federspiel) 9:41.81

Shuttle hurdle relay (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday 8 a.m. prelims/Noon finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. West Des Moines Dowling 1:04.04; 3. Clear Creek Amana (Emma Mathis, Meghan Cullen, Mari Cetta, Silvana Kabolo) 1:06.92; 5. West High (Hebah War, Erinah Carter, Sophia Olivio, Ella Woods) 1:07.14; 6. Solon (Mia Stahle, Calla Foster, Sophia Stahle, Aly Stahle) 1:07.45; 7. City High (Sierra Pruessner, Mia DePrenger, Martha Hamilton, Te’Nia Ansley) 1:07.57;

Boys

100 (32 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 8:40 a.m. prelims/2:39 finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Miles Thompson (Cedar Rapids Washington) 10.56; 3. Luke Meyers (Liberty High) 10.71

400 (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 5:20 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Qai Hussey (Spirit Lake) 48.08; 4. Jovan Harris (City High) 49.91

400 hurdles (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday, 3:13 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Kole Becker (Lisbon) 53.69; 3. Aidan Jacobsen (West High) 54.78; 9. Jovan Harris (City High) 55.3 10. Gavin Zillyette (Clear Creek Amana) 55.48; 13. Matt Schaeckenbach (City High) 56.04

110 hurdles (32 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 8:15 a.m. prelims/10:36 finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Jack Lathan (Spirit Lake) 13.96; 3. Eric Lucas (Liberty High) 14.43; 12. Harrison Rosenberg (Clear Creek Amana); 17. Matt Schaeckenbach (City High) 15.09

800 (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 1:47 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Gabe Nash (Sioux City North) 1:54.31; 2. Ammon Smith (City High) 1:54.64; 9. Ford Washburn (City High) 1:57.41;

1,600 (21 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday, 3:58 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Ford Washburn (City High) 4:13.24; 8. Alex McKane (West High) 4:19.94;

3,200 (22 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Thursday, 5:55 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Jackson Heidesch (West Des Moines Dowling) 9:05.8; 2. Ford Washburn (City High) 9:15.9; 3. Alex McKane (West High) 9:21.65; 16. Truman Thompson (City High) 9:28.87

Long jump (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Thursday, 5 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Abu Sama (Southeast Polk) 24-10; 7. Ronnie Major (City High) 22-0; 20. Ben Swails (Clear Creek Amana) 21-6; 20. Aidan Jacobsen (West High) 21-6

High jump (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 10 a.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Kade Benjamin (New London) 6-9; 11. Matt Schaeckenbach (City High) 6-6 ¼

Shot put (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 9:30 a.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Brandon VanderSluis (LeMars) 63-5; 7. TaeShon McDaniels (City High) 55-5

Discus (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Thursday, 4 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Walker Whalen (Indianola) 202-10; 18. TaeShon McDaniels (City High) 158-1

4×100 relay (96 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday 10:20 a.m. prelims/3:35 finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Southeast Polk 41.94; 4. West High (Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Nate Gudenkauf, Christian Janis) 42.71; 8. City High (Sam Rew, Mike Rew, Ronnie Major, Mengty Tan) 43.29; 15. Clear Creek Amana (Harrison Rosenberg, Ben Swails, Nick Johnson, Gage Freeman) 43.62; 19. Liberty High (Wyatt Williams, Ben O’Connor, Eric Lucas, Luke Meyers) 43.79; 92. Solon (Trin Eidahl, Blake Timmons, Austin Knight, Michael Pipolo) 44.97; 94. Regina (Jackson Naeve, Alex Jensen, Adam Boblenz, Carson Jensen) 45.0

4×200 relay (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday 1:02 p.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Southeast Polk 1:28.11; 2. West High (Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Nate Gudenkauf, Christian Janis) 1:29.49; 12. City High (Sam Rew, Carsen Newton, Ronnie Major, Jovan Harris) 1:30.73; 17. Clear Creek Amana (Harrison Rosenberg, Ben Swails, Nick Johnson, Gage Freeman) 1:31.37;

4×400 relay (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday 8:25 p.m. prelims/Saturday 4:47 p.m. finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Cedar Falls 3:23.16; 9. City High (Matt Schaeckenbach, Jovan Harris, Truman Thompson, Ammon Smith) 3:26.43; 21. Liberty High (Luke Meyers, Carter Meyers, Jordan Robinson, Gavin Keeney) 3:28.54

Distance medley relay (24 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Friday, 10:02

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Dallas Center-Grimes 3:31.09; 2. City High (Sam Rew, Jovan Harris, Ammon Smith, Ford Washburn) 3:31.43; 8. Clear Creek Amana (Ben Swails, Gage Freeman, Keyan Gisleson, Gavin Zillyette) 3:36.17;

4×800 (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday, 9:45 a.m.

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. West Des Moines Dowling 7:55.16; 3. City High (Matt Schaeckenbach, Ammon Smith, Truman Thompson, Ford Washburn) 7:57.7; 5. Liberty High (Jordan Robinson, Aidan Decker, Christian Montover, Gavin Keeney) 8:04.96; 9. West High (Alex McKane, Seth Cheney, Mason Van Waning, Moustafa Tiea) 8:08.59;

Shuttle hurdle relay (16 qualifiers)

Day/Time: Saturday 8:15 a.m. prelims/12:05 p.m. finals

State leader/area qualifiers: 1. Pleasant Valley 59.48; 6. Clear Creek Amana (Ben Swails, Marcus Lang, Andrew Schlemme, Harrison Rosenberg) 1:01.07; 9 Liberty High (Maxwell Thompson, Griffin Kraft, Henry Maassen, Eric Lucas) 1:01.59; 12. City High (Matt Schaeckenbach, Austin Rindels, Ian Moore, Phillip Kaplan) 1:01.74;

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