Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

The Drake Relays provides an opportunity for the best prep track and field athletes in the state to compete against one another over a three-day stretch at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Drake Relays also offers up a chance for smaller schools to prove they can compete with the biggest schools in the state.

That’s exactly what Solon did at the 113^th edition of the Drake Relays.

Solon capped a strong Drake Relays performance with two more top-10 finishes on Saturday as the Spartans finished with top-12 finishes in three different relays over the three-day meet.

The Solon shuttle hurdle relay team of Aly Stahle, Mia Stahle, Calla Foster and Sophia Stahle finished third on Saturday in a time of 1:05.92.

West Des Moines Dowling won the shuttle hurdle relay title in a time of 1:03.2 while Ames was runner-up in 1:04.23.

Solon was nearly two seconds in front of fourth-place Waukee Northwest.

The third-place shuttle hurdle relay effort came after Solon finished runner-up in the sprint medley relay on Friday.

The Solon 4×800 team of Anna Quillin, Grace Hoeper, Ashlyn Williams and Gracie Federspiel finished 12^th in 9:47.57.

Senior Sophia Stahle added a seventh-place finish in the 400 hurdles in 1:04.47 for the Spartans.

Drake Relays

At Drake Stadium in Des Moines

Individual champions; area participants

Girls

400 hurdle relay – 1. Ali Frandsen (Ames) 1:01.16; 7. Sophia Stahle (Solon) 1:04.47; 12. Eva Reynolds (City High) 1:06.3; 15. Erinn Varga (West High) 1:06.99

1,500 – 1. Noelle Steines (Calamus-Wheatland) 4:35.22; 15. Cori Mac (Liberty High) 4:47.52

Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. West Des Moines Dowling 1:03.2; 3. Solon (Aly Stahle, Mia Stahle, Calla Foster, Sophia Stahle) 1:05.92; 15. West High (Sophia Olivo, Lily McConnell, Hebah War, Erinah Carter) 1:10.18

4×100 – 1. Des Moines Hoover 48.87; 25. Solon (Aly Stahle, Emma Wolff, Piper Stahle, Mia Duckett) 50.75; 27. Liberty High (Amira Coleman, Natalie Ramsey, Jasmine Barney, Alexi Thigpen) 50.87; 42. City High (Safia Almabrazi, Bella Skay, Eva Reynolds, Ani Wedemeyer) 51.58; 50. Clear Creek Amana (Prisca Kalala, Silvana Kabolo, Elizabeth Timmerman, Emma Descourouez) 51.69; 57. West Branch (Ava Finley, Avery Schultes, Addi Schultes, Iva Senio) 51.77

4×400 – 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 3:55.11; 11. City High (Josephine LeClair, Eva Reynolds, Lucy Thompson, Ani Wedemeyer) 4:02.86; 19. Solon (Anna Quillin, Grace Hoeper, Kobi Lietz, Kerrigan Lyons) 4:10.67

4×800 – 1. Johnston 9:26.8; 12. Solon (Anna Quillin, Grace Hoeper, Ashlyn Williams, Gracie Federspiel) 9:47.57

Boys  

400 hurdles – 1. Nicholas Gorsich (Linn-Mar) 52.28; 3. Aidan Jacobsen (West High) 52.83; 13. Matt Schaeckenbach (City High) 55.88

1,600 – 1. Gabe Nash (Sioux City North) 4:12.3

Shuttle hurdle relay – 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 58.64; 12. West High (Quinn Abbott, Christian Janis, Jesus Marungo-Murillo, Ely Smock) 1:02.28; 13. City High (Matt Schaeckenbach, Isaac Washpun, Phillip Kaplan, Austin Rindels) 1:03.21

4×100 – 1. Cedar Rapids Washington 41.71; 3. West High (Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Daniel Robinson, Christian Janis) 42.19; 27. City High (Deon Brown, Jeremiah Madlock, Ronnie Major, Sam Rew) 43.92; 36. Liberty High (Aiden Maher, Carter Meyers, Jalen Wieck, Da’Shon Fisher) 44.23; 40. Solon (Brayden Moore, Nash Kotar, Milo Ashbacker, Blake Timmons) 44.31; 60. Clear Creek Amana (Andrew Schlemme, Owen Rosenberg, Nick Johnson, Eston McAlpin) 44.75; 63. West Branch (Carver Boelk, Zach Walker, Wyatt Fiderlein, Evan Striegel) 44.77

4×400 – 1. Ankeny 3:19.19; 10. City High (Ayman Noreldaim, Ammon Smith, Jeremiah Madlock, Truman Thompson) 3:24.85; 13. Solon (Jeremy Bachus, Michael Yeomans, Grant Knipper, Blake Timmons) 3:27.49; 16. West High (Mason Van Waning, Christian Janis, Carson Teghanemt, Moustafa Tiea) 3:28.28

4×800 – 1. City High (Truman Thompson, Ayman Noreldaim, Ford Washburn, Ammon Smith) 7:48.83; 5. West High (Sam Showers, Mason Van Waning, Brice Wahe, Moustafa Tiea) 8:07.83

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