Des Moines, IA- The 2024 Iowa State Track championships is rolling right along as Class 2A and Class 3A have finished up their first days’ worth of events. Here’s a look at how our local athletes fared.

Running Events

The girls’ shuttle hurdle started the day as for Class 3A, Washington’s squad of Ryen Pepper, Leighton Salazar, Kendall Hinrichsen, and Leighton Messinger grabbed 14^th place with a time of 1 minute and 9 seconds.

Moreover, Fairfield’s team of Maya Lane, Lilly Bergren, Isabel McCready, and Hayley Reinier finished in 23^rd place with a time of 1 minute and 12 seconds.

Fort Madison’s Avery Rump grabbed four points for the Bloodhounds after finishing in fifth place in the 3000-meter run with a time of 10 minutes and 27 seconds. Carley Seeley of Fairfield took 19^th place with a time of 11 minutes and 24 seconds.

The boys’ Class 2A 3200-meter run saw Solomon Zaugg of Mediapolis grab the gold with a time of 9 minutes and 19 seconds, earning ten points for the Bulldogs.

For the boys’ Class 3A 3200-meter run, Washington had two runners in Micah Rees and Andrew Rees. Micah finished in 9^th place with a time of 9 minutes and 35 seconds, while Andrew grabbed 22^nd place with a time of 10 minutes and 34 seconds.

The 200-meter dash preliminary finished with two qualifiers for the finals on Saturday. Kynlee White of Mt. Pleasant finished in 19th place for the girls’ Class 3A race with a time of 26.37 seconds.

In the boys’ Class 2A 200-meter dash, Mediapolis’ Noah Schmidgall took 3^rd place with a time of 22.33 seconds. Schmidgall will race on Saturday in the 200-meter finals.

Julian Dear of Fort Madison and Ryan Bair of Keokuk competed in the boys’ Class 3A 200-meter dash. Dear finished in 13^th place with a time of 22.32 seconds and Bair took 17^th place with a time of 22.45 seconds.

Mediapolis, Fort Madison, and Washington each had a boys’ team and a girls’ team compete in the 4×800 meter relay. The girls’ team of Grace Holsteen, Paige Steiner, Avery Dietz, and Bryn Wright took 23^rd place with a time of 10 minutes and 23 seconds.

The boys’ team of Owen and Will Schmidgall, Zaugg, and Logan Rosas took home the silver with a time of 7 minutes and 51 seconds, earning eight more points for the Bulldogs.

In Class 3A, the Fort Madison girls’ team of McKayla Schinstock, Mara Smith, Avery Rump, and Addison Rump took 10^th place with a time of 9 minutes and 56 seconds. The Washington girls’ team of Lauren Horak, Abigail Kleese, Hinrichsen, and Iris Dahl finished in 17^th place with a time of 10 minutes and 5 seconds.

The boys’ team of Fort Madison of Peyton Lambert, Riley Tripp, Mason McLey, and Nolan Guzman grabbed 18^th place and Washington’s team of Logan McDole, Tyler Alderton, Sawyer Tschantz, and Micah Rees finished in 16^th.

Alex Scott of Mt. Pleasant raced her way to the Class 3A 100-meter dash finals on Saturday after finishing with a 6^th place time of 12.41 seconds.

In the boys’ Class 2A dash, Landry Haberichter punched his ticket to the finals as he raced to a time of 10.89 seconds, the best time of the field.

In Class 3A, Dear finished in 10^th with a time of 11.02 seconds and Drew Campbell of Keokuk took 20^th place with a time of 11.2 seconds.

The boys’ Class 2A race for the 400-meter dash presented a Southeast Iowa Super Conference rivalry with Nathan Schmidgall of Mediapolis facing off against Grant Myhre of Central Lee.

Lee finished one spot ahead of Schmidgall in 22^nd place with a time of 52.40 seconds.

For the boys’ Class 3A 400-meter dash, McLey of Keokuk finished in 21^st place with a time of 53.43 seconds and Seth Shepard of Washington took 24^th place. For the girls’ Class 3A, Camryn Atterberg of Keokuk grabbed 24^th place.

To round out the running events for Class 2A and Class 3A, the boys’ shuttle hurdle relay preliminary competed and in Class 2A Mediapolis’ squad of Aedin Nelson, Noah Schmidgall, Reese Campbell, and Rosas finished in 17^th place.

In Class 3A, Fort Madison’s team of Adam Sobczak, Gavin Callahan, Kiawante Smith, and Henry Wiseman thought they had qualified for the finals on Saturday, but the Bloodhounds were disqualified after the race.

Field Events

At 9 am, the girls’ Class 3A discus saw four members of the Southeast Conference competing and one of them finish with points.

Elyse Setterstrom of Fairfield finished in 20^th place, Savannah Slobodnik of Mt. Pleasant grabbed 18^th place, and Fort Madison’s Brylie Lorence took 17th place with a throw of 107 feet and 1 inch.

Mt. Pleasant’s Kya Goodrich led the first heat with a throw of 113 feet and 11 inches, which claimed the last spot for finals. Goodrich would improve on her fifth throw of the meet, landing at 119 feet and 6 inches. Goodrich finished in 7^th place and grabbed two points for the Panthers.

In the boys’ Class 2A long jump, Henry Luttenegger of Mediapolis grabbed 11^th place with a leap of 20 feet and 5.5 inches.

Lastly, a trio of SEC foes competed in the boys’ Class 3A high jump. In a highly competitive field, Fairfield’s Ryan Giberson leapt 6 feet and 3 inches, earning 7^th place.

Kenden Bowie of Fort Madison was rushing towards the gold when he cleared 6 feet and 7 inches on his final attempt; however, he was unable to clear 6 feet and 9 inches, which earned him 5^th place.

In fact, only one person cleared 6 feet and 9 inches, Eli Zillman, a sophomore from Fairfield, claimed the crown and ten points for the Trojans after he cleared the height of his first try.

In the second round of field events, Mt. Pleasant’s Josie Gilmore finished in 22nd place with a leap of 4 feet and 10 inches for the girls’ Class 3A high jump.

Team Standings

Boys’ Class 2A: Mediapolis (18), Underwood (16), South Hamilton (14)

Girls’ Class 2A: Tipton (17), Van Meter (15), Estherville-Lincoln Central and Albia (14)

Boys’ Class 3A: Pella (21), Solon (20), Williamsburg (17)

Girls’ Class 3A: Mt. Vernon (20), Gilbert (18), Pella (16)

How to Watch

The Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) will live stream and broadcast the entire coed State Track Championship. It will air on the IHSSN Cable Network and be streamed for free at IHSSN.com or the WatchIHSSN app. You can access the stream through the IHSAA or IGHSAU websites.

KILJ will continue providing updates throughout the state track championships.

High School Track and Field

The State Track and Field meet starts today and runs through Saturday, May 18th, in Des Moines. KILJ will bring updates throughout the three day event.

Classes 2A and 3A will start off the day with the girls shuttle hurdle relay preliminary. The girls’ Class 3A discus, one of the first field events, will feature Kya Goodrich and Savannah Slobodnik of Mt. Pleasant along with Brylie Lorence of Fort Madison.

If you would like to watch the meet, the Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) will live stream and broadcast the coed State Track Championship today through Saturday. It will air on the IHSSN Cable Network and be streamed for free at IHSSN.com or the WatchIHSSN app. You can access the stream through the IHSAA or IGHSAU websites.

High School Soccer

In a defensive battle, the Central Lee girls’ team pulled off the upset against Mediapolis last night 1-0. The Bulldogs finished the season with a 9-6 record. The Hawks advance to the Class 1A Region 1 semifinals to take on Assumption, the #1-seed, on Tuesday, May 21st, at 7 pm. 

In other girls’ postseason action, Washington fell to Center Point-Urbana last night 6-1. The Demons finished the season with a 7-9 record. 

In the boys’ Class 1A Substate 6 postseason bracket, Central Lee will have their hands full when they travel to #1 West Branch on Monday, May 20th, at 7 pm. 

In the bottom half of the bracket, Danville will face off against Mediapolis in the semifinal on May 20th at Mediapolis. 

In the boys’ Class 2A Substate 5 bracket, Keokuk will take on Williamsburg on the road on May 20th at 7 pm. 

Burlington Notre Dame will compete against Assumption on May 20th at 7 pm on the road. 

The Burlington Notre Dame girls’ team will travel to Mt. Pleasant tomorrow, May 17th, for the Class 2A Region 8 quarterfinal at 5:30 pm.

High School Tennis

Jana Isanta of Mt. Pleasant will participate in the girls’ Class 1A State Singles tournament on May 24th in Iowa City. 

The Fairfield boys’ team fell to Xavier yesterday 5-0 in the Class 1A Substate 5 championship match. Austin Loria and Ethan Cass both won a couple of games in their singles matches. The Trojans end the season with an 11-1 record. 

High School Golf. 

The girls’ Class 1A Region 5 Final took place at Honey Creek Resort in Moravia yesterday and New London continued their annual tradition of qualifying for state with a second place finish behind Highland. 

The Tigers finished with a team score of 363 with Taylor Phillips and Sophie Malott leading the pack with scores of 77 and 79, respectively. Emma Busby carded the 8th best score of the course, shooting a 94. Wapello finished with a team score of 504 with Emma Gerhardt leading the team with a 103, which placed her in 17th. 

 The girls’ Class 1A state meet will take place at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown on May 23rd, continuing into May 24th. 

The West Liberty Country Club hosted the girls’ Class 2A Region 5 final yesterday as Madi Davidson’s 89 led Mid-Prairie to a second-place finish and a spot at the state meet. Clinching a spot as an individual was Mediapolis’ Olivia Hines, who has become a regular at the state meet, as she carded an 81, the second best score of the course. 

The Class 2A state meet will take place at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone on May 23rd. 

Lastly, Solon hosted five Southeast Conference (SEC) teams in the Class 3A Region 4 final yesterday, but kept the glory for themselves as the Spartans claimed second place with a score of 338, 17 strokes behind Xavier.

Keokuk finished in sixth place with a team score of 388 followed by Fort Madison with a team score of 390. Fairfield shot a 413, Washington finished with a 418, and Mt. Pleasant rounded out the field with a 419. 

Keokuk’s Heidi Rose led the SEC, finishing in 18th place with a score of 91. Mt. Pleasant’s Kylie Walderbach carded a 95, which was good enough for 26th place. 

The boys’ state meet is set to begin on May 20th in Ames with Washington competing as a team for Class 3A at Veenker Memorial Golf Course and Winfield-Mt. Union for Class 1A at Ames Golf and Country Club.

High School Baseball

Mt. Pleasant has now made it back-to-back mercy victories, clobbering West Burlington last night 11-1 after five innings. J.C. Sitar continued his slugging at the plate, adding two doubles and two RBIs to his season total. Payton Hagans also cranked two doubles as Cooper Coleman also slapped a double with each tallying an RBI. Zach Newton pitched a complete game, allowing only two hits and striking out six batters.

Brock Thuleen totaled the only RBI for the Falcons as Levi Fletcher-Bates notched the only extra-base hit. 

The Panthers will travel to Cardinal tonight with first pitch scheduled for 7:30 pm. 

West Burlington will host Keokuk on Monday, May 20th, at 7:30 pm. 

Van Buren County will attempt to get their first win of the season against Keokuk tonight at home at 7:30 pm. 

Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Don Bosco on Saturday, May 18th, for an invitational. 

Central Lee will start their season on May 20th on the road against Fort Madison at 7 pm.

Winfield-Mt. Union will take on New London on May 21st at 5:30 pm.

Mediapolis will square off against Lone Tree on May 21st at 5:30 pm at home. 

High School Softball

Central Lee will travel to Fort Madison on May 20th at 7 pm.

Winfield-Mt. Union will hit the road to face off against New London at 7 pm on May 21st.

Mt. Pleasant will scrimmage Holy Trinity Catholic today at home at 6:15 pm.

Mediapolis will square off against Lone Tree on May 21st at 7 pm at home.

Van Buren County will travel to take on Fairfield at 7:30 pm on May 20th.

West Burlington will face off against Keokuk at home on May 20th at 7 pm.

WNBA

Caitlin Clark’s debut may not have gotten off to the best start statistically, as the former Hawkeye scored 20 points but coughed the ball up 10 times, but it provided what the league wanted: viewers. In the Indiana Fever’s 92-71 loss to the Connecticut Sun, viewership peaked at 2.3 million viewers according to ESPN, which was the most watched WNBA game since the Los Angeles Sparks faced off against the Houston Comets back in 2001 for a Memorial Day contest on NBC. 

The Fever will look for their first win tonight at home against the New York Liberty at 6 pm. 

This Day in Sports History

1957 – NY Yankee players including Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and Hank Bauer are involved in a brawl at the Copacabana nightclub while watching Sammy Davis Jr. perform, leads to the Billy Martin trade.

1984 – Harvey Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep the Twins in Minnesota. The Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game.

2019 – Brooks Koepka ties the tournament record and breaks the course record when he shoots a 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by one stroke after the 1st round at Bethpage Black, New York.

Des Moines, IA- The 2024 coed State Track and Field Meet is getting ready to kick off on Thursday, May 16^th, and run through Saturday, May 18^th. Here’s a breakdown of our local teams and the Class 2A and Class 3A Friday events.

The Friday slate of evens will start off with Class 2A and Class 3A at 9 am with the distance medley and the final scheduled event, the 4×400 meter relay, will begin at 2:10 pm.

Running Events

The girls’ Class 3A distance medley will start around 9 am with Fort Madison and Washington fielding teams. Van Buren County and Mediapolis will both be running the distance medley at 9:40 pm for Class 2A, while Washington will compete for Class 3A.

The Southeast Conference will have two members in the girls’ Class 3A 100-meter hurdles with Leighton Messinger representing Washington and Lilly Bergren of Fairfield. The boys’ Class 3A 110-meter hurdles will feature Mason Claus of Keokuk.

The 4×200 is set to start at 11 am with Mediapolis fielding a girls’ and boys’ team. Van Buren County will run in the boys’ 4×200 meter relay with Keokuk competing in the boys’ Class 3A 4×200.

The 400-meter hurdles will begin at noon with Washington’s Ryen Pepper and Messinger competing against Fairfield’s Bergren. The boys’ Class 2A 400-meter hurdles will feature Logan Hamma of West Burlington and Class 3A will have Claus of Keokuk in his second individual event of the day.

The 4×100 meter hurdle at 12:40 pm will feature a decent amount of Southeast Iowa talent as the girls’ Class 3A will feature Mt. Pleasant and Washington. The boys’ Class 2A will have Mediapolis and West Burlington running, while Fort Madison and Washington will compete in Class 3A.

The Mediapolis boys’ team will be the only squad running the 4×400 meter relay from the area as their race is scheduled to start at 2 pm.

Field Events

The first round of field events, starting at 9 am, will see Ella Ensminger of Mt. Pleasant and Brylie Lorence of Fort Madison competing against one another in the girls’ Class 3A shot put.

Avin Truong will attempt to break 22 feet in the boys’ Class 3A long jump. In the boys’ Class 2A high jump, Van Buren County’s Tyler Stoltz and West Burlington’s Mason Watkins will be participating.

The next and final round of field events will begin at 11:30 am with Greyson Hartman of Washington throwing the shot put for the boys’ Class 3A event. Lastly, Bailey Jalas of Mt. Pleasant and Leighton Salazar of Washington will compete in the girls’ Class 3A long jump.

How to Watch

The Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) will live stream and broadcast the coed State Track Championship Thursday through Saturday. It will air on the IHSSN Cable Network and be streamed for free at IHSSN.com or the WatchIHSSN app. You can access the stream through the IHSAA or IGHSAU websites.

KILJ will also be providing updates throughout the three-day event. A detailed schedule for Saturday will be posted after Friday’s events for our local athletes.

Des Moines, IA- The 2024 coed State Track and Field Meet is getting ready to kick off on Thursday, May 16^th, and run through Saturday, May 18^th. Here’s a breakdown of our local teams and their Friday events for Class 1A and Class 4A.

Class 1A and Class 4A will have a mirrored schedule to the morning and early afternoon schedule with the girls’ Class 1A distance medley starting at 2:40 pm and the last event scheduled to start at 7:40 pm (the 4×400 meter relay preliminary).

Running Events

There will be just one lone team running in the distance medley relay from Southeast Iowa as the Danville girls’ team will field a team for the 2:40 pm slot.

The 100-meter hurdles preliminary, scheduled to run at 4 pm, will see Josie Nelson of Winfield-Mt. Union competing for a chance to run in the finals on Saturday.

The 110-meter hurdles preliminary, set to run at 4:20 pm, will feature Lamar Ceant and Alexander Rees of Columbus for Class 1A and Burlington’s Salomon Cordero will run in the Class 4A race.

Winfield-Mt. Union in Class 1A and Burlington in Class 4A will have a team run in the boys’ and girls’ 4×200 meter relay. The Danville girls’ team will join the Wolves at 4:40 pm to race with the boys’ races scheduled for 5:10 pm.

Gabriel Hemsworth of Winfield-Mt. Union will run at 6 pm for the Class 1A 400-meter hurdles final.

The Class 1A boys’ 4×100 meter relay preliminary will be highly competitive, but first at 6:20 pm the Highland girls’ team will be running. Burlington will have a boys’ and girls’ team participating. Lastly, Winfield-Mt. Union, WACO, Danville, and Columbus will field a team at 6:40 pm.

The 4×400 meter relay preliminary is the last event for Friday night with the Danville girls’ team running at 7 pm and the Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team competing at 7:40 pm.

Field Events

The first round of field events will start at 2 pm with Kylee Hill of Burlington throwing the shot in the girls’ Class 4A shot put—she yields the best mark of the field. The Class 4A boys’ long jump will see Burlington’s Keshawn Wyldon compete with the second-best mark of the heat.

Lastly, Owen Scott of Hillcrest Academy and WACO’s Louden Huisenga will participate in the boys’ Class 1A long jump.

In the late evening field events at 4:30 pm, Russell Coil of Columbus and Chase Waterhouse of WACO will throw the discus in the boys’ Class 1A discus. For the girls’ Class 1A high jump, Quin Smith will be representing Winfield-Mt. Union.

How to Watch

The Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) will live stream and broadcast the coed State Track Championship Thursday through Saturday. It will air on the IHSSN Cable Network and be streamed for free at IHSSN.com or the WatchIHSSN app. You can access the stream through the IHSAA or IGHSAU websites.

KILJ will also be providing updates throughout the three-day event. A detailed schedule for Saturday will be posted after Friday’s events for our local athletes.