Des Moines, IA- Two days down, one more to go after Class 1A and Class 4A finished up day two of the 2025 State Track and Field meet. Here’s a look at how our local athletes have fared against some of the best competition in the state.
Girls Class 1A
In the distance medley, WACO finished in 20th place with a time of 4 minutes and 27 seconds, which was a season best time.
Josie Nelson of Winfield-Mt. Union concluded her standout career with an 11th place time of 16.51 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles prelims.
Van Buren County put together a 19th place time of 1 minute and 50 seconds in the 4×200 meter relay. Aida Troutman, Ava Loeffler, and Emma Coffin ran their second race of the day in the 4×100 meter relay prelims and snatched 20th place with a time of 52.45 seconds.
In the 400-meter hurdles finals, Josie Dykstra of WACO clinched 21st place with a time of 1 minute and 9 seconds.
Danville’s squad of Delaney Newberry, Miya Orbiana, Macie Wagner, and Alaina Gourley qualified for the 4×400 meter relay finals with a time of 4 minutes and 7 seconds, which was 7th amongst the field.
For the final field event of the championship meet, Bren Graber of WACO collected 8th place in the high jump, leaping over 5 feet, which netted the Warriors their lone point of the two-days.
Boys Class 1A
WACO’s Louden Huisenga matched his personal best in the high jump and cleared 6 feet and 1 inch to finish in 6th place, earning three points for the Warriors. The second half of the field events featured Wapello’s Kolton Small as he threw the discus 138 feet and 6 inches, which was good enough for 14th place.
Danville’s squad of Kessler Whaley, Landon Seibert, Noah Horn, and Nick Powell turned in a time of 3 minutes and 35.61 seconds, which eclipsed WACO’s time of 3 minutes and 35.69 seconds to finish in 7th and 8th place, respectively.
In the 110-meter hurdles prelims, Columbus sent both Lamar Ceant and Alexander Rees to the finals after Ceant clocked the 2nd fastest time of 14.77 seconds, while Rees finished in 5th place with a time of 14.86 seconds.
The 4×200 meter relay put New London into the conversation of a possible attempt to grab the team championship after the team of Cale Westerbeck, Gavin Strawhacker, Brigham Porter, and London Franklin snatched the silver with a time of 1 minute and 29 seconds. The eight points puts their team total at 16.
Danville and Columbus each had a team compete and the Bears took 16th place with a time of 1 minute and 33 seconds, while the Wildcats finished in 21st place with a time of 1 minute and 34 seconds.
Helping their case for a team championship, New London’s same quartet raced to the fastest time in the 4×100 meter relay prelims, clocking a time of 42.82 seconds. Columbus also qualified with a season best time of 43.29 seconds, which ranked 3rd.
Danville collected 11th place with a time of 44.44 seconds.
To end out the night, Van Buren County will run in the finals of the 4×400 meter relay after claiming 6th place in the prelims with a time of 3 minutes and 26 seconds. With a time of 3 minutes and 29 seconds, Danville grabbed 14th place.
Girls Class 4A
Burlington’s Kylee Hill is now a back-to-back state champion in the shot put and she had the sophomore had the title locked up after her first throw of 44 feet and 11.5 inches as no one else broke the 43 feet and 3-inch mark out of the field.
Yet, Hill would improve upon her mark in her first throw of the finals, securing the win with a toss of 45 feet and 11.75 inches. She has secured all 18 of the Grayhounds’ points and at the time of her final event had Burlington tied for 6th place all by herself.
Scoring:
Boys Class 1A: Lisbon (27), Riverside (20), Lenox (18), 5th Place New London (16), T-21st Place Van Buren County (6), T-27th Place Winfield-Mt. Union (5), T-34th Place WACO (4), T-43rd Place Danville (2), T-49th Place Columbus (1)
Girls Class 1A: St. Edmond (31), St. Albert (24), Pekin and Lake Mills (21), T-26th Place Danville (5), T-40rd Place Winfield-Mt. Union (2), T-44th Place WACO (1)
Boys Class 4A: Cedar Falls (49), Iowa City West (43), Dowling Catholic (30.5)
Girls Class 4A: Waukee Northwest (47.5), Ankeny (33), Pleasant Valley (32.5), T-9th Burlington (18)
Stay tuned to KILJ for live updates and recaps tomorrow, May 24th, as the 2025 State Track and Field Championships come to a close! would like to thank all of our sponsors for allowing us to cover the 2025 State Track and Field meet.