Prep Track and Field- The 2025 State Track and Field meet is slated to start at 9 am on Thursday, May 22nd, and run all the way through Saturday, May 24th, with the last event scheduled for 4:20 pm. With 16 local teams making the trip west to Des Moines, here’s a look at what heat they are in and when their events are set to run.
Girls Class 1A
Wapello’s Kate Lanz will compete in the 3rd heat of the preliminary 200-meter dash on Thursday at 4:20 pm.
At 5 pm, Van Buren County will be in the 1st section of the 4×800 meter relay finals.
Later on in the evening at 7 pm, Alaina Gourley will be running in the preliminary 400-meter dash in the 3rd heat for Danville.
The Thursday afternoon field events at 2 pm will have Isabella Forbes throwing the shot put in the 1st flight. At 4:30 pm, we will see Kynlee Buffington of Winfield-Mt. Union leaping in the 2nd flight of the long jump.
On Friday, May 23rd, at 2:40 pm, WACO will be competing in the distance medley relay finals as apart of the 2nd section.
Winfield-Mt. Union’s Josie Nelson will compete in the 3rd heat of the preliminary 100-meter hurdles at 4 pm. At 5:40 pm will be the 400-meter hurdles finals, which will include Josie Dykstra of WACO running in the 1st section.
Continuing on Friday, the 4×200 meter relay finals will take off at 4:40 pm with Van Buren County running in the 2nd section. The Warriors will then compete in the 3rd heat of the preliminary round of the 4×100 meter relay at 6:20 pm.
Danville will be sporting a team in the 3rd heat of the preliminary round of the 4×400 meter relay set for 7 pm on Friday night.
For the Friday afternoon field events starting at 4:30 pm, Bren Graber will be reporting to the high jump as she enters as the #13 seed. The starting heights for the four classes will all be 4 feet and 10 inches.
To kick off Saturday morning, Danville will run in the sprint medley relay finals at 9 am.
At 10:30 am, a couple of different members of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference will be participating in the 800-meter run finals: Carlee Lunsford of WACO will run in the 1st section and Gourley and Kaylee Snowgren of Van Buren County will be timed in the 2nd section.
Boys Class 1A
On Thursday at 2 pm, Hayden Shelman of WACO and Logan Franklin of New London will participate in the long jump in the 1st flight, while London Franklin of New London will be in the 2nd flight.
At 4:30 pm, Kolton Small of Wapello will throw the discus in the first flight.
Columbus will run in the shuttle hurdle relay at 2:40 pm in the 3rd heat.
Jackson Shacklett of Danville and Muniz will compete in the 3200-meter run at 3:50 pm.
At 4:40 pm, Columbus will have two competitors in the 200-meter dash preliminary with Alexander Rees in the 1st heat and Lamar Ceant in the 2nd heat. Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge will join Ceant in the 2nd heat.
Columbus will be the lone squad of our local teams in the 4×800 meter relay. Section 1 will begin at 5:50 pm.
On Thursday night at 6:45 pm, New London’s London Franklin will be sprinting in the 3rd heat of the 100-meter dash.
Kohlby Newsom of Winfield-Mt. Union will be up late on Thursday night as the Wolve will compete in section 3 of the 400-meter dash finals at 7:20 pm.
Danville and WACO will tout distance medley teams in Section 2 when the finals begin on Friday at 3:20 pm. Van Buren County will compete in Section 3.
Friday will start with the field events for our local teams, as Louden Husienga will compete in the high jump at 2 pm. The starting height will be 5 feet and 9 inches.
On Friday afternoon at 4:20 pm, Rees and Ceant will attempt to advance to the 110-meter hurdle finals as they run in the 3rd heat.
At 4:30 pm, Small will throw the shot put in the 2nd flight.
At 5:10 pm, Columbus will run in the 1st section, Danville and Van Buren County will compete in the 2nd section, and New London will participate in the 3rd section for the 4×200 meter relay finals.
Into late Friday evening, Danville and Columbus will participate in the 3rd heat preliminary of the 4×100 meter relay at 6:40 pm.
In the last event of Friday, the 4×400 meter relay preliminary will start at 7:40 pm. Van Buren County will compete in the 1st heat and Danville will run in the 2nd heat.
To start off Saturday, Danville will run in the 1st Section of the sprint medley relay at 9:50 am. Van Buren County will wait until the 3rd heat of the finals.
A trio of local athletes will participate in the 800-meter run finals on Saturday at 11:10 am. Nick Powell of Danville was placed in the 1st section, while WACO’s Jude Dykstra and Newsom will run in the 2nd section.
Dykstra and Newsom will not get the luxury of an extended break with the 1600-meter run slated to start at 2:45 on Saturday afternoon with Muniz and New London’s Riley Raines set to join the fray.
Girls Class 2A
Kira Messer of Mediapolis will be the lone member of Class 2A that we will be keeping tabs on as she will be running at 12:50 pm on Thursday in the 1st heat of the preliminary race of the 100-meter dash.
Boys Class 2A
To kickoff Friday morning at 9 am, Mediapolis’ Lathan Keller will participate in the high jump. The starting height will be 5 feet and 11 inches.
Kegan Damico of Central Lee is the lone competitor for the Hawks, and he will wait until Friday afternoon at 12:20 pm in the 400-meter hurdles. He will run in the 1st section.
At 1 pm, Mediapolis will participate in the 4×100 meter relay preliminary as the Bulldogs were put in the 1st heat. Shortly after at 2:10 pm, the Bulldogs will run in the 2nd heat of the preliminaries for the 4×400 meter relay.
On Saturday at 2:52 pm, Simon Wendel of Mediapolis will run in the 1600-meter run finals.
Girls Class 3A
The field events will begin at 9 am with Fairfield’s Elyse Setterstrom throwing the discus in the 1st flight. Brylie Lorence of Fort Madison will wait until the 2nd flight to get her first throw.
To start off the track events on Thursday morning, Washington, in the 1st heat, Fairfield in the 3rd heat, and Keokuk in the 6th heat, will compete in the shuttle hurdle relay at 9:20 am.
Avery Rump and Jordyn Marshall of Fort Madison will display their endurance in the 3000-meter run at 9:55 am.
Mt. Pleasant’s Alex Scott will begin her busy Thursday at 10:50 am as she takes off in the 2nd heat of the 200-meter dash preliminaries. Jaedyn Moore of Washington will run in the 3rd heat.
The second round of field events are scheduled to start at 11:30 am with Camryn Atterberg of Keokuk competing in the high jump. Mt. Pleasant will have both Linzy Striegel and Izzy Sloat competing in the long jump in the 1st flight on Friday.
At 11:45 am, Washington will team up in the 1st section of the 4×800 meter relay finals, while Fort Madison will have a team in the 2nd section.
The preliminary 100-meter dash, scheduled for Thursday at 12:57 pm, will feature two members of Mt. Pleasant with Kiyah Sanders running in the 1st heat and Scott competing in the 3rd heat.
On Friday morning at 9 am, Ella Ensminger of Mt. Pleasant and Lorence will be dueling in the 2nd flight of the shot put.
West Burlington, in the 1st section, and Fort Madison, in the 2nd section, will run in the distance medley at 9:20 am.
On Friday at 10:30 am, Lilly Bergren of Fairfield and Layonna Stewart of Keokuk will face off in the 2nd heat of the 100-meter hurdles preliminary race. Additionally, Washington will tout Leighton Messinger in the 3rd heat.
At 11:15 am, Keokuk will participate in the 1st section and Mt. Pleasant will compete in the 3rd section of the 4×200 meter relay finals.
Same day at 12:10 pm, Bergren and Messinger will meet back up in the 400-meter hurdles finals in the 1st section.
Keokuk will tout a 4×400 meter relay team in the 1st heat of the preliminary round on Friday at 1:35 pm.
Mt. Pleasant and Washington will square off on Friday at 12:50 pm in the 4×100 meter relay with the Demons running in the 2nd heat and the Panthers in the 3rd heat of the preliminaries.
Mt. Pleasant’s sprint medley team will be up early on Saturday with the 1st section scheduled for 9:25 am.
At 10:50 am on Saturday, Fort Madison’s Mara Smith will participate in the 800-meter run finals in the 2nd section.
At 2:30 pm on Saturday, Fort Madison will have both Avery Rump and Jordyn Marshall run in the 1500-meter run.
Boys Class 3A
To start the field events on Thursday at 9 am, Mason Watkins of West Burlington, Kenden Bowie of Fort Madison, Fairfield’s Ryan Giberson, and the defending champion Eli Zillman of Fairfield will compete in the high jump. The starting height will be 5 feet and 11 inches.
The second half of the morning events, starting at 11:30 am, will see Greyson Hartman of Washington will throw in the 2nd flight of the discus along with Fort Madison’s Brayton Schneider.
At 11:10 am, Ryan Bair of Keokuk will be in the 1st heat preliminary of the 200-meter dash.
Washington and Fort Madison will compete in the 2nd section of the 4×800 meter relay at 12:30 pm on Thursday afternoon.
The 100-meter dash preliminaries are set for Thursday at 1:12 pm and Landry Haberichter of West Burlington will run in the 1st heat and Keokuk’s Ryan Bair will sprint in the 2nd heat.
Peyton Lambert of Fort Madison, in the 2nd section, and Chayce Smith of Keokuk, in the 1st section, will participate in the 400-meter dash finals on Thursday afternoon at 1:50 pm.
At 2:20 pm, Fairfield will run in the shuttle hurdle relay preliminaries in the 5th heat.
Friday morning at 9 am will feature two Trojans participating in the long jump in Spencer McCready in the 1st flight and Zillman in the 2nd flight. However, the favorite will be Dayton Lamar of Fort Madison as he will be the last jumper in the 2nd flight.
A trio of Southeast Conference throwers ill compete in the shot put on Friday at 11:30 am. Fort Madison will have Caden Barnes heaving the shot in the 1st flight, while Hartman and Fort Madison’s Urijah Brooks will toss the shot in the 2nd flight.
At 10 am on Friday, Fairfield and Washington will take their marks in the distance medley. The Demons will be in the 2nd section and the Trojans will be in the 3rd section.
West Burlington and Keokuk will compete in the 4×200 meter relay finals on Friday at 11:45 am. The Falcons will be in the 1st section and Keokuk will run in the 3rd section.
At 12:30 pm on Friday afternoon, Logan Hamma of West Burlington and Fairfield’s Dylan Adam will face off in the 2nd section of the 400-meter hurdles finals.
Bair and Haberichter will get to display that speed again on Friday at 1:10 pm in the 4×100 meter relay preliminaries with the Falcons running in the 2nd heat in lane eight and Keokuk taking the 3rd heat in the lane one.
Keokuk was put in the 2nd heat preliminary of the 4×400 meter relay, which is scheduled to run at 2:25 pm on Friday afternoon.
On Saturday morning at 10:10 am, Fairfield earned a spot in the 2nd section and Keokuk will compete in the 3rd section of the sprint medley relay.
Fairfield’s Gabe Tejada will be aiming for the individual championship in the 800-meter run as he will pound the track in the 2nd section finals. Tyler Alderton of Washington will run in the 1st section along with Fort Madison’s Nolan Guzman.
Girls Class 4A
Burlington will be busy in the field events with Lilian Mennen jumping in the 1st flight of the high jump on Thursday at 4:30 pm.
Kylee Hill will be tossing in the 1st flight of the discus at 2 pm on Thursday and defending her shot put title at 2 pm on Friday as the last thrower of the 2nd Flight.
Boys Class 4A
Laderrias Shealey of Burlington will be the lone Grayhound as he will be in the 2nd heat preliminary of the 100-meter dash. The race is scheduled to start on Thursday at 6:52 pm.
Up Next
Stay tuned to KILJ for updates and results throughout the three-day event! We would also like to thank all of our sponsors for allowing us to cover the State Track and Field meet!