That closes coverage from Drake Stadium. Thanks for following along.

Today's boys story ... Nicholas Gorsich (Linn-Mar) wins the 400 hurdles. Washington (4x100), City High (4x800) and Kennedy (shuttle) win a relay apiece. Now, the focus turns to Washington's Michael Blank.

Today's girls story ... Cedar Rapids Kennedy wins the 4x400 -- and the Cup.

BOYS RELAYS CUP STANDINGS:

Johnston 28

Ankeny 21

Iowa City West 20

Iowa City High 18

Mount Vernon 13

Cedar Rapids Washington 10

Boys 1,600 relay — 1. Ankeny (Van De Mortel, Miller, Belding, Bosch), 3:19.19; 2. Mount Vernon, 3:19.48; 3. Johnston, 3:20.12; 4. West Des Moines Valley, 3:20.51; 5. Mason City, 3:20.60; 6. Cedar Falls, 3:20.77; 7. Linn-Mar, 3:23.91; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 3:24.17.

GIRLS RELAYS CUP STANDINGS:

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 20

Johnston 19

Waukee Northwest 16

West Des Moines Dowling 11

Des Moines Hoover 10

 

Girls 1,600 relay — 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (A. Swartzendruber, Veach, Swearinger, S. Swartzendruber), 3:55.11; 2. Ankeny Centennial, 3:57.82; 3. Waukee Northwest, 3:58.09; 4. Dubuque Wahlert, 3:58.55; 5. Southeast Polk, 3:58.78; 6. Ames, 3:59.22; 7. Johnston, 3:59.99; 8. Cedar Falls, 4:01.05.

Boys 1,600 — 1. Gabe Nash (Sioux City North), 4:12.30; 2. Chase Lauman (Pella), 4:12.64; 3. Ethan Zuber (Ankeny), 4:16.81; 4. Jaden Merrick (Cedar Falls), 4:17.02; 5. Tommy Tyynismaa (South Tama), 4:17.35; 6. Miles Wilson (Cedar Rapids Kennedy), 4:18.33; 7. Jaxson Plumb (Johnston), 4:19.19; 8. Max Derocher (West Des Moines Dowling), 4:19.26.

Girls 1,500 — 1. Noelle Steines (Calamus-Wheatland), 4:35.22; 2. Madison Brouwer (Sibley-Ocheyedan), 4:36.04; 3. Danielle Hostetler (Mid-Prairie), 4:37.03; 4. Keelee Leitzen (Dubuque Hempstead), 4:38.32; 5. Kadence Huck (Nashua-Plainfield), 4:38.36; 6. Maddy Childs (Grand View Christian), 4:38.37; 7. Olivia Verde (Johnston), 4:41.51; 8. Clare Kelly (Van Meter), 4:41.91.

Boys 400 relay — 1. Cedar Rapids Washington (Parlet, Thompson, Johnson, Blank), 41.71; 2. Johnston, 42.02; 3. Iowa City West, 42.19; 4. Ankeny, 42.55; 5. Hampton-Dumont/CAL, 43.00; 6. Columbus Community, 43.13; 7. Harlan, 43.38; 8. West Burlington-Notre Dame, 43.57.

Girls 400 relay — 1. Des Moines Hoover (Smith, M. Kyne, Karnga, J. Kyne), 48.87; 2. Waukee Northwest, 49.10; 3. Johnston, 49.12; 4. West Des Moines Dowling, 49.20; 5. Adel ADM, 49.31; 6. MOC-Floyd Valley, 49.55; 7. Sioux City East, 49.68; 8. Decorah, 49.93.

With 2 relays (medley and 4x8) down and 2 (4x1 and 4x4) to go, here are the unofficial Relays Cup standings ...

GIRLS

Johnston 11

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10

Solon 8

Van Meter 8

BOYS

Iowa City High 18

Iowa City West 14

Johnston 14

 

The final stretch for the HS portion of the meet is coming ...

4:29 -- Girls 4x100

4:34 -- Boys 4x100

4:39 -- Girls 1,500

4:47 -- Boys 1,600

5:09 -- Girls 4x400

5:16 -- Boys 4x400

And the rain seems to be letting up.

Down to 47 degrees and soaky at Drake Stadium. Feels like 42.

Yuck.

A steady rain at Drake Stadium.

 

Boys 400 hurdles — 1. Nicholas Gorsich (Linn-Mar), 52.28; 2. Ryce Reynolds (Mount Ayr), 52.57; 3. Aidan Jacobsen (Iowa City West), 52.83; 4. Logan Piper (Indianola), 54.12; 5. James Gruver (Lynnville-Sully), 54.45; 6. Tristan Rheingans (DeWitt Central), 54.70; 7. Kale Hobart (Mason City), 54.73; 8. Jack Follmann (Anita CAM), 54.82.

Girls 400 hurdles — 1. Ali Frandsen (Ames), 1:01.16; 2. Clara Teigland (Treynor), 1:01.70; 3. Eden Moore (Van Meter), 1:03.72; 4. Avery Winter (Waukee Northwest), 1:03.78; 5. Carlie Jo Fusco (Durant), 1:03.94; 6. Devin Simon (Cascade), 1:04.09; 7. Sophia Stahle (Solon), 1:04.47; 8. Kylin Smith (Ankeny Centennial), 1:04.59.

The girls shuttle finalists were Dowling, Ames, Waukee Northwest and Solon.

“It was all of these massive schools against us ... just a little town.” -- Solon's Mia Stahle

Boys shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (T. Bartels, Courtney, R. Bartels, Dougherty), 58.64; 2. Pleasant Valley, 58.66; 3. Spirit Lake, 59.17; 4. Linn-Mar, 59.28.

Girls shuttle hurdle relay — 1. West Des Moines Dowling (Kramer, Gaskell, Ervin, Leman), 1:03.20; 2. Ames, 1:04.23; 3. Solon, 1:05.92; 4. Waukee Northwest, 1:07.26.

Boys 3,200 relay — 1. Iowa City High (Thompson, Noreldaim, Washburn, Smith), 7:48.83; 2. Johnston, 7:52.46; 3. Ankeny, 8:00.53; 4. West Des Moines Dowling, 8:01.28; 5. Iowa City West, 8:07.83; 6. Mediapolis, 8:08.05; 7. Waukee, 8:08.50; 8. Cedar Falls, 8:09.19.

Girls 3,200 relay — 1. Johnston (Spear, Woodley, Pewe, Verde), 9:26.80; Van Meter, 9:32.45; 3. West Des Moines Valley, 9:32.81; 4. Pleasant Valley, 9:33.51; 5. Cedar Falls, 9:38.12; 6. Des Moines Roosevelt, 9:38.54; 7. Gilbert, 9:40.03; 8. Southeast Polk, 9:40.61.

 

BOYS 4x100 FINALISTS:

C.R. Washington

Iowa City West

West Burlington

Johnston

Harlan

Hampton-Dumont/CAL

Ankeny

Columbus Community

Cut is 43.24

 

Heat 12:

C.R. Washington 41.88 (#8 all-time)

Hampton-Dumont/CAL 43.17

Columbus Community 43.24

Heat 11:

West Burlington-Notre Dame 42.90

Johnston 43.11

 

Heat 10:

Iowa City West 42.47

Harlan 43.11

 

Ankeny is the leader at 43.20 as the we head to the fast three heats.

First heat of the boys 4x100 prelims is underway.

GIRLS 4x100 FINALISTS (4:29):

Des Moines Hoover

Dowling

Waukee Northwest

Johnston

MOC-Floyd Valley

Decorah

Adel ADM

Sioux City East

Cutoff is 49.48

Heat 12:

Dowling 49.14

Decorah 49.40

Heat 11:

Des Moines Hoover 48.84

ADM 49.43

 

 

Heat 10:

Waukee NW 49.32

Johnston 49.34

MOC-FV 49.39

Ames 49.49

New leader: Bettendorf, 50.18.

Ankeny Centennial is the first to break 51 seconds ... 50.32 in Heat 8.

First heat of the girls 4x100 preliminaries is underway.

4x100s ... The top 24 teams -- the seeded prelims -- are the final three heats. The other 72 teams are spread out through the first nine heats.

Boys SHR finalists (11:48):

Spirit Lake

Pleasant Valley

C.R. Kennedy

Linn-Mar

Heat 4:

Linn-Mar gets the final spot in 1:00.12.

Heat 3 is a quick one:

Spirit Lake 59.35

Pleasant Valley 59.50

CAM 1:00.68

Heat 2:

C.R. Kennedy 1:00.11

Western Dubuque 1:01.93

Cougars move to the lead.

BOYS SHR ... Heat 1:

Johnston 1:01.10

Waukee Northwest 1:01.98

The girls SHR finalists (11:43):

Dowling

Waukee Northwest

Ames

Solon

 

Heat 4:

Dowling moves to #1 in 1:03.49.

Heat 3:

Waukee Northwest moves to the top spot at 1:05.44.

Heat 2:

Ames 1:05.71

Xavier 1:07.58

Heat 1:

Solon 1:05.78

Cascade 1:06.25

Sunny and 44 degrees.

Wind out of the northwest at 9. Feels like 39.

We've suffered through much, much worse.

Our area has four No. 1 seeds today (all on the boys side):

4x800: City High

SHR: Linn-Mar

400H: Nicholas Gorsich (Linn-Mar)

4x100: C.R. Washington

Today's high school schedule:

8:00 -- Girls SHR prelims

8:15 -- Boys SHR prelims

9:30 -- Girls 4x100 prelims

9:58 -- Boys 4x100 prelims

10:25 -- Girls 4x800

10:40 -- Boys 4x800

11:43 -- Girls SHR

11:48 -- Boys SHR

12:53 -- Girls 400H

1:00 -- Boys 400H

4:29 -- Girls 4x100 

4:34 -- Boys 4x100

4:39 -- Girls 1,500

4:47 -- Boys 1,600

5:09 -- Girls 4x400

5:16 -- Boys 4x400

Good morning from Drake Stadium.

We have a schedule change. We are starting the SHR prelims at 8:15 a.m. instead of 8:00.