Multiple area track and field athletes following state qualifying meets on Thursday were on the bubble for at-large bids to the state meet. The IHSAA and the IGHSAU announced statewide qualifiers on Friday.
Local At-Large Qualifiers:
1A Girls:
1500m and 3000m: Addison Voelker, North Butler
400m hurdles: Laney Brinkman, North Butler and Tori Metzgar, AGWSR
400m: Evelyn Hitzhusen, West Fork
4x200m relay: AGWSR
4x800m relay: West Fork
Discus: Izzy O’Dowd, North Butler
Sprint Medley Relay: AGWSR
Distance Medley Relay: North Butler
High Jump: Ava Olson, AGWSR and Keara Wood, West Fork
Long Jump: Emmalee Manwarren, Clarksville
2A Girls:
400m: Raelyn Steinmeyer, Grundy Center
100m hurdles: Isabelle Janssen, Iowa Falls-Alden
4x100m relay: South Hardin
4x400m relay: Aplington-Parkersburg and South Hardin
Distance Medley Relay: Iowa Falls-Alden
High Jump: Mikayla Beisel, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
Long Jump: Emma Wolff, Aplington-Parkersburg
3A Girls:
400m: Lily Hambly, Hampton-Dumont-CAL
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Hampton-Dumont-CAL
1A Boys:
100 and 200m: Eli Schmidt, Clarksville
High Jump: Braden Dougherty, Belmond-Klemme
Shot Put: Aiden Heitland, AGWSR and Gavin Cronk, West Fork
Sprint Medley Relay: West Fork
2A Boys:
200m: Kael Stotler, Aplington-Parkersburg and Cameron Decker, Dike-New Hartford
400m: Tate Jirovsky, Grundy Center
800m: Tyler Venega, Grundy Center
1600m: Kaden Lynch, Grundy Center
3200m: Emerson Vokes, Grundy Center
110m hurdles: Tiernan Vokes, Grundy Center
400m hurdles: Nick Neuroth, Aplington-Parkersburg, Tyson Bennett, Dike-New Hartford, Tate Jirovsky, Grundy Center
Discus: Mason Allen, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
Shot Put: Kasey Seitz, Grundy Center
4x400m relay: Aplington-Parkersburg and Dike-New Hartford
4x800m relay: Grundy Center
Distance Medley Relay: Grundy Center
3A Boys:
400m hurdles: Colin Bird, Hampton-Dumont-CAL
4x100m relay: Hampton-Dumont-CAL
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Hampton-Dumont-CAL
The state meet is May 16-18 in Des Moines.
