Last Drake Relays Qualifying Day at Centennial Invite

By Coach Vanderah | April 19, 2024

We had a crazy, fun, exciting, and chaotic meet at the Jaguar Invitational. We were able to get almost every athlete on the team who was healthy into events and had a lot of highlights to go around. With so much chaos and reshuffling of relays, it was a bit difficult to keep up with everything happening. Here I'll highlight our varsity individuals, JV individual medalists, our varsity relays, and our top finishing JV relays.

• 100 meters; Lauren McCoy finished 3rd in her first open 100 of the season with a 12.83, and Emily Heitzman finished in 5th. In JV, Maddie Nagel finished 1st in her first open 100 ever and Franny Brooks finished 2nd with a PR.

• 200 meters: Maddie Nagel and Alex Gaskell both PR with Maddie finishing 2nd and Alex 5th. 

• 400 meters: Lauren McCoy finished 2nd overall with a time of 59.58.

• 800 meters: Sadie Reinhardt continues to drop times finishing 9th with a PR of 2:32.40. In JV, Avery Muller finished 2nd in her first open 800 of the season and Ava Van Ee finished 3rd.

• 1500 meters: Braelyn Gifford finished 10th in a loaded field with a 5:16.01.

• 3000 meters: Liv Hall finished 8th overall in 11:06.51. In JV, Avery Prichard PR'd by around 7 seconds to finish in 3rd.

• 100 hurdles: Annie Smith has a huge PR breaking the 15 second mark, winning with a time of 14.93. Ruby Leman finished 6th in varsity. In JV, Franny Brooks won with a new PR and sophomore record time of 14.80, also going under 15 for the first time. Alex Gaskell finished 2nd overall in JV.

• 400 hurdles: Katherine Banker finished 4th with a time of 1:08.16. In JV, Veronica Eure and Ashley Gonyo go 2-3 and both set new PRs.

• High jump: Alex Gaskell and Kate Nelson go 1-2 in varsity, while in JV Ava Groeteke and Veronica Eure tie for 2nd.

• Long jump: Ruby Leman finished 6th and Adalyn Jones finished 7th overall.

• Discus: Audrey Ott won with a best throw of 123'2 and Amaiya Thompson finished in 7th. Bella Benson and Izzy Crouch go 1-2 and both set new PRs.

• Shot put: Kenzie Dean threw a new SB of 34'9 to win, Alma Drazi finished 6th overall.

• 4x100: Brooks, McCoy, Johnson, and Heitzman won with a time of 50.52. The top JV team of Nagel, Mead, Meredith, and R Leman won with a time of 51.95.

• 4x200: Johnson, Mead, Meredith, and Jones finished 5th with a time of 1:51.02. The top JV team of O'Neill, Messerschmidt, Eischeid, and Homes finished 3rd with a time of 1:57.68.

• 4x400: A Smith, Nagel, Banker, and McCoy drop 7 seconds off of our SB to finish 2nd overall with a 4:04.75. The top JV team of Brooks, Huegerich, O'Halloran, and Van Ee finished 4th in 4:31.48

• 4x800: Huegerich, A Muller, Reinhardt, and O'Halloran drop another 1.7 seconds off their SB time finishing in 4th with a 9:48.21. The top JV team of Volp, Tiffany, Darnell, and Marsh finish 2nd with a 10:52.73

• Sprint Medley: Johnson, Heitzman, A Smith, and Vizcarra finish 5th in 1:59.52. The JV team of Eischeid, Tombe, Colon-Campos, and Russian finish in 2nd with a 2:05.07.

• Distance Medley: R Leman, Thompson, Russian, and Gifford finish 4th with a time of 4:38.02. The JV team of Colon-Campos, A Pollard, Wuest, and S Pollard finish 3rd with a time of 5:18.23

• Shuttle Hurdle: The JV team of Wuest, G Leman, Eure, and Vizcarra finish 2nd with a time of 1:19.67.

• Franny Brooks - 100 Hurdles (14.80): 4th in school history, Sophomore Record

• Annie Smith - 100 Hurdles (14.93): 7th in school history, 3rd all-time for juniors

• Izzy Crouch - Discus (85'5): 9th all-time for freshmen

• Kenzie Dean - Shot Put (34'9): 9th all-time for seniors

• Veronica Eure - 400 Hurdles (1:16.87): 9th all-time for freshmen

• Alex Gaskell - 200 meters (26.68): 6th all-time for juniors

• Lauren McCoy - 100 meters (12.83): 6th all-time for sophomores

• Maddie Nagel - 100 meters (12.86): tied 8th all-time for sophomores

• Maddie Nagel - 200 meters (26.24): 4th all-time for sophomores

• Nyareech Agau: Long jump 13'6.5

• Bella Benson: Discus 88'0

• Franny Brooks: 100 meters 13.04, 100 hurdles 14.80

• Izzy Crouch: Discus 85'5

• Veronica Eure: 400 hurdles 1:16.87

• Alex Gaskell: 200 meters 26.68

• Ashley Gonyo: 400 hurdles 1:20.85

• Tessa Holtorf: Shot put 25'7.5

• Amelia Howard: 800 meters 2:59.00

• Gabby Metz: Shot put 23'9

• Maddie Nagel: 200 meters 26.24

• Avery Prichard: 3000 meters 12:22.16

• Sadie Reinhardt: 800 meters 2:32.40

• Sophie Richardson: Discus 69'6

• Nevaeh Russian: 200 meters 29.30

• Annie Smith: 100 hurdles 14.93

• Joey Smith: 200 meters 30.56

• Molly Wittry: 100 meters 17.34

Here is a running list of the Blue Oval Standards the team has met to automatically qualify for the Drake Relays:

• 100 Hurdles: Franny Brooks 14.80, Annie Smith 14.93

• Long Jump: Ruby Leman 18'1

• 4x100: 49.68 - Ruby Leman, Emily Heitzman, Shea Johnson, and Ellie Mead

• 4x200: 1:43.73 - Alex Gaskell, Annie Smith, Emily Heitzman, Lauren McCoy

• Sprint Medley: 1:47.61 - Shea Johnson, Emily Heitzman, Annie Smith, Lauren McCoy

• Shuttle Hurdle: 1:04.51 - Annie Smith, Franny Brooks, Alex Gaskell, and Ruby Leman

April 22 - Larry Weier Invitational at Dowling Catholic High School

April 25-27 - Drake Relays at Drake Stadium

May 2 - CIML Conference Meet at Ankeny Stadium (Northview Middle School)