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Several KNIA/KRLS area athletes have qualified for the 2025 Drake Relays, a showcase of Iowa’s best athletes from all classes competing head-to-head from Thursday, April 24th through Saturday, April 26th at the famous Blue Oval at Drake Stadium.

DAY ONE:
Girls Discus – Thursday at 2:30 p.m.:
Ireland Bishop (Pella)

Boys Shot Put – Thursday at 3 p.m.:
Lathan McDaniel (Indianola)
Nick Milburn (Newton)

Boys High Jump – Thursday at 4:30 p.m.:
Logan Atherton (Norwalk)
Kaiden Smith (Knoxville)
August Anderson (Indianola)
Kaiden Kunze (Norwalk) – qualified but is in four other events
Koby Higginbotham (Knoxville)

3000 Meters – Thursday at 5:52 p.m.:
Jordyn Brown (Indianola)
Marissa Ferebee (Pella)

3200 Meters – Thursday at 6:07 p.m.:
Canaan Dunham (Pella)
Tony Anania (Norwalk)
Kiefer Barnes (Indianola)

DAY TWO:
100 Meter Hurdles – Friday at 8:30 a.m.:
Josie McGraw (Indianola)

110 Meter Hurdles – Friday at 8:44 a.m.:
Koby Higginbotham (Knoxville)
Reilly Trease (Newton)

Girls 100 Meters – Friday at 8:58 a.m. (Finals at 3:27 p.m.):
Rachel Kacmarynski (Pella Christian)
Kamry Trine (Pella)
Meredith Van Wyk (Pella Christian)
Lauren Clarke (Newton)

Boys 100 Meters – Friday at 9:08 a.m. (Finals at 3:43 p.m.):
Caden Klein (Newton)
Harrison Mullens (Pella)
Kaiden Kunze (Norwalk)

Sprint Medley Relay – Friday at 9:45 a.m.:
Pella Christian (Lexi Terpstra, Rachel Kacmarynski, Meredith Van Wyk, Bailey Vos)
Indianola (Tessa Gripp, Kiley Kindelspire, Kendal Sany, Emma White)
Pella (Abby Melvin, Genevieve Treur, Mara Schiebout, Lizzie Neumann)

Distance Medley Relay – Friday at 9:59 a.m.:
Pella (Colin Kerndt, Bailey Shetterly, Harrison Mullens, Canaan Dunham)
Norwalk (Eli Robbins, Kaiden Kunze, Daniel Roche, Tony Anania)

Girls 4x200m Relay – Friday at 1:25 p.m.:
Pella Christian (Rachel Kacmarynski, Bailey Vos, Amaia Agre, Meredith Van Wyk)
Pella (Abby Melvin, Haylie DeVries, Genevieve Treur, Mara Schiebout)
Indianola (Lily Hoger, Kiley Kindelspire, Hadley Vetter, Hadley Erickson)

Boys 4x200m Relay – Friday at 1:38 p.m.:
Newton (Nick Thomason, Reilly Trease, Christian Ergenbright, Caden Klein)
Norwalk (Gavin Dehmer, Kadan Borcherding-Johnson, Eli Robbins, Daniel Roche)

Boys 800 Meters – Friday at 2:23 p.m.:
Canaan Dunham (Pella)
Tony Anania (Norwalk)

Boys Discus – Friday at 2:30 p.m.:
Aiden Curtis (Indianola)

Girls Shot Put – Friday at 3 p.m.:
Sam Gripp (Indianola)

Boys Long Jump – Friday at 5 p.m.:
Kaiden Kunze (Norwalk)
Emmanuel Diers (Pella)

Girls 400 Meters – Friday at 5:26 p.m.:
Bailey Vos (Pella Christian)
Emma White (Indianola)

Boys 400 Meters – Friday at 5:44 p.m.:
Harrison Mullens (Pella)
Daniel Roche’ (Norwalk)
Caden Klein (Newton)
Riley Graber (PCM)

Girls 4×400 Relay (Prelims) – Friday at 8:21 p.m. (Finals Saturday at 5:04 p.m.):
Indianola (Emma White, Kendal Sandy, Madison Grover, Josie McGraw)
Pella Christian (Rachel Kacmarynski, Amaia Agre, Maisy Meinders, Bailey Vos)
Pella (Lizzy VandeVoort, Kyla Barnes, Mara Schiebout, Lizzie Neumann)

Boys 4×400 Relay (Prelims) – Friday at 8:30 p.m. (Finals Saturday at 5:11 p.m.):
Norwalk (Kaiden Kunze, Xavier Bush, Cameron Thomas, Daniel Roche)
Indianola (Isaac Johnson, Deacon Jacobs, Gavin Reed, Parker Amos)

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DAY THREE:

Girls Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Prelims) – Saturday at 8:10 a.m. (Finals at 11:57 a.m.):
Indianola (Josie McGraw, Madison Grover, Lilly Hoger, Sully Downey)
Newton (Camryn Klein, Macy Lampe, Mack Sims, Tori White)

Girls 4x100m Relay – Saturday at 9:40 a.m. (Finals at 4:24 p.m.):
Pella Christian (Lexi Terpstra, Maisy Meinders, Ani Bell, Amaia Agre)
Pella (Abby Melvin, Haylie DeVries, Kamry Trine, Genevieve Treur)
Indianola (Tessa Gripp, Kiley Kindelspire, Hadley Vetter, Sully Downey)
Pleasantville (Alyssa Park, Lillian Mason, Carly Gripp, Lauren Furnal)
Newton (BrookLynn Britton, Lola Rivera, Camryn Klein, Lauren Clarke)
Norwalk (Danielle Peters, Kinzie Giesemann, Ella Johnson, Milena Catic)

Boys 4x100m Relay – Saturday at 10:12 a.m. (Finals at 4:29 p.m.):
Indianola (Nick Bradley, Vincent Anderson, Asher Brueck, Rylan Hilton)
Norwalk (Jamison Giesemann, Kadan Borcherding-Johnson, Eli Robbins, Gavin Dehmer)
Newton (Nick Thomason, Reilly Trease, Christian Ergenbright, Ali Yahia)
Pella (Owen Kettler, Harry Tallman, Emmanuel Diers, Landen Pleima)
Pella Christian (Landon Nunnikhoven, Brecken Ritzert, Caleb Volk, Adam Kacmarynski)
PCM (Lewis Daye, Tad Wilson, Adrien Robbins, Riley Graber)
Pleasantville (Logan Roff, Ethan King, Eli Dawson, JJ Phillips)

4×800 Relay – Saturday at 10:59 a.m.:
Norwalk (AJ Mosqueda, Sam Parker, Cameron Thomas, Daniel Roche)

400 Meter Hurdles – Saturday at 1:17 p.m.:
Madison Grover (Indianola)
Josie McGraw (Indianola)

400 Meter Hurdles – Saturday at 1:24 p.m.:
Caden Klein (Newton)

1500 Meters – Saturday at 4:34 p.m.:
Jordyn Brown (Indianola)
Marissa Ferebee (Pella)

1600 Meters – Saturday at 4:42 p.m.:
Tony Anania (Norwalk)
Canaan Dunham (Pella)
Reed Robbins (Indianola)