The Indianola and Norwalk track and field teams combined for 33 automatic state meet bids at Thursday’s Class 4A Coed State Qualifying Meet in Mason City. 

The Indianola girls secured nearly half of those spots with 16 state qualifiers, scoring 188 points and placing second to Cedar Falls in a tight team race. The Indianola boys also placed second to Cedar Falls, scoring 135 points and earning eight automatic qualifiers. The Norwalk boys qualified six entries for state and placed third with 121 points. The Warrior girls placed fourth with 71.5 points and had three state qualifiers.

The top two place-winners in each event advanced to next week’s State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines. Twelve additional at-large qualifiers per event from across the state will be announced today. 

Thursday’s automatic state qualifiers from the area are as follows.

Indianola Girls – District Champions

3000 Run – Jordyn Brown, 10:15.99; 100 Hurdles – Josie McGraw, 14.01; 400 Hurdles – McGraw, 1:03.42; 4×400 Relay – 3:56.42 (Emma White, Kendal Sandy, Madison Grover, McGraw); Shuttle Hurdle Relay – 1:03.2 (Sully Downey, Grover, Lilly Hoger, McGraw); High Jump – Cailey Baker, 5-3; Long Jump – Madison Grover, 18-1; Shot Put – Sam Gripp, 44-0.5; Discus – Abbie Kluver, 114-0; Ambulatory Para Shot Put – Blake Putney, 17-4.

Indianola Girls – 2nd Place

400 Dash – Emma White, 1:00.29; 1,500 – Brown, 4:43.82; 4×100 Relay – 50.55 (Tessa Gripp, Kiley Kindelspire, Hadley Vetter, Downey); Sprint Medley Relay – 1:51.01 (Tessa Gripp, Kindelspire, Sandy, White); Shot Put – Haley New, 37-3.75; Discus – Ava Tichey, 113-8.

Indianola Boys – District Champions

High Jump – T-1st, August Anderson, 6-4; Shot Put – Lathan McDaniel, 54-0.5; Discus – Aiden Curtis, 156-4.

Indianola Boys – 2nd Place

1,600 Run – Reed Robbins, 4:21.70; 3,200 Run – Jake Robidoux, 9:46.38; 4×400 Relay – 3:25.52 (Isaac Johnson, Deacon Jacobs, Parker Amos, Easton McGraw); Distance Medley Relay – 3:38.71 (Asher Brueck, Luke Gordon, Jacobs, Samuel Appel); Shuttle Hurdle Relay – 1:01.29 (Vinnie Anderson, Kaisen Storm, Andrew DeWall, McGraw).

Norwalk Girls – District Champion

100 Dash – Nyah Hulbert, 12.72.

Norwalk Girls – 2nd Place

100 Dash – Ella Johnson, 12.79; High Jump – Elle Hatlevig, 5-1.

Norwalk Boys – District Champions

1,600 Run – Tony Anania, 4:21.14; Long Jump – Kaiden Kunze, 22-7.75.

Norwalk Boys – 2nd Place

200 Dash – Kunze, 21.89; Long Jump – Logan Atherton, 22-5; 4×800 Relay – 8:10.67 (AJ Mosqueda, Sam Parker, Sam Buhrow, Anania); Sprint Medley Relay – 1:34.44 (Eli Robbins, Jamison Giesemann, Kadan Borcherding-Johnson, Daniel Roche).