Today is day two of the Drake Relays, with athletes competing at Iowa’s elite showcase of track and field. Field events, including the shot put, discus, high jump, and long jump, were on the docket for high school participants Thursday, and the other half of the field will compete today, with events starting up on the track as well all day.

KNIA/KRLS area athletes participating in the Drake Relays Thursday (results):
Walker Whalen, Indianola – 1st Place, Discus – 191′ 5″
Brandon Fischer, Pella – 20th Place, Discus – 149′ 3″
Ashlyn Finarty, Knoxville – 8th Place, Shot Put – 39′ 1.5″
Kady Vandemark, Norwalk – 20th Place, Shot Put – 36′ .5″

KNIA/KRLS area athletes participating today:

Gage Huyser and Nolan Clayberg, Pella – 110 Hurdle Prelims – Clayberg, 14th (15.37); Huyser, 15th (15.39)
Grant Miller, Norwalk – 110 Hurdle Prelims – Miller enters the finals of the 110 Hurdles as the No. 8 seed (15.13)
Emily McMartin, Pella – 100 Meter Dash – 21st out of 31 (12.99)
Claire Farrell, Norwalk – 100 Meter Dash – Top seed (12.21), advances to finals
Kady Vandemark, Norwalk – Discus – 23rd (95-5)
Marin Randall, Norwalk – Long Jump – 22nd (15-10)
Norwalk (Marin Randall, McKenzie Koerselman, Raegan Levi, Claire Farrell) – Girls Sprint Medley Relay – 4th (1:48.56)
Gavin Legg, Indianola – High Jump – t-19th (no height)
Pella (Kenson Fuller, Quinn Gruver, Karl Miller, Chase Lauman) – 1600 Meter Medley Boys – 5th (3:31.55)
Grant Miller, Norwalk – 110 Hurdle FINALS – 8th (15.05)

Pella (Delanie Reynolds, Marissa Hackman, Calla Kerndt, Jacie Trine) – 4×200 Girls Relay 7th 1:45.71
Norwalk (Raegan Levi, Kennedy Robbins, Marin Randall, Claire Farrell) – 4×200 Girls Relay 19th 1:48.17
Indianola (Keene Barnes, Logan Piper, Micah Duey, Carter Erickson) – 4×200 Boys Relay 10th 1:30.52
Chase Lauman – 800 Meters 9th 1:57.48
Claire Farrell, Norwalk – 100 Meter Dash FINALS – 2nd :12.58
Indianola Middle School (Abbie Kluver, Hadley Vetter, Lauren Olson, Leah Hartford) – Distance Medley – 7th – 4:44.80
Pella Middle School (Emmanuel Diers, Rex Rhamy, Nate Warner, Canaan Dunham) – 1st – 3:48.54
Norwalk Middle School (Xavier Bush, Kaiden Kunze, Jamison Giesemann, Teegan Giesemann) – Distance Medley – 6th – 4:05.37
Claire Farrell, Norwalk – 400 Meters Girls 3rd – 56.39
Levi Schelhaas, Pella Chrisitan – 400 Meters Boys – 16th – 51.17
Pella Middle School (Katie Scheckel, Kamry Trine, Abby Melvin, Kamryn Long) – 4×100 Girls Relay – 4th – 54.03
Norwalk Middle School(Avery Dryman, Jillian Hammond, Ava Norem, Olivia Welch) – 4×100 Girls Relay – 14th – 55.88
Indianola Middle School (Nina Alexander, Annie Harmon, Abbie Kluver, Hadley Vetter) – 4×100 Girls Relay – 15th – 56.39
Pella Middle School (Landon Pliema, David Garner, Riker Branderhorst, Emmanuel Diers) – 4×100 Boys Relay – 15th – 49.94
Indianola Middle School (Sam Guely, Zach Benge, Peyton Wilbur, Tate Lorton) – 4×100 Boys Relay – 13th – 49.76
Norwalk Middle School (Mason Beaver, Isaac Beaver, Kaiden Kunze, Ethan Colorado) – 4×100 Boys Relay – 20th – 50.83