2026 Iowa High School State Track & Field: Day 1 Recap

It was an unusually cool and overcast day in Des Moines at the Blue Oval, but that didn’t slow down the action as several state records were set on Day 1 of the 2026 Iowa High School State Track & Field Championships. Local athletes also got involved in the action, with a few taking home state championships.

MEDAL COUNT:

1A

Newman Catholic’s Alexis Mujica – 3000m – 4th Place

Northwood-Kensett’s Ivy Urbatsch – 3000m –  8th Place

Lake Mills’ Knute Rogne – 3200m  – STATE CHAMPION

South Winneshiek, Calmar’s Hugh Conway – 3200m – 3rd Place

Lake Mills’ Hayden Thompson – 3200m – 6th Place

Saint Ansgar Girls – 4x800m Relay – STATE CHAMPIONS (Jacey Johnston, Lila Powers, Jaeda Mayer, Ava Witt)

South Winneshiek, Calmar Girls – 4x800m Relay – 3rd Place (Adele Conway, Ava Franzen, Annie Hageman, Maddy Jansen)

West Hancock Boys – 4x800m Relay – 8th Place (Isaiah Collins, Carson Fox, Keagan Albertson, Preston Gayken)

Riceville’s Owen Smith – 400m Dash – 4th Place

Saint Ansgar’s Braden Halvorson – Shot Put – 3rd Place

2A

Sumner-Fredericksburg’s Jace Brinkman – 400m Dash – 7th Place

Crestwood’s Rose Niewoehner – Shot Put – 7th Place

Sumner-Fredericksburg’s Gavin Trask – Shot Put – 5th Place

Crestwood’s Isabella Schlatter – Long Jump – 5th Place

3A

Clear Lake’s Kolby Hodnefield – 400m Dash – STATE CHAMPION & 3A STATE MEET RECORD (47.48s)

Clear Lake’s Kysen Lamb – High Jump – 5th Place

PRELIMS ADVANCERS:

1A

St. Ansgar’s Jacey Johnston – 200m Dash

North Butler’s Camryn Bartels – 200m Dash

North Butler’s Camryn Bartels – 100m Dash

North Butler Boys – 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Jack Bartels, Bryce Schroeder, Jax Thorne, Camryn Bartels)

West Hancock Boys – 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Caiden Squier, Nathan Bixel, Coen Witte, Jacoby Subject)

2A

Osage Boys – 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Parker Kisley, Maxwel Miner, Noah Dalager, Sevryn Dodd)

Sumner-Fredericksburg’s Braelyn Suckow – 100m Dash

3A

Clear Lake Boys – 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Keeton Jeppeson, Gage Larson, Isaac Brownlee, Tate Fever)

Clear Lake’s Kolby Hodnefield – 200m Dash

TEAM SCORES:

Lake Mills Boys – 1A 3rd (13 points)

South Winneshiek, Calmar Boys – 1A 12th (6 points)

Saint Ansgar Boys – 1A 12th (6 points)

Riceville Boys – 1A 18th (5 points)

West Hancock – 1A 29th (1 point)

Sumner-Fredericksburg Boys – 2A 11th (6 points)

Clear Lake Boys – 3A 3rd (14 points)

St. Ansgar Girls – 1A 6th (10 points)

South Winneshiek, Calmar Girls – 1A 12th (6 points)

Newman Catholic Girls – 1A 15th (5 points)

Northwood-Kensett – 1A 28th (1 point)

Crestwood Girls – 2A 12th (6 points)

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