DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Drake Relays High School start lists were announced today with competition on April 25-27 at Drake Stadium. The Blue Standard marks proved to be a goal that several individuals and teams achieved this year.
See the link located to the right for the list of accepted entries and assigned in the high school division of the 114th running of the Drake Relays and the Blue Standard marks. More information is available
www.drakerelays.org.
Fans should be treated to an array of talent in the high school division of this year's Relays.
Keep an eye on sprinters from Ankeny High School, which looks to lower its all-time state record in the 4x200 relay of 1:26.12 set two weeks ago on the Blue Oval at the Jim Duncan Invitational. Mount Ayr's Ryce Reynolds, who is headed to Stanford, returns to defend his title in the 400. Then there's Aidan Jacobsen from Iowa City West who is the state leader in the 400 hurdles (52.52).
Four athletes to watch on the high school girls' side are junior Reese Brownlee from Clear Lake; Addi Dorenkamp, Valley of West Des Moines; Charlee Morton, Hampton-Dumont; and Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama.
Sellers, who has earned a softball scholarship at Iowa, returns to defend her titles in the 100, where she is the state leader at 12.11, and the 400. But she will be challenged by Brownlee, who is the state leader in the 400 (56.60), while also owning the state's best mark in the long jump (19-0 1/4) as well as the 400 hurdles (1:01.95).
Dorenkamp, an Alabama recruit, has picked up where she left off last year en route to winning both Iowa Class 4A titles in the 1,500 and 3,000. She is the state leader this spring in the 1,500 (4:34.08) and 3000 (9:37.41). Morton returns to defend titles in the shot put and discus where she is the state leader in both events.
Following are the cut-off marks for acceptance in each event, the 2024 Blue Standard and the number of athletes or teams which attained the Blue Standard in that event.
2024 Cut-Off Girls Blue Standard Boys Blue Standard
100m 12.63 12.45 - 13 10.98 10.85 - 14
400m 58.91 57.80 – 12 49.94 49.50 – 9
800m 2:19.40 2:16.50 – 5 1:56.82 1:56.00 – 13
1500/1600 4:49.58 4:45.00 – 8 4:21.60 4:20.00 – 17
3000/3200 10:32.35 10:20.00 – 12 9:25.92 9:23.00 – 16
100/110 hurdles 15.91 15.30 – 7 15.16 14.80 – 14
400 hurdles 1:07.11 1:05.60 – 5 54.86 54.50 – 12
High Jump 5-4 5-6 – 3 6-4 6-7 – 8
Long Jump 17-2 17-10 – 6 21-09 22-06 – 7
Shot Put 38-06.5 41-0 – 9 53-0 55-06 – 6
Discus 123-05 132-0 – 11 158-01 170-0 – 11
4x100 52.51 51.00 – 38 44.87 43.50 – 27
4x200 1:46.57 145.50 – 15 1:30.19 129.50 – 9
4x400 4:06.29 4:04.00 – 15 3:27.06 3:25.00 – 11
4x800 9:43.90 9:36.00 – 9 8:04.62 8:05.00 – 20
800/1600 medley 1:51.83 1:49.50 – 9 3:36.54 3:35.00 – 16
100/110 Shuttle 1:07.76 1:08.27 – 8 1:01.04 1:01.00 - 19
