By Sam Parsons
The 2023 Drake Relays concluded over the weekend with plenty of area athletes in attendance. The following is a breakdown of finishes by area athletes by event.
Thursday
Boys 3200m
1st – Chase Lauman, Pella
21st – Canaan Dunham, Pella
Girls 3000m
9th – Marissa Ferebee, Pella
Girls Discus
3rd – Ciara Heffron, Knoxville
22nd – Anna Hadley, Pekin
Boys High Jump
14th – Ryan Little, Albia
Boys Shot Put
3rd – Trevor Veenstra, Pella Christian
4th – Brandon Fischer, Pella
15th – Hanson King, Pella
Girls Long Jump
7th – Maleah Walker, Oskaloosa
10th – Aiden Gosselink, Grinnell
20th – Melanie Sullivan, Knoxville
Friday
Girls 100m Hurdles – Preliminaries
19th – Molly Shafer, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
20th – Morgan Karr, PCM
Girls 800 Sprint Medley Relay
13th – Pella (Kamryn Long, Marissa Hackman, Delanie Reynolds, Jacie Trine)
Girls High Jump
12th – Molly Shafer, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
Girls Shot Put
4th – Ashlyn Finarty, Knoxville
16th – Hannah Kling, Grinnell
Boys 100m – Preliminaries
8th – CJ Shetterly, Pella
Boys 110m Hurdles – Preliminaries
12th – Tatum Westercamp, Oskaloosa
Boys Distance Medley Relay
6th – Pella (Quinn Gruver, Cam Schulte, Trey Van Hauen, Chase Lauman)
Boys Discus
2nd – Trevor Veenstra, Pella Christian
3rd – Brandon Fischer, Pella
7th – Hanson King, Pella
Girls 400m
12th – Jacie Trine, Pella
Girls 4×400 Relay
10th – Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (Abby Jager, Lizzy Van Utrecht, Kate Shafer, Molly Shafer)
Saturday
Girls 4×100 Relay – Preliminaries
23rd – Pella (Delanie Reynolds, Kamyrn Long, Marissa Hackman, Kelsey Tauke)
71st – Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (Lacey Taylor, Lizzy Van Utrecht, Kate Shafer, Molly Shafer)
78th – Pella Christian (Chloe Nikkel, Anna DeBoef, Amelia Boender, Meredith Van Wyk)
80th – PCM (Lillian Humpal, Jorja Teeter, Tiffani Koonce, Morgan Karr)
90th – Pleasantville (Lauren Furnal, Sophia Mason, Danika Park, Alex Blackford)
Girls 4×100 Shuttle Hurdle Relay – Preliminaries
13th – Newton (Macy Lampe, Mack Sims, JaQuay Priest, Tori White)
Boys 4×100 Relay – Preliminaries
9th – Pella (Kenson Fuller, Quinn Gruver, Cam Schulte, CJ Shetterly)
39th – Grinnell (Broc Heishman, Maxwell Mintle, Kellan Harter, Evan Mahoney)
52nd – Ottumwa (Donald Golec, Luke Graeve, Brock Brinegar, Mason Farrington)
64th – PCM (Gavin Fenton, Gabe Hobbs, Griffin Olson, Evan Jones)
83rd – Pella Christian (Peyton Ritzert, Isaac Kacmarynski, Trevor Veenstra, Luke Nikkel)
Boys 4×800 Relay
13th – Pella (Nathan Vander Waal, Atticus Vos, Trey Van Hauen, Canaan Dunham)
Boys 1600m
2nd – Chase Lauman (Pella)
