Recap: Weather postpones Friday night events at 2024 Drake Relays to Saturday

The 2024 Drake Relays schedule continues Friday as Iowa's best high school track and field athletes gather in Des Moines to compete against top competition.

It'll be competitive, fun and will go by fast, and it's easy to miss some key moments or standout performances.

We've got you covered with live results for each high school event. Friday's action gets kicked off with the girls discus at 8:30 a.m. The Relays wrap up for the day just before 9 p.m.

10:11 p.m. - Rest of Friday action is postponed

9:42 p.m. - Latest from Drake as the weather delay pushes two hours

Update from Drake: “We plan to reschedule the final two sections of the men’s 4x200m Relay to Saturday morning, following the high school 4x800m at the end of the morning session, currently and tentatively scheduled for 11:15 AM.

“We remain in contact with the national weather service related to the potential of hosting the women's elite steeplechase.”

8:22 p.m. - Remaining high school events postponed. College and pro action still planning to finish tonight.

Latest Drake Relays update below.

7:55 p.m. - Well, a second weather delay has arrived

Action is paused at Drake Stadium with just a few events remaining. Second weather delay of the day. We'll see if a resumption actually happens.

7:54 p.m. - About time to close up shop at Drake Stadium

South Dakota wins the women's 4x200. Just a few more events on the night.

7:34 p.m. - Another batch of collegiate results from the evening

• Women's 1500: Minnesota's Erin Reidy (4:16.53)

• Men's 1500: Bradley's Jack Crull (3:42.76)

• Women's 4x800: Kentucky (Sydney Steely, Jenna Schwinghamer, Phoebe McCowan and Lyric Olson), 8:27.94.

• Men's 4x800: Iowa State (Devan Kipyego, Emanuel Galdino, Tyler Carreon and Peter Smith), 7:22.53.

• Men's shot put: Iowa State's Cam Jones (19.75)

• Women's discus: Minnesota's Shelby Frank (58.34)

6:50 p.m. - High school finals are done for the night, but some college results still rolling in

Minnesota State sweeps both the men's and women's sprint medley races.

6:02 p.m. - Here are your collegiate winners in the 400s

North Dakota State's Nell Graham wins the women's race in 52.61. Dordt's Payton Mauldin won the men's race in 46.38.

5:31 p.m. - We have winners in the high school 400s

Waukee's Anjelena Carder wins the girls race in 55.45. Cedar Rapids Prairie's Jackson Johannes wins the boys race in 47.67

4:59 p.m. - Two more collegiate field events have gone final

Midland's Robert Atwater wins the men's high jump (2.14). Arianna Fisher wins the women's triple jump (13.16).

4:21 p.m. - Three more college field events have recently wrapped up

• Men's triple jump: Indian Hills' Anthony Ward (14.97)

• Men's shot put: Northern Iowa's Spencer Kessel (17.62)

• Women's discus: Nebraska's Amelia Flynt (54.01)

3:55 p.m. - Ankeny’s Logan Fairchild wins the boys 100m

A time of 10.62 seconds gets it done. ADM goes second and third with Aiden Flora (10.75) and Brevin Doll (10.76).

3:25 p.m. - MOC-FV's Tierney Huss wins the high school girls 100m

Almost a dead tie between Huss and Panorama's Jaidyn Sellers. Huss' 12.092 time barely beat out Sellers' mark of 12.098

2:58 p.m. - Dominant win for Olivet Nazarene's Hannah Antkoviak in the college 400 hurdles

2:42 p.m. - High school 800s are complete

Pleasant Valley’s Ani Wedemeyer wins the girls race in 2:09.31. Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman wins the boys race in 1:52.22

2:27 p.m. - Another batch of field finals

Camanche’s Tyson Seeser wins the high school boys high jump. Saint Louis’ Journey Amundson wins the women’s college triple jump.

2:08 p.m. - Different face, same dominant name

Missouri’s Kelsey Schweizer wins the women’s college 800 in dominant fashion with a time of 2:06.23. Kelsey is the younger sister of former Dowling Catholic star and current pro runner Karissa Schweizer.

1:52 p.m. - Big win for ADM in the boys 4x200

Quartet of Aiden Flora, Grant Rychnovsky, Zach Lohmann and Brevin Doll get it done in 1:27.34 over Harlan (1:27.52) and Ankeny Centennial (1:27.60)

1:40 p.m. - Waukee Northwest wins the girls 4x200

Ayrissa Robinson, Keziah Caldwell, Katie Stahl and Avery Winter get it done in 1:40.46, well ahead of runner-up Dowling Catholic (1:43.46) and third-place MOC-FV (1:43.66)

1:03 p.m. - Pella's Hanson King wins the high school boys shot put

Winning throw of 58-7 got it done on his fourth attempt. Linn-Mar's Sam Watts finished second, Pella Christian's Trevor Veenstra third.

12:55 p.m. - Drake with a strong showing in the men's 4x1600 college race

Quartet of Isaac Basten, Brogan Giffin, Aziz JDai and Aidan Simon finished second in 16:50.87, just barely behind winner Gonzaga (16:50.57). Iowa State finished fourth.

12:34 p.m. - First two events have wrapped up after the rain delay

Notre Dame quartet of Siona Chisolm, Claire Sievern, Andrea Markezich and Olivia Markezich wins the women's 4x1600 in the college division (18:44.15). Mid-Prairie's Jayden Stafford wins the mixed 400m wheelchair race in the high school division.

12:31 p.m. - Some high school girls field results from the morning

Hampton-Dumont-CAL's Charlee Morton won the girls' discus with a winning throw of 141-2. Clear Lake's Reese Brownlee won the girls long jump (18-3.75)

12:28 p.m. - Check out more on West Des Moines Valley's Emma Havighurst and her 100m hurdles win

Big day for Havighurst, who came back from major ACL surgery to win Friday. Check out more from our Eli McKown here on her story.

12:08 p.m. - Action back underway

Hopefully the rain stays away now.

11:56 a.m. - We have a resumption time

10:46 a.m. - And the day's first inevitable rain delay has arrived.

Only 30 minutes for now. But we'll see.

10:39 a.m. - The Drake Relays schedule always creates some cool scenarios

Like professional track stars giving the Blue Oval up to high schoolers immediately after winning. Running Wild Elite's Ean Caskey wins the mixed 800 meters in the professional division. Shortly, after Iowa Falls Alden's Jaden Damiano and West Des Moines Valley's Emma Havighurst win the boys 110 and girls 100 hurdles. All that occurred in about a 20-minute span.

10:09 a.m. - Another Drake Relays title for Iowa City West

Quartet of Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Aidan Jacobsen and Moustafa Tiea win the boys distance medley relay in 3:27.83 over Ankeny and Urbandale.

9:55 a.m. - First Friday champion is in the books

Waukee quartet of Lena Bruening, Gentry Williams, Jana Maharry and Anjelena Carder wins the girls 800 SMR.

9:32 a.m. - Going to be a wet one at the Blue Oval today

9:06 a.m. - Off and running on day two

Nothing too crazy to start here, just some prelims for boys/girls 100 meters and 100-meter hurdles. First final of the day comes at 9:45 a.m. with the girls' sprint medley relay.

Dargan Southard is a sports trending reporter and covers Iowa athletics for the Des Moines Register and HawkCentral.com. Email him at msouthard@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.

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