Recap: Results, highlights from Friday's track and field events at the Drake Relays

Friday brought with it a full day of intense track-and-field action on the Blue Oval at the Drake Relays in Des Moines. From high schoolers looking hoping to pounce on a big moment to professional competitors looking for another career accolade, this day was another special one at Drake Stadium.

Check out all the action from Friday at the Drake Relays right here.

8:18 p.m. — Final batch of Friday's results

• Men's shot put: Isaiah Schafer, Minnesota (19.21)

• Women's 3000m steeplechase: Madie Boreman, United States (9:36.86)

• Girls mile: Adrienne Buettner-Cable, Des Moines Roosevelt (4:49.58)

• Boys mile: Simeon Burnbaum, Stevens (4:02.36)

8:02 p.m. — Purdue takes the men's 4x200

Quartet of Eric Young II, Connor Czajkowski, Jahn Riley and Justin Becker get it done in 1:22.90.

8 p.m. — Final events of the day upcoming

We're down to these....

• Men's 4x200

• Men's shot put

• Women's 3000m steeplechase

• Girls mile

• Boys mile

7:30 p.m. — More college events wrapping up

• Women's long jump: Grace Emineth, North Dakota State (5.99)

• Women's 4x200: Purdue (1:34.46)

7 p.m. — Big run of college events has finished

• Men's sprint medley: Minnesota State (3:21.47)

• Women's 1500m: Tiana LoStracco, Bradley (4:18.92)

• Men's 1500m: Jack Crull, Bradley (3:43.18)

• Women's 4x800: Arkansas (8:41.74)

• Men's 4x800: Nebraska (7:25.78)

• Men's discus: Jacob Morris, Truman (57.29)

• Women's shot put: Kat Moody, Iowa (16.46)

• Women's pole vault: Madi Wulfekotter, C. Missouri (4.31)

• Women's long jump: Miahna Harden, Chicago State (5.87)

• Women's discus: Shelby Frank, UNAT-Minnesota (56.81)

6:32 p.m. — Minnesota State takes the women's sprint medley title

Quartet of Makayla Jackson, Rose Cramer, Denisha Cartwright and MaKenna Thurston lead in the way in 3:53.52.

6:10 p.m. — Couple of middle school races go to Southeast Polk Jr. High

SEP takes the title in the girls and boys 4x100.

5:55 p.m. — College 400m races are complete

Purdue's Cierra Williams takes the women's race in 53.57. Illinois State's Raydoffa Braziel takes the men's race in 47.60

5:35 p.m. — Ryce Reynolds wins the boys 400

Mount Ayr standout take the title in 48.46.

5:20 p.m. — Jaidyn Sellers wins the girls 400

Panorama standout takes the Drake Relays title in 56.24.

5 p.m. — Back underway with the evening session

Kicking off the evening with the middle school distance medley relay. The Des Moines Christian quartet of Zoe Fish, Addison Mumm, Brynn VanMersbergen and Stella Pothoven took the girls title in 4:34.30. The Indianola quartet of Rylan Hilton, Daxton Heimbaugh, Deacon Jacobs and Theo McDonald took the boys title In 3:51.08.

3:41 p.m. — More college results coming in

• Women's shot put: Meredith Clark, South Dakota (15.01)

• Women's pole vault: Julia Gherardi, North Dakota State (3.82)

• Men's triple jump: Myles Lincoln, Union (15.37)

• Men's high jump: Kyle Rollins, unattached (2.25)

• Men's discus: Jake Kubiatowicz, Minnesota (54.47)

3:12 p.m. — Joe Lynch is your men's high jump champ

3:05 p.m. — Next high school events coming up in two hours

Take a breath and come back!

2:42 p.m. — Two Special Olympics results worth noting

Ames' Blake Whaley won the 100m in 14.38, while Norwalk took the title in the 4x100 relay.

2:28 p.m. — Quick times delivered in the 100m high school events

Cedar Rapids Washington's Miles Thompson won the boys race in 10.54. Panorama's Jaidyn Sellers won the girls race in 12.23

2:15 p.m. — Iowa Western shines in the men's 400m hurdles

Freshman JUCO hurdler Jayden Brown had no trouble among the Division I big boys, winning the college 400m hurdles in 51.18. South Dakota's Jacy Pulse won the women's race in 56.79.

2:00 p.m. — Couple of strong showings in the 800m high school events

City High's Ammon Smith wins the boys race in 1:53.42. Des Moines Roosevelt's Adrienne Buettner-Cable wins the girls race in 2:10.62.

1:48 p.m. — ICYMI: Cody Goodwin had a great story on now NCAA champ Evan Correll

Check it out here

1:22 p.m. — Johnston takes the boys 4x200

Quartet of Tatum Fox, Caden Wilson, Jashua Anglo and Kaia Fox finishes in 1:27.29 to topple Iowa City West and Cedar Rapids Washington up top.

1:17 p.m. — All Nebraska in the women's triple jump

Impressive showing from the Cornhuskers.

1:10 p.m. — Read about Mid-Prairie's Jayden Stafford and his victory in the 400m wheelchair event

From our Alyssa Hertel.

12:47 p.m. — Waukee Northwest gets us back underway on the high school front

Quartet of Ke'Ayla Madison, Kiana Carnes, Aunya Van Zetten and Avery Winter take the girls 4x200 title in 1:41.33.

12:28 p.m. — Bit of a lull in the high school events, but strong college showings still rolling in.

Air Force's quartet of Sean Maison, Scott Maison, Jason Renze, Eli Bennett wins the men's 4x1600 in 16:23.31.

12:05 p.m. — Read about Abu Sama's eventful morning.

From our Alyssa Hertel.

11:49 a.m. — Three strong wheelchair performances back-to-back-to-back

First Mid-Prairie's Jayden Stafford wins the high school 400m in 1:04.06. Next, Illinois' Hannah Dederick wins the women's 800m in 1:54.35. The Fighting Illini make it a clean wheelchair sweep with Evan Correll's victory in the men's 800m (1:40.73).

11:35 a.m. — Your first batch of Drake Relays photos

Here they are.

11:20 a.m. — Abu Sama doing Abu Sama things.

Hear from the future Iowa State football player after his long-jump victory.

11:10 a.m. — Iowa State rolls to a women's 4x1600 victory

The quartet of Madelynn Hill, Ashlyn Keeney, Janette Schraft and Cailie Logue cruise to a win in 19:04.56, more than 20 seconds faster than runner-up Arkansas State.

Keeney has a few Drake Relays flags while competing at Iowa City Liberty. She has a collegiate one now too.

11 a.m. — Catching up on the early morning results

A long day at Drake Stadium kicked off with several morning events. Here's a rundown with all of Friday's early winners.

High school results

• Girls shot-put: Charlee Morton, Hampton-Dumont-CAL (43-03.50)

• Girls high jump: Maddie Olson, Sheldon (5-8)

• Girls 100m hurdles: Ali Frandsen, Ames (14.33)

• Girls 800 sprint medley: Cedar Rapids Kennedy — Quren Hullon, Morgan Hospodarsky, Addison Swartzendruber, Sidney Swartzendruber (1:46.10)

• Boys distance medley: Iowa City West — Todd Rent, Izaiah Loveless, Aidan Jacobsen, Moustafa Tiea (3:26.67)

• Boys 110m hurdles: Grayson Hartman, Cedar Rapids Xavier (14.10)

• Boys long jump: Abu Sama, Southeast Polk (23-6.25)

• Boys discus: Duke Faley, Dubuque Wahlert (187-5)

Professional results

Masters 800m: Matt Helbig, Big River Running (2:04.04)

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.

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