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TRACK ATHLETES/RACES 2010-2019 FEMALES IN, 2010, KATIE FLOOD WAS A SENIOR AND SHELBY HOULIHAN WAS A
FLOOD VS HOULIHAN
JUNIOR.
THEY SQUARED OFF AT 800
METERS IN KATIE'S FINAL DAY IN A DOWLING UNIFORM.
SHE WOULD WIN
AN EPIC BATTLE AT HOULIHAN'S PREFERRED DISTANCE. BOTH WOULD GO ON TO WIN NCAA DIV I NATIONAL TITLES AT 1500 METERS.
STEPHANIE JENKS CAPPED OFF THE GREATEST DISTANCE RUNNING CAREER
JENKS VS URBANDALE
IN IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY WITH A GUTSY WIN OVER 2 STRONG RUNNERS FROM URBANDALE.
ALL 3 RAN WITHIN
SECONDS OF THE STATE ALL-TIME BEST. RACE CAN BE FOUND AROUND THE 6 HOUR MARK. STATE 1500
2016 4A DISTANCE MEDLEY
SHELBY HOULIHAN 800
IN ONE OF THE CRAZIEST RACES YOU WILL EVER SEE, MEGAN GRAY COMES FROM WAY BACK TO WIN IN A CLOSE FINISH AT THE LINE. RACE CAN BE FOUND AROUND THE 6:20 MARK. STATE DISTANCE MEDLEY
HOULIHAN WON HER SIGNATURE EVENT BY HALF A STRAIGHTAWAY TO DOMINATE THE STATE 800 CHAMPIONSHIP IN HER SENIOR SEASON. STATE 800
RIPSLINGER WENT INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS WHEN SHE WON THE 400/800/1500/3000 IN THE STATE
JOY RIPSLINGER
CHAMPIONSHIPS HER SENIOR YEAR. BUT HER JUNIOR YEAR SHE UNLEASHED A NEAR ALL-TIME BEST WITH A 2:07 SOLO RUN. VIDEO AROUND THE 1:45 MARK. STATE 800
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TRACK ATHLETES/RACES 2010-2019 FEMALES - CONTINUED A MATCH-UP OF TWO OF THE BEST 100
CARTER VS ROBERTS
METER RUNNERS IN IOWA HISTORY PRODUCED A TREMENDOUS RACE. CARTER DEFENDED HER TITLE WITH A LATE CLOSE TO NIP ROBERTS AT THE LINE. VIDEO AT THE 3:48 MARK. STATE 100
THIS LOADED RELAY SQUAD WON THE
2017 ASSUMPTION DISTANCE MEDLEY
INDOOR NATIONAL TITLE WITH A GREAT FINAL 800 METER LEG FROM ALL-TIME GREAT, JOY RIPSLINGER. TRACK FOLLOWERS WILL NOTE THAT BEHIND RIPSLINGER WAS KATELYN TUOHY. THE MARK WAS ALSO A STATE ALL-TIME BEST. NATIONAL DISTANCE MEDLEY
TWO OF THE FASTEST 400 METER RUNNERS IN IOWA HISTORY SQUARED OFF SEVERAL TIMES AT 400 METERS,
MILANI VS WENSEL
WITH MILANI SETTING A STATE ALLTIME BEST TO WIN THE STATE TITLE. HOWEVER, IN THIS EPIC RACE, LINNMAR SETS A STATE ALL-TIME BEST IN THE SPRINT MEDLEY WITH WENSEL HOLDING OFF A FAST-CLOSING MILANI DRAKE SPRINT MEDLEY
THE 2019 DRAKE RELAYS 800 TURNED
2019 DRAKE 800
OUT TO BE THE DEEPEST 800 RACE IN IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY. MACKENZIE MICHAEL BLASTED A 2:09 WITH 7 OTHER RUNNERS FINISHING WITHIN 3 SECONDS, INCLUDING 2 FRESHMEN. DRAKE 800
AN UNSTOPPABLE QUARTET FROM
WAUKEE SHUTTLE HURDLE
WAUKEE IN 2017 BLITZED THE FIELD ALL YEAR IN THE SHUTTLE HURDLE. THEY CULMINATED THIS AMAZING SEASON WITH A DOMINATING STATE ALL-TIME BEST. STATE SHUTTLE HURDLE