Mile posts: Items on Wesley Kiptoo, Hillary Bor, Isaiah Hammerand, Ani Wedemeyer, Bryant Keller, Shaelyn Hostager, Mattison Plummer

Two former Iowa State All-Americans battled for the USATF Half Marathon Championships title in Atlanta on Sunday, March 1.

Wesley Kiptoo, the 2021 NCAA indoor 5,000 champion for the Cyclones, and two-time steeplechase Olympian Hillary Bor surged away from the field by 18 seconds at the 5-kilometer mark of the 13.1-mile race. They owned a surprisingly big lead of 42 seconds at 10K, or 6.2 miles.

The tussle for the crown was all theirs and it was Kiptoo, the HOKA NAZ Elite athlete based in Flagstaff, AZ, made the key move with about 800 meters to go. The 26-year-old Kiptoo surged away from the HOKA athlete based in Colorado Springs, CO, to earn the victory in 1 hour, 1 minute, 15 seconds. Bor, 36, secured an easy second place in a time of 1:01:30 and $12,000.

Kiptoo, a seven-time Big 12 Conference champion for Iowa State, leads off this edition of the WEEKEND UPDATE of the best performances by Iowa-based collegiate and post collegiate distance runners and triathletes.

“If you know your training and you know how you’re feeling, you know what’s coming,” Kiptoo told David Monti of Race Results Weekly after the race. “It’s not a surprise. I’ve been putting in a lot of work and my team (Hoka Northern Arizona Elite) and my coach (Jack Mullaney) has been there for me. I have been working so hard.”

It was the first U.S. title for Kiptoo, who became a U.S. citizen on Sept. 2 of last year, earned $20,000 for the win and a likely selection for the U.S. team that will compete at the 2026 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September. The official team selection of three men and three women will not be made until May, however.

Iowa Kassie Parker was very likely shocked to see that she had placed fourth in the women’s professional race as part of the Publix Atlanta Marathon. The seven-time Loras College NCAA Division III champion and former Clayton Ridge (Guttenberg) prep watched as Jess McClain, Emma Grace Hurley and Ednah Kurgat had pulled out to a commanding lead late in the race. But the trio were led off the wrong course at 12 miles and the mistake was not realized until they had covered about half a mile extra. A fourth runner, Carrie Ellwood, who was about 150 meters behind the leaders, was quickly told of her mistake following them and lost only a few seconds.

Parker, a Crown Running athlete now based in Waverly, stayed on the correct route and finished fourth overall in 1:10:47. Molly Born had been running in fifth place until the course mistake. She was declared the winner in 1:09:43, with Ellwood second in 1:09:47 and Annie Rodenfels third in 1:10:12. A protest from the three females was denied by USATF and Parker’s fourth place finish stood. Parker, 26, described the day as “bittersweet chaos,” according to Crown Running’s post on Instagram.

McClain finished ninth in 1:11:27. Hurley was 12th in 1:11:38 and Kurgat 13th in 1:11:50.

Another Iowan also competed in the USATF event. Former Marion and Iowa runner Madeline Block, 26, of Coralville picked up 34th place in 1:19:42.

Moving to indoor college track and field, where the Wartburg College teams dominated the action at the American Rivers Conference Championships at Luther College in Decorah.

Helping lead the Knights men to their 15th indoor ARC or Iowa Conference title with 199 points was record-breaking junior Isaiah Hammerand. The former Western Dubuque product set a program record in the 3,000 while taking the win in 8:10.18. Hammerand edged senior teammate Lance Sobaski, who prepped at Washington High, by .82 of a second. Sobaski now owns the No. 2 time in school history after both eclipsed the previous mark of 8:12.34 set by senior teammate Tyler Schermerhorn on Jan. 30 of this year.

Taking third place a day after repeating as mile champion was Central College junior Jack Brown. The Norwalk grad ran 8:20.58 as the Dutch claimed second with 114 points. Simpson College sophomore James Johnson notched the No. 2 time in program history with a fifth-place effort in 8:21.03. Johnson ran for Marshalltown in high school. Knights sophomore Solomon Zaugg, a former Mediapolis prep, ran to sixth in 8:26.90. Also earning all-conference was Wartburg senior Seth Bailey. The former New London runner clocked 8:32.93 for seventh.

Brown’s win in the mile came after he fought off Wartburg junior Nathan Kinzer, a former Iowa City Liberty High athlete. Brown ran 4:10.63 to top Kinzer by .33 of a second. Wartburg sophomore Ahmed Aldamak, a freshman eligibility-wise and a Cedar Falls grad, ran 4:14.29 for third place. Sophomore teammate Andrew Smith continued the orange-and-black run with a fourth in 4:16.55. Knights sophomore Aidan Decker, who attended Liberty High, ran 4:18.61 for fifth. Loras College freshman Cameron Gotto, a Pleasant Valley product, ran 4:19.73 for sixth. Simpson senior Cole Leggett, a former Urbandale prep, ran 4:21.00 for seventh. Central College sophomore James Brant, who competed for South Tama, ran 4:23.00 for ninth just miss scoring for his team. Simpson junior Ben Reyes, who started his college career at Iowa Central after graduating from Interstate 35 (Truro), rounded out the top 10 in 4:27.32.

A 4×800 with sophomore and former Dallas Center-Grimes prep AJ Angus, freshman and ex-Crestwood (Cresco) runner Nathan Ahern, junior and former New London athlete Rylan Martin and freshman Gage Heyne, who competed for English Valleys (North English), took the victory for Wartburg. The Knights ran 7:48.50 to win by 7.28 seconds. A Simpson unit with sophomore and former Carroll runner Ryan North, freshman and former Winterset prep Collin Kessler and junior and Collins-Maxwell product Ethan Haus, picked up third in 7:55.91.

Simpson had earlier steamed to the victory in the distance medley relay on Friday, Feb. 27. The unit included Kessler on the opening 1,200, senior and former Mount Vernon athlete Ben Gilbert-Binder on the 400, North on the 800 and Johnson on the mile anchor. That crew ran 10:14.93 to hold off Wartburg by .06 of a second. The Knights’ quartet included freshman and Cedar Falls product Connor Martin (1,200), junior and Cedar Falls grad Ben Roussell (400), Heyne and Zaugg. A Luther College DMR that included sophomore and former Waukee High prep Jalen Taha on the 1,200 set the ninth-fastest time in program history, 10:18.91, while taking fourth.

Ahern, of Wartburg took a third-place finish in the 800. Ahern ran 1:52.05 to finish third in Section 2 as well. Knights freshman Logan Rosas, who prepped at New London, ran 1:53.70 for fourth. The Knights’ Martin, the ex-New London runner, picked up fifth in 1:56.18. Dubuque junior Evan Robertson, who ran for Springville, was sixth in 1:56.32. Haus of Simpson was seventh in 1:56.21 and Wartburg sophomore Marcus Camacho, an ex-Cedar Rapids Xavier competitor, was eighth in 1:56.71. They all trailed Wartburg junior Hutton Edney’s time of 1:51.20.

Wartburg senior Eli Larson ran a strong 14:36.11 time to grab second place in the 5,000 on Feb. 27. Larson is a Center Point-Urbana product. Wartburg senior Ander Julian, another former New London runner, claimed third in 14:44.26. Rounding out the top 10 was Wartburg freshman AJ Schermerhorn, an Ankeny Centennial grad who started his career at Iowa State, in 15:14.74. The winner ran 14:28.70.

Loras College redshirt freshman Keelee Leitzen had an outstanding conference meet. The Dubuque Hempstead product who transferred from Iowa State won the mile title in 4:54.35, holding off Central College senior Peyton Steffen by .18 of a second. Steffen competed for Marion. Dutch freshman teammate Maddy Stevens, a former Dallas Center-Grimes runner, took fourth in 4:57.73. Central sophomore Teah Miller, an Iowa Falls-Alden grad, took sixth in 5:09.22.

Leitzen also anchored the Duhawks’ DMR to a title in 12:13.18. The squad also included freshman and former Mason City High athlete Savannah Davis on the 800 leg.

Wartburg was 1.51 seconds back and members included senior and former Kee (Lansing) prep Haley Meyer (1,200), senior and ex-Waverly-Shell Rock athlete Leah Cherry (400) and junior and ex-Iowa City High prep Bella Skay (800). Central notched third place and was boosted by freshman and Marion product Kyra Cordes (1,200), freshman and former Interstate 35 athlete Olivia Phillips (400) and senior and Hillcrest Academy grad Leah Bontrager (mile) in 12:18.30.

Wartburg’s Meyer claimed the championship in the 800 meters as the Section 2 results prevailed. Meyer ran 2:13.62 to ward off Loras’ Leitzen by 2.18 seconds. Wartburg junior Hannah Ramsey, who prepped at Liberty High, ran 2:16.55 for fourth. Freshman teammate Bethany Warren, who competed at Forest High, was next in 2:17.34. Loras’ Davis was the final point scorer in eighth in 2:19.81.

Central’s Steffen did walk away with a title in the 3,000 to end the distance events on Feb. 28. Steffen clocked 9:53.69 to win by 6.05 seconds. Teammates Stevens was third in 10:09.51. Knights sophomore Anna Quillin, who attended Solon, was sixth in 10:25.06. Freshman teammate Peyton Morey, an ex-Spencer runner, took seventh in 10:25.54. Central’s Miller was the final scorer in eighth in 10:27.98.

Wartburg sophomore Lydia Maas earned her first all-conference title. The Hampton-Dumont product ran 18:03.85 in the 5,000 Feb. 27 to win by nearly six seconds. The Knights took the top five spots, as senior and Monticello grad Karle Kramer was third in 18:10.30.

Wartburg also claimed the 4×800 championship on its way to 216 points and the 18th indoor conference title in program history. Junior Ramsey was leadoff, with freshman and ex-Johnston runner Marissa Pewe on the third leg and freshman Warren on anchor. That quartet ran 9:27.61. A Central unit with freshman and former Glenwood athlete Brecklyn Petersen on leadoff and Bontrager on the third leg was runner-up in 9:36.21. A Loras squad with freshman Davis on leadoff, senior and ex-Johnston athlete Bailey Vaughan on the third leg and Leitzen on anchor was third in 9:41.96.

At the Division III Centennial Conference Championships in Lancaster, PA, former Pleasant Valley product Ani Wedemeyer claimed the 800 title on March 1. Running in the fastest Section 3 on the 200-meter flat track, the Johns Hopkins freshman ran 2:13.69 to win by 3.34 seconds.

The previous day, Wedemeyer ran on the squad’s DMR that claimed the conference title. That unit ran 11:46.73 to win by 36 seconds.

Glenwood grad Bryant Keller was a double conference champion at the Division II NSIC Indoor championship at the MSU-Mankato Myers Fieldhouse in Minnesota. The Augustana University sophomore won the 5,000 first in 14:41.09 on Feb. 27. He topped teammate Isaiah Anderson by 2.26 seconds on the 200-meter flat track. Senior teammate Brady Hogan, who prepped at Decorah and is from Waukon, ran 8:34.47 for sixth.

The next day, Keller set a new best in the 3,000 of 8:27.62 to take the championship. He ran 8:27.62 to edge teammate Anderson by 1.41 seconds. Hogan notched his second consecutive sixth place in a time of 8:34.47. The Vikings were third in the team race with 84 points.

Former Dubuque Hempstead and Wartburg standout Shaelyn Hostager, now a grad student at Minnesota-Duluth, won her first NSIC indoor title as a Bulldog by taking the 5,000 in 17:15.73 on Feb. 27. Hostager won by more than six seconds. Hostager also anchored the Bulldogs’ DMR to a third-place finish in 12:03.76, which is an NCAA Division II provisional time. U-Mary won in 11:59.64.

The 5,000 and 10,000 NSIC outdoor champion a year ago followed up with a sixth place in the 3,000 the next day. Hostager ran a new best of 10:09.78. The best time was 9:55.41.

Two former Iowa preps also claimed all-conference honors in the 800. Sioux Falls senior Bryson Canton, who competed at Cedar Rapids Prairie, claimed sixth in the final in 1:56.94. Canton ran 1:57.61 in Heat 1 of the prelims. Taking seventh in the final was Minnesota State freshman Jonathan Owen, a Valley High grad, in 1:57.89. Owen was fifth in Heat 2 of the prelims in 1:56.90. The champion ran 1:53.20.

Canton also ran the leadoff 1,200 leg on the Sioux Falls squad that placed fifth in 10:28.95. Former Okoboji (Milford) athlete Akron Jostand, a Wayne State sophomore, ran the leadoff on a unit that was seventh in 10:45.87. MSU-Moorhead won in 10:08.19.

Sibley-Ocheyedan product and Southwest Minnesota State junior Madison Marco ran 3:05.69 in Heat 3 of the 1,000 prelims, but didn’t advance to the final. Wayne State sophomore Zoey Holmes, an ex-Forest City runner, clocked 1:39.35 in Heat 2 of the 600, but didn’t advance.

Northwest Missouri State senior Riley Witt, a former St. Ansgar athlete, ran to two all-conference honors at the MIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas. Witt clocked a 1:50.29, which is an NCAA Division II provisional time, to take runner-up honors in the 800 final on the 300-meter flat track on March 1. He was edged by Nebraska-Kearney’s Conner Wells by .01 of a second for the title. Witt had run 1:52.56 to win Heat 1 of the prelims the previous day.

Witt also produced a fourth-place finish in the mile final. His time of 4:11.88 was 1.79 seconds behind winner Dylan Sprecker of Pittsburg State.

His wife, Kiki Witt, anchored the Bearcats to a DMR championship on a squad that was comprised of three Iowans. Witt, a Charles City grad who attended Northern Iowa and Iowa State before coming to Maryville, was assisted by junior and former Clarinda athlete Mayson Hartley on the 1,200 and senior and former Atlantic and Iowa Central Community College runenr Taylor McCreedy on the 800. They ran 12:04.20 to edge Rogers State by .75 of a second. The Bearcat men and women were both second in the team races.

Witt also secured a second all-conference honor in the 3,000 on Feb. 28. Witt ran 9:56.51 in a race won in 9:49.15.Also, Missouri Western senior Wimachmorr Gilo ran 15:08.51 in the 5,000 to take 15th place. He competed for Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson and Iowa Western Community College prior to going to Western.

The Big Ten indoor meet at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion in Indianapolis offered the usual difficult competition in the distance races. Iowa senior Gabby Cortez put an exclamation point on her final Big Ten indoor meet by taking second in the 600-meter final on the 200-meter banked track. The Cedar Rapids Prairie grad ran 1:27.16 to narrowly loss to Indiana sophomore Veronica Hargrave by .04 of a second. Cortez had qualified with the best time, 1:28.72, in Heat 6 while ending up with the third-best qualifying time.

Iowa sophomore and Pleasant Valley grad Luke Knepp rose to the occasion and took eighth in Section 1 of the 3,000 and eighth overall Feb. 28 in a new personal record of 8:04.99. Junior teammate and Linn-Mar (Marion) product Hayden Kuhn ran 8:20.86 for 27th. The winner, Oregon sophomore Simeon Birnbaum, ran 7:59.87.

Kuhn had run 14:11.54 in the 5,000 final to take 14th overall. Birnbaum won in 13:45.78 to help the Ducks take the team crown.

Nebraska sophomore Gabe Nash missed out on qualifying for the finals in the 600 and 800. The former Sioux City North athlete ran the 600 prelims in 1:18.39 for the 14th-best time. Nash ran the 800 prelims in 1:48.58 for third in Heat 2. He ended up with the 10th-best time.

Iowa junior Carson Lane, who prepped at Johnston, ran 4:10.58 in the mile prelims for the 22nd-best time. Freshman teammate Owen Wolfe, a former Dowling Catholic runner, took 27th in 4:15.56. Lane and Wolfe ran leadoff and anchor, respectively, on the Hawkeyes’ DMR that finished 13th in 9:49.50. Michigan won in 9:38.72.

Iowa junior Jalyssa Blazek, who competed for Turkey Valley (Jackson Junction), ended up 23rd overall in the mile prelims in 4:51.92. Iowa freshman Julia Gehl, an ex-Dubuque Hempstead athlete, was 24th in 4:52.19.

In the 5,000 final, Hawkeye sophomore and Sumner-Fredericksburg product Hillary Trainor took 32nd in 17:01.74.

The Missouri Valley Championships were held at the Fall Creek Pavilion in Indianapolis on March 1-2. Illinois State redshirt senior Mattison Plummer secured one MVC title and was all-conference in another. The Southeast Polk product won the 5,000 in a new personal record 16:28.42. Northern Iowa redshirt senior Millie Hill, an ex-Ankeny Centennial athlete, took third in 16:44.60.

In the 3,000 on March 2, Plummer came back to place fourth in 9:34.87. Hill was next across the line in 9:40.59.

Northern Iowa redshirt sophomore Derek Woods picked up a fourth-place finish in the 800 final in 1:51.26 on March 2. The Cedar Falls grad was .7 of a second behind the winner. Woods was second in Heat 1 of the 800 and seventh overall in the prelims in 1:52.07. Another former Cedar Falls runner, Panther freshman Keegan Steege, was third in that Heat 1 and ninth overall, but didn’t advance to the final.

A Northern Iowa men’s DMR was narrowly edged for the win. The squad that ran 9:59.77 and was .5 of a second behind champion Illinois-Chicago and .32 of a second behind runner-up Belmont included redshirt junior Kaden Emanuel (400), a former Dowling Catholic athlete, and freshman Jonas VanDis, who prepped at Waukee, on the mile anchor.

Panther true freshman Sarah Feddersen, who competed for Gilbert, won All-MVC recognition in her first attempt in the 800 final. Feddersen ran 2:14.74 for sixth in a race won in 2:08.74. Feddersen was third in Heat 3 and third overall in the prelims after clocking 2:12.52.

Bradley freshman Noelle Steines, who attended Calamus-Wheatland and Tipton, picked up all-conference honors in the mile.Steines was timed in 4:46.44 in the final in a competition won by teammate Kaitlyn Sheppard in 4:40.11. Steines was fourth in Heat 2 of the mile prelims and seventh overall in 4:51.39 on March 1.

Northern Iowa sophomore Colin Lillie scored a point that helped the Panthers repeat as indoor champions with 157.5 points, six ahead of Illinois State. The Council Bluffs St. Albert product ran 14:32.08 for eighth in a race won in 14:09.54.

Carlisle grad Ainsley Erzen earned All-SEC honors at the conference meet at College Station, Texas. The Arkansas junior made the final after placing second in Heat 1 of the 800 and eighth overall in 2:06.36. Erzen came back in the final to run 2:06.67 for seventh on the 200-meter banked track. Teammate Analisse Batista won the title in 2:01.10 as Arkansas went 1-2-4-7 in the event.

Iowa City High grad Ford Washburn picked up All-Big Sky Conference accolades in the mile at the Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. Running in section 2, the Northern Arizona junior ran 4:11.47 for fifth as the Lumberjacks swept the top five overall.

Washburn also took ninth in the 5,000, run at 4,539 feet of elevation on a 200-meter banked track, in 14:43.67. Teammate Manny Perez won in 14:08.60.

Montana junior Truman Thompson ran the leadoff 1,200 leg for a squad that placed fifth in the DMR in 10:06.93. Thompson competed for Iowa City High. He also ran in Heat 3 of the 800 prelims in 1:53.26 that was fourth in the heat and 12th overall.

Montana sophomore Libby Hartz ran the 800 leg on a Grizzlies squad that claimed eighth in the DMR in 12:13.83. Hartz is a Southeast Polk product.

Former Des Moines Roosevelt prep Adrienne Buettner-Cable had a strong Patriot League Indoor event. The Boston University junior started her weekend by taking fourth in the 5,000 on Feb. 28 in a new best of 16:47.81. She was the top Terriers runner. The winner ran 16:29.88 on the 200-meter banked track at the Boston University-Track & Tennis Center.

The next day, Buettner-Cable picked up third place in the 3,000 in 9:28.98, which was another personal best. The winning time was 9:20.42.

Senior Aidan Armstrong played a big part in North Central (Ill.)’s rout in the CCIW Indoor event at the Illinois Wesleyan Shirk Center in Bloomington. The ex-Muscatine athlete ran the leadoff 1,200 on the Cardinals’ DMR that took the victory in 10:13.22. He also placed third overall in the mile in 4:14.78 while also taking third in the fastest Section 3. The winner, his teammate BJ Sorg, ran 4:14.42.

Davenport Central product Dylan Moeller had a very busy weekend competing for the runner-up North Central women. Moeller ran the anchor leg on the Cardinals’ runner-up DMR team that clocked 12:25.07. The freshman also took third in the mile in 5:04.21 after also taking third in the fastest Section 3. The winner ran 4:58.64. Moeller wasn’t done. She ended up taking fourth in the 800 in 2:21.00 after running fourth in the fastest Section 5. The champion ran 2:13.67. Moeller finished her outstanding weekend on the 200-meter flat track Feb. 28 by taking third in the 3,000 in 10:41.22. The best time was 10:29.80.

At the Big 12 indoors at the Texas Tech Sports Performance Center in Lubbock, Iowa State senior and former Iowa City Liberty High runner Ashlyn Keeney ran the leadoff 1,200 on the DMR that took sixth in 11:28.08. BYU won in 11:11.95. Keeney also ran the 1,000 prelims in 2:47.30 for 10th, but failed to make the finals.

Oklahoma State freshman Kadence Huck, who prepped at Nashua-Plainfield, earned all-conference honors in her first try. Huck ran the 800 in 2:10.75 for seventh on the 200-meter banked track. The winner ran 2:06.21. Huck had ran 2:07.24 in the prelims for fifth in Heat 1 to advance.

Iowa State redshirt senior Bella Heikes, a Johnston grad, ran the mile finals in 4:50.79 to narrowly miss scoring for the Cyclones. Heikes had run 4:54.64 to take fifth in Heat 1 of the prelims to advance to the final.

Cornell College senior Ava Claussen-Tubbs was a champion at the Midwest Conference Indoor Championships at Grinnell College. The Anamosa grad ran the fastest Section 3 in 2:14.11 to win by a whopping 4.51 seconds.

Her senior teammate, former Cedar Rapids Prairie athlete Alyza Koppes, was a champion and nearly took two titles. Koppes won the 3,000 on Feb. 28 in 10:10.50. Her margin of victory was 4.16 seconds. The day before, Koppes picked up second place in the mile in 5:03.36, just .35 behind winner Hannah Roark of Grinnell.

Cornell College sophomore Isaac Morris was all-conference in the 5,000 by taking sixth in 15:36.59. The Benton Community (Van Horne) product also was ninth in the 3,000 in 8:45.48 in a race won in 8:21.18 on the 200-meter flat track.

Jumping to the pro ranks, where former Davenport Assumption and Iowa standout Mallory Lindaman placed fourth in Heat 1 of the 800 at the USATF Indoor Championships in Staten Island, New York. The Iowa City resident ran 2:03.22, just .16 of a second off her personal record, to place 15th overall in prelims.

A packed field of Iowans competed at the chilly Moines Spring 4-Miler at Water Works Park on March 1. Fitness Sports Distance Project’s Cody Baele, 30, of Des Moines was the winner in 19:15.66. Taking second was former Dubuque Senior and Iowa Central runner Blake Whalen, 30, of Des Moines in 19:17.17. FSDP’s Kallin Carolus Khan, a former Iowa runner now based in Iowa City, was third in 19:17.81. He is 29. Former Wartburg and Liberty High runner Jack Kinzer, now based in North Liberty, was fourth in 19:23.33. He is now with the Driftless Distance Project squad. His former Knights teammate, Jacob Green, was next in 19:26.68. Green, 24, ran for Cedar Rapids Kennedy in high school.

Former Pleasant Valley and Central College runner Austin O’Brien, now with Runablaze and based in Waukee, took sixth in 19:31.32. FSDP’s Trevor Albert, a former Cardinal (Eldon) and Grand View University standout, was next in 19:41.00. He resides in Marion. Runablaze’s Matthew Lorenz of Cedar Rapids claimed eighth in 19:54.82. Former Ames and Simpson athlete Ean Warrick of Des Moines took ninth in 20:14.87. The top 10 was rounded out by Runablaze’s Don Agisha of Norwalk in 20:16.60.

Former Wartburg College star Lexi Brown, 24, of the FSDP squad set a new women’s course record in 22:51.24. The former New London runner is now based in Waverly. FSDP teammate Jordan Winke, who competed for Albia and Iowa, was runner-up in 22:58.34. Winke, 27, is based in West Des Moines. Rounding out the top three was former Johnston and Iowa runner Jessica McKee, 25, of Ankeny in 23:03.25. McKee represents FSDP.

Former Lynnville-Sully prep Susie Duke, wife of Jon, set the female masters record while taking fourth overall. Duke, 45, ran 23:12.36. She is a Runablaze athlete. Runablaze teammate Pasca Cheruiyot, 39, of Ankeny was next in 23:15.35. FSDP’s Andrea Albert, who ran for Marion and Mount Mercy, was sixth in 23:32.03. Albert, 27, lives in Marion. The top 10 included FSDP’s Lauren Wood, 23, of West Des Moines in 23:35.46; Runablaze’s Melanie Hamilt, 30, of Iowa City in 23:47:30; and FSDP’s Gabby Skopec, 26, of Coralville in 23:52.77. Wood competed for Valley High and Illinois State. Skopec attended Iowa City West and Iowa.

Moving back to the college ranks, where several former Iowa preps earned all-conference honors, in some cases multiple times, at the Summit League indoor meet in Grand Forks, ND.

Sioux City North product Will Lohr of South Dakota State picked up the first of three all-conference honors in the 5,000 on Feb. 27. The junior racked up third place in the race in a new personal record of 14:16.14. The winner was timed in 13:49.53.

The next day Lohr and former Pleasant Valley athlete Carl Rekow battled for the first of two times, in the mile. Rekow, a North Dakota State freshman, edged Lohr by .11 of a second to take third in 4:06.60. Lohr ended up fourth. The champion clocked 4:05.51.

Lohr and Rekow then competed in the final distance race, the 3,000, with Lohr owning the edge in fourth place in 8:20.75. Rekow settled for sixth in 8:26.16 to help his Bison win the team title with 191 points. The best time was 8:15.48.

Two former Iowa prep runners competed on the South Dakota DMR that claimed a Summit League title. Tommy Hensley, who prepped at Urbandale, ran the 1,200 leadoff leg and ex-Sioux City North prep Natnael Kifle ran the mile anchor to help the Coyotes win in 9:53.49. South Dakota State was runner-up in 9:53.98.

Hensley also compiled a fifth-place finish in the 800 final on the 300-meter flat track at the High Performance Center. Hensley ran 1:50.84 in a race won in 1:48.25. He had qualified with a runner-up finish in Heat 1 of the prelims in 1:52.66.

Former Ballard (Huxley) athlete and Texas A&M transfer Shewaye Johnson captured a runner-up finish in the women’s 5,000. The North Dakota junior ran 16:37.19. The winner, North Dakota teammate Jadyn Keeler, ran 15:56.90. Taking 11th for South Dakota was Ankeny High grad and freshman Drew Beason in a new best of 16:59.96. SouthDakota sophomore Geneva Timmerman, an ADM (Adel) product, came in 16th in 17:13.13.

Timmerman would rebound in a big way the next day in the mile. She finished fourth in 4:46.40 after also finishing second in the fastest Section 2. Beason missed scoring for her team after taking ninth overall and ninth in Section 1 in 4:53.52. Keeler won in 4:39.69.

Timmerman finished her weekend by earning all-conference again in the 3,000. She took seventh in the 3,000 in 9:37.89. Beason was next across the line in a new best of 9:41.35 to help the Coyotes to runner-up in the team race with 143 points, 34 behind North Dakota State. Keeler claimed another Summit title in 9:19.62.

Former Grand View Christian athlete Madalyn Childs ran the third 800 leg on South Dakota State’s winning DMR. That squad was timed in 11:32.56 to edge South Dakota by .34 of a second.

Former Grand View Christian athlete Madalyn Childs ran the third 800 leg on South Dakota State’s winning DMR. That squad was timed in 11:32.56 to edge South Dakota by .34 of a second.

At the Big East indoor meet at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Indoor Track and Field Facility in Chicago, a Creighton DMR squad with junior and Indianola product Logan Piper finished fourth in 9:48.89. The best time was Villanova’s 9:43.92.

Loyola (IL) sophomore Leah Klapatauskas ran leadoff on the Ramblers’ DMR squad that placed sixth in the A-10 indoor meet at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia. Loyola clocked a 11:55.64 time ina race won in 11:29.82.

The former Dubuque Senior and Northern Iowa athlete also took 12th in the fastest Section 3 of the mile prelims and ended up 14th overall after running 5:04.49.

Truman State sophomore Clare Stahr, who competed for Gilbert, ran anchor on the team’s DMR squad that placed fourth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference indoors at the ARC in Indianapolis on Feb. 28. The Truman quartet ran 12:19.76 on the 200-meter flat track. Stahr also took 12th in the mile in 5:15.33 and 18th in the 3,000 in 10:47.10.

At the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet in Northfield, Carleton freshman Dashiell Coyier claimed all-conference honors in the mile. The Waukee High product took eighth in Section 3 of the mile and eighth overall in 4:22.45. The winner ran 4:10.26. Coyier also ended up ninth in the 3,000 on Feb. 28 in 8:45.82. Former Iowa City High prep Parker Max, now a junior at St. Olaf, was 13th in 8:52.97. The best time was 8:16.34.

St. Olaf freshman Trigg Heimdal, who prepped at Okoboji, also narrowly missed scoring a point for his team in the 1,000. Heimdal was third in Section 2 and ninth overall in 2:33.67. The winner ran 2:27.44.

Nicole Peterson, an Iowa City High grad who is now at Carleton, ran leadoff on the DMR squad that was fourth in 12:34.57. Concordia-Moorhead was the victor in 12:27.98. Peterson also claimed 10th in the mile in 5:16.83 on the 200-meter flat track. The winner was timed in 5:00.60. Peterson was again 10th, this time in the 3,000, in 10:34.50. The best time was 10:06.23.

GOING BACK: Former Atlantic, Northern Iowa and Dordt runner Craig Alan Becker, now a redshirt junior at Arkansas State, narrowly missed qualifying for the 800 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor meet in Birmingham, AL, on Feb. 23. Becker ran 1:56.76 in Heat 1 that was won in 1:54.94.

At the Feb. 22 Chili Chase in Davenport, former Pleasant Valley prep Devin Allbaugh, 35, of Bettendorf was the winner of the four-mile race. The leader of the Running Wild Elite squad ran 20:25 to top teammate Eliott Klauer, 29, of Bettendor by 50 seconds. RWE’s Dan Froeschle, 35, of Davenport was third in 21:20. He competed for Davenport Assumption.

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Reporting by Lance Bergeson, Des Moines Register / Des Moines Register

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