IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa cross country released its 2025 schedule, it was announced by associate head coach of cross country Randy Hasenbank on Wednesday.

Iowa opens the season hosting the Hawkeye Invite on Friday, Sept. 5 at Ashton Cross Country Course in Iowa City. Three regular season meets follow the season opener, beginning with the Roy Griak Invite in Minneapolis on Sept. 19. This will be Iowa’s first trip to the Roy Griak meet since 2016.

The Hawkeyes travel to South Bend, Indiana, for the Joe Piane Invite on the campus of the University of Notre Dame for one of the premier meets in the country on Oct. 3. After a week off, Iowa will head to the Pre-Nationals meet in Columbia, Missouri, on Oct. 17.

Postseason competition begins on Oct. 31 with the Big Ten Cross Country Championships, hosted by Michigan State University in East Lansing. The 2025 NCAA Midwest Regional will be held in Stillwater, Oklahoma, at the Greiner Family Cross Country Course on Nov. 14. The NCAA Cross Country Championships will be contested at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia for the first time since it opened in 2019.

The full schedule is below.

2025 Schedule
Sept. 5 – Hawkeye Invite (Iowa City, Iowa)
Sept. 19 – Roy Griak Invite (Minneapolis)
Oct. 3 – Joe Piane Invite (South Bend, Ind.)
Oct. 17 – Pre-Nationals Meet (Columbia, Mo.)
Oct. 31 – Big Ten Cross Country Championships (East Lansing, Mich.)
Nov. 14 – NCAA Midwest Regional (Stillwater, Okla.)
Nov. 22 – NCAA Cross Country Championships (Columbia, Mo.)

Class 3A Substate Finals 

Region 1: Bishop Heelan Catholic – 4 vs Harlan – 2

Region 2: Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 2 vs MOC-Floyd Valley – 0 in 9 innings

Region 3: Boone – 3 vs Humboldt – 2 in 11 innings

Region 4: Wahlert Catholic – 8 vs Western Dubuque – 1

Region 5: Assumption – 5 vs Mount Vernon – 0

Region 6: Pella – 5 vs Clear Creek Amana – 2

Region 7: Carlisle – 11 vs North Polk – 5

Region 8: Saydel – 2 vs Benton – 1

Class 4A Substate Finals 

Region 1: Sioux City East – 5 vs Lewis Central – 1

Region 2: Waukee Northwest – 2 vs Southeast Polk – 1

Region 3: Waukee – 7 vs Cedar Rapids Kennedy – 6

Region 4: Johnston – 5 vs WDM Valley – 2

Region 5: Prairie – 11 vs Cedar Falls – 4

Region 6: Iowa City High – 1 vs Indianola – 0

Region 7: Iowa City Liberty – 6 vs Linn-Mar – 5

Region 8: Bettendorf  – 4 vs Dubuque Hempstead – 3

Even as he enters his senior season Iowa kicker Drew Stevens feels he still needs to earn his spot in the lineup. The native of South Carolina is 83-of-84 in PATs and 57-of-64 in field goal attempts during his Hawkeye career. He is fourth in program history in field goals.

Stevens says the key for him is timing and finding the sweet spot.

Stevens was a third team All Big Ten selection as a junior. His 245 career points ranks seventh on Iowa’s all-time list.

Drake basketball coach Eric Henderson says he is close to finalizing a non-conference schedule for his first season as head coach. The slate includes an appearance in the Emerald Coast Classic with a first round game against LSU.

Finding power conference schools willing to schedule home and home series is virtually impossible for a mid-major program and it does not help when you have had a string of success like the Bulldogs, who were 4-1 against power conference schools in posting a 31-4 record last season.

Henderson was a supporter of keeping a 20-game Missouri Valley Conference, even with Missouri State’s exit to Conference USA.

The Southwest Valley Baseball team only had two upperclassmen on this year’s roster. Neither of them were seniors. A group that featured seven players who are waiting to begin their freshmen year took the field and played to the best of their ability according to Head Coach Keegan Longabaugh.

Like Longabaugh said, it wasn’t a completely new roster this year with roughly half the starters returning. A lot of heart and consistency really boosted this Timberwolves team.

Southwest Valley scored at least ten runs in eight of their ten wins this season including 14 or more in four victories. Even when the runs weren’t on the board, the bats weren’t dead.

The Timberwolves had four everyday starters swing at least .300 throughout the season including Junior Gavin Wetzel who had the best-earned run average on the roster also. Wetzel, being one of the two seniors next year means his leadership will be pivotal.

A 10-11 season is only a glimpse of what this team is capable of in the near future. Southwest Valley will return everyone and look to get above .500 and beyond in 2026.

(Radio Iowa) – It’s estimated a single weekend of NASCAR racing generates 100-million dollars for central Iowa’s economy, and one of the sport’s top drivers — who’s won the checked flag twice at the Iowa Speedway — believes the top-level races will continue in Newton. Christopher Bell, who drives the number-20 car for Joe Gibbs Racing on the circuit, says he’s very much looking forward to coming back for the Iowa Corn 350 the first weekend in August.

NASCAR has owned the Newton facility for more than a decade and has sold out the 30-thousand seat stadium for next month’s weekend of contests. The 30-year-old Oklahoma native says the Iowa Speedway is an ideal short track, which Bell calls his “bread and butter.”

Bell is ranked 6th overall in the Cup Series with three wins and eight top ten finishes. He won back-to-back Xfinity races at the Iowa Speedway in 2018 and 2019, and finished fourth in last year’s first Cup Series race at the track. Bell started his racing career in micro-sprints and sprint cars, and did plenty of racing in Iowa in his early days.

The Newton track is right along Interstate 80, about 35 miles east of Des Moines. Iowa boasts having more dirt tracks per capita than any other state.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa swimming and diving released its 2025-26 season schedule, head coach Nathan Mundt announced Tuesday.

The Hawkeyes will host five meets, including the four-day Hawkeye Invitational, at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City.

Iowa opens its campaign in October with consecutive home meets. The Hawkeyes welcome in-state rival UNI on the 10th, before entertaining Minnesota on the 31st.

After a road contest at Purdue on Nov. 7, Iowa returns home to host its annual Hawkeye Invitational Nov. 18-21.

Flipping the calendar to 2026, the Hawkeyes enter a busy month of January with five meets. Iowa takes on UCLA in Los Angeles Jan. 9-11. The following weekend, the Iowa swimmers will head to Champaign, Illinois, for a tri-meet with Illinois and Nebraska. The Hawkeyes will host the Fighting Illini and Huskers in a diving-only competition Jan. 16-17.

Iowa’s home finale is Jan. 30, when St. Thomas comes to town for Senior Day. The Hawkeyes wrap up the regular season with the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk meet against Iowa State in Ames on Jan. 31.

Postseason competition begins with the Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis from Feb. 18-21. The 2026 NCAA Zone Diving Championships will be held in College Station, Texas, March 9-11. The NCAA Championships will be hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 18-21.

Full 2025-26 Schedule
October
Oct. 10 – vs. UNI (5:00 pm)
Oct. 31 – vs. Minnesota (1:30 pm)

November
Nov. 7 – at Purdue (3:00 pm)
Nov. 18-21 – vs. Hawkeye Invitational

January
Jan. 9-11 – at UCLA
Jan. 16-17 – vs. Illinois/Nebraska (Swimming @ Illinois; Diving @ CRWC)
Jan. 30 – vs. St. Thomas (5:00 pm | Senior Day)
Jan. 31 – at Iowa State (1:00 pm | Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

February
Feb. 18-21 – at Big Ten Championships (Minneapolis)

March
March 9-11 – at Zone Diving Championships (College Station, Texas)
March 18-21 – at NCAA Championships (Atlanta, Georgia)