After finishing second in the discus on Friday, Hampton-Dumont-Cal’s Charlee Morton successfully defended her Drake Relay’s shot put title with a winning throw of 46 feet, nine and a quarter inch.

Her best throw was on her sixth and final attempt.

Clear Creek-Amana’s Landon Prince is a double winner at the Drake Relays. After winning the shot put title on Friday Prince won the high school boys’ discuss with a winning throw of 185 feet and a quarter inch. Prince has made dramatic improvement over last season when he finished 18th in the discus.

Prince has doubled his throwing distance in the shot put in the last three years.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Georgia Tech transfer Chazadi ‘Chit-Chat’ Wright has signed a scholarship agreement with the University of Iowa women’s basketball team, it was announced Thursday by P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Jan Jensen.

A sophomore-to-be, Wright will have three seasons remaining as a Hawkeye.

The Atlanta, Georgia, native played in all 33 games with 12 starts as a freshman, averaging 7.2 points and 2.2 rebounds. Wright reached double figures 10 times, including a season-high 16 points against Pitt with four made threes. She had a season-high seven assists against Rice.

Wright, who played under new Iowa assistant LaSondra Barrett with the Yellow Jackets, earned her first start at No. 3 Notre Dame, finishing with 10 points and five assists.

A standout at Wesleyan School, Wright was a four-star recruit according to ESPN HoopGurlz and a two-time all-state selection by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She led Wesleyan to a pair of regional titles and was named Region 7 Class 3A Player of the Year in 2023. Wright surpassed 1,000 career points as a junior and was a three-year team captain.

“We are thrilled with the addition of Chit Chat to our team,” said Jensen. “She is a skilled and explosive guard that is relentless on both ends of the floor. She is a great fit in every way, and I can’t wait for our fans to watch her play.”

DES MOINES, Iowa – The University of Iowa track and field team wrapped up day one of competition at the Drake Relays and Kip Janvrin Open Thursday afternoon. Freshmen standouts Luke Knepp and Abraham Vogelsang highlighted the day with a top collegiate finish and all-time list update, respectively.

“We kicked off the Drake Relays with a terrific day led by Abraham Vogelsang scoring a huge personal best in the decathlon to finish third place and currently ranked top five in the NCAA,” Director of track and field Joey Woody said. “Luke Knepp came back after a huge personal best last week at Bryan Clay to finish as the top collegian in the Steeplechase and win our first Drake Relays flag of the weekend. Luke is having a terrific redshirt freshman season.

“I was proud of how well Lizzy (Korczak) and Mike (Stein) competed today in a loaded field. It wasn’t their best performance, but they competed very well head to head against some great competition. Yohana (Yual) had a terrific performance and huge personal best in the steeplechase right behind Luke. He broke nine minutes for the first time just a few weeks ago and now he’s a sub 8:50 performer. I’m very excited for how well Yohana is competing his senior season.”

Knepp led the Hawkeyes as the top collegian in the 3,000-meter steeplechase open. The Bettendorf, Iowa, native clocked in 8:43.84 on his way to Iowa’s first flag of the weekend. He finished third amongst all competitors. Teammate Yohana Yual finished in 8:48.32, a personal best and fourth-fastest time in program history.

Vogelsang concluded the decathlon with an incredible second day performance to earn him the bronze with 7,874 points. The freshman from Oslo, Norway, recorded a second-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.18. He also notched three third-place finishes in the shot put (13.82 meters), high jump (1.95 meters), and discus (41.63 meters).

In the women’s World Athletics Continental Tour (WACT) javelin, junior Lizzy Korczak launched a 55.02-meter throw to secure fifth place. On the men’s side, junior Mike Stein recorded a 73.02-meter throw to finish sixth in the WACT javelin.

To finish the night, sophomore Miles Wilson secured the bronze in the men’s 10,000 meters invite with a time of 30:21.98.

Up Next: Iowa continues action at the Drake Relays and begins competition at the Kip Janvrin Open in Indianola tomorrow.

HAWKEYE RESULTS:
* denotes wind assistance

Drake Relays
Men’s Decathlon
3. Abraham Vogelsang – 7,874 points, 2nd at Iowa
8. 100 Meters – 10.94*
4. Long Jump – 7.38 meters*
3. Shot Put – 13.82 meters
3. High Jump – 1.95 meters
6. 400 Meters – 49.50
2. 110-Meter Hurdles – 14.18
3. Discus – 41.63 meters
4. Pole Vault – 4.85 meters
5. Javelin – 51.22 meters
5. 1,500 Meters – 4:43.10

Women’s 800 Meters Unseeded
9. Clare Kelly – 2:11.66, PR
14. Lily Johannes – 2:14.07, PR

Men’s 1,500 Meters Unseeded
14. Carson Lane – 3:55.15
18. Carson Houg – 3:57.16

Women’s 1,500 Meters Unseeded
14. Jalyssa Blazek – 4:31.56, PR
15. Cameron Kalaway – 4:33.38, PR

Men’s 3,000-Meter Steeplechase Open
3. Luke Knepp – 8:43.84, collegiate champion
5. Yohana Yual – 8:48.32, PR, 4th at Iowa
24. Hayden Kuhn – 9:10.94

Women’s 5,000 Meters Unseeded
13. Hillary Trainor – 17:19.57

Women’s 5,000 Meters Open
15. Miriam Sandeen – 16:55.71

Men’s 10,000 Meters Invite
3. Miles Wilson – 30:21.98

Men’s Javelin (WACT)
6. Mike Stein – 73.02 meters

Women’s Javelin (WACT)
5. Lizzy Korczak – 55.02 meters

Kip Janvrin Open
Women’s 1,500 Meters
31. Marissa Long – 4:56.88

Nebraska junior Till Steinforth won a second straight Drake Relays decathlon title and broke a 29-year-old record in the process. Steinforth won five of the 10 events to finish with 8265 points. He broke the record set by Iowa native and former Olympian Kip Janvrin in 1996.

Steinforth competed for Germany in the Paris Olympics and finished third at the World Championships last month. He broke Janvrin’s record in his first outdoor meet of the season.

Two-time Olympian Rudy Winkler set a new Drake Relays record in winning the men’s hammer throw. Winkler’s winning throw was 81-point-08 meters or 266 feet.

The competition was moved up a few hours due to the possibility of severe weather.

Winkler’s record throw came on his third attempt and he knew right away it was a good one.

Winkler finished sixth at the Paris Olympics last year.

The Southwest Valley Boys Tennis team is at the halfway point of the 2025 season and are looking to stay positive and improve as the season progresses. The Timberwolves are looking for their first win of the season, but the athletes are still enjoying their time on the court. Head Coach Steve McGrew appreciates the effort.

Southwest Valley fields a nine-man roster led by Seniors JP Jones and Matthew Means.

Junior Quaid Eddy has one victory on the season along with freshmen Carson Boswell and Carter Giles have a victory of their own as well.

The Timberwolves opened up the season with two matches at home against Harlan in a nail-biting 5-4 loss and a 9-0 loss to Glenwood. After that, the Timberwolves hit the road for another 5-4 loss this time against Creston.  McGrew says despite still looking for the first victory, there have been bright spots in competition.

Southwest Valley looks to build confidence and momentum heading into the second half of the season.

Jordan Gray won two events and finished second in two others to win the Drake Relays heptathlon. The bronze medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games finished with 5,517 points.

Gray set her personal record in the heptathlon of 5.903 points at Drake Stadium at the U-S Championships in 2019.

The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team takes the Big Ten lead into Friday night’s start of a three game series at home against Indiana. The Hawkeyes have excelled in close games in posting a 17-4 record in the league race and coach Rick Heller that will need to continue down the stretch.

Iowa’s last three Big Ten series are against teams near the top of the standings. The Hoosiers are tied for sixth with a record of 12-9.

It matches the top two hitting teams in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes lead the league in hotting while the Hoosiers are second.

A fifty year old record could fall on Saturday in the women’s invitational mile at the Drake Relays. It was April 26 of 1975 when Francie Larrieu Smith won the mile in a record time of four minutes, 40-point-two seconds. Larrieu Smith made five U-S Olympic teams and won more than a dozen U-S championships at various distances. Iowa natives Karissa Schweizer and Shelby Houlihan will be part of the field that will try to run down the record.

Larrieu Smith remembers their was a strong field that day at Drake 50 years ago.

When Larrieu Smith set the record 50 years ago the mile was the marquee event in U-S track and field.

Schweizer finished second in the U-S 1 Mile Road Championship on Tuesday night and will part of Saturday’s field in the mile.

Sioux City native Shelby Houlihan finished fourth on Tuesday night and is the American record holder in the 1500 meters.