(Radio Iowa) – Nearly 4000 runners from 42 states will gather at Saylorville Dam Saturday morning for the Dam to Des Moines Half Marathon. Race Director Michael Zimmerman says the run is expected to draw its largest crowd since before the pandemic.

The event was established in 1980 and was known as the Dam to Dam race.

Zimmerman says it is one of the few and biggest point-to-point running events in the country.

Zimmerman says there will be plenty of activities downtown after the race.

It is Iowa against North Carolina Friday night in the opening round of an NCAA baseball regional in Terre Haute, Indiana. The second seeded Hawkeyes are 42-14 and have feasted on bullpens in averaging nearly eight-and-a-half runs per game. Coach Rick Heller says that will be a tougher challenge against the Tar Heels.

Heller says the Bullpen may be North Carolina’s biggest strength. The Tar Heels are 35-22.

It is Iowa’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017 and the Hawkeyes believe they have what it takes to make a deep run.

Heller says the Hawkeyes have played with energy and confidence in winning 17 of their last 21 games.

Heller says the key will be how his team plays.

The opening game of the regional has top seeded Indiana State taking on Wright State.

Deputy Director of Athletics and Chief Operating Officer Beth Goetz Thursday, October 27, 2022 (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Beth Goetz has been named the University of Iowa’s interim director of athletics, effective Aug. 1.

Goetz, who currently serves as deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer, will hold the Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair. She was named interim AD after current athletics director Gary Barta announced May 26 that he will retire after 17 years at the university.

Goetz joined the Iowa athletics staff in September 2022 from Ball State University, where she served as director of athletics for four years. At Ball State, she supervised 19 Division I sports teams, all head coaches, and senior staff. Before that, she served as the chief operating officer/senior woman administrator in the University of Connecticut athletics department from 2016-18. She previously served as the University of Minnesota’s deputy athletics director from 2013-15 and interim athletics director during the 2015-16 season.

Goetz was named to the NCAA Competition Oversight Committee in 2018 and served as vice chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee in 2021-22. She was named by Women Leaders in College Sports as the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS Nike Executive of the Year and recognized by the Indianapolis Business Journal as one of the publication’s 2021 Women of Influence.

A former soccer student-athlete and college coach, she received a Bachelor of Arts from Clemson University in 1996 and a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2000.

A national search for Barta’s permanent replacement is planned for sometime in early 2024.

Goetz’s appointment must be approved by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior outfielder Nia Carter has earned third team All-America honors from Softball America, as it was announced on Thursday.

Carter started every game of the 2023 season in right field and led the team in batting average (.479), hits (101), runs scored (45) and total bases (115). She had a career-high 30 RBIs, third most on the team. Her 101 hits led the Big Ten and is a new single season record at Iowa. She was the second player in Big Ten history to eclipse 100 hits in a season. Her .479 batting average also paced the conference and is second in school history only behind her own freshman year season.

The Rancho Cucamonga, California, native, holds a .415 career average, which ranks first at Iowa. Carter earned first team All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region recognition this season. She is the first Hawkeye to receive All-American honors since 2009.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Start times for three University of Iowa 2023 football games were announced on Wednesday by the Big Ten Conference in conjunction with BTN, ESPN, CBS, NBC and FOX television networks.

The Hawkeyes open the season with three straight nonconference games. The Sept. 2 season-opener against Utah State is slated for an 11 a.m. (CT) kickoff on FS1.

The annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game at Iowa State begins at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 and will be televised on FOX and Iowa’s nonconference finale against Western Michigan will also have a 2:30 p.m. start time, airing on BTN.

FryFest is also part of opening weekend. Slated for Friday, Sept. 1, FryFest is held at the Iowa River Landing and celebrates everything Hawkeye. The Iowa Letterwinners Club will celebrate the 2023 Hall of Fame class throughout the weekend.

Iowa’s road contest at Penn State (Sept. 23) was previously announced as a primetime 7 p.m. telecast on CBS. That kickoff time has changed to 6:30 p.m.

Iowa’s Homecoming game is Oct. 7, with the Hawkeyes hosting Purdue. The contest against the Boilermakers will kick at either 2:30, 3, or 6:30 p.m. with the network broadcast yet to be determined.

The final game of the regular season, Friday, Nov. 24 at Nebraska, will begin at 11 a.m. with CBS carrying the game.

Kickoff times for all other games will be selected during the in-season 12-/6-day selection process, per the media rights agreements between the Big Ten Conference and its television partners.

AMES, Iowa – The Big 12 Conference has announced television broadcast assignments for Iowa State’s football non-conference games.

The Cyclones’ season-opener against Northern Iowa on Sept. 2 at MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium will be on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ at 1 p.m. Iowa State owns three-straight wins against the Panthers after beating UNI, 16-10, in the last meeting in 2021.

Iowa State’s second game, a home tilt against Iowa in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on Sept. 9, will kick off at 2:30 p.m. with the game being televised on FOX. The Cyclones are looking to win back-to-back games against the Hawkeyes for the first time since 2011 and 2012.

The Cyclones conclude the non-conference schedule on the road Sept. 16 against Ohio. The game will be televised at 11 a.m. on ESPN2 or ESPNU. The game is the return trip of a home-and-home series against the Bobcats after ISU won last season’s meeting, 43-10.

Iowa State returns 15 starters from last year’s team, eight on offense and seven on the defensive side of the ball, for Matt Campbell’s eighth season at the school.

2023 Iowa State Football Schedule

Sept. 2                  UNI (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) – 1 p.m.
Sept. 9                  %IOWA (FOX) – 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 16                at Ohio (ESPN2 or ESPNU) – 11 a.m.|
Sept. 23                *OKLAHOMA STATE – TBA
Sept. 30                *at Oklahoma – TBA
Oct. 7                    *TCU (Jack Trice Legacy Game Presented by Nationwide) – TBA
Oct. 14                  *at Cincinnati – TBA
Oct. 28                  *at Baylor – TBA
Nov. 4                   *KANSAS (Homecoming) – TBA
Nov. 11                 *at BYU – TBA
Nov. 18                 *TEXAS – TBA
Nov. 25                 *at Kansas State – TBA
Dec. 2                    &at Big 12 Championship
All Times Central
HOME GAMES IN CAPS
*Big 12 Conference Game
%Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
&at Arlington, Texas

SOFTBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Clarinda 6, Red Oak 4
Glenwood 5, Shenandoah 4
Lewis Central 7, Harlan 0
Kuemper Catholic 13, Ogden 5

Western Iowa Conference

CB Thomas Jefferson 7, AHSTW 1
Riverside 8, Treynor 4
Sioux City North 14, Underwood 2

Rolling Valley Conference

Exira-EHK 9, Glidden-Ralston 4
CAM 9, Boyer Valley 4
Woodbine 13, Ar-We-Va 0

Pride of Iowa Conference

I-35 13, Central Decatur 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 7, Des Moines Christian 4
Murray 7, Lenox 4
Orient-Macksburg 10, East Union 4
Panorama 13, IKM-Manning 3
Southeast Warren 6, Earlham 1
West Central Valley 9, Southwest Valley 3

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Kuemper Catholic 3, Underwood 2
Creston 10, I-35 4
Glenwood 11, Shenandoah 3
Lewis Central 14, Harlan 4
St. Albert 13, Logan-Magnolia 4
Red Oak 3, Clarinda 1

Western Iowa Conference

Stanton 6, IKM-Manning 1
Stanton 4, IKM-Manning 1
East Mills vs. AHSTW 19, East Mills 10 (A: Brayden Lund 4 hits, 6 RBI)
Treynor 8, Des Moines Christian 7

Rolling Valley Conference

Exira-EHK 10, Glidden-Ralston 3
CAM 15, Boyer Valley 8
Woodbine 15, Ar-We-Va 0

Pride of Iowa Conference

Clarke 7, Central Decatur 6
Lenox 13, Murray 0
Madrid 10, Martensdale-St. Marys 1
Earlham 6, Southeast Warren 3
West Central Valley 15, Southwest Valley 0

Girls State Soccer Quarterfinals
05/31/2023

Class 1A

#1 Des Moines Christian 2, #8 Hudson 0
#4 Gilbert 2, #5 Underwood 0
#7 Bishop Heelan 1, #2 Nevada 0
#3 Davenport Assumption 2, #6 Van Meter 0

Class 2A

#1 Waverly-Shell Rock 4, #8 North Polk 1
#4 Pella 1, #5 ADM 0
#2 Dallas Center-Grimes 10, #7 Marion 0
#3 North Scott 3, #6 Spencer 0

Class 3A

#1 Waukee Northwest 2, #8 Ankeny Centennial 0
#4 West Des Moines Valley 2,  #5 Pleasant Valley 0
#7 Dowling Catholic 1, #2 Ankeny 0
#3 Johnston 5, #6 Linn-Mar 0

Semifinals on Friday, June 2nd

Class 1A

#1 Des Moines Christian (15-2) vs. #4 Gilbert (14-2) 10:00 a.m.
#7 Bishop Heelan (16-3) vs. #3 Davenport Assumption (14-4) 10:15 a.m.

Class 2A

#1 Waverly-Shell Rock (17-1) vs. #4 Pella (15-2) 12:30 p.m.
#2 Dalla s Center-Grimes (16-3) vs. #3 North Sott (14-3) 12:45 p.m.

Class 3A

#1 Waukee Northwest (17-1) vs. #4 WDM Valley (15-3) 3:00 p.m.
#7 Dowling Catholic (11-6) vs. #3 Johnston (14-4) 3:15 p.m.

Former Iowa standout Micah Hyde says an injury that forced him to miss nearly all of last season helped give him perspective. The Buffalo Bills safety is preparing for his 11th season in the NFL after being sidelined last year with a week two neck injury.

Hyde says he has not changed how he prepares for the season despite last year’s injury.

Hyde began his career in Green Bay and twice has been named second team All-Pro.