Drake Relays highlighted by five local events Friday

The Drake Relays continued Friday with five locals in action, with four competitors setting new PRs.

The day started with Iowa Falls-Alden’s Izzy Janssen competing in the girls 100-meter hurdles. Running in the event for the second year in a row, she set a new PR of 14.95, placing 16th and missing the finals.

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Hampton-Dumont-CAL’s Maren Subbert placed ninth in the girls discus. She reached a PR of 130-09 on her third throw of the first round to qualify for the finals with the ninth-best mark. However she scratched on two of her three finals throws.

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Grundy Center’s Allison Koch was eighth in the girls high jump, tying a PR of 5-5. She cleared 5-3 and 5-5 on her third attempts before missing all on 5-7.
Competing in the event for the second straight year, Grundy Center’s Grace Storjohann set a new PR in the 800, placing ninth in 2:12.94. It was a tightly contested race, with all 16 runners entering with seed times within two seconds.

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Grundy Center’s Brayden Davie competed in the meet as an individual for the first time, and placed ninth in the 400. He finished in a PR of 49.41.

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Local action will continue Saturday with the following events: