IGHSAU, IHSAA release assignments for state-qualifying track and field meets

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and the Iowa High School Athletic Association jointly released this season’s state-qualifying track and field assignments Tuesday afternoon.

The co-ed qualifying meets will be held Thursday, May 15. The state meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines will be May 22-24.

There will be eight hosting sites in Class 3A. The top two qualifiers in each event will advance to state at each site as will eight at-large qualifiers.

Class 1A, has 10 hosting sites. First-place finishers in each event automatically qualify and 14 at-large qualifiers will be selected.

Here is where each Hometown Current area school is headed.

Class 3A

At Mount Vernon

Teams — Benton, Grinnell, Mount Vernon, Newton, Solon, South Tama, Washington, Williamsburg

Class 1A

At Lisbon

Teams — Belle Plaine, Bellevue, Calamus-Wheatland, Central City, Don Bosco, Easton Valley, Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Lisbon, Midland, North Cedar, Prince of Peace, Springville, Valley Lutheran, Waterloo Christian

At Lynnville-Sully

Teams — Baxter, BCLUW, BGM, Colfax-Mingo, Collins-Maxwell, GMG, Iowa Valley, Lynnville-Sully, Melcher-Dallas, Meskwaki Settlement, Montezuma, North Mahaska, North Tama, Twin Cedars

At WACO

Teams — Columbus, Danville, English Valleys, Highland, Hillcrest Academy, HLV-TC, Keota, Lone Tree, New London, Pekin, Sigourney, WACO, Wapello, Winfield-Mt Union