Area’s Drake Relays qualifiers

DES MOINES — The acceptance list for the 2022 Drake Relays was released over the weekend, and there is a lot to be excited about for Union area teams.

Included in the 2022 qualifying list are three Union area athletes that will be seeded at the top of their respective event.

On the girls’ side, Mt. Pleasant senior Jadan Brumbaugh is the top seed, as she tries to make it back-to-back Drake Relay championships in the shot put. Mid-Prairie sophomore Danielle Hostetler is the favorite in the 1500-meter run after finishing ninth last season.

A co-favorite in the boys’ high jump is New London junior Kade Benjamin. He will be making his Drake Relays debut. Also in that event is Mid-Prairie’s Cain Brown, who took fourth at Drake last season.

The high school portion of the Drake Relays begins on Thursday. A full schedule can be found on the Drake Relays schedule. Listed below are the area’s qualifiers, with their seeds in the event.

GIRLS

400-meter dash: 8. Mitzi Evans (12), Mid-Prairie

1500: 1. Danielle Hostetler (10), Mid-Prairie;

100-meter hurdles: 8. Anna Dunlap (12), Fairfield; 27. Kelsey Pacha (12), Fairfield.

400-meter hurdles: 16. Kelsey Pacha (12), Fairfield

4X100: Mid-Prairie: 32. Emma Lueck (10), Alyssa McDowell (12), Tabitha Evans (11) and Mitzi Evans (12); 46. Fairfield: Danielle Breen (12), Kiya Robertson (11), Coty Engle (11) and Anna Dunlap (12); 66. Mt. Pleasant: Courtney Raub (10), Kenna Lamm (12), Tristian Shull (11) and Andi Scott (10); 81. Highland: Katelyn Waters (11), Sarah Burton (10), Grace Prybil (10) and Mackenzie McFarland (11).

Shuttle hurdle relay: 4. Fairfield: Anna Dunlap (12), Maya Lane (10), Mallory Lyon (12) and Kelsey Pacha (12).

Sprint medley: 13. Mid-Prairie: 1. Madeline Schrader (11), Amara Jones (11), Tabitha Evans (11) and Mitzi Evans (12).

Long jump: 12. Kelsey Pacha (12), Fairfield; 21. Sarah Burton (10) Highland.

Discus: 16. Kerrigan Pope (12), Pekin.

Shot put: 1. Jadan Brumbaugh (12) Mt. Pleasant; 20. Jobey Malone (12), Winfield-Mount Union.

BOYS

400-meter dash: 9. River Patterson (12) Fairfield; 14. Elijah Morris (11) Washington.

1600: 16. Lance Sobaski (12), Washington.

800: 14. Lance Sobaski (12), Washington.

110-meter high hurdles: 22. Simeon Reichenbach (11), WACO.

4X100: 30. Washington: Ethan Patterson (11), Lucas Kroll (12), Jacob Miller (12) and Elijah Morris (11); 42. New London Boden Pickle (11), Joel Lacy (12), Reean Seberg (11) and Josh Catala (12); 71. Mid-Prairie: Tyler Helmuth (12), Cain Brown (11), Will Cavanagh (12) and Carter Harmsen (12); 74. Fairfield: Connor Lyons (12), River Patterson (12), Tallon Bates (10) and Aiden Lyons (11); 92. Mt. Pleasant: Bryce Wilson (11), Will Davidson (11), Morgan Van Nyhuis (12) and Avin Truong (9).

Distance medley: 3. Washington: Ethan Patterson (11), Jacob Miller (12), Elijah Morris (11) and Lance Sobaski (12).

High jump: 1. Kade Benjamin (11), New London; 8. Cain Brown (11), Mid-Prairie.

Long jump: 10. Will Davidson (11), Mt. Pleasant.

Discus: 11. Carter Allen (12), New London.

Shot put: 13. Carter Allen (12), New London; 17. Brayden Hartman (11), Washington.