Photos from the 2022 state track and field meet

Kelsey Pacha of Fairfield leaps during the long jump at the 2022 state track meet. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Mitzi Evans of Mid-Prairie prepares for the 800-meter run at the Iowa State High School Track and Field Championships. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Mitzi Evans collapses following her state championship run in the 800-meter at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Fairfield’s Maya Lane and Anna Dunlap console one another after the shuttle hurdle relay final, marking the end of their season. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Jayden Stafford competes in the 200-meter wheelchair at the state track and field championships. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Jenna Gilmore, Kenna Lamm, Allie Westercamp and Abby Blint celebrate after making the shuttle hurdle final. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Josie Gilmore leaps over the high jump bar at the 2022 state track championships. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Throwing coach Shawn Striegel and Jadan Brumbaugh embrace after Brumbaugh was crowned state champion in discus. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Lance Sobaski and Elijah Morris hug following Morris’ 400-meter state title win. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Simeon Reichenbach, WACO. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Jonah Clark of WACO throws the shot at the state track meet. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Lance Sobaski and Elijah Morris pose after Morris won the 400-meter state title. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

New London’s Kade Benjamin celebrates after clearing 6’7 at the 2022 state track meet. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)

Hillcrest Academy’s Leah Bontrager runs the 800 during the 2022 state track and field meet. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)

Washington’s Abigail Kleese runs just ahead of Fairfield’s Maddie Jones during the Class 3A girls’ 800-meter run at the 2022 state track and field meet. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)

WACO’s Ellah Kissell runs the anchor leg of the girls’ 4X100 relay during the 2022 state track and field meet. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)

Winfield-Mount Union’s Cam Buffington runs the second leg of the Wolves’ 4X100 at the 2022 state track and field meet. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)

New London’s Seth Bailey, Reean Seberg and Jordan Sharp carry an injured Rylan Martin after the Class 1A boys’ distance medley race at the 2022 state track and field meet. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)

Cardinal’s Isaac Lett hits the finish line of the Class 1A boys’ 200-meter relay at the 2022 state track and field meet. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)

Mt. Pleasant throws coach Shawn Striegel (left) embraces with Jadan Brumbaugh (right) after Brumbaugh’s discus championship on Thursday at the 2022 state track meet. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)

Washington's Elijah Morris kicks to the finish line during the 3A sprint medley relay at the 2022 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, May 21, 2022. The Demons finished third in 1:34.65. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Washington's Lance Sobaski leads Mount Vernon's Carson Sansenbach during the 3A 800-meter run at the 2022 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Sansenbach was eighth in 1:59.18. Sobaski was sixth in 1:58.20. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie's winning 2A distance medley relay team includes from left: Danielle Hostetler, Mitzi Evans, Amara Jones and Madeline Schrader after their win at the 2022 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, May 20, 2022. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)