Angelica Attinger earns two bronze state track medals; girls finish 15th

Girls track and field wrapped up the 2024 season with a 15th-place finish at the IGHSAU/IHSAA State Track & Field Championships in Des Moines. The finish in the team standings came as a satisfying mark as all scorers from this year’s state team are back in 2025.

Angelica Attinger earned two bronze medals – one individual and one relay – to lead the Little Cyclones’ weekend. Attinger recorded a 1:03.33 time in the 400 M Hurdles to take third, soon after earning a bronze in the 4×200 M Relay. The sophomore was the lead leg of the Attinger-Edyn Cowles-Saylor Horras-Sophia Hatcher card. In the 400 M Hurdles, Attinger was accompanied by Brenna Van Cleave, who finished ninth with a time of 1:06.40.

Other scorers for the Little Cyclones included:

• Girls 3000 M | Marley Turk (7th, 10:18.66), Lauren Risdal (8th, 10:19.43)
• Girls Long Jump | Sophia Hatcher (7th, 17-02.00)
• Girls 4×400 M Relay | Angelica Attinger-Saylor Horras-Katie Campbell-Marley Turk

The Little Cyclones also had several events slip into non-scoring top-10 finishes: Sophia Hatcher (9th – 200 M, 25.63), Marley Turk (9th – 1500 M, 4:43.43), Angelica Attinger-Sophia Hatcher-Camryn Johnson-Elia Varghese (9th – Shuttle Hurdle Relay, 1:06.71).

FULL AMES RESULTS: https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/37864/teams/879779