AMES, Iowa – After earning a pair of wins in Friday’s doubleheader against Houston (18-9, 2-4 Big 12) and securing the series win, Iowa State (11-15, 2-4 Big 12) dropped Saturday’s series finale to the Cougars in five innings, 10-2.

Houston exploded for a nine-run first inning which powered the victory, recording 9 hits and 10 RBI on the afternoon.

The Cyclones were limited to just three hits on the day as ISU left five runners on base throughout the contest.

Carli Spelhaug, Maddie Knowles and Alesia Ranches had hits for the Cyclones with both Ranches and Poole earning RBI. Milaysia Ochoa and Tiana Poole each drew a walk.

Tatum Johnson (0-1) started the game for the Cyclones and was quickly relieved by Jaiden Ralston who went for 3.1 innings of action. Karlie Charles also saw the circle, as she hurled 1.2 innings and gave up just one hit.

A pair of Cougars had multiple hits as both Lair Beautae and Shelby Smith had two on the afternoon. Beautae had a game-high four RBI, as she powered a grand slam over the center field wall in the first.

Paris Lehman (5-2) tossed a complete game and earned the win after receiving just her second loss of the season on Friday.

How it Happened

Houston went all the way through the order in the first frame, as UH tallied 13 at-bats in the top of the first. The Cougars plated nine runs thanks to four RBI singles, a bases-loaded HBP and a grand slam.

After falling behind by nine, Iowa State had its work cut out for it. The Cyclones dented the Houston lead by one in the bottom of the frame, bringing a runner home. Ochoa drew a leadoff walk and two at-bats later was driven home from first thanks to Ranches’s second triple of the weekend.

The Cougars tacked on one final run in the second, as Coleman belted a ball into the right field street to make it 10-1 in favor of Houston.

ISU was scoreless in both the second and third, but Spelhaug broke the dry spout by powering her sixth long ball of the season over the left field fence in the fourth.

Neither team was able to add anything in the fifth as the game ended in a run-rule, 2-10.

Girls Shuttle Hurdle:

#2 Missouri Valley – 42.28 (Ferris, Miller, Parrott, Gute)
#5 Woodbine – 43.79 (Coenen, Leaders, Schafter, Neligh)
#8 Coon Rapids-Bayard – 46.42 (Cook, Klocke, Eddy, Hofbauer)

Girls 1600 Medley:

#4 Woodbine – 4:48.75 ( Hoefer, Leaders, Pryor, Cogdill)
#8 Missouri Valley – 5:03.96

Girls 4x800m Relay:

#5 Woodbine – 11:22.45 (Seda, Lapel, Placek, Barry)

Girls 60m Dash:

#7 Lauren Cook (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 8.84
#8 Tyrika Floyd (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 8.90

Girls 4×200 Relay:

#7 Woodbine – 2:01.52 (Coenen, Leaders, Cogdill, Hoefer)

Girls 1500m Run:

#4 Adyson Lapel (Woodbine) – 5:40.86

Girls 400m Run:

#5 Amelia Eddy (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 1:08.15

Girls 800m Run:

#4 Katy Pryor (Woodbine) – 2:39.12

Girls 200m Dash:

#8 Lauren Cook (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 29.62

Girls 4x400m Relay:

#7 Woodbine – 4:55.08 (Neligh, Coenen, Cogdill, Seda)

Boys Shuttle Hurdle:

#2 Coon Rapids-Bayard – 37.91 (Obert, Oswald, Hays, Heydon)
#3 Carroll – 40.02 (Klocke, Tedrow, Rowedder, Smith)
#4 Audubon – 40.20 (Schultes, Steckler, Jensen, Henkle)
#7 Missouri Valley – 40.84 (Herman, Janssen, Neill, Becerra)

Boys 1600m Medley:

#2 Carroll – 3:57.81 (Taylor, Ragaller, Heisterkamp, North)
#6 Woodbine – 4:08.30 (Blum, Moores, Pryor, Burgmeyer)

Boys 4x800m Relay:

#2 Caroll – 9:15.70 (Kruth, Schaeffer, Molinsky, Wierderin)

Boys 1600m Hurdles:

#3 Cal Heydon (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 9.19
#4 Lucas Obert (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 9.27
#8 Owen Klocke (Carroll) – 9.52

Boys 60m Dash:

#1 Caden Oswald (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 7.18
#4 Kobly Culbertson (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 7.37

Boys 4x200m Relay:

#2 Coon Rapids-Bayard – 1:38.73 (Oswald, Culbertson, Hays, Oswald)
#5 Missouri Valley – 1:40.69 (Dworak, Knudsen, Dowd, Handlos)

Boys 1600m Run:

#1 Ryan North (Carroll) – 4:50.13
#7 Blake Molinsky (Carroll) – 5:09.05

Boys 400m Dash:

#1 Zeke Konkler (Audubon) – 54.26
#4 Landon Blum (Woodbine) – 57.13

Boys 800m Run:

#2 Colton Hagen (Carroll) – 2:13.85
#7 Brody Schultes (Audubon) – 2:21

Boys 200m Dash:

#2 Brody Pryor (Woodbine) – 24.39
#3 Zeke Konkler (Audubon) – 24.48
#4 Mason Steckler (Audubon) – 24.61
#6 Rush Knudsen (Missouri Valley – 25.07

Boys 4x400m Relay:

#2 Missouri Valley – 3:47.29 (Herman, Dworak, Janssen, O’Dowd)
#4 Audubon – 3:49.67 (Schultes, Konkler, Obrecht, Steckler)
#6 Carroll – 3:54.67 (Mollhoff, Stitz, White, Schaeffer)

Boys High Jump:

#2 Landon Blum (Woodbine) – 6-01.00
#3 Kolby Culbertson (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 6-01.00

Boys Long Jump:

#4 Chase Ragaller (Carroll) – 18-00.00
#6 Mason Culbertson (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 17-10.00
#7 Parker Hays (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 17-08.00

Boys Shot Put:

#2 Jax Pryor (Woodbine) – 46-00
#3 Cal Heyton (Coon Rapids-Bayard) – 44-06.25
#7 Vinny Zappia (Missouri Valley) – 43-01.75
#8 Eli Jorgensen (Audubon) – 42-03.25

Boys 60m Dash:

#3 Cash Emgarten (Exira-EHK) – 7.24
#11 Luke Sternberg (AHSTW) – 7.42
#12 Peyton Cook (Griswold) – 7.42

Boys 200m Dash:

#1 Luke Sternberg (AHSTW) – 23.62
#6 Braylon Dawes (Panorama) – 24.45
#7 Peyton Cook (Griswold) – 24.51
#14 Cash Emgarten (Exira-EHK) – 24.92

Boys 400m Dash:

#4 Luke Sternberg (AHSTW) – 54.61
#7 Cabel Hatch (AHSTW) – 55.52
#12 Jonas LaCanne (Exira-EHK) – 57.16
#16 Gavin Newcomb (AHSTW) – 57.68

Boys 800m Run:

#11 Chase Wheatley (AHSTW) – 2:32.33
#13 Ty Nelson (AHSTW) – 2:23.62
#15 Laytyn Ashworth (Panorama) – 2:25.01
#17 Brayden Lockwood (Griswold) – 2:25.16

Boys 1600m Run:

#9 Noah Poldberg (Panorama) – 4:59.46
#10 Colin Harder (AHSTW) – 5:03.54
#15 Holden Jensen (Griswold) – 5:18.37
#17 Austin Rasmussen (Exira-EHK) – 5:18.60
#18 Cody Dorscher (Griswold) – 5:18.83

Boys 3200m Run:

#3 Noah Poldberg (Panorama) – 10:41.60
#4 Colin Harder (AHSTW) – 10:43.82
#10 Austin Rasmussen (Exira-EHK) – 11:16.99
#11 Holden Jensen (Griswold) – 11:20.19
#13 Cody Dorscher (Griswold) – 11:24.93

Boys 60m Hurdles:

#2 Peyton Cook (Griswold) – 8.68
#3 Gavin Newcomb (AHSTW) – 8.73

Boys 4x200m Relay:

#6 Panorama – 1:43.02
#11 Exira-EHK – 1:47.07

Boys 4x400m Relay:

#8 Panorama – 3:57.82

Boys 4x800m Relay:

#6 Panorama – 9:25.06
#7 Griswold – 9:29.32
#9 AHSTW – 9:54.41

Boys High Jump:

#3 Cash Emgarten (Exira-EHK) – 1.83m
#11 Braylon Dawes (Panorama) – 1.72m

Boys Long Jump:

#10 Reed Draper (Panorama) – 5.65m
#20 Bode Wyman (Griswold) – 5.40m

Boys Shot Put:

#2 Tom Mikkelsen (Creston) – 14.29m
#5 Jett Peterson (AHSTW) – 13.57m
#17 Cristian Monrroy-Nunez (Panorama) – 11.94m

The Audubon Wheelers girls track season is underway. There is a slight difference this year for the Wheelers team as they have added 11 girls from the Exira-EHK school  district to make a co-op for this track season. The Wheelers have been trying to adapt to the new co-op and things seem to be going really well. Audubon is coached by Aleana Christensen.

Coach Christensen commented on how well the team is adapting to the new co-op with Exira-EHK this season.

Coach Christensen had this to say on how last year’s track season went.

Coach Christensen explained how pleased she is with the focus her team has been taking to conditioning for the upcoming season.

Coach Christensen talked about some of the standout athletes for this year’s team.

The Wheelers next meet will be the Audubon Girls Early Bird meet on Tuesday March 26th. That meet will get underway at 4:30 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa NCAA champion Rivaldo Marshall was named the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Midwest Region Men’s Athlete of the Year, the USTFCCCA announced. This is the first time a Hawkeye has won the award since Jenoah McKiver earned the honor in 2022. 

Marshall, a junior from Kingston, Jamaica, was the 2024 indoor 800-meter national champion, winning the event in 1:46.96. He is the second indoor NCAA title winner in men’s school history and the first in a running event. Marshall holds Iowa’s school record in the 800 meters, posting a 1:46.86 at the Tyson Invite on Feb. 10. 

Marshall’s career as a Hawkeye began with a facility record-setting performance at the Jimmy Grant Invite, running a 1:47.83. His debut earned him the USTFCCCA Men’s National Division I Athlete of the Week honor, the first ever by a member of the Iowa men’s track and field team.

In his career, Marshall is a three-time 800-meter national champion. At Indian Hills, Marshall won the 2022 outdoor and 2023 indoor 800-meter NJCAA championships. He is now an eight-time All-American during his career as an NJCAA and NCAA competitor.

Marshall and the Hawkeyes open indoor season with the USF Alumni Invitational on Friday, March 15, in Tampa, Florida.

The top seeded Drake women raced out to a 30 point lead and beat Indiana State 79-57 in the quarterfinal round of the Missouri Valley Tournament in the Quad Cities.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. Grace Berg led three Bulldogs in double figures with 18 points as Drake advances to Saturday’s semifinal round.