Area state track recap from first day

DES MOINES — The state track meet got underway on Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines with several area athletes winning events:

== Reese Brownlee of Clear Lake won the Class 3A girls 400 meter run in a time of 54.84, with Kelly Grobstich of Davenport Assumption finishing second in 55.50. 

== Kadence Huck of Nashua-Plainfield won the Class 1A girls 400 meter run in a time of 55.61. Evelyn Hitzhusen of West Fork finished 10th in the event

== Giovanni Garcia of West Hancock won the Class 1A boys long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 2.75 inches. 

== Gavin Grunhovd of North Iowa won the Class 1A boys 3200 meter run in a time of 9:22.99. Hayden Thompson and Knute Rogne of Lake Mills finished fourth and fifth in the event

Looking at other area athletes that finished in the top ten in their events:

== Charlee Morton of Hampton-Dumont-CAL finished third in the Class 3A girls discus, while Leah Stewart of Charles City finished tenth

== Ray Gretilat of West Hancock finished third in the Class 1A boys shot put, while Braden Halvorson of St. Ansgar finished fourth

== Scarlett Byrnes of Osage finished fourth in the Class 2A girls 3000

== The St. Ansgar girls 4×800 medley relay team finished fourth in Class 1A

== Quinn Street of Osage finished fifth in the Class 2A boys 400 meters, while Holden Reynolds of Forest City finished ninth

== Daniel Sutcliff of St. Ansgar finished seventh in the Class 1A boys 400

== Lauren Hillesland of North Iowa finished 10th in the Class 1A girls 3000

== The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura boys finished 10th in the Class 2A 4×800 medley relay

== Braydin Crum of Central Springs finished tenth in the Class 2A boys long jump

You can see full results by clicking here, and you’ll also hear hourly reports from the state track meet throughout the weekend on our sister stations Mix 107.3 KIOW and B103