West Central Valley Wildcat

The annual Wildcat Relays at West Central Valley High School this evening will be the last chance for area track and field athletes to qualify for the Drake Relays later this month. The Wildcats girls and boys track teams welcomes athletes from AC/GC, Ankeny Christian, CAM, Glidden-Ralston, Ogden, Van Meter, and Woodward-Granger ahead of tonight’s midnight deadline for qualify for the yearly meet at the Blue Oval in Des Moines. The Drake Relays features several high school events each year including: individual sprint races (100 & 400-meter dash), hurdle competitions (100, 110, and 400), distance races (800, 1500, 1600, 3000, 3200), and field events (high jump, long jump, shot put, discus). Recent graduate Kristen Culp represented West Central Valley last spring in the Drake Relays’ 100-meter hurdles, placing 25 overall with a time of 16.12 seconds. First events of the Wildcat Relays begins around 4:30 p.m. at West Central Valley High School.