This is the second day of the three day Iowa High School Coed State Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. With the exception of a nearly 30 minute delay for a technical snafu, day one was a big success. Great weather was met with outstanding performances in front of a paid crowd exceeding 13,000.

The Raccoon Valley Radio Network listening area had 10 top eight performances on Thursday. Those medal winners and point scorers hope to be joined by others from our area today. All three Raccoon Valley Radio stations and www.raccoonvalleyradio.com will have updates throughout today and well into tonight. Class 1A and 4A schools get things going at 9 a.m. with the 2A and 3A athletes moving in at 2 p.m.

Area top eight place winning events from Thursday, May 17:

Second place- Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley, 1A 3,200 meter run; Kate Crawford, ACGC, 2A 3,000 meter run.

Third place- Earlham boys 1A 4 x 800 meter relay (Alex Caskey-Caleb Swalla-Alex Firch-Jake Willem).

Fourth place- Noah Nelson, ACGC 2A 3,200 meter run

Fifth place- Ella Waddle, Panorama 2A 3,000 meter run

Sixth place- Earlham girls 1A 4 x 800 meter relay (Katie Noah-Kirsten Boyle-Molli Davis-Rachel Luke)

Seventh place- Devyn Kemble, Panorama 2A girls 400 meter dash

Eighth place- Emma Swanson, ACGC 2A 3,000 meter run; Caden Wardyn, ACGC 2A boys’ long jump; Brianna Osterson, Greene County 2A girls long jump