Results and analysis from Thursday's Distance Carnival at the 2022 Drake Relays

Greetings from Drake Stadium, home of the 112th Drake Relays, America's Athletic Classic.

The Drake Relays have been running all week — the road races Sunday, the Grand Blue Mile Tuesday, plus the Heptathlon and Decathlon starting Wednesday — but it really picked steam Thursday, with the high school events and Distance Carnival.

Below is an event-by-event look at Thursday's action.

You can watch the action online all week by clicking here. You can access live results all week by clicking here.

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Drake Relays Distance Carnival results

Here are the top three finishers at each of the non-high school Distance Carnival events at Drake Stadium:

Women's 800-meter

1. Kassidy Johnson, Kansas State — 2:06.39

2. Macy Heinz, Kansas State — 2:07.65

3. Alex Ferguson, Kansas State — 2:08.10

Men's 800-meter

1. Nate Sloan, Unattached — 1:49.47

2. Mike Jasa, Loras — 1:50.41

3. Joe Morrison, Illinois State — 1:50.94

Women's 1,500-meter

1. Kelby Anderson, North Dakota State — 4:23.31

2. Ella Byers, South Dakota — 4:24.35

3. Samantha Hastie, Michigan — 4:26.35

Men's 1,500-meter

1. Alec Basten, Minnesota — 3:43.64

2. Clayon Sayen, Michigan Tech — 3:44.33

3. Hadley Splechter, Kansas State — 3:44.36

Women's 3,000-meter steeplechase

1. Lona Latema, Kansas — 10:14.78

2. Aubrie Fisher, Wartburg — 10:21.64

3. Sophie McDonnell, Bradley — 10:23.08

Men's 3,000-meter steeplechase

1. Daniel Michalski, Nike Athlete — 8:28.93

2. Gable Sieperda, Iowa State — 8:45.31

3. Luke Labatte, North Dakota — 8:48.05

Women's 5,000-meter

1. Lindsay Cunningham, Winona State — 16:05.36

2. Hilda Chebet, Iowa Western CC — 16:07.40

3. Kassie Parker, Loras — 16:09.66

Men's 5,000-meter

1. Jeremy Coughler, Bandits Elite — 13:46.57

2. Luke Combs, Air Force — 13:50.59

3. Ryan Ioanidis, Air Force — 13:50.74

Women's 10,000-meter

1. Leah Hanson, South Dakota State — 34:49.31

2. Morgan Jensen, Utah — 34:51.98

3. Grace Pagone, Grand Valley State — 35:09.77

Men's 10,000-meter

1. Samuel Martens, Grand Valley State — 29:32.46

2. Ethan Marshall, Air Force — 29:36.19

3. Colin Beck, Luther — 30:08.24

A new Drake Relays record in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase

Nike athlete Daniel Michalski broke a 45-year-old Drake Relays record on Thursday, winning the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase in 8:28.93. That broke the record of 8:31.02, set by Brigham Young's Henry Marsh in 1977.

Michalski's time is also the third-fastest by an American this year and the 11th fastest in the world. He finished fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer.

Behind Michalski, Iowa State's Gable Sieperda finished second, in 8:45.31, which is the 69th fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase time in the world this year. It's also, unofficially, the 25th fastest collegiate time this season.

Sieperda's time is, officially, the fastest 3,000-meter steeplechaby a collegian at the Drake Relays since Dmitry Drozdov clocked an 8:39.66 in 1994.

Southeast Polk's Abu Sama wins boys long jump

Abu Sama needed a good third jump just to qualify for the finals of the boys long jump competition on Thursday.

Turns out, Sama's third jump won him the whole thing.

Sama, a junior from Southeast Polk, won the boys long jump competition at the Drake Relays with a long jump of 23-11. That long jump came on his third attempt, vaulting him from 18th to first, where he stayed the rest of the competition.

Sama beat out Lisbon's Kole Becker, who notched a 23-3.25 on his sixth jump to seize second. Those two prevailed in a heated competition. Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Colton Kronfeld took third (22-3.50), followed by Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (22-0.5) and Dubuque Senior's Sam Akins (21-11.25).

Ballard's Paityn Noe wins girls 3000

Right after two boys ran the 3,200-meter run in under 9 minutes, two girls ran the 3,000-meter run in under 10.

Ballard's Paityn Noe and West Des Moines Valley's Addison Dorenkamp finished 1-2 in the girls 3,000-meter run on Thursday at Drake Stadium. Noe won the title in 9:53.31 while Dorenkamp finished second in 9:56.91.

Third through fifth: Des Moines Roosevelt's Abi Hahn (10:02.54), Valley's Kamryn Ensley (10:05.71) and Ankeny Centennial's Rondi Quass (10:09.05).

Mount Pleasant's Brumbaugh wins girls shot put

Here's how dominant Jadan Brumbaugh was in the girls shot put on Thursday:

All six of her throws cleared 45 feet, and the Mount Pleasant senior finished with a long throw of 47-7 to win the Drake Relays title.

Denver's Sydney Eggena finished second … with a long throw of 42-1.75.

Eggena won a heated battle for second over Bondurant-Farrar's Katelyn Lappe, who took third with a long throw of 41-3.25, and Oskaloosa's Faith DeRonde, who finished fourth with a long throw of 40-6.25.

DCG's Ramsey, City High's Washburn both run boys 3200 in under 9 minutes

Aidan Ramsey followed his Class 3A cross country state title last fall with a historic Drake Relays title on Thursday.

Ramsey, a senior from Dallas Center-Grimes, won the boys 3,200-meter run in 8:58.27. That's a new Drake Relays record, and also the fourth-best mark all-time in Iowa history.

Ramsey edged out Iowa City High's Ford Washburn, who took second in 8:59.60.

In doing so, Ramsey set a Drake Relays record with his time, which also ranks Washburn ran his final lap in 59.5 seconds to nearly run down Ramsay on the homestretch.

Those two led a blistering 3,200-meter run by all competitors. The top-12 finishers all finished under 9:20. Third through fifth: Dowling Catholic's Jackson Heidesch (9:01.29), Linn-Mar's Hayden Kuhn (9:06.04) and Newton's Jackson Mace-Maynard (9:06.16).

Sheldon's Maddie Olson wins girls high jump

Maddie Olson, Sheldon's junior high-jumper, came into Thursday's girls high jump competition as the state leader, but Bishop Heelan senior Taylor Jochum made her work for a Drake Relays title.

Olson ultimately edged Jochum via tiebreaker to win. Both jumpers cleared 5-6 and 5-7 but failed to clear 5-8. They both cleared 5-7 on their first jumps. Olson cleared 5-6 in just one attempt, but Jochum needed three tries to clear and advance.

As such, Olson finished first while Jochum took second. Charles City's Keely Collins and Unity Christian's Molly Zylstra tied for third.

Indianola's Walker Whalen wins boys discus title

Walker Whalen has spent this season making history.

Wahlen, a senior from Indianola, set the Iowa record books ablaze earlier this month when he uncorked a throw of 202-10, which is the fourth-longest discus throw all-time in Iowa history.

On Thursday, he became Indianola's first-ever Drake Relays discus champion, with a long throw of 191-05 — which came on his very first throw of the competition.

Behind Whalen, Linn-Mar's McKade Jelinek took second, at 181-01, followed by LeMars' Brandon VanderSluis (180-06), Muscatine's Nolan Recker (178), and Waukee Northwest's Lucas Morrison (177-03) in third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

Concordia-St. Paul's Jakob Tordsen wins men's college decathlon

Concordia-St. Paul swept the heptathlon and decathlon. Shortly after Arika Robinson won the women's college heptathlon competition, Jakon Tordsen added the men's college decathlon title with 7,145 points.

Tordsen finished ahead of William Eggers, who scored 7,011 points for second, and Ryan Enerson, who scored 7,010 for third. The Northern Iowa trio of Carter Morton, Zack Butcher and Drew Bartels took fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.

Concordia-St. Paul's Arika Robinson wins women's college heptathlon

The women's college heptathlon competition began Wednesday and ended Thursday and Arika Robinson, a sophomore from Concordia-St. Paul, won with 5,029 points. That's currently the sixth-best total in NCAA's Division II this year.

Robinson beat Sioux Falls' Emily Swanson, who took second with 4,759, and Minnesota State's Samantha Sunnarborg, who took third with 4,486.

Northern Iowa's Lydia Berns-Schweingruber took fifth, with 4,395.

Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for the Des Moines Register. Follow him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.

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