ICW Girls Track & Field/Cross Country ● 11 x State Team Champions ● 6 in Track & Field ● 5 in Cross Country ● 37 x M.V.C. Team Champions ● 18 in T&F ● 19 in CC
Iowa High School girls, think about this for a few minutes. The fastest female in the history of the United States of America to EVER run the 1500 Meters is an Iowa High School graduate and State Champ, Shelby Houlihan! Not, California, Texas, Florida...
IOWA!
@shelbo800
@IGHSAU
(1) Not that anyone needed another reason to cheer for
@IowaHoops
Jordan Bohannon
@JordanBo_3
but how incredibly special is it that after the National Anthem he keeps his hand on his heart until the American Flag has left the court. I noticed it last year but watched again
Congratulations to ICW freshman Hannah Longmire, last night she ran a new lifetime best of 2:39.37.
Though she is one of the best para 800 runners in the country, unfortunately this may be her last race of the season. She so desperately wants to run at the State Championships
1)So proud of how Deniz Ince has handle the unfortunate news we got last week that her leg injury will sideline her for the rest of the season. She is the
#1
returner from State in the 3000, 1500 and 800 but her contribution to ICW goes much deeper. Deniz is the kind of athlete
This is what commitment looks like!!! These 2 awesome freshman hurdlers Hebah War & Stephanie Nuro-Gyina sent me these pictures of what they found 2 use as hurdles. I'll bet the didn't hit one hurdle during their workout. This made my day. Keep at it ICWGTF.
STAY SAFE & STRONG!
So happy for senior Deniz Ince, (the 2018 State Championships Runner-up in the 3000, 1500, 4x800 and 3rd in the 800) she has been accepted into Yale University and made her verbal commitment to run xc and track & field the Bulldogs and Coach Gosztyla in the Ivy League. So proud.
Senior Peyton Steva is your Dickinson Relays Indoor 60 Meter Hurdle Champion. She runs a 🔥 blistering 🔥 8.91 to win the title. Peyton breaks the Iowa City West All-time best record set by Valerie Welch (now running for U of Colorado) in 2017 winning this same meet in 8.99.
ICW Track & Field and Cross Country State Champion Bailey Nock has decided to except an outstanding scholarship offer from the premier distance running program in the country and attend the University of Colorado.
Iowa City West Girls Track & Field senior Peyton Steva equals her lifetime best, 🚨SCHOOL RECORD🚨 & runs another TOP 10 IOWA ALL-TIME BESTS n 100H, 14.33. She finishes as the Drake Relays Runner-up by 3 hundredths of a second.
Deeply proud of Peyton 4 what she has accomplished.
Iowa City West is a special place and Brenda and I will forever be grateful that West created such a memorable and positive experience for Sofia while singing the National Anthem.
Thank you to ever single girl on the T&F team as well, you all hold a special place in my heart.
No disrespect to highly populated warm weather states like California, Texas, Florida or even New York and Oregon but this is how hard it is to be a distance event State Champion in Iowa... At last night's USA T&F National Championships Iowa High School grad girls go 1st & 2nd!!!
24 STRAIGHT YEARS
Iowa City West Girls Cross Country team qualifies for the State Championships
THE LONGEST active streak in the State of Iowa in all of Class 4A!!!
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Former Iowa City West great and current University of Colorado Track & Field star Valerie Welch becomes the 1st girl in Iowa City West Track & Field history to be honored as D1 Track & Field ALL-AMERICAN!!!
Congratulations
@valpalwelch
Everyone is so incredibly proud of you!!!
For the 17th time in the last 21 year your Mississippi Valley Conference DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONS in Girls Track & Field is the Women of Troy from Iowa City West High!!!
Super sad and excited at the same time that this 5 time State Champion was with us at practice today for the last time as she will be heading out to the University of Colorado to start the XC season.
So excited watch her achieve at the highest level.
We will miss you Bailey!
Former Iowa City West Track & Field star Tia Saunders runs a HUGE PR 800 Meter PR in 2:08.24!!! 💪⭐👏 Tia is a junior running for the University of Iowa.
Congratulations 2 our amazing freshman Hannah Longmire, who is putting up some of the fastest times 4 a high school 62 Classification Para athlete n the county.
Thursday night at the MVC Championships she ran 1:08.95 n the 400 Meters & already ran 2:41.17 in the 800 M!
Amazing!
Bailey Nock of Iowa City West becomes the first girl ever to meet the new Blue Oval Standard.
She runs 4:45 to win the 1500 Meters at the Wartburg Indoor
#MYDRAKERELAYS
#BLUEOVALBOUND
@DrakeRelays
👏🛑AMAZING 🛑👏
Former Iowa City West and current University of Colorado sophomore Valarie Welch
@valpalwelch
has qualified for the NCAA DI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in the 4 x 400 Meter Relay. Val ran a 53.81 split for a 3:34.92 team time!
Wow, so proud of you Val!
@CUBuffsTrack
How awesome is this, Tia Saunders, former ICW T&F/XC star, 400 & 800 school record holder and current U of I T&F senior brought us 4 bags of donated running flats and racing spikes. It made my day to catch up with Tia!
Super proud of her, can't wait to watch her senior season.
Senior Bailey Nock and junior Deniz Ince go 1 & 2 in the 3000 Meters. Bailey defends her 3000 state title and Iowa City West places 1st and 2nd in 3000 Meters for the first time in school history at the State Championships.
Congratulations 2 Sophomore Sensation Cindy Wang 4 punching her ticket 2 the Cross Country State Championships. What an incredible season so far 4 Cindy, never in our top 7 last year to qualifying 4 State individually this year.
An inspiration to everyone! So proud of you Cindy!
It has been a crazy 3 weeks. I want 2 thank Kim Leman & everyone at the U of I Stead Family Children's Hospital. They are some of the nicest people on earth. As some of you know 3 weeks ago Sofia broke her arm. 2 days after xray they called and said they saw something concerning
Iowa City West senior Peyton Steva runs 8.83 to win her 3rd of 3 indoor hurdle races this year. Peyton is the only girl in the state to break the 9.0 barrier in a FAT timed race and she has done it THREE times!!!🥇🥇🥇
We have been unable to coach our team for weeks. Our varsity girls have only been able to attend 3 days of practice in 5 WEEKS.
Today we get to have face to face practice and we couldn't be more proud of our team and what they have fought through to get to this day.
#HereWeCome
MVC Divisional Champion in the 100 Meter Hurdles and 1st Team All-Conference in a 🚨🚨🚨NEW MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE MEET RECORD🚨🚨🚨 is Iowa City West Peyton Steva
2) every coach dreams of having on their team. She is a source of inspiration for all of her teammates and coaches. It has been an honor to have played a small part in helping her become the role model she is today. Yale is getting one of our all-time best.
I am often asked at camps & clinics I speak at, by both athletes & coaches, what do I believe it takes 2 b great. My answer disappoints some because the answer, is so simple, "Train." 4 every sport, every age, at every level, Train. Nothing will ever take the place of, TRAINING!
Iowa City West senior Peyton Steva's historic day @ the Eastern Iowa T&F Festival that included 4 Gold Medals also led her into the Iowa All-time Record Book. Peyton's 14.62 100 Meter Hurdles ranks 16th in the history of Iowa & is the fastest time ever ran on the West High track.
Senior Deniz Ince runs a new Iowa City West Time Trial 5K SCHOOL RECORD in winning today's race at the University of Iowa XC course. Deniz breaks former teammate and individual State XC Champion Bailey Nock's record by 12 seconds.
Are u kidding me?!?! University of Colorado freshman and former Iowa City West star Valerie Welch etched her name into the CU record books by helping set a NEW SCHOOL RECORD in the 4 x 400 Meter relay running 3:42.13!
Congratulations
@valpalwelch
and
@CUBuffsTrack
Super Proud!
The 2018 MVC Athlete of the Year is Iowa City West senior Bailey Nock. For the second straight year Bailey wins the 800 Meters, 1500 Meters and 3000 Meters. Plus tonight she ran the 3000 and 4 x 800 back to back running a 2:25 split to get 2nd. 30 ind. points and 8 relay points.
Super proud of these three amazing girls who fought their way to earning a spot at the 2019 Cross Country State Championships. They will proudly represent Iowa City West Saturday November 2, 2019 at XC State.
Junior Maddy Negley
Freshman Annie Schwartz
Sophomore Camden Zirker.
ICW senior Bailey Nock takes 5th in 10:21.87 and junior Deniz Ince in only her second 3000 ever takes 6th place in 10:24.47, 20 seconds off her former lifetime best. Bailey and Deniz were 1st and 2nd in class 4A. They both will be up again tomorrow in the 800 Meters.
Absolutely awesome run by sophomore Erica Buettner, sophomore Katie Hoefer, sophomore Emma Kearney and sophomore Kiara Malloy-Salgado. They take 7th place and score 2 points for the team. A truly gutsy effort. They came in seeded 9th and moved up to score 2 points. 👏⭐🎽🥉
ICW senior Phoebe Burt is your 2021 Track & Field State Championships Runner-up in the Discus in 125'4. What a great achievement in her first ever State Meet. Phoebe finishes the year with her Runner-up medal, 8 points for the team and the best throw in 4A this year of 135'11.
Congratulations to Iowa City West Girls Track & Field Assistant Coach Peggy McGuire on being selected a FINALIST for the NATIONAL ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. Peggy is one of only eight finalist in the United States!
Your 2018 Mississippi Valley Conference Cross Country Varsity Divisional Champions for the 6 consecutive year and the 19th time in the 24 years is IOWA CITY WEST.
CONGRATULATIONS to Iowa City West senior Peyton Steva, running 14.77 at the New Balance High School Track & Field National Championships. That is the NINTH time this season Peyton has run under 15.00!
Total number of times under 15 coming into the season, ZERO!
UNPRECEDENTED!!!
Iowa City West Kitra Bell receives her Long Jump award after winning in 17-11 and meeting the Drake Relays Blue Oval Standard. That is the 4th event title for ICW!
As much as things change some things stay the same. Double Dominance 2017 and 2018 Iowa City West Girls and Boys Track & Field teams win back to back State Qualifying Championships.
#westhighbesthigh
The Iowa City West team of Kiara Malloy-Salgado, Deniz Ince, Erica Buettner and Bailey Nock are your Drake Relays Runner-up in the 4 x 800 Meter Relay. Running their fastest time of the season by over 14 seconds.
Davenport Assumption Girls Track & Field team just keeps producing the states best year after year. Two more Drake Relays event titles to add to their collection. Our IATC president and Davenport Assumption head coach Tim O'Neil knows what he is doing!
Iowa City West Girls Track & Field senior Peyton Steva advances to the Drake Relays 100 Meter Hurdle Finals at 10:49 AM later today. Peyton's time of 14.33 is the fastest time from the prelims, is the 8th fastest time in IOWA HISTORY and a 🚨NEW SCHOOL RECORD🚨
4 x 1st Team Elite All-State Iowa Cross Country selection Bailey Nock of Iowa City West takes 15th place at the loaded NXR Heartland Cross Country meet today in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in a new lifetime best time of 17:53 good for 3rd Team Nike All-Regional.
16 highly conditioned athletes, 5 experience coaches and a tradition that runs deep in the hearts and minds of every girl on the Iowa City West track & field team are officially
#BlueOvalBound
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2023 Girls Cross Country State Championship Qualifiers:
Sophomore Kate Van Waning
Freshman Susanna Olson
Junior Kalli Titus
This will be the first trip to the Cross Country State Championships for all 3 girls!
Such an honor to watch Iowa City West Jordan Caperon compete at the 2021 State Championships. Watched him train hard all season long with his coaches pushing him to be the best he could be. You all should be very proud.
Congratulations Jordan.
Awesome hurdle day for UNI freshman Peyton Steva as she run 8.76 to take 3rd in the finals of a star studded field of Iowa High School All-time greats at Hawkeye Inv. In her college debut she runs 8.71 (fastest of the day) and 8.76. What a great start. Super Proud of
@peyystev
I’m so excited to announce my commitment to run the amazing sport of Track and Field at The University of Northern Iowa! I cannot wait to live out my life-long dream of running track in college and I am so happy to continue my journey at UNI. I am so thankful. Go Panthers! 💜💛
My 7 year old daughter Sofia did one last practice yesterday in preparation for her singing of the National Anthem before tonight's Iowa City West JV Invitational.
Thank you 2 everyone who helped make yesterday a memorable day 4 Bailey, her family & our program. Days like this make all the hard work worth it. Bailey will be joining her former IC West teammate Valerie Welch next year at the University of Colorado.
#Whoisnext
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@CUBuffsTrack
This is an Iowa High School cross country girl who was not even a high school XC Individual State Champion and she will be seeking her 2nd NCAA D1 Individual title tomorrow. I went to Kansas so it's against every KU rule to cheer for Missouri but I hope the girl from Iowa wins!
What an awesome night. So many people to thank. Still hasn't sunk in yet. So honored and humbled to add my name to the many other West High coaches that have been selected as National High School Coach of the Year.
Iowa City West 800 Meter School Record Holder Tia Saunders runs a HUGE PR of 2:09.51 at the Florida Relays running for the Iowa Hawkeye!!!
Congratulations
@tiatye
@IowaXC_TF
From fresh XC season 2 our final meeting yesterday morning Bailey (thanks 4 the shirt Val) has done such a g8 job of staying focused on her goals. Today she achieved another 1. The University of Colorado is the 2017 NCAA D1 Program of the Year Runner-up and they got better today!
Freshman Kiara Malloy-Salgado, freshman Erica Buettner, junior Deniz Ince and senior Bailey Nock run an outstanding 4 x 800 and are your State Championship Runner-up!