Iowa Football Signees and Recruits to Compete at State Track

The state of Iowa's top track and field athletes will once again return to Drake Stadium next week to compete in the 2024 state meet. Amongst them are some of the best football prospects in the state as well, with connections to the Iowa football program.

Here's a list of competitors that have either signed, committed, received an offer or are being recruited by the Hawkeyes that will be competing in the state meet next weekend. The list includes athlete, their seed placing and time or distance from their respective district track meets.

100

Louden Grimsley, Sioux City East - 9th, 10.86

200

Julian Manson, Iowa City West - 8th, 21.95

4x100

IC West (Mason Woods, Manson) - 2nd, 42.04

Southeast Polk (Sam Zelenovich) - 11th, 42.89

Sioux City East (Grimsley) - 14th, 42.97

4x200

IC West (Woods, Manson) - 1st, 1:27.58

Ankeny Centennial (Braeden Jackson) - 2nd, 1:27.70

Sioux City East (Grimsley) - 17th, 1:30.42

Sprint Medley

IC West (Woods, Manson) - 5th, 1:32.31

Urbandale (Elijah Hoyt) - 17th, 1:34.23

Distance Medley

SEP (Zelenovich) - 4th, 3:33.40

IC West (Woods) - 8th, 3:35.87

Urbandale (Hoyt) - 19th, 3:40.62

Shot Put

Colin Whitters, IC West - 3rd, 55-06.5

Joey Vanwetzinga, Pleasant Valley - 5th, 52-04.5

Discus

Whitters, IC West - 6th, 161-06

2025 three-star athlete and Iowa target Mason Woods will compete in several relays for Iowa City West, along with 2026 recruit Julian Manson. Each prospect's father (LeVar Woods and Jason Manson) are on the staff at Iowa. Woods currently holds an offer from the Hawkeyes, and Manson's recruitment will continue to grow.

Their relay teams will be looking for state titles, while Manson competes as an individual in the 200-meter dash.

The lone commit in the 4A class is 2025 three-star lineman Joey VanWetzinga, who is seeded fifth in the shot put, returning in the event for the second year in a row.

100

Brevin Doll, ADM - 1st, 10.58

Will Hawthorne, Gilbert - 10th, 11.08

200

Doll, ADM - 1st, 21.43

400

Rayce Heitman - 4th, 50.21

Jaxson McIntire - 22nd, 53.20

4x100

ADM (Doll) - 1st, 41.90

Western Dubuque (Grant Glausser) - 6th, 43.01

Williamsburg (Heitman) - 8th, 43.11

Gilbert (Hawthorne) - 19th, 44.24

4x200

ADM (Doll) - 2nd, 1:26.90

Western Dubuque (Glausser) - 5th, 1:29.77

4x400

Williamsburg (Heitman) - 22nd, 3:30.11

Sprint Medley

Williamsburg (Heitman) - 3rd, 1:33.48

Gilbert (Hawthorne) - 23rd, 1:36.58

High Jump

Derek Weisskopf, Williamsburg - 8th, 6'4"

Shot Put

Weisskopf, Williamsburg - 9th, 52-08.75

Discus

Weisskopf, Williamsburg - 3rd, 171-1

Following a year off from the state meet due to a hip injury, ADM speedster and 2024 Iowa football signee, Brevin Doll returns with a vengeance, seeking state championships in the 100 and 200-meter dash as an individual as well as relay titles in the 4x100 and 4x200. A three-star prospect, he'll play running back at Iowa.

Fellow 2024 signee, three-star linebacker Derek Weisskopf will vie for positions on the podium in three separate field events, as he looks to take home his third-consecutive high jump title.

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100

Graham Eben, Central Lyon - 12th, 11.28

Jaxon Paulsrud, Cherokee - 15th, 11.31

DJ Vonnahme, Kuemper - 22nd, 11.41

200

Paulsrud, Cherokee - 8th, 22.70

Eben, Central Lyon - 22nd, 23.08

4x100

Central Lyon (Eben) - 8th, 44.04

Roland Story (Fiston Carlson) - 14th, 44.4

Shot Put

Preston Ries, Monticello - 4th, 53-03

Mason Knipp, Columbus Catholic - 9th, 50-09.25

Discus

Ries, Monticello - 6th, 157-07

Like his fellow 2024 three-star linebacker and signee Weisskopf, Preston Ries will throw both the shot put and discus next weekend for Monticello. Preferred walk-ons Graham Eben, DJ Vonnahme and Mason Knipp will also represent Iowa's 2024 recruiting class in 2A.

4x200

Winfield-Mt. Union (Cam Buffington) - 24th, 1:35.97

4x400

Woodbine (Landon Blum) - 4th, 3:29.83

4x800

Woodbine (Blum) - 23rd, 8:44.22

Distance Medley

Woodbine (Blum) - 4th, 3:40.55

High Jump

Woodbine (Blum) - 7th, 6'1"

One of the top prospects in the 2027 class, ATH Landon Blum will participate in four events at the 1A level next week. Blum has already received an offer from Iowa State. During this spring and summer, he's also competing on the 3SSB Circuit in basketball and will attend Iowa State and Iowa's prospect camps.

2024 signee and three-star linebacker Cam Buffington will also run on Winfield-Mt. Union's 4x200-meter relay squad.