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Vote: Who should be Iowa’s high school athlete of the week? (3/30/2025)
Here are the candidates for High School on SI’s Iowa high school athlete of the week for March 24-30. Read through the nominees and cast your vote.
Congratulations to last week’s winner: Kienna Lassen of MOC-Floyd Valley girls track& field.
Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT, Sunday, April 6. The winner will be announced in the following week’s poll. Here are this week’s nominees:
The Kansas State-signee broke the meet-record and qualified for Drake Relays with a 57.05 showing in winning the 400 at the North Iowa Indoor Championships.
A double-winner at the Buena Vista Indoor, Buckholdt claimed gold in both the 200 and long jump.
Cordes set a record in the 1,500 at the WaMaC, going 4:50.09.
Davenport dominated the Don Graves Classic throwing events, winning both the shot put and discus.
Dunn was first in the 60 hurdles and 200 at the Dordt Invitational.
Forkpa won the 100 and 200 at the Holly/Trojan Relays, ran the lead-leg of the winning sprint medley and was on the runner-up 4×100 relay.
Gosselink reached the Blue Standard to qualify for Drake Relays in the long jump, winning the WaMaC with a leap of 17-11.25. She also was first in the 60 in a meet record time of 7.94 while adding gold in the 200 and a second in the 400.
Hinz picked up golds in the 55 and 200 at the Wartburg Invitational. Her time of 7.46 in the 55 ranks second this year in Iowa.
Maasdam picked up three golds at the Dordt Invitational, winning the 60, 60 hurdles and long jump titles.
McDaniel won the 100 and 200 at the Simpson Classic.
McMurrin won both the 55 hurdles and high jump at the Wartburg Invitational. He cleared 6-7, which ranks third this year in Iowa.
Morton earned her spot at Drake Relays by winning the North Iowa Indoor Championships with a throw of 45-0 in the shot put. The mark is the best in Iowa indoors this year.
Myers was one of just a handful of Iowa athletes to capture gold at the MSU Varsity Showcase in Minnesota, as the University of Iowa softball signee won the shot put with a throw of 39-7.5.
Parker swept the sprint events at the Don Graves Classic, winning the 100 and 200.
Roberts went 6.99 to win the 60-meter dash at the MSU Varsity Showcase, besting a field of Iowa and Minnesota athletes.
Rubendall showed her speed and power, winning both the 60 and 60 hurdles at the Buena Vista Indoor. She also ran the lead leg on the winning 4×200 relay.
Russell was first in the 100 and 200, along with leading the sprint medley to a second, at the Holly/Trojan Relays.
Sullivan showed her range, winning the 400 and 1,500 at the Lady Lancer Relays.
Wallace had a night at the Simpson Classic, winning the 100 and 110 hurdles while running on the winning shuttle hurdle and 4×100 relays. The shuttle hurdle set a 2A record and cracked the Top 10 for fastest times ever at 58.12, qualifying for the Drake Relays.
Woods dominated the hurdle events at the Waukee Northwest Relays, winning both the 110 and 400. He also ran the anchor on the first place 4×400 relay.
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Person drowns at Coralville pool
CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) – Coralville Police say a person has drowned at the Coralville Aquatic Center Tuesday afternoon.
The call went out shortly after 4 p.m. to 1513 7th Street for a drowning report.
Officers, lifeguards and paramedics gave lifesaving aid to the person. They were taken to the University of Iowa Health Care, where they were pronounced dead.
The identity of the victim has not been released. The incident is under investigation.
Copyright 2026 KCRG. All rights reserved.
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Iowa City Man who ran over people in homeless encampment sentenced to nearly two decades in prison
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – An Iowa City man who pleaded guilty to driving into five people at a homeless encampment last August has been sentenced to serve nearly two decades in prison.
On August 15, 2025, Roman Aguilar Ventura drove his vehicle while under the influence through an encampment near Shelter House, an organization that assists homeless people.
Ventura pleaded guilty to several charges in March, including Operating While Under the Influence, two counts of Willful Injury Resulting in Bodily Injury, and three counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. He also pleaded guilty to Driving While Barred and Driving While License Denied or Revoked.
In addition to his sentence, Ventura will also be subject to a six-year suspension of his drivers license, in addition to substance abuse treatment.
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Where is Iowa State football placed in USA TODAY’s Big 12 rankings?
Iowa State football coach Jimmy Rogers on transition so far to Ames
Iowa State football coach Jimmy Rogers on transition so far to Ames and how it compares to the transitional offseason between SDSU and Washington St.
For the second straight year, the Big 12 Conference did not release preseason football rankings for the upcoming season, but that didn’t stop the USA TODAY Sports Network from making its own predicted order of finish for the 2026 season as well as a preseason All-Big 12 team.
Sports writers who cover the Big 12 throughout the network voted on the predicted order of finish for all 16 teams.
Iowa State lost the winningest coach in program history, Matt Campbell, and had a massive roster rebuild after finishing 8-4 last season. With a team loaded with more than 60 newcomers and a coach who is new to the power-conference level in Jimmy Rogers, the Cyclones were tabbed to finish in last place in the USA TODAY Sports’ preseason Big 12 rankings.
Texas Tech, which won its first Big 12 title in school history last season and reached the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff, is projected to repeat and finish on top. BYU, which lost to the Red Raiders in the Big 12 championship game last season, is predicted to finish in second place. Utah, Houston and Arizona round out the top five of the USA TODAY Sports Network’s preseason Big 12 prediction.
For the USA TODAY Sports Network preseason All-Big 12 team, the Cyclones didn’t have any players selected, but they did have a few honorable mentions.
Running back Aiden Flora, kicker Kyle Konrardy and defensive end Isaac Terrell were chosen as honorable mentions for the USA TODAY Sports Network preseason All-Big 12 team.
Flora and Konrardy are returning All-Big 12 selections. Flora was an all-conference second-team returner last season, and Konrardy was named All-Big 12 honorable mention.
Terrell is one of the Cyclones’ promising newcomers. He was named the Pac-12 Defensive Line Top Performer of the Year and had a team-high seven sacks at Washington State last season.
2026 USA TODAY Sports Network Big 12 football preseason predicted order of finish
- Texas Tech
- BYU
- Utah
- Houston
- Arizona
- TCU
- Kansas State
- Arizona State
- Oklahoma State
- Baylor
- UCF
- Kansas
- Cincinnati
- West Virginia
- Colorado
- Iowa State
2026 USA TODAY Sports Network Preseason All-Big 12 award winners
Offensive Player of the Year: L.J. Martin, RB, BYU
(Also receiving votes: Noah Fifita, QB, Arizona; Drew Mestemaker, QB, Oklahoma State; Amare Thomas, WR, Houston)
Defensive Player of the Year: Ben Roberts, LB, Texas Tech
(Also receiving votes: A.J. Holmes, DL, Texas Tech; Brice Pollock, DB, Texas Tech; Austin Romaine, LB, Texas Tech)
Newcomer of the Year: Drew Mestemaker, QB, Oklahoma State
(Also receiving votes: Caleb Hawkins, RB, Oklahoma State; Cam Cook, RB, West Virginia; Adam Trick, DL, Texas Tech)
2026 USA TODAY Sports Network Preseason All-Big 12 football team
Offense:
- QB: Noah Fifita, Arizona
- RB: L.J. Martin, BYU
- RB: Caleb Hawkins, Oklahoma State
- WR: Amare Thomas, Houston
- WR: Omarion Miller, Arizona State
- WR: Wyatt Young, Oklahoma State
- TE: Terrance Carter Jr., Texas Tech
- OL: Evan Tengesdahl, Cincinnati
- OL: Bruce Mitchell, BYU
- OL: Shadre Hurst, Houston
- OL: John Pastore, Kansas State
- OL: Howard Sampson, Texas Tech
Defense:
- DL: A.J. Holmes, Texas Tech
- DL: Wendell Gregory, Kansas State
- DL: Adam Trick, Texas Tech
- DL: Mateen Ibirogba, Texas Tech
- LB: Ben Roberts, Texas Tech
- LB: Austin Romaine, Texas Tech
- LB: Cade Uluave, BYU
- DB: Brice Pollock, Texas Tech
- DB: Faletau Satuala, BYU
- DB: Jamel Johnson, TCU
- DB: Will James, Houston
Special teams:
- K: Stone Harrington, Texas Tech
- P: Palmer Williams, Baylor
- KR/PR: J’Koby Williams, Texas Tech
Honorable mentions:
- Arizona: DB Jay’vion Cole; LB Taye Brown
- Arizona State: WR Reed Harris, DL CJ Fite
- BYU: QB Bear Bachmeier, DL Keanu Tanuvasa, LB Isaiah Glasker, DB Evan Johnson
- Cincinnati: OL Joe Cotton, OL Taran Tyo, DB MJ Cannon, P Max Fletcher, K Stephen Rusnak
- Colorado: WR Danny Scudero, LB Gideon ESPN Lampron, KR Quentin Gibson
- Houston: OL Drew Terrill
- Iowa State: DL Isaac Terrell, K Kyle Konrady, KR Aiden Flora
- Kansas: DL Leroy Harris III, LB Trey Lathan, KR Dylan Edwards
- Kansas State: TE Garrett Oakley
- Oklahoma State: QB Drew Mestemaker, LB Ethan Wesloski
- TCU: WR Jordan Dwyer, OL Ben Taylor-Whitfield, P John Hoyet Chance
- Texas Tech: RB Cameron Dickey, WR Coy Eakin, WR Malcolm Simmons, OL Sheridan Wilson, DB Brenden Jordan, DL Trey White
- Utah: RB Wayshawn Parker, DB Jackson Bennee, KR Mana Carvalho
- West Virginia: RB Cam Cook, P Bryan Hansen
Eugene Rapay covers Iowa State athletics for the Des Moines Register. Contact Eugene at erapay@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @erapay5.
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