Sellers sweeps girls 100 and 400, Buettner-Cable triumphs in 800 and mile, with Morton capturing discus and shot put crowns; Olson and Sama repeat as champions, along with Waukee Northwest girls 4×200; Thompson runs 100 record
By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor
Photos by Ava Kitzi
DES MOINES, Iowa – Jaidyn Sellers had never won a title in two previous trips to the Drake Relays.
The junior sprinter from Panorama concluded Friday’s schedule at the event’s 113th edition by becoming the first female athlete in meet history to win both sprint events in the same year.
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Charlee Morton was making her debut at “America’s Athletic Classic” at Drake Stadium.
The sophomore thrower from Hampton-Dumont-CAL not only achieved a sweep of the discus throw and shot put titles, but also became the most decorated female athlete ever to perform at the prestigious competition.
And they weren’t the only ones seeing double at Jim Duncan Track.
Morton and Sellers joined 800 and mile winner Adrienne Buettner-Cable, a senior at Des Moines Roosevelt, in securing multiple victories, with Southeast Polk long jumper Abu Sama and Sheldon high jumper Maddie Olson repeating as champions, along with the Waukee Northwest girls 4×200-meter relay.
Sellers ran a lifetime-best 56.24 seconds in the 400 to hold off Sidney Swartzendruber of Cedar Rapids Kennedy in 56.87, which followed her 100-meter dash victory in 12.23 into a headwind.
Sellers became the only female competitor to win the 100 and 400 at the Drake Relays, following Tyrese Miller of Ankeny, who was the first male athlete to produce the sprint double last year.
Morton achieved a second-round mark of 43-3.50 (13.19m) to secure the shot put crown one day after winning the discus with a lifetime-best 146-3 (44.59m).
Morton held off Audi Crooks of Bishop Garrigan and her second-round effort of 42-10.75 (13.08m) to become the first female competitor since Tipton’s Jamie Kofron in 2018-19 to win both throwing events in the same year at Drake Relays.
Buettner-Cable clocked 2:10.62 to win the 800, elevating to the No. 18 all-time Iowa prep competitor, with Clare Kelly of Van Meter placing runner-up for the second year in a row with a 2:10.81 effort.
Buettner-Cable then ran 4:49.58 to prevail in the girls elite mile, edging Paityn Noe of Ballard Community in 4:49.91. Buettner-Cable ascended to the No. 2 performer in Iowa prep history, with Noe improving to No. 5.
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