Messenger photo by Britt Kudla: Anna Lursen of St. Edmond was eighth in the 400-meter dash at the Drake Relays on Friday in Des Moines.

DES MOINES — Mariah Myers reached another Drake Relays final here on Friday, securing her third Top-10 finish at America’s Athletic Classic.

The St. Edmond senior and future University of Iowa softball player placed ninth in the shot put inside Drake Stadium. On Thursday, Myers was eighth in the discus, a year after placing seventh in that event.

North Central Conference rival Charlee Morton of Hampton-Dumont/CAL made history by winning her third consecutive Drake title in the event with a throw of 46-9.25. She is just the second athlete ever to secure a three-peat at Drake in shot put.

“That was a great meet for every girl thrower,” Myers said. “It was fun being in such a competitive atmosphere and that definitely pushed me.

“This meet will hopefully prepare me for state because I could get to throw against the best throwers again but just in 1A.”

Anna Lursen placed eighth in the 400-meter run in her first of two Drake appearances. The Gael junior clocked a time of 57.44 and will run in the 400 hurdles on Saturday at 1:59 p.m. on the Blue Oval.

Myers unloaded her best throw of the meet on her second attempt, hitting 40-9.5. She also had throws of 39-10.75 and 37-4.5 on her first and fourth attempts.

“It was a good day for these girls,” SEHS head coach CJ Tracy said. “Both of them did a great job and showed they belonged at the Drake Relays. It was a great feat for Mariah to finish in the Top-8 in both of her events. She has grown a ton in the shot put and discus over the past couple of seasons.

“Anna showed a lot with her run. While it wasn’t a PR, she ran extremely well against very tough competition. We are excited to see what she can do Saturday.”

Emmetsburg’s Rachel Schany, the a defending state champion in the high jump, placed second overall. A junior, Schany cleared 5-6, as did Ema Roberts of HLV.

London Warmuth of Adel-ADM placed first, clearing 5-7.

Newell-Fonda’s Lindsey Wolf finished in a tie for 14th, bowing out at 5-2. Both Allison Fehr of West Bend-Mallard and MaKayla Beisel from Clarion-Goldfield/Dows failed to record a height.

Reese Wagner from North Polk, the daughter of Manson Northwest Webster graduate Raegan (Schultz) Wagner, finished tied with Wolf for 14th.

Algona’s sprint medley relay of Tate Garman, Tyler Bradley, Evan Allie and Gavin Weber picked up a fourth place finish in a time of 3:31.33. Dowling won the race, followed by Norwalk and Iowa City West. All four were in the third heat together.

The 4×200 relay of William Weichert, Garman, Bradley and Allie finished 11th in 1:28.96. Weichert was 19th in the 100 prelims in 11.01.

Webster City’s Jayden Weinzetl joined him in the 100 prelims, finishing 29th in 11.21.

Saturday’s final day will see Lursen in the 400 hurdles, the Pocahontas Area girls in the 4×100 relay prelims, and the Humboldt and Algona boys in the 4×100 prelims.

The university and college division men’s 4×1600 relay featured a battle between Iowa State, Drake and Iowa Central, as the Cyclones placed first in 16:38.06. Running the lead leg for Iowa State was former Humboldt standout Quinton Orr, who clocked a 4:09.66 split.

The Tritons placed third in 16:59.78 behind the quartet of Said Rifi Loutfi, Chakib Cherkaoui Rhazouani, Taha Ouchene and Soufiyane Laaziz. Bongumusa Nkosi finished sixth in the 400-meter run, clocking a time of 47.38.

Mohamed Dahmouch scored a silver in the 1,500 at 3:45.96, ending up just behind South Dakota senior Caleb Rivera (3:45.62). The 4×200 finished first in 1:29.46.

Zariah Greaves of Iowa Central reached the 100 finals, placing sixth in the prelims in 11.67. The Triton women’s 4×1600 relay of Imane Jourji, Alivia Edens, Juliette Gavois and Abbigail Hutchinson was 11th in 21:50.86.

Greaves, Chadrak Belinda Bula Bula, Mechak Linda Bula Bula and Natalie Bogdanova Kirilova were 14th in the sprint medley in 4:16.49.

Maeva Goune Tibbolo was 18th in the long jump, going 17-5.25.

Greaves will run on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. in the finals along with entries in the men’s and women’s distance medley relays and the men’s shuttle hurdle relay.