Area athletes will be back on the blue oval again Friday for the 2016 state track meet in Des Moines.

Participating today for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks includes the girls 4×100 team of Alex Rath, Ali Butters, Abby Tornow and Emily Cayton. They are seeded sixth with a time of 51.51. The Golden Hawk distance medley team of Cayton, Rath, Greta Schmidt and Anna Hostetler will be on the track today for their event. They are seeded fifth with a time of 4:21.65.

For Iowa Mennonite School, Emma Beachy will participate in the discus throw today. Her qualifying toss of 89’11” places her 24th in the 24 athlete field. Rubye Ney will also be on the track today in the 400 hurdles. She advanced to state with a time of 1:11.12, 15th best in the field of 24.

For the Lone Tree Lions, Niko Gosnell will take part in the high jump today. His qualifying leap of 5’10” places him 19th in the 24 person field. The Lady Lions will have two events on the track today. The Lone Tree 4×100 team of Chloe Jacque, Elena Sieverding, Emily Feldman and Paige Dohermann are 18th out of 24 qualifying teams with their time of 53.46 while the Lady Lions 4×200 team of Jacque, Sieverding, Doehrmann and Marissa Swails are 22nd in the 24 team field with their time of 1:54.01.

For the Sigourney Savages, the boys 4×200 team will be on the track today. Peyton Crawford, Ben Appleget, Bryce Goldman and Jordan Albert are 13th out of 24 teams in the event with a time of 1:34.49. Crawford will also throw the discus today, he is seeded 22nd in the field  of 24 after his qualifying throw of 133’10”. Autum Barthelman will run the 100 hurdles today, she is the 13 seed of 24 runners with a time of 16.61 seconds. Summer Barthelman will run the 400 hurdles today, her time of 1:08.60 places her fifth in the 24 athlete field.

For Columbus, the 4×100 team of Mauricio Ramirez, Ruben Paz, Devon Henry and Abel Mena will run today in Des Moines, they qualified 11th with their time of 44.36 seconds. That same group will also run the 4×200 today at state, they are seeded 13th in the event out of 24 with their qualifying time of 1:32.98. Shania Boyd will run the 400 hurdles today, she is seeded 19th in the field with a time of 1:08.53.

Listen to KCII throughout the day for updates from the state track meet in Des Moines.