Iowa 4x800 win

Iowa won the men’s 4x800-meter relay at the Drake Relays on Friday night, taking the flag in 7:20.36 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. (hawkeyesports.com) The Hawkeyes’ lineup was Carson Lane, Caleb Levy, Ryan Schreiner and Terrick Johnson, and Iowa coach Joey Woody said Johnson took the lead with 100 meters left on the anchor leg. (hawkeyesports.com) Iowa’s 7:20.36 was the third-fastest mark in school history, according to the team’s meet recap. A Drake Relays results page listed Iowa first in the section and showed Iowa State next at 7:22.74. (hawkeyesports.com) (results.drakerelays.us) (youtube.com) The repeat matters because Iowa had ended a long drought only one year earlier. In 2025, the Hawkeyes won the men’s 4x800 at Drake in 7:21.88 for the program’s first title in that relay at the meet since 2017. (hawkeyesports.com) That makes the 2026 victory a different kind of statement: Iowa did not just break through once, it held the event with a new quartet. Ryan Schreiner and Terrick Johnson were the carryovers from the 2025 winning team, while Lane and Levy joined this year’s lineup. (hawkeyesports.com 1) (hawkeyesports.com 2) Friday’s race also came after weather concerns had already disrupted the meet. KCCI reported that severe weather risk in central Iowa prompted Drake Relays schedule changes on Thursday, with damaging winds, hail and tornado risk in the forecast. (kcci.com) Iowa’s relay win capped a strong Friday for the Hawkeyes. The same team recap said Bryce Ruland won the men’s discus at 57.06 meters and Izzy Zahn won the women’s 400 meters in 53.24, giving Iowa three Drake Relays flags on the day. (hawkeyesports.com) For Iowa, the headline was the same event as last spring and a slightly faster clock: another men’s 4x800 title, another Drake Relays flag, and another finish under 7:21. (hawkeyesports.com)