IOWA CITY — Three Solon track and field athletes competed in the Iowa Association of Track Coaches (IATC) 2025 Outdoor Championships this past Saturday at Iowa City West High School.
Recent graduate...
DES MOINES — As the sun rose on a cloudy Saturday morning in Des Moines, the final day of the Lady Spartans track season had arrived. One event left, one more attempt at a podium finish. It had eluded...
Joel Kellar, For the Solon Economist
• May 23, 2025
DES MOINES — It’s been the same group of girls all season long; Quinn Armentrout, Jerzey Haluska, Grace Hoeper, and Kobie Lietz. Those four make up a dominant 4x400-meter relay team. One that has...
Joel Kellar, For the Solon Economist
• May 22, 2025
This year the Solon Economist is fortunate to have Joel Kellar on the scene in Des Moines to cover the 2025 Class 3A State Coed Track and Field Meet. Joel will provide reports for all three days and an in-depth summary of the Spartans' and Lady Spartans' time on the Blue Oval in the May 29 edition.
MOUNT VERNON — Solon’s varsity girls and boys track and field teams are sending eleven events to the 2025 Class 3A State Coed Meet this week at Drake University in Des Moines after last Thursday’s...
Solon’s Middle School boys’ track team wrapped up a record setting season placing second in the 8th grade Large School Division of the Mike Henderson Boys’ State Track Meet in Waukee Saturday...
Ryan Suchomel, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• May 14, 2025
MOUNT VERNON — The WaMaC Super Meet has never been loaded like this.
Fourteen conference records were broken Thursday, May 8, at Rogers Family Field in Mount Vernon, where the Clear Creek Amana...
MUSCATINE — Solon’s junior varsity (JV) and varsity girls track and field teams competed in Muscatine High School’s Dick Washburn Invitational Tuesday, April 29 with the varsity girls placing third...
STANWOOD — The Spartans notched a meet victory Tuesday, April 29 in the Cedar County town of Stanwood as they won the North Cedar Boys Invitational with 63 team points.
Eli Kampman, Anders Holmes,...
Abbey Ballauer, For the Solon Economist
• April 30, 2025
The Solon boys' track and field team made strides on the track as well as team history at the Denny Gruber Relays on April 22 at Solon High School, setting a new personal record in the 800-meter sprint...
Abbey Ballauer, For the Solon Economist
• April 30, 2025
Energy was high at Solon High School Thursday, April 22, as the Lady Spartans took their mark for the girls 4x800-meter relay at the Denny Gruber Relays— and they didn’t disappoint.
Athletes Sydney...
The Solon Girls' and Boys' Track teams hit the blue oval at Drake Stadium April 24–26, taking on some of the best competition in Iowa at the Drake Relays. The girls' team punched their ticket in both...
