Team Spirit

Grundy Center's Meghan Krausman, right, hands off the baton to Grundy Center's Alexia Adrianne, left, in the Girls 1A Sprint Medley Relay Finals at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, May 23, 2009.
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Grundy Center's Alexia Adrianne, left, wins the Girls 1A Sprint Medley Relay Finals at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, May 23, 2009. Grundy Center won the event and set a state record of 1:50.45.
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Grundy Center's Meghan Krausman, center, reacts as an official presents her team with shells from the starting gun after winning the Girls 1A Sprint Medley Relay Finals at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, May 23, 2009. Grundy Center set a state record of 1:50.45.
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Grundy Center's Alexis Adrianne, left, Abby Graves, center, Meghan Krausman, right, and Morgan Appel, back, react after winning the Girls 1A Sprint Medley Relay Finals at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, May 23, 2009.

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State Track First

Dike-New Hartford's Hannah Willms competes for a state record of 6' 11'' in the Girls 2A High Jump Finals at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, May 22, 2009.
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I'm currently on assignment in Des Moines covering State Track. This is another first for me! Most of what I've turned in thus far have been average track images. Today, I made an image that I liked. It made me smile :)

Family Act

Mick Staebell, left, on keyboard/vocals, and his son Mike Staebell, right, on guitar/vocals, perform at the Isle of Capri Hotel and Casino in Waterloo, Iowa, on Thursday, May 14, 2009.
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MVC Men's Track

Waterloo East's Harrison Shelby III, left, pushes past Cedar Falls' Kyle Bernard, right, in the 110 High Hurdles at the MVC Mens Track meet at Memorial Stadium in Waterloo, Iowa, on Friday, May 8, 2009.
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Aldrich Relays

NU's Aaron Jones competes in the high jump at the 2009 Aldrich Relays at the Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, May 7, 2009.

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Bluebells & Bumblebees

A bumblebee tends the bluebells at Castle Bluffs Park in Waterloo, Iowa on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. ©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier

Tennis

Waterloo West's Ashlyn Christensen wins in singles against Cedar Falls' Kristen Counsell (not shown) 11-10 on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at the Robinson-Dresser Complex in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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Practice

Northern Iowa's Mark Cordes, right, eyes the ball as Northern Iowa's Marshall Rogne, left, prepares his pitch in the batting cage at UNI club baseball practice at the Robinson-Dresser Complex in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Friday, May 1, 2009.
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Big 8

Waterloo West's Jadyn Spencer throws the shot put at the Women's Big 8 Classic Track and Field Meet at the Cedar Falls High School on Thursday, April 30, 2009 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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