The University of Iowa’s world-class indoor track will host a number of events this winter during its second season in Iowa following its circuitous route to the UI Recreation Building.
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UI track and field champion Lake Kwaza is chasing Olympic dreams, this time in a bobsled
What do you do if you are a school record holder, Big 10 champion and an All-American in track and field, still have that urge to compete after graduating from college but are uncertain about switching sports? Well, if you are 2016 University of Iowa graduate Lake Kwaza, you turn down an offer from one of the U.S. Bobsled coaches, and when he calls you back a year later you answer him with a resounding, ‘Yes!’
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Retiring Hawkeye Marching Band director Kevin Kastens will lead his final Kinnick halftime show this weekend
The Nov. 18 Iowa football game against Purdue will be Kevin Kastens’ last as director of the Hawkeye Marching Band. After 170 halftime performances, this will be his finale.
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With Rio under her belt, Swisher athlete Jessica Heims aims for the 2020 Paralympic Games
Jessica Heims lost her lower right leg and foot before the age of 1, but through the years Heims, now a University of Northern Iowa freshman, has taken up that challenge to her mobility and run with it.
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Behind the Scenes at Kinnick: ‘One of the teams within the team’
If you were a high school football player in Iowa, there is a good chance that you grew up dreaming of becoming a Hawkeye, wearing the black and gold and playing in historic Kinnick Stadium. But behind those players on the field is a team working to make sure everything from the game day video board to the Twitter account and the plays on the field run as smoothly as possible.
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Living and training in Iowa City helps keep world-class runner Erik Sowinski grounded and focused
Erik Sowinski, one of Nike’s best and most consistent athletes, lives and trains in Iowa City.
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Iowa track and field athlete Heaven Chandler set out to prove her mettle post injury
Heaven Chandler was ready to enter her senior year of high school as one of the top all-around high school athletes in Iowa. A severe knee injury that would end the career for many athletes proved to be just a detour on Chandler’s road to success.
