By Matt Heinrichs — Sports Editor

Spirit Lake Park’s Mackenzie Kauffman brought home a medal from the 2022 Iowa High School State Track & Field Championships held Thursday-Saturday, May 19-21 at Drake University in Des Moines.

The junior sprinter qualified for Saturday’s 200-meter dash finals with a time of 26.36 seconds in the prelims. On Saturday, Kauffman finished in 25.97 seconds to place seventh in Class 3A.