AMES, Iowa – August 21, 2025 – The Iowa Games are proud to announce Luke Daoust and Makenzie Klatt as the 2025 Marty McHone Iowa Games Male and Female Athletes of the Year. These outstanding athletes will be recognized at the...
Boone and Davenport Students Recognized for Excellence On and Off the Field AMES, Iowa – The Iowa Sports Foundation and Iowa Games are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Brian Pearson Memorial Scholarship: Braden Brooks of Boone High School...
AMES, Iowa – August 29, 2024 – The Iowa Games have awarded the 2024 Marty McHone Iowa Games Male and Female Athlete of the Year Awards to Joe Soderberg and Ryleigh Wilken. They will receive their awards at the Iowa...
On a late summer Portland evening in 1956, Jarol Duerksen found the love of his life. It was his freshman year at Multnomah College. Hearing a ping pong ball bouncing back and forth, he peeked into the room, seeing twenty...
AMES — Spencer native Laurie Sorrell, 75, broke the world powerlifting record for all federations when she bench-pressed 143.3 pounds in the over 148- pound division. The effort came during the Iowa Games in Ames on July 15. “I beat...
Iowa Sports Foundation CEO/Executive Director, Chuck Long, announced today that Nicole Kennedy has been chosen as the organization’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Kennedy, formerly served as the organization’s director of health and wellness initiatives, officially moves into the COO...
Competition is often viewed as linear, A-to-B, wins and losses, etc. The process is overlooked for “what have you done lately?” Do sports still have a space to grow and tell your story? Ann Hegstrom, De Sota, Iowa, certainly believes...
[caption id="attachment_5343" align="alignright" width="300"] Andy Anderson was one of the first Iowans to climb the north side of Mount Everest.[/caption] The 2021 Summer Iowa Games presented by Grinnell Mutual are underway and will official kickoff the main weekend festivities with...
Ames and Bondurant Students Making an Impact Each year the Iowa Sports Foundation and Iowa Games chooses two recipients to receive the distinguished Brian Pearson Memorial Scholarship, one male and one female. The scholarship, sponsored by the Orr, Kenyon and...
AMES, Iowa – July 8, 2020 – The 2020 Summer Iowa Games presented by Grinnell Mutual will host the annual triathlon and duathlon on Sunday, July 12 at Big Creek State Park near Polk City. Over 200 athletes are expected...
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