Join the IATC Exchange Zone for our annual Preseason Awards Show! We’ll recognize some of Iowa’s top returning cross country athletes and teams, reveal our preseason award winners, and preview the upcoming season. Tune in to see who enters the year with high expectations and who could make a run at championship glory this fall!

Abby Schmitz, IATC president
State Track & Field recap
Storylines for 2026 in Cross Country

The champs are here Waukee NW • Indianola • Treynor • Chariton Piper Messerly • McKenna Montgomery • Canaan Dunham All live in-studio for the Night of Champions on The Exchange Zone tonight at 7 PM!

EARLY START ALERT The Exchange Zone drops at 7:00 PM TONIGHT — 30 minutes early! It’s the STATE MEET COUNTDOWN you’ve been waiting for. Caleb Ten Pas — live in studio Izzy Hardin (Maquoketa) — joining remotely

Get ready for the 2025 state meet here on the Exchange Zone!

Are you ready for SQM week? You won’t want to miss tonight’s episode of The Exchange Zone! Aaron Thomas in studio... Quick fly-through of conference meet results + SQM preview — every site across Iowa covered! Tune in and get ready for one of the biggest weeks of the season!

Eli Johnson, the 3x defending state champion in cross country wheelchair division joins the show! We take a look at Ft. Dodge and MVC, plus some other meets across the state. Then, all the attention is on the conference meets this week!

Kyle's random thoughts, meet recaps from Wartburg, SE Polk, Jesup, Williamsburg, Washington, Nevada, and much more! Plus, we take a look at the state meet and who wins the championship if it were today!

Plenty of great content on the sixth episode of the season. Jim Duea of the IGHSAU was live in studio to discuss his past as an AD and now his current role. Defending 3A champion, Quentin Nauman discusses his most recent win at the Jim Boughton Classic.

We take a look back at a few monster midwest cross country meets that involved many Iowa teams. The Exchange Zone also releases the top 15 2026 recruiting rankings.

Lili Denton of St. Albert joins the show to talk about the 2025 season. Plus a trip around the state, looking back at a busy week 3.