City High School is a school of 1400 students located in Iowa City, Iowa. City High has a long tradition of academic, music, and athletic excellence. Since 1989, City High had an average of 12 national merit scholars each year; had 36 All-State musicians in 2011; and has produced an amazing 53 state championships in 6 different sports. City High has also distinguished itself as being the only school in Iowa history to win both the boys and girls track titles in the same year......FOUR TIMES!

City High is a member of the very competitive Mississippi Valley Conference in Eastern Iowa. At the 1999, 2001 & 2002 Girls State Track Meet, MVC teams took the top three places at the state meet. Fourteen teams from Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Cedar Falls/Waterloo make up the MVC. Along with City High, teams from Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Cedar Rapids Washington, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Linn Mar, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Cedar Falls, Waterloo West, Waterloo East, Dubuque Whalert, Dubuque Senior, and Dubuque Hempsted make up the conference.

Expectations for the 2012 track & field season are very high. The Little Hawks capped the 2010 season by placing 3rd as a team at the Iowa State Track & Field meet. This was the 13th top three finish for the Little Hawks in the last fifteen years. In 2010, the experience of seniors Ashley Wilkinson, Tara Mills, Brittany Nelson, Emily Fagan, Jill Stephenson, Jessica Yagla, Melanie Holman, Stephani Brooks and Mallory Hynes led City High to a District title and the third place finish at State. Even with the losses to graduation, the strong underclassmen along with some dedicated seniors and newcomers will make City High an exciting team to watch. City High returns members of every state scoring relay, as well as several key individual point scorers.

The sprints will be lead by junior Nicole Kuddes and Claire Crew who were members of the 5th place 4x200m relay team and the 2nd place 4x100m relay respectively. Hurdles look be a strong event again this year with all of the 8-place State finishing shuttle hurdle relay returning. Lead by seniors Emily Sotelo, also a qualifier in the 400m hurdles, and Samantha Kunc, all of the hurdle events will be highly competitive. Middle distance events have been very strong for City High the past several years and this year will be no exception. The distance events will be anchored by senior Rebecca Rethwisch (4th in the 3000 and 6th in the 1500 at Sate) and Junior Meg Richardson. Field events will be anchored by Senior Virginia Johnson (4th place high jump) and double qualifiers in the shot and discus, senior Kayla Hyche and sophomore Aliyah Gustafson. Other key contributors for the 2011 season will be: SPRINTS/HURDLES: Kirsten Feeney, Beth Larsen, Lori Lines, Terra Perez, Jordan Sullivan, Micaela Hanshe DISTANCE: Erin Danielson, Ellen Carman FIELD EVENTS: With a very strong group of young runners who will look to contribute this year, City High looks for another top performance in 2011.