Distance runners shine in Thursday’s Class 3A and 2A track and field state championships

Mount Vernon’s Evelyn Moeller broke the Class 3A state meet record in the girls 3000 meter Thursday at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships.

Moeller, a junior and Drake Relays runner-up, finished first with a time of 9:27. The time moved her to number four on the Iowa all-time list.

Emerson Vokes of Grundy Center, already a cross country champion, took home his second straight state title in the 3200 meter…

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