Jeff Linder
Writer at The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Sportswriter, Cedar Rapids Gazette (1995-???), with focus on high schools and Iowa WBB. Father of two, husband of one. @DrakeUniversity 1990.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — The “preponement” of the Forwald-Coleman Relays prevented weather issues. It did present a challenge of its own. For the boys’ track and field team from Cedar Rapids Prairie, it meant back-to-back competition nights. “We needed a lot of sleep (Tuesday night),” senior William Roelfs said. “Yeah, it was a challenge.” The Hawks met it just fine.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A northerly breeze pushed him. Jimmy John’s fueled him. Quinton Alexander was focused and fast. Freaky fast, you could say. Iowa’s fastest ever. A senior at Cedar Rapids Prairie, Alexander established an all-time state best in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles at Tuesday’s Hawkins-Schwarz Relays at John Wall Field.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY -- Lucy Olsen has been selected in the WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics. A senior who played three years at Villanova before transferring to Iowa for her final season at Iowa, Olsen was the 23rd pick (in the second round). “I am beyond thrilled for Lucy,” Iowa Coach Jan Jensen said in a release by the university. “She is a relentless worker and was a joy to coach.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DUBUQUE — This one counts. Linn-Mar junior Abby Mecklenburg became the first high school girl in state history to officially soar 20 feet in the long jump, doing it — twice — Monday at Dalzell Field. Mecklenburg jumped 20 feet, 3 inches on her second attempt at the Hempstead Invitational, then surpassed that with a 20-8 1/4 effort on her final jump.
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big10central.com | Jeff Linder
Apr. 14—The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — This year, there's an air of mystery in these parts concerning the WNBA Draft. For Lucy Olsen, it's which round? And which team? It could be any time in the second (or maybe third) round. And it could be anybody. The Draft begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday from The Shed in New York City; it will be televised by ESPN.
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