Rob Gray

Ankeny

Sports Reporter at The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Covers Iowa State sports for Cyclone Fanatic and the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Pro-Democracy, anti-authoritarian. Author. #BlackLivesMatter. #Standwithukraine

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Articles

Iowa State softball shatters expectations

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Rob Gray

Iowa State baserunner Angelina Allen against North Texas during an NCAA softball game on Friday, March 3, 2023, in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Michael Woods) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. AMES — Angelina Allen’s interned for the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
NWSL: North Carolina Courage at Utah Royals FC

1 week ago | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Rob Gray

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A closer look at Iowa State's 2025 NFL draft class

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Rob Gray

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. AMES — Iowa State’s 2024 football team left behind a legacy littered with historical landmarks, program firsts that will be hard to match or surpass this season and beyond. Now the Cyclones’ 2025 NFL Draft class is following a similar script. Four ISU players, led by wide receiver Jayden Higgins, were selected by NFL teams within the first four rounds of the seven-round event last weekend.
Jerome Tang hires veteran coach Bill Peterson to Kansas State basketball staff

2 weeks ago | kansas.com | Rob Gray

Kansas State men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang is adding a veteran assistant to his staff. Bill Peterson, a longtime coach who has experience working at virtually every level of college and professional hoops, accepted a position with the Wildcats this week. Peterson previously coached alongside Tang at Baylor from 2017-22 where they helped guide the Bears to a national championship in 2021. He brings 47 years of coaching experience with him to Manhattan.
Absence made Holly Duax faster

2 weeks ago | thegazette.com | Rob Gray

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Absence made Iowa sprinter Holly Duax’s legs churn faster. Three years removed from winning four state titles at Drake Stadium as a senior at Sioux City West, the Hawkeye junior raced to two Drake Relays title Saturday — helping her team win the Relays Cup for the first time since 2021.
Cyclone returns strong foundation at key positions

2 weeks ago | thegazette.com | Rob Gray

Most of those leaders have now landed in the professional ranks Iowa State Cyclones head coach Matt Campbell looks on during a game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, September 7, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced.
Northern Iowa’s thrower Katie Fare with standout win

2 weeks ago | thegazette.com | Rob Gray

Katie Fare with dominating win in Friday’s shot put championship at Drake Relays Photo courtesy of UNI Athletics The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Northern Iowa’s standout thrower, Katie Fare, didn’t wave her white Drake Relays flag much. Sure, it came with a dominating win in Friday’s women’s shot put championship flight, but Fare’s never satisfied. That’s because complacency breeds stagnation.
DES MOINES - The sum of the parts is greater than the whole. And for the Iowa men’s 4 x 800-meter re

2 weeks ago | thegazette.com | Rob Gray

Iowa men’s 4 x 800-meter relay team win gold Friday at the Drake Relays with time of time of 7:21.88 Iowa’s James Fingalsen hands off to Ryan Schreiner in the 4x800 during the 2025 Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — The sum of the parts is greater than the whole.
Devan Kipeygo anchored Iowa State’s 4 x 1,600-meter relay to win

2 weeks ago | thegazette.com | Rob Gray

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Iowa State runner Devan Kipeygo treated the final straightaway as the batter’s box. He took a few practice swings in the form of fist pumps.
Iowa State's Kiki Connell finally ‘earns’ a Drake Relays flag

2 weeks ago | thegazette.com | Rob Gray

Iowa State’s Kiki Connell (right) and Sheridan Wheeler compete in the women’s 3000 meter steeplechase during the 2025 Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Iowa State distance runner Kiki Connell owns two Drake Relays flags. But on Thursday, she finally earned one herself.