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Former Tipton Tiger Alicia Craig was at the 2018 Drake Relays last week. Craig brought her middle school distance medley relay team to the blue oval to compete in the first year of middle school events at the Relays.
“The Drake Relays offered their first middle school qualifying this year,” said Craig. “We had to sign up ahead of time and they took the top eight qualifying times in each middle school event. We had to send in our times by a certain date, then they got back to the eight qualifying teams and we got to run here. It’s pretty cool,” she said.
Craig was on the Tigers 2007 state championship track team and was on the 2008 team that placed third. She was on the state winning 2008 shuttle hurdle relay team with teammates Maggie Wehde, Brittany Foulks, and Missy Miller. She also was an individual state qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles and went to the state swim meet her senior season.
Craig was a first-team Des Moines Register All-State point guard her senior season and graduated in 2009. She signed a National Letter of Intent to swim at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Later, she transferred to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa and played basketball a while. She graduated from Simpson and is in her fourth year teaching at Carlisle.
She is in her third year coaching track and cross-country at the middle school level. She has coached swimming and basketball as well at Indianola and Carlisle.
“I have one assistant and they hired a throwing coach this year. We have 60 girls out, we have to have me and an assistant, and our throwing coach. I take hurdles, I coach both boys and girls,” she said.
Craig said that she enjoyed being on the coaching side of things this year at Drake and was proud of her girls.
“I’m so incredibly proud of these girls. Although they came in 2nd, their time is not an average 2nd place time. 4:23.73 for two 7th graders and two 8th graders. This time puts them 3rd in 3A HS times currently, and 8th in all classes,” she said.
After the team ran on Friday night, Craig and her track kids stuck around to take in the action on the track.
Craig is married to Tyler, and the couple lives in Central Iowa. Craig is the daughter of Mike and Denise Goetz of Tipton.
Former Tipton Tiger Alicia Craig was at the 2018 Drake Relays last week. Craig brought her middle school distance medley relay team to the blue oval to compete in the first year of middle school events at the Relays.
“The Drake Relays offered their first middle school qualifying this year,” said Craig. “We had to sign up ahead of time and they took the top eight qualifying times in each middle school event. We had to send in our times by a certain date, then they got back to the eight qualifying teams and we got to run here. It’s pretty cool,” she said.
Craig was on the Tigers 2007 state championship track team and was on the 2008 team that placed third. She was on the state winning 2008 shuttle hurdle relay team with teammates Maggie Wehde, Brittany Foulks, and Missy Miller. She also was an individual state qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles and went to the state swim meet her senior season.
Craig was a first-team Des Moines Register All-State point guard her senior season and graduated in 2009. She signed a National Letter of Intent to swim at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Later, she transferred to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa and played basketball a while. She graduated from Simpson and is in her fourth year teaching at Carlisle.
She is in her third year coaching track and cross-country at the middle school level. She has coached swimming and basketball as well at Indianola and Carlisle.
“I have one assistant and they hired a throwing coach this year. We have 60 girls out, we have to have me and an assistant, and our throwing coach. I take hurdles, I coach both boys and girls,” she said.
Craig said that she enjoyed being on the coaching side of things this year at Drake and was proud of her girls.
“I’m so incredibly proud of these girls. Although they came in 2nd, their time is not an average 2nd place time. 4:23.73 for two 7th graders and two 8th graders. This time puts them 3rd in 3A HS times currently, and 8th in all classes,” she said.
After the team ran on Friday night, Craig and her track kids stuck around to take in the action on the track.
Craig is married to Tyler, and the couple lives in Central Iowa. Craig is the daughter of Mike and Denise Goetz of Tipton.
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