Talking About Area Recreation in Cedar Rapids

The Sports Desk | added on 24 August 2012

Community sports editor J.R. Ogden talks to Sven Leff, the Cedar Rapids Recreation Director, about events happening in the area [...] more

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Friday, 5/24

INDEPENDENCE RACING 6.061000.BLR --- (PUBLISHED: Auto racing-loving fans line the track at Independence Motor Speedway, watching a pair of race cars slide through turn four at the extremely popular dirt track. Saturday night shows at IMS routinely draw about 2,000 spectators.) Sepectators watch as race participants slide around turn four of the Independence Motor Speedway during racing action earlier this month.

Talking dirt-track racing

Thursday, 5/23

Talking Hawkeye Downs

Wednesday, 5/22

(PUBLISHED: Rinderknecht Associates was the general contractor for the 6,625-square-foot Bever Pool at Bever Park in southeast Cedar Rapids. The complex includes a 118-foot, 2.5-turn water slide (right). The pool took about seven months to construct. Rinderknecht Associates also is the contractor for the new Noelridge Pool at Noelridge Park in northeast Cedar Rapids.) Rinderknecht Associates was the general contractor of the 6,625 square foot Bever Pool including the 118-foot, 2.5-turn water slide at right during the inaugural open swim session Saturday, June 22, 2002, in southeast Cedar Rapids. The pool took about seven months to build.

Talking recreation

Tuesday, 5/21

**RESALES BY OWNER ONLY**Jenna Higgins, a Mount Mercy junior, gets set to throw the javelin at last years NAIA Championships. She will defend her national title this week.

Talking Mount Mercy track & field

Monday, 5/20

On Iowa talks Iowa-ISU football

Friday, 5/17

Doing the Pigman: ÒI guess I am trying to prove I am still young.Ó June 6th, 2010 Ê_Ê Published in Bicycling, Featured, Running ? By Frank Morosky/Community contributor Pictures by Dan Zange Today, June 6 was the 19th Annual Pigman Sprint Triathlon held in Palo, IA. It consisted of a 500 yard swim, 15.5 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run. (Results can be found here.)Community contributor gets 40% cut of net revenue from sales of individual picture outside of SourceMedia Group.

Tales from Team 99 Counties

Thursday, 5/16

Brian Gibson races in the modified division at the season opener of auto racing at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids on May 10, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)

Talking auto racing

Wednesday, 5/15

Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Meredith Koenigsfeld (left) says "We're going to state" with teammates Morgan Meese (second from left), Sam Kitterman (second from right) and Abbie Ranschau (right) after their girl's distance medley relay team placed second behind Cedar Rapids Washington during the class 4A District Track and Field Meet at Linn-Mar High School on Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Marion, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)

Previewing state track meet

Tuesday, 5/14

Talking 24 hours of fitness

Sunday, 5/12

Talking beneficial supplements

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