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Des Moines, Iowa, will host the 2025 National Senior Games presented by Humana from July 24 through August 4 as more than 12,500 athletes ages 50 and over are registered to compete in the Olympic–style event, featuring 25 sports held across venues in Greater Des Moines. First held in 1987, the National Senior Games takes […]
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Catch Des Moines has announced that Trina Flack has been selected as the organization’s next president and chief executive officer. Flack, a 17-year veteran of the organization and current vice president of sales, will assume the role on August 1. She succeeds Greg Edwards, the longtime president and CEO who is retiring at the end […]
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Catch Des Moines has announced the retirement of President and CEO Greg Edwards, who has been with the organization since 2000. During Edwards’ 25 years at the helm of Catch Des Moines he helped bring marquee events to the region including NCAA Wrestling Championships, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament First and Second Rounds and […]
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The NCAA has announced over 240 host sites for preliminary and final rounds of championship tournaments across all three divisions, the first time it has named hosts over a two-year selection cycle instead of a four-year cycle. Florida will host the most events — 22 NCAA championship events for the 2026–2027 and 2027–2028 seasons. Forty […]
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The eyes of the track and field world will be laser focused on Paris this summer as the best athletes on the planet compete for Olympic gold. But several months before that, the Penn Relays in Philadelphia and the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, signal the blooming of track and field season around the […]
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The 2023 USA Archery Junior Olympic Archery Development Target Nationals will take place in Des Moines, Iowa, July 12–16, at James W. Cownie Soccer Park. More than 700 archers ages 8–20 will be competing at the event, which is a USA Archery sanctioned event open to youth archers competing in the recurve, compound, fixed pins […]
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Greater Des Moines will host the AAU Junior Olympic Games in 2026 and 2030. This announcement comes as the Iowa destination prepares to host the 2023 AAU Junior Olympic Games from July 26 to August 5. The AAU Junior Olympic Games is the largest multi-sport event for youth in the U.S. and will feature 12 […]
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Sports play a vital economic role for destinations looking to attracting visitors. They also, in their finest moments, provide inspiring examples of humanity at its best. Over the weekend of July 29–30 in Ames and Des Moines, Iowa, two events — one amateur, one professional — spoke to each of those aspects. They also served […]
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(SportsTravel will be profiling destinations throughout the summer as visitors bureaus and sports commissions are operating events without nearly any restrictions for the first real time since the pandemic started. Sure, there’s been moments that feel like it, but this summer feels different. If your destination has a compelling story to share, send it along […]
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Red Bull Soapbox Race will bring the world’s wildest downhill race, in which amateur teams see who can navigate their homemade cart the fastest through a downhill course filled with obstacles and potential crashes, to Des Moines on June 18 for the first time. Since the first race in Brussels in 2000, over 100 Red […]
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