Girls Cross Country and Track and Field
The girls cross country and track & field teams have achieved a level of excellence over the past decade paralleled by no team in the state. Under Coach Mike Parker, the Iowa City West Girls Track & Field teams have won 6 State Championship team titles, the 3rd most in state history. They have also won 10 Regional Championship team titles, more than any school in class 4A in the last 13 years. The Iowa City West girls cross country team has won 5 State Championship team titles. Coach Parker has been recognized by his peers at the highest level having been selected the Iowa High School State Coach of the Year or the At-Large Coach of the Year 19 times by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches. The Mississippi Valley Conference coaches have selected Parker as the M.V.C Coach of the Year 17 times. In 2004 he became the first coach in Class 4A state history to be voted both the Girls Track & Field State Coach of the Year and the Girls Cross Country State Coach of the Year both in the same calendar year. Parker has three times been nominated for the National Federation of High Schools National Coach of the Year award, in 2008 & 2009 for track & field and in 2004 for cross country.
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