After a successful start to the 19th annual Iowa Summer Games last weekend, round two of the Games is scheduled to take place this weekend with 11 sports on tap.

“It went great,” said Executive Director Jim Hallihan, “considering the heat, which was really scary. Everyone was prepared for it though, and we only had a few people experience some problems with it.”

Kevin Bourke, director of sports and operations, said the incidents were minor.

“Nothing major,” he said. “We did run into a few problems with people becoming dehydrated.”

Hallihan said some of the preventive precautions taken last weekend included having water and ice readily available at all event sites and having mandatory breaks. He said they went through four full pallets of ice and 200 of the five-gallon water jugs.

He said they would be taking the same precautions again this weekend, but wasn’t anticipating any problems.

“The National Guard is bringing a large vehicle full of water to the adult flag football,” Hallihan said. “We might look at having mandatory rest breaks again.”

Bourke said they would be as prepared as possible.

“We’re making sure all the venues are covered with water and making sure it’s available to everyone,” Bourke said.

Hallihan said this is his 11th year with the Iowa Summer Games and last year was the only year they had nice weather with temperatures below 80 degrees.

Bourke said there is always the option of postponing events if the heat was bad enough, but said only if they were to experience extreme problems with the heat.

“That’s always an option,” he said. “It just depends on the circumstances.”

Bourke and Hallihan said the heat was not affecting the number of participants. Bourke said several sports set new records for participation last weekend.