Lions smack Drake record in medley
DES MOINES - The Linn-Mar Lions have fallen in love with the sprint medley at Drake.
The Lions captured the event for the second straight year Friday and broke the Drake Relays record in 3:26.89, snapping the old mark of 3:27.18 set by Iowa City High in 2004.
Linn-Mar had three different runners on the relay this year, but Josh Evans was the still the anchorman. And still the man.
Evans got the baton after a swift leg by freshman Dalton Gosch and ticked off a sizzling 1 minute, 51 second split in the 800 to win the race with a strong kick.
"That's awesome," Evans said of his 1:51 split. "This was way faster than I figured I'd go."
Tristan Freese and Daniel Gorsich ran the opening 200 legs for the Lions. Gorsich passed the baton to Gosch in fifth place, but the freshman blazed around the Blue Oval with an impressive 400.
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