Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Josh Evans will run at Iowa State

Linn-Mar senior Josh Evans took official visits to Stanford and Oklahoma State, but the premier prep distance runner in Iowa has decided to stay home and run for the Iowa State Cyclones in college.

Evans informed the Metro Sports Report of his decision Sunday night.

"I decided last night," he said. "I kind of had it in the back of my mind and I went with my gut feeling. I'm super excited."

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Linn-Mar unveils 'awesome' new pool

Amazing. Fantastic. Awesome.

Those were some of the superlatives tossed around Thursday evening when the Linn-Mar School District introduced its new $11.7 million aquatic center to the public.

"It's amazing. And it's so well-lit," said Linn-Mar senior Samantha Fitzgerald. "And it's so clean right now. I can't wait to get in (the water) in a week or two."

The Linn-Mar boys swimming team will begin practicing in the aquatic center next Thursday. The first meet is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 10 when the boys will host Cedar Falls.

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Linn-Mar welcomes Sommer twins to team

Linn-Mar girls basketball coach Michael Brandt knows he's a lucky guy.

The top seven scorers from last year's team graduated, leaving Aryn Jones as the top returning scorer at 1.8 points per game, but a gift came down from heaven and landed in the coach's lap.

Actually it was two gifts - the talented Sommer twins - and they came down from Dubuque Senior as welcome transfers for their senior year in high school.

Their mother changed jobs and her daughters, Kristie and Katie, became Linn-Mar Lions for the 2013-14 school year.

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Evans runs 8th at Nike regional

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Linn-Mar senior Josh Evans placed eighth out of 257 runners at the Nike Heartland Regional cross country meet Sunday at Yankton Trails Park in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Evans ran the 5K race in 15 minutes, 35.9 seconds. Addison Dehaven of Brookings, S.D., won the race in 15:08.9.

High school runners from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin participated in the event.

The Linn-Mar Running Club finished 10th out of 28 teams in the boys standings and 20th out of 35 teams in the girls standings.