AMES —  Linn-Mar senior Josh Evans captured the 1600 meter run at the Iowa State Indoor Classic on Tuesday night in Ames.

Evans, who has signed to run at Iowa State, won the race in 4 minutes, 22.06 seconds.

Evans finished third in a premier battle in the 3200 that went down to the wire. Michael Melchert of Monticello won the race in 9:19.09. Thomas Pollard of Gilbert was second in 9:19.51 and Evans was a tick behind at 9:19.94.

Linn-Mar placed fourth in the sprint medley (3:41.01). Tim Wolfe of Linn-Mar was sixth in the 60 meter dash (7.27).

Nick Stark of Xavier finished fourth in the long jump at 20 feet, 3/4 inch.