Linn-Mar Boys Track

Evans, Jenks lead parade to Drake

Linn-Mar High School distance runners Josh Evans and Stephanie Jenks could turn the Drake Relays into their own distance carnival this week.

Evans, a junior, ranks first in the state in the 3200 meter run, second in the 1600 and second in the 800.

Jenks, a freshman and the 2012 state cross country champion, ranks first in the 3000 meter run, second in the 1500 and third in the 800.

All three distance races will be held on different days at the Drake Relays this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but it remains to be seen if Evans and Jenks will push themselves to compete in all three events.

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Lions, Cougars win races in Iowa City

IOWA CITY - The Linn-Mar boys and the Kennedy girls came home with a pair of victories Thursday night at the Forwald/Coleman Relays in Iowa City.

Linn-Mar won the shuttle hurdle relay with Perrion Scott, Rhys Davis, Tristan Freese and Mike Keiser sharing the baton. The Lions also won the 4x100 relay with Scott, Freese, Brandon Jeffries and Tim Wolfe speeding around the track.

Kathia Wampole won the 800 meter run for Kennedy. The Cougars also took the 4x800 relay with Wampole, Carolyn Stone, Lauren Meyer and Kristen Siebenga forming the quartet.

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Jeff girls, Evans shine at Kingston

The Jefferson girls turned in another series of dominant performances Saturday at Kingston Stadium, while the Linn-Mar boys outdueled Kennedy for the team title in a frigid running of the Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational track meet.

Fresh from a blowout at their own meet a week ago, the J-Hawks claimed six of seven relay events Saturday and also picked up wins from senior hurdler Taylor Jacobson and sophomore sprinter Lucy Schneekloth.

The Lion boys, meanwhile, won four of six relay events along with a school record-setting run by unstoppable junior Josh Evans in a race for which he wasn’t even primed.

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Evans breaks 3200 mark at Wilkinson

Linn-Mar junior Josh Evans set a meet record in the 3200 meter run Friday at the 27th Annual Wilkinson Relays at Kingston Stadium.

Evans made eight trips around the track in 9:21.01, snapping the old mark of 9:24.87 that had stood since 1993.

Linn-Mar won seven events and captured the team championship with 123 points. The Marion Indians claimed second place with 84 points, nipping Prairie and Kennedy by a single point for runnerup honors in the seven-team Metro field.

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