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WELCOME IN EVERYBODY. JEFF DUBROF ALONGSIDE SHANNON EARHART, DRAKE STADIUM NOW EMPTY, 115TH RUNNING OF THE DRAKE RELAYS IN THE BOOKS. I WANT TO GIVE IT OVER TO YOU, SHANNON. YOU’VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY. A HISTORY MAKING DAY. YEAH, AND THIS PLACE WAS PACKED. I DON’T THINK I SAW A SINGLE EMPTY SEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA. WHERE THE. THE PRESS BOX IS. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE. 49 OLYMPIANS COMPETED OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS THAT THE DRAKE RELAY WAS. THERE WERE SIX GOLD MEDALISTS. ONE OF THEM WAS DEFINITELY THE FAN FAVORITE. THE GOLD MEDALIST WOULD WASTE ZERO TIME GETTING AFTER IT. TARA DAVIS WOODALL SENT HERSELF 22FT, ONE THREE QUARTERS INCH ON HER VERY FIRST JUMP. SHE MADE TAKING DOWN THE DRAKE RELAYS RECORD LOOK AS EASY AS BRUSHING HER TEETH. THE WIND KEPT WOODALL FROM GOING ANY FURTHER, BUT THE FIRST ATTEMPT WAS ALL SHE NEEDED. THE GOLD MEDALIST MAKES HER TRIP TO DES MOINES WORTHWHILE. IT WAS AWESOME. THE ENERGY IN THE STADIUM WAS INSANE. THE ANNOUNCER WAS DOING HIS THING OUT THERE. HE WAS HYPING US UP. AND YEAH, I WAS JUST LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH SIX JUMPS WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. GET THROUGH IT WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME GRACE. CENTRAL IOWA OWNED HALF THE FIELD IN THE BOYS FOUR BY 800 ANKENY WAS TRYING TO DEFEND ITS TITLE, RETURNING THREE OF THE FOUR CHAMPS WITH NICHOLAS ROBY, IKE SMITH AND ETHAN ZUBER. JUST AS ROCKY WAS THE NEW ADDITION. CEDAR FALLS, DOWLING AND ANKENY WERE TRADING PLACES. JUSTIN RADTKE RISKS HIS LIFE ON THE HANDOFF TO ZUBER FOR THE ANCHOR LEG, COMPLETELY WIPING OUT ZUBER, KNOWN TO BE CLUTCH PASSES. CEDAR FALLS ON THE BACKSTRETCH. THE FINAL KICK IS MORE THAN ENOUGH, AND ANKENY GOES BACK TO BACK, WINNING THE FOUR BY 8 IN 7 MINUTES AND 41.41 SECONDS. IT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE NEWBIE, THE RUNNER I’M MOST PROUD OF IS JUSTICE. THIS GUY FELL OVER THE LINE. HE SHOWED UP AT THE DRAKE OVAL. HE’S THE NEW ADDITION TO THE TEAM AND HE REALLY LET IT ALL OUT. AND HE’S THE REASON WE WERE IN THAT TO COMPETE AND WIN. SO TO SEE THAT, TO SEE A RUNNER DO THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES YOU MAKES YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO LET HIM GET WHAT HE DESERVES. THE GIRLS SHUTTLE HURDLE FEATURED A COMPETITIVE FIELD ADAM VALLEY, WAUKEE, NORTHWEST AND INDIANOLA WERE VYING FOR THE TITLE. WAUKEE NORTHWEST. ALAINA SCHULTE AND ANYA VAN ZETTEN RAN THE FIRST TWO LEGS. THERE’S A REASON KATIE WILLETTS 100 METER TIME IS THIRD BEST IN THE STATE. SHE GIVES THE WOLVES SOME BREATHING ROOM. LILY TWIG TAKES HIM HOME, WAUKEE, NORTHWEST RUNS A RELAYS RECORD TO WIN IT. WE’VE BEEN RIGHT THERE EVERY YEAR AND WE WERE ALWAYS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO WIN IT, WE’RE GOING TO WIN IT. AND THEN THIS YEAR WE’RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? LIKE THIS IS OUR YEAR. WE’RE NOT LETTING ANYBODY STOP US AND WE’RE GOING TO WIN IT THIS YEAR. THE BOIES SHUTTLE HURDLE WAS CHAOTIC. WAUKEE NORTHWEST HAD ITS BLINDERS ON. THEY WERE IN THIRD UNTIL ANKENY TUMBLED ON THE THIRD LEG. GRIFFIN LUDWIG KEPT GOING, MOVING TO SECOND. BLAKE LUDWIG IS CHASING CEDAR RAPIDS UNTIL CEDAR RAPIDS BITES IT ON THE SECOND TO LAST HURDLE. WAUKEE NORTHWEST ENDS UP WINNING THE RACE 56.82. THAT IS BEST IN THE STATE. NEVER COUNTED US OUT, BUT THEN FALLING KIND OF PUT US BACK IN THAT RACE. WE WERE BEHIND A LITTLE BIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RACE AND THEN FALLING GAVE US A CHANCE TO WIN AND WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THE MEN’S SHUTTLE HURDLE WAS AN INSTANT CLASSIC. IOWA AND IOWA STATE RUNNING NECK AND NECK FOR A DRAKE RELAYS TITLE, BUT MORE SO BRAGGING RIGHTS. HAWKEYES CARLISLE JOHNSON, TYLER KANAUGA, DREW DILLARD AND KAI GRAVES BLANKS BEAT THE CYCLONES TO THE FINISH LINE, BUT IOWA DIDN’T JUST BEAT IOWA STATE, THEY BEAT THE WORLD, FINISHING IN 57.26. THAT IS BEST IN THE WORLD. THE HAWKEYES DID CLEAN UP IN THE WOMEN’S 100 METER. IOWA’S HOLLY DUAX DUSTED THE FIELD IN 11.98 SECONDS. DUAX WAS ALSO PART OF IOWA’S WINNING SPRINT MEDLEY, THE MEN’S SPRINT MEDLEY SAW IOWA STATE, DEPAUL, AND IOWA THREE ACROSS DOWN THE FINAL STRETCH, CYCLONES TIE COIN MIKEY MCCLAIN AND EUGENE BLACKMON LED DARIUS KIPYEGO TO THIS POINT. KIPYEGO FINDS ANOTHER GEAR, GETTING THE WIN. THE FLAG IS MOST VALUABLE TO TY COIN AND MIKEY MCCLAIN. BEING FROM IOWA, JUST KNOWING WHAT DRAKE RELAYS MEANS THE STATE OF IOWA BEING ABLE TO FINALLY GET A RELAY CHAMPION FLAG MEANS THE MOST TO US. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT FALL? OH YEAH. NO, OF COURSE IT WAS ON PURPOSE. GIVE THE GIVE THE CROWD A LITTLE SOMETHING TO SHOW. NOW. SHANNON EHRHART, ����vlog, IOWA SPORTS LEADER. THE AFTERNOON BEGAN WITH THE GIRLS FOUR BY 100 METER RELAY. WAUKEE NORTHWEST CONTINUED THEIR DOMINANCE. THE TEAM OF EDDIE WILLIS, DESTEFANO AND VOGT BRINGING UP THE REAR THERE. TAKE IT WITH A 47.65 TIME AND ANOTHER FLAG TO THE TROPHY CASE. THE BOYS FOUR BY 100 METER WAS A BATTLE BETWEEN JOHNSTON AND CEDAR RAPIDS. KENNEDY, AND THE FINAL 100M. IT’S JOHNSTON’S VINCENT PETERSON COMING THROUGH, DELIVERING THE TEAM OF BARUCH KING BEACHUM AND THE AFOREMENTIONED PETERSON. A HUGE WIN, 41.84, WINNING BY FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND. ONE OF THE PREMIER EVENTS WAS THE ELITE WOMEN’S 100 METER HURDLE. MACI RUSSELL, THE PERSON EVERYONE WATCHING THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN PARIS NOW A DRAKE RELAYS CHAMP, A BLAZING 12.74 SECOND TIME WINS THE EVENT AND THE WOMEN’S ELITE MILE. IOWA NATIVE SHELBY HOULIHAN AND KARISSA SCHWEIZER WERE AIMING TO BRING HOME A WIN IN FRONT OF THE HOME CROWD. BUT LIKING THE ROAD RACES, IT’S CHRISSY GEER TAKING HOME THE TITLE A TIME OF 423 .69. HOULIHAN AND SCHWEIZER FINISHED SECOND AND THIRD RESPECTIVELY, AND THEY FELT LIKE DESPITE THE LOSS, IT WAS NICE TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS THE OLD DAYS DOING THE WARM UP AROUND THE STADIUM AND LIKE GOING THROUGH THE PRACTICE. THAT LITTLE PRACTICE SECTION AND JUST LIKE, KIND OF FEELS LIKE WE’RE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL. LIKE, HONESTLY, I FELT LIKE I WAS A LITTLE MORE NERVOUS THAN A NORMAL, LIKE, SEASON OPENER WEEKEND. BUT THAT’S ALL GOOD NERVES AND IT’S REALLY FUN TO BE BACK. AND I WANT TO JUST KEEP COMING BACK EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT’S JUST SO NICE TO, LIKE, GIVE BACK TO THE HOME CROWD. WRAPPING IT ALL UP WAS THE BOYS AND GIRLS 4X4 HUNDRED WAUKEE, NORTHWEST IN IT AGAIN IN A BATTLE WITH INDIANOLA. THE WOLVES, LOGAN VOLK HOLDING OFF JOSIE MCGRAW TO WIN BY JUST OVER A 10TH OF A SECOND. THAT HANDS THE TEAM OF WINTER. DANNY. VOTE AND VOTE. THE WIN A TIME OF 351 .02, AND THE BOYS 4X4 HUNDRED, WAS AN INSTANT CLASSIC HEADING INTO THE FINAL LAP, IT WAS JOHNSTON AND DES MOINES EAST. THE SCARLETS HAD A LEAD INTO THAT FINAL 400, BUT ON THE FINAL 100 METER STRETCH, IT SENIOR JOSHUA ANGLO PASSING UP TEGAN WARREN TO GIVE THE JOHNSTON TEAM OF BRANDON KING, ERNEST AND ANGLO THE WIN. THE TIME OF 315 .98 IS THE WINNER AND FITTING WITH HOW THE ENTIRE WEEK HAS GONE, A DRAKE RELAYS RECORD. JOHNSON’S GOT DEPTH AND WE’RE COMING, WE