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Waukee Boys' and Girls' Track Teams Make Strong Showing at the 2012 Drake Relays

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Iowa's best high school runners participated in the Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Another year of the Drake Relays have ended, leaving behind a trail of memories and even a record for several members of the Waukee High School track team.

The Waukee girls’ shuttle hurdle relay team made up of Emma Drees, Alyssa Cunningham, Mallory Smith and Maddie Rouw, ran the relay in 1:03.29 to set a new Drake Relays record. The previous record was set in 2011 by a team from Urbandale High School.


In an interview with the Des Moines Register, Rouw said, “I can’t see the clock, but by the crowd cheering, I could tell we were really coming close to the record."

Other results from the 2012 Drake Relays are as follows:

Boys

1600

18. Riley Wattier, Waukee, 4:29.64

19. Kyle Nuehring, Waukee, 4:31.40

1600 Relay

8. Waukee (Corbin Lowe, Adam Scafuri, Matt Hoeg, Nate Lucs) 3:24.68

3200 Relay

3. Waukee (Adam Scafuri, Riley Wattier, Irvin Stumberg, Kyle Nuehring) 7:51.49

Girls

400 Relay

1. Waukee (Emma Drees, Alyssa Cunningham, Mallory Smith, Mary Young) 63.29

1600 Relay

6. Waukee (Tori Giudici, Taylor Officer, Keely Smith, Kayla Sabotin) 4:00.15

3200 Relay

4. Waukee (Kaylan Sabotin, Emily Brush, Molly Bramble, Taylor Officer) 9:22.87

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