By: Alice Dixon [Co-Yearbook Editor]

As the volunteers began setting up the hurdles, a sudden rush of excitement shot through his body. Even though he wasn’t going first in his relay, he was ready to go. He heard the whistle blow and suddenly the quiet stands came to life with excitement, cheering on their favorite runners.

Later last week the Marion boys track team competed at the annual Drake Relays. This isn’t an opportunity for everyone, so when the team sent 14 boys they set a new record. Among the 14, Andrew Davis, junior, competed in an event. “[I ran the] shuttle hurdle relay and we got 6th!” he said.

As a whole the team competed well, but they didn’t finish exactly as they wanted.“[I think the team did] not as good as we expected,” said Andrew. Even if they didn’t do their best this year, there’s always room for improvement next year!

As for the rest of the season, the boys track team is doing extremely well. “We are doing really good this year…we are going to finish strong,” he said. Andrew normally runs the shuttle hurdle relay, open 400, and the 4×400.

As the rest of the season is laid out in front of them and state is coming up, the team is interested to see where they will end up. Everyone was excited to see the results at Drake and we are ready to see more victories for Marion track!