Fort Madison sends seven to Drake Relays

DES MOINES – Fort Madison will send seven athletes to the 2024 Drake Relays this week.
Junior Brylie Lorence is seeded 18^th in the girls shotput and will be the Lady Hounds' only representative at the meet. The cutoff for the girls' shot was 38’6.5” and Lorence had a season best 39’1.5” from the Burlington High School Invitational on Saturday, April 13. Lorence will compete at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Drake Stadium.
On the boys' side, Caden Barnes is seeded 14^th in shotput. Boys needed a throw of 55 even to qualify this year and Barnes season-best this year is a 54’1.5” at the Fairfield Trojan Relays on April 9^th. The junior is 7.25” away from being in the top 10 in the state. Barnes will throw at 9 a.m. on Friday morning.
Kenden Bowie has come out of nowhere to qualify for the Blue Oval getting a 6’4” leap last Saturday in Burlington. He’s seeded 23^rd and will jump at 11 a.m. in Friday morning’s session.
The Fort Madison boys' 4x100 team of Adam Sobczak, Dayton Lamar, Hayden Segoviano, and Julian Dear currently has the 62nd fastest time in the state at 44.37. The cutoff this year was 44.87. That team will run in preliminaries starting at 10:12 a.m. Saturday with finals later in the day beginning at 4:29.
Keokuk’s 4x100 team of Malachi Allison, Lucas Swainey, Ryan Bait, and Drew Campbell are just inside Fort Madison’s mark with a 44.35 and also qualified. Burlington’s 4x100 team has the same mark as Fort Madison, so those three schools are just .02 seconds apart.
For more information and possible livestream options go to the Drake Relays website at https://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/drake-relays.