Fast start: East High relay team among state's best
Fast start: East High relay team among state's best
CARL’S AUTO GROUP. THE TRACK TEAM AT EAST HIGH IS TURNING HEADS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. vlog SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER HAS THE STORY, AND IT MIGHT MAKE YOU TAKE A SECOND LOOK. HEADING INTO LAST WEEKEND, THE BEST 4X4 HUNDRED TIME IN THE STATE BELONGED TO THESE GUYS AT EAST HIGH. THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN EVERY DAY. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECT US TO COME OUT AND SHOW WHAT WE COULD DO. I DON’T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY, LIKE, DISRESPECT. I THINK MAYBE JUST KIND OF OVERLOOKED. I THINK YOU IF YOU WANT TO EXCEED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN ATHLETICS, YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL. YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO OTHER PLACES. TATE, WARREN, ISAIAH WILLIAMS, DEMARIUS PARKER AND TEAGAN WARREN CLOCKED A THREE 2268 EARLIER THIS SEASON. WE’VE BEEN PUTTING IN THE WORK FOR THE 400. SOPHOMORE YEAR WE WERE RUNNING LIKE 340 AND TO DROP LIKE 1420, ALMOST 20S IS JUST A GOOD FEELING, BEING ABLE TO RUN WITH MY 4X4, MY TEAM. I LIKE THAT AND IT’S JUST LIKE A BLESSING. RIGHT ABOUT NOW, YOU’RE PROBABLY NOTICING THAT TWO OF THESE FOUR GUYS LOOK ALIKE, A LOT ALIKE. THAT’S TATE ON YOUR LEFT. IDENTICAL TWIN, TEAGAN WARREN ON YOUR RIGHT. CAN YOU TELL THEM APART? NO, NO, NOT NOT NOT ONE BIT. I THINK EVERY COACH ON THE STAFF HAS A STORY OF HAVING A FULL ON CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THEM, THINKING IT WAS THE OTHER ONE, AND THEY DON’T TELL YOU. THEY’LL JUST NOD THEIR HEAD AND BE, GO WITH IT. SO. SO, TEAGAN, WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? I’M TALLER, I’M OLDER, I’M BETTER LOOKING. I JUST GOT IT ALL. SO NO, I’LL LET HIM, I’LL LET HIM SAY THAT. BUT WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH. HE MIGHT HAVE ME IN THE 800. AND THAT RIVALRY. I THINK THAT’S WHAT’S PUSHED ME TO, LIKE, BE BECOME FASTER IS RUNNING NEXT TO HIM LIKE LOSING TO HIM IS JUST. I CAN’T DO IT. SCOTT REISTER vlog, IOWA SPORTS LEADER. AND ACTUALLY, ON THURSDAY, THE RELAY TEAM LOWERED THE TIME EVEN MORE. THREE MINUT
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Fast start: East High relay team among state's best
Des Moines East High School's track team is making the rest of Iowa look slow. East High owns the fastest boys 4x400 relay team in the state of 3:18.94.Tayte Warren, Isaiah Williams, Damarius Parker, and Teaghan Warren are 0.41 seconds away from breaking the school record set back in 1981. They're turning heads, and usually people have to double-take.Sports Director Scott Reister tells the story.
Des Moines East High School's track team is making the rest of Iowa look slow.
East High owns the fastest boys 4x400 relay team in the state of 3:18.94.
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Tayte Warren, Isaiah Williams, Damarius Parker, and Teaghan Warren are 0.41 seconds away from breaking the school record set back in 1981.
They're turning heads, and usually people have to double-take.
Sports Director Scott Reister tells the story.