Aaron Mallett walked into the mixed media room and leaned on the metal railing that separated the reporters from the athletes.
The relief was obvious in his face and his actions. His eyes darted back and forth as he was asked questions and his shoulders were a little slumped, almost as if a weight had been taken from him.
A Drake Relays title was something that has eluded the Iowa senior for years. As his head coach, Joey Woody would later put it, Mallett had gold medalists and athletes who later turned professional in his heats before.