By Darrin Nelson Posted October 7, 2015
If you have been keeping your eyes open lately you may have seen more of a police presence at Lowry sporting events. In addition officials from the NIAA have been in attendance. The reason for this is simple, Lowry High School’s cross country team is under investigation for their actions in past meets.
They allegedly have been spiking their water and Gatorade with 5-hour Energy to give them an edge in their meets.
It is feared that the use of Performance Enhancing Drinks (PEDs) will tarnish the image of other programs at the high school.
“I think that Lowry needs to take time off from all sporting events,” said cross-country athlete Odessa Pearrow.
Lowry and Spring Creek are fierce rivals in cross country. Spring Creek has accused Lowry of cheating at their meets. Spring Creek’s athletic director has put in a formal complaint to the NIAA that Spring Creek coaches have seen runners adding a suspicious liquid to their Gatorade and water, they have also seen empty bottles of 5-hour Energy discarded along the trails.
This is not the first time Lowry has been accused of cheating this year. During their first meet this year, Lowry was also accused of cheating by Spring Creek. The Lowry runners did not stop at the finish line, even though they finished the race.

“I believe we did nothing wrong, we were just trying to improve our running and our time,” said cross country athlete Chris Kearns.
As Lowry runners are far better than the Spartans, that accusation was never fully pursued. Since that meet, however, other schools have refused to participate with Lowry, leading to forfeits and more wins for Lowry.
The NIAA has now adopted the policy banning drinks at sporting events unless they have been approved. The new protocol also calls or random drug tests and water testing. Not only are sports checking the athletes’ sports beverage, they are also making the athletes take drug tests the day after events.
If anyone has any information about drink tampering, please contact Lowry High School. Anyone who gives any information is eligible for a $250 reward.