History was made on Monday when Adelaide Hills sportsman John Evans won the prestigious Stawell Gift, Australia’s oldest and richest short-distant running race, which has been ‘running’ since 1878.
In front of a packed crowd at Victoria’s Central Park in Stawell, 28-year-old Evans held off fellow sprinters Jasper Thomas and Mitchell O’Neill, in what was a heartstopping 120-metre final. ...
