Athletics
Gahanna's athletic teams compete in the Ohio Division of the Ohio Capital Conference (OCC). The school claims three team state titles in boy's track and field in 1979 and 2009 and Boys soccer in 2009 along with dozens of Conference Titles. The school has had numerous individual state champions in boy's and girl's track, along with swimming. Gahanna swimmer, and then University of Georgia student, Amanda Adkins made the 2000 U.S. Women's Olympic Swimming Team in the 200 meter backstroke. Gahanna thrower Bruce Washington held the state record in the discus for many years at 257.6 feet (78.5 m). In 2011 Freshmen Morgan Belli beat Amanda Adkins record in the 100 backstroke. Morgan beat three school records in her first high school swim season. She went fourth in states in both the 200 IM and the 100 backstroke.
The football team has a long standing record of excellence having had only 6 losing seasons since 1970.
After a mid-1990s overall slump in athletic performance, especially within league competition, success returned to the Golden Lions in the 2004–05 year when Gahanna captured seven OCC titles, the most since 1978. The programs have become more consistent in league play since then, winning numerous OCC titles in several sports.
The boys track team has won two state titles (1979,2009) and the Boys Soccer team won a state title in 2009 as well. The softball team (2003, 2011), boys volleyball (1991), and football (1976) teams have all placed second in the state. Overall, the boy's track squad, who is led by Ed Rarey (57 years as head coach), has won the most conference titles with 30, most recently in 2007. Softball has won four district titles, three OCC, two regional titles and two state runner-up title since 2003.
Gahanna Lincoln has recently acquired a new turf field for various sport teams through private donations. Stands renovations and a new softball complex are also on the agenda once funding is secured.
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