Seven more records fall at the Drake Relays

Friday was another record-setting day at Drake

Friday was another record-setting day at Drake

EARHART SHOWS US PLENTY OF CUTE KIDS. THESE SECOND GRADERS FROM GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY DIDN’T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL TODAY. WHY DIDN’T YOU HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL? BECAUSE WE GOT A FREE TICKET TO UP HERE TO THE DRAKE RELAYS. THEY’VE BEEN CHEERING ON ALL OF THE ATHLETES ALL DAY LONG. WE’LL START WITH A 100 METER. SOUND GOOD? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IT’S THE FASTEST EVENT AT THE DRAKE RELAYS. SO WATCH CAREFULLY. THE BOYS 100 HAD EVERY RUNNER GO UNDER 11 SECONDS IN LANE TWO FROM THE RIGHT. DOWLING CATHOLIC SENIOR LUKE NEVETT HITS 1057, WINNING BY FOUR HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND. AT FIRST IT WAS A CLOSE RACE. I DIDN’T KNOW WHO WAS OUT FRONT, BUT THEN I LOOKED BACK ON THE BOARD, HEARD MY NAME, GET CALLED AND IT JUST A SIGN OF RELIEF. THE BOYS 400 METER WAS LOADED. JOHNSTON’S JOSHUA ANGLO WEARING BLUE IN LANE FOUR NORWALK’S DANIEL ROACH AND WAUKEE. NORTHWEST JOSIAH DEYOUNG IN ONE AND TWO. HARRY MULLINS FROM PELLA AND KADEN KLEIN FROM NEWTON ALSO RAN THIS HEAT. ANGLO IN THE LEAD OFF THE TURN AND BOOKING IT DOWN THE STRETCH. HE WINS HIS FIRST DRAKE RELAYS FLAG. HE EARNED IT BY 2/1000 OF A SECOND. TALK ABOUT WINNING IN THE MARGINS. I HAD NO DOUBT THAT I WAS GOING TO WIN THAT 400. YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE LIKED IT TO BE A LOT FASTER THAN IT WAS. BUT DURING THE RACE, YOU KNOW, I’M THINKING I’M GOING TO RUN MY OWN RACE. AT THE END OF THE RACE, I REALIZED THE TIME WASN’T GOING TO BE WHERE I WANTED, SO I WENT IN A LUNGE AT THE LINE, WHICH PAID OFF THE WOMEN’S SHOT PUT BELONGED TO NORTHERN IOWA’S KATIE FAIR. FROM THE FIRST TOSS. THE SENIOR SENT THAT BALL 17FT, 23IN ON HER FINAL THROW. SHE BEATS THE FIELD BY ALMOST A FOOT, BUT SHE STILL WANTS MORE. NO FAIR. I MEAN, IT’S NICE TO WIN EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT LIKE, I’M REALLY TRYING TO BREAK 18M, SO THAT’S THE ULTIMATE GOAL RIGHT THERE. IOWA, IOWA STATE AND NORTHERN IOWA ALL RAN AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE MEN’S FOUR BY 800. IT WAS A CROWDED FIELD, WITH IOWA STATE LEADING THE FIRST LEG. BUT IOWA’S DEREK LIGHT, JAMES FINGLESON, RYAN SCHREINER AND ANCHOR TARIQ JOHNSON PULLED AWAY. IT’S THE HAWKEYES FIRST FOUR BY EIGHT. DRAKE RELAYS WIN SINCE 2017. THE HAWKEYES DO IT IN SEVEN MINUTES AND 21.88 SECONDS. SHANNON EARHART, ��vlog IOWA’S SPORTS LEADER. THANKS, SHANNON. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOYS 1600 METER SPRINT RELAY. DOWLING, CRUISING SAM DREXLER, JACKSON BO, TRAVIS LAMBERT AND OWEN WOLF SET A NEW DRAKE RELAYS RECORD THREE MINUTES, 25.35 SECONDS IN THE BOYS FOUR BY TWO. HERE COME THE JAGS OF CENTENNIAL. ROBERT MCGEE, CALE WOODS, CALEB REED AND BRAYDEN JACKSON. ONE MINUTE, 26.55 SECONDS. ANOTHER DRAKE RELAYS RECORD AND THE GIRLS 100 METER HURDLES WAS NOT CLOSE AT ALL. VALLEY’S EMMA HAVIGHURST WAS WAY OUT AHEAD, SHATTERING BOTH THE DRAKE RELAYS AND THE IOWA GIRLS PREP RECORD IN

Seven more records fall at the Drake Relays

Friday was another record-setting day at Drake

Another night of racing saw more records fall at the Drake Relays.Seven Drake Relays records were set, capped by the WACT women's steeplechase. Sophie Novak, a former Notre Dame standout who came in ranked third in the world, won in 9:28.48 to break the meet record. Five records were set in the high school division with Quentin Nauman from Western Dubuque tying the record in the boys 800 and Clear Lake's Reese Brownlee equaling the meet record in the girls 400. Nauman, who set a meet record in the high school boys 3200 Thursday, tied the 800 record of 1:51.76 set by Dowling Catholic's Ryan Schweizer in 2016. Nauman, who has committed to Oregon, will seek his third title of the weekend in the 1600 on Saturday.Dowling Catholic set a boys meet record in the 1600 medley relay in 3:25.35, while Ankeny Centennial set a mark in the 4x200 relay in 1:26.55. West Des Moines senior Emma Havighurst established a record in the high school girls 100 hurdles of 13.82Iowa a ran a world-leading time in the men's university 4x800 relay, winning its first Drake Relays title in the event since 2017, The Oregon women, making their first appearance at the Drake Relays since 1999, captured two titles in a span of 50 minutes before Iowa's eye-opening time of 7:21.88 in the 4x800.Native Iowans Derek Leicht (Dubuque) and James Fingalsen (Mason City) ran the opening two legs for the Iowa, with Fingalsen's 1:49.10 leg pushing the Hawkeyes into a lead they never relinquished. They held off 14-time Relays champion Iowa State, which finished second in 7:23.10.Oregon sophomore Juliet Cherubet, the defending Big Ten Conference outdoor 1500 champ, got things started for the Ducks by capturing the women's university-college 1500 in 4:13.11, marking Oregon's first Drake Relays title since 1999. Thirty-five minutes later, the Ducks posted the third fastest time in the world en route to winning the university 4x800 relay in 8:30.12. Senior Klaudia Kazimierska, who finished 10th in the 1500 at the 2024 Olympics for Poland, ran a 2:06.42 anchor leg for Oregon, which also got strong legs from junior Ella Nelson, sophomore Samantha McDonnell and senior Mia Barnett.The Iowa State men have a long history of success in the University/College 4x1600 relay and the Cyclones made it an even dozen titles with a runaway victory in 16:38.06 -- the top collegiate time this year. The Cyclones are now tied with Illinois for the most Relays championships in the event, though the Illinii have not won it since 1982.Iowa State's lead was so comfortable that Kipyego could turn and wave to the crowd as he neared the finish line. It was an all-Iowa top three as Drake finished second in 16:58.69 and Iowa Central Community College was third in 16:59.78. Iowa State holds the Relays record in the event, running 16:09.45 in 1981.The Oregon State women made their first Drake Relays appearance one to remember by capturing the university 4x1600 relay as freshman Ainsley Herron sprinted past Notre Dame's Gretchen Farley in the final 100 meter to give the Beavers the victory in 19:04.83 by five-hundredths of a second.Notre Dame, which set a collegiate record at the Drake Relays of 18:44.15 last year, led from the start and Ainsley stayed on Farley's heels in the final carry until making her move coming out of the final turn. It looked for a moment that Farley might regain the lead, but Herron held on. Oregon State's time is the best in the collegiate ranks this springReigning NCAA indoor champ Tyus Wilson from Nebraska defended his title in the men's university-college high jump, soaring 7 feet 3 inches and hitting that mark on his first attempt. Grand Valley State's Jaivon Harrison, who swept the 2024 NCAA Division II indoor and outdoor titles, also cleared 7-3 to finish second. He recorded tha mark on his second jump.

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Another night of racing saw more records fall at the Drake Relays.

Seven Drake Relays records were set, capped by the WACT women's steeplechase. Sophie Novak, a former Notre Dame standout who came in ranked third in the world, won in 9:28.48 to break the meet record.

Five records were set in the high school division with Quentin Nauman from Western Dubuque tying the record in the boys 800 and Clear Lake's Reese Brownlee equaling the meet record in the girls 400. Nauman, who set a meet record in the high school boys 3200 Thursday, tied the 800 record of 1:51.76 set by Dowling Catholic's Ryan Schweizer in 2016. Nauman, who has committed to Oregon, will seek his third title of the weekend in the 1600 on Saturday.

Dowling Catholic set a boys meet record in the 1600 medley relay in 3:25.35, while Ankeny Centennial set a mark in the 4x200 relay in 1:26.55. West Des Moines senior Emma Havighurst established a record in the high school girls 100 hurdles of 13.82

Iowa a ran a world-leading time in the men's university 4x800 relay, winning its first Drake Relays title in the event since 2017,

The Oregon women, making their first appearance at the Drake Relays since 1999, captured two titles in a span of 50 minutes before Iowa's eye-opening time of 7:21.88 in the 4x800.

Native Iowans Derek Leicht (Dubuque) and James Fingalsen (Mason City) ran the opening two legs for the Iowa, with Fingalsen's 1:49.10 leg pushing the Hawkeyes into a lead they never relinquished. They held off 14-time Relays champion Iowa State, which finished second in 7:23.10.

Oregon sophomore Juliet Cherubet, the defending Big Ten Conference outdoor 1500 champ, got things started for the Ducks by capturing the women's university-college 1500 in 4:13.11, marking Oregon's first Drake Relays title since 1999.

Thirty-five minutes later, the Ducks posted the third fastest time in the world en route to winning the university 4x800 relay in 8:30.12. Senior Klaudia Kazimierska, who finished 10th in the 1500 at the 2024 Olympics for Poland, ran a 2:06.42 anchor leg for Oregon, which also got strong legs from junior Ella Nelson, sophomore Samantha McDonnell and senior Mia Barnett.

The Iowa State men have a long history of success in the University/College 4x1600 relay and the Cyclones made it an even dozen titles with a runaway victory in 16:38.06 -- the top collegiate time this year. The Cyclones are now tied with Illinois for the most Relays championships in the event, though the Illinii have not won it since 1982.

Iowa State's lead was so comfortable that Kipyego could turn and wave to the crowd as he neared the finish line. It was an all-Iowa top three as Drake finished second in 16:58.69 and Iowa Central Community College was third in 16:59.78. Iowa State holds the Relays record in the event, running 16:09.45 in 1981.

The Oregon State women made their first Drake Relays appearance one to remember by capturing the university 4x1600 relay as freshman Ainsley Herron sprinted past Notre Dame's Gretchen Farley in the final 100 meter to give the Beavers the victory in 19:04.83 by five-hundredths of a second.

Notre Dame, which set a collegiate record at the Drake Relays of 18:44.15 last year, led from the start and Ainsley stayed on Farley's heels in the final carry until making her move coming out of the final turn. It looked for a moment that Farley might regain the lead, but Herron held on. Oregon State's time is the best in the collegiate ranks this spring

Reigning NCAA indoor champ Tyus Wilson from Nebraska defended his title in the men's university-college high jump, soaring 7 feet 3 inches and hitting that mark on his first attempt. Grand Valley State's Jaivon Harrison, who swept the 2024 NCAA Division II indoor and outdoor titles, also cleared 7-3 to finish second. He recorded tha mark on his second jump.

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Friday was another record-setting day at Drake

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