FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A pair of event wins by
Taryn Rolle (Nassau, The Bahamas) and
Kundai Maguranyanga (Glen Zorah, Zimbabwe) helped lead the Drake University track and field teams to 22 top-ten finishes at the Arkansas Spring Invitational Saturday.
Rolle defended her Spring Invitational triple jump title from a year ago with a mark of 29-7 1/4 while Maguranyanga ran a time of 21.08 to win the 200 meters. Maguranyanga's time is the fastest from a Bulldog since 1981 and ranks fourth all-time in school history.
Senior
Mary Young (Urbandale, Iowa) took third in the 100-meter hurdles while
Victoria Coombe (Centennial, Colo.) narrowly missed a personal-best in the 400-meter hurdles to take third with a time of 1:01.27.
Bailee Cofer (Overland Park, Kan.) pulled in a sixth-place finish in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:06.98.
The strong showing from the Bulldogs middle-distance runners was led by
Kevin Kelly (Kilcok, Ireland). Kelly took second in the invitational division of the 1,500 meters.
Kyle Brandt (Maple Grove, Minn.) took third as one of three Bulldogs to finish top-10 in the 3,000 meters. Brandt shaved over five seconds off his personal-best with a time of 8:34.29 while
Josh Yeager (Center Point, Iowa) and
Kyle Cass (Deforest, Wis.) also recorded personal-bests to finish in fifth and sixth, respectively.
Malik Metivier (Toronto, Ont.) and
Deonne Witherspoon (South Bend, Ind.) were two more Bulldogs to take top-five finishes with personal-bests. Metivier ran 52.17 to take second in the 400-meter hurdles while Witherspoon ranked fifth in the 100 meters with a time of 10.74.
Caulin Graves (Kansas City, Mo.) and
Blair Barrow (Boynton Beach, Fla.) joined Metivier and Maguranyanga in the 4x100 relay to finish in 40.63 and rank third behind two Arkansas teams that set a new meet record.
Drake has a two-week break from competition as it prepares for the Jim Duncan Invitational April 13-14 at Drake Stadium.
Women's Results
100 Meters
23.
Sophia Jackson, 12.35
32.
Bryce Lang, 13.47
200 Meters
26.
Sophia Jackson, 26.63
800 Meters
7.
Kayla Giuliano, 2:19.66
1,500 Meters
12.
Olivia Rogers, 4:55.32
14.
Millie Bretl, 4:56.99
23.
Elizabeth Aho, 5:03.98
31.
Kenzie Mente, 5:19.14
3,000 Meters
6.
Bailee Cofer, 10:06.98
16.
Rachel Selva, 10:35.79
24.
Morgan Garcia, 10:53.75
30.
Mykaela Cole, 11:11.27
100 Meter Hurdles
3.
Mary Young, 14.13
400 Meter Hurdles
3.
Victoria Coombe, 1:01.27
4x100 Relay
7. Rolle, Young, Jackson, Coombe, 47.85
Triple Jump
1.
Taryn Rolle, 39-7 1/4
Long Jump
12.
Taryn Rolle, 17-7 1/2
25.
Bryce Lang, 14-10 ¾
Pole Vault
18.
Christina LeMunyon, 10-10
Men's Results
100 Meters
5.
Deonne Witherspoon, 10.74 PR (previous 11.09)
200 Meters
1.
Kundai Maguranyanga, 21.08
7.
Caulin Graves, 21.54
14.
Aaron Chier, 21.96
400 Meters
19.
Blair Barrow, 51.40
24. Maxwell Harlan, 53.86
800 Meters
7.
Xavier Lechleitner, 1:54.76
11.
Cory Erickson, 1:56.75
32. Michael Cooper, 2:03.78
34.
Alec Bognar, 2:03.93
1,500 Meters
9.
Matt Cozine, 4:04.58
19.
Joe Romain, 4:10.50
1,500 Meters Invitational
2.
Kevin Kelly, 3:49.92
3,000 Meters
3.
Kyle Brandt, 8:34.29 PR (previously 8:39.37)
5.
Josh Yeager, 8:37.81 PR (previously 8:52.37)
6.
Kyle Cass, 8:40.69 PR (previously 8:44.67)
11.
Cole Friedman, 9:15.72
110 Meter Hurdles
18.
Erik Olson, 16.66
19. Maxwell Harlan, 20.99
400 Meter Hurdles
2.
Malik Metivier, 52.17 PR
5.
Hudson Priebe, 54.75
6. Dominic Lombardi, 55.16
7.
Tyler Zak, 56.40
4x100 Relay
3. Metivier, Graves, Maguranyanga, Barrow, 40.63
Javelin
10. Jake Taylor, 166-7
16.
Erik Olson, 140-11
High Jump
7.
Forest Moses, 6-5
