DES MOINES, IOWA -- Sophomore Casey McDermott  (Newton, Iowa) set a Drake school record in the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase en route to a seventh-place finish in the event at the Drake Relays Saturday.

McDermott, who also achieved an NCAA Regional qualifying mark, was timed in 10 minutes 44.48 seconds to break her previous school mark of 11:02.83 set at the 2008 Missouri Valley Conference championship.

Senior teammate Nicole Braunsdorf  (St. Francis, Wis.) was sixth in the university-college 1,500 in 4:31.70.

Drake placed 10th in the sprint medley relay  in 4:03 behind sophomore Beth Hamling (Council Bluffs, Iowa), sophomore Ari Curtis (Fort Collins, Colo.), junior Caitlin Able  (Aurora, Colo.) and sophomore Kara McCartney (Elgin, Iowa).

Freshman Bo Dunn (Harvard, Mass.), junior Courtney Heinz (St. Paul, Minn.), sophomore Kate Comer (Overland Park, Kan.) and junior Sarah Havelka (Kansas City, Mo.) ran on the 4x1,600 relay was timed in 21:22.50.

Able, McCartney, Hamling and Curtis helped Drake post a 3:49.54 clocking in the 4x400 relay.

Sophomore Michelle Mitchell (Brookfield, Wis.) tied for 13th in the university-college high jump at 5-5.

Curtis started the Drake Relays off by placing 12th in the heptathlon Thursday with 4,593 points.

Sophomore Meredith Bell (Cedar Rapids Iowa) was 13th in the 10,000 in 38:39.02.

Freshman Autumn Moore (Quaker City, Ohio) recorded a mark of 112-3 in the  hammer throw.

Junior Deidra Dirth (Apple Valley, Minn.) was 14th in the discus at 144-0.

Freshman Erika Sevigny (Olathe, Kan.) had a toss of 40-11.5 in the shot put, while freshman teammate Megan Pierce-Cramer (Omaha, Neb)  threw 40-9.