Wednesday, April 27, 2011

What's Ahead: The Drake women's track and field team will compete in two meets this weekend. Some of the team will partake in the 102nd running of Drake Relays, which begins Wednesday (April 27) with the combined events.

The rest of the team will head south to Indianola, Iowa to participate in the Kip Janvrin Open hosted by Simpson College. Start time for Thursday (April 28) and Friday (April 29) is slated to be at noon.

Last Time Out: Senior Casey McDermott (Newton, Iowa) took home the steeplechase title to win her third event in as many weeks at the Musco Twilight on April 23.

McDermott crossed the line in 10:49.17, which is the second best time in the Missouri Valley Conference this season. McDermott won the steeplechase two weeks ago at the Tom Botts Invitational and the 1500 at the Jim Duncan Invitational last weekend.

Sophomore Marissa Smith (Ajax, Ontario) was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles crossing the line in 14.37, while fellow sophomore Sarah Yeager (Ottumwa, Iowa) was clocked in 14.66 to finish fifth. Yeager also earned a fourth-place showing in the 400-meter hurdles finishing in 1:02.94.

Senior Cambria Pardner (Aurora, Colo.) soared 37 feet 6.50 inches to earn second-place in the triple jump and registered an eighth-place finish in the 200-meter race (25.82).

Senior Beth Hamling (Council Bluffs, Iowa) was ninth in the 400-meter dash clocking in at 57.06.

Senior Katie Coomer (Overland Park, Kan.) finished seventh in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:45.24.

Up Next: The Bulldogs will travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa for the second time this track season to compete at the Messersmith Invitational on May 7.