Sunday, May 15, 2011
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA - The Drake women's track and field team finished up
competition at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track And
Field Championship on Sunday (May 15).
Leading the way for the Bulldogs was
senior Casey McDermott (Newton,
Iowa) who had a season-best time in the 1500 clocking in at 4:30.63 to earn her second fourth-place finish of the weekend. McDermott also finished 10th in
the 5,000-meter race crossing the line in 17:35.97.
The sophomore duo of Marissa Smith (Ajax, Ontario) and Sarah Yeager (Ottumwa, Iowa) finished
fourth and sixth respectively in the 100-meter hurdles. Smith crossed the line
in 14.27, while Yeager was clocked in 14.61.
In the 400-meter dash, senior Beth Hamling (Council Bluffs, Iowa) was
seventh finishing in 56.46. Hamling also finished 10th in the 200-meter dash
clocking a school record 24.83.
In the 800-meters, senior Kara McCartney (Elgin, Iowa) was eighth
in the final round with her time of 2:17.29.
