LAWRENCE, Kan. - A total of five Drake University track and field student-athletes advanced to the finals in three events Friday at the Kansas Relays. The competitors will step into the blocks of the finals Saturday during the final day of the three-day event.
Additionally, the Bulldogs had two top-two finishes in the distance medley relay as the women's team of Tess Misgen,
Victoria Coombe,
Meghan Kearney and
Olivia Rogers won the event in 12:24.87. The men's team of
Xavier Lechleitner,
Angelo Romagna,
Matt Cozine and
Kevin Kelly were second in 10:14.35.
Also in final events,
Lexie Chapman took fourth in the women's shot put with a toss of 45-1.75 (13.76m).
The Bulldogs advanced two to the finals of Saturday's 200 meters as
Kundai Maguranyanga and Viktor Peka qualified in their preliminary heats. Maguranyanga ran the third-fastest 200 meters of his Drake career to finish second among the competitors in 20.94 while Viktor Peka was seventh in a personal best time of 21.35.
The duo also ran legs of the team's 4x100-meter relay with
Aaron Chier and
Aobakwe Malau to finish with the fourth-fastest qualifying time of the day at 41.27.
On the women's side,
Victoria Coombe advanced to Saturday's final of the 400-meter hurdles with the fifth-fastest time of the day at 1:03.04.
Saturday's final day of the Kansas Relays will be the Bulldogs final competition before returning home next week for the 110th Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee.
Kansas Relays
Friday Results
Drake Men
100 Meters (Prelims)
14. Viktor Peka, 10.71
15.
Aobakwe Malau, 10.72
200 Meters (Prelims)
2.
Kundai Maguranyanga, 20.94
7. Viktor Peka, 21.35
14.
Aobakwe Malau, 21.71
400-Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
14.
Angelo Romagna, 56.37
18.
Simon Perrotin, 56.78
4x100-Meter Relay (Prelims)
4. Cheir, Maguranyanga, Peka, Malau, 41.27
Distance Medley Relay
2. Lechleitner, Romagna, Cozine, Kelly, 10:14.35
Drake Women
100 Meters (Prelims)
25.
Sophia Jackson, 12.26
200 Meters (Prelims)
25.
Mariah Crawford, 25.58
400 Meters (Prelims)
27.
Ellie Mendlik, 1:04.47
400-Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
5.
Victoria Coombe, 1:03.04
Distance Medley Relay
1. Misgen, Coombe, Kearney, Rogers, 12:24.87
Shot Put
4.
Lexie Chapman, 45-1.75 (13.76m)
18.
Katelyn Williams, 36-5.5 (11.11m)
