AMES, Iowa – Drake track and field punctuated its 2025 outdoor regular season schedule tonight at the Cyclone Twilight meet in Ames. The Bulldogs saw another excellent crop of field event performances with a solid group of finishes on the track.
Adam Phillips headlined the Bulldogs' field events with a winning toss of 63.29m/207'-7" in the men's hammer throw.
Sam Carpenter earned third in that field with a throw of 60.60m/198'-10".
Chinemerem Iwuagwu and
Centaine Noom-Duckworth competed in the women's hammer throw with the latter in the field as an unattached athlete. Iwuagwu came in second at 58.18m/190'-10" while Noom-Duckworth finished fourth at 57.29m/187'-11".
Lara Smits earned a pair of runner-up finishes in two other throwing events with a shot put heave of 15.28m/50-1.75" and discus launch of 45.63m/149'-8".
Maud Visscher was right behind her in the discus with a third-place throw of 43.51m/142'-9".
Drake's throwing efforts were rounded out by
Cooper Cerese and
Ethan Elliott in the men's shot put, and
Christopher Norris in the men's javelin. Cerese took third (17.96m/58'-11.25") while Elliott (17.83m/58'-6") and Norris (54.70m/179'-5") both came in fourth in their respective events.
Malachi Collier and
Zofia Landowska also took top three positions in the long jump pit. Collier (7.16m/23'-6") was the runner-up in the men's contest while Landowska (5.59m/18'-4.25") finished in third.
Aziz Jdai's runner-up finish in the men's steeplechase was Drake's biggest highlight on the track. Jdai came in second with a time of 8:54.01. Other distance results included
Brogan Giffin and
Emilie Meyer in the invitational 1500 fields. Giffin took fourth in 3:40.94 while Meyer was fifth in 4:22.28.
Drake's hurdling horde was led by
Madison Bunton's seventh-place finish in the women's 400 hurdles.
Khalil Kaba ran 58.82 in the men's 400 hurdles while Emmaline Nau ran the women's 100 hurdles in 15.53, both good enough for eighth.
The Bulldog sprinters were led by a 47.75 run by the women's 4x100 relay team of
Savannah Ming,
Denae McElrath,
Favor Omoijuanfo, and
Reese Mitchell.
Justin Cunningham placed third in the men's 200 (21.69). Ming also came in fifth in the women's 100. Drake also got two sixth-place finishers in the men's and women's 400 including
Dylan DeAngelo and
Briandrias Rhodes, respectively.
Anthony Bradley was not far behind DeAngelo with a 49.74 eighth-place 400.
Drake will now head to Carbondale, Ill. for the 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships from May 16-18.
