Drake University Athletics

DRAKE RELAYS/IOWA CONNECTIONS FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Team USA members unless otherwise indicated in italic

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Men (Prelims, Sun Sept. 29, Semis Mon. Sept. 30; Finals, Tues., Oct. 1)
Kenny Bednarek, Indian Hills CC
 
Women (Prelims, Mon., Sept. 30; Semis, Tues., Oct. 1; Finals, Wed., Oct. 2)
Brittany Brown, former Iowa & reigning 2019 USA outdoor champ
 
Wonen’s 100 Hurdles (Heats, Sat. Oct. 5; Semis & Finals, Sun. Oct. 6)
Nia Ali, Keni Harrison, Brianna McNeal,,Tobi Amusan (Nigeria), Phylicia George (Canada), Cindy Ofili (Great Britain), Pedrya Seymour (Bahamas)
 
Men’s 110 Hurdles (Heats, Mon., Sept. 30; Semis & Finals, Wed., Oct. 2)
Devon Allen, Freddie Crittenden, Omar McLeod (Jamaica), Daniel Roberts, Andrew Riley (Jamaica)
 
400 Hurdles
Women (Heats, Tues., Oct. 1; Semis, Wed., Oct. 2; Finals, Fri., Oct. 4) – Dalilah Muhammad, Ashley Spencer, Kori Carter, Yanique Haye-Smith (Turks & Calcos Islands), Gianna Woodruff (Panama)
 
Men (Heats, Fri., Sept. 27; Semis, Sat., Sept. 28; Finals, Mon., Sept. 30)
Rilwan Alowonle (Nigeria)
 
3000 Steeplechase
Women (Prelims, Fri., Sept. 27; Finals, Mon., Sept. 30) - – Adva Cohen (Israel, ex Iowa Central CC & 2018 Drake Relays record holder),
 
Men (Prelims, Tues., Oct. 1, Finals, Fri. Oct. 4) – Hillary Bor, former Iowa State, 2016 Olympian
Stanley Kebenei – former Iowa Central CC
 
Men’s 800  (Heats, Sat., Sept. 28; Semis, Sun., Sept. 29; Finals, Tues, Oct. 1)
Clayton Murphy
 
Women 1500 (Prelims, Wed., Oct. 2; Finals, Sat. Oct. 5)
Shelby Houlihan, Sioux City, Iowa, two- time USATF outdoor champ, 2016 Olympian
Jenny Simpson, Webster City, Iowa, three-time Olympian
 
Men’s 1500 (Prelims, Thurs., Oct. 3; Semis, Fri., Oct. 4; Finals, Sun., Oct. 6)
Matthew Centrowitz
 
Women’s 5,000  (Prelims, Wed. Oct. 2, Finals, Sat., Oct. 5)
Karissa Schweizer, former Dowling Catholic
 
Heptathlon (Wed., Oct. 3, Thurs., Oct. 4)
Kendell Williams
Erica Bougard
 
High Jump
Women (Prelims, Fri., Sept. 27; Finals, Mon., Sept. 30)
Vashti Cunningham, Inika McPherson, Marusa Cernjul (Slovenia), Erika Kinsey (Sweden), Levern Spencer (Saint Lucia)
 
Men (Prelims, Tues., Oct. 1; Finals, Fri., Oct. 4)
Jeron Robinson, Django Lovett (Canada)
 
Women’s Long Jump (Prelims, Sat., Oct. 5; Finals, Sun., Oct. 6)
Brittney Reese, Shakeela Saunders
 
Men’s Triple Jump (Prelims, Mon., Sept. 27; Finals, Wednesday, Sept. 29)
Will Claye, Omar Craddock, Donald Scott, Christian Taylor
 
Pole Vault
Women (prelims Fri. Sept 27, finals, Sun., Sept. 29)
Sandi Morris, Katie Nageotte, Jenn Suhr, Stefanidi (Greece) Alysha Newman (Canada)
 
Men (prelims. Sat., Sept. 28; finals, Tues., Oct. 1)
Sam Kendricks, Cole Walsh, Renaud Lavillenie (France)
 
Shot Put
Women  (Prelims, Wed., Oct.,2; Finals, Thurs., Oct. 3)
Michelle Carter
 
Men (Prelims, Thurs., Oct. 3; Finals, Sat., Oct. 5)
Ryan Crouser, Darrell Hill, Tomas Walsh (New Zealand)
 
Discus
Women (Prelims, Wed., Oct. 2; Finals, Fri., Oct. 4)
Laulauga Tausaga, senior at Iowa & reigning NCAA champ
 
Men (Prelims, Sat Sept. 28, Finals –Mon., Sept. 30)
Brian Williams, former Iowa Central CC
 
Women’s Javelin (Prelims, Mon., Sept. 30; Finals, Tues, Oct. 1)
Kara Winger
 
Men’s 4x400 relay (Heats, Sat. Oct. 5; Finals, Sun., Oct. 6)
Onal Mitchell, freshman at UNI, representing Trinidad & Tobago
 
Women’s 4x400 relay  (Heats, Sat., Oct. 5; Finals, Sun., Oct. 6)
Allyson Felix