by RBR Admin
Drake, 2018 US Champs, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts
Big piece on the Distance Carnival…
Distance Carnival Produces The Fastest 10k In Nearly 40 Years At The Drake Relays Presented by Xtream Powered By Mediacom
DES MOINES, Iowa – A one-two-three finish by Notre Dame in the women’s 5000 meters and the fastest Drake Relays men’s 10K time in 36 years highlighted action during the Thursday night’s Distance Carnival at the 111th running of the Drake Relays, presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom.
Notre Dame senior Erin Archibeck led the way for the Fighting Irish as she passed teammate Maddy Denner on the final lap to win the 5000 meters in 16:12.92. Denner, who led most of the race, finished second in 16:16.40 and teammate Katie Rose Blachowicz was third in 16:19.21.
Minnesota State-Moorhead’s Nasir Yusuf dropped the hammer in the men’s 10,000 meters, earning a time of 29:12.04, which was the fastest winning time in the event at the Relays since Iowa State’s Yobes Ondieki ran in 28:48.71 in 1985. That time also ranks No. 4 on this year’s NCAA Division II list.
In her outdoor 10,000 meter debut, South Dakota State Leah Hansen took down the field, crossing the line in 34:03.03 to win the university women’s race by more than 12 seconds.
Alec Kray of Augustana (S.D.) enjoyed a smashing outdoor debut in the 5000 meters, winning the university men’s title in 13:56.24.
A pair of Iowa natives claimed Relay Flags in the steeplechase as Iowa State’s Abby Caldwell won the women’s steeplechase in a personal-best of 10:05.62 while South Dakota State’s Joshua Yeager also set a PR in the men’s race of 8:48.70 en route to winning the event.
Action resumes on the Blue Oval on Friday at 8:30 a.m. with the college men’s javelin, college women’s discus and college men’s long jump. The first track event will be the college women’s 5000 at 9 a.m.
2021 Drake Relays presented Xtream - 4/21/2021 to 4/24/2021 "America's Athletic Classic" Men 800 Meter Unseeded Univ Finals 1, Scott Seymour, Bradley, 1:50.70. 2, Koi Williams, Kennesaw State, 1:51.12. 3, Riley Bauer, South Dakota St., 1:51.38. 4, Demetri Panici, Loyola (Ill.), 1:51.43. 5, Riley Wells, Illinois State, 1:51.93. 6, Angus Beer, Missouri, 1:52.29. 7, Anthony Vlatko, Miami (OH), 1:52.35. 8, Keiser Freetly, North Dakota State, 1:52.40. 9, Kimathi Johnson, Illinois State, 1:52.79. 10, Anthony Camerieri, Miami (OH), 1:53.01. 11, Luke Olson, South Dakota, 1:53.19. 12, Miguel Abaitua, Loyola (Ill.), 1:54.07. 13, Zack Krogmann, Northern Iowa, 1:54.26. 14, Robert Kuhlmann, Missouri, 1:54.46. 15, Kurt TeBeest, North Dakota State, 1:54.47. 16, Ben Daumueller, Northern Iowa, 1:54.92. 17, Beau Brannan, North Dakota State, 1:56.03. 18, Craig Schumacher, Youngstown St., 1:58.71. Men 1500 Meter Unseeded Univ 1, Adam Swanson, Eastern Illinois, 3:47.82. 2, Tom Breuckman, South Dakota St., 3:48.38. 3, Connor Butterfield, UT-Arlington, 3:48.41. 4, Lukas Nelson, South Dakota St., 3:49.29. 5, Matt Fraizer, Notre Dame, 3:49.44. 6, Brennan Benson, Utah State, 3:51.26. 7, Derek Rink, Loyola (Ill.), 3:51.45. 8, Nick Oakley, Eastern Illinois, 3:52.75. 9, Jake Gillum, Illinois State, 3:52.80. 10, Devin Vallejo, Houston, 3:52.85. 11, Davis Helmerich, Missouri, 3:52.92. 12, Daniel Burkhalter, South Dakota St., 3:52.98. 13, Jack Warner, Missouri, 3:53.31. 14, Justin Botello, Texas State, 3:53.85. 15, Jack Crull, Bradley, 3:56.06. --, Max Dieterich, Bradley, DNF. Men 5000 Meter Open University 1, Alec Kray, Augustana (S.D.), 13:56.24. 2, Joe Freiburger, Wartburg, 14:00.69. 3, Kwanele Mthembu, Texas State, 14:01.37. 4, Cole Klashinsky, UT-Arlington, 14:04.32. 5, Alec Schrank, Air Force, 14:06.82. 6, Matt Cooper, Unattached, 14:07.66. 7, Joseph Minor-Williams, South Dakota St., 14:08.40. 8, Spencer Nelson, Utah State, 14:08.84. 9, Kevin Koski, Illinois State, 14:10.47. 10, Chase Howard, Creighton, 14:11.86. 11, Zach Kreft, Notre Dame, 14:13.39. 12, Haydon Cooper, Utah State, 14:20.00. 13, Jaime Marcos, Eastern Illinois, 14:25.09. 14, Sam Pinkowski, Unattached, 14:25.65. 15, Matt Aho, Bradley, 14:26.18. 16, Robert Cozean, Notre Dame, 14:39.16. 17, Charlie Parrish, Bradley, 14:39.32. --, Michael Johnson, Unattached, DNF. Men 5000 Meter Unseeded Univ 1, Bridger Altice, Utah State, 14:16.11. 2, Roberto Porras, Utah State, 14:16.94. 3, Drew Lester, Air Force, 14:24.37. 4, Ryan Bonfiglio, Unattached, 14:24.99. 5, Clayton Whitehead, South Dakota, 14:33.41. 6, Blake Buysse, Loyola (Ill.), 14:35.47. 7, Jakob Tew, Utah State, 14:37.08. 8, Andrew Berndt, Drake, 14:37.30. 9, Blake Morris, Missouri, 14:37.90. 10, Alec Danner, Bradley, 14:40.03. 11, Maximilian Fridrich, Drake, 14:42.98. 12, Charlie Babcock, South Dakota, 14:46.33. 13, Rodrigo Alvarez Gonzalez, Bradley, 14:49.31. 14, Richie Jacobo, Eastern Illinois, 14:52.43. 15, Elliott Stone, North Dakota State, 14:58.77. 16, Tom Sederquest, Unattached, 14:59.28. 17, Jack Zettl, Drake, 15:01.01. 18, Ryan Mata, Missouri, 15:02.29. --, Drew Wenger, Bradley, DNF. Men 10000 Meter Open University 1, Nadir Yusuf, MSU-Moorhead, 29:12.04. 2, Chase Cayo, South Dakota St., 29:19.10. 3, Ryan Ford, Tennessee-Martin, 29:19.55. 4, Chris Maxon, Indiana Wesleyan, 29:40.47. 5, Ben Olson, South Dakota St., 29:43.87. 6, Blake Wahlen, Unattached, 29:54.34. 7, Merga Gemeda, South Dakota, 29:59.75. 8, Dominic Paoletti, Valparaiso, 30:28.13. 9, Morgan Shirley-Fairbairn, Wartburg, 30:29.36. 10, Nathan Kolbus, Loyola (Ill.), 30:31.73. 11, Patrick Kipkemboi, North Dakota, 30:32.46. 12, Max Selbach, South Dakota St., 30:34.76. 13, Chantz Visse, Loyola (Ill.), 30:40.89. 14, Nick Chudzik, Loyola (Ill.), 30:53.26. 15, Andrew Pilat, Eastern Illinois, 30:53.62. 16, Joseph Wittig, Air Force, 31:00.96. 17, Marcus Skinner, Eastern Illinois, 31:05.33. Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase University 1, Joshua Yeager, South Dakota St., 8:48.70. 2, Jackson Neff, Second City Track Club, 8:51.37. 3, Haran Dunderdale, Second City Track Club, 8:51.88. 4, Justin Domangue, UT-Arlington, 8:52.07. 5, Ahmed Sado, Adams State, 8:52.60. 6, Clement Duigou, Adams State, 8:56.00. 7, Jackson Lewis, Unattached, 8:56.32. 8, Colin Daly, Notre Dame, 8:57.76. 9, Alex Bartholomay, North Dakota State, 8:58.77. 10, Charlie Harders, Miami (OH), 8:59.71. 11, Francesco Romano, Eastern Illinois, 9:00.55. 12, Evan Mitchell, Bradley, 9:00.82. 13, Kelvin Bungei, Iowa Central CC, 9:09.88. 14, Luke Labatte, North Dakota, 9:10.72. 15, Michael Schwinghamer, South Dakota St., 9:13.82. 16, Conall McGinness, Miami (OH), 9:15.33. 17, Cole Streich, South Dakota, 9:18.22. 18, Riley DeMeulenaere, Loyola (Ill.), 9:28.97. 19, Isaac Huber, North Dakota State, 9:35.53. 20, Kallo Arno, South Dakota, 9:39.18. --, Matthew Carmody, Notre Dame, DNF. --, William Daly, Notre Dame, DNF. --, Dan Michalski, Tracksmith, X8:29.83D. Women 800 Meter Unseeded Univ 1, Karina Liz, Missouri, 2:08.50. 2, Erin Sullivan, Notre Dame, 2:08.85. 3, Maddi Exline, Illinois State, 2:09.78. 4, Audrey Harrod, Illinois State, 2:10.12. 5, Peyton Frolek, North Dakota State, 2:10.34. 6, Sierra Williams, Missouri State, 2:12.90. 7, Edna Dar, Missouri State, 2:13.41. 8, Breanna Clark, Texas State, 2:14.02. 9, Helen Gould, South Dakota, 2:14.46. 10, Victoria Robinson, Northern Illinois, 2:14.51. 11, Haley Arens, South Dakota, 2:14.73. 12, Katie Bye, North Dakota State, 2:15.13. 13, Jessica Christoffer, South Dakota St., 2:15.30. 14, Alli Wroblewski, South Dakota, 2:16.73. 15, Sydney Schaffer, Northern Iowa, 2:17.77. 16, Noel James, Northern Iowa, 2:17.98. 17, Kelsey Schweizer, Missouri, 2:18.73. 18, Janae Dean, Northern Illinois, 2:24.66. --, Kelly Hart, Notre Dame, DNF. --, Reilly Revord, Missouri, DNF. Women 1500 Meter Unseeded Univ 1, Jocelyn Long, Notre Dame, 4:23.60. 2, Julia Nielsen, Bradley, 4:23.72. 3, Janette Schraft, Iowa State, 4:23.97. 4, Lauren Sapone, Notre Dame, 4:24.02. 5, Erica Eades, North Dakota, 4:27.14. 6, Carli Knott, SE Missouri, 4:28.09. 7, Rachel Hickey, Illinois State, 4:28.32. 8, Isabelle Christiansen, Missouri, 4:29.06. 9, Kelby Anderson, North Dakota State, 4:29.29. 10, Lee-Anne Blake, Texas State, 4:31.62. 11, Nora Finegan, Northern Illinois, 4:32.01. 12, Marguerite Hendrickson, Creighton, 4:32.34. 13, LeAnn Larkin, Utah State, 4:33.39. 14, Abrielle Jirele, South Dakota, 4:33.66. 15, Kaleesa Houston, North Dakota State, 4:33.87. 16, Cornelia Wohlfahrt, North Dakota, 4:35.97. 17, Julia Finegan, Northern Illinois, 4:36.42. 18, Kate Bushue, Eastern Illinois, 4:36.87. 19, Aisling Joyce, Bradley, 4:36.90. 20, Meltem Yasar, Toledo, 4:43.35. --, Bailey Brinkerhoff, Utah State, DNF. Women 5000 Meter Open University 1, Erin Archibeck, Notre Dame, 16:12.92. 2, Maddy Denner, Notre Dame, 16:16.40. 3, Katie Rose Blachowicz, Notre Dame, 16:19.21. 4, Kaitlyn Shea, SE Missouri, 16:20.44. 5, Missy Rock, Unattached, 16:21.26. 6, Erin Strzelecki, Notre Dame, 16:22.81. 7, Dana Feyen, Iowa State, 16:29.61. 8, Nicolette Schmidt, Augustana (S.D.), 16:30.16. 9, Emily Vining, Toledo, 16:31.16. 10, Grace Dickel, Iowa State, 16:33.84. 11, PJ English, Augustana (S.D.), 16:37.31. 12, Winrose Chesang, Iowa State, 16:38.94. 13, Brenna Cohoon, Iowa State, 16:42.60. 14, Tyler Schwartz, Bradley, 16:46.98. 15, Cynthia Togom, Central Missouri, 17:01.72. --, Lauren Sapone, Notre Dame, DNF. Women 5000 Meter Unseeded Univ 1, Danielle Hotalling, Creighton, 17:01.64. 2, Morgan Cole, Youngstown St., 17:02.95. 3, Rebecca Wusinich, Air Force, 17:05.77. 4, Elizabeth Aho, Drake, 17:08.81. 5, Ginger Murnieks, Missouri, 17:16.06. 6, Mia Salas, Augustana (S.D.), 17:18.12. 7, Mikayla Reed, Missouri, 17:20.84. 8, McKenzie Burian, North Dakota, 17:21.08. 9, McKenna Revord, Missouri, 17:23.10. 10, Anastasia Kirillov, Drake, 17:23.46. 11, Emma Ehrhardt, Bradley, 17:27.47. 12, Lexi Maddox, Missouri, 17:33.49. 13, Millie Bretl, Drake, 18:09.13. 14, Ashlee Siegle, Drake, 18:28.98. Women 10000 Meter Open University 1, Leah Hansen, South Dakota St., 34:03.03. 2, Brianna Robles, Adams State, 34:15.36. 3, Kassie Rosenbum, Loras, 34:19.16. 4, Lindsay Billings, Kennesaw State, 34:20.14. 5, Jacqueline Gaughan, Notre Dame, 34:32.25. 6, Kaylee Bogina, Adams State, 34:35.27. 7, Faith Linga, Iowa Western CC, 34:42.65. 8, Ava Nuttall, Miami (OH), 34:55.61. 9, Micaela Rivera, Utah State, 35:20.27. 10, Hannah Oscarson, North Dakota, 35:27.26. 11, Anna Donnay, South Dakota St., 35:27.47. 12, Abby Gray, Utah State, 35:43.77. 13, Madison Fruchey, Southern Utah, 35:47.90. 14, Ellyssa Peterson, North Dakota, 35:53.22. 15, Carina Collet, Wartburg, 36:03.12. 16, Morgan French, Utah State, 36:08.49. 17, Katie North, Illinois Wesleyan, 36:26.87. 18, Natalie Paulson, Wartburg, 36:27.18. 19, Jen Dufner, North Dakota State, 38:08.64. --, Kyleigh Spearing, Notre Dame, DNF. --, Maggie McPherson, Eastern Illinois, DNF. Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase University 1, Abby Caldwell, Iowa State, 10:05.62. 2, Jonna Bart, South Dakota, 10:14.58. 3, Semra Karaslan, Toledo, 10:25.89. 4, HaLeigh Hunter-Galvan, Adams State, 10:31.31. 5, Rebekah Rairdon, Augustana (S.D.), 10:31.77. 6, Jocelyn Quiles, Indiana State, 10:39.56. 7, Brooke Mullins, Drake, 10:39.68. 8, Meredith Sorensen, Houston, 10:40.34. 9, Sophia McDonnell, Bradley, 10:40.76. 10, Rachel Rairdon, Augustana (S.D.), 10:41.42. 11, Brooke Lytle, Northern Illinois, 10:41.71. 12, Katie Meyer, Kennesaw State, 10:54.67. 13, McKenzie Altmayer, Bradley, 10:55.60. 14, McKenna Herrmann, South Dakota, 11:01.99. 15, Alaysia Freetly, North Dakota State, 11:04.10. 16, Sammi Lee, Utah State, 11:13.44. 17, Avani Flanagan, Eastern Illinois, 11:31.83. 18, Morgan Lawler, South Dakota, 11:33.46.
