Coyotes toe the line for 112th edition of Drake Relays – University of South Dakota Athletics

The Meet

South Dakota observe and area travels to Des Moines, Iowa, for the 112th version of the Drake Relays held Thursday by way of Saturday contained in the blue oval.
 

The Coyotes

Cut up between a pair of house meets, South Dakota returns to the Drake Relays. The Coyotes swept the 4 vertical jumps a 12 months in the past to carry USD’s complete variety of Drake Relays titles to 29. Third-year sophomore Carly Haring (excessive leap) and sophomore Eerik Haamer (pole vault) are returning Drake Relays champions. The Coyotes are coming off a windy South Dakota Problem, which led to a handful of spectacular albeit wind-aided marks within the dash occasions. Brithton Senior, for instance, clocked 13.62 seconds within the 110-meter hurdles. If not for the +7.5 m/s tailwind, his time would have ranked within the top-20 nationally. He did be part of pole vaulter Marleen Mülla as Summit League Athletes of the Week. She vaulted a private finest 14-6 (4.42m) within the pole vault this previous week to maneuver to eighth within the nation. The wind final weekend didn’t lend an obstacle to the Coyote throwers. South Dakota broke the ladies’s discus file twice through the competitors on Saturday, first by Meredith Clark after which by Lydia Knapp. Knapp’s throw of 175-2 (53.39m) ranks third within the Summit this season.
 

The League Leaders

A Coyote leads the Summit League in 12 totally different occasions this season.
 
Girls’s 100m: Erin Kinney, 11.75 seconds
Males’s 400m: Demar Francis, 47.64 seconds
Girls’s 400m: Sara Reifenrath, 54.40 seconds
Males’s 10,000m: Merga Gemeda, 29:18.51
Girls’s 400m Hurdles: Moe Bridgen, 59.57 seconds
Girls’s 3,000m Steeplechase: Helen Gould, 10:45.95
Girls’s 4x100m Relay: Erin Kinney, Jacy Pulse, Anna Robinson, Sara Reifenrath, 45.85 seconds
Girls’s 4x400m Relay: Anna Robinson, Moe Bridgen, Jacy Pulse, Sara Reifenrath, 3:41.16
Girls’s Excessive Leap: Danii Anglin, 5-10 (1.78m)
Males’s Pole Vault: Eerik Haamer, 18-0 ½ (5.50m)
Girls’s Pole Vault: Marleen Mülla, 14-6 (4.42m)
Males’s Triple Leap: Jacob Jenkins, 50-0 ¾ (15.26m)
 

The Competitors

Becoming a member of South Dakota within the Division I area this weekend are host Drake, Air Pressure, Bradley, Creighton, Japanese Illinois, Illinois, Illinois State, Indiana State, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Marquette, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina A&T, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Purdue, South Dakota State, Texas Tech, Tulsa, UC San Diego, Utah, Wisconsin.
 

One Final Factor

Coyote alumnus Chris Nilsen, the Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo, will compete within the elite part of the lads’s pole vault scheduled for 12:45 p.m. Saturday.