FULL RESULTS

ALL VIDEOS

Women's 1500 Meters (Special and University)

Hard to say which was more impressive ... Jenny Simpson winning the elite section of the women's 1500 or Stephanie Morgan, sophomore from Illinois dominating the 1500 University/College section.

Both were impressive displays. Barringer finished in 4:09, beating a field that included Treniere Moser-Clement, Gabriele Anderson and Heather Dorniden (former University of Minnesota 800 standout).  Simpson's time was nowhere near her PR (3:59 from 2009), but it should be a great sharpener as she gears up for USA and (potential) World competition.

Event 465  Women 1500 Meter Run Special
===============================================================
      Relays: D 4:05.13  2000        Suzy Favor-Hamilton, Nike 
     Stadium: S 4:05.13  2000        Suzy Favor-Hamilton, Nike 
    Name                    Year School                  Finals
===============================================================
Finals                                                         
  1 Jenny Simpson                USA                    4:09.56
  2 Treniere Moser-Clement       Nike                   4:11.58
  3 Gabriele Anderson            Brooks                 4:12.35
  4 Lauren Hagans                Asics                  4:16.87
  5 Molly Beckwith               Saucony                4:17.22
  6 Heather Dorniden             Asics                  4:17.68
  7 Paula Whiting             SR Tulsa                  4:19.78
  8 Sarah Bowman                 USA                    4:27.75
 -- Heidi Dahl                   New Balance                DNF

Meanwhile, Morgan smashed the 20 year-old Drake Relays record and won by nearly 4 seconds!  Her 4:15.90 mark moves her to top-5 in the country (at the NCAA level).

Event 225  Women 1500 Meter Run Seeded Univ/Col
================================================================
      Relays: D 4:19.54  1991        Karen Glerum, Iowa St      
     Stadium: S 4:05.13  2000        Suzy Favor-Hamilton, Nike  
    Name                    Year School                  Finals 
================================================================
Finals                                                          
  1 Stephanie Morgan          SO Illinois               4:15.90D
  2 Alyssa Abbott             SR Utah                   4:19.73 
  3 Amanda Mergaert           SO Utah                   4:21.06 
  4 McKenzie Melander         JR Iowa                   4:21.35 
  5 Lucy Kennedy              JR Iowa St                4:21.79 
  6 Martina Tresch            SO Kansas St              4:22.46 
  7 Betsy Flood               JR Iowa                   4:22.94 
  8 Mary Goldkamp             SR Bradley                4:23.29 
  9 Boglarka Bozzay           JR Kansas St              4:25.01 
 10 Laura Roxberg             SO Missouri               4:25.47 
 11 Lauren Hardesty           SR Iowa                   4:25.68 
 12 Leigh Ann Ganzar          SR Baylor                 4:27.07 
 13 Semehar Tesfaye           JR Iowa St                4:31.40 
 14 Casey McDermott           SR Drake                  4:35.15 
 15 Jess Husted               SR Illinois State         4:37.29 

Men's Mile Run Special

Boaz Lalang won over a deep field, including American Record holder, Alan Webb. Lalang won for the second year in a row. This time Boaz had just enough to hold off Pete van der Westhuizen, Chris O'Hare and Webb ... who all finished in 3:58!

Lalang avenged a Tuesday defeat, in which Alan Webb kicked to a win at the Grand Blue Mile.

Event 410  Men 1 Mile Run Special
================================================================         
      Relays: D 3:51.71  4/28/2007   Alan Webb, Nike                     
     Stadium: S 3:51.71  4/28/2007   Alan Webb, Nike                     
    Name                    Year School                  Finals          
================================================================         
Finals                                                                   
  1 Boaz Lalang                  Kenya                  3:58.26          
  2 Peter Van Der Westhuize      Saucony                3:58.33          
  3 Chris O'Hare              SO Tulsa                  3:58.77  3:58.761
  4 Alan Webb                    USA                    3:58.77  3:58.764
  5 Fred Samoei               SR Alabama                3:59.34          
  6 Pablo Solares                Mexico                 4:02.61          
  7 Tommie Schmitz               Unattached             4:03.63          
  8 Steve Slattery               USA                    4:09.79          
 -- Rob Myers                    Reebok                     DNF          
 -- Christian Smith              USA                        DNF          

Women's University 100 Meters

Candyce McGrone set a new meet record in 11.17, besting a mark that had perviously been held for 16 years.  McGrone was able to just nip Baylor's Tiffany Townsend, who tied the previous meet record (11.19).

McGrone's time moves her to 9th on the NCAA list, and betters here season's best of 11.22.

Event 210  Women 100 Meter Dash Univ/Col
=====================================================================
      Relays: D 11.19  1995        Sevatheda Fynes, Eastern Michigan 
     Stadium: S 11.06  4/24/2010   Lashauntea Moore, Unattached      
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Wind
=====================================================================
Finals                                                               
  1 Candyce McGrone           JR Oklahoma                 11.17   NWI
  2 Tiffany Townsend          SR Baylor                   11.19   NWI
  3 Chelsea Hayes             SR Louisiana Tech           11.38   NWI
  4 Shawna Anderson           JR Oklahoma                 11.43   NWI
  5 Ashley Kelly              JR Illinois                 11.61   NWI
  6 Christina Manning         JR Ohio St                  11.62   NWI
  7 Madison Mcnary            JR Ohio St                  11.64   NWI
  8 LaJada Baldwin            SR Mississippi              11.67   NWI

Women's University 4x100 Relay

2 Tiff's and 2 Britt's led the Baylor team to victory and anew meet record in the 4x100. The team of Tiffani McReynolds, Tiffany Townsend, Brittany Bruce and Brittany Carr broke a 23 year old meet record, winning in 43.75.

Second place Ohio State actually broke the existing record as well, coming home in 43.93, and third place Oklahoma just missed it, at 43.99.

The three teams move up to #4, #10 and #13 in the country.

Event 265 Women 4x100 Meter Relay University

 

================================================================                
      Relays: D 43.94  1988        Illinois / Texas 2007                        
     Stadium: S 42.59  2008        Texas A&M                                    
    School                                               Finals                 
================================================================                
Finals                                                                          
  1 Baylor                                                43.75D                
     1) Tiffani McReynolds FR           2) Tiffany Townsend SR                  
     3) Brittany Bruce SR               4) Brittany Carr JR                     
  2 Ohio St                                               43.93D                
     1) Letecia Wright SR               2) Madison Mcnary JR                    
     3) Chesna Sykes FR                 4) Christina Manning JR                 
  3 Oklahoma                                              43.99                 
     1) Sherine Wells JR                2) Shawna Anderson JR                   
     3) Jasmine Simmons SR              4) Candyce McGrone JR                   
  4 Illinois                                              44.17                 
     1) Cheria Morgan SR                2) Ashley Kelly JR                      
     3) Kayla Smith SO                  4) Tamika Robinson SR                   
  5 Mississippi                                           44.93                 
     1) Kristin Bridges JR              2) Aria Gaines JR                       
     3) Jasmine Williams SO             4) LaJada Baldwin SR                    
  6 Cincinnati                                            45.06                 
     1) Morgan Gordon FR                2) Natasha Burse SR                     
     3) Shanay Portis SO                4) Aricka Rhodes JR                     
  7 Missouri St                                           46.07                 
     1) Shantel Llewellyn SR            2) Pernell Joseph FR                    
     3) Kimsue Grant SO                 4) Kara Graham SR 

Men's University 4x100 Relay

The University of Illinois pulled off the surprising victory, beating sprint powerhouse Baylor 39.17 to 39.19.

The time puts Illinois #9 on the NCAA this outdoor season, and launches them just ahead of Baylor on the overall rankings (Baylor bumped down from #9 to #10)

Both squads were within shouting distance of the Drake Relays record, a 38.96 set all the way back in 1983.

Event 55  Men 4x100 Meter Relay University
================================================================  
      Relays: D 38.96  1983        Alabama                        
     Stadium: S 38.42  6/13/2008   Louisiana St                   
                       A Hayes, R Thompson, G Mvumuvre, T Holliday
    School                                               Finals   
================================================================  
Finals                                                            
  1 Illinois                                              39.17   
     1) Andrew Riley JR                 2) Azeez Shogbuyi JR      
     3) Josh Zinzer SO                  4) Stanley Azie SR        
  2 Baylor                                                39.19   
     1) Marcus Boyd SR                  2) Whitney Prevost JR     
     3) Woodrow Randall JR              4) Zwede Hewitt JR        
  3 Texas-Arlington                                       39.80   
     1) Andrew Pettis SO                2) Cordero Gray SR        
     3) Juan Lewis SR                   4) Clayton Vaughn FR      
  4 Oklahoma                                              39.82   
     1) Marcus Anderson SO              2) Rakieem Salaam JR      
     3) Evan Pierson JR                 4) Remuro Henry SR        
  5 Georgia                                               39.91   
     1) Torrin Lawrence JR              2) Phillip Adams JR       
     3) Jevon Maynard FR                4) Waymon Storey FR       
  6 Louisiana Tech                                        40.00   
     1) Dennis Richardson FR            2) Kevin Stewart SR       
     3) Josh Goree SO                   4) Trey Hadnot FR         
 -- Iowa                                                    DNF   
     1) Tevin Mincy FR                  2) Zeke Sayon SR          
     3) D'Juan Richardson JR            4) Justin Austin JR  

Men's University 800 Meters

Aaron Evans of Georgia came into the 2011 Drake Relays ranked #92 in the country, at 1:50.61. He leaves Des Moines all the way up to #24, with a 1:48.92 victory at Drake. Evans was able to pull away from DII standout Aduo Omot of Augustana (S.D.).

Perhaps more importantly, Omot now leads DII with his 1:49.45 2nd place finish Saturday.

Event 10  Men 800 Meter Run Univ/Col
================================================================
      Relays: D 1:46.53  1996        Einars Tupuritis, Wichita S
     Stadium: S 1:45.23  6/25/2010   Duane Solomon, Saucony     
    Name                    Year School                  Finals 
================================================================
Finals                                                          
  1 Aaron Evans               JR Georgia                1:48.93 
  2 Aduo Omot                 SO Augustana (SD)         1:49.45 
  3 Aaron Dixon               SR Missouri               1:49.46 
  4 Eric Stroh                SR North Dakota St        1:49.96 
  5 Aaron Stockstell          JR Northern Iowa          1:50.15 
  6 Tommy Brinn               SO Nebraska               1:50.27 
  7 Ryan Lynn                 SO Illinois               1:50.33 
  8 Sam James                 SR Kansas St              1:50.41 
  9 Max Hanson                SR Minnesota              1:50.64 
 10 Danny Neff                SO Georgia                1:50.85 
 11 Elphas Sang               SR Iowa St                1:50.89