Track & Field Competes in Pair of Weekend Meets

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men's and women's track & field teams will be sending representatives to Drake and Whitewater this weekend for a pair of meets. The Drake Relays will take place from Thursday, April 28 to Saturday, April 30. The Drake Alternative at UW-Whitewater will take place Friday, April 29.

MU will be sending members of the squad to Des Moines, Iowa to compete in the Drake Relays. The meet will begin Thursday evening with the men's and women's distance events. The remainder of the field events and relays will follow the next two days. Live results for the entire meet can be found here.

The rest of the team will travel to Whitewater Friday. The meet begins at noon at Foster Track and Fiskum Field. Live results for the Drake Alternative can be found here.

LAST TIME OUT:
Last week the Golden Eagles competed at the Warhawk Invitational & Multi. The women took first and the men second at last weekend's meet.

30 Golden Eagles set personal bests at Whitewater.
Sophomore Mitchell Van Vooren won the 400-meter hurdles running a personal best time of 53.70 and the No. 7 time in program history. Freshman Caden George took second with a PR of 58.48.
Mila Puseljic took home the gold in the heptathlon with 3810 points. Puseljic finished in the top two in five of the seven events.
Simon Werven won the decathlon with a score of 6235. Werven recorded PRs in the 110-meter hurdles (15.37), Javelin (39.31m) and 1500 meters (4:35.78).
Carley Hintz ran personal bests in the 200 (25.75) and 100 (12.34) meters. Hintz took first in the 200m and received runner-up honors in the 100m.
The MU women swept the top three spots in the high jump with Lindsey Mirkes winning the event clearing a height of 1.68 meters/5 feet, 6 inches. Annika Bynum and Katie Dingle follow both reaching a mark of 1.58 meters/5 feet, 2.25 inches.

NEXT UP:
The Golden Eagles will travel up to Madison Friday, May 6 for the Badger Invitational.

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Travel Party / Meet Entries
Drake Relays
WOMEN
Daylee Braden – 4x200m Relay (Leadoff leg), Sprint Medley Relay (Leadoff 200m)
Siani Brown-Carr – 4x100m and 4x200m alternate
Payton Hanselman – 4x100m Relay (2nd leg)
Adelaide Havens – 4x200m Relay (2nd leg), Sprint Medley Relay (2nd leg 200m)
Carley Hintz – 4x100m Relay (Anchor leg), 4x200m Relay (3rd leg)
Kate Jochims – 3000m Steeplechase
Arianna Mansavage – 4x200m Relay (Anchor leg), Sprint Medley (3rd leg 400m)
Breanne Marchan – 4x100m Relay (Leadoff leg)
Lindsey Mirkes – High Jump
Laurel Moneysmith – 10,000m
Emily Noone – Sprint Medley Relay (Anchor leg 800m)
Valerie Nzeakor – 4x100m Relay (3rd leg)
Kendall Pfrimmer – 10,000m

MEN
Daniel Bendel – 4x200m Relay (Leadoff leg)
Cade Ferron – Sprint Medley (Anchor leg 800m)
Jeff Garbutt – 4x200 & SMR alternate
Jordan Janusiak – 10,000m
Alex Lesperance – 4x200m (3rd leg), Sprint Medley Relay (Leadoff 200m)
Zachariah Murray – 4x200m (2nd leg), Sprint Medley Relay (3rd leg 400m)
Julian Wright – 4x200m (Anchor leg), Sprint Medley Relay (2nd leg 200m)
David Zeller – 10,000

Drake Alternative
WOMEN
Brielle Buechler – Pole Vault
Annika Bynum – High Jump
Lizzy Cagle – Shot Put, Discus, Hammer
Katie Dingle – High Jump
Molly Evans – Triple Jump
Allie Flando – Shot Put, Discus, Hammer
Emily Foley – 1500m, 5000m
Audrey Grimm – 800m
Kaylee Hopp – Long Jump, Triple Jump
Kaitlyn Huebner – Pole Vault
Lexi Keppler – 800m
Mia Ketelhohn – Discus, Hammer, Javelin
Gianna Konen – 5000m
Mallory Lafever – 5000m
Emma Ludwig – High Jump
Grace Mager – Javelin
Stephanie Mauzer – 800m
Claudia Millàn – High Jump
Madison Miller – Long Jump, Triple Jump
Lauren Neiheisel – 5000m
Anna Penzkover – Steeplechase
Gretchen Pfeiffer – 800m
Haley Schaffer – Long Jump
Rachel Seraphine – Pole Vault
Marissa Valentini – 800m
Veronica Walinski – Discus, Hammer
Megan Wallace – 100 Hurdles, 200m, Shot Put
Mikayla Wise – Shot Put, Discus, Hammer

MEN
Trey Baskin – Discus Hammer
Patrick Burns – 1500m
Casey Carlson – High Jump
Renfei Chang – 110 Hurdles
Caden George – 400 Hurdles
Patrick Hetlage – 800m, 1500m
Nathan Hirsch – 800m
Zak Kindl – 5000m
Thomas Leonard – 5000m
Matthew Moravec – 1500m
Dylan Nola – Pole Vault
Jefferson Osunkwo – Triple Jump
Braden Schreiber – 800m
K.T. Thomas – 100m, 200m
Greg Van Hollen – 800m
Mitchell Van Vooren – 400 Hurdles
Vinnie Voudrie – Discus, Hammer
Alex Watros – 800m
Dan Weizeorick – 5000m