Track & Field Travels to Drake Relays

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men's and women's track & field team heads to the 113thDrake Relays this weekend. The meet will take place over three days from Thursday, April 27 to Saturday, April 29.

Those not making the trip to Drake will compete at UW-Whitewater on Friday, Apr. 28.

Competition at the Drake Relays will begin Thursday morning. The first Marquette event will be Thursday with the women's 800m at 5:35 p.m. CT. MU will compete in events through Saturday afternoon. Live results for the Drake Relays will be available here.

The remainder of the team will be competing closer to home at the Drake Alternative at UW-Whitewater. Action at Rex Foster Track will begin Friday at 11 a.m. Live results will be available here.

LAST TIME OUT
On Saturday, April 22 Marquette hosted their home meet, the Marquette Invitational at Wisconsin Lutheran's Raabe Stadium. The Golden Eagles competed through the rain, snow and cold at Saturday's meet.

On the women's side, MU had six individual event winners at the Marquette Invitational. On the track, Siani Brown-Carr took first in the 100m, tying her personal best with a time of 12.61. Anna Penzkover rolled to a personal best and the win in the 1500m with a time of 4:44.07. The MU women dominated the hurdles with Julia Beck winning the 100m hurdles (15.40) and Juru Okwaramoi taking first in the 400m hurdles (1:04.34). Kate Jochims was victorious in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:48.78.

In the field, Annika Bynum took the win in the high jump, clearing the bar at a height of 1.65m/5 feet, 5 inches. Mia Ketelhohn threw a personal best 39.21m/128 feet, 8 inches in the javelin to take first. Ketelhohn's mark ranks No. 6 all-time in MU history.

On the men's side, Mitchell Van Vooren finished runner-up in his first-ever 800m with a time of 1:56.20. Jared Humphrey took second place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 57.47.

In the field events, Adam Schommer took second place in the pole vault with a mark of 4.73m/15 feet, 6.25 inches. Senior Vinnie Voudrie placed second in the hammer throw with a mark of 53.06m/174 feet, 1 inch. Caleb Venzke also earned runner-up honors in the javelin with a throw of 43.16m/141 feet, 7 inches.

After the meet, Marquette honored 29 members of the senior class.

UP NEXT:
The Golden Eagles will head to Madison next week for the Wisconsin Classic on Friday, May 5.

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Drake Relays Entries:
WOMEN
Daylee Braden – 400m, 4x200m , Sprint Medley
Siani Brown-Carr – 4x100m, 4x200m, Sprint Medley
Annika Bynum – High Jump
JaMiah Cochran – 4x100m (Lead off leg), Alternate for 4x200m and Sprint Medley
Payton Hanselman – 4x100m, 4x200m, Sprint Medley
Kate Jochims – 3000m Steeplechase
Emily Noone – 800m, Sprint Medley
Juru Okwaramoi – 4x100m, 4x200m, Sprint Medley
Anna Penzkover – 3000m Steeplechase

MEN
Sam Cascella – Alternate for 4x100m, 4x200m and Sprint Medley
Cade Ferron – Sprint Medley
Justin Juniel – 4x100m, 4x200m, Sprint Medley Relay
Gus Kasun – 4x200m, 4x400m Relay
Alex Lesperance – 4x100m, 4x200m, Sprint Medley Relay
Zach Murray – 400m, 4x400m
Sebastian Obrzut – 4x100m (3rd Leg), 4x200m, Sprint Medley Relay Alternate
Christian Peterson – Sprint Medley
Mitchell Van Vooren – 400 Hurdles, 4x400m Relay
Dan Weizeorick – Steeplechase
Julian Wright – 400m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay

UWW Drake Alternative Entries:
WOMEN
Julia Beck – 100H
Clara Braunberger – Javelin
Emily Capper – 1500m, 800m
Katie Dingle – 200m, 100H, Long Jump
Audrey Grimm – 800m
Kaylee Hopp – Long Jump, Triple Jump
Kaitlyn Huebner – Pole Vault
Natalia Jackowski – High Jump
Lexi Keppler – 800m
Mia Ketelhohn – Discus, Javelin
Emma Kingsley – Pole Vault
Gianna Konen – 1500m, 5000m
Carol Ludington – 800m
Emma Ludwig – High Jump
Grace Mager – Javelin
Stephanie Mauzer – 800m
Claudia Millàn – High Jump
Madison Miller – Long Jump, Triple Jump
Gretchen Pfeiffer – 800m, Steeplechase
Veronica Walinski – Shot Put
Mikayla Wise – Shot Put, Discus

Men:
Trey Baskin – Discus Hammer
Casey Carlson – High Jump
Cole Donahe – 400m, Long Jump, Javelin
Ali Faiz – 1500m
Nathan Hirsch – 1500m, 800m
Jared Humphrey – 400 Hurdles
Keagan Morgan – 1500m, 5000m
Brandon Ngosong – Long Jump
Josh Pirogovsky – Shot Put, Hammer
Adam Schommer – Pole Vault
Braden Schreiber – 800m
KT Thomas – 400m, 200m
Greg Van Hollen – 800m
Caleb Venzke - Javelin
Vinnie Voudrie – Discus, Hammer
Alex Watros – 800m