DES MOINES, IOWA --- The Minnesota State men's track and field team traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to take part in the Drake Relays as well as the Kip Janvrin Open hosted by Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
The 4x100-meter relay team of freshman Myles Hunter, junior Anthony Gustafson, junior Carmono Lane, and senior Jerrell Hancock qualified for the finals of the 4x100-meter relay finishing in seventh place with a time of 41.35 at the Drake Relays. The finals will be run tomorrow.
At the Kip Janvrin Open Hunter ran a time of 14.24 in the 110-meter hurdles finishing in first place. In the high jump freshman Frank Veldman finished in fourth place with a leap of 6' 6 ¼".
Here is a list of how other Mavericks performed at the Drake Relays:110 meter hurdles prelim
Myles Hunter 17th place 14.52
Slater Powell 24th place 14.85
Benjamin Ojika 26th place 14.94
100-meter prelims
Jerrell Hancock 9th place 10.51
Here is a list of how other Mavericks performed at the Kip Janvrin Open:
Long Jump
Khalil Jor'dan 5th place 22' 3"
Randy Khieu 7th place 22 1 ¾"
Rumeal Harris 10th place 21 4 ¼"
Triple Jump
London Thurman 5th place 44' 10 ¾"
Frank Veldman 9th place 42' 9 ¾"
High Jump
Frank Veldman 4th place 6 6 ¼"
Denzell Oats 8th 6' ½"
100-meter dash
Carmono Lane 11th place 11.29
Slater Powell 22nd place 11.63
Anthony Gustafson 36th place 12.75
400-meter hurdles
Justin McMurtry 12th place 56.76
200-meter dash
Zach Gearman 21st place 23.75
Samuel McKay 27th place 24.17
To view the complete results of the Drake Relays click HERE.
To view the complete results of the Kip Janvrin Open click HERE.
MSU will be in action again tomorrow at the Drake Relays as well as the Drake Alternative hosted by Gustavus Adolphus College.
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