Abbott Wins Event at Drake Relays

April 24, 2010

DES MOINES, IOWA - Junior Alyssa Abbott of the University of Utah track and field team won the 1500m run at the Drake Relays on Saturday while posting a new lifetime personal best in the event. Freshman Amanda Mergaert also posted a new PR in the event.

Abbott created a gap, then swiftly moved to the front on the last lap of the 1500m run to finish first overall at the 101st Annual Drake Relays. She finished in 4:23.48 for a new personal best, which ranks second all-time in Utah school history. Mergaert finished the race in 4:26.56 for fourth place overall. Her time ranks fifth all-time for Utah. Abbott was ranked fourth in the Mountain West Conference going into the meet with her previous personal best time of 4:27.62.

In the 1600m sprint medley, senior Whitney Wellington, sophomore Lucy Yates and freshmen Lauryn McKay and Ashley Mosley, rallied to finish in 3:55.51 for eighth place overall.

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