Thursday, April 27
Des Moines, Iowa
All Day
University of Utah
at
Drake Relays
Utah Track and Field Opens Drake Relays
4/27/2017 8:58 PM | Track & Field
Caitie Faust places second in the 800
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Utah track and field team was in action Thursday night at the Drake Relays, competing in the 800-meter run and 4x1600 meter relay. The 108th Annual Drake Relays are being held at the Drake Stadium and competition will continue Friday and Saturday, April 28-29.
"Both of our girls had PR's in the 800 and really ran great races," head coach Kyle Kepler said. "Our 4x1600 relay was really solid on the ends. Sadie [Wassum] opened in good position and Amanda [Gehrich] closed it out well."
Sophomore Caitlin Faust led the way in the 800-meter run, finishing with a personal best time of 2:09.46 to earn a second-place finish. Freshman Sarah Newton also recorded a personal best time, recording a mark of 2:12.81. Newton finished in 19th place.
Utah's 4x1600 meter relay team placed seventh overall with a time of 19:45.64. Sophomore Sadie Wassum opened the relay, junior Dakota Grossman took the second leg of the race, freshman Nicole Griffiths ran the third stretch, while freshman Amanda Gehrich finished the race for Utah.
Utah will be back in action tomorrow at the Drake Relays. Utah will also have a group of Utes, mainly distance runners, competing at Oregon State High Performance in Corvallis, Ore. Several Utes will also be competing locally at the BYU Robison Invitational in Provo, Utah.
Live results:
Drake Relays: http://results.drakerelays.us
Oregon State High Performance: http://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/#/results
Robison Invitational- http://results.runnercard.com/Results/results.jsp?meetid=1001061
"Both of our girls had PR's in the 800 and really ran great races," head coach Kyle Kepler said. "Our 4x1600 relay was really solid on the ends. Sadie [Wassum] opened in good position and Amanda [Gehrich] closed it out well."
Sophomore Caitlin Faust led the way in the 800-meter run, finishing with a personal best time of 2:09.46 to earn a second-place finish. Freshman Sarah Newton also recorded a personal best time, recording a mark of 2:12.81. Newton finished in 19th place.
Utah's 4x1600 meter relay team placed seventh overall with a time of 19:45.64. Sophomore Sadie Wassum opened the relay, junior Dakota Grossman took the second leg of the race, freshman Nicole Griffiths ran the third stretch, while freshman Amanda Gehrich finished the race for Utah.
Utah will be back in action tomorrow at the Drake Relays. Utah will also have a group of Utes, mainly distance runners, competing at Oregon State High Performance in Corvallis, Ore. Several Utes will also be competing locally at the BYU Robison Invitational in Provo, Utah.
Live results:
Drake Relays: http://results.drakerelays.us
Oregon State High Performance: http://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/#/results
Robison Invitational- http://results.runnercard.com/Results/results.jsp?meetid=1001061
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