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Mitchler
Highlights Pointer Efforts at Drake Relays
Jenna Mitchler posted an NCAA automatic
qualifying time in the women�s 1500-meter run to highlight the
UW-Stevens Point track and field team�s performance at the Drake Relays
on Friday and Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Mitchler posted a time of 4:33.07 to place
ninth of 12 competitors in a race that featured 10 Division I entrants.
She also was part of the distance medley relay squad that placed third
of 15 teams, joining Marie Burrows, Teresa Stanley and Megan Craig to
post a time of 11:54.58.
Also, the women�s 1600-meter relay team
achieved an NCAA provisional qualifying time by three-hundreths of a
second as the team of Andrea Irvine, Laura Simonis, Jamie Scott and
Burrows had a time of 3:57.97.
The men�s 1600-meter relay team of Pat
Leonard, Jeremie Schwartz, Adam Baumann and Nick VerDuin placed seventh
overall with a time of 3:14.15. The 800-meter relay team of Brad Koback,
Ryan Schroeder, Bryan Buechel and Baumann placed eighth in 1:28.45
and the 400-meter relay squad of Koback, Leonard, VerDuin and Baumann
was 11th in 42.18 seconds. The distance medley relay team of Travis
Nechuta, Schroeder, Greg Haak and Dominick Meyer was 13th in 10:21.38.
Also, UW-Stevens Point sent athletes to the Loras Invitational in
Dubuque, Iowa. The men's and women's teams each had two second place
performances. For the men,
Cory Towle was second in the 5,000-meter run in 15:35.66 and Denton
Helms was runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:58.32. For the
women, Katie Simo was second in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.28 and Beth
Richter was second in the javelin at 108 feet, four inches. |
