Drake Relays; Mall Vault; Hamline Twilight

The competition on the track has already started with the second day of the decathlon and heptathlon.  The University of Minnesota's Nick Bachinski and Luca Wieland are entered.  Wieland is 16th after day one on Wednesday with 4332 points, Bachinski is 17th with 4239.

Tonight Gophers Jeffrey Cottrell and Bradley Johnson will run in the unseeded University/College(UC) 800 at 4:05 PM. The University of Minnesota 4 by 1600 women's relay team will run at 4:40 PM.  At 7:30 Gopher women Jamie Piepenburg and Melissa Cabak will join St. Scholastica's Chelsea Johnson and Augsburg's Lauren Rice in the 10K.

At 8:40 Gopher women Liz Berkholtz, Laura Docherty, Rachel Drake, Ashlie Decker, and Haley Johnson will join UMD's Samatha Rivard in the 5K.  St. Olaf's Grant Wintheiser and the U of M's Aaron Bartnik will run the men's 5K at 9:05, the last event on today's program.

Fisheye view of the Mall Vault

Yesterday, Drake had a Mall Vault that featured the current indoor world recorholder Renaud Lavillenie and Hastings and NDSU grad Shawn Francis.  A packed crowd watched the vaulters demonstrating their athleticism in a different environment than they usually perform.  Photos and story are HERE.


Hamline Twilight results are HERE.
Gopher women's summary is HERE.
Hamline summary is HERE.
St. Thomas summary is HERE.
Concordia St. Paul summary is HERE.