Friday, April 26, 2013

Women Gopher Drake Day One Results

On the first day of the104th annual Drake Relays, the Gopher womens'  4x1600-meter relay(19:23.25) finished second.  Maggie BolligBecca DysonAshlie Decker and Laura Docherty came close to grabbing the team's fourth 4x1600-meter relay title in five seasons, but Iowa State beat them by seven seconds. In the 10,000-meter run, freshman Rebecca Rethwisch ran a 37:19.53 in her first collegiate race at that distance. Junior Stephanie Solfelt posted a personal-best time of 37:45.79, nearly a minute and a half faster than her previous best from last season.

The 5,000-meter run capped off the night  as freshman Liz Berkholtz led the Gopher squad with a time of 16:51.84 to finish tenth. Juniors Kelli Budd(11th) and Missa Varpness(12th) came in on Berkholtz's heels to finish with times of 16:52.76 and 16:59.24, respectively. Budd's time was a personal-best by 26 seconds. Kaila Urickwas 16th in 17:16.87and Rachel Drake  finished 17th in17:22.32).  Results are HERE

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