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Track & Field Completes Final Day at Drake Relays Saturday

Ward, Hollander javelins throws highlight three-day competition for MU

By - Apr 26th, 2025 04:05 pm

DES MOINES, Iowa – Marquette University track & field competed at the Drake Relays this weekend at Drake Stadium’s Blue Oval.

“It was a bit of an up and down weekend,” Bert Rogers said. “We had a few big performances and a few that didn’t go like we planned, but we will learn from those and improve. Drake is a terrific big meet experience and we love the challenge of competing against the best.”

Riley Ward and Tessa Hollander had the second-best and third-best throws in program history in the javelin on the final day of competition Saturday. Ward had a 41.33-meter throw while Hollander had a mark of 41.24 meters to finished second and fifth, respectively.

The team of Makena ColtoffJulia BeckOlivia Verden and Hannah McVey set a new program record 1:02.52 race in the shuttle hurdle relay on Saturday.

The team of Justin Juniel, Niels De BrouckereFrankie McGee and Aaron Hughes finished fifth in the finals of the 4×100 relay at 42.14 seconds.

McGee, De Brouckere, Hughes and K.T. Thomas ran the 10th fastest time in program history in the 4×200 at 1:28.99 on Friday night.

Emma Coon finished eighth in the 5000-meter at 17:11.27 for a new PR by over one a minute on Thursday night.

Cole Donahe finished the decathlon with 6,101 points, good for the ninth-best performance in program history.

UP NEXT: Marquette travels to Madison for the Badger Invite on Friday, May 2.

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NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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