Outdoor Track and Field Completes 100th Running of Drake Relays

Outdoor Track and Field Completes 100th Running of Drake RelaysOutdoor Track and Field Completes 100th Running of Drake Relays

April 25, 2009

DRAKE, Iowa - The University of Cincinnati outdoor track and field team completed the 100th running of the Drake Relays Saturday at Drake Stadium. Kaylon Eppinger finished third in the finals of the 100 hurdles crossing the line in a NCAA regional qualifying time of 13.63. Eppinger finished seventh in the preliminaries and her mark of 13.63 is the fifth fastest mark in school history.

In the men's 110 hurdles, Somerville finished sixth with a time of 14.33.

Ian Jarman collected a Top 10 showing in the men's hammer with a throw of 193' 1".

The team of Dom Davolio, Mario Cannon, Jared Martin, and Terrence Somerville finished third in the preliminaries of the shuttle hurdle relay clocking in at 59.53, the sixth-best time in school history. In the finals, the group finished fourth.

In the field, Brandon Fitch finished in a tie for eighth in the high jump, clearing 6' 8-3/4".

UC competes in the BIG EAST Championships May 1-3 in Villanova, Pa.