UNI track and field: 4 Panthers place at 2022 Drake Relays multis

UNI track and field at the Drake Relays

April 26-30, 2022
Drake Stadium | Des Moines, Iowa

DRAKE RELAYS BROADCAST
Friday, April 29

8 a.m. – 9:15 p.m. on RunnerSpace.com and USATF.tv

Saturday, April 30

8 a.m. – 1 p.m. on RunnerSpace.com and USATF.tv
3-5 p.m. on RunnerSpace.com and USATF.tv
*Drake Athletics is in the process of finalizing plans for a live national broadcast for Saturday's events from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. CT. Details will be announced soon.

DES MOINES, Iowa — UNI track and field wrapped up the team's first day at the Drake Relays with four Panthers placing in the multi events.

Carter Morton, Zack Butcher and Drew Bartels went 4-5-6 in the decathlon, and Lydia Berns-Schweingruber finished fifth in the heptathlon. Kelly Proesch took ninth in the heptathlon.

From the first day, Morton had the top mark in decathlon long jump with a leap of 7.12 meters (23 feet, 4.5 inches). He also won the high jump, clearing 2.04 meters (6-8.25).

The Panthers swept the top three places in the decathlon long jump with Bartels and Butcher taking second and third, respectively.

Bartels and Butcher finished 1-2 in the 100-meter dash in 10.99 seconds and 11.05 seconds. Matt Davis and Morton were fourth and fifth.

Butcher led the field in the 400-meter dash in a time of 48.88 seconds with Bartels and Morton taking third and fourth.

In the unseeded men's 800-meter run, Drake Hanson took eighth in a time of 1:52.09, and Seb Gearhart took 14^th in 1:53.13.

Paige Holub took 25^th in the unseeded women's 1,500-meter run.

UP NEXT

The Panthers split up with part of the team competing at Simpson College's Kip Janvrin Open. Field events will get underway at 10 a.m., and running will start at 11 a.m.

Jack Sumners will open up competition for UNI at the Drake Relays in the 110-meter hurdles. He will be the first Panther to compete Friday, starting at 12:22 p.m. Rylie Todd will be the first field competitor in action. She is set to compete the high jump, which will start at 1:15 p.m.

RESULTS FROM THURSDAY

1,500-meter run (unseeded): 25. Paige Holub 4:38.21
800-meter run (unseeded): 8. Drake Hanson 1:52.09; 14. Seb Gearhart 1:53.13
Decathlon: 4. Carter Morton 6,697 points; 5. Zack Butcher 6,487; 6. Drew Bartels 6,341
Heptathlon: 4. Lydia Berns-Schweingruber 4,395 points; 9. Kelly Proesch 3,785; 11. Amanda Lietz 3,377

RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY
Assistant coach Alexina Teubel opened the Panthers' appearance at the 2022 Drake Relays with a third-place finish in the Grand Blue Mile in a time of 4:34.28.

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