April 24, 2015
DRAKE RELAYS
Meet Central
Schedule
Men’s Start List
Women’s Start List
Live Results
GINA RELAYS
Meet Central
Schedule
Performance List
Friday Results
DES MOINES, Iowa — The University of Notre Dame’s men’s and women’s track & field teams got off to strong starts on Friday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Fighting Irish women got a pair of winning performances and four overall top-five finishes. Jade Barber won the preliminary running of the 100-meter hurdles to advance to Saturday’s finals in a time of 13.39, while the 4×200-meter relay team of Kaila Barber, Jade Barber, Parker English and Margaret Bamgbose won snared the crown in 1:34.08. In the preliminary of the 4×400-meter relay, English, Amber Lalla, Jordan Shead and Bamgbose finished third (3:34.05) to advance to the finals, and both Barbers, English, and Bamgbose also advanced in the 4×100-meter relay preliminaries, winning their heat and taking fourth overall (45.05).
For the men, Eric Ways, Harvey Smith, Alex Groesch and Chris Giesting took fourth place in the finals of the 4×200-meter relay (1:24.08), while the same group qualified for the final of the 4×400-meter relay with an eighth-place finish in the prelims (3:08.42).
Action resumes at 9 a.m. EDT Saturday as the Irish women will compete in the sprint medley relay and the men will be represented by Anthony Shivers and Dominick Padovano in both the discus and the hammer throw.
HILLSDALE, Mich. — A pair of Irish throwers and a jumper earned top five finishes on Friday at the 49th Annual GINA Relays at the Ken Herrick Outdoor Track at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan.
The Notre Dame men saw two third-place finishes, one from Nicolas Hauser in the hammer throw (55.74m) and the other from Hunter Holton in the high jump (2.01m). For the women, it was Lena Madison with a fourth-place finish in the hammer (50.80m)
The GINA Relays will pick back up on Saturday with hurdles and mid-distance events, though live results are not available. To keep up with Irish track & field, follow @NDXCTF on Twitter and like Notre Dame Cross Country/Track & Field on Facebook.
DRAKE RELAYS
April 22-26, 2015
Notre Dame Entries and Schedule
Men’s Entries
All Times CDT
FRIDAY
4×200-meter relay
4. Notre Dame, 1:24.08
Eric Ways, Harvey Smith, Alex Groesch, Chris Giesting
4×400-meter relay (preliminaries)
8. Notre Dame, 3:08.42 Q
Eric Ways, Harvey Smith, Alex Groesch, Chris Giesting
Javelin
Greg Bombara, DNS
SATURDAY
9 a.m. — Discus: Anthony Shivers, Dominick Padovano
Noon — Hammer Throw: Anthony Shivers, Dominick Padovano
Women’s Entries
FRIDAY
100-meter hurdles (preliminaries)
1. Jade Barber, 13.39 Q
400-meter hurdles
14. Kaila Barber, 1:01.16
15. Michelle Rotondo, 1:01.49
4×100-meter relay (preliminaries)
4. Notre Dame, 45.05 Q
Kaila Barber, Jade Barber, Parker English, Margaret Bamgbose
4×200-meter relay
1. Notre Dame, 1:34.82
Kaila Barber, Jade Barber, Parker English, Margaret Bamgbose
4×400-meter relay (preliminaries)
3. Notre Dame, 3:34.05 Q
Parker English, Amber Lalla, Jordan Shead, Margaret Bamgbose
Shot Put
9. Emily Morris, 14.93m
Long Jump
13. Emily Carson, 5.78m
SATURDAY
10 a.m. — Women’s Sprint Medley Relay
GINA RELAYS
April 23-25, 2015
Notre Dame Entries and Schedule
Men’s Entries
All Times EDT
FRIDAY
5,000 meters championship
9. Kris Moran, 14:35.89
10,000 meters championship
12. Calvin Kraft, 30:32.65
20. Scott Milling, 30:56.82
29. Jason Hoard, 32:00.91
Hammer Throw
3. Nicholas Hauser 55.74m
High Jump
3. Hunter Holton, 2.01m
11. Drake Stimson, 1.91m
Brent Swanberg, NH
SATURDAY
2:25 p.m. — 110-meter hurdles championship: Andrew Helmin
2:40 p.m. — 400 meters championship: John Rutkowski
3:20 p.m. — 800 meters championship: Kirk Hansen, Grant Koch, Andrew Stone, Adam Turner
3:45 p.m. –Â 400-meter hurdles championship: Aaron Dunn, Ben Harvel
Women’s Entries
FRIDAY
1,500 meters championship
12. Emily Frydrych
Hammer Throw
4. Lena Madison, 50.80m
SATURDAY
1:20 p.m. — 1,500 meters open: Elise Brady, Kaileen Healy, Catherine Lombardo
2:55 p.m. — 800 meters championship: Alex Daugherty, Kaileen Healy, Samantha Murray, Ashlyn Rambo
3:35 p.m. — 400-meter hurdles championship: Mikaila Chamblee
Joanne Norell, Media Relations Assistant
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