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Des Moines, Iowa – The Northern State University track and field teams opened the Drake Relays on Thursday and Friday with a bang. The Wolves tallied two school records, one event victory, and eight top-15 finishes.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR THE MEN

• Jonathan Burkhalter took to the track first for NSU, crushing the school record in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:08.18; he landed in the top-25 of the field filled with Division I opponents
• The 4x100m relay team of Drew Salfrank, Chris Weber, Peyton Mausbach, and Ty Kadlec rounded out the top-15 with a time of 42.04
• Jayden Munroe won the triple jump with a provisional mark of 15.01m on his fourth attempt of the day, as the lone competitor to clear the 15-meter threshold; his mark ranks in the top-25 nationally in the event
• Jeff Boschee landed in the top-15 of the high jump, clearing 1.98m
• Chris Weber raced to a top-20 finish in the 100m with a time of 10.65
• The 4x400m team of Salfrank, Geoffrey Mannino, Drew Henriksen, and Joel Matehs rounded out the top-20 of the field with a time of 3:18.44
• Salfrank rounded out the top-20 of the 400m with a time of 49.07
• The sprint medley relay team of Mausbach, Mannino, Carter Dingman, and Lincoln Woodring rounded out the top-15 of the event with a time of 3:37.62
• The 4x200m team of Weber, Mannino, Mausbach, and Kadlec took tenth, crossing the finish line in 1:28.10

 
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR THE WOMEN

• The 4x100m relay team of Elisabet Osk Jonsdottir, Renea Taylor, Anna Skachenko, and Kyanna Collymore took 12^th with a time of 47.83
• Taylor raced to a 100m hurdles time of 14.77 and 400m hurdles time of 1:02.86
• Bekah Walz tallied a pole vault mark of 3.67m, finishing in the top-15 of the event
• The 4x400m relay team of Collymore, Jonsdottir, Alli Jackson, and Skachenko took 14^th with a time of 3:54.68
• The sprint medley relay team of Collymore, Emma Hunt, Jackson, and Summer Carlson took third with a school record time of 4:07.64
• The 4x200m team of Collymore, Hunt, Jonsdottir, and Skachenko closed out the day for NSU with a time of 1:43.98

 
UP NEXT
Competition continues tomorrow for the Wolves beginning at 9:10 a.m. with the distance medley relays. The full schedule for NSU from the Drake Relays tomorrow is outlined below.
 
Saturday
9:10 a.m. - DMR Women
9:25 a.m. - DMR Men
10:00 a.m. - Long Jump Men
10:15 a.m. - Javelin Women
11:30 a.m. - Pole Vault Men
12:02 p.m. - Shuttle Hurdle Women
12:22 p.m. - Shuttle Hurdle Men
1:50 p.m. - Javelin Men