Tommie Sports - Men's Track and Field
Drake Relays: Men's DMR gets second, 4x800 takes third
Non-team scoredDrake Relays (M), April 25, 2009
The St. Thomas men's track and field team had four top-six relay finshes, including three on Saturday, at the Drake Relays in Des Moines.
The distance medley team of Matt Boumeester, Pat Jager, Brian Sames and Kyle Brandon, all seniors, clocked 10:00.88 to place second.
The 4x400 team of Joe DeFrance, Phil Bastron, James Ewer and Jager clocked 3:17.39 to place fifth. The 4x100 relay team of Chris Bradford, Sam Moen, Bastron and Ewer placed sixth in 42.08.
The 4x200 relay team of Bradford, Matt Griswold, Joe Rohlfing and Moen placed 10th of 18 teams in 1:38.98. The sprint medley relay team of Moen, Griswold, Rohlfing and Evan Schwartz placed 12th of 17 in 3:34.31.
A few athletes competed Friday at the Simpson Invite. Freshman Luke Sames placed eighth in the 400 meters in 50.15, and freshman Devin Dirth had a season-best 46-1 1-2 in the shot put.
The Toms also had athletes compete at Saturday's Gustavus Alternative meet. Chris Victor had a season-best mark of 15-1 in the pole vault, which is tied for second best in the conference this spring. Ryan Chapman took second in the 400 hurdles in a season-best 56.71, which is tied for eighth best in the MIAC, and Mark Geskermann placed seventh in 59-76. Ben Yorkovich took third in the 400 in 50.75. Andrew Brueggen was fourth in the hammer in 172-5.
Click here to access updated Drake Relays results throughout the weekend:
Click here to access Gustavus results:
http://gustavus.edu/athletics/mtr/archives/2009/drake_alternatives.htm
Click here to see Simpson results:
http://www.simpson.edu/storm/men/track/KJO%20results%202009.pdf
Friday story
St. Thomas shattered a school record and placed a close third out of 17 teams in Friday morning's 4x800 relay at the Drake Relays in Des Moines.
The UST quarter of freshman Mike Hutton and seniors Kyle Brandon, Matt Boumeester and Brian Sames ran 7:31.38 -- just one second behind winner Oklahoma City Christian and .38 of a second behind runner-up UW-Stevens Point. Hutton helped UST breakout of the pack early as he led off in 1:52 and gave the Tommies the lead.
UST also took third in this event at Drake in 2008 but with a 7:39 clocking. Friday's time broke a two-year old UST school record by nearly five seconds. Neil Atzinger joined Brandon, Boumeester and Sames on that relay.
UST also ran the 4x100 on Friday morning and qualified for Saturday's eight-team finals in 41.77. Chris Bradford, Phil Bastron, Sam Moen and James Ewer will look to improve on their season best of 41.30.
UST also made the eight-team finals in the 4x400 relay. The Tommies qualified eighth -- fourth among Division III schools -- in 3:16.42 with Joe DeFrance, Bastron, Ewer and Jager.
Click here to access updated Drake Relays results throughout the weekend:
Mike Hutton
Kyle Brandon
Matt Boumeester
Brian Sames
