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Oklahoma Baptist won three events at the prestigious Drake Relays over
the weekend and broke two school records along the way.
The OBU men won the 4x400 relay, the sprint medley and the 4x800.
"It was a really good weekend and we were fortunate to get our 4x400 relay in before the meet was rained out," said Bison Coach Ford Mastin. "It was great to have our guys get to go to the media room three times and get a lot of recognition. They've been working hard. The girls ran well, but just didn't win any events. We got the three wins and the men's 4x200 was third so we were really competitive in four of the six men's relays."
The men's sprint medley team of Justin Fry, Ethan Mignard, Travis Bish and Andre Thomas won in 3:21.97, setting a school record and beating Central State by over three seconds.
The men's 4x800 relay won behind a 7:35.10 mark by Billy Christy, Cody Camacho, Thomas and Jabar Rolle.
Bish, Mignard, Seagram Kern and Pierien Inniss won the 4x400 relay in 3:09.56.
OBU was third in the men's 4x200 relay with Justin Fry, Mignard, Roman Gray and Kern finishing in 1:26.25.
The Bison were 22nd in the distance medley relay with Rolle, Kern, Camacho and Christy finishing in 10:25.73.
The men's 4x100 team of Fry, Mignard, Gray and Inniss DQ'd in the finals after running a 42.19 in the preliminary round.
Jared Huckabee finished 15th in the decathlon at 6338. He was 14th in the 100 meters (11.52), 16th in the long jump (20-11.75), 19th in the shot (34-4), 16th in the high jump (5-11.25), 14th in the 400 meters (51.39), 16th in the discus (109-1), 10th in the pole vault (13-9.25) 18th in the javelin (137-2) and 11th in the 1500 meters (4:47.67).
OBU coach and two-time NAIA decathlon champion Jonathan Hilton was third as an unattached entrant in the decathlon with 7276 points. Minnesota's R.J. McGinnis won at 7319 and his Golden Gopher teammate Jack Szmanda was second at 7284.
The Lady Bison 4x200 relay of Marissa Moseley, Sarah Patterson, Shondia Drew and Verone Chambers was second at 1:39.91, setting a new school record.
That same foursome was third in the 4x400 finals in 3:42.14.
Moseley, Drew, Chambers and Yesenia Avila teamed up for a second place finish in the sprint medley relay at 3:59.35.
OBU was ninth in the 4x800 with Optimum Baker, Andrea Melontree, Melissa Farias and Whitney Day coming across in 9:23.81.
Brianna Shippy was seventh in the pole vault at 12-7.5.
Chambers was seventh in the 400 hurdles at 59.09.
Abby Lewis was 13th in the heptathlon with 4097 points. She was 11th in the 100 hurdles (16.10), 12th in the high jump (4-11.5), 10th in the shot (33-0.5), 14th in the 200, 28.03, 11th in the long jump (15-9.5), 13th in the javelin (83-4) and ninth in the 800 meters (2:29.17).
The track teams return to action May 1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference championships.
The OBU men won the 4x400 relay, the sprint medley and the 4x800.
"It was a really good weekend and we were fortunate to get our 4x400 relay in before the meet was rained out," said Bison Coach Ford Mastin. "It was great to have our guys get to go to the media room three times and get a lot of recognition. They've been working hard. The girls ran well, but just didn't win any events. We got the three wins and the men's 4x200 was third so we were really competitive in four of the six men's relays."
The men's sprint medley team of Justin Fry, Ethan Mignard, Travis Bish and Andre Thomas won in 3:21.97, setting a school record and beating Central State by over three seconds.
The men's 4x800 relay won behind a 7:35.10 mark by Billy Christy, Cody Camacho, Thomas and Jabar Rolle.
Bish, Mignard, Seagram Kern and Pierien Inniss won the 4x400 relay in 3:09.56.
OBU was third in the men's 4x200 relay with Justin Fry, Mignard, Roman Gray and Kern finishing in 1:26.25.
The Bison were 22nd in the distance medley relay with Rolle, Kern, Camacho and Christy finishing in 10:25.73.
The men's 4x100 team of Fry, Mignard, Gray and Inniss DQ'd in the finals after running a 42.19 in the preliminary round.
Jared Huckabee finished 15th in the decathlon at 6338. He was 14th in the 100 meters (11.52), 16th in the long jump (20-11.75), 19th in the shot (34-4), 16th in the high jump (5-11.25), 14th in the 400 meters (51.39), 16th in the discus (109-1), 10th in the pole vault (13-9.25) 18th in the javelin (137-2) and 11th in the 1500 meters (4:47.67).
OBU coach and two-time NAIA decathlon champion Jonathan Hilton was third as an unattached entrant in the decathlon with 7276 points. Minnesota's R.J. McGinnis won at 7319 and his Golden Gopher teammate Jack Szmanda was second at 7284.
The Lady Bison 4x200 relay of Marissa Moseley, Sarah Patterson, Shondia Drew and Verone Chambers was second at 1:39.91, setting a new school record.
That same foursome was third in the 4x400 finals in 3:42.14.
Moseley, Drew, Chambers and Yesenia Avila teamed up for a second place finish in the sprint medley relay at 3:59.35.
OBU was ninth in the 4x800 with Optimum Baker, Andrea Melontree, Melissa Farias and Whitney Day coming across in 9:23.81.
Brianna Shippy was seventh in the pole vault at 12-7.5.
Chambers was seventh in the 400 hurdles at 59.09.
Abby Lewis was 13th in the heptathlon with 4097 points. She was 11th in the 100 hurdles (16.10), 12th in the high jump (4-11.5), 10th in the shot (33-0.5), 14th in the 200, 28.03, 11th in the long jump (15-9.5), 13th in the javelin (83-4) and ninth in the 800 meters (2:29.17).
The track teams return to action May 1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference championships.