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Drake Relays
Rebels Claim Six Individual Titles At Drake Relays
4/25/2010 | Track and Field
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Ole Miss track and field team won the most individual titles in school history at the prestigious Drake Relays when the Rebels racked up six over the weekend from Drake Stadium.
Ole Miss captured two individual titles in the jumps as sophomore Caleb Lee and freshman Ricky Robertson won their respective events. Lee won the long jump with a distance of 24-11.00 and defeated his closest competition by over six inches. Robertson claimed the crown in the high jump after posting a height of 7-03.25.
Freshman sprinter Mike Granger won the 100 meters with a time of 10.48 to become the first Rebel in school history to win the event at the Drake Relays. Granger also won the preliminaries with a time of 10.45.
Junior Lee Ellis Moore finished in first place in the 400 meter hurdles after turning in a time of 50.23 and is the first Rebel to win the event at the Drake Relays.
Martin Kirui won the 3000 meter steeplechase after posting the second-fastest time in school history with a mark of 8:46.68. His victory marks the third time in the last four years that an Ole Miss runner has captured the individual title in the event, as Barnabas Kirui won the race in both 2007 and 2008.
Barnabas Kirui matched the success of his brother by winning the individual title in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:14.49. He joins former Ole Miss All-American Brittney Reese as the only two Rebels in school history to win three individual titles at the Drake Relays. Reese won the high jump and the long jump twice during her two years in Oxford.
The 4x400 meter relay team of Carson Blanks, Jonathan Juin, Matt Daniels and Moore finished in sixth place with a time of 3:08.33, while the distance medley team of Chad Berry, Brian Knight, Riley Young and Martin Kirui placed 10th with a time of 9:55.82.
Senior Karl Kosman placed eighth in the pole vault with a height of 16-04.75 to record the fifth-highest mark in school history. Fellow senior Colin Moleton finished in sixth place in the javelin throw with a distance of 198-05.00, while Bryce Willen took 10th with a mark of 189-03.00.
On the women's side, junior sprinter LaJada Baldwin finished runner-up in the 100 meters with a time of 11.62 after winning the preliminaries with a mark of 11.67. Junior Sofie Persson placed fifth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 58.68.
The 4x100 meter relay team of Lor'Rena De'Jurnett, Kristin Bridges, Jasmine Williams and Baldwin took fifth with a time of 45.58. The 4x200 meter relay team of Lauren Hollingsworth, Sofia Hellberg-Jonsen, Jasmine Dacus and Williams turned in a sixth place finish with a time of 1:37.35.
The 4x400 meter relay team of Hellberg-Jonsen, Bridges, Baldwin and Persson finished in third place and turned in the second-fastest time in school history with a mark of 3:34.60.
In field events, junior Rachel Jenkins finished in ninth place in the long jump with a distance of 19-04.75, while freshman Marci Morman followed in 10th place with a mark of 19-03.50. Sophomore Aria Gaines took 10th place in the triple jump with a distance of 40-07.00.
Junior Juliana Smith turned in a sixth place finish in the hammer throw with a distance of 186-01.00, while freshman Neal Tisher placed seventh in the pole vault with a height of 12-07.50.
Ole Miss returns to action Saturday when the Rebels host the Mississippi Open from the Ole Miss Track and Field Complex.
AGATE
Men
100 Meter Prelims
1. Mike Granger - 10.45q
19. Jonathan Juin - 10.90
100 Meter Finals
1. Mike Granger - 10.48
400 Meter Hurdles
1. Lee Ellis Moore - 50.23
4. Carson Blanks - 51.30
3000 Meter Steeplechase
1. Martin Kirui - 8:46.68
5000 Meters
1. Barnabas Kirui - 14:14.49
4x400 Meter Relay Prelims
6. Ole Miss 'A' - 3:10.04
4x400 Meter Relay Finals
6. Ole Miss 'A' - 3:08.33
Distance Medley
10. Ole Miss 'A' - 9:55.82
High Jump
1. Ricky Robertson - 7-03.25
12. Brian Knight - 6-10.75
Long Jump
1. Caleb Lee - 24-11.00
Triple Jump
11. Morris Kersh - 47-01.50
Javelin Throw
6. Colin Moleton - 198-05.00
10. Bryce Willen - 189-03.00
Pole Vault
8. Karl Kosman - 16-04.75 5th
Women
100 Meter Prelims
1. LaJada Baldwin - 11.67q
100 Meter Finals
2. LaJada Baldwin - 11.62
400 Meter Hurdles
5. Sofie Persson - 58.68
13. Jasmine Dacus - 59.94
5000 Meters
15. Logan Waites - 17:44.14
4x100 Meter Relay Prelims
7. Ole Miss 'A' - 46.03q
4x100 Meter Relay Finals
5. Ole Miss 'A' - 45.58
4x100 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Prelims
7. Ole Miss 'A' - 60.16
4x200 Meter Relay
6. Ole Miss 'A' - 1:37.35
4x400 Meter Relay Prelims
1. Ole Miss 'A' - 3:36.57q
4x400 Meter Relay Finals
3. Ole Miss 'A' - 3:34.60
Long Jump
9. Rachel Jenkins - 19-04.75
10. Marci Morman - 19-03.50
17. Brittany Bozeman - 18-10.50
Triple Jump
10. Aria Gaines - 40-07.00
16. Marci Morman - 39-04.50
Discus Throw
24. Davina Orieukwu - 138-08.00
Shot Put
13. Davina Orieukwu - 46-05.50
Hammer Throw
6. Juliana Smith - 186-01.00
24. Christiana Coleman - 146-09.00
Pole Vault
7. Neal Tisher - 12-07.50
