Des Moines/Indianola, Iowa – The Southwest Minnesota State University women's and men's track & field teams had athletes compete in a pair of meets in the state of Iowa on Thursday and Friday.
SMSU was represented at both the Drake Relays in Des Moines and the Kip Janvrin Invite hosted by Simpson College in Indianola.
At the Drake Relays,
Rebecca Manteuffel earned an 11
th place finish out of nearly 30 competitors in the discus finishing with a toss of 48.16.
The SMSU men's 4x100 relay team of
Quadri Busari,
Gabe Galamue,
Adarius Gallon and
Kyle Felling also competed at Drake and finished with a time of 43.09 to place fourth in its heat and 22
nd overall among 40 teams.
SMSU's women's sprint medley relay team of
Ashlyn Jones, Ginny Pederson,
Kristen Weber and
Kayla Jansky ran 4:23.51 to finish 18
th at the Drake Relays on Friday night.
The SMSU men's 4x200 relay team will run on Saturday morning on the final day of the Drake Relays.
At the Janvrin Invite, Manteuffel won the discus with a throw of 46.47m, while teammate
Norah King placed seventh at 40.23m.
King finished fourth in the shot put with a mark of 12.40m, while also finishing fifth in the javelin at 28.89m.
Denitsa DoBreva ran 16.06 in the 100 meter hurdles to finish 12
th.
Connor Wigand had a strong meet at Simpson as well earning a second place finish in the shot put at 15.49m and finishing sixth in the discus at 48.35m.
Hever Valenzuela finished seventh in the 400 meter hurdles at 57.06, while
Gabe Galamue ran 57.75 to cross the line in 10
th.
Southwest Minnesota State will return home on Wednesday to host the Mustang Twilight at the Marshall Regional Track & Field Complex starting at 12 p.m. The one-day meet was added after the Mustang Open was canceled in March.
