RedTail Track and Field Teams Compete at Drake Relays and Kip Janvrin Open
The RedTail track and field teams had three days full of competition. On April 23, six of the men traveled to Des Moines to compete at the Drake Relays, and on April 24-25, the rest of the team went to Simpson College for the 2025 Kip Janvrin Open. Results for all of the competitions are listed below:
Men's Kip Janvrin Open Results:
In the 13th preliminary heat for the men's 100 meter race, Jaxon Weber crossed the finish line in 12.26 with a 70th place finish.
Brennen Sager was the first RedTail to finish in the 400 meter race, placing 35th in a time of 54.45. Following him was Anthoneih Kopsa in 42nd place in a time of 57.79.
Three men ran the 800 meter race including Brennen Sager, who finished in 98th place (2:14.00), Samuel Brace, who finished in 108th place (2:32.70), and behind him was Anthoneih Kopsa in 109th place (2:40.30).
Competing in the preliminary heat for the 110 hurdles was Edde Gonazlez. He came out with a 44th place finish and a time of 19.60.
Edde Gonzalez finished 35th in the long jump for the RedTails with a best mark of 5.25m.
Tyler Bartels, Edde Gonzalez, and Travis Brace threw for the men's shot put. Bartels finished in 41st with a best mark of 8.44m, Gonzalez in 42nd with a best mark of 8.20m, and in 43rd was Brace with a best mark of 7.86m.
Adam Smith had a great performance in the discus and earned third place with a throw of 48.68m.
Also competing in the men's hammer throw was Adam Smith, finishing in 24th place and a best mark of 36.25m.
The final event for the men was the javelin where three RedTails competed. Tyler Bartels finished in 19th place (36.15m), Jaxon Weber in 23rd (33.91m), and Travis Brace in 26th (29.94m).
Women's Kip Janvrin Open Results:
Melody Kremer was the first of the RedTail women to finish in the 100 meter race. She crossed the finish line in 20th place in a time of 13.04, and following her was Tasha Williams in 36th place in a time of 13.54.
Mallori Jones was the sole RedTail in the women's 800 meter race, competing in 2:21.71 and a 24th place finish.
In ninth place for the women's 400 hurdles was Melody Kremer, finishing in 1:08.31.
Two women represented the RedTails in the long jump. Halima Biggs finished in ninth place with a best mark of 1.50m, and Tasha Williams finished in 21st with a best mark of 1.35m.
Earning a second place finish after a best mark of 5.28m in the women's long jump was Alyssa Wondercheck.
Kailan McEwen came in ninth place in the women's shot put with a best throw of 11.86m. In 34th place was Breanna Swaby with a best throw of 8.67m and rounding out the RedTails was Olivia Hammel in 37th place with a best throw of 7.50m.
Breanna Swaby threw discus for 33.35m, landing her in 28th place.
With a best mark of 22.37m, Olivia Hammel finished in 41st place in the women's hammer throw.
The final event for the RedTail women was the javelin, where Kailan McEwen finished in 16th place with a best mark of 25.68m.
Men's Drake Relay Results:
The men's 4x100 team competed in heat five of the preliminary races. Coming in 17th place in a time of 42.22 were Liam Carlson, Xavier Codling, Vance Burnham, and Aldaine Angus.
In the 4x200 relay, the men finished in 16th place in a time of 1:29.34. The runners included Vance Burnham, Liam Carlson, Ryan Leonard, and Aldaine Angus.
In heat four of the 4x400 preliminary race, Vance Burnham, William Bryant, Ryan Leonard, and Liam Carlson finished in 26th place in a time of 3:25.15.
Xavier Codling and Aldaine Angus competed in the long jump for the RedTails. Codling had a best mark of 6.82m, earning him a 12th place finish, and Angus in 18th with a best mark of 6.66m.
"We had a pretty good day at the Kip Janvrin Invitational. The highlight was Adam Smith qualifying for the National Championships," said head coach Scott Roberts. "We had a couple of other personal bests - Mallori Jones is right on the cusp of hitting the National qualifying standard in the 800 meters"
"At Drake, it wasn't our best performance of the year. A little bit of a different atmosphere for those guys competing for the first time in front of such a large crowd, but it was a good experience for them and we expect that that will shrink the size of the meet this upcoming week."
The RedTail men's track and field team returns to the track on Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4, when they compete at the Region 11 Championships in Council Bluffs.