April 26, 2012

Drake Relays Schedule

Marquette invite Schedule

MILWAUKEE - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's and women's track & field teams head to a pair of meets in their final regular season meet of the season starting Friday. Part of the team will head to Des Moines, Iowa for the 103rd running of the storied Drake Relays Friday and Saturday while the rest of the team will stay right here in Milwaukee for the Marquette Invitational at the Melvin "Bus" Shimek Track & Field Facility at Valley Fields.

Friday's events at Drake are scheduled to start just before 9 a.m., concluding Saturday starting at 8 in the morning. The Marquette Invite will get underway Saturday at 10 a.m., starting with field events. The 3000m will kick off the running events at 2 p.m.

Scouting The Meets
One week after competing at the 85th running of the Kansas Relays, Milwaukee will again take part in one of the nation's premier collegiate meets. In all, there will be 125 men's university-college teams with 1,450 athletes competing. On the women's side, 131 teams with 1,289 athletes will compete.

Closer to home, this is actually the third time Milwaukee will compete against Marquette this season. The Panthers combined to beat the Golden Eagles during the indoor season in a home dual meet back in January. Then, just three weeks ago, the two teams battled high winds and cold temperatures in a close win by MU at Valley Fields.

Live Results
The Drake Relays will have live results that you can follow along with online here.

Last Time Out
Milwaukee traveled to Lawrence, Kan. for the 85th running of the Kansas Relays and walked away with an outstanding three gold medals on the weekend. Shelby Schaal (heptathlon), Durell Busby (110m hurdles) and the 4x880 yard relay team all took first against some the nation's best competition in what was arguably UWM's best performance at the meet in school history.

Going National
The Panthers have had a tremendous outdoor season so far and it has showed in the national rankings. Milwaukee currently has six individuals among the top-100 in the country.

Junior Durell Busby boasts the team's highest national ranking, coming in at 24th in the 110m hurdles after breaking his own school record at the Kansas Relays last weekend with a time of 13.90 seconds.

Other Panthers currently receiving national attention are Shelby Schaal in heptathlon (40th/5,063 points), freshman Aaron Dillon (60th/15.20m) and junior Samia Taylor (61st/12.49m), both in triple jump, sophomore Nick Hughes in high jump (64th/2.10m) and sophomore Dexter Schleis in the 400m hurdles (65th/52.24m).

Up Next
Milwaukee will host the Horizon League Outdoor Championships next week at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Wauwatosa. The Panthers won both indoor titles in February and look to extend a pair of impressive winning streaks at this year's outdoor meet. For complete meet information, visit our championships page here.