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4x1,600m Wins 12th Drake Relays Title
04.25.2025 | Track and Field
DES MOINES, Iowa – The men's 4x1,600m squad won a Drake Relays title, while the men and women's 4x800m relays took silver in day three.
Iowa State earned its first Drake Relays title of the day in the 4x1,600m, the 12th in program history for the men and first since 2022. ISU now ties Illinois for the most wins in the event in Relays history.
Quinton Orr led off, staying with the pack before opening a gap in the final lap and handing off to freshman Joash Ruto. From there, Ruto built a commanding lead the Cyclones never relinquished. Fellow freshman Robin Kwemoi Bera took the stick next before Devan Kipyego anchored the team to a time of 16:38.06, winning it by 20 seconds.
Both 4x800m squads took silver, with the women posting the third-fastest performance in school history. Kaia Holtkamp, Becca Heitzig, Riley Beach and Makayla Clark clocked 8:40.86 to make the first addition to the program list since 2018. For the men, Dugion Blackman, Leroy Russell III, Darius Kipyego and Emanuel Galdino clocked 7:23.10, now the 10th-best performance in school history. Kipyego had the fastest split among the entire field with 1:48.19.
In the women's 4x1,600m, Sydney Morrell, Olivia Verde, Mya Trober and McKinley Wheeler combined for 19:56.33 for fourth place behind Oregon State, Notre Dame and Utah.
Cam Jones took fourth in the championship shot put with a mark of 59-6 ¼ (18.14m) set in the fourth round.
In the university/college division of the triple jump, Ava Cinnamo won with a leap of 40-3 ¼ (12.27m), hitting the mark in the sixth and final round. Cinnamo led the competition from the first round and improved on her mark four times.
Brandon Fischer hit a big discus personal best with 179-4 (54.66m) to take bronze in the university/college division, downing his previous best of 171-10.
Jack Latham automatically qualified for the 110m hurdles final finishing first in the final heat with 14.01, while Alec Carr took 10th (14.12w) just off the final time qualifier. Freshman Riyah Burns came one spot short of advancing to the 100m hurdles final with an all-conditions best of 13.80w. Kiersten Fisher finished 12th in prelims with 13.98w.
The women's 4x100m relay sprinted their way to the final with the seventh-fastest time in prelims. Amari Laing, Karynne David, Cameron Moon and Brooklyn Sandvig clocked 46.16, .04 seconds off the all-time top 10 program list.
The men's squad of Grayson Hartman, Gus Langford, Ty Koehnk and Mikey McClain raced next to a time of 40.67 for fifth, also qualifying for the final. The squads will race again tomorrow for Drake Relays Cup points.
Out West at the Payton Jordan Invite hosted by Stanford, Rodgers Kiplimo and Ryan Watts ran in the fast section of the 5,000m. Kiplimo timed in at 13:34.99 to produce the 10th-fastest time in program history and take fourth, while Watts took eighth with 13:37.23. Watts shaved 10 seconds off his PR set this indoor season (13:47.42), and 45 seconds off his 2024 outdoor best of 14:22.35.
Tomorrow is the final day of the Drake Relays. Events for ISU begin at 10 a.m. with the university division of the hammer throw. Running events begin at 12:22 p.m. with the men's shuttle hurdle relay.
Iowa State Results
Triple Jump University Division (W): 1. Ava Cinnamo, Iowa State – 40-3 1/4w (12.27m)
4x1,600m (W): 1. Oregon State – 19:04.83; 4. Iowa State (Morrell, Verde, Trober, M. Wheeler) – 19:56.33
4x1,600m (M): 1. Iowa State (Orr, Ruto, Bera, De. Kipyego) – 16:38.06
100m Hurdles Prelims (W): 1. Alexis Glasco, Kentucky – 13.19; 9. Riyah Burns, Iowa State – 13.80w; 12. Kiersten Fisher, Iowa State – 13.98w
110m Hurdles Prelims (M): 1. Darius Brown, DePaul – 13.65w; 7. Jack Latham, Iowa State – 14.01w; 10. Alec Carr, Iowa State – 14.12w
4x100m Relay Prelims (W): 1. Iowa – 44.51; 7. Iowa State (Laing, David, Moon, Sandvig) – 46.16
4x100m Relay Prelims (M): 1. Ohio State – 39.47; 5. Iowa State (Hartman, Langford, Koehnk, McClain) – 40.67
Discus (M): 1. Bryce Ruland, Iowa – 189-0 (57.62m); 3. Brandon Fischer, Iowa State – 179-4 (54.66m, PR); 10. Daniel Norris, Iowa State – 171-10 (52.39m)
400m Hurdles (W): 1. Safhia Hinds, K-State – 58.04; 18. Ava Cinnamo, Iowa State – 1:03.22
400m Hurdles (M): 1. Zach Turner, Doane – 50.81; 5. Alec Carr, Iowa State – 53.04; 14. Aidan Jacobsen, Iowa State – 53.92
Long Jump (W): 1. Megan Hunt, Wisconsin-Oshkosh – 19-3 ½w (5.88m); 2. Amari Laing, Iowa State – 19-5 ½w (5.93m); 4. Kiersten Fisher, Iowa State – 19-0 ¾ (5.81m)
Shot Put Championship (M): 1. Isaiah Schafer, Minnesota – 62-11 ¼ (19.18m); 4. Cam Jones, Iowa State – 59-6 ¼ (18.14m)
High Jump Championship (M): 1. Tyus Wilson, Nebraska – 7-3 (2.21m); 10. Braden Goellner, Iowa State – 6-6 ¾ (2.00m)
1,500m (W): 1. Juliet Cherubet, Oregon – 4:13.11; 9. Bella Heikes, Iowa State – 4:21.35
1,500m (M): 1. Caleb Rivera, South Dakota – 3:45.62; 8. Nathan Pestka, Iowa State – 3:49.34; 11. Hanibal Haile, Iowa State – 3:52.24; 12. Riley Simpson, Iowa State – 4:12.73
4x800m (W): 1. Oregon – 8:30.12; 2. Iowa State (Holtkamp, Heitzig, Beach, Clark) – 8:40.86 (No. 3 ISU)
4x800m (M): 1. Iowa – 7:21.88; 2. Iowa State (Blackman, Russell III, Da. Kipyego, Galdino) – 7:23.10 (No. 10 ISU)
Payton Jordan Invite
Invite 5,000m Section 1: 1. Ernest Cheruiyot, Texas Tech - 13:33.28; 4. Rodgers Kiplimo, Iowa State - 13:34.99 (PR, No. 10 ISU); 8. Ryan Watts, Iowa State - 13:37.23 (PR)
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