UW-L Competes at Drake Relays

For Immediate Release: Saturday, April 25, 2009

Des Moines, Iowa - The UW-La Crosse women's track & field team finished competition at the Drake Relays Saturday afternoon in Des Moines. No team scores were kept.

The Eagles' 4x200-meter relay of Ashton May, Caitlin Wippermann, Katie Fondow and Caitlin Schetter finished third overall (1:43.33) while the 4x100-meter relay of Kailey Charlton, May, Fondow and Schetter were fourth (47.58).

UW-L's 4x800-meter relay of Beth Richmond, Megan Knutson, Michelle Horn and Kriston Siemianowski was sixth (9:25.28).

In the 1,600 sprint medley relay, the team of Danica Schaefer, Kelsey Katarow, Maggie May and Kelsey Heinz were 11th (4:15.47) while the distance medley relay of Siemianowski, Maggie Leyendecker, Richmond and Horn were 12th (12:27.42).

The Eagles also competed in the 4x400-meter relay, but failed to advance to the final. The relay of Katarow, Laurel Beck, Seidl and Schaefer ran 3:56.96 in the prelims.

UW-L returns to action Friday, May 1 at the WIAC Outdoor Championships at UW-Oshkosh.