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Women's 4x800 relay breaks school mark set in 1998

Coming up - Friday, April 24, at Kip Janvrin Open, Simpson College, Indianola, 12 p.m.; Thursday, April 30, at Loras Twilight, Loras College, Dubuque, 4 p.m.

Ram rewind - Cornell set a school record in the women's 4x800 relay and senior Julia Hanson (Charles City/Charles City) captured a title in the hammer throw at the Dick Young Classic Saturday, hosted by Grinnell College.

The Rams took seventh in the 14-team women's standings with 48 points. Cornell's men's squad finished eighth out of 16 teams with 30.5 points. Nebraska Wesleyan claimed both men's and women's team titles. A handful of Rams were held out of competition due to injuries.

"We had a very average performance at Grinnell," Cornell head coach Lonnie Speidel said. "We are really banged up right now and need to get some people healthy. Because of this, we were conservative in our running events and didn't compete in as many races and relays as we would have liked. We have to get healthy and work on improving as a team these final few weeks."

Cornell's record-setting 4x800 quartet of senior Lindsey Kuhlmann (Fairbank/Wapsie Valley), sophomore Allie Jagielo (Almond, Wis./Tri-County), sophomore Andrea Aerts (David City, Neb./East Butler) and senior anchor Rachelle Hawkins (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) turned in a winning mark of 9 minutes, 55.90 seconds. Despite competing against only one other team in the event, the group broke the school mark of 10:00.85, established in 1998.

"That relay broke a school record that we've been trying to break the last few years at Grinnell," Speidel said. "Grinnell is about the only place we run that race and the women finally got the record."

The Rams received strong performances in the throwing events from Hanson and sophomore Madison Craw (Mason City/Mason City). Hanson placed first out of 13 competitors in the hammer throw with a season-best mark of 142 feet, 7 inches. Craw took third in the event with a toss of 134-2.

Craw finished fourth in the shot put with a heave of 40-11.50, her best outdoor mark of the spring. Hanson also picked up team points in the discus, placing sixth in 123-10. The Rams received a fourth-place finish from Michelle Hannemann (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland) in the pole vault (8-06.25). Brittany Sperl (Boyd, Wis./Stanley-Boyd) took sixth in the triple jump (31-07.25) and Leanne Carberry (Idledale, Colo./Bear Creek) clocked a season-best time in the 400 (1:02.79), placing sixth.

On the men's side, freshman Chase Nowak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) continued to run well in the distance events. He finished fifth out of 22 runners in the 5000 with a time of 15:44.76. Freshman Drew Campbell (Independence/Independence) scored the men's top individual finish, clearing 6-01.50 in the high jump for second place. Dan Netwal (Eldridge/North Scott) followed in third place (5-09.75).

Cornell's 4x800 team of Reed Skoog (Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission South), Kirkwood Donavin (Salt Lake City, Utah/West), Matt Evans (Racine, Wis./Prairie) and Adam Rooyakkers (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly) took fourth in 8:17.60. Rooyakkers (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly) also placed eighth in the 800 and Andrew Tobben (Washington, Mo./St. Francis Borgia) was 10th in the 1500.

Dick Young Classic
Saturday, April 18
Grinnell College
Grinnell, Iowa

Women's Team Standings
1. Nebraska Wesleyan 164.5, 2. Simpson 150, 3. Wartburg 120, 4. Grinnell 58, 5. Colorado 54, 6. Drake 53, 7. Cornell 48, 8. North Iowa Area CC 37, 9. Knox 32, 10. Graceland 30.5, 11. Iowa Central 24, 12. William Penn 23, 13. Iowa Wesleyan 8, 14. Illinois CCTC 3.
Cornell Results
100 dash - Jennifer Bays 15.08. 200 dash - 21. Leanne Carberry 29.05, 25. Caiti Hladky 29.64, 27. Anna Guittar 29.71, 30. Allie Nappe 30.86, 33. Bays 31.42. 400 run - 6. Carberry 62.79, 11. Guittar 66.17, 17. Bays 70.75. 800 run - 24. Ellie Hutchison 2:39.56, 31. Laura Lindsay 2:47.07. 1500 run - 9. Lindsey Kuhlmann 5:03.61, 15. Hutchison 5:20.93, 21. Lindsay 5:40.45, 24. Allison Newman 5:49.58, 27. Hannah Cargill 6:22.98. 100 hurdles - Hladky 19.76. 4x800 relay - 1. (Kuhlmann, Allie Jagielo, Andrew Aerts, Rachelle Hawkins) 9:55.90*. Long Jump - Brittany Sperl 13-07.75. Triple Jump - 6. Sperl 31-07.25. Shot put - 4. Madison Craw 40-11.50, Kelsey Harper 35-06.00. Discus - 6. Julia Hanson 123-10, Nappe 101-08, Kelly Kall 96-01. Hammer throw - 1. Hanson 142-07, 3. Craw 134-02, Kall 107-03. Javelin - 7. Kall 88-06, Jenny South 64-06, Kirtley Hitt 57-11. High Jump - 10. Cayla Techlin 4-09. Pole Vault - 4. Michelle Hannemann 8-06.25.
* School record 

Men's Team Standings
1. Nebraska Wesleyan 196, 2. Wartburg 136.5, 3. Simpson 109, 4. William Penn 81, 5. Grinnell 56, 6. Colorado 55, 7. Graceland 34, 8. Cornell 30.5, 9. North Iowa Area CC 30, 10. Iowa Central 28, 11. Knox 27, 12. Iowa Wesleyan 12, 13. Drake 8, 13. Boulder Running 8, 15. Illinois CCTC 7, 16. Faith Baptist 4.
Cornell Results
100 dash - Khaliph Green 12.22, Denis Jimenez 12.89. 200 dash - 27. Drew Campbell 24.44. 400 run -14. Reed Skoog 51.14. 800 run - 8. Adam Rooyakkers 1:58.25, 19. Chris Stadler 2:01.12, 38. David Kuhlmann 2:08.67, 44. Andrew Jacobsmeyer 2:20.16. 1500 run - 10. Andrew Tobben 4:06.90, 29. Tommy LeForce 4:21.80, 32. Ben Jacobs 4:26.12, 37. Jacobsmeyer 4:34.88, 46. Mark Gilarski 4:48.04. 5000 run - 5. Chase Nowak 15:44.76. 110 hurdles - Dan Netwal 18.51. 400 hurdles - 24. Netwal 64.03. 4x400 relay - 14. (James Wohrley, Stadler, Kuhlmann, Green) 3:40.89. 4x800 relay - 4. (Skoog, Kirkwood Donavin, Matt Evans, Rooyakkers) 8:17.60. Long Jump - Green 19-07.50, James 18-06.50, Roli Teko-Folly 18-03.75, Jimenez 16-05.75, Benedict Beluchukwu 15-08.75. Triple Jump - Teko-Folly 39-04.00, Beluchukwu 34-07.50, Jimenez 33-06.75. Shot put - Marshall Kraker 40-04, Wohrley 39-01.75. Discus - Chase Johnson 119-7, Kraker 118-5. Hammer Throw - 8. Johnson 125-1. Javelin - Netwal 154-4, Wohrley 136-6. High Jump - 2. Campbell 6-01.50, 3. Netwal 5-09.75, 7. Teko-Folly 5-07.75.