The Lincoln Women Sweep the 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 RelaysDES MOINES, Iowa -- Lincoln's men's and women's track & field teams combined to win four races and post 10 total top-two finishes at the Drake Relays this weekend (April 24-26).
The Blue Tiger women claimed three of those victories, sweeping the 4x100m, 4x400m and 4x800m relays. In the latter two events, both Willomena Williams and Jhevere Hall were members of the winning teams. In the 4x400m, they were joined by Tamara Keane and Donna-Lee Hylton as the foursome won in 3:37.77. Meanwhile, in the 4x800m, Williams and Hall were joined by Ebony Rose and Monique Thompson to claim victory in 8:52.53.
The winning 4x100m relay team consisted of Judith Riley, Yanique Ellington, Kimberly Bailey and Janae Johnson, with the foursome finishing first in 45.59. Ellington and Johnson later teamed with Keane and Hylton in the 4x200m relay, with the foursome finishing as the runners-up with a time of 1:36.29.
The LU women also posted three other second-place results, including in the distance medley, where the group of Hall, Williams, Thompson and Marcia Harrison clocked in at 11:37.28. Thompson and Williams also helped the 1600 sprint medley team to a second-place finish, joining with Keane and Johnson to time in at 3:54.15. The other runner-up result came in the 4x100m shuttle hurdle preliminaries, as Shakeisha Miller, Juneille Barker, Nadia Harriott and Ladonna Richards finished in 55.64. The foursome did not finish in the finals.
The Lincoln men also had three top-two results, with the highlight of the meet coming in the preliminaries of the 4x100m relay. The foursome of Wesley Best, Romel Lewis, Romone Hill and Michael Ashley won the prelims with a time of 40.73. The group did not end up finishing in the finals.
The 4x200m squad came in second, with the grouping of Best, Hill, Ashley and Khorey Spalding clocking in at 1:26.16. Lincoln also turned in a second-place result in the 1600 sprint medley, as Best, Hill, Jermaine Blake and Neville Daley combined to finish in 3:24.81.
The LU men had two other notable results on the afternoon, including in the 800m, where Blake finished third at 1:53.12. Blake was also a part of Lincoln's 4x400m relay team, joining with Roger Blake, Winston Edwards and Ashley. That foursome came in sixth after clocking in at 3:12.59.
Up next for both Blue Tiger squads is the 2014 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which this year will be hosted in Jefferson City, Mo. by Lincoln University. The three-day championship meet will be held at Dwight T. Reed Stadium next Friday, Saturday and Sunday (May 2-4).
Final Results
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