DES MOINES, Iowa – UNI track and field capped competition at the Drake Relays on Saturday with 13 total top-five finishes on the weekend. Both men's and women's squads finished seventh in the team rankings, the men posting 11 points and the women tying Notre Dame with 10 points.
The UNI women's 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore Jill Bennett, junior Emily Vos, freshman Libby Wedewer, and senior Allison Hilleman placed second with a time of 3:45.41 in the unseeded final. In the men's 4x400-meter unseeded final, junior Thai Thompson, Connor Blough, freshman Parker Kiewiet, and junior Tate Hookham placed third with a time of 3:15.