Day two was a solid day for our sophomore heptathlete, Bree Leroy. We were hoping for a little better long jump, but her run looked great and was consistent. She had a PR in the javelin so it's nice to see that progressing. The 800 is always her toughest event as her strengths are the speed and power events rather than this endurance event. She finished 12th overall and only missed her PR by 100 points. Associate head coach, Burke Bockman, figures she lost about 500 points when she fell in the hurdles on day one. If you add those points in, she PR's by 400 points and finishes 6th....not too bad for her second hep ever!!! I'm really proud of her for bouncing back and refocusing after that fall.
The day ended about as well as a coach could hope for. Volunteer coach and former Ute, Shayla Houlihan became a Drake Relays Champion. This is every Iowa kids' dream growing up and she finally realized that goal today. Her time of 10:03.00 was a PR by about .3 seconds. However, there is no doubt she can still run a lot faster based on her last two laps where she pulled away from the gal she ran with for the first five laps.
The final group of distance runners traveling from SLC today got hung up in Denver for an extended period of time this morning due to poor weather conditions. They finally made it to DM at 3pm. So the whole group is here now and day three will feature freshman Angie Kaplar in the 100m hurdle prelims, sophomore high jumper, Langley Iverson, as well as the distance medley and 4x400m relays. Go to www.drakerelays.org for live results.
Our group at the BYU Robison Invitational will start competing tomorrow as well. Friday will feature the Javelin, Pole Vault, and Shot Put in the field events. Several running events will also take place. Go to www.runnercard.com for updated results.
....and of course, check back here for my personal take on each day. Go Utes!
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