DMPS Track & Field Athletes Ready for Drake Relays

Roosevelt's Briyana Carter, pictured at last year's State track meet, posted a meet record in the 100m at the Jim Duncan Invitational earlier this year, held on the same track as the Drake Relays.

Roosevelt’s Briyana Carter, pictured at last year’s State track meet, posted a meet record in the 100m at the Jim Duncan Invitational earlier this month at Drake Stadium.

Des Moines Public Schools will send a fleet-footed contingent to this week’s Drake Relays.

Student-athletes from East, Lincoln, North and Roosevelt will be competing in sixteen different events at this year’s Relays.

Top DMPS athletes to watch include Roosevelt’s Briyana Carter, who has one of the top 100m times in the state this year. Earlier this month she set a meet record in the event at the Jim Duncan Invitational, held at Drake Stadium. Her teammate Megan Schott, the 2014 state cross country champion, will also be competing in the 1500m and 3000m races as well as on the Riders’ 4×800 relay team.

High school events get underway on Thursday afternoon at Drake Stadium and continue through Saturday. For information about schedules, tickets and more visit the Drake Relays web site.

The Riders' Megan Schott, the 2014 state cross country champion, will compete in the 1500m and 3000m races as well as on the 4x800 relay team.

The Riders’ Megan Schott, the 2014 state cross country champion, will compete in the 1500m and 3000m races as well as on the 4×800 relay team.

Good luck to all of the following qualifiers:

BOYS

110 Hurdles

  • Jaylin James – East
  • Issac Scott – Lincoln
  • Logan Garrels – Lincoln

Long Jump

  • Jaylin James – East
  • Cameron Williams – Roosevelt

4×100 Relay

  • East – Jaylin James, Brandon Trotter, Isaac Toluwalase, Justice Young
  • Lincoln – Darius Shumpert, Robbie Blaylock, Victor Haskins, Bryan Richter
  • North – Hyves Irumva, Andrew Phillips, Brad Warren, Kameron Russell
  • Roosevelt – Cameron Williams, Prince Krah, Clark Solo, Davion Houston

Sprint Medley Relay

  • Lincoln – Darius Shumpert, Bryan Richter, Sam McMichael, Zach Lyon

4×400 Meter Relay

  • Roosevelt – Cameron Williams, Prince Krah, Eian O’Brian, Davion Houston

GIRLS

100 Meters

  • Eriana Brown – East
  • Briyana Carter – Roosevelt

1,500 Meters

  • Megan Schott – Roosevelt

3,000 Meters

  • Megan Schott – Roosevelt

100 Meter Hurdles

  • Ajae Anderson – East
  • Dimetria Hamilton – East

Long Jump

  • Julia Odir – Roosevelt
  • Briyana Carter – Roosevelt

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

  • East – Ajae Anderson, Asia Bell, Abbie Youngwirth, Dimetrea Hamilton

4×100 Relay

  • East – Dimetrea Hamilton, Deala Brown, Ajae Anderson, Eriana Brown
  • Lincoln –  Four from among Skyler Stevensen, Talia Marquis, Kwayekeh Gartei, Raene Berry, Lynzie Miller, Laurel Hoogensen
  • Roosevelt –

4×200 Relay

  • Roosevelt –

4×400 Relay

  • Roosevelt –

4×800 Relay

  • Roosevelt –

Sprint Medley Relay

  • East – Dimetrea Hamilton, Deala Brown, Ajae Anderson, Eriana Brown
  • Roosevelt –
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