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Drake Relays
Gehret Wins Women's High Jump at Drake Relays
April 25, 2008 | Women's Track and Field
April 25, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa - University of Louisville sophomore Rachel Gehret used a career-best leap to win her fourth career high jump competition and lead the Cards on a cool and windy Friday at the prestigious Drake Relays at Drake Stadium, site of the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.
Gehret, from Altoona, Pa., cleared height of 5 feet, 10.5 inches to defeat a field of 29 other jumpers from around the nation. The jump is a career best for Gehret and the 10th best mark of the season. Gehret's previous best mark was a cleared height of 5-08.75 at the Texas Relays earlier this season, which clinched her first ever bid to the NCAA Mideast Regional.
Leading the way for the Louisville men on Friday at the Drake Relays was junior Andre Black, from Mobile, Ala., who shared first-place honors in the men's long jump with a regional qualifying leap of 24-08.50. The mark matched the leap for Arizona State senior Matt Turner, though Black's leap was earned into a head wind, while Turner's jump came with the wind at his back. Louisville junior Rudon Bastian finished fifth overall in the field of 24 long jumpers with a leap of 23-11.50.
The Cards will conclude the 2008 Drake Relays on Saturday, while an additional group of Louisville athletes will travel to Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday for Butler University's Stan Lyons Invitational.
Following this weekend's meet, the Cards will travel to Philadelphia, Pa., for the 2008 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships on May 2-4 at Villanova Stadium.
Drake Relays - Des Moines, Iowa
Friday Results
U of L Men's Individual Results
Long Jump
2 - Andre Black - 7.53m/24-08.50 #
5 - Rudon Bastian - 7.30m/23-11.50
Pole Vault
- - Kyle Gann - NH
U of L Women's Individual Results
800m
11 - Kat Alcorn - 2:11.90
High Jump
1 - Rachel Gehret - 1.79m/5-10.50 # (30)
# = NCAA Mideast Regional Qualifier
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