The Greene County track and field teams qualified one event for the Drake Relays later this week. The girls 4 X 100 meter shuttle hurdle relay, composed of Eme Johnson, Sarah Sandage, Nadia Fisher and Kate Sandage, met the qualifying time of 1:09.27 when they set a meet record 1:08.83 time at the Kip Janvrin Invitation in Panora two weeks ago.
The preliminaries will start Saturday morning at 8 am at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.
Qualification for Drake Relay events is by performances reported statewide. Qualifying performances for the 2014 Drake Relays were:
BOYS- 100 meters: 11.24 seconds; 800: 1:58.47; 1,600: 4:26.43; 3,200: 9:45.72; 110 hurdles: 15.20; 400 hurdles: 55.46; 4×100: 45.54; 4×200: 1:32.20; 4×400: 3:29.07; 4×800: 8:09.07; 1,600-meter medley: 3:38.74; Shuttle hurdle relay: 1:00.39; Shot put: 50-6; Discus: 148-8; High jump: 6-4; Long jump: 20-113/4.
GIRLS- 100: 12.83; 800: 2:18.69; 1,500: 4:53.50; 3,000: 10:48.14; 100 hurdles: 16.14; 400 hurdles: 1:06.98; 4×100: 53.10; 4×200: 1:48.62; 4×400: 4:11.12; 4×800: 9:50.90; Sprint medley: 1:53.80; Shuttle hurdle relay: 1:09.27; Shot put: 38-111/2; Discus: 119-11; High jump: 5-2; Long jump: 16-91/2.
