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INDIANA INVADERS HEADED TO DRAKE RELAYS
April 21, 2004
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders are headed to the 95th edition of
the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa on April 22-24, 2004. The Invaders
look to wrap up the April relay season at America's Athletic Classic.
The Invaders are led by former Drake Relays Champions, Olympian Kirt
Thompson (javelin) and Marc Dzradosi (triple jump).
Two-time Olympic Qualifier, Olympian Kirt Thompson, returns as the 2003
Drake Relays runner-up and the 2002 Drake Relays Champion in the javelin
(Friday). Marc Drzadosi, a graduate of Drake University and three time
NCAA Qualifier while at Drake, also returns as a 2002 Drake Relays
Champion and 2003 Drake Relays runner-up in the triple jump (Saturday).
Three-Time NAIA Champion Sharline Maxwell-Divis, a graduate of Briar
Cliff University (IA), will compete in the Special Invitational 400.
Two-Time NAIA Champion and Olympic Trials Qualifier Jacob Koczman, of
West Des Moines, will compete in the Special Invitational 800 while
fellow 800 competitor and Olympic Trials Qualifier, Hope Sanders, will
compete in the Women's Special Invitational 800 (Saturday). Sanders in
her race will face national record holders in the 800 from Malta,
Barbados, and Poland.
Olympic Trials Qualifier Brandon Hon will face some of the nation's best
hurdlers in the Special Invitational 110 Hurdles and the Special
Invitational 400 Hurdles (Saturday). Olympic Trials Qualifier Carri
Long, a graduate of Purdue University, will compete in the Special
Invitational High Jump. Shannon Gallagher, a 2000 Olympic Trials Top 10
finisher, will compete in the pole vault against a stacked field
featuring numerous world ranked competitors.
Jamey Sperle, a Seven Time NAIA All-American, will compete in the
Special Invitational 200. Sperle finished sixth at the 2004 USA Indoor
Championships in the 200. Two-Time PAC-Ten Champion Francesca Green
will run the 100 meters and compete in the long jump. Joining Green in
the 100 and competing in the Special Invitational 200 will be Amber
Plowden.
Team Director Greg Harger said, "With 8500 athletes and over 62 foreign
countries represented the Drake Relays are an awesome location for our
top athletes to open up the more intense portion of their outdoor
season. The Invaders are fired up about the opportunity to compete in
front of such a great audience where the final day of competition has
been sold out for decades."
America's Athletic Classic - Drake Relays:
http://www.drakerelays.org/
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