DES MOINES -- Dalton Closson opened competition in the decathlon at the Drake Relays Wednesday.

100m     11.47
LJ            5.91 19-4 ¾
HJ           1.81 5-11 ¼
400        51.46
Day 1 total          8^th          3264


MINNEAPOLIS-- Select members competed at the University of Minnesota's Running on Hope Invite. This meet was not scored and featured many NCAA Division I and DII opponents.

Wartburg's top five finishers:
110h prelim
2             Deyton Love       14.49Q
8             Zak Kubitz            15.52q
 
110 h final
2             Deyton Love                      14.47
 
400
4             Derrick Smith     48.53
 
400 h
3             Zak Kubitz                           55.66
 
4x100
2             Wartburg             41.59     'A' • H1 • R. Williams, R. Nolan, J. Kamara, D. Smith
5             Wartburg             43.08     'B' • H1 • A. Gruver, J. Oestreicher, Z. White, F. Atwater
 
Notes

• Smith now stands eighth on the program's top 10 list in the 400
• The 4x1 "A" team is now fifth on the program' top 10 list

 
Next event
Closson concludes competition in the decathlon Thursday at 10 a.m. He will be joined by other teammates at the Drake Relays as three distance events will compete Thursday, and other members will compete at the Kip Janvrin Invite, hosted by Simpson.