Three Musketeers Travel to Drake Relays

CINCINNATI - Xavier track and field travels to the Drake Relays on April 27-29. The three-day meet is being held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

Jamie Klavon, Trevor Nolan and Claire Sievern are competing at the meet.

DRAKE RELAYS

Heat Sheets: bit.ly/3NksGmD
Meet Information: bit.ly/41BJtWx
Meet Schedule: bit.ly/41BQQND
Live Results: bit.ly/3oH1bcF
Watch Live: bit.ly/3LEM2St

XAVIER SCHEDULE

THURSDAY
5:58 PM ET - 1500m (Unseeded) UD/CD, Women, Final – Claire Sievern
7:48 PM ET - 3000m Steeple Open, Men, Final – Trevor Nolan
8:12 PM ET - 5000m (Unseeded) Open, Women, Final – Jamie Klavon

SATURDAY
3:28 PM ET - 800m UD/CD, Women, Final – Claire Sievern

BIG EAST TOP-10 PERFORMANCES

MEN
5. 4x100 relay (Bennett, Clines, Ragland, Beam) - 43.42
8. Trevor Nolan - 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:07.15)
9. Trevor Nolan - 3,000-meter run (8:43.76)

WOMEN
4. 4x100 relay (Johnson, Sullivan, Gipson, Francis) - 48.83
6. Jamie Klavon - 3,000-meter run (10:09.27)
9. Claire Sievern - 800-meter run (2:08.60)
9. Grace Zdankiewicz - 3,000-meter run (10:21.16)
9. Grace Zdankiewicz - 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:40.27)
10. Alaina Sullivan - 100-meter dash (12.17)

LAST TIME OUT

• Xavier competed at the Virginia Challenge on April 21. The meet was held at Lannigan Field in Charlottesville, Va.

• Trevor Nolan won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a personal-best time of 9:07.15. He now has eight top-10 finishes during his outdoor track and field career with two, first-place finishes (also won the steeplechase at the Jim Vargo Invitational on April 9, 2022).

• Claire Sievern set the school record in the 1,500-meter run for the second time in as many meets. She posted a time of 4:25.70 in the invite section of the 1,500-meter run.

• Sievern has now set three school records this season. The Evansville, Ind., native also holds Xavier's indoor track record for the one-mile run (4:49.43) and the outdoor track record in the 800-meter run (2:08.60).

2023 SCHEDULE

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
March 17 - Blizzard Buster - Oxford, Ohio
March 23-25 - Raleigh Relays - Raleigh, N.C.
April 7 - Tennessee Relays - Knoxville, Tenn.
April 21-22 - Virginia Challenge - Charlottesville, Va.
April 21-22 - EKU Erdmann Twilight - Richmond, Ky.
April 27-29 - Drake Relays - Des Moines, Iowa
April 28-29 - Clark Wood Open - Louisville, Ky.
May 12-13 - BIG EAST Championships - Villanova, Pa.

COACH BURROUGHS

• Sam Burroughs was named the new head coach for cross country/track and field on Jan. 4, 2021. He joined the Musketeers after previously working as associate head coach at Cincinnati from 2013-20.

• Burroughs has over 20 years of collegiate experience. He has coached 96 individual conference champions and 46 individual NCAA qualifiers, while leading 18 teams to conference championship titles.

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action at the BIG EAST Championships on May 12-13 in Villanova, Pa.

Schedule

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Players Mentioned

Jamie Klavon

Trevor Nolan

Claire Sievern

Alaina Sullivan

Grace Zdankiewicz

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