Indianola, Iowa-- The men's track and field team competed in their final two regular season meets Thursday, April 26th and Friday, April 27th. Entering the weekend, the Warriors remained in the USTFCCCA Top 25 National Poll for the fourth consecutive week, coming in at 24th. The squad competed at the Kip Janvrin Open hosted by Simpson College on Thursday and Friday, while the 4x100m relay team took to the Blue Oval Friday morning to compete at the Drake Relays.

Throwing events only were contested on Thursday at the Kip Janvrin Open. Three time All-American, Nathan Winters, placed second in the shot put (16.71m) in a field that included six NCAA Division I athletes. Winters also competed in the discus, finishing 6th with a toss of 45.90m. Winters will now enter his final post season as a Warrior. The Knoxville, Iowa native has already qualified in the shot put and discus for the 2018 NJCAA Outdoor National Championships hosted by Butler Community College in May.

It was an early start for the men's 4x100m squad that competed at the Drake Relays at 9:33 a.m. Friday morning. The quartet of Bernard McCann III, Brieon Randle, Joshua Raphael and Deterio Newman broke the previous school record by over a half second, running 42.02, just .10 seconds from the national qualifying mark in their first 4x100m relay of the season. The relay placed 10th of 33 teams in the prelims. Following the relay, all four athletes made the short drive to Indianola to compete in the Kip Janvrin Open.

Deterio Newman continued his dominance in the 400m following his third place finish at the Kansas University Relays. Newman was the first collegiate finisher in the 400m at Kip Janvrin, dropping his school record time from 48.67 to 47.93. This mark also surpassed the 400m national qualifying standard (48.40). So far this season, Newman has competed in seven open running events (400m and 200m), placing lower than third only once, including five top-two finishes. Brieon Randle was the third collegiate finisher, running his fastest outdoor 400m time (49.13). Jeremy Leath was close behind in seventh with a new personal best time of 50.08. In the past two meets, Leath has dropped 2.2 seconds from his previous collegiate best in the event. Bernard McCann III ran his first collegiate open 400m, clocking in at 51.36. Leath and McCann doubled back in the open 200m, running 22.85 and 22.46, respectively. McCann's 200m mark was more than a second faster than his indoor mark of 23.67. Rahman Burton ran a season-best time (23.13) while Tito Masally picked up collegiate bests in the 100m (11.56) and 200m (24.11).  Gianni Berry also ran a personal best in the 200m (24.13).

In the distance events, Zachary Hougland nearly broke the 5,000m school record. The Northwest Missouri commit ran 16:30.31, missing the school record by just two seconds. Chris Kubli placed 16th in the 800m (1:59.69), while Cameron Schroeder and Garret Hinson placed 34th and 36th, respectively in the 1,500m run. Damond Anderson competed in his first 800m run, clocking in at 2:12.01. Doug Turner led the field events at Kip Janvrin on Friday, placing second with a new school record in the javelin throw (49.44m).  

The Warriors will head to Iowa Western on May 4-5 to compete in 2018 Region XI Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This is the last opportunity for the squad to qualify individuals for the NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships May 17-19.