The Wayne State College men's 4 x 400-meter relay team set a new record Friday afternoon to highlight several Wildcat athletes competing Thursday-Saturday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
            The quartet of Alex Razee, Wyatt Nissen, Mujeeb Adewuyi and Emmanuel Badejo produced a time of 3:16.91 to eclipse the previous school record by just over two seconds (3:18.94) and held by Jared Balady, Derek Lahm, Mike King and Zach Thomsen in the 2014 season.
            Senior thrower Daniel Elge made the finals Saturday morning in the hammer throw and finished ninth with a top mark of 188' 8". 
            Other individual Wildcat results from Drake saw freshman sprinter Mitchell Hupp take 15^th in the 100-meter dash prelims with a time of 10.56 seconds.  Fellow freshman Emmaneul Badejo was 17^th in the 400-meter dash prelims with a time of 48.50 seconds.
            Three other relay teams also competed at Drake.  The 4 x 800-meter relay team of Quentin Dreyer, Brody Lucas, Ethan Walters and Akron Jostand placed 16^th with a time of 7:48.03.  The 4 x 100-meter relay of Luke Klabenes, Hupp, Nissen and Badejo were 14^th out of 38 teams in 41.95 seconds while the distance medley relay quartet of Lucas, Austin Madsen, Walters and Dreyer were 15^th Saturday morning in 10:22.36.
            Wayne State will compete again Wednesday at the Maverick Open #1 meet in Mankato, Minnesota.