COLUMN BY BAILEE COFER
This past weekend the Drake men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Iowa State University for the ISU Classic. It was a highly competitive meet and Drake athletes produced many strong performances across all events.
Taryn Rolle, a junior at Drake University, had a great day of triple jumping, but experienced one of the most disappointing situations a track athlete can be faced with: inaccurate competition measuring/timing. This mistake cost Rolle a valid new PR and new school record in the triple jump.
The jumping events use technology to measure the length of jumps more accurately and efficiently than manual measuring provides.