McDowell breaks 400m school record, day one at Division III Elite Indoor Championships complete

WAVERLY, Iowa – The first day of competition at the 2021 Division III Elite Indoor Championships inside the Hoover Fieldhouse is complete.

• In the 400-meter dash, junior Kyle McDowell finished fourth in a school-record time of 49.14 seconds.
• Also in the 400-meter dash, sophomore Jordon Brown won his heat to place seventh in a career-best time of 49.68 seconds.
• The distance medley relay team of sophomore Chase Mendham, senior Tyler Peck, junior Dustin Rutter and freshman Hayden Germain was eighth with a time of 10:39.75, which was just under one-second slower than the school record time of 10:39.11.

• The second day of the Elite Indoor Championships gets started tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. CT.
• Olivet's entries are Lillian Albaugh and Jacob Smith in the shot put, Jordon Butler in the long jump, and the 4x400-meter relay quartet of McDowell, Brown, Peck and William Reed.