Miller-Koch successfully defends Drake heptathlon title

Miller-Koch successfully defends Drake heptathlon title

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:46 p.m. ET

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Heather Miller-Koch successfully defended her Drake Relays heptathlon title Thursday, winning four of the seven events and finishing with 5,796 points.

Kale Wolken won the decathlon by nearly 1,000 points over Tyler Jones of Kent State.

Wisconsin took the 6,400-meter relay, giving the Badger men's program 50 meet titles overall, and the Minnesota women claimed the 6,400 for the first time in five years.

Melissa Dock won the women's 10,000 in 34 minutes, 41.83 seconds, while Hart Horner took the men's race in 29:35.50.

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Bethanie Brown of Iowa was the 5,000 winner in 16:25.19, and Texas Tech's Evans Tuitoek topped the men's field at 13:58.56.

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