CINCINNATI (4/3/21) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's 4x100 Relay team of Dante Bassham, Bonanza Cummings, Elijah Major, and Aquari Walker set a new school record with a time of 41.44 seconds at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational hosted by the University of Cincinnati.  

Major and Bassham picked up right where they left off during the indoor season, with Major taking third in the 100-Meter Dash at 10.96 seconds and Bassham right behind him in fourth at 10.97 seconds. Bassham also placed third in the 200-Meter Dash with a personal record time of 21.89 seconds. 

Other Notable Finishes 
Payton Norkey placed fourth in the 110 Hurdles on a time of 14.93 seconds to lead the Titans. 

Derrick Ball Jr. earned fourth in the Triple Jump to lead Detroit Mercy at 13.44 meters. 

As a team, Detroit Mercy finished fourth overall out of 18 teams - including the top Horizon League team represented at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational. 

Full Results 

100-Meter Dash
3. Elijah Major - 10.96 seconds
4. Dante Bassham - 10.97 seconds
16. Tate Kwaiser - 11.43 seconds
21. Simon Jones - 11.85 seconds
24. Bonanza Cummings - 14.93 seconds

200-Meter Dash
3. Dante Bassham - 21.89 seconds
13. Tate Kwaiser - 23.04 seconds
17. Bonanza Cummings - 23.15 seconds
20. Elijah Major - 23.90 seconds

400-Meter Dash
15. Luke Adamczyk - 54.44 seconds

800-Meter Run
42. John Burke - 2:02.20
45. Kenny Lashaway - 2:05.00

1500-Meter
51. John Burke - 4:14.93
53. Kenny Lashaway - 4:15.84

5000-Meter
17. Thomas Mueller - 15:12.24
34. Kyle Foulk - 15:37.46
41. Oliver Daniel - 15:51.42
48. Nicholas Fringer - 16:29.48
49. Connor Joyce - 16:40.40

110 Hurdles
4. Payton Norkey - 14.93 seconds
9. Davis Hellonen - 15.87 seconds
12. Joseph Lietzow - 16.60 seconds
14. Gabriel Baumchen - 16.85 seconds
16. Avery Duncan - 21.71 seconds

400 Hurdles
6. Davis Hellonen - 1:02.24
8. Gabriel Baumchen - 1:02.78

4x100 Relay
1. Detroit Mercy A - Dante Bassham, Bonanza Cummings, Elijah Major, Aquari Walker
6. Detroit Mercy B - Payton Norkey, Evan Eding, Zachary Kuran, Davis Hellonen

4x400 Relay
9. Detroit Mercy A - Luke Adamczyk, Tate Kwaiser, Gabriel Baumchen, Davis Hellonen  

High Jump
7. Joseph Lietzow - 1.85 meters 
9. Cody Bartlett - 1.85 meters 
12. Avery Duncan - 1.80 meters 

Pole Vault
10. Jacob Spiaser - 4.04 meters 

Long Jump
6. Derrick Ball Jr. - 6.75 meters 
8. Zachary Zaborney - 6.68 meters 
13. Aquari Walker - 6.33 meters 
15. Evan Eding - 6.08 meters 

Triple Jump
4. Derrick Ball Jr. - 13.44 meters 
6. Zachary Zaborney - 13.24 meters
7. Aquari Walker - 13.16 meters
8. Cody Bartlett - 12.76 meters 
9. Evan Eding - 11.40 meters

Shot Put 
13. Lucas Cook - 12.14 meters 
15. John Paul Terzano - 11.79 meters 

Discus
16. Lucas Cook - 35.64 meters 

Hammer 
9. John Paul Terzano - 41.54 meters
12. Lucas Cook - 36.82 meters 

Javelin
3. John Paul Terzano - 48.51 meters
5. Joseph Lietzow - 42.45 meters 
6. Simon Jones - 39.79