Despite cold and rainy weather, the Texas women’s relay team came out on top at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, this weekend.

The Longhorns totalled 26 points during the relays, tying the Baylor women for the top spot to share the meet’s Hy-Vee Cup.

Texas started the day with a strong second-place finish in the sprint relay, securing eight points towards the cup. But the Longhorns struggled in the distance relay, coming across the line 12th.

Texas rebounded with a win in the 4×100 relay and entered the final cup event six points behind Baylor. The 4×400 relay team of pulled off a second-place finish while Baylor came across the line seventh, allowing the Longhorns to even up the cup score.

Sophomore Caitland Smith scored a win away from the relay events, taking first in the 100-meter final with a time of 11.55 seconds. Sophomore Ariel Jones and senior BJ Adeokun took third and fifth respectively in the 100-meter final. Neither event counted towards the cup standings.

Meanwhile, the Texas men battled their way to a second-place finish in the men’s Hy-Vee Cup standings.

The men swept the sprint relays by taking first in both the 4×100 and 4×400 meter relays. The team of Charles Amnunu, Carlton Amnunu, Zack Bilderback, and Aldrich Bailey finished with a time of 40.00 seconds in the 4×100. Carlton Amnunu, Irvin, Bailey, and Bilderback edged out Baylor by 1.44 seconds in the 4×400 with a time of 3:05.51.

The two relays racked up a total of 20 points, taking second overall to Illinois’s 24 points overall after only racing in two of the five scoring events.

The Longhorns return back to Austin to host the Longhorn Invitational next Saturday in the last regular season meet of the year.