NORMAL, ILL. -- Sophomore Jon DeGrave (Lake Villa, Ill.) won the 400 intermediate hurdles in a personal best time of 51.27 seconds to highlight action for the Drake men's track and field team at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships Sunday. He was also named Most Outstanding Men's Track Athlete of the meet.
DeGrave became just the fourth athlete in Drake history to win the league title in 400 hurdles, joining Dave Carlson who captured the league crown twice in 1966 and 1967 along with Dan Cleveland (1983) and Theotto Lillard (2005).
Drake senior Jeff Grassmeyer (Fremont, Neb.) was third in the both the 1,500 and 5,000-meter runs. Grassmeyer was timed in 3:54.89 in the 1,500, while sophomore Charlie Lapham (Golden Valley, Minn.) was fifth in 3:55.96. Sophomore Colin Hagan (Wichita, Kan.) finished 11th in the 1,500 in 4:05.11.
Grassmeyer closed out his collegiate career by being clocked in 14:29.79 en route to a third-place finish in the 5,000.
"Jon (DeGrave) had a strong race from start to finish," said Drake head coach Natasha Kaiser Brown. "At no point was he not leading the race. Grassmeyer had a gutsy race in the 5,000. He was sitting on the leader the last 800 meter. He ran a hard race. That was the best I've seen him run in a while."
Drake junior Brandon Lewis (Plymouth, Minn.) was
sixth in the 800 in 1:57.23 after running a season best 1:53.21 in the
qualifying round. Sophomore Charlie Lapham (Golden Valley, Minn.) placed eighth
in the finals of the 800 in 1:57.27. Sophomore Shaun James (Lawrence, Kan.) was
eighth in the finals of the 200 in 21.77.
Drake senior Troy Kimberlin (Rochester, Minn.) was seventh in 400 in 49.03.
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
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Finals
1 Wichita State 'A' 3:10.27 10
2 Northern Iowa 'A' 3:10.42 8
3 Southern Illinois 'A' 3:13.45 6
4 Drake 'A' 3:14.99 5
5 Illinois State 'A' 3:19.45 4
6 Indiana State 'A' 3:21.38 3
Men Triple Jump
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Finals
1 Crawford, Josh JR Wichita St. 15.31m 1.3 50-02.75 10
FOUL 14.73m(1.5) 14.36m(1.5) 15.10m(0.7) 15.15m(0.9) 15.31m(1.3)
2 Rollins, Ernest SO Indiana St. 14.57m 0.7 47-09.75 8
14.55m(2.5) 14.57m(0.7) 14.56m(4.6) 14.40m(0.7) 14.04m(1.3) FOUL
3 Bakana, Maxim SO Southern Il. 14.51m 0.9 47-07.25 6
FOUL 14.51m(0.9) 14.16m(1.7) 13.69m(1.9) FOUL FOUL
4 Knight, Tyler SO Illinois St. 14.37m 0.9 47-01.75 5
FOUL 14.37m(0.9) 14.37m(4.0) FOUL FOUL FOUL
5 Mayfield, Julian FR Illinois St. J14.37m 1.9 47-01.75 4
FOUL 14.22m(0.1) 14.05m(1.3) 13.84m(5.4) 14.08m(2.3) 14.37m(1.9)
6 Taylor, Justin SR Wichita St. 14.36m 1.1 47-01.50 3
13.65m(0.5) 13.24m(0.9) 13.34m(0.9) 14.22m(1.9) 14.36m(1.1) 14.23m(1.3)
7 Childs, Brandon FR Wichita St. 14.34m 1.7 47-00.75 2
14.18m(1.7) FOUL FOUL 14.11m(0.9) 14.34m(1.7) FOUL
8 Shepherd, Derrick SO Wichita St. 13.98m 1.3 45-10.50 1
13.73m(0.5) 13.55m(0.9) 13.85m(0.9) FOUL(1.9) 13.36m(1.1) 13.98m(1.3)
9 Johnson, Vincent SO Southern Il. 13.80m 0.9 45-03.50
13.80m(0.9) FOUL 13.34m(1.1) 13.35m(0.5) 13.53m(1.3) FOUL(1.5)
10 Mizel, Kris SO Illinois St. 13.50m 1.1 44-03.50
FOUL 13.50m(1.1) FOUL
11
Karys, Dan FR Drake 13.34m 1.7 43-09.25
FOUL 13.34m(1.7) 12.64m(0.7)
12 Zerr, Jordan JR Wichita St. 13.30m 1.7 43-07.75
FOUL 13.07m(1.1) 13.30m(1.7)
-- Jackson, Patric JR Wichita St. FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Simmons, Tyler JR Wichita St. FOUL
FOUL PASS PASS
Men 5000 Meter Run
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Mohamed, Mohamed SR Southern Il. 14:26.56 10
2 Dunbar, Daniel SO Southern Il. 14:27.66 8
3
Grassmeyer, Jeffry SR Drake 14:29.79 6
4 Disher, Michael JR Indiana St. 14:33.27 5
5 Krapf, Scott JR Illinois St. 14:40.85 4
6 Anderson, Neal SO Southern Il. 14:49.04 3
7 Ordway, Jason SR Southern Il. 14:50.35 2
8 Padgett, Craig SO Indiana St. 14:52.05 1
9 Sava, Marius JR Wichita St. 14:58.56
10 Escalera, Albaro FR Indiana St. 15:03.63
11 Mroczynski, Matthew JR Illinois St. 15:05.70
12 Schulz, Eric SR Indiana St. 15:06.47
13 Keeney, Scott SR Indiana St. 15:06.92
14 Brooks, Blake SO Illinois St. 15:10.12
15 Lepkowski, Andrew SO Indiana St. 15:13.40
16 Egan, Brett FR Northern Ia. 15:14.60
17 Betz, Dustin FR Indiana St. 15:15.61
18 Navarro, John JR Illinois St. 15:20.98
19 Kirchner, Kyle SO Southern Il. 15:28.49
20 Vaughan, Jeremiah SO Indiana St. 15:29.14
21
Hagan, Colin SO Drake 15:34.48
22 Mark, Alex SO Northern Ia. 15:39.38
23 Link, Jim JR Illinois St. 15:43.59
24
Bumgarner, Mike JR Drake 15:47.36
25
Jaskowiak, Ben SO Drake 15:54.30
-- McBride, Greg SR Southern Il. DNF
-- Nelson, Andrew FR Northern Ia. DNF
--
Schafer, Luke JR Drake DNF
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
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Finals
1
DeGrave, Jon SO Drake 51.27 10
2 Offerman, Greg SR Northern Ia. 51.51 8
3 Goos, Cory SR Northern Ia. 52.18 6
4 Truman, Matt JR Wichita St. 52.94 5
5 Bankston, Jeremy FR Southern Il. 52.96 4
6 Hammel, Dennis SR Northern Ia. 53.37 3
7 Beenken, Cory FR Wichita St. 54.65 2
8 Fulton, Tykeen JR Indiana St. 56.87 1
Men 400 Meter Dash
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Finals
1 Biggs, Sammy SR Southern Il. 46.77 10
2 Hartnett, Dylan SO Wichita St. 47.38 8
3 Smith, Justin SR Wichita St. 47.47 6
4 Thiesfeld, Nate SR Wichita St. 47.65 5
5 Collins, Bryan JR Northern Ia. 47.80 4
6 Cole, Justin SR Wichita St. 48.27 3
7
Kimberlin, Troy SR Drake 49.03 2
8 Smoody, Mat SO Illinois St. 49.04 1
Men 4x100 Meter Relay
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Finals
1 Wichita State 'A' 40.61 10
2 Indiana State 'A' 41.19 8 41.1849
3 Southern Illinois 'A' J41.19 6 41.1879
4 Illinois State 'A' 41.39 5
5 Drake 'A' 42.37 4
-- Northern Iowa 'A' DNF
Men 1500 Meter Run
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Finals
1 Dahleen, Zach FR Southern Il. 3:51.97 10
2 Vaughan, Jeremiah SO Indiana St. 3:52.97 8
3
Grassmeyer, Jeffry SR Drake 3:54.89 6
4 Brooks, Blake SO Illinois St. 3:55.75 5
5
Lapham, Charlie SO Drake 3:55.96 4
6 Wike, Jake FR Wichita St. 3:56.70 3
7 Kirchner, Kyle SO Southern Il. 3:58.86 2
8 Nelson, Andrew FR Northern Ia. 3:59.52 1
9 McBride, Greg SR Southern Il. 3:59.66
10 Stanton, Erik FR Illinois St. 4:03.28
11
Hagan, Colin SO Drake 4:05.11
12 Lepkowski, Andrew SO Indiana St. 4:06.54
13 Cherry, Lucas FR Southern Il. 4:07.40
14 Roberts, Jon JR Illinois St. 4:10.07
15 Regan, Steve SO Illinois St. 4:15.68
16
Jurysta, Matt SO Drake 4:15.71
17
Coomer, Colin JR Drake 4:17.22
-- Vosberg, Aaron SO Northern Ia.
Men 800 Meter Run
Finals
1 Arvanis, Stephen SO Southern Il. 1:53.05 10
2 Fritz, Brady SO Northern Ia. 1:53.14 8
3 Craddick, Mike SR Northern Ia. 1:53.48 6
4 Neisler, John SR Illinois St. 1:53.71 5
5 Geyer, Nick JR Illinois St. 1:56.27 4
6
Lewis, Brandon JR Drake 1:57.23 3
7 Dahleen, Zach FR Southern Il. 1:57.25 2
8 Lapham, Charles SO Drake 1:57.27 1
Men Pole Vault
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Finals
1 Doerflein, Cody SO Southern Il. 5.26m 17-03.00 10
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96 5.06 5.16 5.26 5.41
P P P O O XO O O XXX
2 Kranz, Sam SO Northern Ia. 5.06m 16-07.25 8
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96 5.06 5.16
P P P O O O XXX
3 Gooris, Daniel SO Northern Ia. J5.06m 16-07.25 6
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96 5.06 5.16
P P P XO O O XXX
4 Beese, Mike SR Northern Ia. J5.06m 16-07.25 5
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96 5.06 5.16
P P P O XXO O XXX
5 LaMaster, Andrew SO Indiana St. J5.06m 16-07.25 4
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96 5.06 5.16
P XXO O O XO XO XXX
6 Freshour, Alex FR Wichita St. 4.96m 16-03.25 3
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96 5.06
P P O XXO O XXX
7 Young, Aaron SO Wichita St. 4.81m 15-09.25 2
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96
P P O O XXX
8 Dickman, Chris SR Wichita St. J4.81m 15-09.25 1
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96
P P XO O XXX
9 Ragusa, Nick SR Illinois St. J4.81m 15-09.25
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.96
P P P XO XXX
10 Childress, Dexter FR Indiana St. 4.66m 15-03.50
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81
XO O XO XXX
11 Robberstad, Tim JR Southern Il. J4.66m 15-03.50
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81
P O XXO XXX
12 Pratt, Jeremy SO Indiana St. J4.66m 15-03.50
4.36 4.51 4.66 4.81
P XXO XXO XXX
13 Swinford, Steven JR Indiana St. 4.51m 14-09.50
4.36 4.51 4.66
XXO O XXX
14 Ziegler, Michael SO Illinois St. 4.36m 14-03.50
4.36 4.51
XXO XXX
Men 110 Meter Hurdles
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Finals
1 McKown, Todd SO Wichita St. 14.14 0.3 10
2 Roberts, Michael JR Indiana St. 14.37 0.3 8
3
Allen, Chris SR Wichita St. 14.49 0.3 6
4 Smith, Kendric SO Illinois St. 14.78 0.3 5
5 Beenken, Cory FR Wichita St. 14.81 0.3 4
6 Pope, Josh SO Illinois St. 14.95 0.3 3
7 Garrison, Sam JR Wichita St. 15.22 0.3 2
8 Hanning, Cooper SO Wichita St. 15.53 0.3 1
Men Discus Throw
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Deiters, Jake JR Southern Il. 54.28m 178-01 10
49.98m FOUL 50.45m FOUL 54.28m FOUL
2 Tapia, Bryan SR Wichita St. 51.36m 168-06 8
51.36m 50.82m 49.39m 47.45m 49.74m FOUL
3 Lambert, J.C. SO Southern Il. 50.14m 164-06 6
FOUL FOUL 48.37m FOUL FOUL 50.14m
4 Pounds, Brandon SO Indiana St. 49.22m 161-06 5
FOUL 45.75m FOUL 49.00m 48.32m 49.22m
5 Weeks, Allen JR Northern Ia. 49.15m 161-03 4
FOUL 47.14m FOUL 49.15m FOUL FOUL
6 Williams, Jordan FR Northern Ia. 49.03m 160-10 3
48.55m FOUL FOUL 49.03m FOUL FOUL
7 Shumaker, Ryan SR Southern Il. 48.81m 160-02 2
FOUL 47.51m 48.03m 48.81m 47.84m FOUL
8 Hurt, Tanner SO Northern Ia. 46.60m 152-11 1
44.26m 46.60m FOUL 45.91m 45.12m FOUL
9 Romero, Justin SO Northern Ia. 45.40m 148-11
FOUL 42.22m 45.40m 43.94m 44.00m FOUL
10 Jensen, Curtis FR Illinois St. 44.38m 145-07
FOUL FOUL 44.38m
11 Tong, Quan SO Wichita St. 43.75m 143-06
FOUL 42.13m 43.75m
12 Wirth, Anthony SO Illinois St. 42.56m 139-07
42.56m 41.74m FOUL
13
Twombly, Isaac FR Drake 40.18m 131-10
FOUL FOUL 40.18m
14 Trofimuk, Patrick SO Illinois St. 38.83m 127-05
38.83m FOUL FOUL
15 Glover, Tim FR Illinois St. 38.28m 125-07
FOUL 38.28m FOUL
-- Eader, Matt SO Southern Il. FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL