WHAT'S AHEAD: The Drake men's track and field team will send
senior distance runner Jeff Grassmeyer (Fremont, Neb.) to compete in the
5,000-meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays Friday, while the remainder of the
Bulldog team will participate in the Iowa Invitational this Saturday in Iowa
City.
DEGRAVE IMPRESSIVE: Sophomore Jon DeGrave (Lake Villa, Ill.)
recorded the fastest time in the Missouri Valley Conference in the men's 400
meter hurdles to highlight action for Drake in the Jim Duncan Invitational last
Saturday at Drake Stadium.
DeGrave posted a winning time of 52.60 seconds to clip Northern
Iowa's Greg Offerman (52.78) who had owned the previous MVC 2010 best time of
53.00.
Drake sophomore Shaun James (Lawrence Kan.), the reigning
MVC Runner of the Week, was second in the 100 in 10.80 and third in the 200 in
21.64. Freshman Dan Karys (Bartlett, ill.) was third in both the long jump
(22-7.75) and triple jump (46-9).
Jeff Grassmeyer was third in the 1,500 in 3:55.29, while
sophomore Charlie Lapham (Golden Valley, Minn.) was fifth in 3:56.07 and
sophomore Colin Hagan (Wichita, Kan.) seventh in 3:56.53.
Senior Troy Kimberlin (Rochester, Minn.) was third in the
400 in 49.08. James, Kimberlin and DeGrave joined junior Brandon Lewis
(Plymouth, Minn.) to lead Drake to third place in the 4x400 relay in 3:19.88.
Freshman AJ Fajimolu (Jos, Nigeria)
was fourth in the triple jump at 45-0.5, while senior Josh Bangert (Washington
Mo.) was sixth in the long jump at 21-8.
