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