The Drake men's track and field team, in its first meet of the new year,  will compete in the Alumni Meet hosted by the University of South Dakota this Saturday (Jan. 15). The event will start at 10:30 a.m. at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D.

Last Time Out: Sophomore Dan Karys (Bartlett, Ill.) won the long jump and the triple jump to open up the Drake men's track and field team's season at the Iowa State Holiday Preview on Dec. 10.

Karys jumped 22 feet 4.25 inches to claim the long jump title and soared 46 feet 4.75 inches to win the triple jump.

Junior Matt Jurysta (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) finished third (8:58.52) in the 3000-meter race while sophomore Steve Bruxvoort (Mitchellville, Iowa) was 11th finishing in 9:24.01. 

Drake had three of the top four performers in the 300-meter dash as junior Jon DeGrave (Lake Villa, Ill.) freshmen Brett Wright (Longmont, Colo.) and Travis Marsh (Ankeny, Iowa) finished second, third and fourth respectively. DeGrave, Wright and Marsh ran times of 34.79, 35.04 and 35.47, respectively.

Senior Brandon Lewis (Plymouth, Minn.) finished fourth in the mile run with a time of 4:24.84.

The 4x300 meter relay with DeGrave, Karys, Wright and junior Shaun James (Lawrence, Kan.) placed third in 2:19.35.

Up Next: The Drake men's track and field team will compete in a pair of meets next weekend as the Bulldogs will send contingents to both the Iowa State Open (Jan. 21-22) in Ames, Iowa, as well as the adidas Classic hosted by Nebraska (Jan. 22) in Lincoln, Neb.