The Drake men's track and field team will send athletes to the Jayhawk Invitational in Lawrence, Kan., Friday.

A LOOK BACK: Senior Anthony Pettaway (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and senior Josh Bangert (Washington, Mo.) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the long jump. Pettaway leaped 22 feet 11.25 inches, while Bangert had a top mark of 22-11, coming on his first jump. Freshman Dan Karys (Bartlett, Ill.) was 11th at 22-1.

Drake was sixth in the men's distance medley relay in 10:10.79 with sophomore Colin Hagan (Wichita, Kan.), sophomore Jon DeGrave (Lake Villa, Ill.), senior Kevin Earl (Overland Park, Kan.) and senior Jeff Grassmeyer (Fremont, Neb.) running.

Earl was eighth in the 600-yard run in 1:14.77. Grassmeyer was 12th in the mile in 4:17.33.

Sophomore Josh Buschling (Washington, Mo.) was second in the non-seeded 5,000-meter run, being timed in 15:45. Junior Luke Schafer (Centennial, Colo.) was second in the non-seeded 3,000-meter run in 9:09.35, while sophomore Ben Jaskowiak (Madison, Wis.) was eighth in 9:11.15.

Freshman Kevin Harp (Iowa City, Iowa) was 17th in the shot put at 44-0. Sophomore Eric Hall (Des Moines, Iowa) tied for third in the non-seeded pole vault at 12 feet 5.5 inches.

Sophomore Colin Hagan (Wichita, Kan.) was 20th in the mile in 4:27.37. Sophomore Charlie Lapham (Golden Valley, Minn.) was 28th in the men's 800 in 2:00.32.