WHAT'S AHEAD: The Drake men's track and field team will travel to Iowa City Iowa, this Saturday, to compete in the 11th annual Musco
Twilight meet.
DEGRAVES, GRASSMEYER LEAD PACK: Sophomore Jon DeGraves (Lake Villa, Ill.) finished fifth in the university-college 400 hurdles to
highlight action during the 101st running of the Drake Relays this past weekend. DeGraves was timed in a personal best 51.50 seconds.
Senior Jeff Grassmeyer (Fremont, Neb.) ran a personal best 3:49.88 to place seventh in the university-college 1,500. On Friday night Grassmeyer ran the anchor leg helping the Bulldogs place 13th in the university 4x800 relay in 7:38.59. Other members of the relay were senior Kevin Earl (Overland Park, Kan.), sophomore Charlie Lapham (Golden Valley, Minn.), and junior Brandon Lewis
(Plymouth, Minn.).
Lapham ran the anchor leg on Drake's sprint medley relay which was 15th in 3:28.37. Sophomore Shaun James (Lawrence, Kan.) led off
followed by freshman Dan Karys (Bartlett, Ill.) and junior Troy Kimberlin (Rochester, Ill.).
James had a time of 10.93 in the preliminary round of the university-college 100. Senior Josh Bangert (Washington, Mo.) soared
20-4.25 in the preliminary round of the university-college long jump.
Junior Mike Bumgarner (Rosemount, Minn.) was 14th in the 10,000 in 32:47.56 on Thursday. Sophomore Colin Hagan (Wichita, Kan.) was 16th
in the 5,000 in 15:20.77. Freshman Kevin Harp (Iowa City, Iowa) was 15th in the university-college javelin at 180 feet 8 inches.