Men's Cross Country 9/3/2010 8:00:00 PM Drake Athletics

Newcomers Key Men's Cross Country Team In Opener

DES MOINES, IOWA - Drake sophomore Tim Cornish (Auckland, New Zealand) paced the Drake men's cross country team in its season opener Friday by finishing fifth in the Bulldog Classic at Ewing Park.

Cornish was timed in 12 minutes 50 seconds for the 4,000 meter race. Iowa State's Danny Ducharme claimed the individual title in 12:38.

“I was pretty happy,” said Cornish. “But there is a lot of room for improvement. I broke out the cobwebs today. It was a challenging course with a lot of ups and downs.”

Drake sophomore Omet Kak, a former two-time Iowa state prep track champ from North High School in Des Moines, was seventh in 12:53.

Drake freshman Brogan Austin, who won both the 1,600 and 3,200 at the 2010 Iowa Class 3A state track meet while competing for Boone, was ninth in 12:55.

Drake junior Matt Jurysta (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) was 10th in 12:56 followed by sophomore Charlie Lapham (Golden Valley, Minn.) 11th in 12:57, while junior Colin Hagan (Wichita, Kan.) was 12th in 12:59.

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
BULLDOG CLASSIC
At Ewing Park, Des Moines, Iowa

Men's Division (4,000 Meters)
1.    Danny Ducharme, Iowa State, 12:38
2.    Brett Egan, Northern Iowa, 12:43
3.    Garrett Eklof, Iowa State, 12:48
4.    Tyler Rich, Iowa State, 12:48
5.    Tim Cornish, Drake, 12:50
6.    Aaron Vosberg, Northern Iowa, 12:51
7.    Omet Kak, Drake, 12:53
8.    Skyler Nesheim, unattached, 12:54
9.    Brogan Austin, Drake, 12:55
10.   Matt Jurysta, Drake, 12:56
11.   Charlie Lapham, Drake, 12:57
12.   Colin Hagan, Drake, 12:59
13.   Nick Schulze, Iowa State, 13:00
14.   Brady Fritz, Northern Iowa, 13:02
15.   Josh Mellman, Iowa State, 13:06
16.   Ben Jaskowiak, Drake, 3:09
17.   Colin Coomer, Drake, 13:10
18.   Mike Bumgarner, Drake, 13:13
19.   Doug Brady, unattached, 13:14
20.   Alex Mark, Northern Iowa, 13:17
21.   David Lantz, Iowa State, 13:21
22.   Brendan Thompson, Northern Iowa, 13:24
23.   Mike Rodriguez, Drake, 13:24
24.   Elphas Sang, Iowa State, 13:26
25.   Luke Schafer, Drake, 13:27
26.   Nate Paulson, unattached, 13:28
27.   Derek Campbell, Drake,13:30
28.   Jaffar Mahmoud, Drake, 13:31
29.   Mike Cooper, Northern Iowa, 13.33
30.   Tyson Kinsley, unattached, 13:36
31.   Matt Eckman, unattached, 13:39
32.   David Nielsen, Northern Iowa, 13:46
33.   Brandon Lewis, Drake, 13:48
34.   Ryan Flynn, unattached, 13:55
35.   Nick Cooper, unattached, 14:08
36.   Jeremy Haack, unattached, 14:19