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.