DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University track and field team's men's triple jumpers took three of the top four spots to open up competition at the 2016 Jim Duncan Invitational on Friday night at Drake Stadium while a pair of Bulldogs recorded personal bests in the women's 5,000 meters.

Johnathan Osifuye (Woodbury, Minn.) led those jumpers with a season-best jump of 49-1.75 to win the triple jump. The jump, which was aided by a strong southern tailwind of 2.4 m/s, was the second longest of his career. He was followed by Ethan Turner (Woodbury, Minn.) in third at 44-9.75 and Sean Buczek (Crystal Lake, Ill.) in fourth with a jump of 44-1.5.

"We're excited about Johnathan's jump as that puts him on the cusp of a 50-foot jump, which is one of his goals," said Drake head coach Natasha Kaiser-Brown. "It also positions him well to earn a berth to the NCAA West Regional meet."

Kayla Bell (Bolingbrook, Ill.) led the women's jumpers by matching a season-best jump of 19-0 in the long jump to finish second with Taryn Rolle (Nassau, The Bahamas) coming in fourth with a leap of 18-1.

On the Blue Oval, Cassie Aerts (David City, Neb.) won the 5,000 meters with a big personal best of 17:43.32 while Bailee Cofer (Overland Park, Kan.) finished third with a personal best of her own in 17:51.35.

"They both ran gutsy races at a distance they are not used to but they ran it extremely well," said Drake assistant coach Dan Hostager said of Aerts and Cofer. "That should give them some good confidence heading into the second half of the season."

In the throws, David Silkman (Leawood, Kan.) recorded a throw of 175-6 into the win to finish second in the javelin. 

The Jim Duncan Invitational resumes on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. with a full day of action scheduled.