DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University track and field teams recorded six top-20 finishes Thursday evening as part of the annual Distance Carnival at the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee.
 
Senior Bailee Cofer (Overland, Kan.) helped lead the way with an 11^th place finish in the women's seeded 5,000 meters. Cofer finished in 17:09.75, just off her personal best set at last year's Drake Relays.
 
Kyle Brandt (Maple Grove, Minn.) clocked a personal best in the open 10,000 meters in 31:52.87 to finish in 17^th place. Former Bulldog standout Brogan Austin turned in a second-place finish in 29:50.85.
 
Another former Bulldog great, Reed Fischer, won his second-straight 5,000 meters in 13:53.32.
 
Drake Individual
Women's 800 Unseeded Final
23. Meghan Kearney, 2:15.26
 
4:39 p.m. – Men 800 Meter Unseeded Final
15. Xavier Lechleitner, 1:53.82
 
4:59 p.m. – Men 1500 Meter Unseeded Final
10. Joshua Yeager, 3:55.97
11. Matt Cozine, 3:56.46
 
6:35 p.m. – Men 10,000 Meter Open Final
17. Kyle Brandt, 31:52.87
25. Kyle Cass, 32:50.79
 
7:33 p.m. – Women 5,000 Meter Unseeded Final
15. Rachel Selva, 17:28.93
24. Morgan Garcia, 17:57.31
 
7:53 p.m. – Women 5,000 Meter Open Final
11. Bailee Cofer, 17:09.75