Saturday, January 14, 2012
VERMILLION, S.D. – Drake senior Jon DeGrave (Lake
Villa, Ill.,) won the 200-meter dash, while junior Isaac Twombly claimed the weight throw at the Graphic Edge Alumni Meet
hosted by the University of South Dakota on Saturday (Jan. 14).
DeGrave, last year's Missouri Valley Conference
indoor champion in the 400-meters and runner up in the 200, won the 200-meter
dash with a time of 22.30
“DeGrave's 200-meter race was a good season
opener,” commented head coach Natasha Brown. “He should run sub 22
seconds very soon.”
Fellow senior Shaun James (Lawrence, Kan.) garnered a third-place showing in the
200-meters clocking in at 22.72.
Twombly, who owns the Drake record in the
indoor weight throw and the hammer throw, earned the victory in the weight throw with a heave of
56 feet 6.75 inches.
“His technique has really improved,” Brown stated. “He looks great for it being early on in the season.”
Junior Dan Karys (Bartlett, Ill.) had a leap of 21
feet 10.25 inches in the long jump to finish third, while claiming a
fourth-place showing in the triple jump soaring 45 feet .25 inches. Sophomore
Alex Kaster (Omaha, Neb.) leapt 45 feet 3 inches to finish second in the triple
jump.
Sophomore Omet Kak (Des Moines, Iowa) earned a pair of second-place finishes
in his first meet of the young track season. Kak ran the 3,000-meters in
8:45.97, while running the 1,000-meters in 2:35.53.
Freshman Steven Jordan (McFarland, Wis.) was fifth in the 400-meter dash
finishing in 52.06.
Sophomore Travis Marsh (Ankeny, Iowa) and freshman Jeff Foreman (Winfield, Ill.) were sixth (8.62) and
eighth (9.04) in the 60-meter hurdles, respectively.
The Bulldogs will travel to Ames, Iowa, next
weekend (Jan. 20-21) at the Iowa State Open.
