Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

AMES, Iowa -- Drake sophomore Omet Kak (Des Moines, Iowa) won the non-seeded 3,000-meters, while junior Isaac Twombly (Baldwin, Kan.) broke his school record in the indoor weight throw at the Iowa State Classic on Friday, Feb. 10.

Kak's time of 8:25.01 was almost three seconds ahead of South Dakota State's Greg Vollmer, who was second. Freshman Conor Wells (Des Moines, Iowa) came in 12th (8:38.54), while senior Ben Jaskowiak (Madison, Wis.) finished 13th (8:38.77).

Twombly's toss of 60 feet 1 inch broke his previous school record of 59 feet 7 inches, to place third in the weight throw.

"It is great for him to break through the 60-feet barrier" commented throws coach Mark Kostek. "Now he can focus on bigger things in the near future."

Senior Charlie Lapham (Golden Valley, Minn.) was third in the non-seeded mile in 4:12.29, while sophomore Doug Brady (Cherry Creek, Co.) placed 14th in 4:17.28.

Sophomore Brett Wright (Longwood, Colo.) finished fourth in the non-seeded 400-meter dash clocking in at 48:04.

Senior Jon DeGrave (Lake Villa, Ill.) was eighth in the non-seeded 200-meters finishing in 22:08.

Junior Dan Karys (Bartlett, Ill.) claimed fourth in the long jump soaring 23 feet 6 inches.

Start time for the final day of the ISU Classic is set for 11 a.m. tomorrow.