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Men?s Track Squad Sets Course For Stanford Invitational

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Men?s Track Squad Sets Course For Stanford Invitational

What's Ahead: The Drake men's track and field team will send a partial squad to the Stanford Invitational on Friday and Saturday (April 6-7) in Palo Alto, Calif.

Following The Meet: Live results of the meet will be available online on Stanford's website.

Last Time Out: Sophomore Andy Curtis (Manchester, Iowa) won the hammer throw at the Arkansas Spring Invitational in the Bulldogs first outdoor contest of the season.

Curtis won the event with a career best of 164 feet 9 inches.

Junior Isaac Twombly (Baldwin, Kan.) was second in the hammer throwing 161 feet 10 inches.

In the javelin, sophomore Phillip Beeler (Lenexa, Kan.) was fourth with a  throw of 202 feet 2 inches, while junior Kevin Harp (Iowa City, Iowa) claimed eighth with a heave of 195 feet 11 inches.

Senior Charlie Lapham (Apple Valley, Minn.) was second in the 1500-meters clocking in at 3:53.88. Senior Matt Jurysta (Oshawa, Ontario) snared sixth-place in 3:57.46.

Senior Jon DeGrave (Lake Villa, Ill.) finished eighth in the 400-meter hurdles in 52.73.

Senior Shaun James (Lawrence, Kan.) was 15th in the 100-meters (10.97) and 200-meters (21.99).

Up Next: Drake will host the Jim Duncan Invitational on April 13-14 at Drake Stadium.  

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Players Mentioned

Matt Jurysta

Matt Jurysta

Distance
Freshman
Charlie Lapham

Charlie Lapham

Distance
Freshman
Jon DeGrave

Jon DeGrave

Sprints/Hurdles
Freshman
Shaun James

Shaun James

Sprints/Hurdles
Freshman
Phillip Beeler

Phillip Beeler

Javelin
Sophomore
Andy Curtis

Andy Curtis

Throws
Sophomore
Kevin Harp

Kevin Harp

Throws
Junior
Isaac Twombly

Isaac Twombly

Throws
Junior

Players Mentioned

Matt Jurysta

Matt Jurysta

Freshman
Distance
Charlie Lapham

Charlie Lapham

Freshman
Distance
Jon DeGrave

Jon DeGrave

Freshman
Sprints/Hurdles
Shaun James

Shaun James

Freshman
Sprints/Hurdles
Phillip Beeler

Phillip Beeler

Sophomore
Javelin
Andy Curtis

Andy Curtis

Sophomore
Throws
Kevin Harp

Kevin Harp

Junior
Throws
Isaac Twombly

Isaac Twombly

Junior
Throws