DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University men's and women's track and field teams closed out competition at the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee on Saturday afternoon at Drake Stadium.

The Bulldogs had three top-10 showings on their home track in front of a sellout crowd of 14,504 with Rob McCann (Mississauga, Ont.) recording two of them to continue his strong sophomore season. McCann, who finished ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase last year at the Relays, improved with a third place finish this year. Using a strong kick to close down the homestretch he finished in 8:58.78.

“I was really nervous going into this race and knew a lot of people would be watching me,” McCann said. “I feel like I have a pretty good kick and I don't like to rely on it, but it helped me out a lot today.”

Later in the afternoon, McCann returned to the track to finish fifth in the 1,500 meters with a personal best time of 3:47.09 for a nearly six-second improvement over his best time a season ago.

“It's all about progression and I feel like I'm in a good spot with the progression and know if I have confidence in myself it will come together,” McCann said.

Doug Brady (Englewood, Colo.) was 11^th in the same race in 3:56.78.

The women's team competed in three events on Saturday with Sarah Yeager (Ottumwa, Iowa) placing fifth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.93.

The women's distance medley relay team of Taylor Scholl (Prior Lake, Minn.), India Knight (Germantown, Md.), Samantha Nielsen (Maplewood, Minn.) and Melissa Parks (Norfolk, Neb.) was 14^th in 11:59.11.

Both teams return to action next Saturday at the Musco Twilight meet in Iowa City, Iowa.