CHICAGO – Three Drake University track & field student-athletes won gold medals on day two of the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at Gately Park on Monday (Feb. 28).
Jaymie O'Connor won her second gold medal of the MVC Indoor Championships by recording a season-best time 8.50 in the 60 meter hurdles.
Adam Fogg destroyed the previous MVC Indoor Championships mile run record of 4:02.10 after finishing with a time of 3:56.89, which ranks third in the Drake men's indoor track & field record book. Emilie Mayer just missed the podium in the women's 800 meter run by coming in fourth place with a time of 2:11.12, which ranks seventh in the Drake women's indoor track & field record book.
Busiwa Asinga (55.25) and
Briandrias Rhodes (55.46) earned gold and silver in the women's 400 meter dash. Asinga's time is now third in the Drake women's indoor track & field record book while Rhodes is sixth.
Cloud Masibhera earned another bronze medal with a triple jump of 14.65 meters, which ranks ninth in the Drake men's indoor track & field record book.
The Drake men's track & field team finished fifth (54) and the women's squad finished seventh (62).