THE BASICS
The Drake track & field program will compete in Lincoln, Neb., for the second time this indoor season as the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational Feb. 4-5.
 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM CYCLONE OPEN
Adam Fogg set a new school indoor record in the men's 1 mile run with a sub-4 time of 3:56.60. Fogg's time broke the indoor track record at Iowa State. Isaac Basten (3:59.43) ran a sub-4 time in the 1 mile for the second time this indoor season and it marked the first time ever that Drake had multiple sub-4 mile times in the same race.
 
In the women's 1 mile run, Emilie Meyer turned in a time of 4:57.00 to crack the top-10 in the indoor record book. Barbara Vrhovac was not far behind with her first career sub-5 time of 4:59.41 for 12^th on the Drake women's indoor 1-mile list.
 
Brooke Mullins finished third in the women's 3000 meter run with a time of 9:41.72 that moved her into fourth place in the Drake women's indoor record book. Aziz JDay won the men's 3000 meter run at 8:16.36 and settled into eighth in the Drake men's indoor record book. Jack Zettl broke through in the 3000 meter run with a time of 8:28.29.
 
Yinka Mary Ajayi (24.78) and Victor Peka (21.94) both finished in the top-8 in their respective 200 meter dashes. Ajayi's time is tops in the Missouri Valley Conference at the moment while Peka's time ranks fifth so far in the MVC.
 
Busiwa Asinga recorded a 400 meter dash time of 56.07 to rank seventh in Drake women's indoor track history while that time also is the best in the MVC at this point of the season.
 
Joseph Kruse won his section of the men's 600 yard in 1:14.89.
 
South Dakota State transfer Jaymie O'Connor finished fourth (8.75) in the 60 meter hurdles finals. O'Connor continues to pace the MVC in the event.
 
Joey Harkins came in third in the weight throw (18.81 meters) as he continues to live in the school's indoor weight throw top-10. Ethan Marshall set a new personal record of 17.78 meters in the weight throw for the fifth best indoor mark all-time behind Adam Phillips, who notched 17.80 meters in his weight throw. Austin Jentz rounded out the Bulldog men's throwers at 15.32 meters, which is eighth all-time.
 
Phillips wasn't done yet as he competed in the shot put and moved into seventh place in the Drake indoor record book after wrapping up at 15.32 meters.
 
MVC WEEKLY HONORS
Drake indoor track athletes Yinka Mary Ajayi and Isaac Basten both earned Missouri Valley Conference Athlete of the Week honors, the league announced on Tuesday (Dec. 14).
 
Ajayi got off to an incredible start to the season by winning the women's 200 meter dash with a time of 24.38 at the Jimmy Grant Invitational hosted by Iowa on Saturday (Dec. 11). The Offa, Nigeria native was only .02 off from tying her own school record that she set last season.
 
Basten broke the 4-minute mile barrier with a blazing fast mile time of 3:58.88 at the Iowa State Holiday Invitational.
 
Adam Fogg earned Missouri Valley Conference Athlete of the Week honors, the league announced on Tuesday (Jan. 25).
 
Fogg set a new school indoor record in the men's 1 mile run with a sub-4 time of 3:56.60. Fogg's time also broke the indoor facility record at Iowa State. The time of 3:56.60 currently ranks sixth fastest in the nation.