Isaac Basten continued to rewrite the Drake record book while in Boston on Saturday (Feb. 11) as the Drake track & field team displayed consistent improvement at the South Dakota State Indoor Classic this weekend.
"It was a good day to be a Bulldog," head coach
Jay Koloseus said. "We are proud to collect so many personal and season records. Every event area was well represented again at South Dakota State. A special shoutout goes out to
Isaac Basten for setting a new school record in the mile."
David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 11)
In Boston,
Isaac Basten obliterated his own program record with an indoor mile time of 3:54.89 for a seventh place overall finish. Basten was third amongst collegiate competitors as his time guaranteed him a spot at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships marking the seventh consecutive time that Drake track & field has qualified for an NCAA Championship event.
South Dakota State Indoor Classic (Feb. 10-11)
The distance runners shined on Friday night in Brookings, S.D., highlighted by
Brooke Mullins' third place finish in the women's 3000m with a time of 9:50.03.
Juan Trasobares finished 10
th in the men's 3000m (8:25.37) before he would set his personal record in the mile (4:12.57) the next day.
Katherine Lawson turned in a PR of 17:38.10 in the women's 5000m. The Drake women's distance medley team of
Gracie Shannon,
Hannah Behunin,
Emilie Meyer and
Barbara Vrhovac took second with a combined time of 11:51.82.
Anthony
Barmes bested his previous personal record in the weight throw (67-5 ¼) to win the event and remain second in the Drake men's indoor record book.
Centaine Noom-Duckworth impressed in the women's weight throw for a seventh place finish (56-5 3/4) for a PR that has her third in the Drake women's indoor record book.
Freshman
Cooper Cerese set a new PR of 51-5 ¾ in the men's shot put.
Emile Meyer took fourth in the women's mile (4:54.67) for a personal best while
Hannah Behunin also finished fourth in the women's 800m (2:14.81).
Briandrias Rhodes finished 10
th in the women's 200m (25.01).
Drake track & field will make another trip to Lincoln, Neb., for the Nebraska Tune-Up on Friday, Feb. 17.