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Basten Wins Valley Title On First Day of MVC Championship

Drake University sophomore Isaac Basten won his second Missouri Valley Conference title Friday afternoon when he took top honors in the men's 5,000 meters.

Basten's 5,000-meter title comes one year after he earned league Freshman of the Year honors with his 3,000-meter title. Basten bested the field by five full seconds in a race that actually covered 5,200 meters due to an officiating error.

His title is the seventh 5,000-meter title by a Bulldog and the second-straight year Drake has won the event after his teammate Maximilian Fridrich won it last season.