ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Drake University senior Reed Fischer (Minnetonka, Minn.) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week presented by Eagle Bank and Trust Company, the conference announced Tuesday, April 4.
Fischer, a member of the Drake track and field team, ran the second-fastest 10,000 meters in school history in 28:47.86, less than three seconds off the 17-year-old school record pace at last Friday's Stanford Invitational. His time is the fastest in the Valley this season by nearly two minutes, the sixth-fastest in the West Region and the 13th fastest in the nation.