IOWA CITY, Iowa - Drake University senior Reed Fischer (Minnetonka, Minn.) added to his impressive legacy on Friday afternoon by earning a spot in the NCAA Cross Country Championship. Fischer, the reigning Missouri Valley Conference champion, qualified for the NCAA field with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Friday, Nov. 11.
Fisher moved up through the field, making up six spots in the final 3,500 meters of the 10k race, to advance to next week's NCAA Championship in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 19. Fischer completed the 10k course, his first 10k competition of the year, in 30:29.