DES MOINES, Iowa – Drake University junior Reed Fischer (Minnetonka, Minn.) closed the annual Distance Carnival with a near record breaking performance on Thursday evening at the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee.
Fischer finished third in the men's 5,000 meters in 14:00.28, just three one-hundreths of a second shy of the Drake school record.
"I was feeling good and when the pacer stepped off. I tried to make a race of it and was heartbreakingly close to a school record," Fischer said. "It's still a regional qualifying time so I feel good about that.