CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Reed Fischer (Minnetonka, Minn.) etched his name into the Missouri Valley Conference and Drake University history books by winning the MVC Cross Country Championship on Saturday, Oct. 29, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fischer held off the talented field to win the 8-kilometer race in a course-record time of 24:31.8.
Fischer, a senior who finished as the MVC runner-up a season ago, held off Bradley's Michael Ward by more than seven seconds to win his first MVC title.
"I did a couple of test surges early to see how the field would respond at 4k and 5k knowing that there were some big finishers in the field," Fischer said of his title-winning strategy.