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Shockers Go to Distance at Drake Relays

DES MOINES, Iowa – Five Wichita State track and field athletes raced at Drake Relays Thursday and Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.

Bryce Merriman got things started for the Shockers with a top-25 finish in the unseeded 1500 meters Thursday evening, running his second-fastest time of the season (3:54.00).

In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Clayton Duchatschek ran the eighth-fastest time in Shocker history to place 10th, and Britte Magnuson recorded his second-fastest time of the season to place 34th with a time of 9:29.35.

Two Shockers entered the Shocker all-time list in the 5,000 meters with Ben Flowers placing ninth in the unseeded race to move up to fifth all-time (14:17.