The Drake University track and field teams are set to open their outdoor season March 24 at the Arkansas Spring Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Action is scheduled to begin Saturday at 3 p.m. at John McDonnell Field.
The Bulldogs will face top competition from preseason USTFCCA top-25 teams Kansas and Arkansas as well as Missouri, Oklahoma State, Wichita State, MidAmerica Nazarene, Arkansas Baptist, Missouri S&T, Southern Methodist, Iowa Central, Cloud County, Saint Louis, Avila and Friends.
Drake opens its 2018 outdoor season just weeks after a successful outing at the MVC Indoor Championships with nine all-conference honorees.