2017-18 Men's Track and Field Roster
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Schneider, Drake
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Drake Schneider
- Event(s):
- Sprints
- Indoor:
- Freshman
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Eau Claire, WI
- High School:
- Eau Claire Memorial HS
- Major:
- Financial Engineering
Bio
Schneider's Performance History & Personal Bests
2020-21 Season: Made two podium appearances at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Completed a three-peat in the 400 hurdles by cruising to the Big Sky title with a time of 50.17 seconds … First MSU three-time champion in the 400 hurdles and just the third ever athlete to earn three consecutive Big Sky individual event titles … Also a member of MSU’s runner-up 4x400 relay squad at the Big Sky meet … improved school record twice during season and eventually best converted time of 50.23 seconds set at Bengal Invitational (April 17) … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round with the 13th fastest 400 hurdle time in the region … Finished 34th overall at the meet … Competed in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials … Completed two runs under 51 seconds, advancing to the semifinals, before finishing 14th overall … Earned a Big Sky Track Athlete of the Week honor on April 19 … Over 10 individual first-place finishes combined in indoor and outdoor seasons and had a runner-up showing in the 400 hurdles at the Texas Invitational (May 1) … Also ran the third fastest indoor 400 (47.67) and the seventh fastest outdoor 400 (47.80) over the course of the year ... Named to the Big Sky Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams ... A USTFCCCA All-Academic recipient and program letterwinner.
2019-20 Season
Indoor (Junior): Completed multiple all-conference performances at the Big Sky Championships in Pocatello … Captured bronze medals in both the 200 and 400 … Converted time of 21.64 seconds in 200 was fourth fastest in program history … Crossed line in 48.07 in the 400 … Also a member of MSU’s fourth-place 4x400 relay squad … Earned a fourth overall finish, and second among attached runners, in the men’s 400 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitaitonal on Feb. 13 in Albuquerque … Previously moved up all-time in program in history during season jumping to ninth, to eighth, to seventh in consecutive meets prior to the Big Sky meet … Competed in a total of six events … Named to the Big Sky Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Selected as a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2018-19 Season
Indoor (Sophomore): Claimed two medals and all-conference finishes at the Big Sky Conference Championships … Member of school-record 4x400 relay that earned a gold medal … Moved to fourth in program history in the 400 with a time of 48.05 seconds and earned a bronze medal at the Big Sky meet … Competed in four meets during the season … Member of two first-place 4x400 relays throughout the year … Finished season sixth in 400 and 20th in the 60 hurdles on the Big Sky performance list ... Named to Big Sky Winter All-Academic team.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Claimed back-to-back conference titles at the Big Sky Championships … Won the 400 hurdles by a hundredth of a second for second gold medal in event … Converted time of 51.38 seconds shattered school record … Time was 31st fastest in West Region and advanced him to NCAA Preliminary Round for first time … Member of seventh-place 4x400 relay squad at Big Sky meet … Finished first in 400 hurdles to open season at UCLA’s Jim Bush Legends Invitational on March 30 … Took sixth in 400 hurdles at Triton Invitational (April 13) and Beach Invitational (April 20) … Completed top time in event at Cat-Griz Dual (April 27) and the Tom Gage Classic (May 3) … Earned a personal-best time of 48.53 in the 400 at the Triton Invite … Competed in seven meets ... Named to Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team ... Recognized by USTFCCCA as an All-Academic selection.
2017-18 Season
Indoor (Freshman): Made first Big Sky Indoor Championship appearance competing in two events … Placed 13th behind a lifetime-best 49.10 seconds and 15th in the 60 hurdles (8.89) … Earned first collegiate individual first-place finish in the long jump (21-09.50) at the MSU Invitational on Jan. 12 … Took first at the Bobcat Indoor Invitational in the 400 with a time of 50.54 … Member of MSU’s eight all-time 4x400 relay that completed a time of 3:16.32 during season … Achieved lifetime bests in the 60 hurdles (8.41) and the 200 (22.72).
Outdoor (Freshman): Captured two gold medals at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Led a 1-2 finish in the 400 hurdles by crossing the line in 52.57 seconds … Took ninth individually in the 110 hurdles … First leg of Bobcats’ first-place 4x400 relay that finished with second-fastest mark in program history of 3:12.27 … Achieved lifetime bests in the 400 hurdles (52.13) and the 110 hurdles (14.59) during the season … 400 hurdles time is fourth fastest in program history and was 57th best in the West Region … Earned three first-place showings prior to the conference meet, including two during the Cat-Griz Dual on April 28 … Placed among top five in individual events more than 10 times … Named to Big Sky Spring All-Academic team.
High School: Graduated from Eau Claire Memorial High School in 2017 ... Was a four-time letterwinner cross country and track and field ... Capped prep career by earning a WIAA DI State Championship in the 300 hurdles ... Also finished seventh in the 110 hurdles and long jump ... Set school records as a senior in the 300 hurdles (38.05) and long jump (22-10.25) ... As a junior, set Eau Claire Memorial's 110 hurdles (14.76) record and took a then-best fourth in the 300 hurdles at the state meet ... Advanced to the WIAA DI State Championships three times ... Graduated with High Honors and a 3.85 GPA ... Member of National Honor Society for two years.
Personal: Son of Rose Borroughs and Chip Schneider ... Step son of Scott Borroughs and Joanna Schneider ... Father, Chip, and stepfather, Scott, both were athletes at UW-Platteville ... Stepmother, Joanna, played hockey at Michigan State ... Plans to major in financial engineering.
2020-21 Season: Made two podium appearances at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Completed a three-peat in the 400 hurdles by cruising to the Big Sky title with a time of 50.17 seconds … First MSU three-time champion in the 400 hurdles and just the third ever athlete to earn three consecutive Big Sky individual event titles … Also a member of MSU’s runner-up 4x400 relay squad at the Big Sky meet … improved school record twice during season and eventually best converted time of 50.23 seconds set at Bengal Invitational (April 17) … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round with the 13th fastest 400 hurdle time in the region … Finished 34th overall at the meet … Competed in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials … Completed two runs under 51 seconds, advancing to the semifinals, before finishing 14th overall … Earned a Big Sky Track Athlete of the Week honor on April 19 … Over 10 individual first-place finishes combined in indoor and outdoor seasons and had a runner-up showing in the 400 hurdles at the Texas Invitational (May 1) … Also ran the third fastest indoor 400 (47.67) and the seventh fastest outdoor 400 (47.80) over the course of the year ... Named to the Big Sky Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams ... A USTFCCCA All-Academic recipient and program letterwinner.
2019-20 Season
Indoor (Junior): Completed multiple all-conference performances at the Big Sky Championships in Pocatello … Captured bronze medals in both the 200 and 400 … Converted time of 21.64 seconds in 200 was fourth fastest in program history … Crossed line in 48.07 in the 400 … Also a member of MSU’s fourth-place 4x400 relay squad … Earned a fourth overall finish, and second among attached runners, in the men’s 400 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitaitonal on Feb. 13 in Albuquerque … Previously moved up all-time in program in history during season jumping to ninth, to eighth, to seventh in consecutive meets prior to the Big Sky meet … Competed in a total of six events … Named to the Big Sky Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Selected as a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2018-19 Season
Indoor (Sophomore): Claimed two medals and all-conference finishes at the Big Sky Conference Championships … Member of school-record 4x400 relay that earned a gold medal … Moved to fourth in program history in the 400 with a time of 48.05 seconds and earned a bronze medal at the Big Sky meet … Competed in four meets during the season … Member of two first-place 4x400 relays throughout the year … Finished season sixth in 400 and 20th in the 60 hurdles on the Big Sky performance list ... Named to Big Sky Winter All-Academic team.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Claimed back-to-back conference titles at the Big Sky Championships … Won the 400 hurdles by a hundredth of a second for second gold medal in event … Converted time of 51.38 seconds shattered school record … Time was 31st fastest in West Region and advanced him to NCAA Preliminary Round for first time … Member of seventh-place 4x400 relay squad at Big Sky meet … Finished first in 400 hurdles to open season at UCLA’s Jim Bush Legends Invitational on March 30 … Took sixth in 400 hurdles at Triton Invitational (April 13) and Beach Invitational (April 20) … Completed top time in event at Cat-Griz Dual (April 27) and the Tom Gage Classic (May 3) … Earned a personal-best time of 48.53 in the 400 at the Triton Invite … Competed in seven meets ... Named to Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team ... Recognized by USTFCCCA as an All-Academic selection.
2017-18 Season
Indoor (Freshman): Made first Big Sky Indoor Championship appearance competing in two events … Placed 13th behind a lifetime-best 49.10 seconds and 15th in the 60 hurdles (8.89) … Earned first collegiate individual first-place finish in the long jump (21-09.50) at the MSU Invitational on Jan. 12 … Took first at the Bobcat Indoor Invitational in the 400 with a time of 50.54 … Member of MSU’s eight all-time 4x400 relay that completed a time of 3:16.32 during season … Achieved lifetime bests in the 60 hurdles (8.41) and the 200 (22.72).
Outdoor (Freshman): Captured two gold medals at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Led a 1-2 finish in the 400 hurdles by crossing the line in 52.57 seconds … Took ninth individually in the 110 hurdles … First leg of Bobcats’ first-place 4x400 relay that finished with second-fastest mark in program history of 3:12.27 … Achieved lifetime bests in the 400 hurdles (52.13) and the 110 hurdles (14.59) during the season … 400 hurdles time is fourth fastest in program history and was 57th best in the West Region … Earned three first-place showings prior to the conference meet, including two during the Cat-Griz Dual on April 28 … Placed among top five in individual events more than 10 times … Named to Big Sky Spring All-Academic team.
High School: Graduated from Eau Claire Memorial High School in 2017 ... Was a four-time letterwinner cross country and track and field ... Capped prep career by earning a WIAA DI State Championship in the 300 hurdles ... Also finished seventh in the 110 hurdles and long jump ... Set school records as a senior in the 300 hurdles (38.05) and long jump (22-10.25) ... As a junior, set Eau Claire Memorial's 110 hurdles (14.76) record and took a then-best fourth in the 300 hurdles at the state meet ... Advanced to the WIAA DI State Championships three times ... Graduated with High Honors and a 3.85 GPA ... Member of National Honor Society for two years.
Personal: Son of Rose Borroughs and Chip Schneider ... Step son of Scott Borroughs and Joanna Schneider ... Father, Chip, and stepfather, Scott, both were athletes at UW-Platteville ... Stepmother, Joanna, played hockey at Michigan State ... Plans to major in financial engineering.
Big Sky Preview
Friday, February 11
Track and Field Big Sky Championships
Monday, February 18
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 11, 2013
Tuesday, February 12
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 4, 2013
Tuesday, February 05
