ST. LOUIS - The Drake men's track and field team was selected fifth in the 2013 MVC Indoor Pre-Championship Poll, receiving 11 points in a vote by league coaches.

The men finished in the same spot a year ago at the conference meet earning fifth overall with 74.50 points. Junior Brogan Austin (Boone, Iowa) ran the 5,000 meters in 14:24.88, becoming the first men's athlete at Drake to win the event at the championships.

The Drake women are tabbed to finish in seventh, given 18 points by the league coaches. The Bulldogs finished in eighth last year with 20 total points. Senior Marissa Smith (Ajax, Ontario) led the charge, winning the women's 60-meter hurdles in 8.44, a personal-best and the second fastest time in school history.

Indiana State and standout sprinter Greggmar Swift led the men's poll, receiving five of the possible six first-place votes and 35 points overall. Wichita State was picked to win the women's side winning four of the eight first and 60 points overall. Indiana State was a close second with three first-place votes and 58 points overall.

Action will take place at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, beginning Saturday at 9:30 a.m. with the 60-meter hurdles in the women's pentathlon.