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Jonathan Bannister Results

April 29, 2005 Bannister Places Fourth at Drake Relays         DES MOINES, Iowa - Jonathan Bannister won his 400-meter hurdles heat and posted the fourth fastest time in the event as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville broke four school records at the Drake Relays on Friday.         Bannister ran his event in 52.46, a mark which will help him move up on the NCAA provisional qualifying list. It also is another school record for the sophomore from Plano, Texas. He won the second of four heats at the Drake Relays.         SIUE also ran in four relay races at the prestigious event held at the Jim Duncan Track on the campus of Drake University.         The Cougars broke the school records in the 400-meter relay at 41.87 seconds and the 800-meter relay at 1:30.50. The foursome of Brad Blevins, Kyle Rose, Jason Hall and Jeff Fearday posted the ninth fastest time and missed qualifying for Saturday's final by .01 seconds.         The 800-meter relay time was a full three seconds better than the school record set in 2000. SIUE finished with the third fastest time of 1:27.50 and will compete in the finals after Blevins, Hall, Wes Smith and Fearday won the second of three qualifying heats.         SIUE's 1,600-meter relay team won its heat easily and qualified for Saturday's final. The Cougars' winning time of 3:13.32 is a school record but missed NCAA provisional qualifying by .02 seconds. The foursome of Kyle Rose, Bannister, Ryan Nowakowski and Fearday will have a more competitive field on Saturday, hoping to further set a school record and go for NCAA provisional qualifying.         SIUE's sprint medley relay was disqualified in Friday's preliminaries.         -siue cougars-