University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Career Highlights:

• 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
• Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2026)

2026 Outdoor:

• Started the outdoor season placing third in the 400mH in 57.49 and running on the runner-up 4x400 at Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite
• Claimed second in the 400mH in 57.18 and was on the winning 4x400 at the Chippewa Challenge
• Finished second in 57.88 in the 400mH at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite

2025-26 Indoor:

• Only participated in one meet, taking 15th in the 400m in 52.48, 14th in the 60mH in 9.31, and ran on the 4x400 at the SVSU Classic

• Began the outdoor campaign with a runner-up effort in the 400mH (58.20) as well as running a leg on the second-place 4x400
• Won the 400mH in 57.07 at the Chippewa Challenge
• Scored at the Horizon League Championships, running a season-best 55.55 for sixth 

• Started his college career taking seventh in the 60mH in a season-best 8.99 as well as 25th in the 300m in 36.99
• Was seventh in the 200m in 23.74 at EMU's Bob Parks Memorial

• A varsity letterwinner in basketball and track and field
• Was a Scholar-Athlete all four years
• Named Hurdler of the Year three times
• A 2023 Michigan D1 300-meter hurdle MHSAA regional and Oakland County medalist
• Ran club with Michigan Elite Performance and was a two-time All-American

Personal:

• Son of Teresa and Steven Drakos
• Has a twin brother
• Chose Detroit Mercy because of the coaching staff and law program
• A Political Science major