Butler's Jake Wolfrum burst onto the scene this spring in the 300-meter hurdles, improving his time by nearly four seconds. He parlayed that into a spot on the Duquesne men's track and field team.

BUTLER TWP — Once Jake Wolfrum discovered some inspiration, he took off.

The 2018 Butler graduate plans to keep on going once he arrives at Duquesne University, where he will major in education and compete on the Dukes' track and field team.

Wolfrum showed his versatility at Butler by competing in the 110 and 300-meter hurdles, 400 meters, 4x100 and 4x400 relays. He broke the school record by running the 300 hurdles in 38.52 seconds.

Wolfrum figured he'd be competing in track at Slippery Rock University. Once he climbed Butler's all-time charts in the hurdles, he decided to look Division I.

“My goal was always to run Division I,” he said. “I got aggressive in marketing myself online to different schools and Duquesne was the first D-I school to get back to me.

Wolfrum becomes the third senior from Butler's 2018 track and field team to go Division I, joining distance runners Noah Beveridge (Syracuse) and Maggie Welty (Penn State).

Read the full story in Monday's Butler Eagle.