Baylor leads Missouri, Drake, and other schools at the first handoff of the 1962 Mile Relay. The University of Missouri team, made up of David Stormer, Bill Rawson, Greg Pelster and Jim Baker won the event with a time of 3:11.6.
Kansas' Ted Riesinger hands off to Bill Dotson in the Four-Mile Relay. Kansas won the event with a time of 16:57.0. Team members were Mike Fulghum, Bill Thornton, Riesinger and Dotson.
Bill Rawson of Missouri winning the sprint medley relay. Missouri won with a time of 3:19.0. Other runners on the team were Jim Baker, Ricky Beldner and Bill Bright.
Ed Red of Rice competes in the Javelin Throw. Red won the event with a distance of 226'5". Red went on to compete in the Javelin at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
University class pole vault champion, Fred Hansen of Rice prepares for his vault. Hansen won the event in 1962 with a vault of 15' 3.5". In 1963 Hansen set a Drake Relays record with a vault of 15' 7.25".
John Uelses prepares to compete. Lasalle graduate John Uelses was on top of the world in 1962. In February of that year he became the first person to vault over 16 feet. He did not have the same luck at the Drake Relays, as George Davies of Arizona…
John Uelses clears the bar in the pole vault. Lasalle graduate John Uelses was on top of the world in 1962. In February of that year he became the first person to vault over 16 feet. He did not have the same luck at the Drake Relays, as George Davies…
John Uelses appears to be measuring the height of his pole. Uelses was the first pole vaulter to clear 16 feet, which he did at the Melrose Games on Feb. 2, 1962.