Shotput and Discus great Parry O'Brien (center) prepares to ride in the Relays Parade. O'Brien set a world record in the shot put at the Drake Relays in 1954.
Parry O'Brien competes in the discus. O'Brien held the world record in the shot put from 1953 until 1959. At the Drake Relays in 1954 broke his own world record in the shot put. O'Brien won 18 National AAU championships, 17 of them in the shot and…
Meredith Auld from the University of South Dakota prepares to be crowned Queen of the 1961 Drake Relays. Holding the crown is Drake University President Henry Harmon.