Jim Ryun runs unattached in the Invitational One-Mile Run. Ryun finished a disappointing 7th place. Apparently he had been suffering from dysentery, and didn’t want to disappoint the crowd by dropping out. The race was won by Robert Maplestone of…
Herb Washington of Michigan State, winner of the 100-Yard Dash with a time of :09.6, with the Relays Queen Jean Abernathy of Northeast Missouri State University.
Al Feuerbach won the 1972 shot put with a Drake Relay record toss of 68-9 1/2. Feuerbach, an Iowa native, held the World Record in the shot put. Over the years he amassed a total of five Drake Relays victories.
Hayes Jones of Eastern Michigan College ran the 120-Yard High Hurdles with a time of 13.7. He was a member of a world record setting 4x100-meter relay team.
Lucian Rosa of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside wins the Marathon with a time of 2:22.13, a new Drake Relays record. He won the marathon again in 1973 and in 1975. His 1975 time of 2:18.57 set a new Drake Relays record.
These are the women who competed against Wilma Rudolph in the 1961 Womens 100-Yard Dash. Rudolph, a world class sprinter who won 3 gold medals in the 1960 Olympics, lined up against these high school athletes for the first womens event in Drake…
