Former Drake Relays Director Bill Easton with his current team, the Kansas Jayhawks.Second from left is Wes Santee. Santee anchored the Distance Medley Relay and the Four-Mile Relay for Kansas. Both teams set Relays records. The Distance Medley Relay…
University of Kansas coach Bill Easton. Easton was a former coach at Drake University, and former director of the Drake Relays. His success at Drake included three consecutive NCAA champion cross-country teams (1944-1946) Easton continued his success…
The back of a Kansas warmup jacket the year they set Drake Relays records in both the Distance Medley Relay (10:01.8) and the Four-Mile Relay (17:15.9).
1951 was a great year for Drake University's track team at the Drake Relays. Drake won three relay events: the One-Mile, the 440 and the 880. Pictured is the 440 relay team. In all three races Jim Lavery was the anchor. The athletes from left to…
Pictured from right to left: Don Steffen of Iowa, Don Brooks of Pacific University, Paul Leming of Texas A&M, Val Walker of SMU, Bill Howton of Rice, unidentified, and Jim Philbee of Bradley. Don Brooks won the 120-Yard High Hurdles with a time of…
