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…
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…
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).
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…
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…
