Christian Cantwell (Nike), former U. of Missouri and long time crowd favorite couldn't surpass his record-setting performance of 2006. He still outdistanced the competition with a heave of 71 feet 3 1/4 inches.
Kyle Smith anchored Northern Iowa to a huge win in the U/C 4x800 relay. The Panthers also won the men's distance medley, decathlon, men's pole vault and women's discus to complete its most memorable Drake Relays in history.
Tiffany Johnson (U of Iowa) powered past Rebecca Williams and Jenna Caffrey of Iowa State in repeating her 2006 win in the U/C 100 hurdles in 13.20 seconds.
Amy Acuff (Acics) clears the bar during the women's invitational high jump. Acuff, tied with Kaylene Wagner of Kansas State at 6'2 1/4", with Wagner winning on fewer misses.
Jeff Hartwig set a new Drake Relays record of 19'0 3/4" in capturing his eighth men's invitational pole vault title. Hartwig held the old record height of 19'0 1/4".
