Members of the Two-Mile Relay team on the winners stand with Relays Queen Meredith Auld behind them. The University of Kansas dominated the event from 1958-1962. The 1961 won the event with a time of 7:28:6. Team members were Kirk Hagan, Gordon…
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…
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.
Wilma Rudolph signs autographs for the runners she raced against in the 100-Yard Dash. Rudolph won the 100-Yard Dash with a time of :11.1. She was the first woman to win a Drake Relays event. Rudolph won a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics, and 3…
