Rodney Milburn runs the 120-Yard High Hurdles. Milburn won the event with a time of :13.5, a Drake Relays record. Milburn also won a gold medal in the 1972 Olympics and held world records in the 120-Yard High Hurdles and the 110-Meter High Hurdles.…
Dick Fosbury poses for a picture. Fosbury invented the technique called the "Fosbury Flop," where jumpers clear the jump backwards, giving them more height. Fosbury was a 1968 Olympic gold medalist and set the U.S. and Olympic record of 2.24 meters.…
In 1961 Wilma Rudolph won the 100-Yard Dash with at time of :11.1. She was first woman to win a Drake Relays event. Rudolph also won a bronze medal for the 4x4 in the 1956 Olympics and three gold medals for the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter…
Van Nelson of St. Cloud shows off his watch. Nelson was the first athlete to win two different events three consecutive years at the Drake Relays. He won the Six-Mile Run in 1967, 1966, and in 1968 he set a new Drake Relays record with a time of…
Wilt Chamberlain of the University of Kansas chats with another athlete. Chamberlain won the High Jump along with Don Stewart of Southern Methodist, with a height of 6' 6.25".
Gayle Hopkins of University of Arizona won the 1964 broad jump with distance of 26:2. The distance was a record and broke Jesse Owens' record that stood for 29 years. Hopkins also won the triple jump in 1964, and was one of only 25 athletes to win…
