Pat Matzdorf of Wisconsin goes over the bar. Matzdorf held the National Collegiate Record with a height of 7'6.25". He is a member of the Drake Relays Hall of Fame.
Linn Philson of Drake clears the bar in the High Jump. Philson was part of a three way tie along Fred Stambach of Kansas State University and Worth Watkins of Abilene Christian University. All three cleared the bar at 6'3.75".
Fred Sheffield of the University of Utah won the high jump with a height of 6'4" at the 1946 Drake Relays. This image was taken of him at an earlier event.