A runner from Kansas clears the water pit in the 3,000- Meter Steeplechase. The athlete is either Jon Callen or Paul Mattingly. Jeromee Liebenberg of Western Michigan University won the event with a time of 8:54.6.
Glenn Cunningham at the 1953 Drake Relays. Cunningham won the 1935 Three-Quarter Mile Run for Kansas. Cunningham also won a silver medal in the 1,500-meter run at 1936 Olympics.
The two winners of the High Jump. Don Stewart of Southern Methodist University is in the foreground and behind him is Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas. They tied for first with a height of 6'6.25".
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…
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".
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…
Kansas' Ted Riesinger hands off to Bill Dotson in the Four-Mile Relay. Kansas won the event with a time of 16:57.0. Team members were Mike Fulghum, Bill Thornton, Riesinger and Dotson.
Al Oerter of the University of Kansas was the Discus winner from 1956-1958 at the Drake Relays. His toss of 185 feet, 7.5 inches in 1958 set a new Drake Relays record.
