Shot Put and Discus great Parry O'Brien serves as the Drake Relays Parade Marshall. O'Brien set a world record in the Shot Put at the Drake Relays in 1954 with a distance of 59'9.75".
Melvin Lattany wins his fourth straight 100-Meter Dash with a time of :10.33. Lattany became the first collegian in Drake Relays history to win the same event four consecutive years. In 1981 he was named the Drake Relays Outstanding Performer.…
Marie Simonsson of Drake leads the crowd in the 800-Meter Run. Simonsson won the event with a time of 2:08.78. Behind her is Stacey Zartler of the Metroplex Striders.
Van Nelson running in a track event. Nelson was the first athlete to win two different events for three consecutive years at the Drake Relays. He won the Three-Mile Run in 1966 (13:29.2), 1967 (13:21.3), and 1968 (3:17.4). He also won the Six-Mile…
Eastern New Mexico's Mike and Tom Boit, both originally from Kenya. Mike ran the anchor legs of the Four-Mile Relay and the Distance Medley. Mike also won the Mile-Run with a time of 4:07.4. Tom is presumably his brother, probably on a relay team.
Clyde Duncan joins the Drake Relays Hall of Fame. Duncan was the first high school athlete ever to win the same event three different times. Duncan won the 100-Yard Dash in 1962 (:09.9), 1963 (:09.8) and 1964 (:09.3). His 1964 time would have set a…
Al Feuerbach, an Iowa native, won the shot put with a toss of 69'6.5", a Drake Relays record. At the time Feuerbach owned the world record in the shot put, and had a total of five Drake Relays victories in the event.
Al Feuerbach talks with Jim Zabel of WHO Radio. Feuerbach won the shot put with a distance of 66'. He held the Drake Relays record of 69'6.5" from 1972.
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.…
