1951 was a great year for Drake University's track team at the Drake Relays. Drake won three relay events: the One-Mile, the 440 and the 880. Pictured is the 440 relay team. In all three races Jim Lavery was the anchor. The athletes from left to…
Chuck Hoyt is inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame. Hoyt was a sprinter who ran in the Relays from 1913-1917 for Greenfield High School and Grinnell College. His specialty was the 220 Yard Dash. Relays Queen Jan Stewart is in the background.
Randy Matson won the Drake Relays Shot Put in 1965 (63-11 1/4), 1966 (65-3 3/4), and 1967 (68 8 1/2). He also won a 1964 Olympic silver, a 1968 Olympic gold, and a 1967 Sullivan Award.
Randy Matson of Texas A & M competes in the shot put. Matson won the Relays shot put in 1965 (63-11 1/4), 1966 (65-3 3/4) and 1967 (68 8 1/2). He also won the discus event at the Relays for those three years.
In 1964 Matson won a silver medal in the…
Randy Matson of Texas A & M competes in the discus. Matson won the discus in 1965, 1966 and 1967. Those same years he won the Relays discus competition as well. In 1964 he won the Olympic Silver medal for shot put, and in 1968 he won the Olympic Gold…
Randy Matson of Texas A & M competes in the discus. Matson won the discus in 1965, 1966 and 1967. Those same years he won the Relays discus competition as well. In 1964 he won the Olympic Silver medal for shot put, and in 1968 he won the Olympic Gold…
Jim Ryun runs unattached in the Invitational One-Mile Run. Ryun finished a disappointing 7th place. Apparently he had been suffering from dysentery, and didn’t want to disappoint the crowd by dropping out. The race was won by Robert Maplestone of…
Herb Washington of Michigan State, winner of the 100-Yard Dash with a time of :09.6, with the Relays Queen Jean Abernathy of Northeast Missouri State University.
