Calvin Smith, in red, and Emmit King after running the 100-Meter Dash. Calvin Smith won the 1985 Special Invitational 100-Meter Dash with a time of 10.29. Smith was one of the best sprinters in the world in the 1980s. In 1983 he set a world record…
Scott won four different distances at Relays.Mike Boit (left) and Steve Scott were named co-athletes of 25 years (1960-84). Boit was one of the premier 880-mile runners in the world in the 1970s and early 80s. He ran below 3:50 for the mile in 1981…
Cindy Bremser runs for Wisconsin United in the 1,500-Meter Run. Bremser won the event with a time of 4:10.89, a Drake Relays record. Bremser competed in the 1984 Olympics and finished fourth in the women's 3,000-meter run. In 1985 she had been…
Final hand off in the the 4x100-meter relay. Identifiable schools are, from left, Rice, Georgia, Texas Christian University and Iowa. Rice won the event with a time of :39.26.
Desmond Ross (far left) of Oklahoma State inches ahead of the runner from the University of Missouri for the win in the 100-Meter Dash. Ross won with a time of 10.36. Pictured behind Ross is Joe Fuller of the University of Northern Iowa.
Jim Ryun gets ready to pass a Southern Illinois University opponent in the one-mile relay. Prairie View A & M University won the event with a time of 3:07.7.
Jim Ryun and teammates on the medal stand after one of Kansas' victories. In 1968 Ryan ran in the two-mile relay and the distance medley with Curt Grindal, Mark Ferrell, Gene McClain and Ben Olison.
Jim Ryun approaches the finishline in the four-mile relay. The team of Ryun, Allen Russell, Gene McClain and Tom Yergovich of Kansas won the event with a time of 16:43.0.
