Wilt Chamberlain (center) lounges on the grass with other high jumpers as they watch the action. Don Stewart (wearing #13 and sitting in front of Chamberlain) and Chamberlain tied for first place in the 1957 high jump with a height of 6' 6.25".
Wilma Rudolph won the 100-Yard Dash in 1961 with a time of :11.1. She was first woman to win a Drake Relays event. Rudolph also won a bronze medal for the 4x4 at the 1956 Olympics and three gold medals for the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter…
Van Nelson, DeHart Hubbard and Theron Lewis stand on the awards podium as they are inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame. Nelson was a standout distance runner in the 1960s from St. Cloud State University. Hubbard competed in the Drake Relays…
Ralph Mann of Brigham Young University. Mann won the 1970 440-Yard Hurdles with a time of :49.4. That same year Drake hosted the NCAA Track and Field Championships where Mann finished the 440-Yard Hurdles with a World Record setting time of :48.8.
Wilma Rudolph signs autographs for the runners she raced against in the 100-Yard Dash. Rudolph won the 100-Yard Dash with a time of :11.1. She was the first woman to win a Drake Relays event. Rudolph won a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics, and 3…
