Sports
The University of Alabama women’s track team is one of the early entrants in the 77th Drake Relays, and a Relays official says the defending NCAA champions will be joined by some other strong runners.
April 20, 1986
Sophomore Floyd Heard of Texas A&M; beat three-time champion Calvin Smith and set a meet record in the 200-meter dash, and helped the Aggies win the 400-meter relay Saturday at the 78th Drake Relays.
April 26, 1987
Olympics
Olympic silver medalist Danny Harris, despite running what he described as a flawed race Friday, handily won the 400-meter hurdles for the fourth straight year in the 78th Drake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa.
April 25, 1987
Derick Huff, a sophomore at Western Illinois University won the decathlon at the Drake Relays Wednesday, winning 5 of 10 events in the two-day competition.
April 24, 1986
Phil Kauder of Cascade, Iowa, pulled away after seven miles and held off former champions Keith Fevold and Raul DeAnda to win the 19th Drake Relays Marathon at Des Moines, Iowa.
April 27, 1987
So no one can say the only news printed about track and field is bad: As we witnessed during the weekend, the Penn Relays in Philadelphia are going strong at 100, as are the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, at 85.
May 2, 1994
Michael Johnson scored an easy victory in his first outdoor race of the year, beating a good field in the 200-meter dash in the Drake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa.
April 25, 1993
Michael Spindler, running the anchor 1,600-meter leg, led Cal Poly Pomona to victory in the college division distance medley relay Saturday at the 80th Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
April 30, 1989
High School Sports
Wayland Baptist completed the first-ever sweep of the six college division relays and Baylor sophomore Michael Johnson beat a veteran field in the invitational 200 meters at the 79th Drake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa.
May 1, 1988
Iowa State won the 6,400-meter relay for the third consecutive year and, and the women’s 800 relay produced collegiate and American records at the 80th Drake Relays at Des Moines.
April 29, 1989