📷𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨!
🏃♀️Don't lose 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 of this jam-packed week for the 114th edition of America's Athletic Classic!
🎫:
#BlueOvalAttitude
No. 4️⃣ time in the 🌎 - ✅
@DrakeRelays
record - ✅
@NCAATrackField
leading time - ✅
@MIZ_TrackField
Karissa Schweizer has quite the return to the Blue Oval on Thursday thanks to her 5K run of 15:23.21!
2018 is going to be a great year for track and field in
#DSMUSA
. The Relays will be here before you know it (April 25-28), and—JUST ANNOUNCED—the USATF Outdoor Championships will be held on the famous Blue Oval June 21-24!
#MyDrakeRelays
𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Drake Stadium will host a one-of-a-kind professional track & field competition on Aug. 29 with the Drake Blue Oval Showcase presented by
@MediacomMC22
.
Get the details 👉
We are excited to announce the addition of the 400-meter dash in the Iowa high school boys and girls divisions.
The high school 4x100 relay will also increase from 80 entries to 96 selected teams.
#BlueOvalBound
Read more about these new additions ⬇️
Drake Relays history for the Duhawks!
Congrats to Loras on breaking the Relays record in the men's college 4x800 relay with a time of 7:22.17
#GoRelays
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
2021 Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom will welcome spectators. Full competition schedule also announced.
Read more 👉
Schedule 👉
Today we join the track & field community in mourning the loss of Gabriele Grunewald and celebrating her courageous fight against cancer.
A true champion on and off the
#BlueOval
#BraveLikeGabe
NC A&T sets a Drake Relays Record in prelims of men's UD 4x100 relay in 38.84, breaking a nearly 40 year old record of 38.96 set by Alabama in 1983.
Quartet of Tavarius Wright, Olympic gold medalist & 4-time NCAA champ Randolph Ross, Daniel Stokes & Javonte Harding.
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HIGH SCHOOL QUALIFIERS!
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See who's
#BlueOvalBound
and congrats to all the qualifiers.
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Get your 🎟 now to see all these athletes on the
#BlueOval
➡️
𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯' 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯
@RCrouserThrows
breaks the Drake Relays record with a throw of 73-5 1/4 (22.38)
Chase Ealey finishes her week with a Relays title at 62-8 3/4 (19.12)
#GoRelays
🚨AMERICAN RECORD ATTEMPT🚨
Jenny Simpson (
@trackjenny
) is coming back to the
#BlueOval
with her sights set on the American 2-mile record.
MORE ➡️
🎟
#MyDrakeRelays
This is our kind of Friday Night Lights.
The high school one mile featured athletes from beyond Iowa borders for the first time ever and it delivered.
#GoRelays
We're excited to host some of the nation's 𝐭𝐨𝐩 university track & field student-athletes at the 2021 Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom.
Read more 👉
We're excited and honored to announce our 2019 Drake Relays Most Outstanding Performers!
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👏👏👏 to these four and the nearly 5,000 athletes who made the Drake Relays another historic weekend!
The 112th edition of the Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom will return to its conventional format.
An impressive group of programs from the NCAA ranks are already committed to compete in 2022.
#BackOnTrack
📰🔽
The winner of the men’s invitational 200m dash is Indian Hills Community College freshman
@KennyBednarek
with a time of 20.29 making him
#8
in the world! 🌎
#MyDrakeRelays
Our very own Carolyn Hill, Assistant Athletic Director of Relays Operations, was recognized this afternoon for her years of service. Carolyn joined the Relays in 2007 and she will be retiring in August, making this her last Drake Relays. Thank you, Carolyn!💙
#mydrakerelays
On this day in 1910, the very first Drake Relays were held at
@DrakeUniversity
in Des Moines, Iowa.
Celebrate the birthday of America's Athletic Classic with Relays Week, April 19-25!
That feeling when you realize you are a Drake Relays champion! 🏳️Congratulations to
@LorasTrack
on their Women’s Distance Medley Relay win. They won with a time of 12:22.78!
#mydrakerelays
It's our first Drake Relays without Paul Morrison, who passed away Nov., 2017 at the age of 100. He attended 80 runnings of the Relays.
We saved your spot in the press box, Paul.
Read more about Mr. Drake here:
NEW RELAYS RECORD: Sandi Morris (
@sandicheekspv
) said the enthusiasm of the crowd helped her clear a record height of 4.88 (16-0). She's the
#MyDrakeRelays
elite pole vault champ!
Pole vaulter
@samkendricks
is the Men's Elite Pole Vault champion AND set a new Drake Relays Record with a final height of 5.83 or 19-1 ½.
#MyDrakeRelays
🏆 2021 MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS🏆
Honored to announce the best of the best on the
#BlueOval
this year.
Roshon Roomes -
@CycloneTrackXC
Cambrea Sturgis -
@NCATAGGIES
T.J. Tomlyanovich - Cedar Falls
Mackenzie Carney - Waukee
MORE ➡️
We're proud to celebrate the 2017
#MyDrakeRelays
Robert Kramme Award / Most Outstanding Performer winner
@TristanWirfs74
being selected 13th overall in the
#NFLDraft
by the
@Buccaneers
!
Tristan was the 5th Iowa prep athlete to sweep the boys throwing events at the Drake Relays
And
@riley_masters
is the men's Grand Blue Mile and
@usatf
1-Mile Road Champion in 4:03.12.
🥇
@riley_masters
- 4:03.12
🥈 Eric Avila - 4:03.90
🥉 Nick Harris - 4:04.31
Two days after winning the men's college 4x800,
@LorasTrack
returned to their winning ways on Saturday, capturing the men's college DMR at the Drake Relays!
#GoRelays
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗢𝗪𝗡
Brooke Mullins becomes the first
@DUBulldogs
women's athlete to claim a champions flag since 1995.
It's also a school record in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:13.94!
#GoRelays
#DSMHometownTeam
Emily Lipari is the Grand Blue Mile and
@usatf
1-Mile Road Champion in 4:32.87
🥇 Emily Lipari - 4:32.87
🥈
@bmartrun
- 4:33.07
🥉
@rachschneid18
- 4:33.77
What a 💣 by
@RCrouserThrows
!
The two-time Olympic champion broke the Drake Relays invitational shot put record with a world-leading toss of 73-5 ¼ (22.38)!
#GoRelays
Aidan Ramsey, a senior at Dallas Center-Grimes, sets
@DrakeRelays
HS Boys 3200 record of 8:58.27, which ranks 4th on Iowa all-time boys prep list.
Washburn from Iowa City High was 2nd in 8:59.60, while Heidesch of Dowling Catholic was 3rd in 9:01.29.
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