Drake Relays
{{short description|American annual track and field competition}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title = Drake Relays
| current_season =
| current_season2 =
| last_season =
| upcoming_season =
| logo = Drake_Bulldogs_%22D%22_logo.svg
| logo_size = 90
| formerly =
| association =
| conference = Missouri Valley
| league =
| classification =
| sport = Track and field
| game =
| founded =
| founder = {{start date and age|1910}}
| inaugural =
| folded =
| replaced =
| owner =
| ceo =
| coo =
| director =
| president =
| general_manager =
| commissioner =
| since =
| administrator =
| organizer = Drake University
| ame =
| fame =
| motto =
| sports =
| men's =
| women's =
| coed =
| division =
| subdivision =
| divisions =
| teams =
| singles =
| competitors =
| country =
| headquarters =
| region =
| venue =
| confed =
| titles_label =
| titles =
| champion =
| champ_season =
| most_champs =
| premiers =
| prem_season =
| most_prems =
| mlscupchamps =
| mlscupseason =
| shieldchamps =
| shieldseason =
| current_shield =
| current_shield_season =
| most_mlscups =
| most_shields =
| qualification =
| tv =
| streaming =
| sponsor =
| feeds =
| pyramid =
| level =
| promotion =
| relegation =
| domestic_cup =
| confed_cup =
| related_comps = Penn Relays
| tournament_format =
| website = {{url|https://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/drake-relays|godrakebulldogs.com/relays}}
| color =
| font_color =
| map =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| map_size =
| map_upright =
| footnotes =
| current =
}}
The Drake Relays is an outdoor track and field event held in Des Moines, Iowa, in Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University. Billed as America's Athletic Classic, it is regarded as one of the top track and field events in the United States.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/sports/othersports/24drake.html?_r=0 | website=The New York Times | first=Pat | last=Borzi | title=Drake's Small-Town Atmosphere Draws a Big Track Meet | date=24 April 2009}} In 2020, the Drake Relays was named a Silver Level event on the World Athletics Continental Tour, one of only two competitions in the United States to earn Silver Level status.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/information/organizer-details |website=World Athletics |access-date=March 12, 2020|title=World Athletics Continental Tour | World Athletics }}
History
The inaugural Drake Relays were held in 1910. The first meet drew just 100 spectators and 82 athletes, all from Des Moines-area colleges and high schools. The second year attendance grew to 250 athletes and a crowd of some 500 spectators. In 1914, the Relays saw its first world record set. By 1922, the Relays had expanded to two days and drew 10,000 fans, becoming the first major track and field event broadcast on radio. For the 1926 Relays, Drake Stadium was built on the site of the prior host, Haskins Field.{{cite web|url=http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/du-relays/id/1098/rec/1|title=Drake Relays; 75 Years of Excellence|website=drake.edu}}
Women's events were added beginning in 1961 with Wilma Rudolph competing in the 100 meters.{{cite web|url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=57446|title=Display Article|website=trackandfieldnews.com|access-date=2013-04-28|archive-date=2015-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204122408/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=57446|url-status=dead}} The 1966 Relays began a streak of 48 consecutive Saturdays with a sellout.{{cite web|url=http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=205421261|title=Eleven Records Fall On Final Day Of 2012 Drake Relays Before Record-Tying Crowd Of 14,504|website=godrakebulldogs.com}} In 1969, a $175,000 tartan track was installed. The events at the Relays would go all-metric in 1976 and the track was rebuilt as a 400-meter oval in 1978. It was resurfaced in 1983, and in 1988 was renamed the "Jim Duncan Track" to honor the long time relays public address announcer.
Hundreds of Olympic gold medalists have competed at Drake Stadium including Caitlyn Jenner, Michael Johnson, Carl Lewis, Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph, Frank Shorter, Gwen Torrence, and Jeremy Wariner.{{cite web|url=http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=899758|title=Drake Stadium History|website=godrakebulldogs.com}} Hundreds more Drake Relays competitors have gone onto compete in the Olympic Games, including 113 at the 2012 Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=205571713|title=113 Drake Relays Alumni Competing In Olympics; Collect Five Medals In Two-Day Period|website=godrakebulldogs.com}}
In 2006, a Friday evening session was added.{{cite web|url=http://www.radioiowa.com/2006/04/03/drake-relays-set-to-take-off-on-refurbished-track/|title=Drake Relays set to take off on refurbished track|website=Radio Iowa|date=3 April 2006}} In 2010, the Grand Blue Mile, a one-mile road race in downtown Des Moines, was added.{{cite web|url=http://timesdelphic.com/2010/04/19/relays-go-downtown-with-grand-blue-mile|title=Relays go downtown with Grand Blue Mile|website=The Times-Delphic|access-date=2013-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204121007/http://timesdelphic.com/2010/04/19/relays-go-downtown-with-grand-blue-mile|archive-date=2015-02-04|url-status=dead}} The week of festivities currently opens with a parade on Saturday, continues with a Beautiful Bulldog Contest (Drake's mascot) on Sunday, the Grand Blue Mile on Tuesday, and an indoor pole vault on Wednesday{{Cite web|url=http://alumni.drake.edu/s/1287/relays/start.aspx?sid=1287&gid=2&pgid=716|title=Server Error - Drake University}} with the decathlon and heptathlon beginning Wednesday and concluding alongside the distance carnival on Thursday.
Midwest grocer Hy-Vee became the presenting sponsor beginning in 2013, enabling the Relays to offer a $50,000 purse in running events and $25,000 purse in field events, making the Drake Relays the richest athletics event in the United States. ESPN2 aired 90 minutes of live-action coverage that year and ESPN3 aired an additional two hours.{{cite web|url=http://news.drake.edu/2012/11/28/hy-vee-to-become-the-presenting-sponsor-of-the-drake-relays/|title=Hy-Vee To Become the Presenting Sponsor of the Drake Relays|website=Newsroom – Drake University|date=28 November 2012}} The 2013 field saw 25 Olympic medalists compete.{{cite web|url=http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71588&SPID=8142&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=207048383&DB_OEM_ID=15700|title=Lolo Jones Set To Join Elite Drake Relays Field; Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced|website=godrakebulldogs.com}} Currently NBCSN airs 2–3 hours of coverage on Saturday with live online coverage via NBCSports.com throughout the event.
In January 2018 Drake Relays unveiled the Blue Standard, under which Iowa's top high school athletes automatically qualify based on their event performance. The Blue Standard is the top 25 percent of accepted entrant's results from past Drake Relays.{{cite web|url=http://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2018/1/29/drake-relays-presented-by-hy-vee-announces-high-school-blue-standards.aspx/|title=Drake Relays Presented by Hy-Vee Announces High School Blue Standards|website=Newsroom - Drake University}}
In March 2020, Xtream powered by Mediacom was named the presenting sponsor of the Drake Relays. Xtream's sponsorship allows the Drake Relays to maintain its status as a premier track and field event, to be called the "Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom".{{cite web |url=https://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2020/3/10/xtream-powered-by-mediacom-to-become-the-presenting-sponsor-of-the-drake-relays.aspx |website=DrakeRelays.org |publisher=Drake Relays |access-date=March 12, 2020|title=Xtream Powered by Mediacom to Become the Presenting Sponsor of the Drake Relays |date=11 March 2020 }}
In addition to the track meet, the Relays serves as a second homecoming for the university{{cite web|url=http://iowapastpresentfuture.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/drake-relays/|title=Drake Relays|website=Past, Present and Future of Iowa|date=5 November 2012}} and sees other community events such as student street painting and a downtown Des Moines block party.
Drake Stadium
{{main|Drake Stadium (Drake University)}}
Opened in 1925, the 14,557-seat stadium and its famous blue oval have hosted the Relays since 1926. A $15 million renovation in 2006 reduced capacity from 18,000 seats in order to expand the lanes, allow fans to watch throwing and running at the same time, and allow for more hosting of events. Another renovation following the 2016 relays saw a new track installed, constructed of the same material used for tracks in Beijing and London for the Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2016/7/21/drake-relays-jim-duncan-track-resurfacing-one-step-closer-to-completion.aspx|title=Jim Duncan Track Resurfacing One Step Closer To Completion|website=godrakebulldogs.com|date=21 July 2016 |access-date=1 May 2017}}
Directors
Eleven men have claimed the role of director of the Drake Relays since the very first officially organized track and field event took place more than 100 years ago back in the year 1910.
- John L. Griffith 1910–1918
Griffith was the founder of the Drake Relays. He remained director for nine years and moved to the University of Illinois after World War I. He later became commissioner of the Big Ten Conference. Drake's live bulldog mascot, Griff, is named for him. - M. B. Banks 1919–1921
Banks also served as coach to the Drake football and basketball teams. - K. L. (Tug) Wilson 1922–1925
Wilson was a former Illinois and Olympic athlete. After his tenure as director, he went on to become athletic director at Northwestern University. Wilson was also a former Big Ten Conference commissioner. - O. M. (Ossie) Solem 1926–1932
Longtime Drake coach succeeded Wilson, later became head football coach at the University of Iowa and Syracuse University - F. P. (Pitch) Johnson 1933–1940
- M. E. (Bill) Easton 1941–1947
- Tom Deckard 1948–1955
- Bob Karnes 1956–1969
- Bob Ehrhart 1970–2000
- Mark Kostek 2001–2005
- Brian Brown 2006–2016
Brown participated in the relays himself and held the Drake Relays record in the high jump until 2014. For his first eight years as director, Brown had attempted to have his record broken by recruiting some of the best high jumpers in the country.{{cite web|url=http://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2016/8/4/drake-relays-brian-and-natasha-brown-depart-drake-for-positions-at-missouri.aspx|title=Brian And Natasha Brown Depart Drake For Positions At Missouri|website=godrakebulldogs.com|date=4 August 2016 |access-date=1 May 2017}} - Blake Boldon 2017–present
Meet records
=Men=
{{Sticky header}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"
|+Men's meeting records of the Drake Relays |
| width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Event
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Record ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Athlete ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| {{abbr|Nation.|Nationality}} ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Date ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="row"|100 m
|10.01 {{wind|+1.9}} |{{flagu|United States}} |24 April 1976 |
| scope="row"|200 m
|20.02 {{wind|+1.7}} |{{flagu|United States}} |28 April 2012 |{{cite news|title=Spearmon, Lowe and Wilson break meet records at Drake Relays|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=64722.html|publisher=IAAF|author=Jim Dunaway|date=29 April 2012|access-date=30 April 2012}} |
| scope="row"|400 m
|44.08 |{{flagu|Grenada}} |29 April 2016 |
| scope="row"|800 m
|1:45.86 |{{flagu|United States}} |28 April 1978 |
| scope="row"|1500 m
|3:38.27 |{{flagu|United States}} |28 April 1984 |
| scope="row"|Mile
|3:51.71 |{{flagu|United States}} |28 April 2007 |{{cite news|title=Webb shatters Scott's Drake Relays mile mark|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2007-04-28-drake-relays_N.htm|publisher=USA Today|author=AP|date=28 April 2007|access-date=27 April 2013}} |
| scope="row"|5000 m
|13:21.39 |{{flagu|Australia}} |23 April 2021 |
| scope="row"|10,000 m
|28:07.40 |{{flagu|Kenya}} |26 April 1980 |
| scope="row"|110 m hurdles
|13.04 {{wind|+1.8}} |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |29 April 2017 |
| scope="row"|400 m hurdles
|48.15 |{{flagu|Brazil}} |24 April 2021 |
| scope="row"|3000 m steeplechase
|8:31.02 |{{flagu|United States}} |30 April 1977 |
| scope="row"|High jump
|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}} |{{flagu|Canada}} |25 April 2014 |
| scope="row"|Pole vault
|{{T&Fcalc|5.90}} |{{flagu|United States}} |22 April 2024 |
| scope="row"|Long jump
|{{T&Fcalc|8.26}} |{{flagu|United States}} |24 April 1993 | |
| scope="row"|Triple jump
|{{T&Fcalc|17.12}} |{{flagu|United States}} |27 April 2013 | |
| scope="row"|Shot put
|{{T&Fcalc|22.59}} |{{flagu|United States}} |24 April 2024 |
| scope="row"|Discus throw
|{{T&Fcalc|64.59}} |{{flagu|United States}} |28 April 2018 |
| scope="rowgroup"|Hammer throw
|{{T&Fcalc|81.08}} |{{flagu|United States}} |24 April 2025 |{{cite web |title=Records Fall on Opening Day of 115th Drake Relays |url=https://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2025/4/24/records-fall-on-opening-day-of-115th-drake-relays.aspx |publisher=Drake University Athletics |date=April 24, 2025 |access-date=April 27, 2025}} |
| scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"|Decathlon
|8265 pts |{{flagu|Germany}} |23–24 April 2025 |
| colspan=4|{{Decathlon score|10.65 {{wind|+1.4}}|7.90 m {{wind|+4.0}}|15.28 m|1.98 m|47.96|14.09 {{wind|+0.8}}|41.44 m|4.75 m|56.02 m|4:50.10}}
| |
| scope="row"|4 × 100 m relay
|38.96 |University of Alabama: | |30 April 1983 |
| scope="row"|4 × 200 m relay
|1:20.53 |University of Texas-El Paso: | |30 April 1994 |
| scope="row"|4 × 400 m relay
|3:00.78 |Southern Illinois University: | |28 April 1984 |
| scope="row"|Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)
|3:12.19 |Alabama State University: | |30 April 1983 | |
| scope="row"|4 × 800 m relay
|7:12.57 |Iowa State University: | |23 April 2021 |
| scope="row"|Distance medley relay
|9:30.45 |Southern Methodist University: | |30 April 1983 | |
| scope="row"|4×110 m Shuttle hurdles relay
|52.94 |USA Blue: | |25 April 2015 |
=Women=
{{Sticky header}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"
|+Women's meeting records of the Drake Relays |
| width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Event
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Record ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Athlete ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| {{abbr|Nation.|Nationality}} ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Date ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="row"|100 m
|11.06 {{wind|0.0}} |{{flagu|United States}} |24 April 2010 |{{cite news|last=Dunaway|first=James|title=Cantwell opens with 21.69m effort in Des Moines – Drake Relays report|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=56554.html|publisher=IAAF|date=2010-04-25|access-date=2010-04-25}} |
| scope="row"|200 m
|22.40 {{wind|+0.7}} |{{flagu|United States}} |30 April 1994 |
| scope="row"|400 m
|50.13 |{{flagu|United States}} |25 April 2015 |
| scope="row"|800 m
|2:00.03 |{{flagu|United States}} |24 April 2015 |
| scope="row"|1500 m
|4:03.35 |{{flagu|United States}} |26 April 2013 |
| scope="row"|Mile
|4:23.69 |{{flagu|United States}} |26 April 2025 |{{cite web|title=Women's Collegiate Mile Record, 10 Meet Marks Set on Final Day of Drake Relays |url=https://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2025/4/26/womens-collegiate-mile-record-10-meet-marks-set-on-final-day-of-drake-relays.aspx |publisher=Drake University Athletics |date=April 26, 2025 |access-date=April 27, 2025 }} |
| scope="row"|3000 m
|8:56.03 |{{flagu|United States}} |27 April 2002 |
| scope="row"|Two miles
|9:16.78 |{{flagu|United States}} |27 April 2018 |{{cite web|title=Jenny Simpson, in another return to Drake Relays, takes aim at American 2-mile record |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2018/04/26/jenny-simpson-drake-relays-american-2-mile-record/553861002/ |publisher=Des Moines Register |date=27 April 2018 |access-date=3 May 2018}}{{cite web|title=Jenny Simpson breaks U.S. 2-mile record at Drake Relays |url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/23340394/jenny-simpson-shatters-us-mark-2-mile-drake-relays |work=ESPN.com |date=27 April 2018 |access-date=3 May 2018}} |
| scope="row"|5000 m
|15:23.21 |{{flagu|United States}} |26 April 2018 |
| scope="row"|10,000 m
|32:57.38 |{{flagu|United States}} |28 April 1988 |
| scope="row"|100 m hurdles
|12.40 {{wind|+1.5}} |{{flagu|United States}} |25 April 2015 |
| scope="row"|400 m hurdles
|53.88 |{{flagu|United States}} |30 April 2022 |
| scope="row"|3000 m steeplechase
|9:32.23 |{{flagu|United States}} |26 April 2018 |
| scope="row"|High jump
|{{T&Fcalc|1.98}} |{{flagu|United States}} |28 April 2012 |
| scope="row"|Pole vault
|{{T&Fcalc|4.88}} |{{flagu|United States}} |28 April 2018 |
| scope="row"|Long jump
|{{T&Fcalc|6.78}} |{{flagu|United States}} |26 April 2003 |
| scope="row"|Triple jump
|{{T&Fcalc|13.79}} |{{flagu|United States}} |26 April 2003 | |
| scope="row"|Shot put
|{{T&Fcalc|19.37}} |{{flagu|United States}} |29 April 2016 |
| scope="row"|Discus throw
|{{T&Fcalc|64.38}} |{{flagu|United States}} |24 April 2010 |{{cite news|title=Second Place This Time For Jones In Drake Relay Hurdles|url=http://www.wowt.com/sports/headlines/92022399.html|publisher=WOWT|date=2010-04-24|access-date=2013-04-29|archive-date=2018-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923205512/https://www.wowt.com/sports/headlines/92022399.html|url-status=dead}} |
| scope="row"|Hammer throw
|{{T&Fcalc|78.69}} |{{flagu|United States}} |27 April 2023 |
| scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"|Heptathlon
|6040 pts |{{flagu|United States}} |21–22 April 2009 |
| colspan=4|{{Heptathlon Score|13.63 {{wind|0.0}}|1.78 m|12.08 m|24.48 {{wind|+1.7}}|6.14 m {{wind|+1.0}}|41.39 m|2:16.73}} |
| scope="row"|4 × 100 m relay
|43.58 |University of Texas: | |28 April 2012 |url=http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=205421261|publisher=godrakebulldogs.com|date=2012-04-28|access-date=2012-04-28}} |
| scope="row"|4 × 200 m relay
|1:31.96 |Texas Southern University: | |28 April 1989 |
| scope="row"|4 × 400 m relay
|3:28.42 |Purdue University: | |28 April 2018 |
| scope="row"|Sprint medley relay (2-2-4-8)
|3:43.64 |Arkansas State University: | |25 April 2015 | |
| scope="row"|4 × 800 m relay
|8:27.42 |University of Minnesota: | |27 April 2007 |
| scope="row"|Distance medley relay
|11:03.25 |Notre Dame University: | |24 April 2021 |
| scope="row"|4 × 100 m Shuttle hurdles relay
|50.50 |USA Blue: | |24 April 2015 |
=Mixed=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Mixed meeting records of the Drake Relays ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Event ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Record ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Athlete ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| {{abbr|Nation.|Nationality}} ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| Date ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Drake Bulldogs|border=1|color= white }}"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"|4 × 110 m Shuttle hurdles relay
|54.42 |Team Blue: |{{flagu|United States}} |30 April 2016 |
|---|
Results
| class="wikitable" | |||||||||||
| 2020s | 2010s | 2000s | 1990s | 1980s | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | 1940s | 1930s | 1920s | 1910s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2029 | [http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Statistics/Relays/2019/2019DrakeRelaysFinal.pdf 2019] | 2009 | 1999 | 1989 | 1979 | 1969 | 1959 | 1949 | 1939 | 1929 | 1919 |
| 2028 | [http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Statistics/Relays/2018/2018DrakeRelaysFinal.pdf 2018] | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/documents/2016/8/18//2008_Drake_Relays_UnivColSpec_Results.pdf?id=4657 2008] | 1998 | 1988 | 1978 | 1968 | 1958 | 1948 | 1938 | 1928 | 1918 |
| 2027 | [http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Statistics/Relays/2017/2017DrakeRelaysFinal.pdf 2017] | 2007 | 1997 | 1987 | 1977 | 1967 | 1957 | 1947 | 1937 | 1927 | 1917 |
| 2026 | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Statistics/Relays/2016/2016DrakeRelaysFinal.pdf 2016] | 2006 | 1996 | 1986 | 1976 | 1966 | 1956 | 1946 | 1936 | 1926 | 1916 |
| [https://godrakebulldogs.com/documents/2025/5/1/2025_Drake_Relays_Results.pdf 2025] | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Relays/Results/2010's%20Results/2015DrakeRelaysFinal.pdf 2015] | 2005 | 1995 | 1985 | 1975 | 1965 | 1955 | 1945 | 1935 | 1925 | 1915 |
| [https://godrakebulldogs.com/documents/2024/4/30/drake-finalresults.pdf 2024] | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Relays/Results/2010's%20Results/2014DrakeRelaysFinal.pdf 2014] | 2004 | 1994 | 1984 | 1974 | 1964 | 1954 | 1944 | 1934 | 1924 | 1914 |
| [https://godrakebulldogs.com/documents/2023/7/11/04_26_23_DrakeRelays-CompleteResults.pdf 2023] | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Relays/Results/2010's%20Results/2013%20Drake%20Relays%20Results.pdf 2013] | 2003 | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Relays/Results/1990's%20Results/1993%20Drake%20Relays%20Results%20UC.pdf 1993] | 1983 | 1973 | 1963 | 1953 | 1943 | 1933 | 1923 | 1913 |
| [https://godrakebulldogs.com/documents/2022/4/30/04_30_22_DrakeRelaysResults.pdf 2022] | 2012 | 2002 | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Relays/Results/1990's%20Results/1992%20Drake%20Relays%20Results%20UC-Marathon.pdf 1992] | 1982 | 1972 | 1962 | 1952 | 1942 | 1932 | 1922 | 1912 |
| [https://godrakebulldogs.com/documents/2021/4/24/2021_DrakeRelays_Results.pdf?id=7303 2021] | 2011 | 2001 | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Relays/Results/1990's%20Results/1991%20Drake%20Relays%20Results%20UC.pdf 1991] | 1981 | 1971 | 1961 | 1951 | 1941 | 1931 | 1921 | 1911 |
| 2020 | 2010 | 2000 | [https://godrakebulldogs.com/custompages/Relays/Results/1990's%20Results/1990%20Drake%20Relays%20Results%20UC.pdf 1990] | 1980 | 1970 | 1960 | 1950 | 1940 | 1930 | 1920 | 1910 |
Future dates
- 116th Drake Relays - April 22–25, 2026
- 117th Drake Relays - April 21–24, 2027
- 118th Drake Relays - April 26–29 2028{{Cite web|title=Future Dates for Drake Relays|url=https://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/2015/11/30/DR_1130150009.aspx?path=dr|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Drake University Athletics|language=en}}
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{oweb}}
- [http://www.lib.drake.edu/heritage/drakerelays/index.html Drake Relays Digital Archives]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120513165221/http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=1311243 Drake Relays Hall of Fame Listing]
{{Drake University}}
{{US track and field competitions}}
Category:Sports in Des Moines, Iowa
Category:Annual track and field meetings
Category:College track and field competitions in the United States
Category:Track and field competitions in Iowa
Category:Track and field competitions in the United States
Category:World Athletics Continental Tour meetings
Category:1910 establishments in Iowa
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1910