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116th Drake Relays - April 22 - 25, 2026 • Drake Stadium, Des Moines, IA

 Des Moines, Iowa
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🚨 New Drake Relays Record 🚨 @CycloneTrackXC runs the fifth fastest 4x800 race in NCAA history on their way to a new Drake Relays record! ⌚️ 7:12.57
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Until we meet again on the Blue Oval💙 #MyDrakeRelays
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𝐖𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐦𝐩 Tara Woodhall breaks a Drake Relays record en route to the 🏳️ (22-1 3/4) Thank you, @tar___ruh!
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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!
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ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ-ʟᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ʜᴀᴡᴋᴇʏᴇs 🌎🥇 Derek Leicht, James Fingalsen, Ryan Schreiner, and Terrick Johnson win the University men's 4x800 relay with a time of 7:21.88. The Hawkeyes' mark is now the best in the world this year.
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And the 109th Drake Relays are officially underway! #MyDrakeRelays
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The lines are down on the #BlueOval! What a great looking track. We can't wait for April
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Looks like @DrakeUniversity live mascot @DrakeUGriff is ready for the 108th Drake Relays. Are you? (We won’t tell him he scratched).
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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
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USATF Outdoor Championships return to @DrakeUniversity in 2018! 📰: usatf.org/News/USATF-Outdoor…
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The 111th Drake Relays are on! High school details announced today— click here for more info: godrakebulldogs.com/news/202…. Details on other divisions coming soon!
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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 👉 bit.ly/2BTNtv0
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TFW the crowd leads you to a new American record! Congrats @trackjenny Simpson! That makes her a SIX time Drake Relays Champion! 🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️
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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 ⬇️ godrakebulldogs.com/news/201…

Drake Relays Presented by Hy-Vee Announces High School Additions - Drake University Athletics

DES MOINES – On the opening day of high school track and field season and the first practices of the year, the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee announced additions to the high school fields for the...

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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
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 HIGH SCHOOL QUALIFIERS! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 See who's #BlueOvalBound and congrats to all the qualifiers. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ goo.gl/GciG7w
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𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬! Congratulations to @CycloneTrackXC 🏆
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Thank you, @lolojones!! #BlueOvalAttitude
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Party like its 1996! Congrats to @NUTrackandField on winning the men's 4x800 for the first time in 27 years #GoRelays
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CyHawk battle on the Blue Oval Iowa edges Iowa State to capture the 4x800 Relays Flag (7:21.88) @IowaXC_TF
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 2021 Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom will welcome spectators. Full competition schedule also announced. Read more 👉bit.ly/31xmQFw Schedule 👉bit.ly/31ynm6b
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𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 Olympic gold medalist Tara Davis-Woodhall made her Relays debut by breaking the women's long jump record -- a victorious leap of 6.75m/22-1 3/4.
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Mike Fremont. Stud. The 96 year-old ran the Grand Blue Mile in 13:55.82 tonight in downtown #DSMUSA. Incredible! 👏👏👏 #GBM2018 #MyDrakeRelays
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Relays fans 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 and 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁. Drake Stadium saw its 59th consecutive Saturday sellout at the 115th America's Athletic Classic.
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🚨Exciting Relays News🚨 Iowa high schoolers can now automatically be #BLUEOVALBOUND by meeting one of the Blue Standards Read more 👇 goo.gl/DpwEcD
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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
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How about Mariglee Williams of Carlisle ... finishing another Drake Road Races 5k at the age of 91! #MyDrakeRelays
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𝐖𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐉𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 Charles Godfred just broke the longest standing Relays Record jumping 26-8 1/4. Previous best was set in 1961 by Ralph Boston (26-2 1/4) @GopherCCTF
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The #BlueOval looks a little different this week with a few new markings painted on. It's almost ready for racing
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He did it! @Drake_TFXC senior @reedfisch won the title AND broke @DrakeUniversity record in 5000m running in 13:48.32.
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400mH champion @BershawnJackson carries the ashes of his father, who recently passed, around his neck.
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Take it over, @MikeJaytrackxc.
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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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Jenny Simpson, @trackjenny, finished her 1500m in a world-leading time of 4:06.44.
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What a beautiful morning at the #BlueOval! Second day of the 109th #DrakeRelays is underway. ☀️☀️😎😎
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 HIGH SCHOOL QUALIFIERS! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 See who's #BlueOvalBound and congrats to all the qualifiers. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ bit.ly/2VYpq2W Get your 🎟 now to see all these athletes on the #BlueOval ➡️ draketix.com/drakerelays
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The #BlueOval is getting a facelift. Don't worry, it'll still be blue and it'll still be fast!
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Two4Two @Nikki_Hiltz follows their Grand Blue Mile win with another Relays title in the 1500m with a time of 4:09.02 #GoRelays
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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
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Looks good! Can't wait to debut our new #BlueOval April 26-29
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Great progress this past week on the #BlueOval resurfacing project
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ICYMI: @trackjenny Jenny Simpson WON the two-mile AND set a new American record. That makes her a SIX TIME Drake Relays Champion! #MyDrakeRelays
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That's right! Iowa native @trackjenny took home FIFTH straight Drake Relays title. She won #RioRematch women's 1500m with a time of 4:16.10.
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We're underway on the #BlueOval for what promises to be a great day of Track & Field! 😎😎😎 #MyDrakeRelays
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🚨AMERICAN RECORD ATTEMPT🚨 Jenny Simpson (@trackjenny) is coming back to the #BlueOval with her sights set on the American 2-mile record. MORE ➡️ goo.gl/cTXuim 🎟 draketix.com/drakerelays #MyDrakeRelays
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.@BershawnJackson gets emotional after his final Drake Relays race. Thanks for a great career and many exciting moments at the #BlueOval!
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Tonight’s attendance was 8,756, which is a Relays Thursday night record. Thank you fans! #MyDrakeRelays
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Let’s see that vault from @emilyygrove again in slow motion!! #MyDrakeRelays #CapSquareVault
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Congratulations to the champions of this year’s first Relays Cup event! Sprint medley 🥇 #MyDrakeRelays
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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
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🚨 Drake Relays Record 🚨 @samkendricks set a new Drake Relays Record in the Men's Pole Vault! 📏 5.86m #MyDrakeRelays
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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 👉bit.ly/3tiNEFS
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"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞." Welcome to the Drake Relays Hall of Fame, @lolojones! Full acceptance speech ➡️ piped.video/wugKNdRsxHc #BlueOvalAttitude
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A great run from @WHS_Girls_TF! They broke their own #DrakeRelays record in the girls' shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1:00.95!
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Omar McLeod (@Warrior_omz) set a #DrakeRelaysRecord and world time in the Men's 110m Hurdles Elite with a time of 13.04.
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Joy Ripslinger of @AssumptionHS finishes the Girls' 800m in 2:10.47.
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If you were at the Relays this year, you saw 25 members of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team. goo.gl/QLfNcy
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We've got that @tar___ruh ENERGY in Des Moines!!! ✍️💋 #AmericasAthleticClassic
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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 📰🔽 godrakebulldogs.com/news/202…

2022 Drake Relays Format Announced, Featuring Premier NCAA Programs - Drake University Athletics

11 conference champion teams already confirmed.

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We're excited and honored to announce our 2019 Drake Relays Most Outstanding Performers! ➡️ bit.ly/2LqNGtR 👏👏👏 to these four and the nearly 5,000 athletes who made the Drake Relays another historic weekend!
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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
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Keni Harrison (@Ken_AYE_) wins the #MyDrakeRelays women's elite 100m hurdles in 12.37!
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Josh Andrews of @WaukeeBoysTrack finished the Boys' 800m in 1:55.63 to earn his white Champion flag.
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🚨 Drake Relays Record 🚨 Alison Dos Santos set a new Drake Relays Record in the Men's 400m Hurdles! ⌚️48.15
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The stadium boards are up! Only 70 days until the 108th Drake Relays. draketix.com/drakerelays
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this is what it's all about #AmericasAthleticClassic
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Today 𝐀𝐋𝐋 dogs are bulldogs. Drop your furry friend in the thread 👇 #MyDrakeRelays
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TFW when you win a #MyDrakeRelays 🏳️ after running a meet record! Congrats to Waukee's Sydney Winger!
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.@AjeeW set a #DrakeRelays record in the 800 clocking in 2:00.03!
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In the women's 100m hurdles #RioRematch, @Ken_AYE_ set a world-leading mark with a time of 12.56 seconds.
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.@TheIowaHawkeyes celebrate their Drake Relays victory in the 4x800m in 7:24.77. Congrats to @IowaXC_TF!
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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
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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
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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!
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Christian Taylor (@Taylored2jump) won the Men's Triple Jump #RioRematch with a jump of 55-6.50.
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Spend all of our time waiting ... #MyDrakeRelays 🎟 draketix.com/drakerelays
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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: news.drake.edu/2017/11/30/dr…
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More progress on the #BlueOval this week as the new surface wraps the entire 400m now
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Spike runs these streets. 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆.
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Finally a unanimous selection as the Gerry Cooley Award winner as the most outstanding girls HS performer, @AssumptionHS's Joy Ripslinger
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👀👀 With a time of 4:29.3, Emily Lipari is your 2020 USATF 1 Mile Road Champion!
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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!
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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
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🏆 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 ➡️ bit.ly/3tVfSGV
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Mahnee Watts of @IowaXC_TF just won the 800 meters in 2:07.93.
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The @ankeny_jaguars grabbed the title in the Boys' Shuttle Hurdles finishing with a time of 56.73.
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𝐃𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 💙 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 @tar___ruh // @hunterwoodhall
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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
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Congrats to @Clayton_Murph who won Grand Blue Mile and @usatf 1 Mile Road Champs in course record 3:59.96. #GBM2017
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Where your heroes do selfies. #MyDrakeRelays Congrats to SIX time Drake Relays champion @trackjenny Jenny Simpson!
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.@MIZ_TrackField takes home the champion flag in the @HyVee Cup Women's Distance Medley Relay with a time of 11:07.59.
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Briyana Carter of Des Moines Roosevelt celebrates after she won the 100m dash in 12.13, tying #DrakeRelays record.
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The @UNIAthletics panthers finish strong to take the Men's Shuttle Hurdles #DrakeRelays title in 56.74.
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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
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Kenny Bednarek practiced social distancing during the 2019 200 M Race. It’s perfectly timed to watch while washing your hands 😉 CDC tips 👉 bit.ly/2UKl3ds
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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
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🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨 @KarissaSchweiz4 is returning to the #BlueOval ... and she's aiming for a #MyDrakeRelays record! You won't want to miss Thursday night. MORE ➡️goo.gl/PQqUcq 🎟DrakeTix.com/drakerelays
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The Blue Oval is 𝘣𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘪𝘯' #GoRelays
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Cedar Rapids Jefferson broke their own Drake Relays record finishing 1:40.87 in the 4x200.
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