Olympians shine, records fall on final day of Drake Relays

Disappointed With the Season Opener, Paralympic Champion Hunter Woodhall Lays Down the Path to Have a Successful Season

Hunter Woodhall came into the 2025 Drake Relays buzzing with excitement. It wasn’t just another meet — it was history in the making. For the first time in his career, he and his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall, would be competing at the same event, on the same stage, side by side. Even bigger? This meet would mark a milestone in blending Paralympic and Olympic-level athletes into one competition — a moment Hunter called a ‘first, for sure.’ “All of th…

Champions crowned during final day of Drake Relays

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The final day of the 2025 Drake Relays brought many exciting races for fans and participants. Waukee northwest girls finished first in three different races Saturday, winning the 4x400 meter, Girls' Shuttle Hurdles, and Girls' 4x100. Avery Winter, a runner on the Waukee Northwest Girls' 4x400 meter relay team, said that the Drake Relays are a warmup for the State Meet. "I think it was just really showing all the hard effort t…

Olympians shine, records fall on final day of Drake Relays

The final day of the 11th Drake Relays was one to remember

Pleasant Valley girls wins 3,200 relay at Drake Relays, finish top 5 in two other relays

Ani Wedemeyer, Aerielle Johnson, Kaylee Mowen and Grace Boleyn teamed to win the 3,200-meter relay at the Drake Relays. It's the second year in a row the Spartans won the even on the Blue Oval.

The wind speed surprised Costa Rican vallist Andrea Vargas Mena, who on Saturday April 26 began her 2025 season.Andrea competed in the event of the 100-metre Drake Relays tournament fences in Iowa, USA, where she held the seventh square with a time of 13 seconds and 98 hundredth (13.98).The winner was the American Masai Russell, with a time of 12.74, followed by her compatriots Denisha Cartwright, with 12.93, and Rayniah Jones, with 13.00.For An…

Olympic champs Russell, Davis-Woodhall win at Drake Relays

Reigning Olympic champions Masai Russell and Tara Davis-Woodhall won in solid early season fashion at the 115th Drake Relays on Saturday at Des Moines, Iowa.