The Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee is set to induct three track and field standouts into the prestigious Drake Relays Athletes Hall of Fame during the 108th running of the Drake Relays this week.
Rounding out this year's Hall of Fame class is pioneering women's distance runner Barbara Lawson who joins Ford Mastin and Bob Verbeeck as this years inductees.
Lawson won the invitational mile at the 1971 and 1973 Drake Relays. Lawson's historic 1971 win was the first individual women's event staged at the Relays since Wilma Rudolph ran 10 years earlier in 1961.