AUSTIN, TEXAS – Fifteen Drake Relays champions, led by double winners Faith Ross of Kentucky and Amira Young of Minnesota, will be performing in the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships that start Thursday at Mike A. Meyers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas.
Ross was named the outstanding women's performer of the Drake Relays after becoming the third collegian to sweep the 400m and 100m hurdles and first since 2004. Ross raced to a 58.21 time to win the women's university-college 400m hurdles marking the first Drake Relays victory for Kentucky since 1988.