100-Yard Dash Bob Simpson, Missouri Pole Vault Jesse Owens, Ohio State Bill Porter, Northwestern Bob Gutowski, Occidental Bobby Morrow, Abilene Christian George Saling, Iowa Don Laz, Illinois Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette Cornelius Warmerdam, Fresno State Dave Sime, Duke 440-Yard Hurdles Don Cooper, Nebraska Roland Locke, Nebraska , Indiana Tom Warne, Northwestern Bob DeVinney, Kansas 440-Yard Dash Lee Hofacre, Drake/Minnesota * Initial inductees to the Drake Relays Eddie Southern, Texas Gene O’Connor, Kansas State Hall of Fame were selected in 1959 in J.W. Mashburn, Oklahoma State Aubrey Lewis, Notre Dame honor of the 50th running of the Drake Jim Lavery, Drake Cliff Cushman, Kansas Relays Mal Whitfield,Ohio State/L.A. State Tom Cox, Rice High Jump 1960 Additions , Louisiana State Pete Watkins, Texas A&M Binga Dismond, Chicago, 440 Harold Osborn, Illinois Ed Gordon, Iowa, Broad Jump 880-Yard Run Bernie Allard, Notre Dame Chuck Hoyt, Grinnell, 220 Mal Whitfield, Ohio State/L.A. State Linn Philson, Drake Bill Lyda, Oklahoma Dwight Eddleman, Illinois 1961 Additions Billy Tidwell, Emporia State Dick Meissner, Nebraska Ira Davenport, Chicago, 440/880 Don Gehrmann, Wisconsin Don Stewart, Southern Methodist Jackson Scholz, Missouri, 100 Charles Hornbostel, Indiana A.E. (Deac) Wolters, Iowa State, 440/880 Alex Wilson, Notre Dame Broad Jump Jesse Owens, Ohio State 1962 Additions One-Mile Run Billy Brown, Louisiana State Sam Allen, Oklahoma Baptist, Hurdles Wes Santee, Kansas Mack Robinson, Pasadena J.C. Frank (Bab) Cuhel, Iowa, Hurdles Glenn Cunningham, Kansas Jerome Biffle, Denver Chuck Fenske, Wisconsin, Distances Jim Grelle, Oregon Willie Steele, San Diego State Don Gehrmann, Wisconsin 1963 Additions Alex Henderson, Arizona State Triple Jump Lee Sentman, Illinois, Hurdles Jack Smyth, Houston Henry Brocksmith, Indiana, Distances Two-Mile Run Lambert Redd, Quincy/Bradley Walter Mehl, Wisconsin, Distances Alex Henderson, Arizona State Herschel Neil, Maryville Greg Rice, Notre Dame Kent Floerke, Kansas 1964 Additions Don Lash, Indiana Merwin Graham, Kansas Hayes Jones, Eastern Michigan, Hurdles Gene Matthews, Purdue Ted Wheeler, Iowa, Mile Charles Jones, Iowa Discus Throw John Kuck, Emporia State, Shot Put Al Oerter, Kansas Javelin Throw Fortune Gordien, Minnesota 1965 Additions John Fromm, Pacific Lutheran Rink Babka, Southern California Ray Conger, Iowa State, Distances Alton Terry, Hardin-Simmons Byrl Thompson, Minnesota Parry O’Brian, Southern California, Shot Put Bill Miller, Arizona State Al Blozis, Georgetown Ray Sears, Butler, Two-Mile Ben Garcia, Arizona State Bruce Parker, Texas Shot Put 1966 Additions Bill Nieder, Kansas Ralph Boston, Tennessee State, Long Jump 120-Yard High Hurdles Dave Owen, Michigan George Kerr, Illinois, 880 Harrison Dillard, Baldwin-Wallace Jack Torrance, Louisiana State Archie San Romani, Emporia State, Mile Fred Wolcott, Rice Darrow Hooper, Texas A&M Willie Stevens, Tennessee A&I Charles Fonville, Michigan 1967 Additions , Emporia State, Shot Put 1986 Additions Milton Angier, Illinois, Javelin Lester Mliburn, Texas Southern, Relays Mel Lattany, Georgia, Sprints Dyrol Burleson, Oregon, Mile Nick Rose, Western Kentucky, Distances/Relays F. , Grinnell, 440-Hurdles 1977 Additions Rick Wanamaker, Drake, Decathlon Sam Francis, Nebraska, Shot Put Essie Kelley Washington, Prairie View A&M, Middle Distances/Relays Jerome Howe, Kansas State, Mile/Relays 1968 Additions Beefus Bryan, Texas, Pole Vault 1987 Additions Wilma Rudolph, Tennessee State, 100 Charlton Ehizuelen, Illinois, Long Jump/Triple Jump Cy Leland, Texas Christian, 100 1978 Additions Harvey Glance, Auburn, Sprints Bill Alley, Kansas, Javelin Bruce Jenner, Graceland, Decathlon Merlene Ottey Page, Nebraska, Sprints/Relays Pat Matzdorf, Wisconsin, High Jump 1969 Additions Rodney Milburn, Southern, High Hurdles 1988 Additions Bob Hayes, Florida A&M, 100 John Hartfield, Texas Southern, High Jump Carl Jark, Army, Discus 1979 Additions Jill Lancaster, Oklahoma, 400-Hurdles/Heptathlon Jerry Thompson, Texas, Two-Mile , Florida Track Club, Distances Calvin Smith, Alabama, Sprints/Relays Fred Feiler, Drake, Two-Mile 1970 Additions Curtis Mills, Texas A&M, Sprint Relays 1989 Additions Tom O’Hara, Loyola of Chicago, Mile Jim Hines, Texas Southern, 100/Relays Charley Paddock, Southern California, Sprints 1980 Additions Mike Franks, Southern Illinois, 400/Relays Campbell Kane, Indiana, 880/Mile , Kansas State, Relays Pat Jackson, Prairie View A&M, Relays , Bowling Green, Relays Debra Melrose, Prairie View A&M, 400-Hurdles/Relays 1971 Additions Bill Woodhouse, Abilene Christian, Sprints John Brooks, Chicago University, Long Jump 1990 Additions Major Adams, Texas Southern, 440 1981 Additions Marshall Dill, Michigan State, 100/200 Gayle Hopkins, Arizona, Triple Jump Mike Boit, Eastern New Mexico, 800/Relays Willie Smith, Auburn, Sprints Ivory Crockett, Southern Illinois, Sprints Brian Tietjens, Iowa State, High Jump 1972 Additions Dave Roberts, Rice, Pole Vault Charlie Greene, Nebraska, Sprints 1991 Additions Jim Ford, Drake, Sprints 1982 Additions Easter Gabriel, Prairie View A&M, 400/Relays Randy Matson, Texas A&M, Shot Put/Discus Peg Neppel Darrah, Iowa State, Distances Bob Roggy, Southern Illinois, Javelin , Notre Dame, Middle Distances Evans White, Prairie View A&M, 800/Relays 1973 Additions George Adrian, Abilene Christian, Middle Distances DeHart Hubbard, Michigan, Long Jump 1992 Additions Van Nelson, St. Cloud State, Three-Mile/Six-Mile 1983 Additions Lillie Leatherwood, Alabama, 100/200/400/Relays Theron Lewis, Southern, 220/440/880 , Miami of Ohio, Distances , Iowa State, 400-Hurdles Francie Larrieu, Pacific Coast Club, Distances 1974 Additions Mark Winzenried, Wisconsin, 800/Relays 1993 Additions , Kansas, Mile Gwen Torrence, Georgia, 100/200/400/Relays Fred Hansen, Rice, Pole Vault 1984 Additions Jim Spivey, Indiana, 800/5,000/Relays Ernie Shelby, Kansas, Long Jump Debbie Esser, Iowa State, Hurdles Devon Morris, Wayland Baptist, Relays Steve Scott, Sub-4 Track Club, Mile/1,500 1975 Additions Randy Wilson, Oklahoma, 800 1994 Additions Clyde Duncan, Texas Southern, Sprints Nawal El Moutawakel, Iowa State, 400-Hurdles James Golliday, Northwestern, Sprints 1985 Additions Scott Huffman, Kansas, Pole Vault Everett Bradley, Kansas, Long Jump/Shot Put Cindy Bremser, Wisconsin, 1,500-Meters Mel Gray, Missouri, 100 1995 Addition 1976 Additions Felix Johnson, Prairie View A&M, Middle Distances/Relays Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Missouri, 400/Relays Ralph Mann, Brigham Young, Hurdles 1996 Additions 2009 Addition Pauline Davis, Alabama, 400 Athletes of the Century selected for the Michael Johnson, Baylor, Sprints 100th Drake Relays Kip Janvrin, K & K Track Club, Decathlon 2010 Additions 1997 Additions Christian Cantwell, Missouri, Shot Put Kevin Little, Drake, 200/400 Perdita Felicien, Illinois, 100mH/Relays Ken Popejoy, Masters 800 2011 Additions 1998 Additions Kim Carson, Nike, 100-Hurdles Bill Payne, Baylor, Pole Vault Obadele Thompson, UTEP, Sprints/Relays Pinkie Suggs, Kansas State, Shot Put/Discus 2012 Additions 1999 Additions Tommy Asinga, Eastern Michigan, 800/Relays Hollis Conway, High Jump Edith Nakiyingi, Iowa State, 800 Holli Hyche, Indiana State, 100/200/Relays Butch Reynolds, Ohio State, 400 2013 Addition Jeremy Wariner, Baylor/adidas, 200/400 2000 Additions Amy Wickus, Wisconsin, 800/Relays 2014 Additions Paul McMullen, Eastern Michigan, 1,500/Relays Gudrun Arnardottir, Georgia, 100mH/400mH John Nuttall, Iowa State, 1,500/Relays 2001 Additions Suzy Favor Hamilton, 800/1,500 2015 Additions Jeff Hartwig, Pole Vault Brandon Couts, Baylor, 400/Relays Chaunte Lowe, Nike, High Jump 2002 Additions Lorriane Fenton, Lincoln, 400/Relays 2016 Additions Joey Woody, Northern Iowa, 400-Hurdles Kathy Devine, Emporia State, Shot Put Justin Gaymon, Georgia, 400-Hurdles 2003 Addition Connie Price-Smith, Southern Illinois, Shot Put/Discus 2017 Additions Barbara Lawson, Colorado State, Mile 2004 Addition Bob Verbeeck, Iowa State, 1,500/Relays Paul Ereng, Virginia, 800 2018 Additions 2005 Addition Dmitry Drozdov, Iowa State, Steeplechase Debbie Ferguson, Georgia, Sprints/Relays Derek Miles, South Dakota, Pole Vault

2006 Additions Deon Minor, Baylor, 400/Relays Kellie Suttle, Nike, Pole Vault

2007 Addition Amy Acuff, Asics, High Jump

2008 Addition Anthuan Maybank, Iowa, Sprints/Long Jump