Mainstay may have a wrecking ball in its future. 90th Relays will be first for new track in Drake Stadium.
Senior columnists reflect on past, look to future.
Alumnus prepares to attend his 58th Drake Relays Jessica Tarbox sports editor He hasn't missed a Relays in 56 years, which has to be one of the greatest track records at Drake. At almost any football or basketball game, and definitely at Relays, Drake alumni sit in the bleachers in Drake apparel, cheering the way they did when the men sported afros and the women did not play varsity sports. But Paul F. Morrison, athletic historian, far exceeds the role of loyal alumnus. In his office in the Fieldhouse he attempts to record more than a century of Drake sports - the lost sports, the introduction of women's sports and the fire that has driven Drake athletes since the early 1890s. Morrison maintains his own 53-year working history with Drake athletics.