Race Recap - Drake Relays

The 2005 Drake Masters Mile did not set a meet record for the first time in it's 4-year history. The race temp. was 41 degrees, and there was a brisk wind on the backstretch. Rain was predicted for Saturday's race, but athletes got lucky and it stayed dry for the race. David Nash a native Iowan and several-time National Champion served as the pacesetter for the 4th year in a row. John Hinton (42) of Fleet Feet Charborro jumped out to an early lead with rabbit and never relinquished the lead winning in 4:19.38. He was followed by Masters newcomer David Bailey (41) of Bowerman A.C.--Peter Hagelbach (40) of Fleet Feet Boulder and Kevin Paulk (44) of Bowerman A.C.--and Tim Wakeland (40) former All-American at Iowa State and Brett Darrington of the Future Track Club rounded out the field. The first year, the event was won in 4:16 by Colm Rothery, a World Champion from Ireland in cold and wet conditions. The next year, John Hinton broke the meet record running 4:13, then last year Tony Young set the existing meet record of 4:12.34. Check the usatf.org website under Masters Invitational Program for upcoming events, as well as past event results and stories.