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Kendra Harrison

Kendra Harrison

April 28, 2016

A Fan's Guide to the 2016 Drake Relays: Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy This One As Drake Is Absolutely LOADED Yet Again

Some of the sprint fields are Olympic caliber, including the men's 400 (Merritt, James, Santos), the men's 110 hurdles (McLeod, Parchment, Merritt, Oliver) and women's 100 hurdles (Harper-NelsonRollinsHarrison). The mid-d action is very intriguing. Jenny Simpson races for the first time in 2016 as she Mary Cain, Brenda Martinez and Morgan Uceny are all in the women's 1500. And the men's 800 will features a clash between Boris Berian, Erik Sowinski and Clayton Murphy. Plus the field events feature a cool $1,500 payment for the best mark in each round in the  'Throw For The Dough' and 'Leap For Loot'.