April 22nd, 2009 kicked off the first day of festivities at the 100th edition of the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Saturday brought forth the biggest day of events with many hard-fought races to be contested. What seemed to be the main event was the Men's mile. Alan Webb, Pablo Solares, and Chris Lukezic were some of the names that headlined the event which made for a decent field, to say the least. Coming off a 3:58 mile at the Kansas Relays recently, Alan Webb had all the confidence he needed to steal the show. The race was down to wire, but Webb came out on top in 4:00.61, beating out 2nd place runner Peter Vanderwesthuizen who was right behind Webb in 4:00.84. Taking 3rd place in the small field of seven was Pablo Solares in 4:00.88.
Event 65 Men 1 Mile Run Special
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Drake Relays: D 3:51.71 4/28/2007 Alan Webb, Nike
Stadium: S 3:51.71 2007 Alan Webb, Nike
Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Alan Webb Nike 4:00.61
2 Peter Vanderwesthuizen South Africa 4:00.84
3 Pablo Solares Mexico 4:00.88
4 Chris Lukezic Reebok 4:01.80
5 Steve Sherer New York AC 4:03.22
6 Adam Perkins Rush Running 4:04.62
7 Mark Thompson Unattached 4:05.93
-- Moise Joseph Kenya DNF
Another notable performance on the day was Jeremy Wariner who kicked off his track season by taking first in the men's 400 in 45.06, just missing Michael Johnson's Drake Relays record by 0.25 seconds.
