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The Drake Relays will move some events under the lights
Posted: 02.26.2013 at 3:47 PM
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(AP) --  The Drake Relays is moving under the lights.


Meet officials announced Tuesday that a number of invitational races and field events will be staged on a Friday night rather than its traditional Saturday afternoon setup.


Drake organizers previously announced in November that the 104th annual meet, set for April 24-28, will offer more than $500,000 in prize money in 2013 for a series of rematches from the London Olympics.


Meet organizers say they'll offer a $50,000 purse for invitational races and $25,000 for field events - each the biggest such prize in the U.S. - after landing a new title sponsor, supermarket chain Hy-Vee.


Drake also says 22 medalists from the recent London Olympics have committed to the meet so far.

 

(Copyright ©2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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