DES MOINES, Iowa — Five Drake Relays records, including an Iowa all-time best high school performance, highlighted the first day of the 114th running of the Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom on Thursday.
Denzel Comenentia, a six-time national champ from The Netherlands, set a Drake Relays record in the WACT men's invitational hammer throw of 252 feet (76.80m) on his last attempt, breaking the previous mark by four inches set in 2023 by U.S. Olympian Rudy Winkler, the American record holder in the event. Comenentia won the 2018 NCAA title in the hammer throw and shot put competing for Georgia.