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Kirani James, Shawn Barber, Nick Rogers win big on Hy-Vee Night at the Drake Relays

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLE BY ADAM ROGAN

Like most every year, the 2016 Drake Relays featured some of the world’s top athletes on the Blue Oval and in the field, and – yet again – they didn’t disappoint.

Kirani James – Men’s 400-meter

Probably the best individual performance on the day came from Grenadian Kirani James in the men’s 400-meter. James, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, broke his own Drake Relays record with a time of 44.08, just .34 seconds behind the personal best he set in 2014 and only .