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University Daily Kansan Monday, April 19, 1965
Records Fall at 40th Relays
Kansas Relays records were shattered this weekend as a galaxie of track stars descended on Lawrence for the 40th annual running of the event.
Jim Ryun from Wichita East turned in a record-breaking mile-run time of 4:04.8 Friday afternoon. Saturday afternoon, he brought the crowd of 14,000 at Memorial Stadium to their feet as he anchored Wichita's two-mile relay team as they set a new national record for the event. He ran a scorching 1:47.7 for the 880 leg.
Randy Matson of Texas A & M
finished with a shot put of 65' 104"
Clarence Robinson of New Mexico put two new marks on the books as he sailed 26' $ 2 \frac{1}{2} $ in the broad jump and triple-jumped his way to a 50' $ 6 \frac{1}{2} $ victory.
Bill Floerke, Kansas State spearman, threw the javelin 266 $1\frac{1}{2}$" Texas Western College set a new standard in the 880 relay with 1.23.8.
Oklahoma State romped home as an easy victor in the 2-mile relay and Nebraska captured the quartermile relay.
(Photos by Glen Phillips and Harry Krause)