Friday, April 16
- Drake campus Street Painting, 4 to 7 p.m., Painted Street on Carpenter Avenue
Saturday, April 17
- Drake Student Activities Board Relays Parade, 2 p.m.; the
parade will begin on University Avenue at 25th Street, proceed west to
31st Street to Forest Avenue and finish on 25th Street.
Monday, April 19
- 31st Annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nollen Plaza in downtown Des Moines (Third and Locust streets).
Tuesday, April 20
- Grand Blue Mile Street Run, beginning at 17th and West
Locust Streets in downtown Des Moines; registration costs $20 for adult
and $15 for youth runners. A full schedule is available online.
Wednesday, April 21
- “Fake Relays,” featuring athletic teams from local
businesses and organizations competing in various contests, noon, Court
Avenue between Third and Fourth streets - Downtown Street
Painting, Court Avenue between Third and Fourth streets; rain location
is the atrium of Capital Square at Nollen Plaza - Women’s Heptathlon Day 1, 12 p.m., Drake Stadium, 27th Street and Forest Avenue
- Men’s Decathlon, Day 1, 12:30 p.m., Drake Stadium
- Relays Carnival, 4:30 to 7 p.m., Helmick Commons, north of the Olmsted Center parking lot at 28th Street and University Avenue
Thursday, April 22
- Men’s Decathlon Day 2, 9:30 a.m., Drake Stadium
- Women’s Heptathlon Day 2, 10 a.m., Drake Stadium
- Drake Relays, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., Drake Stadium
- Distance Carnival, 3 to 6 p.m., Drake Stadium
- High School Field Events, 3 p.m., Drake Stadium
- Hall of Fame Induction and Reception, 5:45 to 8:30 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave.
Friday, April 23
- Drake Relays, 8 a.m. to 4:25 p.m., Drake Stadium
- “Relays Under the Lights,” 5:30 to 8:45 p.m., Drake Stadium
- Court
Avenue Relays Celebration, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Fourth Street and Court
Avenue, downtown Des Moines, with live music by HelloGoodbye.
Saturday, April 24
- 42nd Annual Drake Relays On the Road Race, 8 a.m. start for
8 kilometer and half-marathon races; registration and route information
is available online. - Drake Relays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Drake Stadium