The Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee is set to induct a pair of standout athletes into the prestigious Drake Relays Athletes Hall of Fame next week during the 107th running of the Drake Relays.

The first of those two to join some of the greatest names in track and field history in the Hall of Fame is Kathy Devine.

Devine holds a number of honors and titles both at the Relays and beyond. Not only was she a Relays champion in 1977, 1978 and 1980, but she was also the first women's shot put champion at the Drake Relays. During her career, Devine set the national collegiate record four times in the shot put while attending Emporia State, first as a freshman in 1976 and then broke it for the final time with a throw of 53-7.75 at the 1978 Drake Relays. That throw stood as the Drake Relays record for eight years until it was broken by Relays Hall of Famer Pinkie Suggs in 1987 with the only throw to exceed Devine's during a 17-year period.
 
Outside of the Relays, she had an equally successful collegiate career. In 1976 and 1977, she was a two-time AIAW national champion as well as a two-time U.S. Federation champion. She also was a two-time national AAU runner-up and became a three-time shot put champion at the Kansas Relays in 1976, 1977 and 1978. Devine finished second in the shot put at the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials and participated in the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials.

In 1978, Devine swept the shot put, discus and javelin events at the Kansas Relays, setting a collegiate record of 53-3 in shot put, a mark she broke just a week later at the Drake Relays. Beyond the collegiate realm of track and field, Devine placed second at the 1976 Olympic trials but did not meet the qualifying standards to compete in the Olympics. She qualified again for the Olympic Trials in 1980. Her collegiate career came following a USA Junior championship she won in 1973 as a high school student, where she still holds records to date.