DES MOINES, Iowa--Chaunte Lowe, the American and Drake Stadium high jump record-holder, and four-time Drake Relays champion Amy Acuff headline a talented field for the 2012 Drake Relays women's special invitational high jump, set to take place at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 28.

On the men's side, two-time U.S. Indoor champion and 2008 Olympian Andra Manson and 2011 U.S. Indoor champion Keith Moffatt highlight the entrants in the special invitational men's high jump at the 103rd running of the Drake Relays. They will compete against a talented field in the event beginning at 12 p.m. on the 28th at Drake Stadium.

Lowe set the United States high jump record of 6 feet 8.75 inches in front of a packed crowd at Drake Stadium during the 2010 United States Track and Field Outdoor Championship en route to her fourth USA Outdoor Championship in the event. Earlier that year, Lowe captured the Drake Relays with a jump of 6 feet 5 inches. During the 2010 indoor season she captured the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championship soaring 6 feet 6 inches. Lowe sat out most of the 2011 campaign because of the birth of her second child Aurora.

Acuff, who won the Drake Relays high jump in 2001 and 2004-2006, holds an outdoor personal best of 6 feet 7 inches set in 2003. She was the U.S. outdoor high jump champion from 2003-2005, and the U.S. indoor high jump champ in 2004, '08 and '09. Acuff's best mark of the young outdoor season is 6 feet 3 inches, which is tied for the best mark in the world this season.

Elsewhere in the women's competition, 2011 Drake Relays champion Sheree Francis of Jamaica will return to Drake Stadium to defend her title. Francis jumped 6 feet 2.75 inches last year, which was her best jump of the season. The field also includes Liz Patterson, who owns an outdoor personal best of 6 feet 3.25 inches set during the 2010 U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Drake Stadium, en route a runner-up finish behind Lowe, and Sharon Day, the 2011 U.S. outdoor heptathlon champion. Day, the 2005 NCAA high jump champion owns a personal best of 6 feet 4.75 inches which she has accomplished twice in her career.

Manson, a two-time USA Indoor champion and two-time USA Outdoor runner-up, owns a personal best of 7 feet 8.50 inches that he set back in 2009. Manson looks to qualify for the 2012 Olympics after representing the United States in 2008.  He earned the bronze medal in the high jump at the 2008 World Indoor Championship and was third at the 2010 Drake Relays. Manson won the high jump crown at the 2004 NCAA Track And Field Championship while competing for the University of Texas.

Moffatt, the 2011 USA Indoor champion, won the 2010 Drake Relays crown soaring 7 feet 3 inches. His personal best of 7 feet 6.5 inches occurred at the 2006 USA Outdoor Championship en route to a runner-up finish. A year ago, Moffat snared a fifth place showing at the Drake Relays jumping 7 feet 4.25 inches.

Jamie Nieto returns to Drake Stadium after tying for third place at last year's Relays. Nieto has a personal best of 7 feet 8 inches set back at the 2004 Olympics en-route to a fourth place finish, and won the USA Indoor and Outdoor titles that year.

Rounding out the field are Tora Harris and Henderson Dottin. Both men competed at the 2011 Drake Relays, finishing seventh and eighth, respectively. Harris, a two time USA Outdoor champion, holds a personal best of 7 feet 7.75 inches. Henderson's best mark is 7 feet 4.5 inches, and is the Barbados record holder in the high jump.

Capsule Look at Select Women's Competitors:

Chaunte Lowe

• United States record holder in the high jump (6 feet 8.75 inches
• Ranked #1 in the world in 2010,
• Four time USA Outdoor Champion in the high jump (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010)
• Two time USA Indoor Champion in the high jump (2006, 2010)
• Bronze medalist at the World Indoor Championship in 2010, Silver medalist at the 2005 World Outdoor Championships
• Won three NCAA titles while at Georgia Tech in the high jump, capturing the 2004 and 2005 indoor titles and the 2004 outdoor championship.
• Seven time All-American.
• College: Georgia Tech. Born Jan. 12, 1984

Amy Acuff

• Drake Relays Champion 2001, 2004-2006
• Outdoor personal best of 6 feet 7 inches set in 2003
• US Outdoor Champion in the high jump 2003-2005,. And US Indoor Champion in 2004, 2008 and 2009
• NCAA Outdoor Champion in 1994 and 1995
• Three-Time Olympian.
• College: UCLA. Born: July 14, 1975.

Sheree Francis

• 2011 Drake Relays Champion soaring 6 feet 2.75 inches
• Six-Time Jamaican National Champion (2005-2010)
• Outdoor personal best of 6 feet 4 inches.
• Born: October 20, 1985.

Liz Patterson

• Currently ranks sixth in the U.S. with a leap of 6 feet 1.25 inches
• 2010 runner-up at the USA Outdoor Championship at Drake Stadium with a personal best of 6 feet 3.25 inches.
• College: Arizona. Born: June 9, 1988.

Sharon Day

• 2011 USA Outdoor champion in the heptathlon and three time runner up (2007, 2009, 2010).
• Ranked #2 in the United States by Track And Field News in 2010
• Set her personal best in the high jump of 6 feet 4.75 inches at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championship.
• College: California Polytechnic State University. Born: June 9, 1985.

Capsule Look at Select Women's Competitors:

Andra Manson

• 2008 World Indoor bronze medalist.
• Two-time USA Indoor champion ('08, '09).
• Has a personal best of 7 feet 8.5 inches.
• 2008 U.S. Olympian.
• 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championship.
• 2002 World Junior and U.S. Junior champion.
• American Junior record holder with his leap of 7 feet 7 inches in 2002.
• College: Texas. Born: April 30, 1984.

Keth Moffatt

• 2011 USA Indoor champion leaping 7 feet 3.25 inches.
• 2006 and 2009 USA Outdoor runner-up.
• 2010 Drake Relays champion with a jump of 7 feet 3 inches.
• Holds a personal best of 7 feet 6.5 inches
• College: Morehouse College. Born: June 20, 1984.

Jamie Nieto

• 2008 Olympic Trials runner-up, 2004 Olympic Trials champion.
• Fourth at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where he set his personal best of 7 feet 8 inches.
• Tied for third at last year's Drake Relays soaring 7 feet 5.75 inches.
• 2004 USA Indoor Champion, 2003 USA Outdoor Champion.
• Three-time NCAA Division I All-American.
• College: Eastern Michigan. Born: Nov. 2, 1976.

Tora Harris

• 2006, 2009 USA Outdoor Champion, while claiming second at the 2010 USA Outdoor Championship.
• Holds a personal best of 7 feet 7.75 inches
• 2007 USA Indoor Champion.
• Was seventh a year ago at the Drake Relays
• 2002 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor high jump champion.
• Five-time NCAA Division I All-American.
• College: Princeton. Born: Sept. 21, 1978.

Henderson Dottin

• Barbados record holder in the high jump with a personal best of 7 feet 4.5 inches.
• Two-time Barbados High Jump Champion.
• Finished in eighth place at the 2011 Drake Relays.
• College: UTEP. Born: Jan. 4, 1980.