The 110th Relays presented by Hy-Vee closed Saturday with two collegians upsetting world champions, more success for shot putter Ryan Crouser, another victory for hurdler Keni Harrison and several Kentucky athletes waving white victory flags.
   
Iowa and Iowa State also had a successful meet, with the Iowa women winning the Hy-Vee Cup in their division and Iowa State taking the Cup on the men's side.
   
In the high school competition, Johnston's Joe Schaefer capped a big weekend with this third victory of the meet.
   
Pole vaulter Chris Nilsen of South Dakota and Kentucky hurdler Daniel Roberts both came away with victories they'll savor for a long time.
   
Nilsen, a junior and the defending NCAA outdoor champion, cleared 19-2 1/4 (5.85m) to beat Sam Kendricks, the reigning world outdoor champion. The event was moved into the Drake Fieldhouse and that clearance was an indoor best for Nilsen, who entered the weekend as the world leader and beat Kendricks for the first time in five tries.
   
Kendricks finished second at 19-1/4 (5.80m) in the World Showdown Invite Event.
   
Just one hour earlier, Kentucky junior Daniel Roberts upset reigning world outdoor champ and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Omar McLeod to win the World Showdown Invite 110 hurdles. Roberts, runner-up in the 60 hurdles at the NCAA indoor meet, ran a wind-aided 13.28 to nip McLeod by the narrowest of margins.
   
McLeod, a three-time Drake Relays champion and the meet record holder, finished in 13.29. It was the first loss on Drake's Blue Oval for the former Arkansas star since 2014.
   
Harrison preserved two streaks with her victory in the women's World Showdown 100 hurdles. She led from the start in clocking a wind-aided 12.65 for her fourth consecutive Drake Relays title and her seventh straight win on the Drake track. She's now tied with Lolo Jones for the most 100 hurdles victories at the Relays.
   
Crouser, the world leader in the shot put and reigning Olympic gold medalist, became the first to win the invitational event at Drake in consecutive years since Christian Cantwell won three in a row from 2006-08. He threw 69-3 1/4 (21.11m) in the Tokyo Countdown event to turn back Payton Otterdahl, a fifth-year senior at North Dakota State. 
   
Otterdahl, the 2019 NCAA indoor champion in the shot and weight throw, threw 68-1(20.75m) for his second-place finish as the elite men's shot put returned to the Drake Relays schedule for the first time since 2013.
   
A victory in the sprint medley relay helped the Iowa women win the Hy-Vee Cup for the first time. The Hawkeyes totaled 26 points in the competition that awards points in five relays _ the 4x100, 4x400, 4x800, sprint medley and distance medley.
   
The Iowa State men totaled 29 points to end Iowa's two-run in the men's Hy-Vee Cup competition. Victories in the 4x800 and distance medley propelled the Cyclones, who won the Cup for the first time.
   
Roberts' victory was one of eight by Kentucky athletes, including five in the women's division. This is the Wildcats' first season under coach Lonnie Greene, who guided Purdue to 11 victories at least year's Drake Relays.
   
Schaefer was the standout in the high school competition, winning the boys 1600 on Saturday after earlier victories in the 800 and as the anchor in the 4x800 relay.

The 111th Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee are scheduled for April 22-25, 2020 at Drake Stadium.