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The 115th running of the Drake Relays already has some record performances.On Thursday, Rudy Winkler set both a Drake Relays and Drake Stadium record in the WACT men's hammer throw, unleashing a throw of 81.08m/266-0 on his third attempt. Nebraska junior Till Steinforth repeated his decathlon championship with a meet record that lifted him to the No. 1 spot in the world this year. Steinforth amassed 8,265 points over the two days of competition to break a 29-year-old record held by Drake Relays Hall of Famer Kip Janvrin. Carter Morton, who is being redshirted at Northern Iowa this spring, earned second place with a career-best 7,882 points.Brooke Anderson outdueled world leader Rachel Richeson to win the WACT women’s hammer throw. Anderson, the world championships gold medalist in 2022, posted a throw of 75.28m/247-0, a season best that ranks No. 5 in the world. Bahamian Olympian Rhema Otabor repeated her title in the women’s javelin, capturing the WACT event in dramatic fashion, throwing 58.20m/190-11 on her final attempt to edge Madison Wiltrout by two inches. In the most anticipated high school event of the opening day, Western Dubuque junior Quentin Nauman set a Relays record in the high school boys 3200 with a time of 8:52.45. He beat a strong field that included defending champion Jaden Merrick of Cedar Falls, who set the old record of 8:55.14 last year and was leading until Nauman made his move. Pella’s Canaan Dunham was second in 8:56.11, which is seventh on the all-time list, and Ankeny’s Ethan Zuber took third in 8:59.60. Merrick finished fourth in 9:02.74.Cedar Falls freshman Charlee Gall pulled away from the pack early and became the second member of her family to win the high school girls' 3000. Gall, the daughter of three-time Drake Relays champion Sarah Gray, raced to a 9:44.19 clocking, which puts her at No. 9 on the state’s all-time list.