A landmark sponsorship deal with Hy-Vee will enable the Drake Relays to become a pacesetter in prize money. Officials announced the five-year agreement Wednesday that will allow the annual Des Moines track and field meet to offer a purse of more than half a million dollars. “It wasn’t a move…
Renaud Lavillenie has emerged as France’s main Olympic gold medal hope after a masterful pole vaulting display here fired out a warning to rivals ahead of this summer’s London Games. In cold, blustery conditions, the 24-year-old from the central city of Clermont won a high-level competition with a best of…
