“We typically have around 1,000 people sleep out,” O’Berry said. “The average donation is about $50 per camp, so it’s really grassroots, friends asking friends, just small gifts, which means the community is really embracing the cause.”
The Bulldogs went out to Indiana to face Valparaiso University and won 35-21, bringing an end to the eight-game-long losing streak away from Drake Stadium.
Drake University has been searching for the 12th Franklin ‘Pitch’ Johnson Drake Relays Director since the departure of Brian Brown earlier this year. On the afternoon of Oct. 11, a press release revealed that the search had come to an end when Blake Boldon was announced as the new director.