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Chris Eaton (Contributed photo)
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Connor Eaton of Mount Ayr takes the baton from teammate Payton Weehler during the 4x400 relay at the Coed State Track and Field Meet earlier this month at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Eaton ran on four school-record relays at the state meet. His father, Chris, ran on two of those relays at the 1988 state meet for the Creston Panthers. (CNA photo)
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Chris Eaton runs the anchor on Creston's 4x200 relay in 1988. The group was second in the state in a time of 1:31.74. (CNA file)
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The brown baton used by members of Creston's 440 relay team in 1969 was called Super Brown and named DKAR for the first names of runners Darrell Roberts, Ken Ketter, Allen Vettrick and Rich Johannes. The 880 relay unit of Roberts, Ketter, Rick Robinson and Johannes still holds the school record, marking the 50th anniversary of that performance at the state meet. (Contributed photo)