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Case Western Reserve University Archives

Hudson Relay Rules, Routes, and Winners

When planning for the first race began, running from Painesville to Cleveland was proposed as the route. Quay Findley, Class of 1911 and member of the planning committee, suggested running from Hudson to Cleveland. His suggestion was accepted and, until 1990, Hudson to Cleveland, with minor variations, was the race’s route.

The length of each leg was 1 mile until the 1970s, when half-mile legs began. Early rules required each runner to finish his mile unassisted and no runner could participate in more than one mile. Team sizes varied from 24 to 52, It was the custom for the class president to run the final mile, with elected team captains running the first mile. The overall length was 26 miles until 2003 when the course was changed to pass through the North Residential Village, shortening the distance to 24.5 miles.

Monitoring progress of the race was a constant, but the method changed over time. In the early years, people who lived along the route phoned in updates, which were recorded on a large map of the course at the steps of Adelbert Main. In 1972 WRUW, the student radio station, offered live coverage of the race using a radio car.

Winning Teams

The First 100 Years

Year	Winning Class	Year	Winning Class	Year	Winning Class
1910	1912	1947	1949	1981	1982
1911	1914	1948	1951	1982	1982
1912	1915	1949	1951	1983	1986
1913	1915	1950	1951	1984	1987
1914	1916	1951	1953	1985	1986
1915	1918	1952	1953	1986	1986
1916	1919	1954	1957	1987	1990
1918	1921	1955	1955	1988	1990
1919	1921	1956	1958	1989	1990
1920	1922	1957	1960	1990	1990
1921	1922	1959	1960	1991	1994
1922	1922	1960	1963	1992	1994
1923	1926	1961	1964	1993	1994
1924	1926	1962	1965	1994	1994
1925	1926	1963	1965	1995	1998
1926	1929	1964	1967	1996	1998
1927	1928	1965	1968	1997	2000
1928	1931	1966	1968	1998	2001
1929	1931	1967	1968	1999	2001
1930	1933	1968	1970	2000	2002
1931	1933	1969	1971	2001	2004
1932	1934	1972	1974	2002	2004
1933	1936	1973	1973	2003	2006
1934	1936	1974	Alumni	2004	2006
1935	1938	1975	Alumni	2005	2006
1938	1941	1976	1979	2006	2006
1939	1942	1977	1979	2007	2009
1940	1943	1978	1979	2008	2011
1941	1944	1979	1982	2009	2011
1942	1944	1980	1982	2010	2011

The Second 100 Years

Year	Winning Class	Year	Winning Class	Year	Winning Class
2011	2011
2012	2014
2013	2014
2014	2017
2015	2017
2016	2017
2017	2017
2018	2020

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