Rex Ressler was the 220 yard national champion and placed second in the 100 yard dash as a freshman in 1958. His school record time of 20.92 in the 200m at the 1958 Central Intercollegiate Conference Championships stood for 53 years, before finally being broken in 2011. He swept the 100 and 220 yard dashes at the CIC Championships as a freshman and sophomore.