Drake hosts first national collegiate wheelchair championship

• Waukee native Evan Correll — the most decorated wheelchair athlete in Iowa history — is one of the competitors in this week's inaugural championships.

Details: ASAP is part of a multi-year grant from the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and the University of Michigan Adaptive Sports and Fitness program.

• The focus is para track and field, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball, with collaboration from groups like the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.

Of note: Paralympic events have been part of the relays since 2015.

• Holding the inaugural national championship "is an exciting next page" in the event's history, Drake Relays director Blake Boldon said in a statement.

If you go: The championship races are Saturday.

• The women's event begins at 2:54pm with the men's at 2:59pm.