KU track claims two meet records at National Relay Championships

By Staff Report     Apr 26, 2019

Kansas track & field saw success on the first day of action at the National Relay Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with junior Bryce Hoppel recording a facility record and meet record in the 800-meter run, and freshman Zach Bradford earning a meet record in the pole vault. Along with the two meet records, 21 personal-bests were set by the Jayhawks on Friday-a number of which altered the KU all-time top-10 charts.

Hoppel’s meet and facility record in the 800 meters marked the 13th-straight individual race won by the Midland, Texas native. His winning time of 1:45.87 was a season-best and was the fourth-fastest 800 ran by a Jayhawk in program history. Hoppel’s time currently ranks No. 2 in the NCAA this season and No. 7 in the world.

Bradford, who was coming off a school-record performance at the Kansas Relays, placed second in the men’s pole vault with a clearance of 5.62 meters (18-5.25 ft.). His clearance tied Baylor’s KC Lightfoot’s winning jump as the meet record.

Senior Marleena Eubanks saw success in the women’s 800-meter run, clocking in at 2:05.12 for a season-best performance and the No. 3 time in KU women’s history. Her time, which was the top collegiate mark and second overall on Friday, ranks No. 20 in the NCAA this season.

Junior Cody Johnson ran his way to a second-place finish in the men’s 400-meter hurdles with a PR time of 50.73 seconds, which moved him into the No. 5 spot on the KU all-time performers list in the event.

Freshman Cordell Tinch ran a wind-legal time of 13.89 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles to place second and become the No. 9 performer in KU history, redshirt sophomore Mariah Kuykendoll improved her time as the No. 9 performer in program history in the 400-meter dash (53.70) and sophomore Catherine Liggett moved into the top-10 in program history in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:25.62 to round out the KU all-time top-10 performances on Friday.

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