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Track & Field

Jayhawk great Glenn Cunningham to be enshrined

Former Kansas University track and field great Glenn Cunningham will be inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame, it was announced last week.

It’s time to accent year’s top Jayhawks

As the school year winds to a close, it’s time to highlight Kansas University’s top performers.

Big 12 track honors KU's Michael Stigler

Kansas University hurdler Michael Stigler was named Big 12 Outstanding Male Freshman of the Year on Wednesday. The awards were voted on by league head track-and-field coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own athletes.

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Runners-up: KU women second at league

Kansas University’s women’s track team placed second at the 2012 Big 12 Outdoor track and field championships, which concluded Sunday at Kansas State’s track complex.

Jayhawk women lead after Day 2

A 1-2 finish in the long jump from Francine Kimone Simpson (21-103⁄4) and Andrea Geubelle (21-4) sparked Kansas University’s women’s track team to a first-place finish in the team standings heading into the final day of the 2012 Big 12 Outdoor championships.

KU thrower wins title at Big 12 track championships

Kansas University senior thrower Alena Krechyk broke multiple records and claimed her second career conference title in the hammer throw on Friday at the 2012 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the campus of Kansas State University.

KU track competes in Arkansas Twilight

Kansas University’s Iain Trimble (210-7) and Dan Hitman (206-7) placed second and fourth respectively in the javelin at Friday’s Arkansas Twilight meet.

KU track teams ascend in rankings

Kansas University’s women’s track and field team jumped two spots to No. 5 and the men moved up two spots to No. 23 in this week’s U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings.

Kansas track wins 14 titles

Kansas University’s Andrea Geubelle leaped to the NCAA’s best triple-jump mark — 44 feet, 51⁄2 inches — at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational on Friday as 11 Jayhawks and three relay teams claimed titles.

KU track sweeps

For the first time in Kansas University history, a pair of Jayhawks swept the outdoor track and field Big 12 Athlete of the Week honors, when sophomore Diamond Dixon and junior Mason Finley claimed the awards Wednesday.

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Superhuman: ‘Batman’ Jackson breaks own record in Kansas Relays finale

The song “Crank Dat Batman” blared over the Memorial Stadium sound system to the delight of 14,500 fans and at least one 400-meter hurdler Saturday at the Kansas Relays.

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Final fling: Ex-Jayhawk Scott Russell dons pink, wins again

Former Kansas University All-American Scott Russell — who has decided to retire from track and field this summer after what he hopes will be his second appearance in the Olympic Games — opted for nostalgia Friday at his final Kansas Relays. He wore his old pink KU shorts.

KU track solid despite weather

Despite gusty winds and a sand storm, Kansas University’s 4X100-meter relay team set a school record on Saturday at the UTEP Invitational.

KU track athletes run at Stanford

Junior Austin Bussing was one of the Kansas University track and field team’s top performers on Saturday at the Stanford Invitational.

KU track finishes final day at Texas

The Kansas University women’s 4x200 relay team placed seventh with a time of 1:34.74 and broke a school record on the final day of the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Saturday.

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