2008 Kansas Relays

‘Batman’ earns first Olympic berth

Kansas Relays hero clears 400 hurdles at Trials

Bershawn “Batman” Jackson, who has won the last four Kansas Relays 400 hurdles titles, now is an Olympian in the event.

6Sports video: Olympic contender races at Relays

If you attended the Kansas Relays on Saturday, there’s a chance you saw a future Olympian in action.

6Sports video: Final day of Kansas Relays concludes with a few broken records

As the saying goes: all good things must come to an end. And on Saturday, the 81st Kansas Relays came to a close - but not before a few records were broken along the way.

Lion starts strong as legend looks on

Before the start of the Saturday’s 1,600-meter run at the final day of the Kansas Relays, Lawrence High’s Dylan Hedges had a vision.

Kansas Relays notebook

Nichole Denby, who was named Most Outstanding Female Performer at last year’s Kansas Relays, won the 100 hurdles in a time of 12.78. Competing for Total Sports, she bested Josannne Lucas of Trinidad Tobago, who was timed in 13.05.

Keegan: Keegan: Touted hoopster doesn’t look it

Few of those sitting in the sun at Memorial Stadium early Saturday afternoon had any clue that months from now the girl wearing “Sequoyah” on her jersey and handing the baton to her sister in the 4X200-meter high school relay race could transform the perception of a Kansas University athletic program.

Breaking the tape

'Batman' victorious again on Relays' last day

Bershawn “Batman” Jackson continues to perform superhuman feats at the Kansas Relays. “I need to buy a cape. Look for it next year,” the 24-year-old Miami native said Saturday after winning his fourth straight Relays 400-meter hurdles title and fifth in six years at Memorial Stadium.

‘Batman’ returns to hurdles at Relays

The most outstanding performer of the 2007 Kansas Relays is back in town and wants everybody to know it. “You’re going to see ‘Batman’ in action. Like the movie, ‘Batman Returns,”’ 24-year-old hurdles sensation Bershawn “Batman” Jackson said Friday at Memorial Stadium.

Tonganoxie’s Grizzle wins girls javelin title - again

If not for a foot scratch on her final throw of the 2007 Kansas Relays, Tonganoxie High senior Roxi Grizzle would be a three-time javelin champion at the prestigious track and field event.

Ex-Jayhawk hurt winning javelin

A group of chilled-to-the bone track and field fans filed past former Kansas University great Scott Russell at the start of the men’s javelin finals Friday night outside Memorial Stadium.

Going the distance

Local high schoolers go long on first day

Distance dominated the local scene at Friday’s first day of high school action at the Kansas Relays. Behind a time that was more than 17 seconds better than her previous best, Free State High’s Kyra Kilwein placed eighth in the 3,200-meter run and anchored the Firebirds’ distance medley relay team to a 13th-place finish, 10 places better than it was seeded.

6Sports video: Relays welcomed with dreary weather

Gray skies, temps in the 40’s, wind chill in the 30’s and drizzle…sounds like Kansas Relays Weekend! And, as luck would have it, it is…

KU’s Agafonov nails hammer toss

Fellow Jayhawk Tarasova struggles in rain

The weather conditions for Day Two of the Kansas Relays seemed to resemble the difference in success Kansas University junior Zlata Tarasova is having compared to KU senior - and fellow Togliatti, Russia, native - Egor Agafonov.

6Sports video: Agafonov enjoys back-to-back wins

Kansas senior Egor Agafonov leaves his mark on the Kansas Relays.

And they’re off!

KU athletes have work cut out after first day

Four events and five hours in, Kansas University’s Jacob Breth must have felt he had a crick in his neck from staring up at the decathlon field above him Wednesday afternoon during the 81st annual Kansas Relays.