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Gary Schwartz gave a resounding thumbs-up to the 71st Kansas Relays, contested Wednesday through Saturday on Hershberger Track at Memorial Stadium.
One of the most quotable athletes in Kansas track history, Michael Cox was speechless after breaking the four-minute mile barrier on Saturday at Hershberger Track.
Brian Martin's goal is to rewrite the Kansas University track record books. Martin, a 5-foot-9, 160-pound junior out of Lawrence High, set the school record in the 400 during indoor season.
It wasn't the steeplechase, yet Steve Heffernan will take Saturday morning's Columbia Mt. Oread 10K. "Usually I don't run road races," Heffernan said, "but this came at a good time in my training schedule, and I always love to run in Lawrence."
Want to see the veins stick out on Gary Schwartz's neck? This will happen if you make a flippant remark about his baby -- the Kansas Relays.
Lawrence High senior Garrett Attig hopes to make a mark in his trademark event on Friday at the Manhattan Relays.
Several of Kansas University's track and field Olympians will attend the 71st Kansas Relays, set for April 17-20 on Hershberger Track at Memorial Stadium.
Organizers of the Columbia Mount Oread Medical Arts Centre Run are hoping Saturday will be a beautiful day.
Jim Ryun and Wes Santee, both former world mile record-holders while enrolled at Kansas University, will compete in a special mile run at the International Senior Games on April 17 in Bermuda.