Kansas track takes home 3 individual titles at Big 12 Outdoor Championship

By Staff     May 17, 2021

The Kansas track and field program added two more individual titles on the final day of the Big 12 Outdoor Championship in Manhattan on Sunday.

Sophomore Zach Bradford won pole vault, while sophomore Rylee Anderson was victorious in high jump to help KU finish with three individual champions on the weekend. Senior Gleb Dudarev won the hammer throw competition while setting a meet and facility record on the first day of the three-day event.

In the men’s pole vault, Bradford won his first career outdoor Big 12 title by clearing a meet record 5.73m (18-9.5 ft.). It actually broke the previous record of 5.63m (18-5.5 ft.) set by KU’s own Hussain Al-Hizam in 2018. Sunday’s pole vault competition was contested indoors due to weather.

The Kansas pole vault unit set the Big 12 record for the most points in the event by scoring 27 total points. Al-Hizam was the runner-up to Bradford’s title, while Kyle Rogers and Christian Champen tied for fourth with a clearance of 5.21m (17-1 ft.).

Anderson also secured her first Big 12 outdoor title in the women’s high jump after winning the high jump championship indoors this season. On Sunday, Anderson won with a clearance of 1.82m (5-11.5 ft.), while Adia Eberle and Toni Englund tied for fifth with a jump of 1.66m (5-5.25 ft.). The high jump competition was also contested indoors due to weather.

This all came after Dudarev won a title in the men’s hammer throw competition with a launch of 74.61m (244-9 ft.) to set a new meet and facility record. With the first-place finish, Dudarev also became just the second Big 12 thrower to even win four career outdoor titles in the men’s hammer throw event.

In addition to the individual Big 12 champions, the Jayhawks accounted for 32 podium finishes throughout the weekend. They had eight individuals end up in the top-three of their respective events.

KU finished in fifth place in the team standings in the women’s division with 77 points, while the Kansas men secured seventh with 63 points. Texas won both the men’s and women’s team titles, as the Longhorn women scored 207 points and the Texas men scored 173 points.

The Jayhawks will send qualifying individuals to the NCAA West Preliminary in College Station, Texas on May 27-29. Qualifiers will be announced at a later date.

Full Kansas results from the Big 12 Championship can be found here: https://kuathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05162021-Big-12-Outdoor-KU-Results.pdf

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