It’s that quiet time of the year well after spring sports come to a close, one that Kansas Athletics forestalled a bit this time around with a lengthy postseason run for its baseball team and a few strong track and field performances, but one that inevitably arrives every summer. In reality, ...
The Kansas track and field season wrapped up on Saturday night at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with the Jayhawks’ men’s team finishing in a tie for 37th overall and the women’s team in a tie for 38th at six total points apiece. Along the way, senior pole vaulter ...
When Emmah Jemutai ran at AIC Cheptonon Secondary School in Nandi County, Kenya, she never focused on preparing for a specific event. “I used to run, like, 100 meters, 200, 400,” she said. “Yeah, I didn't know which one was the best.” After high school, she joined a club in her ...
Kansas junior Emmah Jemutai was named the Big 12 women’s track and field performer of the year in a poll of league coaches revealed on Thursday afternoon. "We're really excited about Emmah and all of the hard work she has put in," KU coach Stanley Redwine said in a press release. "She ...
Emmah Jemutai emerged from Saturday with two Big 12 titles, providing the highlight of the conference’s outdoor track and field championship in Tucson, Arizona, for the Kansas team. The Jayhawks finished eighth of 10 teams in both the men’s and women’s competitions, with Jemutai ...
The month of April passed this year without the running of the Kansas Relays. That doesn’t happen often. The meet began in 1923 and paused only briefly for World War II, renovations and the COVID-19 pandemic. But KU decided not to put on the event this spring in order to reduce expenses, as ...
The Kansas indoor track and field team has its first national champion since 2019. Junior Ashton Barkdull cleared a personal-best 5.80 meters in the pole vault at the indoor championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday, on his way to a first-place finish. Barkdull and Texas A&M’s ...
The Kansas softball team claimed four straight wins over the course of Friday and Saturday, its first two days in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but lost to the host Razorbacks on Sunday to conclude the Wooo Pig Classic. KU will now take a 14-6 record into a midweek road date at Wichita State on ...
