Track & Field

Barkdull wins indoor national title in pole vault

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 ...

KU notebook: softball 4-1 in Arkansas, indoor track athletes win titles, more

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 ...

26 Jayhawk athletes to know in ’26

A new year and the start of the spring semester bring a variety of fresh opportunities for athletes across Kansas’ 16 varsity sports teams. Below are some of the athletes who will have chances to seize the spotlight over the course of 2026. As usual, the only criteria for these selections ...

Year in review, Part 3: A look ahead to 2026

It may not feature quite as much upheaval as 2025 — accounting for the House v. NCAA settlement while opening a new stadium was certainly quite a lot to handle for the Kansas athletic department — but 2026 will still be a year of change for KU. The university’s Gateway project is really ...

Year in review, Part 1: The most significant storylines of 2025

It’s difficult to distill an entire year of college sports action into a single cohesive story, but the year 2025 in Kansas Athletics certainly saw many of KU’s recent coaching hires begin to bear fruit. Dan Fitzgerald (baseball), Lindsay Kuhle (women’s golf), Nate Lie (soccer) and Matt ...

Portal season underway for KU football with upcoming multi-sport visitor

The Kansas football team got a head start on portal season last year when it secured the commitment of Bangally Kamara, then transferring away from South Carolina, on Nov. 4, 2024; at the time, he was the first known pledge of the entire offseason cycle. KU may not be quite as early this time ...

KU will not hold Kansas Relays next spring; meet’s future schedule uncertain

The Kansas Relays will not take place in the spring of 2026. KU is cutting out the historic track meet this year as part of a broader effort to reduce expenses for the athletic department, athletic director Travis Goff told the Journal-World in an interview on Thursday afternoon. “It really ...