Track & Field

Meinershagen 2nd in pole vault as KU competes in Big 12 Outdoor Championship

Sophomore Mason Meinershagen’s silver medal in the women’s pole vault headlined a busy day of action for Kansas on Friday, the second day of the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Rock Chalk Park. Meinershagen entered with a No. 6 national ranking, having recently reset the KU ...

Big 12 Outdoor Championship begins at Rock Chalk Park on Thursday

Kansas Athletics will get another chance to show off the newly refreshed Rock Chalk Park, this time for one of the most significant meets of the year as the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship takes place in Lawrence for the first time since 2017. Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma and ...

Former KU star Sharon Lokedi wins Boston Marathon, breaks course record

BOSTON (AP) — Sharon Lokedi broke the Boston Marathon course record, and fellow Kenyan John Korir joined his brother as a race champion on Monday as the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. Lokedi outran two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri over ...

KU takes 10 wins on final day of Kansas Relays

Eight individual University of Kansas athletes and two more relay teams posted first-place finishes on Saturday, the final day of the 102nd Kansas Relays, at Rock Chalk Park. “Anytime we get to compete in our hometown, I’m really excited,” KU coach Stanley Redwine said in a press ...

KU relay teams shine on second day of home meet

In a fitting series of results given the meet’s name, the University of Kansas experienced some of its greatest success in a series of relay races on Friday, the second day of the 102nd Kansas Relays. KU claimed its first two victories of the three-day meet in a pair of 4x800-meter relays on ...