Bryce Foster is a football player, through and through. It’s the reason that he started his college career playing at Texas A&M, and it’s what brought him to Lawrence and the University of Kansas. But football season isn’t the only time Foster will represent the Jayhawks. In the ...
The upcoming cross-country season for Kansas will have a lot of familiarity, as only a handful of seniors depart from KU's men's and women's teams. The Jayhawks' top returners are seniors Peter Walsdorf and Kenadi Krueger, who both were the second-fastest Jayhawks running in the Big 12 ...
Former Kansas track star Bryce Hoppel became the first American to complete the 800-meter run in less than one minute and 42 seconds on Saturday, but three runners from other nations reached the same milestone. Hoppel's time of 1:41.67 set a national record. However, Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya ...
Alexandra Emilianov of Moldova came in fourth in her qualifying group for discus Friday at the 2024 Olympics in Paris with a distance of 64.33 meters and will advance to the final round on Monday. In Paris, Croatia's Sandra Elkasevic led Emilianov's group with a throw of 65.63 meters. In Group ...
Even beyond Stanley Redwine’s own presence at the upcoming Olympics in Paris, a group of athletes whom he coached in college will compete in the colors of their various home countries. Redwine, the longtime KU track and field coach who has aided the development of numerous future Olympians, ...
The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2024 class on Sunday, as it prepares to enshrine a group with 12 overall members and a particular emphasis on numerous Olympic connections. “This is an accomplished group and one the Hall of Fame is extremely proud to recognize,” the ...
Former Kansas track star Bryce Hoppel qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in style on Sunday evening. Hoppel earned first place while setting a personal best and a new meet record at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, when he completed the 800-meter run in 1:42.77. The ...
When the United States government established the Red Cloud Agency in 1871, the predecessor of the modern Pine Ridge Reservation, the Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud wanted one B.B. Mills, a white man, to serve as his agent. The chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners denied the request, ...