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 ...
Among Kansas’ 15 total victories between Friday and Saturday's action at the Kansas Relays were two notable first-place finishes from athletes who clinched personal records in the women’s pole vault and men’s long jump. Decathlete Tayton Klein locked in on the long jump this weekend ...
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 ...
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 ...
A pair of freshmen finished in third place in their respective 5,000-meter races as the top finishers from the Kansas track and field team on the opening day of the Kansas Relays. Kaitlyn Swartz, from Papillon, Nebraska, finished with a time of 17 minutes, 59.84 seconds to take third in the ...
The Kansas Relays were a tough meet to get into this year. Meet director Tim Byers recalled one conversation with a high school coach who, upon hearing that some of his athletes had fallen short of the tight 10.72-second cutoff in the boys’ 100-meter dash, simply remarked, “Wow, that’s ...
Kansas track and field and cross-country coach Stanley Redwine has signed a four-year extension, athletic director Travis Goff announced on Friday morning. "Stanley is synonymous with excellence in the sport of track and field, both collegiately and on the global stage," Goff said in a press ...
The University of Kansas competes in 16 varsity sports, all of which feature a wealth of compelling storylines that will unfold over the course of the next calendar year. Here’s a look at 25 student-athletes who will have a hand in shaping those storylines, and to whom it’s worth paying ...
