Olympics

Clemons in 4×400 final

Rio de Janeiro ? Former Kansas sprinter Kyle Clemons ran the third leg and aided his 4x400-meter relay team to a spot in the Olympic final Friday night inside Olympic Stadium. The Americans finished second overall in the qualifying heats with a time of 2:58.38 and will compete in the event ...

KU athletes at Olympic qualifiers

With the start of the Rio Olympics just five weeks away, current and former Kansas University track and field athletes are ready to flock to their respective national team trials to take on their final hurdle to achieving their Olympic dreams.Attending the United States Team Trials beginning ...

Kansas swimmers gain experience

Omaha ? Kansas University swimmers past, present and future gained valuable experience Tuesday in the 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley preliminaries at the US Olympic Trials. KU signee Jenny Nusbaum, Jayhawk All-American Chelsie Miller and KU freshman phenom Haley Bishop all ...

Column: 50 years after Olympic gold, Billy Mills has sweet memories

Billy Mills didn’t know anything about having problems with his blood-sugar levels, so how could his high school track coach have known? Tony Coffin, after whom the sports complex on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University is named, couldn’t have known. But the coach instinctively ...

Kansas soccer players eliminated from Games

Newcastle, England ? Kansas University soccer sophomore Ingrid Vidal started and played 81 minutes Tuesday morning, but Elodie Thomis scored the deciding goal in the fifth minute as France advanced to the second stage with a 1-0 triumph over Colombia at St. James’ Park. Vidal, a sophomore ...

KU swimmers finish with Olympic Trials

Omaha, Neb. ? Brooke Brull, rising KU senior, finished the preliminaries of the 200 back with a time of 2:19.34 at the Olympic Trials on Saturday. Brull’s swim marked the end of KU swim performances at the Trials. Brull placed 122nd overall and failed to advance to the semifinals.Kansas had ...

Kansas track duo advances at Olympic Trials

Eugene, Ore. ? Kansas University junior Paris Daniels moved into the semifinals of the 200 meters, and freshman Michael Stigler advanced to the 400-meter hurdles semifinals on Thursday at the Olympic Trials.Stigler kicked late for a time of in 50.02 seconds to take second place. The time was ...

KU swimmer misses Olympic Trials cut

Omaha, Neb. ? Outgoing Kansas senior captain Stephanie Payne finished her final career swim in the second heat of the 200 fly preliminaries with a 2:18.38 time on Thursday at the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials. Payne finished in third place for her heat and 87th overall. The time was not enough ...