Kansas Relays

Gatlin thought shot was B12 vitamin

The top assistant to track coach Trevor Graham gave Justin Gatlin an injection, which he believed to be vitamin B12, two weeks before the world record-sharing sprinter tested positive for steroids.After Randall Evans gave Gatlin the shot, the sprinter was given what he was told were ...

With relays here, runner recalls KU glory days

For 80 years, the Kansas Relays have attracted elite talent such as Maurice Green, Justin Gatlin, Jim Ryun, Billy Mills and Wes Santee.Lawrence resident Dick Wilson, 75, fondly recalls Santee and running with him in the four-mile relay.In 1953, the team set an American record. But Wilson said ...

2007 Kansas Relays entries announced

A very deep and talented field will enter the Kansas Relays starting Wednesday April 18 for the Eightieth Anniversary of this historic event. Some 8,000 athletes applied for this year's Relays, but that list was narrowed to just over 5,000 participants that will compete at KU's Memorial ...

Relays director named

Milan Donley, an assistant track and field coach at Kansas University, has been named meet director of the Kansas Relays.Donley, who has spent the past six seasons coaching horizontal jumpers for the Jayhawks, replaces Tim Weaver in managing one of the nation's oldest and largest track and ...

Kansas Relays director resigns, citing family

Tim Weaver, meet director of the Kansas Relays since 2000, has accepted a position with a commercial real estate company in Kansas City, Mo.He will remain with the KU athletic department until his successor is named."After seven Kansas Relays and 10 years of events at KU, I know the time for ...

Weaver leaves the Kansas Relays

Tim Weaver, meet director of the Kansas Relays since 2000, is leaving the Relays and the field of athletics event management to take a position with a commercial real estate company in Kansas City, Mo. He will remain with Kansas University Athletics until his successor is named."After seven ...