Michael Stigler’s 48.44 time in the 400-meter hurdles, set at the Texas Relays, remains the fastest mark in the world thus far in 2015.He’s a must-watch at this weekend’s Kansas Relays for anybody who hasn’t seen him float so smoothly over the hurdles. The 400-meter final is scheduled ...
Kansas University athletic director Sheahon Zenger is taking a different tack to return the Kansas Relays to its former glory.Rather than bring in a few big-name national track stars to make headlines at the Relays, as has been the case in the recent past, Zenger — after discussions with KU ...
Just about everything in life has a face. Here, Bill Self is the face of basketball, Jim Ryun the face of the mile, Mike Amyx, barber shears in hand, the face of Lawrence politics.The fifth-annual Downtown Lawrence Shot Put, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. today on Eighth Street, between Mass and ...
Lindsay Vollmer had just set a Kansas Relays record Thursday at Rock Chalk Park, with her heptathlon-winning score of 5,767 points. Instead of basking in the victory or pondering her place in Kansas University history, though, the senior’s mind entered an inner-debate. Part of her wanted an ...
When “Born to Run” hit The New York Times best-seller list in 2009, millions of readers discovered for the first time a mysterious indigenous Mexican tribe for whom hundred-mile runs on rugged canyon trails had been a way of life for generations.Little do most know, thousands in Lawrence ...
Late-blooming, world-class shot put athlete Kurt Roberts has competed all over the world, thanks to his ability to launch a 16-pound lead ball long distances.Roberts competed on the lawn of the state capitol building in Sacramento, California, and even in an event played out in front of ...
