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 ...
Rio de Janeiro ? A pair of former Kansas track and field athletes went up against the world’s greatest Saturday at the Olympic Games. Mason Finley placed 11th in the finals of the men’s discus, and Andrea Geubelle was 21st in the qualifying rounds of the women’s triple jump.Finley, a KU ...
A little drizzle did not frighten two-time defending USA Indoor champion Janay DeLoach, who won the Kansas Relays downtown long jump competition Thursday with a leap of 21 feet, 8 1/4 inches.The 5-foot-5, 26-year-old Colorado State University graduate competed four years for Ben Eielson High ...
Toronto ? Former Kansas University javelin thrower Scott Russell broke his 6-year-old Canadian national record in the event last week at the Toronto International Track and Field Games. Russell’s toss of 278 feet, 3 inches is the eighth-best in the world this year.The 32-year-old Russell is ...
Kansas University freshman pole vaulter Brittany Parker will compete in the IAAF World Junior Championships today in Beijing, China. The McKinney, Texas, native has a career-best jump of 13-5. If she qualifies, she will compete in the finals Friday.
Flashing a wide smile, Marion Jones clutched the microphone and spoke to 20,000 or so Kansas Relays fans Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium."This has been awesome. If you want me to come back, maybe I will next year. Do you?" Jones asked the throng.The fans responded with boisterous ...
Eight-year-old Jailyn Lee could scarcely keep her feet from flying off the ground as she exited the Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon."Can we race to the car, Daddy?" she begged her father, Eddie Lee. "How about now?"Having just watched Maurice Greene -- a Kansas City, ...
In the world of Kansas high school track, if there's a place a competitor can earn respect, it's at the Kansas Relays.There, Free State High's boys 800-meter relay team garnered respect after an impressive third-place finish Saturday at Memorial Stadium."It was huge, because we're Free State. ...
