The downtown shot put, a popular event the past three springs, will be back for a fourth with another field loaded with Olympians, the Lawrence Sports Corporation announced Thursday.The event, held in conjunction with the 87th Kansas Relays, is scheduled for 6 p.m., Friday, April 18, on Eighth ...
A criminal justice major from Jackson State University proved a perfect foil to Bershawn “Batman” Jackson in the invitational 400 hurdles Saturday at the Kansas Relays.Michael Tinsley, a 2006 JSU graduate who placed second in the hurdles in the 2012 London Olympics, earned Kansas Relays ...
CollegeFriday at Memorial StadiumKansas ResultsMen100 (prelims) — 9. DeMario Johnson (10.76); 13. Shawn Smith (10.84).200 (prelims) — 10. Alex Hermes (22.28).400 (prelims) — 7. Michael Hester (49.68); 16. Drew Matthews (49.99); 18. Teddy Oteba (50.37).800 (unseeded) — 6. Nick Seckfort ...
Relays results (Friday)Results from Friday's Kansas RelaysFormer Kansas University pole vaulter Jordan Scott, who had a Jayhawk painted on the back of his head for the 2011 Kansas Relays and the Relays logo etched onto his skull last year, used his mohawk hair-do Friday to honor a city 1,500 ...
Olympic bronze medalist Janay DeLoach-Soukup, who has long-jumped in stadiums big and small all over the world, now can say she’s competed — and won — in a livestock arena.“It’s different ... different, to say the least,” DeLoach-Soukup said with a smile after skying 22 feet, 41/2 ...
Ryan Whiting, a 2012 Olympian and indoor world shot-put champion who won five NCAA shot titles and one discus championship at Arizona State University, defeated an elite field on his final throw at the 86th-annual Kansas Relays on Wednesday night inside Douglas County Fairgrounds’ Community ...
Ever notice that it’s the off-Broadway players who are the biggest hits with the Allen Fieldhouse faithful? It’s usually not the guys who lead the team in either scoring or NBA dollars earned, rather the ones who hustle their way onto the floor and play supporting roles. Kevin Young was ...
Reese Hoffa, bronze-medal winner at the 2012 Olympics, realizes he could go from being the fan favorite in tonight’s Kansas Relays shot put competition to the villain in a hurry.The 5-foot-11, 320-pound, 35-year-old defending Relays champion from Augusta, Ga., will first compete against ...
