Former Kansas University All-American Scott Russell — who has decided to retire from track and field this summer after what he hopes will be his second appearance in the Olympic Games — opted for nostalgia Friday at his final Kansas Relays.He wore his old pink KU shorts.“The last time was ...
Lawrence High senior Blake Hocking unleashed a 60-foot throw in the shot put Friday at the Kansas Relays.Unfortunately for Hocking, it came during a warm-up session between the preliminary and final rounds.“It was so frustrating,” Hocking said, “but it shows there’s a lot more ...
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 ...
Paradise found in downtown Lawrence on Eighth Street between Mass and New Hampshire streets Wednesday night.Reese Hoffa, the friendly giant who had played with a lighter and accidentally burned down the family home at the age of 4, a fire that resulted in his and his brother’s moving into an ...
Two-time Olympian Reese Hoffa figured that, with just one of six throws remaining, he was destined to finish runner-up in the 2012 Kansas Relays downtown shot put competition — same as a year ago.“I thought I was going to get second. On that last one, I went out there and tried to hit the ...
When the downtown shot-put circuit catches on as a nationally televised series that hits 10 different college towns and is backed by a major corporate sponsor — it’s just too good an idea not to happen — the competitors will never forget the U.S. soil on which it started.The downtown shot ...
