Track & Field

KU track and field well represented on final day of Kansas Relays

The Kansas track and field team continued to add to its array of victories at the Kansas Relays on the meet's final day Saturday at Rock Chalk Park. A strong freshman year for KU runner Emmaculate Jemutai — who in just her second meet with the program broke a school record for the indoor ...

Early KU results from Kansas Relays include pole-vault win, lots of 5K success

Junior Avery Brooks’ victory in the women’s unseeded pole vault was the one of the biggest individual highlights of the day for the Kansas track and field team Thursday, as the Kansas Relays opened — after a two-hour delay to 2 p.m. — with a slate of all-collegiate action. Brooks, a ...

KU track and field set for ever-growing Kansas Relays

Bringing 5,000 athletes to Rock Chalk Park last year for the 100th edition of the Kansas Relays, a long-awaited return for the historic event, was an accomplishment in and of itself. But Tim Byers, the meet director entering his second Relays in charge, has apparently managed to top that for ...

KU baseball sweeps BYU to continue strong conference start

With 18 conference games to go, the Kansas baseball team is now one win away from matching its league win total from all of last season. That's because the Jayhawks swept BYU in Provo, Utah, late last week, topping the Cougars 11-1 on Thursday before holding on for 4-3 and 8-5 victories in ...

KU softball sweeps doubleheader thanks to walk-off

Angela Price put a ball in play in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Ashlyn Anderson, as the Kansas softball team was able to turn a fielding error by Wichita State into a walk-off win at Arrocha Ballpark Tuesday night. The 6-5 victory, in which Campbell Bagshaw hit a grand slam as part ...

KU track coach Redwine picked to lead men’s Olympic team

Kansas track and field coach Stanley Redwine will serve as the head coach of the U.S. men's track and field team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. USA Track & Field announced Redwine's appointment on Feb. 21, and in a KU Athletics press release issued Tuesday, Redwine expressed his ...

Softball upset headlines busy weekend of spring sports

The Kansas softball team picked up five wins in four days at the Texas A&M Invitational — including three by run rule — but one in particular gave a jolt to their season. KU defeated the host Aggies, who were ranked No. 17 in the nation, 1-0 on Saturday night, behind Kasey Hamilton’s ...