2012 Kansas Track & Field Media Guide

CREDITS

Guide DesignBrad Gilbert

Writing and EditingBrad Gilbert

CoversJackie Berra

ContributorsErin Penning, Katy Lonergan, Candace Dunback, Kevin McCarty and the KU track and fi eld staff

PhotographyJeff and Laura Jacobsen, University Archives

PrintingTh e 2012 media guide was printed by Pittcraft Printing of Pittsburg, Kan.

CopyrightAny commercial use of information or photographs herewith is prohibited without prior written consent of the University of Kansas Athletic Dept. Copyright 2012

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Rock Chalk JayhawkQuick Facts/Schedule ..........4Media Info/Standards ...........6Kansas Tradition ................8Jayhawks in the Hall .......... 10KU Coaches/KU HOF ......12Kansas Relays .................14All-Americans ................16Sprint Success .................18Hurdles ...........................19Distance .........................20Cross Country ................21Relays ............................22High Jumps ....................23

Horizontal Jumps .............24 Pole Vault .........................25 Throws ............................26Multi’s .............................27The Stanley Redwine Era ....28The Assistants ..................30This is KU .......................32Facilities ..........................34 Athletic Excellence ..........36KU Tradition ...................38Academics .......................40Famous Alumns ...............41Welcome to Lawrence .......42Big 12 Conference ...........44

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SeasonPreviewMen’s Outlook ............... 46Men’s Roster .................. 48Women’s Outlook .......... 49Women’s Roster ............. 51Roster Breakdowns ......... 52

TheStaffStanley Redwine ............. 54Elisha Brewer ................... 56Tom Hays ........................ 57Andy Kokhanovsky.......... 58Wayne Pate ...................... 59Michael Whittlesey .......... 60Donley/Williamson ......... 61Operations Staff ............... 62 Support Staff .................... 63Sheahon Zenger .............. 64Burnadette Gray-Little ....... 65Athletics Administration ..... 66

TheMenClemons/Finley .................. 68-69Swanepoel/Wasinger ........... 70-71Baden/Bishop/Blevins ..............72Bowen/Bradshaw/Buchanan ..........73Bussing/Canton ........................74Dawson/Day/Dyson .................75Fink/Freeman/Galli ..................76Giancana/Gilbert/Gonzalez/Harsin .......................77Hays/Helmick/Hermes ............78Hester/HitmanHoag/Jockisch ..........................79Jones/Katzfey............................80Krause/Landes/Lupton .............81Manley/McCuin/Miller.................82Munoz/Munsch .......................83Perry/Prioleau/Proehl ..............84Ka. Schneider/Ke. Schneider/Seckfort ... 85Sloan/Smith/Soucie .........................86Stigler/Trimble/Trotter ....................87Trujillo/Tyner/Vaughn .....................88B.Wilson/J.Wilson/Zarda.................89

326 OLYMPIANS | 35 WORLD RECORDS | 69 INDIVIDUAL NCAA TITLES | 409 ALL-AMERICANS | 679 INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE TITLES


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TheWomenBergmann/Dixon ............92-93Geubelle/Maroszek ..........94-95Morris/Stowe ..................96-97Washington/Wilson .........98-99Allen/Barber/Becker ..........100Caines/Christensen.............101Christie/Collins ..................102Cummings/Daniels/Francis .....103Hedberg/House/Keys .........104Kilwein/Krechyk ................105Lupton/Mayfi eld/Milbourn ......106T. Morris/Moser/Neville .......107O’Brien/Payne/Rich ..........108Row/Schaffer/Seiwald/Simpson ................109Tate/Tauscher/Thompson ......110Turcotte/Vollmer/Yost ........111Wiegers/Windisch ..............112

Year InReviewMen’s Review ...............114Men’s Titles ...................115Men’s Performance Lists ....116Women’s Review ............. 117Women’s Titles ...............118Women’s Perform. Lists ........119Academic Honors ...........120

RecordBook

Men’s Indoor Records ..........122Men’s All-Time Indoor Lists......123Women’s Indoor Records.......124Women’s All-Time Indoor Lists ...125Men’s Outdoor Records ........126Men’s All-Time Outdoor Lists .....127Women’s Outdoor Records. ...128Women’s All-Time Outdoor Lists ...129American/World Records ......130

KansasKansasHistoryHistoryKU Track & Field History ..........132Year-by-Year Results ............139Kansas Relays .......................140National Championships ......143Olympians ............................145Men’s Indoor All-Americans .....146Men’s Outdoor All-Americans ... 147Women’s All-Americans .......148Men’s Indoor ConferenceChampions ...........................149Men’s Outdoor ConferenceChampions ...........................152Women’s Indoor ConferenceChampions ...........................155

Women’s Outdoor ConferenceChampions ...................... 156Team Honors ................ 157All-Time Captains ......... 158Campus Directions ........ 159KU Track Online .......... 160


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2012 KU TRACK & FIELDUniversity of KansasLocation Lawrence, Kan.Founded 1866Enrollment 29,462Nickname JayhawksColors Crimson and BluePMS Colors Blue 293, Crimson 186Chancellor Bernadette Gray-LittleAthletics Director Sheahon ZengerAssociate AD/Track and Field Admin. Chris HowardAffi liation NCAA Division IConference Big 12Website www.kuathletics.com

2012 Track and Field StaffHead Coach Stanley Redwine (Arkansas ‘85) 12th Year at Kansas/18th Year as Head CoachSprints/Hurdles Elisha Brewer (Arkansas ‘98)Distance Michael Whittlesey (Conn. ‘90)Vertical Jumps Tom Hays (Kansas ‘89)Throws Andy Kokhanovsky (Abilene Christian ‘98)Horizontal Jumps Wayne Pate (Indiana ‘91)Dir. of External Operations Vince Bingham (Missouri Baptist ‘87)Dir. of Team Operations Tegan Thornberry (Kansas ‘03)Kansas Relays Meet Dir. Milan Donley (Southern Colo. ‘81)Kansas Relays Asst. Dir. Josh Williamson (Kansas ‘04)Administrative Assistant Debbie LumanOffi ce e-mail [email protected] Offi ce Phone 785-864-3486Track Offi ce Fax 785-864-5525Track Offi ce Address 1651 Naismith Drive Lawrence, Kan. 66045Home Facility (Indoor) Bill Easton Track/Anschutz PavilionMeet Contact Number 785-864-7975Home Facility (Outdoor) Hershberger Track/Memorial StadiumPress Box 785-864-5593

Big 12 ConferenceInterim Commmissioner Chuck NinasAssistant Commissioner (Comm.) Bob BurdaTrack and Field Contact Cassandra NovyMailing Address 400 East John Carpenter Freeway Irving, Texas 75062Switchboard 469-524-1000Media Relations Fax 469-524-1025Web Site www.big12sports.com

2012 Team InformationMen’s 2011 Big 12 Finish (I/O) 8th/6thWomen’s 2011 Big 12 Finish (I/O) 7th/7thMen’s 2011 NCAA Finish (I/O) 26th/18thWomen’s 2011 NCAA Finish (I/O) 30th/23rdMen’s Big 12 Champions (returning/lost) (1/1)Women’s Big 12 Champions (returning/lost) (2/0)Men’s All-Americans (returning/lost) (4/1)Women’s All-Americans (returning/lost) (9/1)Men’s NCAA Champions (returning/lost) (0/1)Women’s NCAA Champions (returnin/lost) (0/0)

Team HistorySeasons of Track and Field (M/W) 112th/39thMen’s NCAA Team Titles (I/O) 3/3Women’s NCAA Team Titles (I/O) 0/0Men’s Conference Titles (I/O) 27/33Women’s Conference Titles (I/O) 0/0


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2011-12 Track & Field Schedule Indoor Date Meet Location Dec. 2 Bob Timmons Challenge Lawrence, Kan. Jan. 7 Bill Easton Classic Lawrence, Kan. Jan. 13 Kansas vs. Missouri Columbia, Mo. Jan. 27 Jayhawk Classic Lawrence, Kan. Feb. 3-4 New Balance Invitational New York, N.Y. Feb. 10-11 Husky Classic Seattle, Wash. ISU Classic Ames, Iowa Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Feb. 24-25 Big 12 Indoor Championships College Station, Texas March 2 Arkansas Last Chance Fayetteville, Ark. March 2-3 Alex Wilson Last Chance South Bend, Ind. March 3 ISU NCAA Qualifi er Ames, Iowa March 9-10 NCAA Indoor Championships Boise, Idaho Outdoor March 27-31 Texas Relays Austin, Texas March 30-31 Stanford Invitational Stanford, Calif. April 14 John Jacobs Invitational Norman, Okla. April 18-21 Kansas Relays Lawrence, Kan. May 4 Arkansas Twilight Fayetteville, Ark. May 11-13 Big 12 Championships Manhattan, Kan. May 24-26 NCAA West Preliminary Austin, Texas June 6-9 NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa June 15-17 USA Junior Championships Bloomington, Ind. June 22-July 1 Olympic Trials Eugene, Ore.

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The University of Kansas media rela-tions offi ce welcomes your interest in track and fi eld and will make every effort to make your coverage of the Jayhawks and enjoyable experience. The media relations offi ce maintains information on all current student-athletes, as well as historical infor-mation on previous athletes and the program in general. For information, interviews or photo shoots and/or fi le photo, please call or stop by our offi ce located in Parrott, Room 1400, or e-mail a request to Brad Gilbert ([email protected]). The following are some brief guidelines of which media should be aware of:

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MEN’S INDOOR STANDARDS (SEA LEVEL)

AUTOMATIC Event FAT MT 55 Meters 6.14 —60 Meters 6.60 —55 Hurdles 7.17 —60 Hurdles 7.70 —200 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 21.38 —(200m/220 yds)* 21.13 —(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 20.73 —400 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 47.00 46.75(200m/220 yds)* 46.60 46.35 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 46.00 45.75800 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 1:48.60 1:48.30(200m/220 yds or less)* 1:48.20 1:47.90(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 1:47.30 1:47.0Mile(Under 200m/220 yds)* 4:00.20 3:59.9(200m/220 yds or less)* 3:59.70 3:59.4(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:57.90 3:57.63000 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 7:56.30 7:56.0(200m/220 yds or less)* 7:55.00 7:54.7(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 7:52.30 7:52.05000 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 13:50.90 13:50.6(200m/220 yds or less)* 13:48.40 13:48.1(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 13:44.60 13:44.34x400 Relay(Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:10.50 3:10.2(200m/220 yds)* 3:08.90 3:08.6(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:06.50 3:06.24x440 Relay(Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:11.70 3:11.4(200m/220 yds)* 3:10.10 3:09.8(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:07.70 3:07.4Distance Medley Relay(Under 200m/220 yds)* 9:35.10 9:34.8(200m/220 yds or less)* 9:34.00 9:33.7(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 9:31.00 9:30.7Distance Medley Relay (Yards)(Under 200m/220 yds)* 9:36.60 9:36.3(200 m/220 yds or less)* 9:35.50 9:35.2(Banked or Over 200 m/220 yds)* 9:32.50 9:32.2

METRICHigh Jump 2.24Pole Vault 5.50Long Jump 8.00Triple Jump 16.30Shot Put 19.35Weight Throw 21.50Heptathlon 5,750 points

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WOMEN’S INDOOR STANDARDS (SEA LEVEL)

AUTOMATIC Event FAT MT 55 Meters 6.71 —60 Meters 7.23 —55 Hurdles 7.53 —60 Hurdles 8.10 —200 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 23.82 —(200m/220 yds)* 23.62 —(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 23.12 —400 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 53.60 53.3(200m/220 yds)* 53.30 53.0(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 52.60 52.3800 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 2:05.80 2:05.5(200m/220 yds or less)* 2:05.50 2:05.2(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 2:04.50 2:04.2Mile(Under 200m/220 yds)* 4:39.40 4:39.1(200m/220 yds or less)* 4:38.90 4:38.6(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 4:37.00 4:36.73000 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 9:14.00 9:13.7(200m/220 yds or less)* 9:13.00 9:12.7(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 9:10.00 9:09.75000 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 16:04.50 16:04.2(200m/220 yds or less)* 16:02.00 16:01.7(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 15:57.00 15:56.74x400 Relay(Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:38.00 3:37.7(200m/220 yds)* 3:36.80 3:36.5(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:34.00 3:33.74x400 Relay(Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:39.20 3:38.9(200m/220 yds)* 3:38.00 3:37.7(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:35.20 3:34.9Distance Medley Relay(Under 200m/220 yds)* 11:08.90 11:08.6(200m/220 yds or less)* 11:09.40 11:07.1(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 11:03.50 11:03.2Distance Medley Relay (Yards)(Under 200m/220 yds)* 11:11.40 11:11.1(200m/220 yds or less)* 11:10.90 11:10.6(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 11:07.00 11:06.7 METRICHigh Jump 1.85Pole Vault 4.35Long Jump 6.45Triple Jump 13.30Shot Put 17.20Weight Throw 21.00Pentathlon 4,150 points

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2012 Outdoor Postseason Regulations

There will be no regional qualifying standards for the 2012 outdoor season, as postseason competition was restructured by the NCAA in 2010. The top 48 athletes ranked in each event will compete at one of two sites of the “National Championship Preliminary Round.” As part of the “West Region,” Kansas athletes who qualify for the preliminary round of the NCAA Championships will compete in Austin,Texas May 24-26.


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A LEGACY OF TRADITIONSince its inception, the Kansas track & fi eld program has been the home to legendary coaches, conference titles and Olympic champions. The program has captured six NCAA team national championships, 60 league crowns, 69 individual national champions and groomed over 400 All-Americans. The program’s roots also extend internationally, as Kansas has developed 26 Olympians, nine medalists and four gold medalists.

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CHARLIE GRUBER

BILLY MILLS

CLIFF WILEY

SCOTT RUSSELL

ANDREA BRANSON

LEO BOOKMAN

“THE PACHYDERMS”


KU TRACK & FIELD LEGENDS

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SHEILA CALMESE

JIM RYUN

WES SANTEE

AL OERTER

BILL NIEDER

SHELDON BATTLE

GLENN CUNNINGHAM


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JAYHAWKS IN THE HALL OF FAMENo other Division I school can boast more inductees in the National Track and Field Hall of Fame than the University of Kansas. Eleven former Jayhawk legends have been enshrined into the Hall of Fame in Washington Heights, N.Y., including former head coach Bob Timmons, who was inducted in December of 2011.

GLENN CUNNINGHAM (1931-34) Hall of Fame Class of 1974An original Hall of Fame inductee in 1974, Cunningham broke the world record in the mile twice in 1934. He captured the silver medal in the 1,500 meters at the 1936 Olympics. He won back-to-back national championships in the mile in 1932-33. Cunningham and former Jayhawk star Wes Santee are honored at the Kansas Relays with the running of the Glen Cunningham and Wes Santee 1,500-meter runs.

BILL EASTON (1948-65) Hall of Fame Class of 1975Inducted in 1975, Easton’s Jayhawks won national titles in cross country (1953) and outdoor track (1959 and 1960). During his 18-year tenure at KU, his teams won 38 conference championships, including a stretch of eight-straight years when Kansas won both indoor and outdoor conference titles.

KARL SCHLADEMAN (1919-1926) Hall of Fame Class of 2007Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007, Schlademan was the head coach for track and field for seven seasons and the head of the cross country program for six. He jump-started the championship history that KU's track and field teams would soon be known for. In 1922, he led the Jayhawks to their first of 60 conference championships and to their first NCAA appearance.

AL OERTER (1955-58) Hall of Fame Class of 1974An original inductee into the Hall of Fame in 1974, Al Oerter is recognized as one of the greatest discus throwers ever. Oerter broke the world record in the event four times and won the Olympic gold medal in 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968, making he and Carl Lewis the only Americans to win gold in the same event at four different Olympic games. The first man to throw the discus over 200 feet, Oerter was also a two-time NCAA champion in the discus while at Kansas (1957 and 1958).

BOB TIMMONS (1966-88) Hall of Fame Class of 2011Inducted in 2011, Timmons had coached seven Olympians, 16 world record holders, 77 NCAA All-Americans and 24 NCAA champions. One of his more famous protégés was six-time world record-holder Jim Ryun, who he coached at Wichita East High School and eventually mentored at Kansas. His coaching career spanned 22 seasons and included four NCAA championships, 13 Big Eight indoor conference titles, 14 outdoor conference titles and four cross country conference titles.

BRUTUS HAMILTON (1930-32) Hall of Fame Class of 1974Inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974, Hamilton’s teams won Big Six Conference outdoor titles in 1930 and 1931 and scored KU’s first top-10 finish at the NCAA Championships in 1932. After Kansas, he spent 33 years as a coach and administrator at California-Berkeley.


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WES SANTEE (1951-55) Hall of Fame Class of 2005A three-time U.S. outdoor champion, Santee set the world record in the 1,500 meters in 1956 and set the indoor mile record twice (1954 and 1955). During his career as a Jayhawk, Santee won the NCAA 5,000m crown in 1952, the NCAA outdoor mile title in 1953 and the NCAA cross country title in 1953. Santee also captured the USA outdoor championships in the 1,500-meter run and mile in 1952, 1953 and 1955.

JIM BAUSCH (1929-30) Hall of Fame Class of 1979Jim Bausch is often referred to as one of KU’s most versatile athletes ever. A 1979 inductee, “Jarrin Jim” set a world record in the decathlon at the 1932 Olympics. He also earned letters at KU in football and basketball.

BILL NIEDER (1953-56) Hall of Fame Class of 2006Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, shot put thrower Bill Nieder teamed up with Al Oerter to give KU a dynamic tandem in throwing events in the late 1950s. Nieder was the first collegian to break the 60-foot barrier and was the 1955 NCAA shot put champion. After capturing the silver medal at the 1956 Olympics, Nieder took gold at the 1960 Olympics. He also broke the world record in 1960 with a mammoth toss of 65-7 feet.

BILLY MILLS (1958-1961) Hall of Fame Class of 1976A gold medalist in the 10,000-meter run in the 1964 Olympics, Billy Mills was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976. A virtual unknown heading into the race, Mills’ performance set an Olympic record and marked the first and only time an American has won the event. While at Kansas, Mills was a two-time NCAA cross country All-American, the 1960 Big Eight Conference cross country champion and a member of the 1959 and 1960 NCAA Championship outdoor track teams.

JIM RYUN (1966-69) Hall of Fame Class of 1980Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980, Ryun, a three-time Olympian, broke six world records and claimed five NCAA titles while at Kansas. Ryun was also the first high school runner to complete the mile in under four minutes. He received the NCAA’s Silver Anniversary Award in 1994, one of the most prestigious awards given out by the organization.


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LEGENDARY COACHESGARY SCHWARTZ

KARL SCHLADEMAN

JOHN OUTLAND

BILL EASTON

DR. JAMES NAISMITH TERI ANDERSON

BOB TIMMONSBRUTUS HAMILTON


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KANSAS ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

The Kansas Hall of Fame, located in the Booth Family Hall of Athletics, was established to formally recognize outstanding individuals and teams in all sports and to preserve the heritage and tradition of the University’s athletics program.

Track and Field and Cross Country athletes are eligible for the Hall of Fame by becoming an NCAA champion, an Olympian, or a World or American record holder. Teams and coaches are eligible by fi nishing in the top ten at the NCAA Championships. Special admittance also may be granted for bringing national distinction and honor to KU. Currently, the Kansas track and field program has placed 57 athletes, seven coaches and 45 teams in the Kansas Hall of Fame. Most recently, head coach Stanley Redwine and the 2001 and 2002 men’s indoor teams were inducted for their back-to-back eighth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships.

ATHLETESLee AdamsBill AlleyGary ArdJim BauschTerry BeucherLes BitnerDick BlairDavid BlutcherLeo BookmanJeff BuckinghamGeorge ByersSheila CalmeseFrank CindrichSam ColsonGlenn CunninghamCliff CushmanElwyn DeesBob DevinneyEmmett EdwardsAllen FrameCharlie GruberTheo HamiltonHerold HadleyJim HershbergerScott HuffmanRon JessieJan JohnsonJ.W. JohnsonRoger KatholKristi Kloster

Doug KnopJohn LawsonAmy LenninEddie LewisMark LutzBrian McElroyBilly MillsRalph MoodyKevin NewellBill NiederJim NiehouseAl OerterSanya OwolabiTom PoorTerry PorterMichael RicksScott RussellJim RyunKarl SalbWes SanteeTom ScavuzzoHerb SemperHerb ShelbyRandy SmithDennis StewartCharlie TidwellJay WagnerCliff WileySteve Wilhelm

COACHESTeri AndersonBill EastonBrutus HamiltonBill HargissStanley RedwineGary SchwartzBob Timmons

TEAMSWomen’s Indoor Track 1979 AIAW - 3rd

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Men’s Indoor Track1965 NCAA - 10th1966 NCAA Title1967 NCAA - 3rd1968 NCAA - 4th1969 NCAA Title1970 NCAA Title1971 NCAA - 4th1973 NCAA - 2nd1975 NCAA - 2nd1978 NCAA - 4th1979 NCAA -4th1980 NCAA - 4th1989 NCAA - 4th2001 NCAA - 8th2002 NCAA -8th

Men’s Cross Country1950 NCAA - 4th1951 NCAA - 2nd1953 NCAA Title1954 NCAA - 4th1955 NCAA - 2nd1957 NCAA - 5th1956 NCAA - 2nd1961 NCAA - 4th1963 NCAA - 4th1965 NCAA - 6th1989 NCAA - 10th


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THE KANSAS RELAYS

Entering its 85th year, the Kansas Relays represents one of the premier track & field events in the United States. The meet is one of the top Relays events held in the U.S., bringing together a collection of high school, collegiate and professional talent for four days every April. Over the years, the relays has showcased some of the best athletes in the world, including many former Olympians. The Kansas Relays continue to grow with each year, as almost 50,000 track & field fans in the past three years have passed through the gates at Memorial Stadium.

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JOHN OUTLJOHN OUTLAND“THE FATHER OF THE KANSAS RELAYS”

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THE KANSAS RELAYS

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1949 KANSAS RELAYS

WILT CHAMBERLAIN

2005 WOMEN’S 100-METER FINAL LONGTIME RELAYS ANNOUNCER MAX FALKENSTIEN


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ALL-AMERICANS

409 Kansas track and fi eld and cross country has seen 409 student-athletes attain All-American status.

9.5Under Stanley Redwine, KU track and fi eld and cross country is averaging 9.5 All-Americans per year.

34KU track and fi eld has seen some of its most successful seasons over the past three years, with Jayhawks earning 34 All-America honors.

8Legendary KU thrower Karl Salb was named an individual All-American eight times, the most in program history.

19Jayhawks earned First Team All-American status 19 times during the 2011 season, the most ever under Stanley Redwine.


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ALL-AMERICANS


SPRINTS INTO HISTORY

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10.1 In 1960, Charlie Tidwell tied the 100-meter world record of 10.1 seconds as a senior at KU.

31Kansas sprinters have taken home 31 All-America honors since the program’s incep-tion.

‘08At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Nickesha Anderson became the fi rst female Olympian sprinter from Kansas.

7From 1977-83, Kevin Newell and Deon Hogan combined for seven individual conference titles in fi ve different sprint events.

88 Eighty-Eight conference championships have been won by sprinters from KU.

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Sprinters at the University of Kansas have a history of making a splash at the national and even international scene over the past decade.

Perhaps the most successful sprinter to don the Crimson and the Blue singlet was Charlie Tidwell, who would end his career in Lawrence as a four-time national champion and a world record holder in both the 100 yards and 100 meters.

Sheila Calmese put the women’s program on the map as a sprinter from 1976-79. Calmese was a 1978 national champion, running a 35.26 in the 300-yard dash, a U.S. record.

In the late 70’s, the Jayhawks had a group of sprinters that domi-nated the Big 8 Conference. Deon Hogan, Kevin Newell and Cliff Wiley led a group that went on to earn numerous conference and All-America honors and shatter several national records.

Leo Bookman was the fi rst great sprinter of the modern era for the KU men. A 200-meter specialist, he won back-to-back national championship in the event in 2003 and 2004 and still holds two KU sprint records.

Nickesha Anderson became the fi rst female sprinter from Kansas to compete in the Olympic Games. Anderson, a four-time All-American while at KU, was an alternate on Jamaica’s 4x400-meter relay team.

In only her freshman season in 2011, Diamond Dixon became the fi rst KU female to take home a conference crown in the 400 me-ters, winning the title in a school record 51.55.


HURDLES HERITAGE

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13.57In 2008, Julius Jiles set the 110-meter hurdle school record at the NCAA Championships, a time of 13.57 that still stands today.

3Charlie Tidwell won the national title in the 220-yard hurdles in three-straight seasons, from 1958-60.

50 Jayhawks have clamed 50 indoor and outdoor conference titles in the hurdles.

13 KU men and women have collected 13 All-America honors in the hurdle events.

200The 200-yard and 200-meter hurdles world records were each broken in the span of a year by KU’s Charlie Tidwell.

WORLD RECORDS | 69 INDIVIDUAL NCAA TITLE

GEORGE BYERS

ASHLEY BROWN

MICHAEL STIGLER

JULIUS JILESKU track and fi eld has always been able to boast a rich heritage in the hurdle events. With Jayhawks claim-ing 50 conference titles and over a dozen All-America honors in hurdles, Kansas has a proven history of suc-cess in developing a strong group of hurdlers.

Charlie Tidwell was not only a remarkable sprinter, but may have been even better in the hurdles. Tidwell claimed NCAA titles in three consecutive seasons in the 200-yard hurdles and once held world records in both the 200-yard hurdles and 200-meter hurdles.

A decade after Tidwell, George Byers won eight in-door and outdoor Big Eight Conference titles in the hurdle events during his four years in Lawrence.

For the women, Lori Lowery was KU’s fi rst female indoor All-American, which she earned through a third-place fi nish in the 60-yard hurdles in 1978.

In the Stanley Redwine era, Jennie Wonder and Ash-ley Brown continued the precedent Lowery set for KU’s female hurdlers, with each claiming All-Amer-ican honors in the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles respectively.

On the men’s side, Julius Jiles found recent success for the Jayhawks in the hurdles as he is the school re-cord holder and was an All-American (2007) in the 110-meter hurdles.


A DISTANCE DYNASTY

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57Fifty-seven All-America honors have been earned by distance and middle distance runners from Kansas.

22KU runners have at one time held 22 world and American distance and middle distance records.

5 Jim Ryun won a staggering fi ve NCAA titles in the indoor and outdoor mile as a Jayhawk.

‘96Kristi Kloster took home the KU women’s second individual NCAA title in the 800 meters at the 1996 Indoor Championships.

8Eight Olympic games have seen Jayhawks competing in the 1,500 meters and 10,000 meters.

Perhaps no program has seen more world-class distance and middle distance runners than Kansas has in its 111 years of existence. From Glenn Cunnigham to Wes Santee, Jim Ryun to Colby Wissel, Kristi Kloster to Lauren Bonds, Jayhawks have made their mark in these disciplines in ways few other collegiate athletes have.

Ever since Glenn Cunningham won Kansas’ fi rst individual NCAA Championship in the mile in 1932, KU track has perhaps had no better calling card than with its distance group. Wes Santee would come onto the scene in the 1950’s and win national titles in the 5,000 meters and mile to further establish Mt. Oread’s fame as the distance capital of America.

When Jim Ryun arrived in Lawrence as the fi rst high schooler to break the four-minute mile barrier, even the most pessimistic of fans knew his KU career would be something special. Five NCAA championships, three Olympic appearances and a handful of school, national and world records later, Ryun has become one of the most prolifi c track fi gures in history.

The KU women have followed in the footsteps the men laid be-fore them. Twelve women have won conference championships in distance and middle distance events in the past 20 years, including seven All-Americans. If there was any doubt of the womens’ ar-rival on the national landscape, Kristi Kloster silenced the doubters when she won the indoor 800 meter NCAA title in 1996.

Under Stanley Redwine, men’s and women’s distance has contin-ued to strive for excellence. Ten distance competitors have attained All-America status under the 12th-year head coach, including Charlie Gruber, who in 2004 ran the 1,500 meters at the Athens Olympics.

WES SANTEE

REBEKA STOWE

LAURA LAVOIE

JIM RYUN


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CROSS COUNTRY KINGS

14 From 1947-65, Jayhawks captured 14 of 18 indi-vidual conference titles.

3Benson Chesang and Colby Wissel combined for three-straight Big 12 Championships from 2004-06.

27Twenty-seven Jayhawks on the men’s and women’s sides have been named All-Ameri-cans in cross country.

‘53The Jayhawks claimed the NCAA Champion-ship in 1953, the only team title in program history.

33KU has had 33 cross country runners named to the Big 12 All-Academic teams over the past three seasons.

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JULIA SAUL

1953 NCAA CHAMPIONS

BENSON CHESANG

Cross country at Kansas has only mirrored the tradition of excellence the track and fi eld program has enjoyed over the past century. Some of the country’s greatest distance and cross country runners have suited up in the Crimson and the Blue and have left an indelible mark on Ameri-can running.

Great coaching minds such as Bill Easton and Bob Timmons helped develop some of the top distance runners in the U.S., and helped groom them for the track on the trails of the cross country courses.

The Jayhawks were at the center of it all as collegiate cross country quickly grew in popularity through the 50’s and 60’s. Kansas runners won four of fi ve individual national titles from 1950-54 and tacked on a team championship in 1953. Glenn Cunningham, Herb Semper, Wes Santee, Billy Mills, Al Frame, John Lawson and Jim Ryun all began their stellar track careers through cross country at KU.

Since that great 30-year stretch when Kansas dominated the sport, while not to the same level, Jayhawk cross country has continued to turn out some legendary runners. Since 1994, KU has seen six Jayhawks be named All-Americans for their high fi nishes at the national meet.

For the women, Julia Saul earning All-American honors in 1992 was the springboard that began the rise of the women’s program. Seven women have gone on to be named to all-conference teams, including Lauren Bonds and Rebeka Stowe, each of the last fi ve years.

Recently Kansas has returned to conference supremacy as from 2004-06, Benson Chesang and Colby Wissel combined for three-straight Big 12 titles.

Coaches Stanley Redwine and Michael Whittlesey have the Jayhawks on an upward trend as two Jayhawks have qualifi ed for the NCAA Cham-pionships in the past three seasons, Bonds (2009) and Donny Wasinger (2010).


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RELAY RECORD-BREAKERS

‘11In 2011, Denesha Morris, Diamond Dixon, Taylor Washington and Shayla Wilson became the KU women’s fi rst outdoor All-American relay team.

7Kansas relay teams have held seven world re-cords in the sprint medley relay, distance medley relay, 4x100-meter relay and the two-mile relay.

39.39The 1976 national runner-up 4x100-meter relay team clocked in with a school record time of 39.39.

23Twenty-three Kansas relay teams have earned All-American status, including three in the last two seasons.

10 From 1976-81, Kansas men’s relay teams won 10 indoor and outdoor conference titles.

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1967 BIG EIGHT CHAMPION MILE RELAY TEAM

Nothing exemplifi es Kansas track and fi eld’s team spirit more than its constant success in the relays. Lawrence was the relay capital of America through the 60’s and 70’s and has had several teams begin to refortify that status in recent years.

The fi rst quartet to make a splash on the world stage was the sprint medley relay team of Cindrich, Moody, Blair and Santee, who ran to a world record time of 3:21.8 in the sprint medley relay in 1953. The team would go on to break that mark on two more occasions.

Jayhawk relay teams where constants on the conference and na-tional medal stands throughout the 60’s and 70’s with the highlight coming at the 1977 World Cup when Collins, Riddick, Wiley and Williams broke the world record with a time of 38.03.

Recently the KU women have begun to find national recognition in the relays. In 2010, the women’s distance medley relay team of Stowe, Washington, Christensen and Bonds became the second women’s relay team to earn All-American status.

Last season, a young and talented group of Bradley, Dixon, Washin-ton, Morris and Wilson would combine to earn All-America and All-Big 12 honors in the 4x400-meter relay in both indoors and outdoors. The quartet, who would smash the school records for both the indoor and outdoor 4x4, marked the first women’s out-door relay to finish the season as All-Americans.


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HIGH JUMP HEROS

14 KU track and fi eld has seen 14 Jayhawks claim All-America honors in the high jump.

2KU’s Tyke Peackock twice broke the American record in a span of four days in 1980, clearing 2.32 meters and 2.33 meters, respectively.

7-2Randy Smith was the NCAA champion in the high jump in 1974, recording a personal record leap of 7-02 ft.

3 Tom Poor won three-consecutive conference titles in the high jump from 1923-25.

‘92Mary Beth Labosky won the KU women’s fi rst conference title in the high jump in 1992, clearing a height of 6-1.5 ft.

CHARISSE BACHUS

WILT CHAMBERLAIN

TOM POOR

KELSEY ERB

KU has had some formidable high jumpers come through Law-rence on several occasions. Tom Poor was the fi rst great KU high jumper. Poor was a fi ve-time conference champion in the event and an All-American. He would be followed by conference cham-pion Merwin Graham and All-American Tom Scofi eld in the late 1930’s and 40’s.

Success continued into the ‘50s as Kansas basketball and future NBA hall of famer Wilt Chamberlain competed in the high jump

for the Jayhawks on several occasions.

A Jayhawk high jumper would again attain national recogni-tion when Randy Smith won the NCAA championship in 1974. Smith was the fi rst Jayhawk to also clear the seven-foot barrier.

Tyke Peacock would come on to the scene a decade later and assert himself as the most well-known high jumper in school history. At the World Championships in 1983, Peacock cleared over 7-07 ft. twice in a four-day span to set the new American record. While his American record has fallen, both his indoor and outdoor school records still stand to this day.

In 1992, Mary Beth Labosky won the Kansas women’s fi rst con-ference championship in the high jump, clearing a height of over 6-01 ft. to take the title.

The future is bright for both the men and women in the high jumping pits. Five will see action in the high jump this season for the Jayhawks and will try to duplicate the success the many before them have achieved.


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9 In the past four seasons, nine Kansas pole vaulters have competed in regional qualifying meets.

14-10Kansas grad Amy Linnen currently holds the NCAA meet record in the pole vault, clear-ing 14-10 ft. in 2002 to win the national title.

10 Since 2000, Kansas pole vaulters have claimed All-America status 10 times.

7Jordan Scott ended his KU career in 2011 having collected seven individual conference championships.

4Four Jayhawks have won NCAA Champion-ships in the pole vault. Sam Colson (1970), Terry Porter (1973), Amy Linnen (2005) and Jordan Scott (2010).

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JORDAN SCOTT

KATE SULTANOVA

ANDREA BRANSON

JAN JOHNSON Pole vaulting at Kansas has turned into somewhat of a privilege over the years, as those who compete in the event today are in some pretty impressive company. The KU program boasts over 42 All-Americans and three national champions in the event as well as three who have pole vaulted in the Olympics.

Kansas pole vaulting hit its stride in the 1970’s when Jan Johnson, Terry Porter and Tad Scales were the dominating forces in the conference and the country. Johnson was the 1970 NCAA cham-pion and added two conference titles to his list of accolades.

The past successes pale in comparison to what Kansas pole vault-ing has become in the past decade.

Recently, Kansas pole vaulting has become nationally renowned for having strong groups on both the men’s and women’s sides. Amy Linnen came to Kansas as a transfer in 2005 and proceeded to capture a Big 12 title and an indoor national title later that season. Linnen would start a trend of some fantastic female vaulters to come through Lawrence in the preceding years.

Kate Sultanova and Linnen would overlap for one season but Sul-tanova would go on to become the most decorated female vaulter in school history. Four conference titles and appearances on four All-American lists would make Sultanova one of the greatest vault-ers in Kansas history.

Jordan Scott cemented his name among the best KU athletes of all-time, competing for the Jayhawks in the pole vault pits. From 2007-11 Scott collected seven conference crowns and, in 2010, became the fi rst KU male to win an outdoor national title since 2003.


While Kansas has had several talented horizontals come through Lawrence over the years, the group has had some of its most prosperous years in the past decade.

NCAA champions Theo Hamilton, Sanya Owola-bi and Gary Ard helped lay the foundation for the ressuragance that has been taking place in the re-cent seasons.

Since 2002, 13 KU men and women horizontal jumpers have added their names to the All-Amer-ican lists and have won eight Big 12 champion-ships.

Benuad Shirley won back-to-back triple jump titles in 2002 and 2003 while Barrett Saunders picked up the Big 12 crown in the long jump in 2007.

Crystal Manning rewrote the KU record books in the triple jump from 2006-09 as she would end her career with three conference championships and the indoor and outdoor school record books in the triple jump

Andrea Geubelle and Francine Simpson have each continued to carry the mantle of the great Jay-hawk jumpers. In her fi rst two seasons, Geubelle is already a fi ve-time All-American in the triple and long jumps and her name is already near the top of each of the all-time KU record books.

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HORIZONTAL JUMP GEMS

61Horizontal jumpers from KU have claimed 61 conference titles, including three by Crys-tal Manning in 2007 and 2008.

10 KU jumpers have achieved All-America status 10 times in the last six years.

5 Five Kansas long and triple jumpers have won NCAA individual titles.

44Crystal Manning is the only KU female to eclipse the 44-foot mark in the triple jump, boasting a school record of 44-11.75 ft.

2Kansas has seen two of its triple jumpers compete in the Olympics; Merwin Graham (1924), and Kent Floerke (1964).

ORLD RECORDS | 69 INDIVIDUAL NCAA TITLE

ANDREA GEUBELLE

BROOKLYN HANN

SANYA OWOLABI

CRYSTAL MANNING


Kansas throwers have made perhaps a bigger impact on the inter-national stage than any other athletes in Kansas history. Some of the most legendary American throwers ever to compete got their start as Jayhawks.

Whether it was 70 years ago or last season, Jayhawks have con-stantly set the standard for collegiate throwing. From 1955 to 1960, Kansas athletes Les Bitner, Bill Nieder, Bill Alley and Al Oerter collected six national titles and 15 conference crowns.

Neider and Oerter would go on to represent the U.S., in four Olympic games, collecting a combined five gold medals between them.

The dominance continued through the 1960’s and 1970’s with the emergence of Doug Knop, Carl Salb and Steve Wilhelm. The three who would end their careers having collected a combined six na-tional titles and nine Big Eight championships.

The KU javelin throwers had a fantastic run through for three de-cades as Olympians Bill Alley, Terry Beucher and Sam Colson each had hall of fame careers in Crimson and Blue singlets.

Scott Russell came to Lawrence at the turn of the century and brought Kansas throwing back into the limelight. Little did fans know what the six-time All-American, national champion and Olympian would usher in the following decade.

Since 2000, Kansas throwers have accounted for over a third of KU track’s All-America honors and have won a combined 19 confer-ence championships. Last year, four men’s and women’s throwers were added to the All-America lists.

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TITANS OF THE THROWS

4KU legend Al Oerter won an amazing four Olympic gold medals in the discus from 1956-68.

20.71Mason Finley shattered the shot put school record in 2011 with a throw of 20.71m, earning him automatic qualifi cation to the national meet.

17 Jayhawk throwers have won 17 national titles in four of the throwing disciplines.

74 Kansas has had throwers earn 74 All-America honors.

6 2011 saw Kansas throwers claim six indoor and outdoor All-America titles.

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DENITA YOUNG

“THE PACHYDERMS”

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132Andy Morris edged Nebraska’s Guy Emery by 132 points to claim the 2000 Big 12 conference title in the decathlon.

‘32 Jim Bausch took home decathlon gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.

5,674Candace Mason posted a school record 5,674 points in the heptathlon in 1999. The record still stands today.

8Eight multi-event conference titles have been won by Jayhawks, including three by Candace Mason.

4Junior Rebecca Neville recorded personal bests in four of the seven events of the heptathlon at last year’s Big 12 Outdoor Championships.

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MULTI-EVENT MASTERS

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MICHAEL EVERS

REBECCA NEVILLE

26 OLYMPIANS | 35 WORLD RECORDS

CANDACE MASON

JIM BAUSCH

Kansas track and field has gathered some of the best athletes in the history of collegiate athlet-ics and none of that is more evident than with the multi-events, where athletic ability and versatility are paramount.

Everette Bradley, Jim Bausch and Clyde Coff-man each competed in the mutli-events in the Olympic games.

From 1995-99, Candace Mason was one of the top multi-event stars in the country. In her four years, Mason was named an All-American five times and garnered three conference crowns.

Andy Morris and Brett Evers each had suc-cessful careers as multi-event athletes in the late 1990’s as well. Evers, who holds the school record in the heptathlon and, decathlon was a two-time All-American while Morris was crowned the Big 12 decathlon champion in 2000, becoming the first KU athlete to take home a conference title in the event since 1988.

In 2010, Rebecca Neville came to Kansas as one of the top-rated high school multi-event specialists in America. In her first two seasons she has shown considerable improvement and is ready to bring a conference championship back to Lawrence.


STANLEY REDWINE

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Since Stanley Redwine’s arrival in Lawrence prior to the 2000 sea-son over 12 years ago, the Kansas track and fi eld and cross country programs have seen unprecedented success. Many thought it would be impossible to add to the tradition and excellence the Kansas pro-gram already bestowed, but Redwine has led the Jayhawks into the new millennium as one of the premier track and fi eld programs in the nation.

Not one to focus on the past, Redwine treats each day as a new chal-lenge, working to lead more Kansas athletes to national champion-ships, All-America honors and trips to the Olympic Games.

When he was hired as the 12th head coach in Kansas track and fi eld history, Redwine immediately raised the bar with his expectations. Those expectations have helped lift Kansas to new heights and have kept KU on the national map.

While those who have been around the Kansas program for several years may be excited with what Redwine has accomplished in his time in Lawrence, the 27-year coaching veteran is not satisfi ed and will not be satisfi ed until his Jayhawk teams are hoisting national championship trophies.

Just because Redwine continues to strive for greater feats doesn’t mean he hasn’t overseen a host a notable accomplishments through-out his tenure. His athletes at KU have earned over 100 All-Amer-ican honors, which means fans can expect over nine All-Americans per season under Redwine, a remarkable fi gure not many programs can boast.

Over the last three seasons the program has had a comined 34 ath-letes achieve All-American status and 13 winning conference titles, showing that Redwine’s program is constantly continuing its com-mittment to excellence. If the recent upward trend continues, watch for Redwine and the rest of KU track and fi eld to make history.


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STANLEY REDWINE

105Since Redwine’s arrival, KU athletes have earned 105 All-American honors in track and fi eld as well as cross country.

61Redwine has mentored 61 Kansas ath-letes to individual Big 12 Conference championships.

22As a head or assistant coach at Arkansas, Tulsa and Kansas, Redwine has won a combined 22 NCAA team national titles.

9 KU athletes have won nine individual NCAA titles under Redwine’s tutelage.

3 Three of Redwine’s Jayhawks have gone on to compete in the Olympics.


ASSISTANTS

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One of the keys to running a successful collegiate track pro-gram is surrounding yourself with assistants who share your passion and commitment to excellence. Stanley Redwine has done just that at Kansas.

The assistant coaches at KU are second-to-none. With nearly a century of combined coaching experience, Elisha Brewer, Tom Hays, Andy Kohkanovsky, Wayne Pate and Michael Whittlesey have amassed a list of achievements that few staffs ever have. These fi ve have helped take the Kansas program to national heights and don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon.

Each of their coaching pedigrees has been proven throughout their careers as they have collectively led 23 athletes on to na-tional titles and had over 40 All-Americans since they have been at Kansas.

All of the coaches have been in the trenches themselves with each having competed at the NCAA level, collecting numer-ous All-American and conference awards during their athletic careers.

The Jayhawk coaching staff embodies the integrity and ideals of the University of Kansas and are major factors in what makes the Kansas track and fi eld program so great.

ANDY KOHKANOVSKY

TOM HAYS


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ASSISTANTS

98The KU assistants have collected a combined 98 years of coaching expe-rience at the collegiate level.

11These fi ve have earned national recog-nition, collecting 11 national, regional or conference coaching awards.

23 KU’s coaches have mentored 23 ath-letes to NCAA individual titles.

43Since arriving in Lawrence, the as-sistants have seen their athletes garner 43 All-American honors.

12Twelve of the coaches’ athletes have gone on to compete at the Olympic Games.

MICHAEL WHITTLESEY

ELISHA BREWER

WAYNE PATE


THIS IS KANSAS

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KU has more than 40 nationally ranked academic programs, 28 of which are ranked among the nation’s top 30 public schools. Twoare number one in the nation: special education and citymanagement/urban policy. Among the top 10 rankings are theschool of education and programs in community health, occupational therapy, nursing and petroleum engineering.

KU offers nearly 200 fields of study in 13 different schools, fromarchitecture, music and engineering to medicine, social welfareand law.

KU has an enrollment of 30,102 students, including 20,811undergraduates on the Lawrence campus. KU attracts more than1,500 international students from more than 110 countries. Theaverage ACT score of 24.8 exceeds the national average.

KU’s popular Four-Year Tuition Compact freezes tuition rates for four years for first-time freshmen. The Jayhawk GenerationsScholarship offers a 12 to 20 percent discount on out-of-statetuition for qualifying children of KU alumni who live outsideKansas.

KU ranks seventh in nation among “most popular” publicuniversities, per US News’ Student Choice Awards.

Counselors from US News’ “best high schools” rank KU 12th in nation, based on a survey of academic reputation.

The KU School of Journalism won the Intercollegiate Writing Competition in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

The KU Debate team won the national championship in 2009, itsfifth national title.

KU’s School of Pharmacy ranks third in the nation for NIHresearch funding and fifth in nation in exam pass rates.

KU’s Confucius Institute is ranked among top four in nation, top

20 in world.

KU ranks ninth in the world in the rate of new patents issued.

KU’s law school ranks 10th in nation for hands-on educationalopportunities.


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THIS IS KANSAS

When Forbes Magazine named the 100 most powerful women in the world, two KU graduates were in the top five.

KU promotes a global education and ranks 11th in nation for study abroad participation and 25th in Peace Corps participation among large doctoral universities.

KU has produced 25 Rhodes Scholars, more than all other Kansas universities combined.

Design-build projects by KU architecture students have won Architecture Magazine’s Home of Year twice in three years, and KU built the first student constructed LEED-Platinum certified building in the state.

The Chronicle of Higher Education ranks KU in the top for “Great Colleges to Work For.”

The University of Kansas is a major public research and teaching institution with lofty goals and a global outlook. The historic buildings and tree-covered campus, along with top-ranked academic programs and growing research endeavors, provide an environment that inspires and challenges students and faculty. Students find a home that is wireless yet historic, on the edge of both prairie and a metropolis with a myriad of opportunities and activities.


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BILL EASTON TRACK/ANSCHUTZ PAVILION

THROW RING AT McCOOK-OLYMPIC FIELD

RIM ROCK FARM CROSS COUNTRY COURSE

JIM HERSHBERGER TRACK

KIVISTO FIELD AT MEMORIAL STADIUM


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FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES

HOREJSI FAMILY ATHLETICS CENTER

HOGLUND BALLPARK

HOREJSI FAMLY ATHLETICS CENTER

ROWING BOATHOUSE

ROBINSON NATATORIUM

INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY ATALVAMAR GOLF COURSE

ALLEN FIELDHOUSE


ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE

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MASON FINLEY2011 Big 12 Shot PutChampion

CAROLYN DAVIS2011 All-Big 12

First Team Selection

DARRELL STUCKEY2009 Thorpe Award Finalist

Fourth Round NFL Draft

IULIIA KUZHIL2010 NCAA All-American

Honorable Mention

DIAMOND DIXON2011 Indoor/Outdoor

400 meter All-American

ESTELLE JOHNSON2010 Third Round Draft Pick

of the Los Angeles Sol

MEN’S BASKETBALL2010-11 Big 12 Champions


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ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE

T.J. WALZ2011 15th Round MLB DraftPick of the Oakland A’s

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CHARLIE WEISFour-time Super Bowl ChampionFirst-Year Head Football Coach

BRITTANY HILE2011 All-Big 12

Second Team Selection

NATE BARBEE2011 All-America Scholar Athlete

CAROLINE JARMOC2011 AAVCA All-CentralRegion Honorable Mention

MARCUS MORRIS2011 Big 12 Player of the Year


KU TRADITION

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THE ROCK CHALK CHANTThe Rock Chalk Chant has been the battle cry of KU fans for more than 80 years. This strange, traditional chant, which is among the most famous of all college cheers, was started by E.H.S. Bailey, a professor of chemistry. Bailey wanted a cheer for his Science Club. Returning from a convention in Wichita, Bailey and some associates patterned a yell after the rhythmic cadence of their train rolling along the tracks. On May 21, 1886, Bailey submitted the cheer to his club.

Before the University adopted the cheer in 1897, it consisted of “Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU” being repeated three times. An English professor soon suggested that “Rock Chalk” be substituted for “Rah, Rah” because it rhymed with Jayhawk. “Rock Chalk” was also symbolic of the chalky limestone formations found on Mount Oread. Teddy Roosevelt once said the Rock Chalk chant was the best he had ever heard.

CAMPANILE HILLCampanile Hill forms the picturesque backdrop for Memorial Stadium. On a sunny fall Saturday, the “Hill” is transformed into a congregating place for watching Jayhawk football, sunning and barbequing. Potter Lake, just to the southeast of Memorial Stadium and at the bottom of Campanile Hill, adds to the beauty of the Kansas campus.

WAVING THE WHEATSince the early days of KU sports, it has been a ritual of Jayhawk fans to “wave the wheat” following every Kansas scoring drive. The ritual consists of fans waving their arms in the air, an activity which, when done by a large crowd, resembles a breezy Kansas wheat field.

THE NICKNAMEDuring the Civil War a regiment raised by Kansas Governor Charles Robinson called itself the “Independent Mounted Jayhawks” (later officially the First Kansas Calvary and then the Seventh Kansas Regiment). By the end of the Civil War the word Jayhawk was associated with the spirit of camaraderie and the courageous fighting qualities that characterized efforts to keep Kansas a free state.

By 1886, the University of Kansas had adopted the mythical bird as part of the KU yell. When the university’s football team first took the field in 1890, it seemed only natural that they should be called Jayhawkers. Few colleges and universities have such a meaningful symbol, one so deeply associated with the struggles of the people who founded them.


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THE FIGHT SONGGeorge “Dumpy” Bowles, a student with the class of 1912, longed to make a great contribution to the KU spirit, but wasn’t athletic enough to do historic deeds on the athletic field. He turned to music and produced some outstanding student musical shows.

A song in one of these shows was “I’m a Jayhawk.” Written in 1912, it was dormant until 1920 when a growth in school spirit brought out “I’m a Jayhawk” once more. The song contributed to the raising of funds to build both the KU football stadium and student union as World War I memorials. The 1926 glee club made it known nationally.

THE SCHOOL COLORSThe University of Kansas colors, crimson and blue, used since the early 1890s, are not the colors originally adopted by the university Board of Regents in the 1860s. The Regents had decided to adopt the Michigan colors, maize and sky blue.

Maize and blue were used at early oratorical meets, and they may have been used when Kansas competed in rowing in the middle 1880s. However, when football came upon the scene in 1890, the student backers wanted to use Harvard crimson as the athletic color in honor of Col. John J. McCook, a Harvard man, who had given money for an athletic field at KU. That field ran east and west in the proximity of where the north bowl of Memorial Stadium stands on the Kansas campus today.

Some Yale men were on the faculty, and they demanded the Yale blue be included. The rooters rallied forth to allow crimson and blue on their team. No one fought to retain the original colors, and the vivid deeper tone crimson and blue became generally used. Finally, in May 1896, the KU Athletic Board adopted crimson and blue as the official team colors for the university.

THE ALMA MATERIn 1891, professor George Barlow Penny searched for a school song for the Glee and Mandolin Club to sing on its tour through Kansas to Denver and back. No one responded with an original song in answer to his appeals. Just before departure, he thought of the Cornell song “Far Above Cayuga’s Waters.” Hastily changing a few words, he gave it to the glee club men to sing on the trip. He did not expect the song to be used after their return, but “Crimson and the Blue” still goes on. The music is not Cornell’s but an old English folk tune, “Annie Lisle.”


ACADEMICS

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PHIL LOWCOCK, Ph.D.Director of Records

Coordinator International Student-Athlete Support

Dr. Phil Lowcock is in his 18th year with Kansas Athletics. He serves as the academ-ic advisor for baseball, tennis and women’s cross country/track & fi eld. For the past 10 years he has been on a hiatus from working with the cross country/track and is looking forward to retunring to the

programs again this season. He also works to support all of KU’s international student-athletes with admissions, immigration and visa acquisition and transition to college courses. In addition, he is an adjunct faculty member in the health, sport and excer-sice science department and lectures a class on campus every semester.

Lowcock has been teaching at KU since 1984, when he began working as a graduate teaching assistant and doctoral student in the health, sport and exercise science department. He has at-tained three degrees, all from Kansas; bach-elor’s and master’s in education in 1985 and 1989 and a doctorate in applied sport psychology and counseling psychology in 1992.

The Kansas City, Kan., native is a gradu-ate of Shawnee Missoin North and has a daughter, Megan, who is currently a soph-omore in high school. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his daughter and their two dogs as well as rooting on the Jayhawks athletes whenever possible.

Student-Athlete Support Services Mission StatementThe Student-Athlete Support Services staff focuses all collective resources in support of the academic, personal and interpersonal development of each individual it serves. As part of its commitment to the academic success of its athletes, Kansas Athletics completed a new academic complex in the summer of 2009. The facility features individual study rooms and a computer lab.

Strategic and Instructional Tutoring Program

• For the current year, Kansas Athletics has allocated more than $1.6 million toward

student-athlete support, including $400,000 for tutoring services.

• Tutoring is available to any student-athlete, regardless of scholarship status or sport.

• Many of the tutors working within STP are instructors or teaching assistants at KU. Some are undergraduate students who have excelled in their respective subject areas.

• STP offers individualized tutoring as well as small study groups.

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LISA HEHMANAcademic Counselor

Academic/Career Counseling

Lisa Hehman started at Kansas Athletics in Au-gust, 2009 and serves as an academic and career counselor. Her main re-

sponsibilities are to assist student-athletes with course selection, degree choice and academic challenges.

Hehman came to KU after working as the men’s basketball advisor and life skills spe-cialist at Cleveland State from 2007-09. She also worked as a graduate assistant for student supports services at UMKC and as a high school English teacher at the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in com-munications studies from Kansas and her master’s degree in counseling and guidance from UMKC.

Hehman was born in Detroit, Mich., and attended Blue Springs South (Mo.) High School, where she participated in swim-ming.


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FAMOUS ALUMNIHarold ArlinFirst play-by-play man for a MLB game on radio

K.S. “Bud” AdamsOwner, Tennessee Titans

Stuart BaileyProducer of “The Daily Show”

Nancy Kassebaum BakerU.S. Senator

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Kay Waldo BarnesFirst female mayor of Kansas City, Mo.

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Linda Zarda CookExecutive Director of Shell Gas & Power and former CEO of Shell Canada. Named one of the most successful businesswomen in Europe.

Wilt ChamberlainBasketball Hall of Famer

Bob DoleFormer U.S. Senator and presidential candidate

Bob EatonChair of Chrysler Corp.

Paul EhrlichEnvironmental scientist, population expert and author (“The Population Bomb”). Also a MacArthur Fellow recipient.

Joe EngleNASA astronaut on fi rst shuttle fl ight

Ron EvansNASA astronaut on Apollo 17

Alex GravesExecutive producer (“West Wing”)

Moses GunnActor (“Heartbreak Ridge” and “Roots”)

Steve HawleyNASA astronaut

David HillisEvolutionary biologist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow

William IngePulitzer Prize-winning playwright (“The Dark at the Top of the Stairs,” “Come Back, Little Sheba,” “Picnic,” “Splendor in the Grass”)

Clarence KellyFormer head of the FBI

Rebecca KollsGardening expert (HGTV’s “Rebecca’s Garden,” ABC’s “Good Morning America”)

Bill KurtisJournalist and producer (A&E’s “Investigative Reports,” “American Justice”)

Delano LewisFormer National Public Radio CEO and Ambassador to South Africa

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Gale SayersChicago Bears football star

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Kansas Athletics facilitates and encourages involvement by our teams and individual student-athletes in the life of their community outside the boundaries of their normal college existence. As volunteers, KU student-athletes not only represent themselves, but also their respective teams, Kansas Athletics and the University of Kansas. By volunteering and giving back to Lawrence and surrounding communities, KU student-athletes gain leadership skills through service while providing a positive infl uence in their community.


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WELCOME TO LAWRENCE

Lawrence is not just another college community. It presents the easy-going feeling of a small town combined with big city cultural opportuni-ties. A population of 90,000 that comes from widely diverse backgrounds makes Lawrence an outstanding place to live and raise a family.

A community that supports the University of Kansas with its heart and soul, Lawrence envelopes the students so they too think of Lawrence as their own hometown. Lawrence is well known for the arts, alternative music and downtown shops, galleries and restaurants.

ABOUT LAWRENCE

• Lawrence Population: 90,000

• Annual Average High Temperature: 66

• Annual Average Low Temperature: 43

• Annual Average Precipitation: 39”

• Lawrence is conveniently located on Interstate 70, 35 miles west of Kansas City and 25 miles east of Topeka (state capital). Kansas Highway 10 connects Lawrence to the south Kansas City metroplex. Highway 59 serves as the city’s north and south access, and Highway 40 runs parallel to Interstate 70 east and west.

• Lawrence was founded in 1854 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society in an effort to keep the territory free from slavery. It is said that it is one of the few cities in the United States founded strictly for political reasons.

• Both the Oregon and Sante Fe Trails run through parts of Lawrence and Douglas County.

• Lawrence streets are named after the states in the order they came into the Union, beginning with Delaware.

• Massachusetts was designated the “Main” street because Lawrence’s founders were from Massachusetts.

• Lawrence festivals provide a wealth of musical offerings. Music is a staple in the Lawrence community. The sounds of local talent can be heard echoing through the city’s streets both day and night.

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Big 12 Conference Communications Staff

BIG 12 CONFERENCE - A NATIONAL LEADER

One. True. Champion. The Big 12 enters its 16th year in a unique position - as the only major conference in the nation to determine its champions in all sports directly on the fi eld. Around here, it’s every team against every team. We believe that’s the way a true champion is made.

Determining our champion on the fi eld is just one portion of how we play in the Big 12 Conference. The member schools of the Big 12 are neighbors, where road games don’t require crossing time zones. We battle each other hard on Gameday and celebrate wins against outside competi-tion. Our student-athletes, fans and alumni have each other’s backs on other days - because that is what you do for your neighbor. A hard work ethic and Midwestern values are part of everyone associated with the Big 12 and its member schools.

This work ethic has translated to enormous success on the fi eld of play in the fi rst 15 years of the league. Since it began play in 1996-97, the Confer-ence can boast of 42 team crowns and 477 individual NCAA Champion-ships. The trophy case added more hardware last year as Oklahoma State (men’s cross country) and Texas A&M (women’s basketball) won national crowns. In the spring, the Aggies registered an unprecedented double three-peat by winning the men’s and women’s NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the third straight season.

Big 12 squads are highly-regarded on a national level in every sport. All but one sport the Conference sponsored this past season had at least one team ranked in the top fi ve of the national polls, with eight sports boasting the nation’s No. 1 team. In addition, most of those top fi ve rankings (and all the No. 1 rankings) were by schools that will be part of the league in 2011-12 and beyond.

In addition to the NCAA crowns and top rankings, several other teams made strong national showings. Ten Big 12 volleyball teams have com-peted in the regional semifi nals of the NCAA Championship over the past three years, including Texas for three straight campaigns. In 2010-11, six of the eight sports that hold NCAA Championships where the Big 12 sponsored full round-robin competition had a team competing among the fi nal eight teams or beyond.

Through its fi rst 15 years, the Big 12 has claimed a team national cham-pionship in 16 of the sports it sponsors. The Conference is tied with a na-tion’s-best seven appearances in the BCS National Championship Game and leads the country with 89 football consensus All-America selections. League squads have combined to lead the nation in women’s basketball attendance each of the last 12 years and the Big 12 is the only conference to surpass the one-million mark in season attendance - doing so six times, including each of the last fi ve seasons. In men’s basketball, the league has sent six different teams to the Elite Eight the past four campaigns, the most of any conference.

The 10 current members have accounted for 34 of 39 bowl appearances over the last fi ve years, including eight BCS berths. All 42 NCAA men’s basketball bids in the last eight years and 77 of 80 in Big 12 history have been earned by the 10 schools.

During the last seven years a total of 21 NCAA trophies have been hoisted by Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the Conference, including 14 consecutive seasons.

The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive environment where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage. Whether on the fi eld, in the classroom, or within the community, the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and game offi cials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship.

The academic accolades have always been strong in the Big 12. In 2010-11, four student-athletes were recipients of the NCAA Elite 88 Award. The honor recognizes individuals who have reached the pinnacle of competi-tion at the national championship level, while also achieving the highest academic standard among their peers. In its short history, the Big 12 has also had over 500 Academic All-America recipients, averaging more than 30 each season.

Big 12 student-athletes have shown commitment to their studies by earn-ing numerous individual academic recognitions. Seven times in the past six years a league athlete has garnered the top academic honor for their respective sport. The Big 12 had plenty of success overall in the classroom the last two years, as the Conference boasted 60 student-athletes earning Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition.

The Big 12 sponsors 23 sports with the addition of equestrian and row-ing for the 2011-12 campaign. Men’s squads include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track & fi eld, outdoor track & fi eld, swimming & diving, tennis and wrestling. Women’s teams are fi elded in basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & fi eld, outdoor track & fi eld, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.

The Conference is comprised of 10 institutions in the Central time zone that have shared many traditional rivalries throughout their histories. Member schools include - Baylor University, Iowa State University, Uni-versity of Kansas, Kansas State University, University of Missouri, Univer-sity of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University.

The institutions created a league that encompasses fi ve states and over 40 million people. More than 4,200 student-athletes from across the United States and around the World compete annually in the sports sponsored by the Conference.

The Conference conducts championships for 20 of its 23 sports. Each championship helps to determine teams and/or individuals that will rep-resent the Conference in national postseason competition. The winner of the Big 12 football regular season championship earns the league’s berth into the Bowl Championship Series.

In its fi rst 15 years, the Conference has distributed more than $1.4 bil-lion to its member institutions. The conference offi ce is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Laura RasmussenAsst. Director ofCommunications

Sean DoerreWill Hancock

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Cassandra NovyWill Hancock

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The KU men enter the 2012 campaign with one of the most talented and ver-satile teams in recent memory. The Jayhawks return over 70 percent of the let-terwinners from last year’s sqaud, including all but a combined four who added to the Jayhawks’ scoring efforts at the Big Conference meets a season ago.

While the men have many key pieces returning, they will also be joined by a host of talented and hungry newcomers. Ninteen men will suit up in the Crimson and the Blue for the fi rst time, hoping to start their KU careers off on a high note.

KU returns all four NCAA Championship qualifi ers from last, fi rst-team All-Americans in Mason Finley and Johann Swanepoel, second-team All-American Kyle Clemons and honorable mention All-American Donny Wasinger. Finley also returns as the Jayhawks’ lone Big 12 Champion, which he has garnered in the outdoor shot put the past two seasons.

Men’s Sprints/HurdlesThis young, but deep group is loaded with potential and will look to have a break out year after coaches Stanley Redwine and Elisha Brewer reeled in some of the top sprinters from across the Midwest. Even with the loss of two-time NCAA Preliminary qualifi er Keron Toussaint, things are looking promising as second-team All-American Kyle Clemons will join forces with returners Bruce Tyner and Alex Hermes as well as a speedy group of newcomers to try and earn KU’s fi rst conference champion in the sprints or hurdles since 2004.

The junior, Clemons, is primed for a record-setting year. After a solid freshman season, one in which he ran the fourth-fastest 400 meter time in program his-tory, Clemons broke through to the NCAA Championships as a sophomore, becoming an All-American in the 400 meters, making him the fi rst KU male to do so in over 30 years in the event.

Clemons is joined by fellow upperclassman, Bruce Tyner who has been a main-stay in the sprints throughout his fi rst three years. Tyner will be looked upon to help fi ll the spot of Toussaint in the relay events.

The other returning member of the sprints group is Paola, Kan., native Alex Hermes. The sophomore specializes in the shorter distance sprints and gained valuable experience his freshman season that he is sure to benefi t from in 2012.

Sophomore Shawn Smith joins the sprints group as an already proven winner at the junior college level. As a freshman at Johnson County Community Col-lege, Smith was an indoor national qualifi er in the 60 meters and 200 meters as well as an outdoor qualifi er in the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal best times were mainstays on the junior college leaderboard in 2011 and make him a welcome addition to the men’s squad.

Michael Hester and Daniel Prioleau each arrive in Lawrence as high school state champions. Hester claimed Missouri state titles in both the 200 meters and 400 meters, while Prioleau was a Kansas state champion in the 4x100-meter relay. Both freshmen will both add depth to the individual sprint events and don’t surprised if both are key contributors in the relay events as well.

The team will hope to get much-needed production from its hurdlers as a dynamic duo, of senior Isaac Bradshaw and heralded frosh Michael Stigler, will make up the men’s hurdling squad. Bradshaw is ready for a breakout year as a senior, while Stigler comes in having proven himself among the elite at the Texas state high school championship level. With Bradshaw in the longer dis-tance hurdles and Stigler specializing in the shorter distances, each add a new dynamic the men’s team as not seen in some time.


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Middle Distance/DistanceThe middle distance/distance squad is looking to continue its rise to national prominence as coach Michael Whittlesey helps lead a strong group of both veterans and young talent into 2012.

The middle distances will be led by a young group of up-and-comers who turned some heads last year in their freshman or sophomore campaigns. Sopho-mores Dominique Manley and Dalen Fink not only saw action in the confer-ence meets as freshmen, but were also members of the NCAA West Preliminary qualifying 4x400-meter relay team that ranked in the top 25 in the NCAA for much of the outdoor season. With Manley and Fink leading the way in the 400 meters, 600 yards and 800 meters, some other Jayhawks will need to step up and help add some depth to the group. Sophomore Nick Seckfort ran two sub-1:54 800 meters in 2011, while junior Sam Jones returns after seeing action as a member of the men’s distance medley relay as well as a top-25 fi nisher in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Championships. Brendan Soucie and Sean Proehl also came onto the scene strong a year ago, and added with an impressive off season working out with the cross country team, makes them dual threats in the middle and longer distance events.

The only true freshman of the middle distance crew is Kenneth McCuin, who can already boast an 800 meter gold medal, which he earned at the 2010 Junior Olympic games. McCuin, as well as underclassmen Patrick Helmick and Kel-lum Schneider, will each be looked upon to make their mark as they kick-off their careers as Jayhawks.

The distance crew sees the return of All-American Donny Wasinger, who is hoping to bounce back strong after injury cut his cross country season short. Wasinger will be joined by other key pieces in the longer distances. Upper-classmen who return with a wealth of experience are Josh Baden, Austin Bus-sing, and Zach Zarda who have each seen competition in multiple conference meets.

Josh Munsch, Jose Muñoz and James Wilson are coming off strong cross coun-try seasons and are ready to become cores to the success of the distance team.

Coach Whittlesey has continued to bring in top talent from across the coun-try, and this season is no different. Several freshmen made immediate impacts during cross country and are expected to do the same on the track. Reid Bu-chanan, Evan Landes and Logan Sloan are Kansas natives, and add out-of-state supplements Phillip Freeman, Alex Galli and Gabe Gonzalez and you get run-ners who have amassed some impressive high school accolades.

Vertical JumpsThere is perhaps no other group on the men’s team with more promise than the vertical jumps squad. Even with the loss of seven-time Big 12 Champion Jordan Scott, the team may actually be more of a scoring threat this year, under Coach Tom Hays.

The pole vaulters are a young but confi dent group. With only one up upper-classman among them, the young vaulters will be forced to mature quickly if they hope to make a splash this year. Sophomore Alex Bishop is coming off an impressive freshman campaign where he was one of only two freshman scorers at the Big 12 indoor and outdoor meets and earned his way to the NCAA West Preliminary where he went on to fi nish in the top 30.

The Jayhawks will see a quartet of freshmen jump onto the squad, two from Kansas and two from Texas. The Texas duo, Regan Gilbert and Greg Lupton, each boast clearances of over 16 feet from their high school days, with the Kansas natives, Aaron Blevins and Casey Bowen, claiming a pair of state cham-pionships.

Junior Kevin Hays rounds out the pole vaulting group as the veteran. The transfer from Northwest Missouri State has seen more collegiate meet experi-ence than the majority of the other six vaulters combined and adds valuable experience to the young group.

The high jumpers saw an incredible amount of improvement in 2011 and will be looked upon as high scorers in the conference and national meets. Senior Nick Canton will try to end his KU career on a high note. The Fowler, Kan., native was a outdoor national preliminary qualifi er a season ago and will look to break through to the national meet this year. Nick Giancana has the coaches excited for his future in Lawrence, as he collected top-15 fi nishes at both the indoor and outdoor Big 12 Championships last season as a freshman. Canton and Giancana are joined by freshman Austin Hoag. The Lawrence native is the reigning Kansas state champion in the event and hopes to win similar titles as a Jayhawk.

Horizontal JumpsEven though they are limited in numbers, the two-man horizontal jumps group is hoping to make waves this season, with a senior veteran in Darryl Trotter and a highly anticipated freshman in Brian Katzfey. Entering his fi nal season as a Jayhawk, Trotter is hitting his best jumps at the right time. He was a West Region national qualifi er in the triple jump last season and eclipsed the 50-foot mark in the event at the Kansas Relays. As he winds down his career in Lawrence, Trotter will be charged with mentoring Katzfey has he gets his fi rst collegiate meets under his belt. Katzfey is a phenomenal athlete who partici-pated in football, basketball and track in high school but his bread-and-butter was the horizontal jumps, where he garnered all-region honors. As he always does, Coach Wayne Pate is sure to do a masterful job of coaching this group, which will be key to the Jayhawks’ scoring efforts as the Jayhawks move into the postseason.

ThrowsCoach Andy Kohkanovsky’s throwers feature perhaps one of the strongest line-ups on the men’s team. Mason Finley returns for his junior season and in just two years has already collected multiple Big 12 and All-American honors. The one milestone he has yet to attain is a national championship, which he has his eyesights set on this season. Senior Joel Krause ended his season strong last year and added two appearances in Big 12 Championship competition. Krause and Finley are joined by freshmen Taylor Dawson and Jonathan Miller, each of whom have collected state titles in the discus during their high school days. Under the tutelage of the veterans, Dawson and Miller are in position for a productive 2012 season.

The javelin group returns three who competed at the NCAA West Preliminary in 2011, including First Team All-American Johann Swanepoel who fi nished fi fth at the NCAA Championships last year. Juniors Iain Trimble and Jesse Vaughn had breakthrough seasons and could complete a lineup that may see three KU javelin throwers at the NCAA meet come June.


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Name Event In Out Hometown (Previous School) Baden, Josh Distance RS-Jr. RS-Jr. Colby, Kan. (Colby HS)

Bishop, Alex Pole Vault So. So. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Brophy College)

Blevins, Aaron Pole Vault Fr. Fr. Mayetta, Kan. (Royal Valley HS)

Bowen, Casey Pole Vault Fr. Fr. Gardner, Kan. (Gardner-Edgerton HS)

Bradshaw, Iaasc Hurdles RS-Jr. Sr. Jetmore, Kan. (Jetmore HS)

Buchanan, Reid Distance Fr. Fr. Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan HS)

Bussing, Austin Distance RS-Jr. RS-Jr. Houston, Texas (James E. Taylor HS)

Canton, Nick High Jump Sr. Sr. Fowler, Kan. (Fowler HS)

Clemons, Kyle Sprints Jr. Jr. Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett HS)

Dawson, Taylor Throws Fr. Fr. Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka HS)

Day, Conner Distance RS-Fr. RS-Fr. Fairview, Texas (Lovejoy HS)

Dyson, Eric Distance RS-Jr. RS-Jr. Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fountain Valley HS)

Fink, Dalen Middle Distance So. So. O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt North HS)

Finley, Mason Throws Jr. Jr. Salida, Colo. (Buena Vista HS)

Freeman, Phillip Distance Fr. Fr. Rogers, Ark. (Rogers HS)

Galli, Alex Distance Fr. Fr. Lebanon, Pa. (Cedar Crest HS)

Giancana, Nick High Jump So. So. Topeka, Kan. (Topeka West HS)

Gilbert, Regan Pole Vault Fr. Fr. Harker Heights, Texas (Harker Heights HS)

Gonzalez, Gabe Distance Fr. Fr. Springdale, Ark. (Springdale HS)

Harsin, Josh Distance So. RS-Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Blair HS)

Hays, Kevin Pole Vault Jr. Jr. Independence, Mo. (Truman HS)

Helmick Patrick Middle Distance So. So. Lincoln, Del. (Milford Senior HS)

Hermes, Alex Sprints So. So. Paola, Kan. (Paola HS)

Hester, Michael Sprints Fr. Fr. Florissant, Mo. (Hazelwood Central HS)

Hitman, Daniel Javelin Sr. Sr. Ocean, N.J. (Ocean Township HS)

Hoag, Austin High Jump Fr. Fr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)

Jokisch, Colin Distance Jr. Jr. Desoto, Kan. (DeSoto HS)

Jones, Sam Middle Distance RS-So. Jr. Ozark, Mo. (Ozark HS)

Katzfey, Brian Horizontal Jumps Fr. Fr. Eudora, Kan. (Eudora HS)

Krause, Joel Throws RS-Sr. RS-Sr. Wichita, Kan. (Campus)

Landes, Evan Distance Fr. Fr. Mulvane, Kan. (Mulvane HS)

Lupton, Greg Pole Vault Fr. Fr. Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood HS)

Manley, Dominique Middle Distance So. So. Collinsville, Ill. (Collinsville HS)

McCuin, Kenneth Middle Distance Fr. Fr. Baltimore, Md. (Mergenthaler Vo-Tech HS)

Miller, Jonathan Throws Fr. Fr. Tribune, Kan. (Greeley County HS)

Munoz Jr., Jose Distance RS-Fr. RS-Fr. Rio Rico, Ariz. (Rio Rico HS)

Munsch, Josh Distance So. So. Hays, Kan. (Hays HS)

Perry, Derrick Middle Distance Jr. Jr. Topeka, Kan. (Topeka West HS)

Prioleau, Daniel Sprints Fr. Fr. Basehor, Kan. (Basehor-Linwood HS)

Proehl, Sean Distance RS-Jr. RS-Jr. San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo)

Schneider, Kaman Distance RS-Jr. RS-Jr. Tribune, Kan. (Greely County HS)

Schneider, Kellum Middle Distance RS-Fr. RS-Fr. Tribune, Kan. (Greeley County HS)

Seckfort, Nick Middle Distance So. So. St. Louis, Mo. (Saint Louis University HS)

Sloan, Logan Distance Fr. Fr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)

Smith, Shawn Sprints So. So. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East HS)

Soucie, Brendan Distance So. So. Osawatomie, Kan. (Osawatomie HS)

Stigler, Michael Hurdles Fr. Fr. Canyon, Texas (Canyon HS)

Swanepoel, Johannes Javelin So. So. Shawnee Mission, Kan. (Shawnee Mission South HS)

Trimble, Iain Javelin Jr. RS-Jr. Overbrook, Kan. (Shawnee Heights HS)

Trotter, Darryl Horizontal Jumps Sr. Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Henderson Foothill HS)

Trujillo, Emilio Distance So. So. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sierra HS)

Tyner, Bruce Sprints RS-Jr. Sr. Basehor, Kan. (Basehor-Linwood HS)

Vaughn, Jesse Javelin Jr. Jr. Tecumseh, Kan. (Shawnee Heights Senior HS)

Wasinger, Donny Distance Sr. Sr. Winona, Minn. (Cotter HS)

Wilson, Ben Distance Jr. Jr. Lawrence, Kan. (Northern Colorado)

Wilson, James Distance RS-Fr. RS-Fr. Abiline, Kan. (Abiline HS)

Zarda, Zach Distance RS-Jr. RS-Jr. Shawnee, Kan. (Maranatha Academy)

EVENT ROSTER

SprintsKyle ClemonsAlex Hermes

Michael HesterDaniel Prioleau

Shawn SmithBruce Tyner

Middle DistanceDalen Fink

Patrick HelmickSam Jones

Dominique ManleyKenneth McCuin

Derrick PerryKellum Schneider

Nick Seckfort

DistanceJosh Baden

Reid BuchananAustin Bussing

Conner DayEric Dyson

Phillip FreemanAlex Galli

Gabe GonzlezJosh Harsin

Colin JokischEvan LandesJose Munoz

Josh MunschSean Proehl

Kaman SchneiderLogan Sloan

Brendan SoucieEmilio Trujillo

Donny WasingerBen Wilson

James WilsonZach Zarda

HurdlesIsaac BradshawMichael Stigler

High JumpNick Canton

Nick GiancanaAustin Hoag

Pole VaultAlex Bishop

Aaron BlevinsCasey Bowen

Regan GilbertKevin Hays

Greg Lupton

Horizontal JumpsBrian KatzfeyDarryl Trotter

ThrowsTaylor Dawson

Mason FinleyJoel Krause

Jonathan Miller

JavelinDan Hitman

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Alex Galli ....................................... GAL-ee Colin Jokisch ...................................Joke-ish Daniel Prioleau ..............................Pray-looNick Giancana ...................... Gee-an-con-a Brian Katzfey ................................. Cats-fee Johann Swanepoel ..............SWAN-ay-poolJosh Harsin ................................... HAR-sin Kenneth McCuin......................Muh-que-in Emilio Trujillo .......................... True-he-yoAlex Hermes ..............................Herm-ease Jose Munoz .................................Moon-yos


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Expectations are high as the 2012 KU women’s track and fi eld team may have the most stacked roster the program has ever seen, with the team only losing two seniors who contributed to the team’s scoring efforts at the conference meets a season ago.

Six of the seven who garnered First Team All-American honors in 2011 remain as the athletes on this season’s roster who have a combined 19 All-American honors between them and an additional four conference titles. University of Kansas head coach Stanley Redwine will also have an additional four student-athletes remaining on the Jayhawks’ roster who qualifi ed for the NCAA West Preliminary last May.

Adding to the promising season for the women will be 14 newcomers to the Kansas program. Nearly all have seen action at their respective state champion-ships with the majority boasting state titles.

Women’s Sprints/HurdlesThe sprint group is one of the most talented in the country and features several who are or will be capable of winning national championships in the near fu-ture. The 2012 season marks the return of 2011 Big 12 Champion and Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year, Diamond Dixon, who had arguably the most successful freshman season a female has ever had in the Crimson and Blue. If the All-American continues to improve at the rate she did during her debut season, watch for Dixon on the gold-medal stand when the NCAA meets roll around.

The second All-American in the sprints group is junior Denesha Morris, whose name has already shown up in numerous spots on the KU all-time performance lists. Morris was a member of the All-American 4x400-meter relay team that took eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June and added to the team’s scoring efforts in both the indoor and outdoor Big 12 meets.

A pair of newcomers enters the mix for the sprinters and will try to duplicate the same kind of success Dixon saw in her fi rst season as Jayhawk last year. Junior transfer Paris Daniels jumps on board after a national champion-caliber career at Coffeyville Junior College. An eight-time All-American, Daniels is certainly capable of achieving similar success at the Division I level, with a national championship earned in the 400 meters in 2010, she will add to the one-two punch along with Dixon in the shorter sprints.

Alisha Keys is the lone true freshman in the group, but perhaps has the highest ceiling of any of her teammates. As a senior at Junction City High School, not only did she win both the 100-meter and 200-meter state titles, but she did it in style. Both her best 100-meter (11.52) and 200-meter times ranked in the top 100 in the U.S. in 2011, putting her among the nation’s elite female sprinters coming out of high school.

Also watch for these four to be paired in several relay events, and considering their individual marks in these events, the school and Big 12 record books could be rewritten before the season is over.

In the hurdles, Kathryn Lupton and Timmie Morris are the specialists on the women’s squad and both gained valuable experience in 2011 with which they will surely benefi t from this season. Lupton has seen action in the indoor and outdoor Big 12 meets, and will try to build upon it as she attempts to become the fi rst female hurdler from KU to bring home a conference title. Morris, who took a redshirt for the indoor season last year, put together a solid collection of performances in the outdoor meets and is looking to continue to shaving down her times in 2012.

Middle Distance/DistanceThe women’s middle distance runners are the most veteran group on the women’s team, and have collected some impressive accolades in their years at KU. Seniors Shayla Wilson and Cori Christensen and junior Taylor Washington have each achieved All-American status during their underclassman years with


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Washington taking home the 600 yard Big 12 title as a freshman in 2010. Each have been members of 400-meter and distance medley relay teams that have rewritten the KU record books. Expect no different this season as Wilson and Christensen hope to end their collegiate careers on a high note and Washington attempts to garner another Big 12 Championship.

Rounding out the group is senior Anna Barber, who brings a wealth of knowl-edge and competition to the middle distances; Maddy Rich, who gives the Jayhawks a versatility with her ability to run in the longer distance races and freshman Hayley Francis, another 800-meter specialist that has proven herself at the high school state championship level.

In the long distance events, several team members are coming off breakthrough cross country seasons which bode well for their performances in the 2012 track campaign. All-American Rebeka Stowe returns for her farewell tour as she vies for a national title in the Steeplechase. In the fall, the senior closed out her cross country career as an All-Conference performer and will expect nothing less at the conference meets on the track.

Kara Windisch joins Stowe as the other senior leader for the distance crew and is coming off her best cross country year of her career. An all-conference per-former on the trails in the fall, Windisch is at a level where she is certainly ca-pable of contributing often to the team’s scoring efforts this winter and spring.

Juniors Kyra Kilwein, Tessa Turcotte, Kathleen Thompson and Devin Weigers comprise a strong supporting cast that adds loads of depth and versatility to the group. Each were integral pieces during the cross country season and that should? remain the same as they head into the track portion of the year. Nata-lie Becker makes her return after injuries cut her 2011 campaign short. The sophomore has shown glimpses of greatness in her time at KU and appears to be hitting her stride as this year rolls around.

Once again, distance coach Michael Whittlesey has found and put together an impressive group of freshmen that are certainly capable contributing in 2012. Liza Tauscher and Regan Allen saw considerable action during cross country while Molly Milbourn, Rachael Schaffer and Sara Seiwald each boast some impressive high school résumés, making the future of KU women’s distance a bright one.

Vertical JumpsBoth the pole vault and high jump rosters feature student-athletes that are more than capable of achieving All-Conference or All-American status before the season is out. Senior Julia Cummings and sophomore Demi Payne return as the only vaulters to qualify for the West Preliminary meet and both are notching top clearances of their careers through the fi rst two meets of the season.

Senior Clairie Christie and junior Sarah Hedberg have been mainstays in the vaulters’ lineup since they arrived on campus, and both have shown they are ready to lead the group in 2012. Each appears to peaking at the right time and makes this one of the deepest vaulting groups in the Big 12. Jaimie House is the only freshman vaulter, but has big-time clearances that could make her debut season as a Jayhawk fun to watch.

A diverse duo makes up the women’s high jump squad, freshman phenom Col-leen O’Brien and a senior volleyball standout, Allison Mayfi eld, will take to the jumping pit in 2012. O’Brien is a former state champion in the event and has clearances that ranked in the top fi ve in the state last season, while Mayfi eld, a former high school state champion in the event, has spent the last four years of her collegiate career as an all-conference volleyball player for the Jayhawks. Both are expecting to make big contributions to the women’s team’s success this season.

Horizontal JumpsBeware of the horizontal jumpers in 2012. Senior Jamaica Collins and junior stars Andrea Geubelle and Francine Simpson may be among the women’s team’s most successful by the time the 2012 season is over. Geubelle, a four-time All-American in the long jump and triple jump, may be one of the women’s biggest conference and national championship threats. Simpson may not be too much of a long shot either as she was a constant in the top fi ve of the long jump na-tional rankings a season ago and was a NCAA preliminary qualifi er in her fi rst full season for the Jayhawks. Watch for both to be standing atop the fi rst-place stand come the postseason meets.

Collins, who has also notched some impressive times in the indoor sprint events, is peaking at the right time in her collegiate career, hitting personal-best jumps in the long jump and triple jump a season ago. Don’t be surprised for a breakout season for the Fort Worth, Texas native.

ThrowsPerhaps no group had a better 2011 season than the throws did last year. First-Team All-Americans Heather Bergmann and Jessica Maroszek return after breakout sophomore and freshman seasons that have many expecting nothing less than conference titles this year. Add senior Alena Krechyk to the mix and you have a group that could very well help lead the women’s team back to conference and national supremacy. After utilizing her redshirt season last year, Krechyk returns after being crowned Big 12 Champion in the weight and hammer throw in 2010.

Throws coach Andy Kokhanovsky will oversee the trio as well as newcomer senior Allison Mayfi eld in the javelin, who will try to tap into the excellence she garnered in her high school days after competing for KU volleyball for the last four years.

MultisThis season the Jayhawks possess one of the deepest groups of multi-event performers the team has seen in over a decade. Junior Rebecca Neville remains as the team’s greatest threat as she collected a seventh-place fi nish in the pen-tathlon at the 2011 Big 12 Outdoor Championships. She also has demonstrated steady improvement, notching personal records in each event during the 2011 season. Coaches expect her to be a top contender for a conference title this season.

Amanda Caines is the only other returning member of the multi-events group and after taking her redshirt year last outdoor season, she now has the col-legiate experience that could make her a legitimate threat come time for the postseason meets.

Two freshmen will be thrown into the multi-event mix this season. Lindsay Vollmer and Mackenzie Yost arrive in Lawrence having achieved some notable accomplishments at the high school level. Vollmer is an 11-time gold medalist at the Missouri state track meet while Yost is a two-year qualifi er at the 6A Kansas state track meet.


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ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Name Event In Out Hometown(Previous School) Allen, Ragan Distance Fr. Fr. Portland, Ore. (Ulysses S. Grant HS) Barber, Anna Middle Distance - RS-Sr. Tulsa, Okla. (Jenks HS) Becker, Natalie Distance RS-So. RS-So. St. Louis, Mo. (Parkway West HS) Bergmann, Heather Javelin Jr. Jr. Concordia, Kan. (Concordia HS) Caines, Amanda Multi-Events So. RS-Fr. Evanston, Ill. (Evanston Township HS) Christensen, Cori Middle Distance Sr. Sr. Medicine Lodge, Kan. (Medicine Lodge HS) Christie, Claire Pole Vault Sr. Sr. Overland Park, Kan. (Shawnee Mission South HS) Collins, Jamaica Horizontal Jumps Sr. Sr. Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS) Cummings, Julia Pole Vault RS-Sr. RS-Sr. Overland Park, Kan. (Shawnee Mission South HS) Daniels, Paris Sprints Jr. Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (Normandy Senior HS) Dixon, Diamond Sprints So. So. El Paso, Texas (Westside HS) Francis, Hayley Distance Fr. Fr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS) Geubelle, Andrea Horizontal Jumps Jr. Jr. University Place, Wash. (Curtis Senior HS) Hedberg, Sarah Pole Vault Jr. Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (North HS) House, Jaimie Pole Vault Fr. Fr. El Dorado, Kan. (El Dorado HS) Keys, Alisha Sprints Fr. Fr. Junction City, Kan. (Junction City HS) Kilwein, Kyra Distance RS-So. Jr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS) Krechyk, Alena Throws Sr. RS-Jr. Grodno, Belarus (Yanka Kupala State University) Lupton, Kathryn Hurdles RS-So. RS-So. Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood HS) Maroszek, Jessica Throws So. So. Seymour, Wis. (Seymour HS) Mayfi eld, Allison High Jump/Javelin Sr. Sr. Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Milbourn, Molly Distance Fr. Fr. El Dorado, Kan. (El Dorado HS) Morris, Denesha Sprints Jr. Jr. Manchester, Jamaica (Manchester HS) Morris, Timmie Hurdles RS-Fr. So. Paola, Kan. (Paola HS) Moser, Madison Distance So. RS-Fr. Tribune, Kan. (Greeley County HS) Neville, Rebecca Multi-Events Jr. Jr. Merrillville, Ind. (Merrillville HS) O’Brien, Colleen High Jump Fr. Fr. Louisburg, Kan. (Louisburg HS) Payne, Demi Pole Vault So. So. Corpus Christi, Texas (New Braunfels HS) Rich, Maddy Middle Distance So. So. Prarie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS) Row, Abby Pole Vault So. So. Merriam, Kan. (Shawnee Mission North HS) Schaffer, Rachel Distance Fr. Fr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS) Seiwald, Sara Distance Fr. Fr. Portland, Ore. (Valley Catholic HS) Simpson, Francine Long Jump Jr. Jr. Chapelton, Jamaica (Edwin Allen HS) Stowe, Rebeka Distance Sr. Sr. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe Northwest HS) Tate, Brittany Distance So. So. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West HS) Tauscher, Liza Distance Fr. Fr. Geneva, Ill. (Geneva HS) Thompson, Kathleen Distance RS-So. Jr. Chesterfi eld, Mo. (Parkway Central HS) Turcotte, Tessa Distance RS-So. Jr. Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X HS) Vollmer, Lindsay Multi-Events Fr. Fr. Hamilton, Mo. (Penney HS) Washington, Taylor Middle Distance Jr. Jr. Houston, Texas (Westside HS) Wiegers, Devin Distance RS-Jr. RS-Jr. Leawood, Kan. (Blue Valley HS) Wilson, Shayla Middle Distance Sr. Sr. Milford, Del. (Milford HS) Windisch, Kara Distance - RS-Sr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West HS) Yost, Mackenzie Multi-Events Fr. Fr. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe Northwest HS)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Andrea Geubelle ........................... Goo-bell Jessica Maroszek ....................Mare-oh-shek Liza Tauscher .................................Tao-sureKyra Kilwein ................................Kill-wine Madison Moser ............................Mow-zher Tessa Turcotte ...................................Ter-kotAlena Krechyk .......................... Cray-check Sara Seiwald ..................................See-wald Devin Wiegers ..............................Why-gers

EVENT ROSTER

SprintsParis DanielsDiamond DixonAlisha KeysDenesha Morris

Middle DistanceAnna BarberCori ChristensenHayley FrancisMaddy RichTaylor WashingtonShayla Wilson

DistanceRagan AllenNatalie BeckerKyra KilweinMolly MilbournMadison MoserAbby RowRachael SchafferSara SeiwaldRebeka StoweBrittany TateLiza TauscherKathleen ThompsonTessa TurcotteDevin WiegersKara Windisch

HurdlesKathryn LuptonTimmie Morris

High JumpAllison Mayfi eldColleen O’Brien

Pole VaultClaire ChirstieJulia CummingsSarah HedbergJaimie HouseDemi Payne

Horizontal JumpsJamaica CollinsAndrea GeubelleFrancine Simpson

ThrowsAlena KrechykJessica Maroszek

JavelinHeather BergmannAllison Mayfi eld

Multi-EventsAmanda CainesRebecca NevilleLindsay VollmerMackenzie Yost


WOMEN’S ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Classifi cation .........................Indoor ...................OutdoorSenior ...........................................8 ..............................................9Junior ...........................................9 ............................................13Sophomore ...................................13 ............................................9Redshirt Freshman .......................1 ..............................................2Freshman ......................................11 ..........................................11Total .............................................42 ..........................................44

NewcomersSenior ...........................................................................................1Junior ...........................................................................................1Sophomore ...................................................................................1Freshman ....................................................................................11Total ...........................................................................................14

LetterwinnersReturning ..................................................................................25Lost ..............................................................................................7

Big 12 Points ReturningIndoor ..................................................................... 35/40 (87.5%)Outdoor .............................................................46.5/51.5 (90.3%)

Big 12 Scorers ReturningIndoor ..................................................................... 10/12 (83.3%)Outdoor .................................................................. 10/12 (76.9%)

LocationKansas ........................................................................................20Missouri .......................................................................................5Texas ............................................................................................5Illinois ..........................................................................................2Jamaica .........................................................................................2Oregon .........................................................................................2Arizona ........................................................................................1Belarus .........................................................................................1Delaware ......................................................................................1Indiana .........................................................................................1New Mexico ................................................................................1Oklahoma ....................................................................................1Washington ...................................................................................1Wisconsin .....................................................................................1

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Classifi cation .........................Indoor ...................OutdoorSenior ...........................................5 ..............................................7Junior ...........................................16 ..........................................15Sophomore ...................................14 ..........................................12Redshirt Freshman .......................3 ..............................................5Freshman ......................................18 ..........................................18Total .............................................56 ..........................................57

NewcomersSenior ...........................................................................................0Junior ...........................................................................................1Sophomore ...................................................................................1Freshman ....................................................................................18Total ...........................................................................................20

LetterwinnersReturning ..................................................................................36Lost ............................................................................................15

Big 12 Points ReturningIndoor ................................................................16.5/23.5 (70.2%)Outdoor .................................................................. 45/64 (70.3%)

Big 12 Scorers ReturningIndoor ......................................................................... 4/6 (66.7%)Outdoor .................................................................. 10/13 (76.9%)

LocationKansas ........................................................................................29Texas ............................................................................................6Missouri .......................................................................................5California .....................................................................................2Colorado ......................................................................................2Arizona ........................................................................................2Arkansas .......................................................................................2Minnesota.....................................................................................2Delaware ......................................................................................1Illinois ..........................................................................................1Maryland ......................................................................................1Nebraska ......................................................................................1Nevada .........................................................................................1New Jersey ...................................................................................1Pennsylvannia ...............................................................................1

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PersonalHometown ................................................. Dallas, TexasHigh School .................................... Lake Highlands HSCollege ..................................University of Arkansas, ‘85....................................B.A., administrative managementFamily ...........................Wife, Jacqueline; three children,........................................... Alexa, Crysta and Stanley, Jr.

Coaching History2000-Present ..................................University of Kansas

Head Coach, Cross Country/Track and Field1994-2000 .........................................University of Tulsa

Head Coach, Cross Country/Track and Field1985-94 .......................................University of Arkansas

Assistant Coach, Track (Sprints and Hurdles)

Athletic HistoryFour-time All-American• Six-time conference champion• Two-time U.S. 800-meter champion• Silver Medialist, 800-meter run (Goodwill Games, • 1986 and 1994)Bronze Medalist, 800-meter run (Pan-Am Games, • 1983 and 1987)Five-time Championship team member•

Honors and Achievements2007 Pan American Games•

- Team USA Head Coach, Men’s Track & Field2005 Big 12 Outdoor Coach of the Year• 2003 Pan American Games•

-Team USA, Assistant CoachUniversity of Arkansas Most Outstanding Track • Athlete (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)Arkansas Hall of Honor Inductee (2003)• Arkansas State Hall of Fame Inductee (2003)•

Jayhawks Under RedwineThree Olympic Athletes•

(2008: Nickesha Anderson, Scott Russell) (2004: Charlie Gruber)

Two Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame Teams• (2001, 2002 Men’s Track & Field)

Eight Individual National Championships• 93 All-America Honors•

(Cross Country/Track & Field)82 Academic All-Big 12 student-athletes in the last • three seasonsKU Hall of Fame Inductee, Amy Linnen•

STANLEY REDWINEHead Coach | Arkansas (1985)

12th Season at Kansas18th Season as Head Coach

Already a member of the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame, Stanley Redwine is a living legend

in Jayhawk country and one of the most well-respected coaches in the United States. A former All-American himself at the University of Arkan-sas, Redwine has coached 11 individual National Champions (nine at Kansas), 98 All-Americans (83 at KU), three Olympians (all at KU) and 22 National Championship teams between his years as head coach at Kansas and Tulsa and an assistant coach at Arkansas.

Not one to focus on the past, Redwine treats each day as a new challenge, working to lead more Kan-sas athletes to national championships, All-America honors and trips to the Olympic Games.

In the summer of 2008 in Beijing, China, Redwine athletes Scott Russell and Nickesha Anderson rep-resented their respective countries in the Games of the XXIX (29th) Olympiad. Russell fi nished in 10th place for Canada in the men’s javelin, while Anderson was an alternate on Jamaica’s women’s 4x100-meter relay team.

At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, Redwine athlete Charlie Gruber represented the USA in the men’s 1,500 meters.

In 2010, Redwine mentored eight athletes to 10 All-America honors with fi ve garnering the elite

status during the indoor season and fi ve more picking up the honor during the outdoor season. Behind NCAA Champion Jordan Scott’s perfor-mance, the KU men’s team fi nished seventh at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Scott took home the pole vault title for the fi rst time in his career. Freshman thrower Mason Finley took home second place in both the shot put and discus at the NCAA Outdoor meet and also earned indoor honors in the shot put. The KU women’s distance medley relay team earned All-America status at the NCAA Indoor Championships, while Lau-ren Bonds (1,500 meters), Andrea Geubelle (long jump) and Eric Fattig (triple jump) each were All Americans during the outdoor season.

In 2008, Redwine coached 12 track and fi eld All-Americans, the most he has coached in one season since he has been at Kansas.

He oversaw Egor Agafonov to his second-consec-utive National Championship in the weight throw, as well as his fi fth and sixth All-America honors (weight throw, hammer throw) and his third-con-secutive Big 12 Championship in both the ham-mer throw and the weight throw.

In the 2008 indoor track and fi eld season, Kansas was just one of 10 schools to have both its men’s and women’s teams fi nish in the top 25 at the NCAA Championships. At the NCAA Outdoor


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Championships, senior Crystal Manning (long jump and triple jump) and junior Nickesha Anderson (100 meters and 200 meters) each won two All-America honors. Only one other woman (Can-dace Mason) has accomplished the feat in KU history.

As an athlete, Redwine placed his name in the Arkansas histo-ry books as a 400-meter, 600-yard and 800-meter runner from 1980-1983. Redwine was a four-time All-American and was named UA’s Outstanding Track Athlete all four of his years in Fayetteville. Redwine went on to spend nine years as an assistant coach at his alma mater. During his tenure, the Razorbacks cap-tured nine consecutive NCAA Championships and 22 titles from 1985 to 1994 in both track and fi eld and cross country. He helped produce 14 All-Americans and two NCAA Champions in hurdle and sprint events. Among those All-Americans were two-time 400-meter NCAA indoor and outdoor champion Calvin Davis, three-time 400-meter and 500-meter NCAA champion Robbie Haley, and seven-time All-American sprinter Jimmy French.

His success as an assistant earned him the head coaching position at the University of Tulsa in 1994. In six years at Tulsa, Redwine’s athletes broke more than 70 school records, most on multiple oc-casions. He produced 11 NCAA qualifi ers and Tulsa’s fi rst-ever All-American. On May 25, 2000, Redwine was rewarded for his efforts by being hired as the head coach at the University of Kansas. The Jayhawks’ track and fi eld program has prospered ever since, as he has restored the tradition of KU’s illustrious past.

Professionally, Redwine retired from competition in 1996 after he fi nished fi fth in the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta, Ga. He was a U.S. Olympic Trial qualifi er fi ve-consecutive times from 1980 to 1996 and was a two-time silver medalist in the 800-meter run at the Goodwill Games in 1986 and 1994. He also won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1983 and 1987. Redwine was also a World Championship team member in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993 and a two-time U.S. 800-meter champion.

Redwine earned his bachelor’s degree in administrative manage-ment from the University of Arkansas in 1985. He and his wife, Jacqueline, have three children: Crysta, Stanley Jr., and Alexa.

COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• In Redwine’s fi rst 11 seasons at Kansas, the men’s and women’s teams have combined to set more than 60 school records and have cracked the KU all-time top-fi ve list in more than 60 events. As a result of their outstanding performances, Redwine’s 2001 and 2002 men’s track and fi eld teams were enshrined into the KU Hall of Fame after back-to-back eighth-place fi nishes at the NCAA Championships.

• In 2010, Redwine guided eight different athletes to 10 All-America honors, led by Jordan Scott’s NCAA title in the pole vault. Freshman Mason Finley earned three All-America honors and was also named the Big 12 Track And Field’s Outstanding Male Freshman Of The Year and the Midwest Region’s Field Athlete of the Year. Senior middle distance runner Lauren Bonds earned All-America honors both indoor and outdoor and was the fi rst Kansas women’s cross country runner to compete at an NCAA Championship meet in more than 15 years.

• In July of 2007, Redwine traveled to Rio de Janeiro as the men’s head track coach for Team USA at the Pan-American games. His athletes took home 20 medals, including three golds. It was the second time Redwine was selected to coach the team, as he also served as an assistant at the 2003 games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

• In 2006-07, Redwine’s men’s cross country team made its second consecutive NCAA appearance, fi nishing 20th as Colby Wissel and Paul Hefferon became the fi rst Kansas run-ners in 12 years to win All-America honors in the same season. Wissel was also one of three indoor athletes to receive All-America honors as the men fi nished 16th nationally and the women 34th.

• During the 2007 outdoor season, Redwine’s teams set a school record with eight All-Americans, including the fi rst duo of KU men’s long jumpers to claim the distinction in the same year (Eric Babb and Barrett Saunders). The men had their best fi nish since 1989, ranking 18th in the nation, while the women’s fi fth-place fi nish at the Big 12 Champion-ships was their highest showing in 13 years. Six different Jayhawks won individual Big 12 titles (also a school record), and freshman pole vaulter and Big 12 Indoor Performer of the Year, Jordan Scott, won the same award during the outdoor season.

• In 2006, the men’s cross country team recorded its best results at both the Big 12 Confer-ence Championships and the NCAA Championships in more than a decade, fi nishing third and 12th, respectively. Redwine and his staff mentored six All-America performers in 10 events.

• In 2005, Redwine oversaw fi ve athletes who received All-America accolades in outdoor track. The Jayhawk men fi nished 25th nationally, and the women placed 29th. • During the 2003 season, Redwine guided the women’s indoor track and fi eld team to a fourth-place fi nish at the Big 12 Conference Championships and a sixth-place fi nish at the outdoor championships.


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Hometown ....................... Fort Smith, Ark.

High School ........................Northside HS

College ..............University of Arkansas, ‘98

...............................B.A., Communications

....................... M.A., Counselor Education

Family ...............................Daughter, Asjah

Coaching History

2004-Present ............. University of Kansas

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2001-04 ............... University of Cincinnati

Sprints/Hurdles Coach

1998-2000 ...............University of Arkansas

Graduate Assistant

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Athletic History

Competed prefessionally from •

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All-American in the 55-meter dash •

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Honors & Achievements

Coached the fi rst 400-meter hurdles •

All-American in Kansas history (Ash-

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ELISHA BREWERAssistant Coach | Sprints/Hurdles

Eighth Season at Kansas | Arkansas (1998)

Elisha Brewer is in her eighth year on the Kansas track and fi eld coaching staff. In her fi rst seven seasons as the sprints

and hurdles coach at KU, Brewer has tutored her athletes to 14 All-Americans.


• Under Brewer’s guidance, Kansas athletes have rewritten the re-cord books in the indoor 60-meter hurdles, 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash and the outdoor 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, 110-meter hurdles and the 400-meter relay.

• In her fi rst seven seasons, Brewer has tutored seven All-Ameri-cans as the sprints and hurdles coach at KU: 2011 indoor and out-door 4x400m relay team (eight). Nickesha Anderson (four times), Ashley Brown (2007) and Julius Jiles (2007).

• In the 2011 outdoor season, Kendra Bradley was a Big 12 fi nalist in the 400m. Brewer also helped mentor the 4X400m relay team of Morris, Bradley, Washington and Dixon to new school record, a seventh-place fi nish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and mentored Bradley, Morris, Dixon, and Wilson to a new school record and an eighth-place fi nish at the NCAA Outdoor Cham-pionships (3:33.00).

• In 2010, Brewer mentored the Kansas women’s 4x400-meter relay team to an appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Champion-ships. The quartet of Kendra Bradley, Taylor Washington, Shayla Wilson and Taissa Makhmayeva turned in the third-fastest time in school history (3:37:04).

• In 2009, freshman Keith Hayes was a Big 12 fi nalist in the 60-meter hurdles, fi nishing fi fth. In the outdoor season, Hayes fi nished second at the Midwest Regional Championships in the 110 hurdles (13.71), and also took fourth at the USA Junior Na-tional meet (13.46).

• In 2008, Brewer oversaw Anderson to one of the best seasons of any Jayhawk ever as she broke both the 60 and 200-meter dash records on numerous occasions. Her career-best time of 7.22 in the 60 meters earned her the Big 12 championship in the event. Anderson became the fi rst woman in KU history to win two All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. An-derson would end her KU career with a runner-up fi nish in the 200m at the NCAA Championships (22.67).

• Also in 2008, Brewer coached Sha’Ray Butler to her best sea-son. Butler was a part of the school record-breaking 4x400-meter relay team (Butler, Anderson, Charity Stowers, Crystal Manning - 3:35.86) that qualifi ed for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Butler was also a Big 12 fi nalist and an NCAA Midwest Regional top-fi ve fi nsher in the 400-meter hurdles.

• Brewer also supervised the Kansas record-breaking 4x100-meter relay team of Anderson, Manning, Brown and Victoria Howard (44.61) that qualifi ed for the 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional Championships after placing fi fth at the Big 12 Championships.

• In the 2007 outdoor season, Brewer helped Brown become the fi rst 400-meter All-American hurdler in school history.

• During the 2007 indoor season, Jiles was the Big 12 runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles (7.85) while Brown broke the school record in the 60-meter hurdles (8.32), fi nishing third at the con-ference meet.

• During the 2006 campaign, Brewer oversaw the 400-meter relay team of Manning, Tiffany Cherry, Howard and Charisse Bacchus as they broke the school record (44.99) and reached the fi nals of the Midwest Regional Championships.

• At Cincinnati, Brewer coached two-time All-American David Payne in the 110-meter hurdles. Payne ran a personal record of 13.42 and was a 2004 automatic qualifi er in the Olympic Trials. Brewer coached several athletes to the NCAA Championships in both the sprints and hurdles. In 2003 and 2004, Brewer coached athletes to the Mid East regional meet in the 400-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay, 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter dash and the 400-meter hurdles.

PROMINENT PUPILS

• Nickesha Anderson (Kansas) - 2008 Olympian, Jamaican National Team - Four-time All-American in 2008 (60 meters, 200 meters - indoor) (100 meters, 200 meters - outdoor) - 2008 Big 12 Champion (60 meters) - 2008 NCAA Runner-up (200 meters, indoor) - School record holder in the 60 meters, indoor and outdoor 200 meters, 100 meters, 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays

• Julius Jiles (Kansas) - School-record holder in the 110-meter hurdles - 2007 All-American (110-meter hurdles) - 2008 Big 12 Runner-up (110-meter hurdles) - Midwest Regional Finalist in the 110-me-ter hurdles (2005, 2007, 2008) - NCAA Qualifi er in the 110-meter hurdles (2005, 2007, 2008)

• Ashley Brown (Kansas) - 2007 All-American (400-meter hurdles) - 2007 Big 12 Champion (100-meter hurdles) - 2007 Big 12 Run-ner-up (400-meter hurdles) - School-record holder in the 60-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles - Member of the 4x100-meter relay team that set the school record at the 2008 Big 12 Championships - NCAA Qualifi er in the 400-meter hurdles (2007, 2008)

• David Payne (Cincinnati) - 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist (110-me-ter hurdles) - Two-time All-American - Four-time Conference USA Champion (110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles) - 2004 Mid East Regional Runner-up Brewer graduated from Arkansas in 1998 with a degree in communications and served as a graduate assistant strength coach for the next two years while competing professionally as a Reebok-sponsored athlete. She served as an academic counselor for a year while earning her master’s degree in counselor education from Arkansas in May 2001.

At Arkansas, Brewer had an outstanding college track career. Her senior year (1998), she was named an All-American in the 55-meter dash and was the runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles at the SEC championships. She went on that year to fi nish fi fth in the 100-meter hurdles at the USATF Championships. That same year, Brewer was a national qualifi er in the indoor 55-meter dash and 55-meter hurdles and the outdoor 100-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash and as the sec-ond leg on the 4x100 relay.

Brewer has a nine-year-old daughter, Asjah.


tom hays

Personal

Hometown ..........................McLouth, Kan.

High School .......................... McLouth HS

College ................. University of Kansas, ‘89

.............................. B.A., physical education

Family ........... Wife, Rebecca; four children,

...................Amanda, Kara, Ryan and Kevin

Coaching History

2004-Present ...............University of Kansas

Vertical Jumps Coach

2003-04 ......................Johnson County CC

Jumps/Throws Coach

1996-2003 .................University of Arizona

Vertical Jumps Coach

1989-90 ...........University of Nevada-Reno

Jumps Coach


Seven vertical jump athletes have •

earned All-American awards in his

seven seasons at Kansas

2011 National Collegiate Pole Vault •

Coach of the Year

Since 2005, fi ve vertical jumps •

athletes have been named Freshman

Performer of the Year

Has coached seven athletes to na-•

tional championships

TOM HAYSAssistant Coach | Vertical Jumps

Eighth Season at Kansas | Kansas (1989)

Tom Hays is in his eighth season as the vertical jumps coach at the University of Kansas. Hays is a familiar face to the KU track program. Hays competed for the Jayhawks in the mid-80s before receiving his degree in education in 1989.


• Hays was named 2011 National Collegiate Pole Vault Coach of the Year after coaching Jordan Scott to the 2010 NCAA Outdoor title in the event. Additionally, Scott won both the indoor and outdoor Big 12 titles in 2010. Hays also guided Ryan Hays, his son, to a fi fth-place fi nish at the 2010 Big 12 Outdoor meet, as the younger Hays cleared 17 feet for the fi rst time in his career.

• Hays added two pole vault All-Americans to his resumé in 2008 as Kate Sultanova held the honor for the fourth time while Jor-dan Scott picked up his fi rst All-America honor. Sultanova also swept the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor pole vault championships, and Scott won the Big 12 Indoor pole vault title. The conference titles were the third and fourth for Sultanova, and Scott’s third in two years.

• In 2007, Hays’ athletes made a clean sweep of the outdoor Big 12 pole vault titles as KU boasted both the men’s and women’s champions. Junior Kate Sultanova became the fourth woman in Jayhawk history to accomplish the feat and freshman Jordan Scott tied the Big 12 record en route to his victory. Scott also won the indoor conference championship in the pole vault and was named the 2007 Big 12 Indoor Freshman Performer of the Year and the 2007 Big 12 Outdoor Freshman Co-Perfomer of the Year. Scott became the fi rst male in school history to recieve either distinc-tion. Sultanova went on to earn All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault.

• In 2005, Hays coached Sultanova to the outdoor Big 12 cham-pionship. Sultanova earned outdoor All-America honors that year with her seventh-place fi nish at the NCAA Championships and was named the female Big 12 Outdoor Freshman Performer of the Year.

• At Johnson County Community College, Hays coached two elite pole vaulters, Andrea Dutoit and Amy Linnen. Both won NCAA pole vault championships and were Olympic trials fi nal-ists. Linnen followed Hays to KU where she was the 2005 indoor national champion in the pole vault.

• During his tenure at Arizona, Hays helped develop Arizona’s pole vault squad into one of the top teams in the nation. In his six seasons, he coached 15 All-Americans, four national champions, two national runner-ups and two collegiate record holders.

• At Wichita State, Hays coached Missouri Valley Conference champions in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and the 1,500-meter run. His athletes also won conference titles in the 400-meter relay, hammer throw, shot put, javelin, pole vault, triple jump and the decathlon. Wichita’s Einers Tupuritis won two NCAA Championships in the 800 meters.

• At Nevada, Hays coached two national qualifi ers in the triple jump and one national qualifi er in the high jump while fi elding the top jump program in the Big Sky Conference.

• In 2002, Hays was the IAAF Event Development Coordina-tor for the pole vault, working with world record holder Sergey Bubka.

PROMINENT PUPILS

• Jordan Scott (Kansas) - 2010 NCAA Champion (Pole Vault) - Five-time Big 12 Champion in the pole vault (2011, outdoor, 2010 out-door, 2008 indoor, 2007 indoor and outdoor) - 2007 Big 12 Indoor Freshman Performer of the Year - 2007 Big 12 Outdoor Freshman Co-Perfomer of the Year

• Kate Sultanova (Kansas) - Four time All-American in the pole vault (2007 and 2008 indoor, 2005 and 2007 outdoor) - Four-time Big 12 Champion in the pole vault (2008 indoor and outdoor, 2007 indoor, 2005 outdoor) - Owns a share of the school record in the indoor pole vault (4.30 meters, 14-01.25 ft.)

• Amy Linnen (Kansas) - 2002 and 2005 National Champion (indoor pole vault) - Two-time All-American in the pole vault (2005 indoor and outdoor) - 2005 Big 12 Champion (indoor pole vault) - Current NCAA Indoor collegiate record holder (pole vault)

• Andrea Dutoit (Arizona) - 2001 National Champion (pole vault) - Finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year on ESPN - Had the eighth-best pole vault of all-time in 2004

• Dominic Johnson (Arizona) - Three-time Olympian in the pole vault (1996, 2000, 2008) - Holds three NCAA collegiate records (decathlon, pole vault, 400 meters)

• Klaus Ambrosh (Arizona) - 2000 Olympian in the decathlon (placed eighth) - 1998 National Champion (decathlon)

• Einars Tupuritis (Wichita State) - 1996 Olympian in the 800 meters (placed 11th) - 1995 National Champion (indoor and outdoor 800 meters) - Former NCAA Indoor collegiate record holder (800 me-ters) - 1997 World Indoor Championships competitor (placed sixth in the 800 meters)

In addition to his experience coaching at the collegiate level, Hays has also worked at several elite track and fi eld camps and clinics. In 2002, Hays was the IAAF Event Development Coordinator for the pole vault, working with world record holder Segey Bubka. From 1998-2002, he worked with the Kiss the Sky Vault Camp in Flagstaff, Ariz., and for four years he was a guest coach at the Wallsend Track and Field Club. Hays also served as director of the Shocker vault camp from 1992-97.

A native of McLouth, Kan., Hays earned a B.A. in physical education from KU in 1989. Hays and his wife Rebecca have four children: Amanda, Ryan, Kevin and Kara.

COACHES


COACHES

andy

kok

hano

vsky

Personal

Hometown ........... Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

College .......Abiline Christian University, ‘98

............................................ B.A., education

Family .................................... Wife, Marissa

.................................... daughter, Ana-Claire

Coaching History

2005-Present ................University of Kansas

Throws Coach

2001-2005 ...... University of Louisiana-Monroe

Throws/Horizontal Jumps Coach

1998-2001 ............................McNeese State

Throws/Multi-Events Coach

Athletic History

Competed in the discus at the 1996 •

Olympics for Ukraine

Set a Division II national record in the •

discus in 1996 (211-5 ft.)

Discus Division II National Champion •

and All-American

NJCAA National Champion and All-•

American in the discus at Blinn Junior

College (1994 and 1995)

Set the national record for junior •

colleges in the discus in 1995 with a

throw of 210-8 ft.

1989 USSR National Champion in •

the discus

Held the Soviet national discus high •

school record

Member of the 1986 Junior World •

Championships Soviet Team

Coached by Szilina Svetlana, who •

came from the school of Coach Alek-

seev (most successful throws coach in

history)


Has coached 25 All-Americans and •

one NCAA Division I National

Champion

ANDY KOKHANOVSKYAssistant Coach | Throws

Seventh Season at Kansas | Abiline Christian (1998)

Andy Kokhanovsky is in his seventh year as a mem-ber of the Kansas track and fi eld coaching staff,

serving as the throws coach.

Kokhanovsky graduated from Abilene Christian Uni-versity in 1998 with a B.S. in education. In 1996, he set a Division II national record in the discus with a throw of 211-5 ft. He was also the national champion and an All-American in the event. In the same year, Kokhanovsky represented the Ukraine in the discus at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Before his time in Abilene, Kokhanovsky competed at Blinn Junior College where he set the national record for junior colleges in the discus in 1995 with a throw of 210-8 ft. He was an All-American and the national champion in the discus in 1994 and 1995 at Blinn.

In addition to his time as a collegiate thrower and coach, Kokhanovsky was a member of the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian national teams from 1984-1993. In 1989, he won the USSR national championship in the discus and in 1992 was ranked as high as 12th in the world in that event after throwing his personal record of 215-05 ft. He has competed in the World University Games in Germany (1989), England (1991) and the United States (1993). Additionally, Kokhanovsky held the So-viet national high school record (ages 17 and younger) in the discus with a throw of 215-02 ft. He was also a member of the Soviet junior national team where he competed at the 1986 Junior World Championships in Greece, fi nishing ninth.

Kokhanovsky holds a Level I and II USA Track and Field coaching certifi cation and a USA Weightlifting coaching certifi cation. He resides in Lawrence with his wife, Marissa and daughter, Ana-Claire.


• In Kokhanovsky’s fi rst six seasons in Lawrence, his athletes have gar-nered 22 All-America honors, 14 conference championships and two national championships.

• Kokhanovsky led one of the strongest groups of throwers the school has seen in 2011. He tutored four throwers to fi rst team All-American honors in fi ve events, including Mason Finley’s fourth Big-12 title. He also saw two of his athletes break school records, with Finley smashing the KU shot put record and sophomore Heather Bergmann breaking the record in the javelin.

• In 2010, Kokhanovsky mentored Mason Finley to an outstanding rookie season. Finley won the Big 12 indoor title and claimed both the shot put and discus title at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships. Finley earned All-America honors in all three events and fi nished sec-ond at the NCAA Outdoor meet in both the shot put and discus. He was named the Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year and also was named the Big 12’s Outstanding Male Freshman of the Year Award. Kokhanovsky also coached Brian Bishop to an appearance at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the discus, where he fi nished 15th.

• In 2008, Kokhanovsky coached Egor Agafonov to his second-con-secutive National Championship in the weight throw, as well as his fi fth and sixth All-America honors (weight throw, hammer throw) and his third-consecutive Big 12 Championship in both the hammer throw and the weight throw.

• In 2007, Kokhanovsky coached junior Egor Agafonov to the indoor and outdoor conference championships in the weight throw and ham-mer throw, respectively. Agafonov earned All-America honors in both events and won the 2007 weight throw national championship.

• Also in 2007, Kokhanovsky led Zlata Tarasova to the fi rst women’s hammer throw conference championship in school history.

• In 2006, Kokhanovsky guided Agafonov to two Big 12 Champion-ships (indoor weight throw and outdoor hammer throw) in Agafon-ov’s fi rst season in intercollegiate athletics. Agafonov went on to earn All-America accolades with his second-place fi nish at NCAA Indoor Championships in the weight throw and a fi fth-place fi nish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw.

• Also in 2006, Kokhanovsky coached Denita Young to outdoor All-America honors in the javelin and Stephanie Horton to a bronze at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships.

• At Louisiana-Monroe, Kokhanovsky’s athletes qualifi ed for a total of 11 NCAA regional championships and set seven school records.

PROMINENT PUPILS

• Mason Finley (Kansas) - Six-time All-American in fi rst two seasons at KU, four-time Big 12 Champion, 2010 Midwest Region Field Ath-lete of the Year, 2010 Big 12 Outstanding Male Freshman of the Year.

• Stephanie Horton (Kansas) - Two-time All-American in the shot put (2008 indoor and outdoor) - Holds both Kansas school records in the shot put Indoor - 16.80 meters (55-01.50 ft.) Outdoor - 16.52 meters (54-02.50 ft.)

• Zlata Tarasova (Kansas) - 2007 Big 12 Champion (Hammer Throw) - Holds two school records (weight throw, hammer throw) Weight Throw - 18.97 meters (62-03 ft.) Hammer Throw - 62.95 meters (206-06 ft.)

• Egor Agafonov (Kansas) - Two-time National Champion in the weight throw (2007 and 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships) - Six-time All-American Weight Throw (2006, 2007, 2008) Hammer Throw (2006, 2007, 2008) - Six-time Big 12 Champion Weight Throw (2006, 2007, 2008) Hammer Throw (2006, 2007, 2008) -School record holder in the hammer throw (233-00 ft.)

• Sheldon Battle (Kansas) - Three All-America honors in 2006 Weight Throw and Shot Put (Indoor) Shot Put (Outdoor) - 2006 Big 12 Champion (Indoor Shot Put)


wayne pate

Personal

Hometown .............................. LaPorte, Ind.

High School ..............................LaPorte HS

College ...................... Indiana University ‘81

............................... B.A., physical education

Family .......................................Wife, Laura;

.................. two children, Charlize and Justin

Coaching History


Horizontal Jumps/Multi-Events Coach

2006-07 ...........................Indiana University

Interim Head Coach, Track and Field

2004-06 ...........................Indiana University

Associate Head Coach

1998-2004 .......................Indiana University

Hurdles/Horizontal Jumps Coach

1995-98 ...........................Purdue University

Hurdles/Jumps/Relays Coach

1992-95 ...................................Murray State

Head Coach, Track and Field/

Cross Country

1985-92 ..........................University of Texas

Jumps/Sprints Coach

1981-85 .................... University of Tennesee

Jumps Coach

Athletic History

Two-time Big Ten long jump•

champion

Big Ten 400-meter relay champion•


Two-time National Assistant Coach of •

the Year (2003 and 2005)

Regional Jumps Coach of the Year•

Ohio Valley Conference Women’s •

Coach of the Year (1994)

WAYNE PATEAssistant Coach | Horizontal Jumps/Multi-Events

Fifth Season at Kansas | Indiana (1981)

Two-time National Assistant Coach of the Year, Wayne Pate is in his fi fth season as the horizontal jumps and multi-events

coach for the Jayhawks. He brings more than 29 years of coaching experience to the Kansas staff.

Pate graduated from Indiana in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. As a Hoosier, Pate was a two-time Big Ten champion in the long jump and was also a member of IU’s 400-meter relay Big Ten championship team.

Pate and his wife, Laura, have a daughter, Charlize, and a son, Justin.


• A two-time National Assistant Coach of the Year, Pate has coached fi ve Olympians, 48 All-Americans and seven national champions.

• In 2010, Pate had two Jayhawks earn All-America honors as An-drea Geubelle and Eric Fattig each achieved the accomplishment in the long jump at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Geubelle then went on to win the US Junior National title in the triple jump and competed at the 2010 World Junior Champion-ships. Fattig was an Academic All-American and a winner of the NCAA’s Elite 88 Award.

• In the summer of 2008, Pate saw one of his most decorated student-athletes, Aarik Wilson, compete for the United States in the triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

• Also during the 2008 summer, Pate coached Crystal Manning as she took home the gold medal at the 2008 NACAC Under-23 Track & Field Championships in Toluca, Mexico.

• During the 2008 track and fi eld season, Pate coached Manning to her second, third and fourth All-America honors as she earned the award in the indoor triple jump and in both the long jump and triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Man-ning is one of three KU women in school history to earn two All-America honors at the same outdoor season.

• At Indiana, Pate was named the 2003 and 2005 National As-sistant Coach of the Year. Under his guidance, 22 Indiana athletes became Big Ten champions. Along with leading Wilson to the 2008 Olympics, Pate guided him to two NCAA championships in the triple jump, the 2007 Indoor and Outdoor USA Champion-ships and a No. 3 ranking in the world among triple jumpers.

• Also at Indiana, Pate led long jumper Rose Richmond to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and to the 2006 USA title. Rich-mond was just the second female Olympian in school history. Coach Pate instructed Indiana’s fi rst outdoor All-American since 1993, the fi rst indoor triple jump All-American since 1983 and the fi rst outdoor triple jump All-American since 1980.

• At Murray State, Pate was named Ohio Valley Conference Wom-en’s Coach of the Year in 1994.

• At Texas, Pate coached two-time NCAA long jump champion and former NFL running back Eric Metcalf as well as three-time NCAA high jump champion James Lott.

• At Tennessee, Pate coached two NCAA runner-ups in the triple jump.

PROMINENT PUPILS

• Andrea Geubelle (Kansas) - Five-Time All-American in both the long jump and triple jump in her fi rst two seasons at KU, US Junior National Champion in 2010 (triple jump)

• Eric Fattig (Kansas) - All-American in the long jump in 2010, Academic All-American, Elite 88 Award winner

• Crystal Manning (Kansas) - Three All-America honors in 2008 (long jump/triple jump)

• Aarik Wilson (Indiana) - 2008 Olympian in the triple jump (USA Olym-pic Team) - Two-time NCAA Champion, 12-time All-American (LJ/TJ) - Two-time NCAA Runner-up and school record holder (TJ) - No. 3-ranked triple jumper in the world

• Rose Richmond (Indiana) - 2004 Olympian in the long jump (USA Olympic Team) - Two-time All-American, NCAA Runner-up (long jump) - Big Ten and school record holder in the long jump

• Greg Yeldell (Indiana) - Three-time All-American (triple jump)

• Hasaan Reddick (Indiana) - Four-time All-American (triple jump) • Lauren Chestnut (Indiana) - School-record holder (triple jump)

• Mike Turner (Purdue) - All-American and school record holder (triple jump)

• Heather Samuel (Murray State) - Three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, 2000) - Two-time All-American (100 meters)

• Eric Metcalf (Texas) - Two-time NCAA Champion, Five-time All-Amer-ican (LJ) - Played 14 years in the NFL (Three-time All-Pro RB/WR/RS)

• James Lott (Texas) - Two-time NCAA Champion, Three-time All-Amer-ican (HJ)

• Tyrone Scott (Texas) - Six-time All-American, Two-Time USA Cham-pion (TJ) - School-record holder (triple jump)

• Jon Shelton (Texas) - Three-time All-American, NCAA Runner-up (high jump)

• Greg Neal (Tennessee) - Three-time All-American, American Jr. Record Holder (TJ)

• David Siler (Tennessee) - Three-time All-American, School record holder (triple jump)

• John Tillman (Tennessee) - 1992 Olympian, Three-time All-American (triple jump) - NCAA Runner-Up (triple jump)

COACHES


COACHES

mic

hael

whi

ttle

sey

Personal

Hometown ............................Morris, Conn.

High School ............................Wamogo HS

College ..........University of Connecticut, ‘90

..........B.A., sports medicine/athletic training

......................University of Connecticut, ‘93

......M.A., biophysical science/exercise physiology

......................University of Connecticut, ‘97

....Ph.D., philosophy in sports/exercise physiology

Family ..................Wife, Carol; two children,

..................................... Samantha and Ryan

Coaching History


Middle Distance/Distance Coach

Assistant Cross Country Coach

1998-2009 ......University of North Carolina

Assistant Director of Cross Country and

Track and Field

1996-98 ..............................UNC-Charlotte

Assistant Track and Cross Country Coach

1991-96 ...............University of Connecticut

Graduate Assistant Coach

Assistant Strength Coach

Athletic History

First American fi nisher in the 1995 •

Boston Marathon

1996 Olympic Trials qualifi er in the •

marathon

1990 UConn Cross Country team •

captain


Two-time ACC Cross Country Coach •

of the Year (1999 and 2003)

Two-time Southeast Region Coach •

of the Year (1999 and 2003)

2003 NCAA Division I Track and •

Field National Assist. Coach of the

Year for women’s middle distance

2007 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field •

East Region Assistant Coach of the

Year

While at UNC, had two seperate •

DMR teams hold the American record

MICHAEL WHITTLESEY, Ph.D.Assistant Coach | Middle Distance/DistanceThird Season at Kansas | Connecticut (1990)

Michael Whittlesey is in his third season as assistant coach for cross country and middle distance/distance running at Kansas.

In his short time in Lawrence, Whittlesey has already made a huge impact with both cross country and track programs. In his three sea-sons with the Jayhawks, he has guided two Jayhawks to appearances at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, Lauren Bonds, which was a fi rst for a KU woman since the 1994 season, and Donny Wasinger, who was the fi rst KU man to do so since 2007. Additionally, in 2010 the Kansas women’s distance medley relay team composed of Bonds, Rebeka Stowe, Cori Christensen and Taylor Washington earned All-America status at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships.

Whittlesey has mentored six Jayhawks to All-America honors on the track and has seen three of his athletes break school records (Lau-ren Bonds - Indoor mile, indoor 3,000m, outdoor 1,500m, outdoor 5,000m, Amanda Miller - Indoor 5,000m and Rebeka Stowe - 3,000m Steeplechase).

Whittlesey mentored Bonds to an outstanding 2010 senior season as she claimed the Big 12 Outdoor title in the 1,500 meters and went on to earn All-America honors by taking seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. En route to earning All-America honors, Bonds set a new KU record in the event with her time of 4:14.29. Bonds had a fi ne year off the track as she was named an Academic All-American and was a fi nalist for NCAA Woman of the Year.

Also having an stellar 2011 season under Whittlesey was Stowe, who took second at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in the 3,000-me-ter Steeplechase, set the school record in the event and earned First Team All-America honors at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Champion-ships as she fi nished in seventh 3,000-meter Steeplechase.

The 2010 cross country season featured junior Donny Wasinger ad-vancing as an individual to the national championship meet. Both Kansas cross country teams fi nished seventh at the 2010 Big 12 Cross Country Championships.

Whittlesey came to KU after serving 11 years as the assistant coach in charge of cross country and distance running for the track program at North Carolina. In addition to his coaching duties at UNC, Whittlesey worked as the assistant director for both men’s and women’s track and fi eld and cross country forhislast four seasons at UNC.

Under his direction, North Carolina middle distance/distance pro-duced nine NCAA champions in six years, 70 All-Americans and 36 conference champions. Whittlesey led the track team to back-to-back NCAA titles in the distance medley relay at the 2006 and 2007 Indoor NCAA Championships. Along with the 2007 distance medley relay title, Whittlesey coached sophomore anchor Brie Felnagle to the indi-vidual NCAA title in the outdoor 1,500 meters. Under the guidance of Whittlesey, Felnagle captured three NCAA titles and was named an All-American 10 times in her career.

Additionally, in his 11 years at the helm of the cross country program at UNC, the Carolina women’s team advanced to the NCAA Champi-onships 10 times, including a program-best sixth-place fi nish in 1999. With a 10th-place fi nish in 2004, the Tar Heel women posted back-to-back top-10 NCAA fi nishes for the fi rst time in school history.

After assisting the Tar Heels to a fourth-place indoor fi nish and an-other top-10 outdoor fi nish and producing four NCAA individual and relay titles, Whittlesey was awarded the fi rst-ever NCAA Division I Track and Field National Assistant Coach of the Year for women’s middle distance/distance in 2003. Whittlesey also received the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Regional Assistant Coach of the Year honor.

On top of the great team success during Whittlesey’s tenure at UNC, the Tar Heels also witnessed some of the greatest individual distance athletes in school history during his term.

Perhaps no other athlete thrived under Whittlesey more than Shalane Flanagan. Flanagan was the NCAA cross country champion in 2002 and 2003. Not only was Flanagan the fi rst Carolina woman to ever take the cross country national championship, but she was only the third woman in NCAA history to successfully defend her title. A three-time recipi-ent of the NCAA Cross Country Athlete of the Year award, Flanagan also excelled on the track. She won a pair of indoor national champion-ships in 2003. Individually, she claimed the title in the 3000 meters, and then teamed up with teammates Erin Donohue, Anissa Gainey and Alice Schmidt to take fi rst-place honors in the distance medley relay. Flanagan also earned a spot on the 2004 U.S. Olympic 5,000 team before claiming a bronze medal in the 10,000 at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Along with Flanagan, Whittlesey coached standout runner Alice Schmidt, who was a two-time national champion in the outdoor 800 and the fi rst North Carolina track and fi eld athlete to win an NCAA title in the same event twice. Both Schmidt and Flanagan went on to earn places on the 2005 U.S. Track & Field World Championship team, while Erin Donohue earned All-America status in both cross country and track. All three ath-letes earned spots on the 2007 U.S. Track and Field World Championship team, as well as the 2008 US Olympic team.

Whittlesey has twice won both the ACC Cross Country Coach of the Year and Southeast Region Coach of the Year awards, earning each in 1999 and 2003.

A native of Morris, Conn., Whittlesey started his coaching career at UConn as a graduate assistant. While at UConn he assisted with distance and was a pole vault and multi-event coach. He then served two years at UNC-Charlottewhere he worked as an assistant coach. While with the 49ers, Whittlesey coached his athletes to 53 new school records in 18 different events and coached all-conference performers in the triple jump and javelin.

Whittlesey’s competitive experience includes being the fi rst American fi nisher in the 1995 Boston Marathon. He also qualifi ed for the 1996 Olympic Trials in the marathon after competing as a non-recruited athlete at the University of Connecticut. He graduated from UConn in May 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine/athletic training and later earned a master’s in biophysical science/exercise physiology in 1993. In 1997, Whittlesey received a doctorate of philosophy in sports science/exercise physiology from UConn.

Whittlesey and his wife, Carol, have two children: eight-year-old daughter Samantha and fi ve-year-old son Ryan.


PersonalHometown ............................. Beulah, Colo.High School ...................Pueblo Central HSCollege .......University of Southern Colorado, ‘81............................................ B.A., education.............................. Adams State College, ‘83............................................M.S., educationFamily ................. Wife, Julie; three children,...................................... Hailey, Ethan, Anna

Coaching History2006-Present ................University of Kansas Kansas Relays Meet Director2000-06 ........................University of Kansas Horizontal Jumps Coach1995-2000 .....................East Tennessee State Head Coach/Track, Cross Country1990-95 .....................University of Arkansas Sprints/Jumps/Multi-Events Coach1988-90 ....................... University of Illinois Jumps/Throws/Multi-Events Coach1986-88 ............... Univ. California/Berkeley Jumps/Multi-Events Coach1985-86 ......................Southwest Texas State Sprints/Jumps Coach1981-85 ....................... Adams State College Head Coach, Women’s Track and Field

Honors & Achievements2005 USTFCCCA Midwest Region • Assistant Coach of the YearSouthern Conference Coach of the • Year (1996, 1998, 1999)1995 NAIA Indoor and Outdoor • Coach of the YearUSATF Level 2 Instructor•

MILAN DONLEYKansas Relays Meet Director

12th Season at Kansas | Southern Colorado (1981)

Personal

Hometown ....................... Hutchinson, Kan.

High School ............................... Buhler HS

College ........................................ Kansas ‘04

Family ....................................... Wife, Sarah

JOSH WILLIAMSONKansas Relays Meet Assistant Director

Second Season at Kansas | Kansas (2004)

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Milan Donley is in his fi fth season as the Meet Director for the Kansas Relays. Donley organinzes all of the Jayhawks’ home meets for both track and fi eld and cross country, including KU’s most famous meet, the Kansas Relays. Donley was the horizontal jumps coach for the Jayhawks for seven seasons prior.

In 2005, Donley coached long jumpers Charisse Bacchus and Shatoya Hill to fourth and eighth place fi nishes, respectively, at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships. He also coached Brooklyn Hann to a third-place fi nish in the triple jump. Hann went on to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she garnered All-Ameri-can honors after an eighth-place fi nish in her event. Hann’s fi nish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the triple jump followed her 10th-place result at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Bac-chus also had a 10th-place fi nish at this same meet in the long jump. At the Big 12 Indoor Championships, Donley coached Hann and Hill to third and fi fth place fi nishes, respectively, in the triple jump. Additionally, Bacchus had a third-place result in the long jump at the same meet. On the men’s side in 2005, Donley coached Barrett Saunders to a fi fth-place fi nish in the long jump at the Big 12 In-door Championships and a sixth-place result at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in the same event.

For his efforts, the U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association named Donley the Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2005.

Under Donley’s guidance in 2003, triple jumper Benaud Shirley qualifi ed for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, while Brooklyn Hann and Monique Peters both qualifi ed for the Midwest Re-gional Championships.

In 2002, Donley mentored three conference champions: Big 12 indoor long jump champion Peters, Big 12 outdoor triple jump champion Hann and Big 12 outdoor triple jump champion Shirley. He also coached an All-American, as Hann advanced to NCAA competition and fi nished 10th in the triple jump. Hann also broke both the indoor and outdoor Kansas women’s triple jump records.

Prior to KU, Donley guided 17 All-Americans, two national cham-pions, four Olympic team members, two U.S. champions and two American record holders. This includes 1996 Olympian Sheila Hudson, an American record holder in the women’s triple jump

and a six-time NCAA champion in the long jump and triple jump. Donley also coached his wife, Julie, in the 1992 Olympic Games.

Donley came to Kansas from East Tennessee State University where he was the head track and fi eld and cross country coach. While at ETSU, Donley was Southern Conference Coach of the Year three times in 1996, 1998 and 1999. He guided 54 individual Southern Conference champions, 13 NCAA Qualifi ers, two All-Americans and his teams set 25 school records. Donley was also coach of 13-time Southern Conference champion Taneisha Robinson, who competed in the long jump and triple jump. Robinson was also a two-time Southern Conference Athlete of the Year and two time NCAA qualifi er.

Before his stint at ETSU, Donley was an assistant track and fi eld and cross country coach at the University of Arkansas. While at Arkansas, Donley coached eight All-Americans and 15 SEC indi-vidual champions. Donley previously coached at the University of Illinois as an assistant.

Prior to Illinois, Donley coached at several other schools includ-ing Cal Berkeley, Southwest Texas State and Adams State College. While at these schools, Donley’s athletes earned many accolades, including two All-American honors, one multiple national cham-pion, an NCAA qualifi cation and an NAIA indoor team champi-onship in 1985.

Donley coached the 1997-99 Canadian 800m champion and 2000 Canadian Olympic team member Zachary Whitmarsh. He has also received numerous coaching awards, including the Southern Con-ference men’s and women’s cross country Coach of the Year and the NAIA Women’s Track Coach of the Year, for both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Donley and his wife, Julie, reside in Lawrence with their three chil-dren: Hailey, Ethan and Anna.

Josh Williamson joined the Kansas Athletics department in January 2010, working as the assistant director of the Kansas Relays. His main responsibilities during the year include meet operations for cross country, indoor and outdoor track and fi eld, along with Kansas Relays operations and promotions. Prior to coming to KU, Williamson was a marketing product manager at Hopkins Manufacturing from 2005-10, where he mar-keted several industry leading aftermarket-automotive product lines. Born in Hutchinson, Kan., he played football, basketball and competed in track at Buhler High School. He then competed in track and fi eld and football at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College. He fi nished his college career at Kansas, competing in track and fi eld and earning a degree in Journalism from KU in 2004. He is currently enrolled in the marketing communications graduate program at KU. Williamson is married to Sarah. His main hobbies are playing basketball and traveling.

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VINCE BINGHAMDirector of External Relations

Fourth Season at Kansas | Missouri Baptist (1987)

TEGAN THORNBERRYDirector of Team Relations

Ninth Season at Kansas | Kansas (2004)

DEBBIE LUMANAdministrative Assistant

16th Season at Kansas

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Tegan Thornberry started at Kansas Athletics in August, 2003 and served as the travel manager until September, 2011. In September, 2011 Thornberry’s position changed to Director of Team Operations for Swimming & Diving and Track & Field/Cross Country. She is responsible for Director of Operations duties for both sports, including a liaison role with Student Athlete Services (fi nancial aid, textbooks, housing, etc.), coordinating team travel, and working with the head coaches on submitting weekly practice logs to Compliance through JumpForward software. In her new role, Thornberry will continue her current travel-related duties with Olympic Sports and, as time allows in her primary role with both sports, continue to work on post-season travel arrangements.

Thornberry was a member of the Kansas golf team and worked as a men’s basketball manager while in school. She also spent time as a baseball operations intern for the Kansas City Royals.

Thornberry earned her bachelor’s degree in sports and fi tness management and her master’s in sport studies at KU.

She was born in Seoul, South Korea and attended Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kan. While in high school she played softball and golf.

Thornberry is a member of the Society of Collegiate Travel Management. Her main hobby is golf.

Vincent Bingham is in his fourth season as a member of theKansas Track and Field staff. He was named Director of External Relations in September 2011, as he previously served as the Director of Track Operations for three years. He brings over 26 years of coaching experience to the KU staff.

As a coach, Bingham’s teams won three NAIA National Championships. His Lindenwood team took home the men’s indoor title in 1998, while his 2006 Missouri Baptist women’s team won both the indoor and outdoor championships. At the 2006 NAIA Indoor National Championships, Bingham’s women’s team broke eight national records. They won eight events and had an athlete earn All-America honors in 18 of 21 events. Bingham’s athletes were the top-four scorers in the Athlete of the Year competition. His team’s performance earned him the NAIA Indoor National Coach of the Year award. Bingham resurrected the

Missouri Baptist men’s program in 2006 after it had undergone a 15-year hiatus and led it to a seventh-place fi nish in its fi rst season of competition. At the 2006 NAIA Outdoor National Championships, Bingham’s athletes once again won eight national championships.

Bingham coached former Jayhawk Nickesha Anderson to the Athlete of the Year honor. Anderson won 12 individual national titles and was a 16-time All-Amer-ican in her two years running for Bingham at Missouri Baptist. Also in 2006, Bingham saw Nadina Marsh and Betty Rotich complete sweeps of the women’s multi-events and distance races during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Bingham’s Seidre Forde also won a national championship in the women’s triple jump. His men also improved on their fi nish from the indoor championships with a fi fth-place outdoor fi nish. His athletes’ accomplishments earned Bingham the NAIA Outdoor National Coach of the Year award. All told, Bingham’s athletes earned 78 All-America honors in 2006.

Debbie Luman started at Kansas Athletics in February, 1996 and serves as the administrative assistant for the cross country and track and fi eld teams. Her main responsibility is working with coaches on day-to-day operations of the track offi ce, while organizing offi cials and volunteers for home cross country and track meets.

Luman worked as the department’s travel auditor for seven years before joining the track offi ce in 2003. Before coming to KU, Luman spent three years as a teller supervisor and construction loan processor at Commerce Bank and one year as the human resources manager at Curtis 1000.

She was born in Hutchinson, Kan., where she attended Hutchinson High School. She graduated with a business degree from Baker University.

Luman and her husband, David, have four children: Lindsey, Chris, Jessica and Katie. She enjoys traveling and scrapbooking.

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ZACK SANCHEZMedical Trainer

NICK CAPRARIOUndergraduateStudent Assistant

BRIAN BISHOPUndergrad Student Assistant

LISA HEHMANAcademic and CareerCounseling

PHIL LOWCOCK, Ph. D.Director of Academic Records/Coordinator of International Student-Athlete Support

ALEX RARIDONStudent Manager

DEMETRIUS DANIELSEquipment Manager

JORDAN SCOTTGraduate Manager

JOSH SHARPStudent Manager

ABBY THILLStudent Manager

KERON TOUSSAINTUndergraduate Student Assistant

JOE STAUBAthletic Trainer

KATIE MARTINCICHPrograms Coordinator

ROSE RICHMONDVolunteer Assistant

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LAURA NIGHTENGALEStudent Volunteer Assistant

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AARON CARBUHNNutritionist

MAGGIE MOUNTSIERMedical Trainer

BENSON CHESANGVolunteer Assistant

KORTNEY CLEMONSVolunteer Assistant


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Hometown ....................................................Hays, Kan.

Family ..................Wife: Pam; Children: Luke, Abby, Jake

Education ............Kansas State, 1998; 1992, Kansas, 1996

Degree .................................B.A., Secondary Education

Master’s .......M.S., Journalism and Mass Communication

Doctorate .........Ph. D., Education Policy and Leadership

Administrative Experience

2011-Present ......................Director of Athletics/Kansas

2005-11 ..................... Director of Athletics/Illinois State

2001-05 ............Associate Athletic Director/Kansas State

Coaching Experience

1998-2000 ...................Assistant Head Coach/Wyoming

1997 ........................ Recruiting Coordinator/Wyoming

1996 .................. Recruiting Coordinator/South Florida

1993-95 ......................Editor/American Football Quarterly

1989-92 ........... Director of Football Operations/Kansas State

1988 ..........................Assistant Coach/Drake University

1987 ............... Assistant Coach/Manhattan High School

SHEAHON ZENGERAthletics Director | Kansas State (1988)

First Year at Kansas

Dr. Sheahon Zenger is a coach at heart. But when KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little intro-

duced the Hays, Kan., native as KU’s Athletics Director January 3, 2011, he promised not to call any plays for the coaches. That doesn’t mean, though, that he won’t be right there with them - and their student-athletes - every step of the way. For it’s his genuine care for coaches and student-athletes that has stamped his ca-reer in intercollegiate athletics.

Zenger came to KU after serving for fi ve years as ath-letics director at Illinois State University, helping steer ISU Athletics to a place of prominence in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Redbirds won a conference-leading seven league titles during the 2009-10 season and captured their second Valley All-Sports Trophy in three years.

At the beginning, Zenger wasn’t headed toward a ca-reer in administration. He was nine years old when he told his father he wanted to be a coach, and it didn’t take long for that dream to materialize. After playing football at Fort Hays State and Mid-American Naza-rene College, he fi nished his undergraduate degree at Kansas State. Even before he received his bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education in 1988, Zenger was assisting the football coaches at Manhattan (Kan.) High School. His fi rst college football coaching job came at Drake University right after graduation.

In 1989, at age 23, Zenger joined Bill Snyder’s staff at Kansas State as one of the nation’s youngest full-time football staff members; he served in key roles as as-sistant recruiting coordinator and director of football operations. Zenger completed his master’s degree in journalism and mass communication in 1992 while helping Snyder bring Wildcat football to unprecedent-ed success.

It became evident, though, that more than coaching was in store for Zenger. He sought advice from then-KU Chancellor Gene Budig, who convinced him to pursue a Ph.D. at KU. As he completed his Ph.D. in educational policy and leadership (1996), Zenger contributed communications and special projects sup-port to the offi ce of the executive vice-chancellor,

Ed Meyen, and wrote the professional life history of then-chancellor Del Shankel, while strengthening his understanding of university leadership at the highest levels.

While focusing his attention on academics, he man-aged to stay involved in the world of intercollegiate athletics, and specifi cally football. ‘Involved’ may be an understatement. In 1993 Zenger and a friend founded American Football Quarterly, a magazine for coaches. Zenger served as publisher - and then editor - until 1995, when he sold his share of the by-then-thriving magazine.

Still, coaching stayed in his blood. After earning his doctorate, Zenger in 1996 signed on as the recruit-ing coordinator for the brand-new NCAA Division I football program at the University of South Florida. A year later he joined the University of Wyoming football staff as recruiting coordinator and within two years rose to assistant head coach, a position he still considers one of the crowning achievements of his career.

Zenger stayed at Wyoming through the 2000 season before returning to Kansas State. He spent a year in the KSU College of Business, raising more than $2 million and restructuring its development program with research and planning. He rejoined KSU Ath-letics in 2001 as assistant athletics director for major gifts, helping KSU initiate important development strategies. In 2002 he was appointed KSU’s associate athletics director for development, a position he held until 2005, when he was named Athletics Director at Illinois State.

A published author and researcher, Zenger served for three years on the NCAA Division I Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement. He also served on two NCAA Division I Football Championship Sub-division (FCS) Division committees, and was a mem-ber of the Executive Committee of NACDA’s Divi-sion I FCS Athletic Directors Association.

Zenger is married to the former Pam McAnarney. The couple has three children: Luke (14), Abby (12) and Jake (10).


Personal

Hometown .........................................Washington, N.C.

Family ......................................... Husband: Shade Little

Education

Degree .......................................Marywood College ‘66

Masters .......................................St. Louis University ‘68

...........................................................M.S., Psychology

Doctorate ...................................St. Louis University ‘70

.............................................Ph. D., Clinical Psychology

Collegiate Administrative Career

2009-Present ................................................Chancellor

..................................................... /University of Kansas

2007-09 .............. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

....................................... /University of North Carolina

2004-06 ................................Dean of the College of the

.............Arts and Sciences/University of North Carolina

2001-04 ............................... Executive Associate Provost


1999-2001 ................................... Senior Associate Dean


1993-98 .......................... Psychology Department Chair


1982-93 .......................... Director, Graduate Program in

......... Clinical Psychology/University of North Carolina

BERNADETTE GRAY-LITTLEChancellor | Marywood College

Third Year at Kansas

A highly regarded scholar, teacher and university leader, Bernadette Gray-Little began her ten-

ure as the 17th chancellor of the University of Kan-sas on Aug. 15, 2009. As KU chancellor, Gray-Little is the chief executive offi cer of the university, over-seeing campuses in Lawrence, Kansas City, Over-land Park, Salina and Wichita, as well as research and educational centers in Garden City, Hays, Parsons, Pittsburg, Topeka and Yoder.

Chancellor Gray-Little’s goals for KU include en-hancing student achievement so that more KU students graduate in four years, as well as spurring more research and scholarly activities that enhance quality of life and create economic growth. Dur-ing her service as chancellor she also has made it a point to meet with Kansans and with KU alumni throughout the state and nation to learn about their aspirations for the university.

Gray-Little was one of four university leaders se-lected to represent the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities at a White House summit on math and science education in January 2010. She is also on the board of trustees for the Online Computer Library Center, an international organi-zation dedicated to expanding public access to in-formation and research.

Gray-Little previously was executive vice chancel-lor and provost from 2006 to 2009 at the Univer-sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A professor of psychology, she rose to the post of UNC’s chief academic offi cer after successive administrative ap-pointments, including dean of the College of Arts

and Sciences. While at UNC, she earned a reputa-tion as a champion for the highest quality educa-tional experience for students and a strong advo-cate for faculty and for research.

A native of eastern North Carolina, Gray-Little received her bachelor’s degree from Marywood College in Scranton, Pa., and her master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from Saint Louis University. She earned a Fulbright Fellowship to study in Denmark. She also served as a Social Sci-ence Research Council Fellow and received a Ford Foundation Senior Scholar Fellowship through the National Research Council.

Gray-Little is married to Shade Key Little, who was assistant dean for academic support services at UNC. They have two children and one grand-child.

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Stephanie TEMPLEadidas Licensed Property

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Larry HAREAssistant AD/Equipment

Brad BIEKERManager/

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Doug HOPKINSDirector/

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Mike LICKERTDirector/

Rock Chalk Video

Jennifer ALLEEAssistant AD Marketing/

Fan Experience

Dr. Jerry BAILEYFaculty Athletics Representative

Theresa BECKERAssociate AD for

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Terry MOHAJIRSenior Associate AD/ External Relations

Jim MARCHIONYAssociate AD/

Communications/Media Relations

Dr. Larry MAGEEHead Team Physician

Larry KEATINGSpecial Assistant

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Adam MILLERLife Skills

Chris THEISENAssociate AD/

Media Relations

Frank REEBDirector/

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Jay ELLISAssistant AD/

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Paul BUSKIRKAssociate AD/

Student-Athlete Support Services

Bill DICKERSONAssociate AD/

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Sean LESTERSenior Associate

Athletics Director

Debbie VAN SAUNSenior Associate

Athletics Director/SWA

Candace DUNBACKDirector/Traditions

Chris HOWARDAssociate AD/Administration

Lori WilliamsAssociate AD/

Risk Management

Glenn QUICKAssociate AD/

Academic/Career Counceling

Scott WARDAssociate AD/

Academic/Career Counceling

Brad NACHTIGALAssociate AD/Capital Projects

J.D. LOUDABARGERAssistant AD/Event Services

Pete MUTHERAssociate AD/

Sales/Marketing/Promo.

Jennifer BERQUISTAssociate AD/

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KYLECLEMONSJunior | Sprints | 5-11Rowlett, Texas(Rowlett HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m 100m 200m 400m 600ydsIndoor 6.87 - 21.70 46.65 1.11.14Outdoor - 10.73 21.24 45.98 -

2011 OUTDOOREarned All-American Second Team honors in the 400 meters with his 16th-place fi nish at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships, clocking in with a season-best 46.11... Took sixth in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15) with a time of 46.32... Won the 400 meters on a time of 47.76 at the Kansas Relays (4/23)... Earned a personal best 100-meter time of 10.73 at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) in a third-place fi nish... Placed fourth in the 200 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) with a personal-best time of 21.24... Won the 400-meter title at the Razorback Spring Invitational, crossing the fi nish line in 46.62.

2011 INDOORCompeted in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25), clocking in with a personal-best time of 46.65 and placing fi fth... Broke the seven-second mark in the 60 me-ters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) to fi nish second with a time of 6.93... Won the 200 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), crossing the fi nish line in 21.86... Recorded a new personal best in the 600 yards at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 1:11.14.

2010 OUTDOORNotched three fi rst-place victories in the 400 meters; the fi rst coming at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9) with a time of 46.43, the second on a time of 46.94 at the Kansas Relays (4/17) and the third coming at the Twilight Invi-tational (5/1) with a time of 46.50... Finished third in the 200 meters at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/27) with a wind-aided time of 21.63... Competed in the 400 meters at the NCAA West Preliminaries, running a time of 45.98, a personal best.

2010 INDOORContributed greatly as a freshman... Four top-fi ve fi nishes on the season... Set a team and personal best in the 60-meter dash at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 6.91, fi nishing fi fth... Recorded a fi rst-place fi nish, a team best and a personal record in the 200 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 21.7... Ran a 22.32 200 meters en route to a fi rst-place fi nish at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/15).

HIGH SCHOOLMember of 2008 and 2009 state championship track team at Rowlett High School... Indi-vidual Texas State Champion in the 400-meters his junior and senior seasons... Anchored the 4x100-meter relay team that captured the state championship his junior and senior years... His 4x100-meter relay team in 2008 also held the fastest time in the nation (40.26) that year... 2009 district champion in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.4... Anchored the 4x200-meter relay team that took fi rst place at the 2009 Texas Relays.

PERSONALSon of Tim Clemons and Valarie Hilson... Mother, Valarie, was a member of Arkansas State track and fi eld team... Undecided on a major.

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MASONFINLEYJunior | Throws | 6-8Salida, Colo.(Buena Vista HS)

Collegiate Bests Shot Put Discus Weight ThrowIndoor 20.71m (67-11.25ft.) - 18.51m (60-08.75ft.)Outdoor 20.68m (67-09.75ft.) 60.65m (199-00ft.) -

2011 OUTDOORHad one of the best seasons a thrower has ever had in a Kansas uniform, a season where he earned seven fi rst-place fi nishes in the shot put and discus, was named to the All-American First Team in both events, was the Big 12 Champion in the shot put and runner-up in the discus and broke the school record in the discus... Placed third in the discus at the NCAA Championships (6/8) with a throw of 60.16m (197-04 ft.)... Took his second-consecutive conference title in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships (5/14), hitting a mark of 19.63m (64-05.00 ft.)... Set the school record in the discus at the ULM Warhawk Classic (4/30), fi nishing fi rst with a throw of 60.65m (199-00 ft.)... Top shot put mark of the outdoor season came at the Kansas Relays (4/22), placing fi rst with a mark of 19.84 (65-01.25 ft.)... Competed at the USA National Championships (6/26) in both the shot put and dicscus, earning 11th-place and eighth-place fi nishes, respectively... Placed third in

the shot put at the World University Games (8/16) while also earning an eighth-place fi nish in the discus... Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team... Member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 INDOORRecorded the top shot put mark in the NCAA for the in-door season at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/14), plac-ing fi rst with a personal-best throw of 20.71m (67-11.25 ft.)... Earned All-American honors in the shot put at the NCAA Championships (3/11), placing second with a throw of 19.92m (65-04.25 ft.)... Was named fi eld athlete of the meet at the New Balance Invitational (2/4) for his fi rst-place fi nish in the shot put and his meet-record mark of 20.40m (66-11.25 ft.)... Earned a runner-up fi nish in

the shot put at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), hitting a mark of 19.94m (65-05.00 ft.)... Won the weight throw at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/14) on a mark of 18.51m (60-08.75 ft.), a personal best.

2010 OUTDOORNamed NCAA Midwest Region Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year... Named Big 12 Most Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year... Placed fi rst in seven of the 10 events he com-peted in... Competed in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (6/9), fi nishing second with a mark of 58.35m (191-05 ft.)... Also competed in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (6/12), fi nishing second with a season and personal best throw of 20.68m (67-10.25 ft.)...Won the shot put at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/14) with a throw of 19.12m (62-08.75 ft.)... Placed fi rst in the discus at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/16) with a season and personal-best throw of 60.18m (197-05 ft.).

2010 INDOORSelected as All-American in the shot put... Twelfth KU athlete to be named Indoor All-American... Recorded fi ve fi rst-place fi nishes in the shot put... Won Big 12 Champion-ship (2/27) in shot put with a season-best throw of 19.25m (63-02.00 ft.)... Competed in NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships (3/12) and fi nished fi fth with a throw of 18.75 (61-06.25 ft.) in the shot put... Competed in the weight throw at the Kansas vs. Mis-souri Dual (1/15) and fi nished fourth with a throw of 15.55m (51-00.25 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLSelected as the 2009 Track and Field News Boys Athlete of the Year... National high school record-holder in the discus (236-06 ft.)... Won the gold medal and set a new U.S.A. Juniors record in the discus at the 2009 Pan American Juniors Championships, where he threw 214-4 ft... Won gold in both the discus and shot put at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals, where he set a personal best 71-8.75 ft. in the shot put and threw 211 ft. in the discus... 2009 Great Southwest Classic discus champion... 2009 Gold West shot put and discus champion... Three-time Colorado state champion in both discus and shot put... Lived in Salida, Colo., and attended Salida High School for two years before transferring to Buena Vista High School for his junior and senior years.

PERSONALSon of Jared and Lisa Finley... Born in Kansas City, Mo... Father, Jared, was a high school state discus champion at Wyandotte in Kansas City, Mo., and also threw discus for the Uni-versity of Wyoming... Has twin sisters, Matia and Rebecca... Majoring in fi lm/acting.

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JOHANNSWANEPOELSophomore| Javelin | 6-1Olathe, Kan. (Shawnee Mission South HS)

Collegiate Bests JavelinOutdoor 73.60m (241-06ft.)

2011 OUTDOOREarned All-American honors with his fi fth-place fi nish in the javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/8), hitting a mark of 72.24m (237-0 ft.)... Moved to fourth in the all-time school record book with his throw of 73.60m (241-06 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/22), placing second... Took fourth in the javelin at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/13), hitting a mark of 67.14m (220-03 ft.)... Lone javelin victory of the season came at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a throw of 67.83m (222-06 ft.)... Qualifi ed for Nationals by way of a ninth-place fi nish at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/26) with a top throw of 69.36m (227-06 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLCompeted in track, football and wrestling at Shawnee Mission South... 2008-10 Kansas 6A State Champion in the javelin... Kansas Relays Champion in the javelin in 2008 and 2010... 2008-10 javelin district and league champion... Member of the Shawnee Mission South district, league and state championship teams in 2008... Holds the Shawnee Mission South and Kansas state record in the javelin with a throw of 238-04 ft... Mem-ber of the 2008-09 USA U-18 and U-20 rugby team.

PERSONALSon of Louis and Jacobie Swanepoel... Born in Preto-ria, South Africa... Honor roll student in high school... Majoring in civil engineer-ing.

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DONNYWASINGERSenior | Distance | 5-10Winona, Minn.(Cotter HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,000m 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000mIndoor - 2:30.03 - 4:09.83 8:27.04 -Outdoor 1:28.54 - 3:44.89 - 8:24.26 13:34.19

2011 CROSS COUNTRYDid not compete due to injury.

2011 OUTDOOREarned All-American Honorable Mention honors in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championships (6/11), placing 14th with a time of 3:55.63... Recorded a personal-best time in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23), taking the title with a time of 3:44.89... Placed third in the 1,500 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/15) with a time of 3:45.55... Qualifi ed for the NCAA Championships in the 1,500 meters with an eighth-place fi nish at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/28), collecting a time of 3:46.49... Notched a personal best in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a time 8:24.26, placing second... Earned a second-place fi nish in the 1,500 meters at the Texas Relays (4/8), crossing the fi nish line in 3:48.14.

2011 INDOORWon the mile at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/14) with a time of 4:14.01, a season best... Competed in both the mile and the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), placing 13th in the mile with a time of 4:15.22 and fi nishing 31st in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:37.43... Top 3,000-meter time of the season came at the ISU Classic (2/12), crossing the fi nish line in 8:36.57 and placing 22nd.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYThe Jayhawks’ No. 1 performer for the second-consecutive season... Was the top Kansas fi nisher in all fi ve meets he competed in... Was the fi rst Kansas male to compete at the NCAA Championship meet (11/22) since 2007, where he fi nished 233rd with a 10K time 33:02.7... Only Jayhawk to break the 25:00 mark in an 8K meet, which he accomplished twice... Collected fi rst collegiate win at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11), crossing the fi nish line in an 8K time of 25:17.45...

Top 8K time of the season came at the ISU Pre-National meet (10/16) with a mark of 24:33.70, placing 47th... Earned All-Big 12 honors with a 13th-place fi nish at the Big 12 Championships (10/30), crossing the fi nish line in 24:40.04... With his fi nish at the Big 12 Championships, he became just the fi fth Jayhawk in history to be Kansas’ top fi nisher in three-straight conference meets... Earned an at-large spot at the NCAA Championship meet by way of a 10th-place fi nish at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13), running a 10K time of 30:05.30, a career best... USTFCCCA All-Region selection.

2010 OUTDOORNotched three fi rst-place victories and competed in two events at the Big 12 Championships... Set a team best and personal record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 13.34 at the Big 12 Championships (5/16), fi nishing in 15th... Finished eighth in the 1,500 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/15), running a time of 3:49.55... Finished fi rst and set a personal record in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:28.73 at the Arkansas Spring Invita-tional (3/27)... Ran a 3:51.55 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/17), fi nishing fi rst.

2010 INDOORCompeted the Big 12 Championships (2/27) in both the 1,000 meters and the 3,000 meters, notching personal-best times in both races, fi nishing in 14th in 1,000 meters with a team-best time of 2:30.03 and fi nishing in 24th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:27.84... His best fi nish of the year came at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), placing fi rst and earning a time of 4:14.41... Ran KU’s fastest mile of the season at the Husker Invitational (2/6) with a time of 4:13.62.

2009 CROSS COUNTRYHad a highly impressive sophomore season, as he was the Jayhawks’ No. 1 fi nisher in all six meets and was one of only two KU athletes to run a sub-25:00 8K throughout the season... Was the runner up at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/12), crossing the fi nish line in 26:05.30... Ran a career-best 8K time of 24:38.10 at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/17), where he fi nished 42nd overall in a fi eld of 236 runners... Took 35th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/14) with a career-best 10K time of 31:58.20.

2008 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in all six meets as a true freshman, while leading the team in four of six races, including the fi nal three meets of the season... Placed fi fth in his debut at the Bob Timmons Classic in an 8K time of 25:56... Recorded a 19th-place fi nish at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with an 8K time of 28:07.80... Finished in 28th place at the Big 12 Championships after running a personal-best 8K time of 25:17.63... Led the Jayhawks at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 10K time of 32:09.80 to place 28th.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered four years in both cross country and track... Two-year letterman in both swimming and Nordic skiing... 2007 state champion in cross country... Conference champion in cross country in 2007... Cross country state runner-up in 2006... Was named cross country team MVP three times (2005-07)... All-conference selection in cross country all four years (2004-07)... Three-time cross country all-state selection (2005-07)... Was named all-conference in track all four years (2005-08)... Back-to-back state champion in both the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters (2007-08)... Broke the state record in the 1,600 with his 2008 state championship performance... State runner-up in the 3,200 meters in 2006.

PERSONALSon of Tony and Marti Wasinger... Born in St. Louis, Mo... Majoring in pre-sport management.

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JOSHBADENRS-Jr. | Distance | 5-10Colby, Kan. (Colby HS)

Collegiate Bests 3,000m 5,000m 10,000mIndoor 8:36.37 14:53.89 -Outdoor 8:48.03 14:40.73 30:47.37

ALEXBISHOPSophomore | Pole Vault | 5-10Scottsdale, Ariz. (Brophy College Prep HS)

Collegiate Bests Pole Vault Indoor 5.00m (16-04.75ft.) Outdoor 5.15m (16-10.75ft.)

AARONBLEVINSFreshman | Pole Vault | 6-1Mayetta, Kan. (Royal Valley HS)

High School Bests Pole Vault Outdoor 4.42m (14-6.00ft.)

2011 OUTDOORRecorded a personal-best vault of 5.15 meters (16-10.75 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/22) to earn fourth place... Took sixth place at the Big 12 Championships (5/14) after clearing 5.13 meters (16-10 ft.)... Registered his best individual fi nish of third place at two differ-ent events, the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) with a mark of 4.93 meters (16-02 ft.) and the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a vault of 4.90 meters (16-00.75 ft.).

2011 INDOORCleared fi ve meters in the pole vault three times dur-ing the season, including at the Big 12 Championships (2/25) to earn seventh place... Claimed second place at the New Balance Invitational (2/5) and third place at the Missouri Dual with vaults of fi ve meters... Took second place at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a vault of 4.90 meters (16-00.75 ft.)... Finished third in the pole vault at the Tyson Invitational (2/12) with a mark of 4.90 meters (16-00.75 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in swimming and diving, along with four years of track, at Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, Ariz... Earned Most Valuable Athlete for the pole vault in 2008 and 2010... Holds the school record in the pole vault with a vault of 5.00 meters (16-4.75 ft.)... Three-time 5A regional champion in the pole vault... 5A state champion his senior year... Nike national champion in the pole vault... Earned a fourth-place fi nish in the Great Southwest Region... Earned eighth place at the 2010 Junior Nationals.

PERSONALSon of Michael and Kathleen Bishop... Undecided on a major.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in fi ve of the team’s seven meets and posted a career-best 8K time coming at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14), fi nished in 25:00.50... Finished 45th at the Big 12 Championships (10/29) with a time of 25:03.3... Took ninth place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a time of 27:17.93 to

help Kansas win the team title... Finished 34th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 10K time of 32:16.15... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 OUTDOORRecorded personal bests in both the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter events...Ran his career-best 5,000 race at the Kansas Relays (4/21) to earn second place with a time of 14:40.73... Posted a career-best time

of 8:48.03 at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) to fi nish in 14th place... Competed in the 10K at the Big 12 Championships (5/13) and fi nished 26th with a time of 31:35.42... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 INDOORRecorded a personal-best time of 8:36.37 in the 3,000-meter event at the Big 12 Championships (2/26) to fi nish 28th... Took second place at both the Missouri Dual (1/14) and the Jayhawk Classic (1/28) with

times of 8:41.20 and 8:42.52, respectively... Participated in the 5,000 meters at the ISU Classic (2/12) and fi nished 25th with a time of 14:59.46.

2010 OUTDOORAt the Big 12 Championships (5/16), ran his career best in the 5,000 meters with a time 14:50.37... Fin-ished seventh in the 3,000 meters in the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/27), marking his best time of the season at 8:46.77.

2010 INDOORRan a season best 8:45.80 in the 3,000 meters in route to a 43rd-place fi nish in the Big 12 Championships (2/27)... Had his highest 3,000-meter fi nish of the season in the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), running a time of 8:50.70, fi nishing second... His personal best in the 5,000 meters came in the Husker Invitational (2/5), running in a time of 14:53.89 and fi nishing in third place.

2009 CROSS COUNTRYWas a member of the Jayhawks’ travel squad for much of the season, competing in fi ve of six meets... Posted a season-best 8K time of 25:47.60 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/30), where he fi nished sixth on the squad and 82nd overall in a fi eld of 245 competitors... Ran a 25:59.30 at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/17)... Competed at the Big 12 Champion-ships, posting an 8K time of 27:04.58 to take 71st place.

2009 OUTDOORUtilized redshirt season.

2009 INDOORUtilized redshirt season.

2008 CROSS COUNTRYUtilized redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOLCompeted in both cross country and track at Colby High School... Runner-up at the 2007 Kansas Class 4A State Cross Country Championships... All-state as a senior in 2007... Member of the Kansas all-state academic team in 2006 and 2007... NWKL Academic All-League 2004-07... Selected to the all-league team in 2004 and 2005... Runner-up in the 3,200 meters at the 2008 Kansas Track and Field State Cham-pionships... Placed third in the 1,600 meters at the 2008 state track and fi eld meet... Finished in third place at state in the 800 meters... Fourth place in the 1,600 meters at the 2007 state track and fi eld meet... Placed third in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 state meet... Sixth place at state in 2006 as a sophomore in the 3,200 meters.

PERSONALSon of Leo and Janice Baden... Born in Superior, Neb... High school valedictorian... Graduated with a bachelor’s in math in the fall of 2011 and is currently enrolled in the master’s math program at KU.

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HIGH SCHOOLCompeted in football and track and fi eld at Royal Val-ley High School in Hoyt, Kan... School record holder in the pole vault with a mark of (14-06 ft.)... 4A State Champion in the pole vault his junior year (2010)... Took second place at 4A State Championships in 2011 and third place as a sophomore in 2009... 4A state fi nalist in the 400-meter dash his junior year... All-state running back and defensive back in football both his junior and senior seasons... Named to the Topeka Capital-Journal All-Academic Team... Governor’s Scholar... Kansas Honor Scholar... School valedictorian.

PERSONALSon of Margaret and Tim Blevins... Has two siblings, Adam (20) and Elizabeth (16)... Plans to major in aero-space engineering.


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ISAAC BRADSHAWRS-Jr./Sr.| Hurdles | 5-11Jetmore, Kan.(Jetmore HS)

Collegiate Bests 400m 60mH 400mH Indoor 51.11 8.76 55.11Outdoor - - 55.15

CASEYBOWENFreshman | Pole Vault | 6-2Gardner, Kan.(Gardner-Edgerton HS)

High School Bests Pole VaultOutdoor 5.20m (17-00.75ft.)

2011 OUTDOORRan a personal-best 55.15 400-meter hurdles in a ninth-place fi nish at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16)... Took 23rd place in the 400-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays (4/22), crossing the fi nish line in 55.97... Best individual fi nish was sixth place in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad In-vitational (4/29) with a time of 57.20.

2011 INDOORBest 400-meter time of the season was 51.49 and came at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er (3/5) in 21st-place fi nish... Placed third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a personal-best time of 8.76... Earned a fourth-place fi nish in the 400-meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), crossing the fi nish line in 53.28.

2010 OUTDOORCompeted in the 400-meter hurdles at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/27) and recorded his personal best with a time of 55.52, en route to an eighth-place fi nish.

2010 INDOORRan in the 400 meters at the ISU-NCAA Qualifi er (3/5), setting his personal best and notching a 21st-place fi nish with a time of 51.11... Had his highest fi nish of the season (fourth) at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 53.32.

2009 OUTDOORCompeted at the Kansas Relays (4/17), where he posted a 400-meter hurdle time of 58.68.


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HIGH SCHOOLTrack team MVP and top point leader as a sophomore, junior and senior... State champion in the 110-meter hurdles as a senior... Runner-up at the state championships in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior... Placed fi fth in the 110-meter hurdles at the state championships his junior season... Finished third in the 300-meter hurdles at the state championships as a junior... Fourth place as a sophomore in the 110-meter hurdles at the state championships... Was named a state scholar for his academic success.

PERSONALSon of Marc and Sandy Bradshaw... Born in Dodge City, Kan... Majoring in fi nance... Was salu-tatorian of his high school class.

REIDBUCHANANFreshman | Distance | 6-1Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan HS)

High School Bests 800m 1,600m 3,200m Outdoor 1:53.15 4:16.81 9:24.30

2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in four of the Jayhawks’ seven meets, fi n-ishing in the team’s top fi ve twice... Was KU’s fi fth fi nisher at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), placing 49th with a season-best 8K time of 25:09.2... Placed 59th overall at the Midwest Regionals (11/12), com-pleting the 10K in 32:50.10... Competed in the Roy Griak Invitational (11/24), placing 85th with an 8K time of 25:29.70.

HIGH SCHOOLTook three titles (3,200m, 1,600m, 800m) at the 2011 Kansas 6A State Track and Field Meet... Notched a fi fth-place fi nish at the 2010 6A state cross country meet... Took all-state cross country honors his junior year (2009)... Holds three school records: 3,200m (9:24), 800m (1:53.1) and 5K cross country (15:46)... State champion in the 1,600 meters his junior year (2010)... Finished fi fth in the gold division at the 2010 Rim Rock Classic, crossing the fi nish line in a time of 15:47... Academic All-State selection in 2009 and 2010.

PERSONALSon of Shelley and Mike Buchanan... Has an older sister, Molly (21)... Plans to major in electrical engineering.

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HIGH SCHOOLKansas 5A state pole vault champion his senior year with a meet-record height clearance of 16-06 ft... School record holder with a top vault of 17-01 ft., which is also second-best all-time in the state of Kansas and ranked fi fth in the nation in 2011.

PERSONALSon of Mark and Jane Bowen... Has two older broth-ers, Justin (23) and Derek (27)... Undecided on ma-jor.


AUSTINBUSSINGRS-Jr. | Distance | 6-1Houston, Texas (James E. Taylor HS)

Collegiate Bests 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000m 10,000m SCIndoor - 4:14.34 8:23.49 - - -Outdoor 3:54.96 - 8:25.76 15:24.52 31:5512 9:05.28

NICKCANTONSenior | High Jump | 6-5Fowler, Kan.(Fowler HS)

Collegiate Bests High Jump Decathlon Indoor 2.10m (6-10.75ft.) -Outdoor 2.11m (6-11.00ft.) 5,771

2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in fi ve of the Jayhawks’ seven meets and was KU’s top fi n-isher in three events... Ran a season-best 8K time at the Big 12 Cham-pionships (10/29) fi nishing in 24:22.5 to place 22nd... Was KU’s top fi nisher at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/12), completing the 10K in 32:07.40 and fi nishing 32nd... Placed third at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a 8K time of 27:02.35... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 OUTDOORRecorded a personal best 8:25.76 3,000-meter time at the Razor-back Spring Invitational (4/2), placing fourth... Competed in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15), placing sixth in the steeplechase with a time of 9:07.43 and fi nishing the 5,000 meters in a personal-best 15:24.52... Earned a personal best in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational (5/1), crossing the fi nish line in 9:05.28 to place

21st... Finished sixth in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a time of 3:56.44... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 INDOORCompeted in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25) fi nishing in a time of 8:37.05 to place 30th... Season’s top 3,000-meter time came at the ISU Classic (2/12), crossing the fi nish line in 8:34.18 and placing 20th... Notched two runner-up performances in the mile run, the fi rst at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a time of 4:17.21 and the second coming at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28) in 4:20.26.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in fi ve meets for the Jayhawks, fi nishing among the top three KU fi nishers in all but one race... Top fi nish came at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11), where he fi nished fi fth with an 8K time of 26:06.09... Notched a career-best 8K time at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (10/16), placing 132nd in 25:21.00... Finished 48th at his second Big 12 Championships meet (10/30), crossing the fi nish line in 25:46.96... Ran in his fi rst Midwest Regional meet (11/13), running a 10K time of 32:02.34 and fi nishing 82nd... Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team for second-consecutive season.

2010 OUTDOORRecorded the team’s season best and a personal record in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational (5/1)... Ran the 1,500 meters in 3:54.96 at the Kansas Relays (4/15), fi nishing in sixth place.

2010 INDOORFinished fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Husker Invitational (2/6) with a time of 8:23.49, a personal best... Competed in the mile run at the ISU-NCAA Qualifi er, fi nishing eighth and recording a personal-best time of 4:14.34.

2009 CROSS COUNTRYWas among the Jayhawks’ top-fi ve fi nishers in fi ve of the six meets in which he competed... Posted a career-best 8K time of 25:26 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), where he also had a season-best team fi nish of third, while placing 62nd overall... Clocked in at 25:30 at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/17) to take 123rd... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/31), fi nishing in 62nd in an 8K time of 26:44.50... Selected as a member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.



2008 CROSS COUNTRYRan unattached at the Bob Timmons Classic, fi nishing in 16th place with an 8K time of 26:59.60... Ran a 26:50 (8K) at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree... Recorded a personal-best 8K time of 26:36.30 to fi nish 91st in the Men’s Open Race at the ISU Pre-Nationals.

HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterman in both track and cross country... Team captain of his cross country team as a junior and senior... Qualifi ed for state as a senior in 2007... Regional qualifi er 2005-07... Three-year regional track qualifi er... A two-time team MVP in track... Was a four-year academic/athletic all-star.

PERSONALFull name is Greg Austin Bussing... Son of Greg and Dorothy Bussing...Born in St. Louis, Mo... Majoring in English.

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2011 OUTDOORRecorded personal-best high jump mark of 2.11 meters (6-11.00 ft.) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14), fi nishing fi fth... Won the high jump at the Kansas Relays (4/20) on a clearance of 2.09 meters (6-10.25 ft.)... Competed in the decathlon at the Kansas Relays (4/20) collecting a point total of 5,771 and fi nish-ing third... Earned a spot in the high jump at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/27) but did not place... Took the high jump title at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) with a mark of 2.06 meters (6-09 ft.)... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 INDOOREarned three high jump titles throughout the season with his top performance coming at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), clear-ing a personal-best height of 2.10 meters (6-10.75 ft.)... Competed in the high jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25), placing 11th with a mark of 2.01 meters (6-07 ft.)... Took fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.88 at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14)... Won the high jump with a leap of 2.00 meters (6-06.75 ft.) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4).

2010 OUTDOORFinished third in the high jump at the Texas Relays (4/3), setting the team’s season best mark and a personal record with a jump of 2.06m (6-09.00 ft.)... Competed at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/27) and fi nished fi rst in the high jump with a mark of 2.05m (6-08.75 ft.).

2010 INDOORCompeted in the Big 12 Championships (2/27) and placed ninth in the high jump, recording a height of 2.05m (6-08.75ft.)... Recorded his highest fi nish of the year at the Arkansas Final Qualifi er (3/5), placing second on a jump of 2.05m (6-08.75 ft.).

2009 OUTDOORFinished fi fth in the high jump at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/11) with a mark of 1.95 meters (6-04.75 ft.)... Jumped a season-best 2.00 meters (6-06.75 ft.) at Drake Relays (4/25) and Big 12 Championships (5/16), where he placed 12th and 13th, respectively.

2009 INDOORLed the team in the high jump with a mark of 2.09 meters (6-10.25 ft.), which he accomplished at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er (3/7)... Took ninth at the Big 12 Championships after clearing 2.05 meters (6-08.75 ft.)... Placed third at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/16) with a jump of 1.98 meters (6-06.00 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterman in track and fi eld... State champion in the high jump as a junior (6-06 ft.) and senior (6-08 ft.)... Regional champion in the high jump as a junior and senior... League champion in the high jump as a sophomore, junior and senior... Placed third at the league championships in the 110-meter hurdles as a senior... Third-place fi nisher in the triple jump at the state championships as a senior... Competed in the high jump at the Kansas Relays as a junior and senior, placing fi fth his junior year... State and regional runner-up in the high jump as a sophomore... Lettered three years in basketball... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALSon of Sara Hayes and Robert Canton... Born in North Little Rock, Ark... Majoring sociology... Aunt, Elissa Mayo; grandfather, Greg Bunyan; great uncle, Bill Bunyan; great grandmother, Loraine Gregory; great grandfather, William Price Bunyan II and great-great grandmother, Margaret Sheldon all attended the University of Kansas... Has enlisted in the army for a special forces contract and will begin service following graduation.

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TAYLORDAWSONFreshman | Throws | 6-5Excelsior, Kan.(Minnetonka HS)

High School Bests Discus Shot PutOutdoor 48.36m (158-08ft.) 14.91m (48-11.00ft.)

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CONNER DAYRS-Fr. | Distance | 6-0Fairview, Texas(Lovejoy HS)

Collegiate Bests 3,000m 5,000m Indoor 8:48.95 -Outdoor - 16:21.62

ERICDYSONRS-Jr. | Distance | 5-11Fountain Valley, Calif.(Fountain Valley HS)

Collegiate Bests Mile 3,000m SC Indoor 4:29.47 8:50.99 -Outdoor - 8:50.97

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in fi ve of the Jayhawks’ seven meets... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), placing 69th overall with a season-best 8K time of 26:02.8... Was KU’s No. 5 fi nisher at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), completing the 6K in 20:11.30 and placing 11th overall... Earned 16th place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10), crossing the fi nish line with an 8K time of 27:59.18... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.




HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country and track all four years... Named to the 2009 all-region cross country team... 2009 cross country district champion... Placed second in the state championship cross country meet as a senior... Placed second in the 800 me-ters at regionals... Holds the school record in the 800m, 1,600m and 400m... Mem-ber of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALSon of David and Anne Day... Has two brothers and one sister... Wants to com-pete in a triathlon after he graduates... Father played football at Furman Univer-sity... Majoring in business.

2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in four meets for the Jayhawks in his fi rst full season with the team... Best individual fi nish was 12th-place at the Bill Easton Classic (9/3) where he fi nished the 6K in 20:16.20... Season’s best 8K time was 26:10 in a 51st-place fi nish in the B-Race of the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14).

2011 OUTDOORPlaced third in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), fi nishing in a time of 9:46.37... Ran a 8:50.97 3,000 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) to fi nish fourth.

HIGH SCHOOLRan for Coach Martin Barratti at Fountain Valley High School.

PERSONALSon of Deryl and Patsy Dyson... Has an older sister, Emily (24)... Majoring in audiology... After college he plans on attending graduate school in San Diego.

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HIGH SCHOOLThree-year letterwinner in track and a two year letterwinner in football… 4-time all-conference selection in the discus… Won true-team state dis-cus his senior year with a personal best throw of 158-8ft.

PERSONALSon of Roger and Marie Dawson… Has one younger brother, Greg (16)… Mother, Marie, at-tended KU… Plans to major in architecture.


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DALENFINKSophomore | Mid. Distance | 5-9O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt HS)

Collegiate Bests 600yd 800m Indoor 1:13.04 1:52.23Outdoor - 1:52.79

2011 OUTDOORTop 800-meter time of the season came at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14), running a time of 1:52.79 for a 10th-place fi nish... Competed at the USA Junior Championships (5/24) and ran his fast-est 800-meter time of the year, crossing the fi nish line in 1:52.68 and fi nishing ninth overall... Placed fi fth in the 800 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16), crossing the fi nish line in 1:52.80... Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed 18th at the NCAA West Prelims (5/28) with a time of 3:10.79... Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2011 INDOOREarned three fi rst-place fi nishes throughout the indoor season... Best 800-meter time of the season came at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er (3/5), crossing the fi nish line in 1:52.23 and placing 11th... Won the 600 yards at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a season-best time of 1:13.04... Competed in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Champion-ships (2/25), placing 14th with a time of 1:57.96.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in soccer and track at Fort Zumwalt North... 2009-2010 captain and MVP of his track team... 2010 Missouri 4A state champion in the 800m... Holds the school record in the 4x800, and the 4x400... Fourth-place fi nish in the high school boys 800m at the 2010 Kansas Relays... Voted to the All-St. Louis Metro First Team for track and fi eld.

PERSONALSon of Troy and Tracie Fink... Has one brother and one sister... Majoring in mechanical engineering

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PHILLIPFREEMANFreshman | Distance | 5-9Rogers, Ark. (Rogers HS)

High School Bests 800m 1,600m 3,200mOutdoor 2:16.05 4:29.00 10:03.37

ALEXGALLIFreshman | Distance | 5-8Lebanon, Pa. (Cedaer Crest HS)

High School Bests 800m 1,600m 3,200m 5,000mOutdoor 1:55.87 4:26.16 9:28.93 15:55.46


HIGH SCHOOLArkansas state meet qualifi er his junior and senior years in both cross country and track... Personal bests: 5K - 16:10, 1,600m - 4:29, 3,200m - 10:03.37.

PERSONALSon of Jeff and Sabrina Freeman... Plans to major in marketing... After college aspires to become the CEO of adidas.

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HIGH SCHOOLLeague and district cross country champion his senior year... Member of state champion 4x800-meter relay team his junior year... Member of district champion 4x400-meter relay team both his senior and junior years...PTXC Invitational Champion in 2009.

PERSONALSon of Bruce and Kathy Galli... Has two older sib-lings, Alyna (22) and Bruce (21)... Plans to major in physics and astronomy... Father, Bruce, attended KU.



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NICKGIANCANASophomore | High Jump | 5-10Topeka, Kan. (Topeka West HS)

Collegiate Bests High Jump Indoor 2.01m (6-07.00ft.)Outdoor 2.05m (6-08.75ft.)

REGANGILBERTFreshman | Pole Vault | 5-9Harker Heights, Texas (Harker Heights HS)

High School Bests Pole Vault Outdoor 5.03m (16-06ft.)

GABEGONZALEZFreshman | Distance | 5-7Springdale, Ark.(Springdale HS)

High School Bests 1,600m 3,200m Outdoor 4:16.74 9:18.00

JOSHHARSINSo./RS-Fr. | Distance | 5-10Blair, Neb. (Blair HS)

Collegiate Bests 3,000m Indoor 9:30.38Outdoor -

2011 OUTDOORCleared a high jump personal-best 2.05 meters (6-08.75 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/23), fi nishing fi fth... Placed 11th in the high jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) with a mark of 2.01 meters (6-07 ft.)... Tied for second after a clearance of 2.03 meters (6-08 ft.) in the high jump at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16).

2011 INDOORTop high jump mark of the season came at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26) with a mark of 2.01 meters (6-07 ft.) and a 14th-place fi nish... Won the high jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a leap of 2.00 meters (6-06.75 ft.)... Took fourth in the long jump at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a mark of 6.23 meters (20-05.35 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in football and track at Topeka West... 2009 and 2010 Centennial League champion in the high jump... 2009 and 2010 5A regional champion... 2009 and 2010 5A state champion (6-10.00 ft.)... 2008 5A regional runner-up... Earned sixth-place in the 5A state meet at a sophomore... Honor Roll member all four years.

PERSONALSon of Marcus and Rebecca Giancana... Plans to major in physical therapy.


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HIGH SCHOOLTexas state pole vault runner-up in 2011... 2010 Nike All-American... Cleared a height of 16-06 ft. his se-nior year, which ranked 16th in the nation in 2011... Qualifi ed for the Texas state regionals as a freshman.

PERSONALSon of Kevin and Tammy Gilbert... Has an older sister, Laney (20)... Undecided on major.

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HIGH SCHOOL7A cross country state champion in both his junior and senior years (2009, 2010)... 2011 state champion in the indoor and outdoor 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters... School record holder in the 1,600 meters (4:16) and the 3,200 meters (9:18).

PERSONALSon of Orsy and Rosa Gonzalez... Has a younger brother, Romario... Undecided on major... Aspires to be a high school coach following college.


2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in three meets for the Jayhawks, earning two top-20 fi nishes... Finished 19th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with an 8K time of 28:25.70... Completed the Bob Timmons Clas-sic (9/3) 6K in 20:37.00 to fi nish 20th... Competed at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/24), placing 196th with a season-best 8K time of 27:19.40.




HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country and track all four years, lettered in basketball twice... Mem-ber of the 2009 and 2010 4x800m state championship relay teams... 2008 Nebraska Class B Cross Country state champion... Member of the National Honor Society and the honor roll... Named Academic All-State in track and cross country.

PERSONALSon of Darren and Sue Harsin... Has two brothers... Father, Darren, competed in track and cross country and Doane College... Brother, Zach, competed in track and cross country at Nebraska Wesleyan... Undecided on major.


KEVINHAYSJunior | Pole Vault | 6-0Independence, Mo. (Truman HS)

Collegiate Bests Pole Vault Indoor 4.30m (14-01.25ft.)Outdoor 4.48m (14-08.25ft.)

PATRICKHELMICKSo. | Middle Distance | 6-2Lincoln, Del. (Milford Senior HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,000mIndoor 1:59.00 2:40.97Outdoor 2:00.75 -

ALEXHERMESSophomore | Sprints | 6-2Paola, Kan. (Paola HS)

2011 OUTDOORPlaced 14th at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) with a personal-best height of 4.48 meters (14-08.25 ft.)... Cleared 4.15 meters (13-07.25 ft.) to fi nish 10th at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2).

2011 INDOORCleared a personal-best height of 4.30 meters (14-01.25 ft.) at both the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) and the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), fi nishing fi fth and ninth, respectively.



AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATECompeted in the pole vault during the 2008-09 seasons, recording a personal-best vault of 14-01 ft.

HIGH SCHOOLQualifi ed for the state championships in the pole vault his junior year... A state qualifi er in basketball his senior season... Named to the all-area football team as a quarterback in 2008... A member of National Honor Society and on the honor roll.

PERSONALSon of Tom and Becky Hays... Father, Tom, is the vertical jumps coach at Kansas... Brother, Ryan, was also a member of the pole vault squad at KU... Grandfather, Howard, also attended KU... Majoring in exercise science.

Collegiate Bests 60m 100m 200m 400mIndoor 7.22 - 23.18 51.24Outdoor - 11.05 22.13 -

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2011 OUTDOORCompeted in one event for the Jayhawks on the sea-son, fi nishing 51st in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.75 at the Kansas Relays (4/21).

2011 INDOORRan a season-best 800-meter time of 1:59.00 at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er (3/5), fi nishing 27th... Earned a fourth-place fi nish in the 800 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a time of 2:01.12... Ran in the 1,000 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4), crossing the fi nish line in 2:40.97 to place sixth.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country, baseball and track at Milford Senior High School... 2006 cross country Rookie of the Year... 2007-09 cross country captain... 2007-09 all-conference cross country selection... 2009 cross country conference champion... Member of the 2008-09 4x400m conference championship relay team... 2009-10 track conference champion... Holds the school record in the mile (4:28)... Holds the 4x400m school record with a split of 1:55... Member of the honor roll all eight semesters.

PERSONALSon of Eugene and Holly Helmick... Has one older brother... Plans to major in pre-dental biology.


2011 OUTDOORPlaced 13th in the 100 meters at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6) with a wind-aided time of 11.05... Season’s top 200-meter time was 22.13 at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6)... Top individual fi nish of the season came at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with an 11.12 100 meters that placed eighth.

2011 INDOORRan to a second-place fi nish in the 60 meters with a personal-best time of 7.22 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Finished fi fth in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 23.18... Ran a 51.25 400 meters en route to a 10th-place fi nish at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er (3/5).

HIGH SCHOOLEarned three letters each in soccer and track at Paola High... Was a team captain in track his senior year... Holds the school record in the 4x100 (10.66)... Qualifi ed for state in the 4x400m, 200m, 100m and 4x100m... 2010 regional 200m champion (21.9)... Member of the 2009 and 2010 league and state championships teams.

PERSONALSon of Gilbert Hermes and Joanne Cowan... Has four brothers and one sister... Both parents at-tended KU... Majoring in industrial design... Plans to become a car designer after school.


MICHAELHESTERFreshman | Sprints | 5-11St. Louis, Mo.(Hazelwood Central HS)

High School Bests 200m 400m Outdoor 21.50 47.42

DANIELHITMANSenior | Javelin | 6-2Ocean, N.J. (Ocean Township HS)

Collegiate Bests Javelin Indoor -Outdoor 52.44m (172-05ft.)

AUSTINHOAGFreshman | High Jump | 6-2Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)

High School Bests High Jump Outdoor 1.95m (6-04.75ft.)

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HIGH SCHOOL2011 Missouri state champion in both the 200m (21.50) and the 400m (47.42)... Set Hazelwood Cen-tral school records in the 200m, 400m and the 4x400-meter relay... Captain of team that won three-straight Missouri state titles... AAU 400-meter champion in 2010 and 2011 with the St. Louis Blues Track Club.

PERSONALSon of Michael and Deborah Hester...Has two old-er sisters, Ashley (25) and Michelle (20)... Cousin is Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears... Majoring in exercise science.

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2011 OUTDOORRecorded a personal-best javelin mark of 52.54m (172-00 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/22), fi nishing 19th... Placed seventh in the javelin with a mark of 50.22m (165-09 ft.) at the Razorback Spring Invita-tional (4/2).


HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner and two-year team captain at Ocean Township High School... 2007 New Jersey

Group 3 State Champion in the javelin, took third in 2006... Crowned the 2007 Central Jersey Group 3 Champion and Monmouth County Champion in the jav-elin... First-Team All-Group 3 selection and second-team all-conference in 2007... Took eighth place at the 2007 Penn Relays... Shore Conference Champion in the javelin in 2006, runner-up in 2007... Competed at the 2006 and 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals, where he fi nished 25th and 18th, respectively.

PERSONALSon of David and Patty Hitman... Pursuing a double major in history and health and physical education, with a minor in geography.

COLINJOKISCHJunior | Distance | 6-2De Soto, Kan. (Desoto HS/Cowley County CC)

Collegiate Bests 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000m SCIndoor - 4:30.70 9:15.33 - -Outdoor 4:14.32 - - 15:33.50 9:49.89

2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in two meets for the Jayhawks, notching top-25 fi nishes in both... Top 8K of the season came at the Haskell Invitation-al (10/8) with a 16th-place fi nish in a time of 27:29.81... Took 22nd at the Missouri XC Challenge (9/10), completing the 8K in 28:42.85.

COWLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2009-11)2010 NJCAA conference, regional and national champion... 2010 3K steeple qualifi er... 2011 3K steeple and 5K qualifi er... Personal bests: 15:33 in the 5K (2011) and 9:50 in the 3K steeple (2010).

HIGH SCHOOLFour-time cross country state qualifi er at DeSoto High School... Placed fi fth in the 4A 1,600m with a time of 4:29... Placed sixth in the 4A 3,200m with a time of 10:02.

PERSONALSon of Dave and Linda Jokisch... Has two sisters, Sarah (24) and Hannah (18)... Sister, Hannah, plays softball for Missouri S&T... Majoring in organism biology.

HIGH SCHOOL2011 Kansas 6A state champion in the high jump... Jumped under head coach Steve Heffernan, a KU track & fi eld alumnus, at Lawrence Free State HS... Set a Lawrence Free State record with a mark of 6-05 ft... Placed seventh in the high jump at the Kansas state championships as a junior... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALSon of Chuck and Lisa Hoag... Has three siblings: Tay-lor (23), Chase (21) and Courtney (16)... Grandfather, Charlie, competed in football and track for KU and was a member of the 1952 NCAA Champion basketball team... Father, Chuck, and mother, Lisa, each attended KU... Ma-joring in sport management.

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SAMJONESRS-So./Jr. | Mid. Distance | 5-11Ozark, Mo.(Ozark HS)

Collegiate Bests 600yd 600m 800mIndoor 1:13.81 1:21.22 1:53.68Outdoor - - 1:53.79

BRIANKATZFEYFreshman | Horizontal Jumps | 6-1Eudora, Kan.(Eudora HS)

High School Bests Long Jump Triple JumpOutdoor 6.57m (21-06.50ft.) 11.34m (37-02.50ft.)

SAMJONRS-So./JrOzark, M(Ozark H

2011 OUTDOOREarned a personal-best 800m time of 1:53.89 at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6), fi nishing 18th... Competed in the 800m at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14), placing 24th with a time of 2:03.43... Finished fourth in the 800m at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29), crossing the fi nish line in 1:56.60.


2010 OUTDOORRan his season’s fastest time and a personal best at the

Twilight Invitational (5/1) in the 800 meters with a time of 1:53.79... Recorded his highest fi nish of the season in the 800 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/15) with a time of 1:55.38, fi nishing in sixth.

2010 INDOORRecorded the team’s season best, as well as a personal record, in the 800 meters at the ISU Classic (2/13) with a time of 1:53.68, fi nishing 11th... Finished fi rst in the 600-yard dash with a time of 1:13.83 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Set a personal

best at the Bill Timmons Challenge (12/5) in the 600-yard dash with a time of 1:13.81... Placed third in the 600-meter run at the Jayhawk Clas-sic (1/29) with a personal-best time of 1:21.22.

HIGH SCHOOLThree-time all-state and four-time all-district and all-conference hon-oree... 2009 Missouri Class 4A 800-meter champion, where he set a personal record of 1:53.33... Run-ner-up in the 800 meters at the 2008 Missouri Class 4A State Meet... Won the gold medal in the 800 meters at the 2009 Great Southwest Classic in Albuqerque, N.M... Member of the runner-up 4x800 meter relay team at that same event... Finished fi fth in the 400 meters at the 2008 Missouri State Meet, where he ran a personal-best 49.15... Named Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in 2006... Highest point earner for his high school team at the 2008 and 2009 state meets... Named team MVP his sophomore, junior and senior years... Also lettered in football and wrest-ing... In football, was a second-team all-district selection as a junior and fi rst-team all-district, all-conference and Southwest Coaches Association as a senior.

PERSONALSon of Robert and Crystal Jones... Has one brother, Preston... Majoring in exercise science.

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HIGH SCHOOLLettered in track, football and basketball during his four years at Eudora HS... Placed fi fth in the long jump at the Kansas State meet (2011) with a mark of 20-10.50 ft... Was the runner-up in the long jump at the Kan-sas Regional meet (2011)... Selected to the All-State honorable mention team for football his senior year... Member of the honor roll all four years.

PERSONALSon of Jerry and Julie Katzfey... Has one brother, Jordan (21) and one sister, Austin (17)... Uncle, Rick Katzfey, and brother, Jordan, each attended KU... Majoring in business.

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JOELKRAUSERS-Sr. | Throws | 6-1Wichita, Kan. (Campus HS)

Collegiate Bests Shot Put Discus HT WTIndoor 15.98m - - 15.24mOutdoor 16.20m 46.82m 42.33m -

EVANLANDESFreshman | Distance | 6-0Mulvane, Kan. (Mulvane HS)

High School Bests 1,600m 3,200mOutdoor 4:24.04 9:14.51

GREGLUPTONFreshman | Pole Vault | 5-10Kingwood, Texas(Kingwood HS)

High School Bests Pole Vault Outdoor 5.03m (16-06ft.)

2011 OUTDOORCompeted in both the shot put and discus at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15), placing 15th in the shot put with a mark of 15.62m (51-03.00 ft.) and hitting a season-best distance of 46.82m (153-07 ft.) in the discus to take 20th... Won the discus at the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (3/19) with a mark of 45.02m (147-08 ft.)... Hit a personal-best dis-tance of 16.29m (53-05.50 ft.) in the shot put at the Kansas Relays (4/22), placing fi fth... Placed fourth in the hammer throw at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a mark of 42.33m (138-10 ft.)... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2011 INDOORSeason-best throw in the shot put came at the New Balance Invitational (2/4) hitting a mark of 15.98m (52-05.00 ft.) and placing 16th... Competed in the shot put at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26), fi nishing 15th with a top throw of 15.30m (50-02.50 ft.)... Took sixth in the shot put at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a mark of 15.85m (52-00.00 ft.)... Top performance in the weight throw came at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), an eighth-place fi nish with a season-best throw of 15.24m (50-00.00 ft.).

2010 OUTDOORSet a new personal record in the shot put with a throw of 15.98m (52-05.25 ft.) and fi nishing second at the John McDonnell Invitational (3/9)... Placed third at the Arkansas Spring Invita-tional (3/27) with a throw of 15.75m (51-08.25 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLFinished seventh in the shot put at the Kansas State Championships his senior year... Runner-up at regionals also during his senior year... Graduated in the top 10 percent of his class... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALSon of Dave and Suzanne Krause... Has one sibling, Jordan (23)... Grandfather, Roland, attended KU... Majoring in fi nance.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in six meets for the Jayhawks, the most of any fresh-man... Was KU’s seventh fi nisher at the Big 12 Cham-pionships (10/29), completing the 8K in a season-best 25:50.4 to place 66th... Finished 94th at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/12), crossing the fi nish line with a 10K time of 33:51.04... Placed sixth and was the Jayhawks’ fi fth fi nisher at the Missouri Cross Coun-try Challenge (9/10) with an 8K time of 27:10.65.

HIGH SCHOOLThree-time individual 4A state champion in track and fi eld: 2010, 3,200m - 2011, 1,600m - 2011)... Member of three-time 4A state champion cross country team... School record holder in the 3,200 meters (9:14) as well as the 5K in cross country... Both records set his senior year... Two-time academic all-state.

PERSONALSon of Dale and Renie Landes... Has a younger sister, Erika (11)... Father, Dale, played basketball at Tabor College... Uncle, Dwight Landes, attended KU... Plans to major in exercise science.

HIGH SCHOOLBroke the school record in the pole vault with a clear-ance of 16-06 ft. his senior year... Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Texas state championships his senior year... Competed in the Texas state champion-ships three-straight seasons... Member of state cham-pion gymnastics team his junior year.

PERSONALSon of Brent and Anita Lupton... Has three siblings: Kevin (22), Kathryn (20) and Lexie (15)... Sister, Kath-ryn, competes in the hurdles for the KU track team... Parents, Brent and Anita, as well as brother, Kevin, at-tended KU... Majoring in sport management with a minor in business.

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DOMINIQUEMANLEYSo. | Middle Distance | 5-9Collinsville, Ill.(Collinsville HS)

Collegiate Bests 600m 600yd 800m Indoor 1:22.19 1:11.43 -Outdoor - - 1:53.05

KENNETHMcCUINFr. | Middle Distance | 6-1Baltimore, Md.(Mergenthaler Vo-Tech HS)

High School Bests 300m 400m 800m Outdoor 41.00 48.88 1:54.00

JONATHANMILLERFreshman | Throws | 6-1Tribune, Kan.(Greeley County HS)

High School Bests Discus Javelin Outdoor 50.92m (167-01ft.) 50.40m (165-4 ft.)

2011 OUTDOORRan a season-best 1:53.05 800 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) to fi nish seventh... Member of 4x400-meter relay team that competed at the NCAA West Pre-liminary (5/28), notching an 18th-place fi nish with a time of 3:10.79... Took 18th in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14), crossing the fi nish line in 1:57.22... Top individual fi nish of the season came at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), a sixth-place fi nish in the 800 meters with a time of 1:53.18.

2011 INDOOREarned a 14th-place fi nish in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25), clocking in with a time of 1:12.02... Ran a season-best 1:11.43 600 yards at the ISU Classic (2/12) to fi nish third... Runner-up in the 600 yards at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 1:14.59.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country and track at Collinsville High School... Holds school records in the 400m, 800m, 4x400m, and 4x800m... State champion in 800m in 2010.

PERSONALSon of Leonard D. Manley, Jr... Born in Nashville, Tenn... Has one brother and two sisters... Undecided on major.

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HIGH SCHOOLWon gold in the 800m (1:52) at the 2010 Junior Olympic Games... Placed eighth at the New York High School Nationals in the 800m, breaking the school record at 1:54.

PERSONALSon of Kenneth and Ruth McCuin... Has three sis-ters: Tamika (28), Octavia (21) and Kenyada (19)... Majoring in environmental science. Use your smart phone to scan

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HIGH SCHOOLFour-time WKLL league discus champion... Kansas state champion in the discus his junior and senior sea-sons... Personal best in the discus is 167-11 ft... Earned all-state football accolades... Lettered in basketball as well as track.

PERSONALSon of Brian and Shelli Miller... Has three siblings: An-drew (21), John (15) and Rebecca (14)... Father, Brian, played football for Garden City CC... Brother, Andrew, attended KU.

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JOSEMUÑOZRS-Fr. | Distance | 5-9Rio Rico, Ariz.(Rio Rico HS)

Collegiate Bests 3,000m Indoor 8:51.75Outdoor -

JOSHMUNSCHSophomore | Distance | 6-2Hays, Kan.(Hays HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,000m 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000mIndoor - 2:34.24 - 4:07.65 8:24.74 -Outdoor 1:55.65 - 3:28.21 - - 14:51.31

2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in four meets for the Jayhawks... Top 8K time of the season was 26:14.9 and came at the Big 12 Champion-ships (10/29) in a 75th-place fi nish... Took 11th at the Mis-souri Cross Country Challenge (9/10), fi nishing the 8K in 27:29.01... Ran in the B race of the Wisconsin adidas Invita-tional (10/14), placing 63rd with an 8K time of 26:23.00.



2010 CROSS COUNTRYIn his fi rst season as a Jayhawk, competed in all six meets for the Crimson and Blue, notch-ing two top-10 fi nishes... Season-best 8K time came at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (10/16), crossing the fi nish line in 26:09.00 and placing 194th... Finished seventh at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11), running an 8K time of 26:21.75... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/30), notching a 62nd-place fi nish with an 8K time of 26:34.59... Paced 147th at his fi rst NCAA Midwest Regional meet, crossing the fi nish line in a 10K time of 33:45.25.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered all four years in cross coun-try and track... Named the Rio Rico High cross country and track MVP from 2008-10... Named to the fi rst team all-state and all-region teams in 2010... Member of the 2006-09 cross country regional champion teams... 2006 and 2008 Arizona Division III cross country state champion... Mem-ber of the 2008 4x400m relay state championship team... Holds school records in the 1600m and 3200m, as well as a member of the 4x400m and 4x1600m teams.

PERSONALSon of Jose Luis, Sr. and Marv Mu-noz... Undecided on major.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in fi ve meets for the Jayhawks throughout his junior campaign... Was KU’s fourth fi nisher at the NCAA Mid-west Regionals (11/12), completing the 10K in 32:49.11... Placed 51st and clocked in with a season-best 8K time of 25:10.2 at the Big 12 Championships (10/29)... Season’s best individual fi nish came at the Missouri Cross Country Chal-lenge (9/10), crossing the 8K fi nish line in 27:06.66 and placing fourth... Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 OUTDOORRan a season-best 1,500 meters at the Payton Jordan Invi-tational (5/1), placing third with a time of 3:48.21... Placed 14th in the 1,500 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14), clocking in with a time of 3:53.55... Won the 3,000 meters at the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (3/19), crossing the fi nish line in 8:39.29... Placed 19th in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15) with a time of 14:51.31... Earned a third-place fi nish in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23), clocking in with a time of 3:52.32.

2011 INDOORCompeted in the mile at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25), placing ninth with a time of 4:08.86... Season’s top mile time came at the ISU Classic (2/12), crossing the fi nish line in 4:07.65 to place ninth... Won the mile at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28) with a time of 4:15.79... Took 16th in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26) notching a

time of 8:24.74... Ran a 2:34.84 1,000 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) to fi nish second.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in fi ve meets in his debut season for the Jayhawks, notching two top-10 fi nishes... Placed fourth at the Bob Timmons Challenge (9/9) with a 6K time of 19:06.50, his highest fi nish of the season... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/30), crossing the fi nish line in an 8K time of 26:40.87 and placing 67th... Best 8K time of the season came at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (10/16), crossing the fi nish line in 25:40.90 and fi nishing 159th... Placed ninth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11), running an 8K time of 26:33.93.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country and track at Hays High School... Member of the 2010 WAC, regional and state champi-onship track teams.

PERSONALSon of Cory and Pam Munsch... Has two brothers... Member of the Nation-al Honor Society... Named Academic All-State and a Kansas Honor Scholar... Plans to major in human biology.



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DERRICKPERRYJunior | Middle Distance | 5-10Topeka, Kan.(Topeka West HS)

Personal Bests 600yd 600m 800m Indoor 1:12.28 1:21.18 1:56.21Outdoor - - 1:55.92

DANIELPRIOLEAUFreshman | Sprints | 5-11Basehor, Kan.(Basehor-Linwood HS)


SEANPROEHLRS-Jr. | Distance | 6-2San Diego, Calif.(Rancho Bernardo HS)

High School Bests 800m 1,000m 1,500m MileIndoor 1:55.97 2:30.93 - 4:22.12Outdoor 1:55.07 - 4:04.46 -

2011 OUTDOORRan a season-best 1:56.81 800 meters at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6) to fi nish 27th... Top individual fi nish was 10th in the 800 meters at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29), clocking in with a time of 1:58.99.

2011 INDOORNotched two fourth-place fi nishes in the 600 yards, the fi rst coming at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 1:14.03, and the second in a time of 1:13.95 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Season’s top 600-yard time ran at the ISU Classic (2/12), clocking in at 1:13.88 to place 17th.

2010 OUTDOORSet a personal best in the 800 meters and fi nished eighth at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/27), running a time of 1:55.92... Finished fourth with a time of 1:58.06 in the 800 meters at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9).

2010 INDOOREarned his highest fi nish of the year at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), coming in second in the 600 meters with a time of 1:21.18, a personal best... Set a personal record in the 600-yard dash at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/5) with a time of 1:12.28, fi nishing third... Competed in the 800 meters at the ISU-NCAA Qualifi er (3/5), fi nishing 24th and setting a personal-best time of 1:56.21.

HIGH SCHOOLTrack and fi eld team captain his sophomore, junior and senior years... Four-time all-region and all-league selection... Earned all-city honors as a junior and senior... Finished second in the 800 meters at the 2008 and 2009 Kansas State meet... Member of the 2009 State Champion 4x800 meter relay team... Member of the 4x400 meter relay team that fi nished seventh at the 2008 AAU Nationals... Named Athlete of the Year as a freshman, junior and senior... Received Outstanding Senior Male in 2009... Named to the Topeka West High School Honor Roll all four years.

PERSONALSon of Chris and Charlotte Perry... Father, Chris, and sister, LaKase, attended KU... Majoring in mechanical engineering.

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HIGH SCHOOLMember of Kansas state champion 4x100-meter relay team... Kansas state runner-up in the 100 meters with a time of 10.74 his senior year... Broke school records in both the 100m (10.66) and the 200m (22.24) his senior year... Regional Champion in the 100m and the 4x100 relay his senior year.

PERSONALSon of Carl and Janet Prioleau... Has two older sisters, Candace (26) and Naomi (23)... Father, Carl, played football for the University of Florida... Majoring in photo media.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in three meets for the Jayhawks, placing in the top 25 in each... Ran to a sixth-place fi nish at the Haskell Invitational (10/8) with an 8K time of 26:34.69... Finished the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) 8K in 28:45.34 to place 24th... Took 24th in the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), cross-ing the 6K fi nish line in 20:51.90... Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 OUTDOOREarned a 22nd-place fi nish in the 800 meters at the Arkan-sas Twilight (5/6), crossing the fi nish line in a season-best 1:55.07... Season’s top individual fi nish came in the 1,500 me-ters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16), placing eighth with a season-best time of 4:04.86... Took 14th with a 1:55.73 800 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/21)... Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 INDOORTop 1,000-meters performance came at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25) in a 10th-place fi nish with a personal-best time of 2:30.93... Notched two victories in the 1,000 meters, the fi rst coming at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 2:35.20 and the second with a time of 2:38.37 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Won the mile at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4), clocking in at 4:22.12, a personal best.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in two meets for the Jayhawks, fi nishing in the top-25 in both... Collected a 17th-place fi nish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/4), crossing the fi nish line in 20:16.60... Ran an 8K time of 28:04.51 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11), fi nishing 21st.

2010 OUTDOORHad his highest fi nish of the season in the 800 meters at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9), placing third and recording a personal-best time of 1:56.53.

2010 INDOORSet a personal record in the 800 meters at the ISU-NCAA Qualifi er (3/5) with a time of 1:57.22, fi nishing in 28th... Ran the 1,000 meters in 2:34.98, a personal best, at the Husker Invita-tional (2/6)...Competed in the mile run at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) and fi nished in sixth with a time of 4:37.53.




HIGH SCHOOLLettered four years in track and cross country... Selected to all-league and All-California Inter-scholastic Federation (CIF) fi rst teams in 2007... Placed fourth at the league fi nals in 2007... Fin-ished in 10th place at the 2007 CIF fi nals... Was his team’s No. 2 runner in 2006... Fourth man at CIF in 2005... Made the top seven at CIF as a freshman in 2004... Earned fi rst-team all-league in track.

PERSONALSon of Pam and Gerry Proehl... Born in Over-land Park, Kan... Majoring in business... Sister, Meghan Proehl, was a member of the KU swim-ming and diving team.

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KAMANSCHNEIDERRS-Jr. | Distance | 6-3Tribune, Kan.(Greeley County HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,000m Mile 3,000m SC Indoor 1:59.84 2:34.50 4:31.43 8:42.56 -Outdoor 1:59.49 - - - 9:55.83

KELLUMSCHNEIDERRS-Fr. | Mid Distance | 6-0Tribune, Kan.(Greeley County HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m Indoor 2:02.99Outdoor 2:02.97

NICKSECKFORTSophomore | Mid. Distance | 5-10St. Louis, Mo.(St. Louis University HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m Indoor 1:54.43 Outdoor 1:53.08



2011 INDOORCompeted in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Cham-pionships (2/26), placing 35th with a personal-best time of 8:42.56... Took seventh in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:42.90 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28)... Ran a 8:45.93 3,000 meters at the ISU Classic (2/11), fi nishing eighth.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in the three meets for the Jayhawks during his

sophomore campaign... Top fi nish came at Bob Timmons Classic (9/4), running a 6K time of 19:38.20 and fi nishing eighth... Season’s best 8K time came in the open race at ISU Pre-Nationals (10/16), crossing the fi nish line in 27:00 and fi nishing 87th... Placed 18th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11) and ran an 8K time of 27:24.47.

2010 OUTDOORCompeted in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase four times and fi nished in the top fi ve twice... Recorded his fastest time in the steeplechase at the Twilight Invitational (5/1), fi nishing in 9:55.83 and placing sixth.

2010 INDOORPlaced fi fth or higher in six of the eight events he competed in... Recorded two fi rst-place fi nishes, the fi rst coming at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/5) in the 1,000 meters with a time of 2:39.01 and the second coming in the 3,000 meters at the ISU-NCAA Qualifi er (3/5) with a personal-best time of 9:06.39... Recorded a personal-record time of 2:34.50 in the 1,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), fi nishing fourth.

2009 OUTDOORRan in three meets for the Jayhawks, with his best fi nish coming at the Kansas Relays (4/16), where he posted an 800-meters time of 1:59.49.


HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterman in track and cross country... State champion in the 1,600 meters as a senior... All-state in the 800 meters and 4x800-meter relay his senior year... Regional champion in the 800 meters as a se-nior... MVP and all-area his senior year... Was the WKL League Champion as a senior in the 1,600 meters, 800 meters and 4x800-meter relay... High Plains League (HPL) Champion in the 1,600 meters and 4x800-meter relay as a junior... All-state and HPL Champion in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters as a sophomore... All-league in the 4x800-meter relay, mile and two mile as a freshman... Cross country state runner-up as a se-nior... All-area and MVP of cross country team as a sophomore, junior and senior... Cross country league champion as a sophomore and senior... Member of third-place team at the cross country state champion-ships as a senior and fourth-place team as a freshman... Unanimous WKLL All-League as a junior and senior... Nominated for academic and athletic Wendy’s High School Heisman.

PERSONALSon of Dirk and Darcy Schneider... Born in Tribune, Kan... Was high school valedictorian... Majoring in pre-medicine... Father, Dirk, ran college track; uncle, Brad, played college basketball and uncle, Scott, played college football.

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HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country, track and basketball at Greeley County High School... Won state championships in the 800 meters in 2009 and 2010... Named all-state in cross coun-try in 2007, 2008 and 2009... Named all-academic in cross country in 2008 and 2009... Named all-league in track in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010... Named all-state in basketball in 2009 and 2010... Named Valedictorian, Kansas Honor

Scholar, Kansas State Scholar, Governors Scholar and Western Kansas Liberty League All-Academic and All-State... Member of National Honor Society.

PERSONALSon of Dirk and Darcy Schneider... Undecided on major.

2011 OUTDOORSaw action in the 800m at the Big 12 Outdoor Cham-pionships (5/14) and fi nished in a time of 1:53.78 to place 13th... Ran a season-best 1:53.08 800m at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6) in a 13th-place fi nish... Took second in the 800m with a time of 1:54.92 at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29).

2011 INDOOREarned fi ve 800-meter top-20 fi nishes during his freshman campaign... Won the 800m at the Bill Eas-ton Classic (1/8) with a time of 1:57.68... Season’s top 800m time came at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er (3/5), crossing the fi nish line in 1:54.43 to place 18th...

Runner-up in the 800m at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), notching a time of 1:56.04.

HIGH SCHOOLCompeted in cross country and track and fi eld at St. Louis University High... Mem-ber of the 2007-10 conference championship teams... District and 4A state champs as a member of the 4x800m relay... Given the Outstanding Achievement Award in track his senior year.

PERSONALSon of David and Donna Seckfort... Has two younger brothers... Plans to major in architecture.



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LOGANSLOANFreshman | Distance | 5-11Lawrence, Kan.(Lawrence Free State HS)

High School Bests 800m Mile 3,000m 3,200mOutdoor 2:06.90 4:43.04 9:53.37 9:59.80

SHAWNSMITHSophomore | Sprints | 5-9Olathe, Kan.(Olathe East HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m 100m 200m 400m Indoor 6.78 - 21.77 51.48Outdoor 10.53 21.28 51.48

BRENDAN SOUCIESophomore | Distance | 6-4Osawatomie, Kan.(Osawatomie HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,000m Mile Indoor 1:54.98 2:31.26 4:21.68Outdoor 1:54.23 - -


HIGH SCHOOLFour-year medalist at Kansas 6A state cross country meet... Third at Footlocker cross country meet his sophomore year... Member of state runner-up 4x800-meter relay team in 2011.

PERSONALSon of Ed and Polly Sloan... Has three siblings: Katie (21), Ben (16) and Nathan (11)... Mother, Polly, holds 200m-fl y record at Iowa... Plans to major in medi-cine.

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AT JOHNSON COUNTY CC (2011)Conference champion in the 200m with a time of 21.95... NJCAA indoor national qualifi er in the 60m and 200m... Placed third in the 60m at indoor region-als with time of 6.78... 100m and 200m outdoor na-tional qualifi er and anchor of 4x100m-relay team that placed seventh at nationals with time of 40.99.

HIGH SCHOOLKansas 6A state champion his senior year in both the 100m (10.69) and 200m (21.99)... Anchor of state champion 4x400m relay team that ran fastest time in the state (3:19.78)... 2010 Kansas City Star All-Metro

Track and Field Athlete of the Year... Sunfl ower League and Regional Champion in both the 100m and 200m his senior year... School record holder in 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay.

PERSONALSon of Shawn and Christina Smith... Has a younger sister, Laura (15)... Majoring in community health.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in three meets for the Jayhawks, earning two top-20 fi nishes... Earned Big 12 Runner of the Week honors for his fourth-place fi nish in the Haskell Invitational (10/8) with a personal best 8K time of 26:21.21... Finished 16th with a 6K time of 20:25.90 at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3).

2011 OUTDOORNotched a 12th-place fi nish in the 800m at the John Jacobs Invitational with a season-best time of 1:54.32... Season’s top individual 800m fi nish came at the Kansas Relays (4/21), crossing the fi nish line in 1:55.44 to place 11th.

2011 INDOORCompeted in the 1,000m at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25), running to a 13th-place fi nish with a time of 2:31.86... Ran to a season-best third-place fi nish in the 800m at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), crossing the fi nish line in 1:56.41... Season’s top 800m time of 1:54.98 came at the ISU Classic (2/12) in a 31st-place fi nish... Took fourth in the 800m at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), notching a time of 1:57.52.


HIGH SCHOOLLettered in basketball, track, cross country and football at Osawatomie High School... Named 2009 and 2010 Tri-County Player of the Year in basketball...2010 Tri-County Runner of the Year for track... Holds school records in the high jump, 800m, 1600m, 4x400m and 4x800m... Two-time academic all-state in cross country... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALSon of Darren and Annette Soucie... Wants to become a physical therapist after he graduates... Father played basketball at the University of Nebraska-Kearney... Majoring in pre-physical therapy.

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MICHAELSTIGLERFreshman | Hurdles | 5-10Canyon, Texas(Canyon HS)

High School Bests 200m 110mH 300mH Outdoor 23.66 13.67 36.87

IAINTRIMBLEJunior | Javelin | 6-3Overbrook, Kan.(Shawnee Heights HS)


DARRYLTROTTERSenior | Horizontal Jumps | 6-0Las Vegas, Nev.(Henderson Foothill HS)

Collegiate Bests Long Jump Triple JumpIndoor 6.85m (22-05.75ft.) 14.54m (47-08.50ft.)Outdoor 6.95m (22-09.75ft.) 15.29m (50-02.00ft.)

HIGH SCHOOLEarned All-American honors in the 400m hurdles at the U.S. Junior Championships with a time of 52.07... Texas 4A state champion in both the 110m hurdles (13.67) and the 300m hurdles (37.02)... 110m-hurdle PR of 13.67 was third-fastest in Texas in 2011... Fast-est time in the 300m hurdles was 36.87 and ranked fourth in the nation in 2011... Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

PERSONALSon of Evelyn Williams and Jesse Stigler... Has three younger siblings: Jesse (17), Fayth (10) and Scott (7)... Majoring in physical therapy.

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2011 OUTDOORTop mark of the season in the javelin came at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), placing third with a throw of 62.20m (204-01 ft.)... Placed 11th in the javelin at the Big 12 Champi-onships (5/13), hitting a mark of 57.02m (187-01 ft.)... Com-peted in the javelin at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/26) and placed 36th with a mark of 58.23m (191-00 ft.).

2011 INDOORSeason’s top shot put mark came at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/14) in a seventh-place fi nish, hitting a mark of 12.77m (41-10.75 ft.)... Placed sixth in the shot put at the Bob Tim-mons Challenge (12/4) with a throw of 12.30m (40-04.25 ft.).

2010 OUTDOORContinued his dominance in the javelin with two fi rst-place and a second-place fi nish... Best throw of the season came at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9) fi nishing fi rst with a throw of 67.41m (221-02 ft.), a team best... Recorded another fi rst-place fi nish with a throw of 64.26m (210-10 ft.) at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/27).

2010 INDOORSet a personal best in the shot put at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a throw of 13.28m (43-07.00 ft.) and fi nished in sixth place... Highest fi nish was fi fth at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) where he recorded a throw of 12.97m (42-06.75 ft.).



2008 OUTDOORWon the javelin in two of the three meets in which he competed before suffering a season-ending injury... His NCAA Regional and U.S. Olympic Trials-qualifying throw of 72.51m (237-11 ft.) earned him fi rst place at the Georgia Invitational... Finished fi rst at the Missouri Relays with an NCAA Regional-qualifying throw of 68.04m (223-03 ft.)... Placed fourth at the Kansas Relays with a throw of 71.60m (234-11 ft.), also an NCAA Regional and U.S. Olympic Trials-qualifying toss.

HIGH SCHOOLThree-time letterwinner in football... Four-time letterwinner in track and fi eld... Three-time Kansas state champion in the javelin... 2007 Kansas Gatorade Athlete of the Year... Two-time javelin cham-pion at the Kansas Relays... Two-time All-American... National high school record holder in the javelin with a throw of 69.97 meters (229-07 ft.).

PERSONALSon of Brad and Liz Trimble and brother of Kellsey Trimble... Born in Topeka, Kan... Majoring in fi lm.

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2011 OUTDOORRecorded a personal-best triple mark of 15.29m (50-02.00 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/22), placing third... Competed in the triple jump at the NCAA West Preliminary, fi nishing 41st with a top mark of 14.24m (46-08.75 ft.)... Placed seventh in the triple jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15), hitting a mark of 15.20m (49-10.50 ft.)... Top long jump performance came at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), a fourth-place fi nish with a personal-best distance of 6.95m (22-09.75 ft.)... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2011 INDOORHit a triple jump personal-best mark of 14.54m (47-08.50 ft.) in an 11th-place fi nish at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26)... Finished seventh in the long jump at the Arkansas Last Chance (3/4) with a personal-best leap of 6.85m (22-05.75 ft.).

2010 OUTDOORSet a personal best in the triple jump at the Kansas Relays (4/16) with a jump of 15.21m (49-11.00 ft.), fi nishing fi fth... Finished seventh in the long jump at the John McDonnell Invitational and recorded

a personal best with a jump of 6.82m (22-04.50 ft.)... Se-lected First Team of the Academic All-Big 12.

2010 INDOORFinished fi rst in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 14.24m (46-08.75 ft.) at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/15)... Set another personal best in the long jump at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a distance of 6.77m (22-02.50 ft.), the team’s second-best mark on the season.

2009 OUTDOORJumped in three meets for the Jayhawks... Recorded his best triple jump mark of 14.53m (47-8 ft.) at the Jim Click Shootout (3/4), where he fi nished fi fth overall.

2009 INDOORHad his best triple jump mark in the fi rst meet of the season (Holiday Preview, 12/5), where he leaped 14.23m (46-08.25 ft.)... Recorded a season-best long jump of 6.46m (21-02.50 ft.) at the Arkansas Invitational (1/9).

HIGH SCHOOLHolds the school record in the triple jump at 49-01 ft... State champion in the triple jump as a senior in 2008 (49-01 ft.)... Regional champion in the triple jump as a junior in 2007 (45-06 ft.) and as a senior in 2008 (48-11 ft.)... Placed second in the long jump at regionals as a se-nior with a leap of 22-05 ft... Also lettered in basketball... Graduated with high honors, holding a 4.1 GPA at the end of his senior year.

PERSONALSon of Darryl and Adrian Trotter... Born in Las Vegas, Nev... Undecided on major.

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EMILIOTRUJILLOSophomore | Distance | 6-0Colorado Springs, Colo.(Sierra HS)

Collegiate Bests 1,500m 3,000m 5,000m Indoor - 8:57.87 -Outdoor 4:05.60 9:25.54 16:15.61

BRUCETYNERRS-Jr./Sr. | Sprints | 5-9Basehor, Kan.(Basehor-Linwood HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m 100m 200m 400m Indoor 7.29 - 23.58 51.41Outdoor - 11.26 23.06 54.14

JESSEVAUGHNJunior | Javelin | 5-11Tecumseh, Kan.(Shawnee Heights HS)


2011 CROSS COUNTRYSaw action in fi ve meets for the Jayhawks, notching two top-10 fi nishes... Was KU’s fourth fi nisher at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10), completing the 8K in 27:08.34 and placing fi fth overall... Top 8K time of the season was 25:49.00 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14), placing him 221st... Finished seventh at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) with a 6K time of 19:52.50.

2011 OUTDOORBest individual fi nish was seventh in the 3,000 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) where he notched a time of 9:25.54... Ran in the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/21), crossing the fi nish line in 16:51.61 to place 19th.

2011 INDOORCompeted in one event for the Jayhawks, a sixth-place fi nish in the 3,000 meters at the Mis-souri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), crossing the fi nish line in 8:57.87.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYReceived a medical redshirt for the 2010 season... Competed in two meets for the Crimson and Blue, notching top-15 fi nishes in both... Crossed the fi nish line in 19:58.30 at the Bob Timmons Classic, placing 13th... Was one of eight Jayhawks to fi nish in the top-15 at the Mis-souri Cross Country Challenge, running an 8K time of 27:14.00 and placing 15th.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country and track at Sierra High School... Holds school record in the 800m... Placed sixth at the state championships in the 800m and seventh in the mile... Named captain for cross country in 2009 and for track in 2010.

PERSONALSon of Salina Trujillo... Undecided on major.

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2011 OUTDOORPlaced 14th in the 100m at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6) with a wind-aided PR of 11.26... Ran a personal-best 23.06 200 meters in a 16th-place fi nish at the Razorback Spring In-vitational (4/2).

2011 INDOOREarned a personal-best 200m time of 23.58 in a sixth-place fi nish at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14)... Took ninth in the 60m at the ISU-NCAA Qualifi er, crossing the fi nish line in 7.29... Top individual fi nish was fourth in the 60 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), notching a time of 7.41.

2009 OUTDOORRan the 100-meter dash at the Kansas Relays (4/17), crossing the fi nish line in 11.62.


HIGH SCHOOLKVL top three in the 200 meters as a se-nior... Top fi ve in the 100 meters... Ran a personal-best 22.5 in the 200 meters... Posted a 100-meter time of 10.85 as a sophomore... Member of state-qualifying 4x400-meter relay team as a freshman... Ran a personal-best time of 52.9 in the 400 meters as a freshman... Lettered two years in football.

PERSONALSon of Sherry Moses... Born in Kansas City, Mo... Majoring in psychology.

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2011 OUTDOORCollected two runner-up fi nishes in the javelin, the fi rst coming at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a mark of 62.36m (204-07ft.), and the second on a throw of 62.53m (205-02 ft.) at the Texas Relays (4/9)... Earned a trip to the NCAA West Preliminary (5/26) where he fi nished 28th with a top throw of 60.35m (198-00 ft.)... Hit a per-sonal-best distance of 62.81m (206-01 ft.) at the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (3/19).

2010 OUTDOORIn his freshman season, showed great potential in the jav-elin throw, marking his best throw at 60.14m(197.04ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/16)... Finished in third at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9) with a distance of 57.05m (157-02.25ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLPart of the 2007 Kansas 5A State Champion-ship team...Took fi rst in the javelin at the state championships his junior and senior years... Had a personal best throw of 205-11 ft... Member of the honor roll at Shawnee Heights.

PERSONALSon of Dale and Brenda Vaughn...Majoring in physical therapy.

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BENWILSONJunior | Distance | 5-8Lawrence, Kan.(Lawrence HS/N. Colorado)

Collegiate Bests 3,000m 5,000m 10,000m Indoor 9:54.87 17:16.46 -Outdoor 8:53.36 16:42.59 32:06.79

JAMESWILSONRS-Fr. | Distance | 5-8Abilene, Kan.(Abilene HS)

Collegiate Bests 3,000m 5,000mIndoor 8:58.60 -Outdoor 8:31.38 15:09.11

ZACHZARDARS-Jr. | Distance | 5-11Shawnee, Kan.(Maranatha Academy)

Collegiate Bests 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000m 10,000mIndoor - 4:20.13 8:24.01 - -Outdoor 4:01.12 - 8:34.09 14:32.10 33:14.59

2011 CROSS COUNTRYSaw action in three meets on the season for the Jayhawks... Top fi nish came at the Haskell Invitational (10/8) with an 8K time of 26:51.75, wich earned him an eighth-place fi nish... Placed 29th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10), completing the 8K in 29:22.11... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2011 OUTDOORRan in three meets for the Jayhawks with his top 3,000-meter time coming at the John Jacobs Invitational, a fi fth-place fi nish in 8:53.36... Took 22nd in the 10,000 meters at the Kansas Relays with a personal best time of 32:06.79.


HIGH SCHOOLLettered in football, cross country and track at Lawrence High... 2008 all-state, all-region and all-area selection in cross country... Member of the 2008 Kansas 6A cross country state championship team... State qualifi er in the 800m, 1600m and 4x800m relay team his senior year.

PERSONALSon of Mark and Amy Wilson... Has one older sister... Honor roll all four years in high school... Aca-demic All-Big Sky freshman year at Northern Colorado... Aunt, Beth Lewelyn, lettered in track and hockey at KU... Majoring in sports management... Goal is to become athletic director at KU.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYHad a solid debut season for the Jayhawks, competing in six meets in the Crimson and Blue... Was the Jayhawks’ top fi nisher at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10), fi nishing second over-all with an 8K time of 26:54.35... Was the fourth scorer for KU at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), coming in at 48th and an 8K time of 25:06.7... Took fi fth overall and second among his teammates at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), fi nishing the 6K in 19:37.90.




HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country and track all four years at Abilene High School... 1,600m Kansas 4A state champion 2008-10... School record holder and 2010 state champion in the 3,200m with a time of 9:19... Holds the school record in the two mile with a time of 9:23... Member of the National Honor Society... Academic All-State in cross country.

PERSONALSon of Dan and Jean Wilson... Has two brothers, Jess and Joe, and one sister, Carly... Majoring in sport management.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYHad his most successful season as a Jayhawk, fi nishing in the team’s top two in each of the fi ve meets he competed in... Notched his fi rst career victory at the Bob Timmons Classic, fi nishing the 6K with a time of 19:11.30... Was the team’s top fi nisher at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/24), placing 38th overall with an 8K time of 24:49.90... Took 43rd at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), com-pleting the 8K in 24:58.5... Was the Jayhawks’ second scorer at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/12), fi nishing with a 10K time of 32:12.17 to place 34th overall... Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 OUTDOORSet a personal-best 14:32.10 in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15), fi nishing 14th... Notched a fourth-place fi nish in the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/21), crossing the fi nish line in 14:51.40.

2010 OUTDOORCompeted in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/16) and set a personal-record time of 14:34.35, fi nishing 15th... Ran a personal best of 4:01.12 in the 1,500 meters and fi nished in sixth at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9)... Selected to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2010 INDOORCompeted in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), fi nishing 28th with a time of 8:28.65... Set his personal best in the mile at the ISU-NCAA Qualifi er (3/5) with a time of 4:20.13... Finished fi fth in the 3,000 meters at the Husker Invitational, setting a personal record of 8:24.01... Highest fi nish of the season came at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) in the 3,000 meters, fi nishing second and recording a time of 8:38.62.

2009 CROSS COUNTRYWas one of four sophomores to compete in all six meets for the Crimson and Blue... Finished second on the team and third overall at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/12) with an 8K time of 26:11.20... Turned in a career-best 8K time of 25:47.60 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3)... Competed in his fi rst collegiate 10K race at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/14), posting an impressive time of 32:35.50 to fi nish third for the Jayhawks and 52nd overall... Selected as a member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.



2008 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in fi ve of six races as a true freshman... Finished eighth as an unattached runner in his de-but at the Bob Timmons Classic with a personal-best 8K time of 25:59.90... Named Big 12 Runner of the Week (9/13) after leading the Jayhawks and placing sixth overall at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in an 8K time of 27:12.87... Recorded a 58th-place fi nish at the Big 12 Championships after running the 8K race in 26:15.08.

HIGH SCHOOLThree-year letterman in cross country, track and soccer... Three-time all-state selection for cross country (2005-07)... Kansas 2A cross country state runner-up in 2007... MVP of his cross country team as a senior in 2007... Received First Team All-Metro (Kansas City) honors in 2007... Third place at Kan-sas 2A cross country state championships in 2006... Finished ninth at the Kansas 3A cross country state championships in 2005... 2A state champion in track in the 3,200 meters and the 1,600 meters (2008)... Kansas 2A state-record holder in the 3,200 meters... Named most valuable runner for track in 2006 and 2008... Member of state champion soccer team in 2004.

PERSONALSon of Bernie and Karen Zarda... Born in Shawnee, Kan... Valedictorian of his high school class... Major-ing in business.

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HEATHERBERGMANNJunior | Throws | 5-8Concordia, Kan.(Concordia HS)

Collegiate Bests Shot Put Javelin Indoor 13.60m (44-07.50ft.) -Outdoor 12.84m (42-01.50ft.) 51.38m (168-07ft.)

2011 OUTDOOREarned First Team All-American honors in the javelin after a seventh-place fi nish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/20), marking a top throw of 49.19m (161-02 ft.)... Collected two fi rst place fi nishes in the javelin, the fi rst coming at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a throw of 46.82m (153-07 ft.) and the second coming at the ULM Warhawk Invitational (4/30) with a mark of 46.63m (152-12 ft.)... Set a school record and a personal best in the javelin with a mark of 51.38m (168-07 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/22), fi nishing second... Took fourth in the javelin at the Big 12 Championships (5/13), launching a throw of 47.73m (156-07 ft.)... Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team... Member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team.

2011 INDOORRecorded a personal best in the shot put at the Air Force Invitational (2/12), placing 13th with a mark of 12.82m (42-00.75 ft.)... Placed third in the shot put at the Bill Eas-ton Classic (1/8) with a throw of 12:43m (40-09.50 ft.).

2010 OUTDOORFinished fi rst in the javelin in three meets: the fi rst coming at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) with a dis-tance of 44.70m (146-08.00 ft.), the second coming at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9) on a throw of 44.41m (145-08.50 ft.) and the third on a distance of 46.00m (150-11.00 ft.) at the Twilight Invitational (5/1)... Had the best javelin throw of her career at the Kansas Relays with a throw of 48.48m (159-01.00 ft.), fi nishing third.

2010 INDOORRecorded three top fi ve fi nishes in the shot put with the fi nal one coming at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) on a throw of 12.43m (40-09.50 ft.), her farthest of the season.

HIGH SCHOOLWent undefeated in the javelin her senior year of high school... Ranked as the No. 1 high school javelin thrower in the nation, according to Track and Field News... Won the title at the 2009 Nike Outdoor National Championship, where she garnered All-America honors... Won the gold medal in the javelin at the 2009 Great Southwest Track and Field Classic... 2009 Kansas 4A State Champion in the javelin... Holds the Concordia High School Girls’ Javelin record... Finished fi fth in the javelin at the 2006 state meet, third in 2007 and second in 2008... Placed third in the shot put at the 2008 and 2009 Kansas 4A State Champion-ships... Named the 2009 Gatorade Kansas Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year... Finished fi rst at the 2009 Kansas Relays after throwing 140 ft. in the javelin... Holds a career best throw of 165-6 ft., which was set at the 2008 K.T. Woodman Track Classic in Wichita, Kan... Also competed in volleyball and basketball her sophomore, junior and senior years... Second-team all-state selection for volleyball... Named to the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Academic Team... Valedictorian of Concordia High School... A University of Kansas Watkins-Berger Scholar and Governor’s Scholar.

PERSONALDaughter of Dennis and Annie Bergmann... Has three siblings: Christa, Gabriel and Cyd-ney... Sister, Christa, competed in track and fi eld at Fort Hays State University... Majoring in chemistry while going through theUKanTeach secondary teaching licensure program... Aspires to be high school chemistry teacher.

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DIAMONDDIXONSophomore | Sprints | 5-6Houston, Texas(Westside HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m 100m 200m 400m 600ydIndoor 7.50 - 25.05 53.06 1:23.46Outdoor - 11.91 24.16 51.55 -

2011 OUTDOORAll-American who was the Big 12 Champion in the 400 meters, fi nishing in a time of 51.55 at the conference meet (5/15), which was a team and personal best... Claimed 400m title at the USA Junior Championships (6/25), crossing the fi nish line in a time of 52.67... A member of the First Team All-American 4x400-meter relay team that made it to the NCAA Championships and ran a time of 3:33.00... Competed in the NCAA Champi-onships (6/10), where she took third with a time of 51.88 in the 400 meters... Finished fi rst and set a personal and team best in the 100 meters at the Bob Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) in the 100 meters with a wind-aided time of 11.53... Set a personal and team best in the 200 meters at the John Jacobs Collegiate Invitational (4/16) with a time of 24.16... Was named Big 12 Female Track and Field Athlete of the Week (5/10)... Earned Big 12 Track and Field Female Outstanding Freshman of the Year honors... Named UST-

FCCCA Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year.

2011 INDOORAll-American in the 400 meters for her eighth-place fi n-ish at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/11), clock-ing in with a team and personal best 53.06... Competed on the All-American 4x400m-relay team that made it to the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/11), which ran a season best 3:34.05 and placed seventh... Recorded four top-10 fi nishes in the 400m including a third-place fi n-ish at the Big 12 Championships (2/26) with a time of 53.10... Finished fi rst in the 60 meters at the Bill Eas-ton Classic (1/8) with a time of 7.64, which was also a personal best... Finished second at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) in the 200 Meters with a time of 25.05, another

personal best... Placed fi rst in the 600 yards in the dual vs. Missouri (1/14) with a time of 1:23.46, which was also a personal best.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country and track at Westside High School... Holds school records in 400m, 300 hurdles and 2 mile... Regional champion in 4x400m in 2007... State champion in 400m in 2009 and 2010... Ranked number one in the nation for girls in the 400m.

PERSONALDaughter of Carolyn McGrew... Born in El Paso, Texas... Goal is to compete in the Olym-pics... Undecided on major.

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ANDREAGEUBELLEJr. | Horizontal Jumps | 5-5University Place, Wash.(Curtis Senior HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m 100m 200m Long Jump Triple JumpIndoor 7.76 - 24.90 6.19m (20-3.75ft.) 13.02m (42-08.75ft.)Outdoor - 12.11 25.10 6.44m (21-1.50ft.) 13.39m (43-11.25ft.)

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2011 OUTDOOREarned First Team All-America honors with her eighth-place fi nish in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/10)... Competed in the triple jump at the USA Championships (6/24), notching a mark of 12.88m (42-03.25 ft.) to fi nish 11th... Placed third in the long jump at the Big 12 Championships (5/14) with a personal-best mark of 6.44m (21-01.50 ft.)... Competed in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/8), fi nishing 21st with a top leap of 5.99m (19-08 ft.)... Won the tri-ple jump at the Razorback Spring Invitational with a mark of 12.72m (41-08.75 ft.).

2011 INDOORAll-American in the triple jump after placing eighth at the NCAA Indoor Champion-ships (3/12) with a top mark of 13.02m (42-08.75 ft.), a personal best... Finished fourth in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26), hitting a distance of 13.01m (42-08.25 ft.)... Recorded two fi rst-place fi nishes in the long jump, the fi rst coming at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a mark of 5.71m (18-09.00 ft.), and the second coming at the Arkansas Last Chance with a top leap of 6.18m (20-03.50 ft.)... Placed 10th in the long jump with a mark of 5.84m (19-02.00 ft.) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25).

2010 OUTDOORTop American fi nisher at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships... Won the triple jump title at the 2010 USA Junior National Track and Field Championships... Set a PR in the triple jump at the Drake Relays (4/23) with a distance of 13.39m (43-11.25 ft.) to win the competition; this mark made her only the third woman in school history to jump 43 feet... Finished fi rst in the long jump at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) with a mark of 6.21m (20-04.50 ft.)... Competed in the 100-meter dash at the Twilight Invitational (5/1), fi nishing 11th with a time of 12.19.

2010 INDOORRecorded nine top-three fi nishes, including three fi rst-place fi nishes, in the long and triple jumps... Competed in both the long and triple jump at the Big 12 Champion-ships (2/26), placing third in the triple jump with a distance of 12.91m (42-04.25 ft.) and fi fth in the long jump with distance of 6.19m (20-03.75 ft.), setting personal bests in both events... Finished fi rst in both the long and triple jump at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/15), hitting a distance of 5.97m (19-07.00 ft.) in the long jump and a triple jump length of 12.74m (41-09.75 ft.)... Competed in the 60-meter dash at the Bob Timmons Challenge, placing ninth in a personal best time of 7.92.

HIGH SCHOOLRanked third among all high school athletes in the nation in the triple jump and long jump, according to Track and Field News... Three-time Washington state champion in the long jump and triple jump... Won gold medals in both events at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals... Finished fi rst at the 2009 USATF Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships after leaping 40-10.25 ft. in the triple jump... 2009 Washington state champion in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.87... Holds the Washington state triple jump record of 42-10.25 ft. and the West Central District records in the long jump, triple jump and 100-meter dash... Selected as the 2009 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Washington... Earned South Puget Sound Athlete of the Year honors her sophomore, junior and senior years... Selected as the 2009 Tacoma Athlete Commission Athlete of the Year and Tacoma News Tribune Athlete of the Year... Also competed in vol-leyball, for which she was varsity team captain her junior and senior years and selected as the team MVP in 2009.

PERSONALDaughter of Jeff Geubelle, Dawn and Mike Decius (stepfather)... Has two siblings: Matt (24) and Dillion (9)... Majoring in Community Health/Pre-Nursing.

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JESSICAMAROSZEKSophomore | Throws | 5-9Seymour, Wis.(Seymour HS)

Collegiate Bests Shot Put Discus Weight ThrowIndoor 14.66m (48-01.25ft.) - 14.20m (46-07.00ft.)Outdoor 15.17m (49-09.25ft.) 54.21m (177-10ft.) -

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2011 OUTDOOREarned fi rst team All-American honors in the discus with her eighth-place fi nish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/8), hitting a mark of 53.03m (173-11 ft.)... Competed in both the shot put and discus at the USA Junior Championships, fi nishing third in both... Notched four fi rst-place fi nishes in the discus on the season, with the top mark coming at the Kansas Relays (4/23), a throw of 54.21m (177-10 ft.)... Placed 10th in the shot put at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) with a season-best throw of 15.17m (49-09.25 ft.)... Finished third in the discus with a mark of 53.94m (176-11 ft.) at the NCAA Mid-west Regional (5/28)... Won the discus at the Texas Relays (4/8), notching a top throw of 54.05m (177-04 ft.).

2011 INDOORNotched two fi rst-place fi nishes in the shot put, the fi rst coming at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a mark of 13.69m (44-02.25 ft.) and the second at the Jayhawk Classic with a

top throw of 13.85m (45-05.25 ft.)... Placed 19th in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), notching a mark of 14.10m (46-03.25 ft.)... Top shot put mark of the season came at the Air Force Invitational (2/12), a throw of 14.18m (46-06.25 ft.), to place fourth... Finished ninth in the weight throw at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), notching a top mark of 14.20m (46-07 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLLettered all four years in basketball and track at Seymour High... Member of the 2008-10 conference champion-ship teams... Member of the 2009-10 regional champion-ship... Member of the 2010 sectional championship team... Holds the state and school record in the shot put (49-4.25 ft.) and the school record in the discus (164-2.00 ft.)...

2008-10 state champion in the discus... 2009-2010 shot put state champion... 2007-10 fi eld MVP of her high school team... Earned the 2010 co-leadership award in basketball.

PERSONALDaughter of Tom Maroszek and Susan Schaumberg... Born in Green Bay, Wis.

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DENESHAMORRISJunior | Sprints | 5-2Manchester, Jamaica(Manchester HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m 100m 200m 400m Indoor 7.47 - 23.91 55.86 Outdoor - 11.69 24.15 55.44

2011 OUTDOORMember of All-American 4x400-meter relay team that placed eighth at the NCAA Out-door Championships (6/11) with a school-record time of 3:30.00... Competed in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) placing 15th with a personal-best time of 55.33... Ran a personal-best 11.69 100 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), placing fourth... Competed in the 100 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary, placing 45th with a time of 12.13... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2011 INDOORCollected six fi rst-place fi nishes in three events throughout the indoor season... Ran the fastest 60-meter and 200-meter times on the women’s team... Ran a personal best 7.47 60-meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), placing fi rst... Recorded a personal best 200-meter time at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), crossing the fi nish line in 23.91 to fi nish 11th... Finished 17th in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), notching a time of 7.59... Won the 400-meter dash in a time of 56.81 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Won both the 60 meters and the 200 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), notch-ing times of 7.53 and 24.59, respectively.

2010 OUTDOORRan the fastest 200-meter time for KU on the season with a time of 24.15 at the Razorback Invitational (3/27), plac-ing fourth... Placed third in the 400 meters at the Razor-back Spring Invitational (3/27) with a time of 55.44.

2010 INDOORCompeted at the Big 12 Championships (2/26) in both the 60 and 200 meters, placing 13th with a time of 7.67 in the 60 meters and 15th in the 200 meters with a team-best time of 24.76... Placed fi rst in the 200 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a hand-timed mark of 24.7.

HIGH SCHOOLMember of the 4x100-meter relay team that took fi rst at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games... Finished second in the 200-meter dash at the 2007 CARIFTA Games... Competed at the Penn Relays in 2004 and 2006-09... Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that fi nished second at the Penn Relays in 2008 and third in 2009... Competed at the Jamaican National Boys and Girls Championships in 2004-08... Holds a personal-best time of 23.87 in the 200-meter dash and 54.18 in the 400-meter dash.

PERSONALDaughter of Carlton Morris... Has three siblings: Kerry-Ann (25), Carlton Jr. (23) and Jermaine (21)... Majoring in psychology.

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REBEKASTOWESenior | Distance | 5-6Olathe, Kan.(Olathe Northwest HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000m 10,000m SCIndoor - - 4:45.68 9:36.72 18:08.18 - -Outdoor 2:17.39 4:25.01 - 9:46.34 16:42.48 36:21.32 9:53.12

2011 CROSS COUNTRYWas the Jayhawks’ No. 1 fi nisher in each meet she competed in... Earned All-Big 12 honors with her seventh-place fi nish at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), completing the 6K in 19:52.3... Won the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a 5K time of 17:43.93... Finished 20th at the Midwest Regional (11/12) with a 6K time of 21:38.86... Named Big 12 Runner of the Week (9/13)... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection... USTFCCCA All-Region.

2011 OUTDOOREarned First Team All-American honors in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase after a seventh-place fi nish at the NCAA Championships (6/11), crossing the fi nish line in 10:07.73... Broke the school record in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase with a time of 9:53.12 at the Payton Jordan Invitational (5/1), placing fi fth... Collected a runner-up fi nish in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Big 12 Championships (5/15), notching a time of 10:15.29... Col-lected two fi rst-place fi nishes, the fi rst coming in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a time of 9:46.34 and the second in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23), crossing the fi nish line in 4:28.19... Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team... Member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team.

2011 INDOORRecorded the team’s top times in both the mile and the 3,000 meters while also setting personal bests in both events... Placed ninth in the mile at the Alex Wilson Last Chance (3/5) with a PR time of 4:45.68... Competed in the mile at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), collecting a third-place fi nish with a time of 4:4.01... Won the 3,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), crossing the fi nish line in 9:45.55.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYKU’s No. 1 runner for the season, as she was the Jayhawks’ top fi nisher in each meet she competed in... Only Jayhawk to break the 21:00 mark in a 6K race, doing so in all four meets she ran in... Earned All-Big 12 honors with her 12th-place at the Big 12 Championships (10/30), fi nishing in a 6K time of 20:43.44... Personal-best 6K time came in a 12th-place fi nish at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/2), clocking in with a time of 20:31.10... Finished 18th at the Midwest Regional

Championships (11/13) with a 6K time of 20:40.33... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection... Named to USTFCCCA’s All-Academic team.

2010 OUTDOORParticipated in both the 3,000-meter Steeplechase and the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/16), placing second in the steeplechase with a PR and KU season-best time of 10:03.41, and placing 10th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:42.48... Won the 1,500 meter race at the Kansas Relays (4/17) with a personal-best time of 4:28.69... Won the 3,000 meter run at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9) with a time of 10:41.61... Named to the 2010 Academic All-Big 12 Team.

2010 INDOORCompeted in mile at the Big 12 Championships (2/27), fi nishing eighth with a time of 5:00.40... Set a personal best in the mile at the Meyo Invitational (2/5) with a time of 4:50.30, placing eighth... Won the mile run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 4:58.23... Placed fi fth in the 3,000 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 10:15.52.

2009 CROSS COUNTRYOne of the Jayhawks’ top performers in 2009... Opened the season with an individual victory at the Bob Tim-mons Classic (9/5), as she crossed the fi nish line in 18:42.29, setting a new 5K course record at Rim Rock Farm... Posted a career-best 5K time of 17:50.10 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), where she fi nished 15th overall in a fi eld of 211 runners... Raced extremely well at the Big 12 Championships (10/31), where she fi nished second in a 6K time of 21:46.52 behind former Jayhawk Lauren Bonds on the team and 28th overall to help the squad capture fi fth place, which marked its best fi nish in 15 years... Received Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors.

2009 OUTDOORRan a season-best 11:25.25 in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase to fi nish third at the Kansas Relays (4/18) and crack KU’s all-time bests lists with the third-fastest time in school history... Ran the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Cham-pionships (5/17), fi nishing in 28th place with a time of 18:35.98.

2009 INDOORCompeted in fi ve events for the Jayhawks... Took seventh in the 3,000 meters (10:54.39) at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/16)... Placed second in the 5,000 meters at the adidas Classic (1/31), clocking in at 18:38.81... Ran a season-best 3,000 meter time of 10:30.33 at the Husker Invitational (2/7)... Posted her best 5,000 meter time of the season at the ISU Classic (2/13), fi nishing in 18:08.18 for 15th place overall.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered four years in cross country, three years in both basketball and soccer... All-state all four years (2004-07)... Runner-up at the state cross country meet in 2006 and 2007... Four-time All-Olathe selection (2004-2007)... First Team All-Sunfl ower in 2004, 2006 and 2007... All-metro fi rst team selection in 2004, 2006 and 2007... Regional champion in 2004 and 2006... Runner-up at Regionals in 2007... Top-three in the Sunfl ower League in 2004, 2006 and 2007 (fi nished third, fi rst and second, respectively).

PERSONALDaughter of Pat Stowe... Majoring in health and physical education.

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TAYLORWASHINGTONJunior | Middle Distance | 5-8Houston, Texas(Westside HS)

Collegiate Bests 200m 400m 600m 600ydIndoor - 55.30 1:33.59 1:20.48Outdoor 24.76 53.50 - -

2011 OUTDOORCompeted in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/14), placing 12th with a time of 54.78... Finished third in the 400 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23), crossing the fi nish line in 55.53... Top 400-meter time of the season was 54.52 and came at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6) in a fi fth-place fi nish... Placed 46th at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/26) with a time of 57.29.

2011 INDOORMember of All-American 4x400-meter relay team that placed seventh at the NCAA In-door Championships with a school-record time of 3:34.05... Placed 11th in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25) with a time of 1:29.25... Ran a season-best 55.61 400 meters at the Alex Wilson Last Chance (3/5) to fi nish sixth.

2010 OUTDOORCompeted in the 400 meters in the NCAA West Preliminaries (5/24) and set a personal-

best time 53.50... Finished second in the 400 meters at the Twilight Invitational (5/1) with a time of 54.11.

2010 INDOORRecorded a fi rst-place fi nish in three different events... Won the 600 yards at the Big 12 Championships (2/27) with a personal-best time of 1:20.48... Finished fi rst and set a PR in the 400 meters with a time of 55.30 at the Husker Invitational (2/6)... Took another fi rst-place vic-tory in the 600 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 1:35.45.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered two years in track and fi eld... Named team MVP

her junior and season seasons... Member of the 2008 and 2009 Region 5A Champion 4x400 meter relay teams... Two-time state qualifi er in the 4x400 meter relay.

PERSONALDaughter of Essie and Jimmy Washington... Has two brothers: Shannon and Antoine... Majoring in broadcast journalism.

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SHAYLAWILSONSenior | Middle Distance | 5-7Milford, Del.(Milford HS)

Collegiate Bests 400m 600m 600yd 800m Indoor 56.13 1:33.60 1:21.46 - Outdoor 55:27 - - 2:11.18

2011 OUTDOORMember of the All-American 4x400-meter relay team that placed eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/11) with a school-record time of 3:33.00... Placed 17th in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:11.21... Ran a personal best 2:11.18 800 meters at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6) to place eighth... Finished sixth in the 400 meters with a time of 55.32 at the Razorback Spring Invi-tational (4/2).

2011 INDOORCompeted in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26), setting a personal-best time of 1:21.46 and placing seventh... Won the 600 yards at the Bill Eas-ton Classic (1/8) with a time of 1:23.79... Notched a time of 1:21.66 and a third-place fi nish at the ISU Classic (2/14).

2010 OUTDOORFinished second and set a personal best in the 400 me-ters at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9), crossing the fi nish line in 55.27... Ran the 400 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27), fi nishing fourth with a time of 56.25.

2010 INDOORCompeted in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Champion-ships (2/26), fi nishing 10th with a time of 1:23.24... Finished fi rst in the 400 meters at the Bill Easton Clas-sic (1/8) with a time of 58.05... Set a personal best in the 400 meters at the Tyson Invitational (2/12) with a time of 56.13... Finished fi rst in the 600 yards at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/5), crossing the fi nish line in 1:25.16.

2009 OUTDOORRan the 400-meter dash in four meets during the outdoor season... Posted her best time of 55.32 in the prelims of the Big 12 Championships (5/16)... Placed 10th at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/11) with a time of 57.07.

2009 INDOORRecorded her season-best 400-meter time of 57.36 at the Tyson Invitational (2/13)... Was the runner up in the 400 meters at the adidas Classic (1/31), clocking in at 1:24.05... Had an impressive performance in the prelims of the 600 yards at the Big 12 Championships (2/27), fi nishing in a season-best 1:23.13 and earning a spot in the fi nals... Took eighth in fi nals with a time of 1:24.11... Was also a member of the 4x400 meter relay team that fi nished seventh at the league meet with a time of 3:42.82.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in track and cross country... School-record holder in the indoor 400 meters (58.96) and outdoor 400 meters (56.80)... Outdoor Division 2 State Champion in the 400 meters (57.65) and 200 meters (25.48) as a senior... Henlopen Conference Champion in the 400 meters as a senior with a time of 58.96... Indoor track Henlopen Conference Champion in the 400 meters (57.08) and 200 meters (25.40) as a senior... Outdoor Keith S. Burgess Invitational Meet record holder in the 400 meters (56.80)... Track MVP as a senior... Finished second at the indoor Henlopen Conference Cham-pionships in the 400 meters as a junior... Also placed second in the 400 meters (58.36) at the outdoor Henlopen Conference Championships as a junior... Runner-up in the 400 meters (57.53) at the Division 2 Outdoor State Championships as a junior... Finished in fi fth place at the Henlopen Conference Championships in the 300-meter hurdles (52.13) as a sophomore... Placed fi fth at the Division 2 State Championships in the 300-meter hurdles (50.26) as a sophomore.

PERSONALDaughter of Michael and Carlene Wilson... Born in Milford, Del... Majoring in psy-chology.

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RAGANALLENFreshman | Distance | 5-6Portland, Ore.(Ulysses S. Grant HS)

High School Bests 800m 1,500m 3,000m 5,000m 6,000mOutdoor 2:18 5:16.51 10:59.01 18:43.90 21:52.60

ANNABARBERRS-Senior | Middle Distance | 6-1Tulsa, Okla.(Jenks HS)

Collegiate Bests 400m 600m 600yd 800m Indoor 59.71 1:40.81 1:25.67 2:22.48 Outdoor - - - 2:17.48

NATALIEBECKERRS-So. | Distance | 5-3St. Louis, Mo.(Parkway West HS)

Collegiate Bests 1,500m Mile 3,000m SCIndoor - 5:01.30 9:45.61 -Outdoor 5:05.10 - 10:52.34 11:09.09

2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in three races for KU, best fi nish came at the Big 12 Championships (10/29) with a 71st-place fi n-ish... Top 6K time also came at the Big 12 Champion-ships (10/29) with a time of 21:52.60... While running unattached, fi nished 5th overall in the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3).

HIGH SCHOOLFour year letterwinner in cross country and track... Team MVP her sophomore, junior and senior years... Team captain her junior and senior years... Competed at the cross country state championships all four years... Qualifi ed in track for the state championships in the 3,000 meters three-straight years.

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2011 OUTDOORRecorded a top-10 fi nish in the 800 meters at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) where she fi nished seventh with a time of 2:22.65... Set a personal best in the 800 meters at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6) with a time of 2:17.48.

2011 INDOORRecorded three top-fi ve fi nishes with her best fi nish coming at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) where she fi nished fourth with a time of 1:32.25... Set a personal best in the 800 meters at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er (3/5) where she fi nished eighth with a time of 2:22.48.

2010 OUTDOORRan a personal-best time of 2:19.90 in the 800-meter run at the John McDonald Invitational (4/9)... Finished third overall at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.34.

2010 INDOORRecorded a personal-best 400-meter time of 59:71 at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er Meet (3/5), fi nishing 12th overall... Placed fourth at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual(1/15) with a personal-best 800-meter time of 2:27.14... Competed in the Big 12 Championships (2/26) fi nishing 19th overall with a 600-yard time of 1:27.83.


2009 INDOORTurned in a season-best 600-yard time of 1:29.24 at the ISU Classic (2/14)...Took fourth at the adidas Classic (1/31) in the same event, fi nishing in 1:29.82.

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2008 OUTDOORPlaced third in the 400 meters at the ESU Twilight with a time of 1:01.89... Ran a personal-best time in the 400 meters at the Arkansas Twilight (59.44).

2008 INDOORRan a season-best time of 59.69 in the 400 meters at the ISU Last Chance... Placed 12th in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:25.67.

HIGH SCHOOLAt the 2007 state championships she was second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.3, second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.15 and was on the 1,600-meter relay team that broke the school record with a time of 3:53... Captain for track and cross country her senior year... Member of the 2007 state track and fi eld championship team... Fifth in the nation in the 800-meter run at the USATF nationals with a time of 2:16.08... Represented Oklahoma at the Great Southwest track meet in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

PERSONALDaughter of Michael and Julia Barber... Born in Oklahoma City, Okla... A middle child with fi ve other sisters... Majoring in geology.

2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in only one meet due to injury...Finished 91st in the B Race at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14), crossing the fi nish line in a 6K time of 23:56.70.

2011 OUTDOORCompeted in only one meet for the Jayhawks before injury cut season short... Won the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) in a personal-best time of 11:09.09... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.

2011 INDOORCompeted in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), earning a 25th-place fi nish with a time of 9:45.51, a personal record... Recorded a personal-best mile time at the ISU Classic (2/12) in a 25th-place fi nish, crossing the fi nish line in 5:01.30... Took 13th in the mile at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), running a time of 5:07.95... Top fi nish of the season came in the mile at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), recording a time of 5:12.29 and placing third.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in each meet for the Jayhawks, and was the team’s second-highest fi nisher in four of the six races... Highest fi nish came at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), where she fi nished third overall with a 5K time of 19:33.90... Notched season-best 6K time at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/13), crossing the fi nish line in 21:07.74 to fi nish 33rd... Collected a 33rd-place fi nish at the Big 12 Championships (10/30) with a 6K time of 21:07.74... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

HIGH SCHOOLFour-time all-state and all-metro in cross country... Finished 12th at the 2008 cross county state championships in a 5K time of 19:24... Placed in the top 20 at the 2005 and 2006 state cross country meets... Four-time all-state selection in track... Finished fourth in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 track and fi eld state championship and fi fth in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters at the 2008 state meet.

PERSONALDaughter of Kim and Eric Becker... Majoring in community health with a minor in busi-ness.

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AMANDACAINESSo./RS-Fr. | Multi-Events | 5-8Evanston, Ill. (Evanston Township HS)

Collegiate Bests 60mH HJ LJ TJ Shot PutIndoor 10.37 1.55m 5.21m 11.18m 8.35mOutdoor - - - 10.96m -

CORICHRISTENSENSenior | Middle Distance | 5-8Medicine Lodge, Kan. (Medicine Lodge HS/Samford)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,000m 1,500m Mile 3,000mIndoor 2:10.96 2:49.92 - 5:15.98 10:29.55Outdoor 2:09.81 - 4:26.82 - 10:18.96


2011 INDOORFinished fi rst in the high jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (1/8), with a mark of 1.55m, a personal best... Also set season bests in the triple jump with a distance of 11.18m, the long jump (1/14) with a dis-tance of 4.95m and the 60-meter hurdles (1/8) with a time of 10.81.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in gymnastics and track... Named to the all-conference and all-sectional teams all four years...

All-state in the triple jump three years... Holds the school record in the triple jump (38-9.00 ft.), 300m hurdles (46.4), long jump (16-3.00 ft.) and the high jump (5-04.00 ft.)... Member of the outdoor track conference championship team in 2008 and 2009... Won the CSL Leadership award... Member of the honor roll.

PERSONALDaughter of Kevin and Barb Caines... Parents both ran track collegiately... Major-ing in business.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYHad her best cross country season in a KU uniform, fi nishing in the women’s top fi ve in all but one meet on the season...Top fi nish of the season came at the Missouri Cross Country Chal-lenge (9/10), crossing the fi nish line in a 5K time of 18:28.59 and placing fi fth... Best 6K time of the season was 21:50.70 and came at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14), placing 184th... Finished 72nd at the NCAA Midwest Regional, run-ning a 6K time of 22:42.47.

2011 OUTDOORCompeted in the NCAA West Preliminary (5/26) where she set a team and personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:24.59... Recorded two top-fi ve fi nishes in the 800 meters including a fi rst-place fi nish at the Payton Jordan Invitational

(5/1) with a time of 2:09.81, which was a team and personal best... Recorded four top-10 fi nishes in the 1,500 meters including a third-place fi nish at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a time of 4:30.31... Competed in the Big 12 Championships (5/14) in both the 800 meters and the 1,500 meters... Also recorded a personal best in the 3,000-meter run at the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (3/19) with a time of 10:18.96... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.

2011 INDOORRecorded two top-fi ve fi nishes in the 800 meters including a second-place fi nish in the Jayhawk Classic (1/28) with a time of 2:14.61... Competed in the Big 12 Championships (2/25) in the 1,000 meters, where she fi nished seventh with a time of 2:49.92, which was a personal best and a team best for the season... Also recorded a team-best time in the 1,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championships (2/25) with a time of 2:49.92.

2010 OUTDOORCompeted at the Payton Jordan Invitational (5/1) and placed seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.89, her PR and KU’s best time of the season... Finished second in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/17) with a time of 4:31.26, a personal best.

2010 INDOORSet her personal best and recorded a fi rst-place fi nish in the mile at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 5:15.98... Competed in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/26) and placed sixth in a time of 2:11.67... Ran a personal-best 2:10.96 800 meters at the ISU Classic (2/13), which was also the fastest time for KU on the season.

AT SAMFORD2008 All-Southern Conference Freshman Team Se-lection... Placed 20th at the Crimson Classic and 18th at the Furman Invitational... Placed 24th overall and fi fth on the team at the SoCon Championship.

HIGH SCHOOLA seven-time class 3A state champion in track at Medicine Lodge High School... Placed fi rst in the 1,600 meters her sophomore, junior and senior years... A state runner-up for cross country her freshman, sophomore and senior seasons... Lettered in basketball for four years... A member of the Prin-cipal’s Honor Roll for three years, maintaining a 4.0 GPA.

PERSONALDaughter of Robert and Cindy Christensen... Mother, Cindy, played basketball at Kansas... Father, Robert, competed in track and cross country at Wichita State... Majoring in biology... Plans to be-come a dentist.

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CLAIRECHRISTIESenior | Pole Vault | 5-4Overland Park, Kan. (Shawnee Mission South HS)


JAMAICACOLLINSSenior | Horizontal Jumps | 5-6Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m LJ TJIndoor 8.44 5.62m (18-05.25ft.) 11.46m (37-07.25ft.)Outdoor - 5.74m (18-10.00ft.) 11.52m (37-09.50ft.)

2011 OUTDOORSet a personal best in the pole vault with a height of 3.45m in the Arkansas Twilight (5/6).

2011 INDOORRecorded two top-10 fi nishes in the pole vault, including a sixth-place fi nish in the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a height of 3.20m.

2010 OUTDOORPlaced 11th at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) in the pole vault with a personal-best mark of 3.25 meters (10-08 ft.).

2010 INDOORFinished in the top seven in fi ve meets... Recorded a personal-best mark of 3.55 meters (11-07.75 ft.) in the pole vault at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/15), fi nishing fi fth overall.

2009 OUTDOORCompeted in the pole vault in four meets throughout the season... Recorded her best mark of 3.40m (11-01.75 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/18).

2009 INDOORCleared a season-best 3.35 meters (10-11.75 ft.) at the Tyson Invitational (2/13)... Posted a mark of 3.20 meters (10-06 ft.) at the Arkansas Invitational (1/9) and Holiday Preview (12/5).

HIGH SCHOOLTwo-year letterwinner in track and fi eld... League champion in the pole vault as a junior and senior... District and regional champion in the pole vault as a senior... Placed fi fth in the pole vault at the 6A state championships as a senior... Took fi rst place in the pole vault at the Jayhawk Indoor Invitational as a senior... Fourth-place fi nisher in the pole vault at the regional championships as a junior... Personal best in the pole vault was 11 ft... Lettered four years in soccer and one year in tennis... Second Team All-Sunfl ower League in soccer as a junior and senior... Named defender of the year as a senior in 2008... Member of the Olympic Development Kansas state soccer team... Member of the National Honor Society for two years... Two-year member of the principal’s honor roll... Honor roll student for two years... Member of the student council for two years.

PERSONALDaughter of Mike and Ava Christie... Born in Overland Park, Kan... Majoring in business-marketing... Plans to attend law school... Father, Mike, played football at Kent State... Mother, Ava, and grandmother, Francis, attended KU.

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2011 OUTDOORPlaced fi fth in the long jump and triple jump at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) where she fi nished with jumps of 5.14m and 11.03m, respectively, both of which were personal bests.

2011 INDOORRecorded a fi fth-place fi nish in the triple jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28) with a jump of 11.38m, which was a personal best... Also recorded a seventh-place fi nish in the long jump at the Ar-kansas Last Chance (3/4) meet with a jump of 5.20m.

2010 OUTDOORHad four fourth-place fi nishes in the long jump and triple jump... Recorded her best long jump mark of 5.74 meters (18-10 ft.) at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27)... Finished seventh at the Kansas Relays (4/16) with a triple jump mark of 11.52 meters (37-09.5 ft.).

2010 INDOORHad a fi rst-place fi nish in the triple jump with a mark at 11.34 meters (37-02.5 ft.) at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29)... Recorded two third-place fi nishes at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) in both the long jump with a mark of 5.28 meters (17-04 ft.) and in the triple jump with a mark of 10.90 meters (35-09.25 ft.).

2009 OUTDOORJumped in fi ve different meets during the outdoor season... Turned her best long jump performance at the Kansas Relays (4/18) with a mark of 5.71 meters (18-08.75 ft.)... Took sixth at the Arkansas Twilight (5/1) after leaping 5.63 meters (18-05.75 ft.)... Posted her season-best triple jump of 11.56 meters (37-11.25 ft.) at the Big 12 Championships (5/16).

2009 INDOORWas the top performer on the horizontal jumps squad... Recorded a season-best mark of 5.62 me-ters (18-05.25 ft.) in the long jump and 11.00 me-ters (36-01.25 ft.) in the triple jump, both at the ISU NCAA Qualifi er (3/7)... Won the long jump at the Holiday Preview (12/5) with a mark of 5.32 meters (17-05.50 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLLettered all four years in track... Regional cham-pion in the long jump as a freshman, sophomore and junior... Four-time district champion in the long jump... District champion in the triple jump as a freshman and sophomore... Set a personal record in the long jump as a sophomore with her district-championship leap of 20-03.25 ft... Runner-up at the state meet in the long jump as a freshman (19-03 ft.)... Ran eight years for the Win-Stars AAU track team... AAU Junior Olym-pic Champion in the long jump as a freshman... Runner-up in the triple jump at the AAU Junior Olympics as a freshman... AAU Junior Olympic runner-up in the long jump as a sophomore... Four-year letterwinner in volleyball... First team all-district volleyball as a junior and senior... Sec-ond team all-district as a sophomore.... Academic all-state as a senior... Graduated in the top 15 per-cent of her class of 512... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALDaughter of LeVonne and Maria Collins... Born in Fort Worth, Texas... Majoring in psychology... Mother, Maria, played basketball and ran track at Tennessee State... Father, LeVonne, was a rower at MIT.

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JULIACUMMINGSRS-Senior | Pole Vault | 5-6Overland Park, Kan. (Shawnee Mission South HS)


PARISDANIELSJunior | Sprints | 5-4St. Louis, Mo. (Normandy Senior HS/Coffeyville JC)

Collegiate Bests 60m 100m 200m 400m Indoor 7.62 - 24.28 56.56 Outdoor - 11.88 23.91 53.35

HAYLEYFRANCISFreshman | Distance | 5-3Lawrence, Kan.(Lawrence Free State HS)

High School Bests 800m Mile 3,200m 4,000m Outdoor 2:24.20 5:23.08 11:43.19 16:01.20

2011 OUTDOORRecorded a season best at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a vault of 3.90m (12-09.50 ft.)... Competed at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/27), fi nishing in a tie for 26th with a mark of 3.85m (12-07.50 ft.)... Top fi nish came at the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (3/19) with a vault of 3.80m (12-05.50 ft.), placing second... Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic team... Member of Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 INDOORTop jump of the season came at the Arkansas Last Chance (3/4), earning a sixth-place fi nish with a mark of 3.86m (12-08 ft.)... Took second at the KU-MU Dual (1/14) with a vault of 3.80m (12-05.50 ft.)... Recorded a mark of 3.65m (11-11.75 ft.) at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), fi nishing second.

2010 OUTDOORSet KU’s season best in the pole vault with a jump of 3.86m (12-08.00 ft.) at the Texas Relays (4/3)... Finished fi fth at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9) with a vault of 3.85m (12-07.50 ft.)... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 team.

2010 INDOORRecorded four top-fi ve fi nishes in the pole vault... Set a personal best with a jump of 4.02m (13-02.25 ft.) at the Arkansas Last Chance (3/7); this was also the top jump for KU on the sea-son... Competed in the pole vault at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), clearing a height of 3.88m (12-08.75 ft.) for a sixth-place fi nish.



2008 OUTDOORPosted three top-fi ve fi nishes in the pole vault... Finished in third place at the Big 12 Championships with a personal-best and NCAA Regional-qualifying jump of 4.00 meters (13-01.50 ft.)... Placed fourth at the John Jacobs Invitational with a jump of 3.85 meters (12-07.50 ft.), also an NCAA Regional-qualifying leap... Took third at the Missouri Relays with a jump of 3.55 meters (11-07.75 ft.).

2008 INDOORCompeted nine times in the pole vault... Placed sixth at the Big 12 Championships with a vault of 3.83 meters (12-06.75 ft.)... Had a season-best jump of 4.02 meters (13.02.25 ft.) at the Arkansas Last Chance.

HIGH SCHOOLGraduated with honors from Shaw-nee Mission South High School... A member of the National Honor So-ciety... Varsity four-year letterwinner in dance team, gymnastics and track... Three-time state medal winner in the pole vault.

PERSONALDaughter of Tim and Linda Cum-mings... Born in Kansas City, Kan... Majoring in exercise science.

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2009-10 COFFEYVILLE JUNIOR COLLEGE National Champion in the 400m... An eight time All-American in the 400m, 200m, 4x400m relay and the 4x100m relay... Personal bests included: 11.78 in the 100m, 23.5 in the 200m and 53.35 in the 400m.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Normandy High School in St. Louis, Mo.... State champion as a freshman in the 400m and won the freshman MVP award... Was a state champion in the 400m and 200m as a sophomore and a junior... Holds the school record in the 200m, 400m and 800m... Also won the Most Versatile Award.

PERSONALDaughter of Brenda Penigar and Norris Daniels... Born in St. Louis, Mo... Majoring in psychology and African American studies... Has four older siblings.


HIGH SCHOOLPlaced fourth in the two mile at the state champion-ship meet her senior year (2011)... Member of state third-place 4x800-meter relay team her senior year (2011)... Member of school record-setting 4x800-me-ter relay team her junior year (2010)... Finished 11th in the state championship meet her freshman year (2008)... 2011 all-metro honors in track.

PERSONALDaughter of Mark and Tiffany Francis... Has two sib-lings, Carlin (19) and Caleb (16)... Father, Mark, is the head soccer coach at KU... Plans to major in journalism.

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SARAHHEDBERGJunior | Pole Vault | 5-4Phoenix, Ariz. (North HS)

Collegiate Bests Pole VaultIndoor 3.50m (11-05.75ft.)Outdoor 3.65m (11-11.75ft.)

JAIMIEHOUSEFreshman | Pole Vault | 5-7El Dorado, Kan.(El Dorado HS)

High School Bests Pole Vault Outdoor 3.80m (12-05.50ft)

ALISHAKEYSFreshman | Sprints | 5-4Junction City, Kan.(Junction City HS)


2011 OUTDOORTop pole vault mark of the season came at the Kansas Relays (4/23), clearing a height of 3.65m (11-11.75 ft.) and fi nishing 12th... Placed ninth at the Bill Wil-liams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) with a mark of 3.52m (11-06.50 ft.)... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.


2010 OUTDOORSet her outdoor personal best at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) with a jump of 3.45m (11-03.75 ft.), fi nishing ninth.

2010 INDOORBest fi nish in the pole vault was sixth and came at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) on a jump of 3.35m (11-00.00 ft.), a personal best.

HIGH SCHOOLThree-year letter winner in track and fi eld... 2009 Arizona 5AII State Champion in the pole vault, where she set a personal record and North High School record of 12-00 ft... Runner-up at the 2008 state meet... Received Most Improved Female Track Athlete honors in 2007 and 2008... Also competed for the swimming and diving team... Named Most Valuable Diver her senior year... Finished fourth at the Arizona 5AII State Swimming and Diving Championships... Received Academic All-America honors for swimming and diving... Member of the National Honor Society... International Baccalaureate Diploma recipient.

PERSONALDaughter of Mary Connell and Ted Hedberg... Has four siblings: Julie, Emma, Jack and Nick... Cousin, Christian Moody, was a member of the KU men’s basketball team from 2003-06... Majoring in exercise science.

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HIGH SCHOOLFour-time 4A Kansas state pole vault champion at El Dorado High... Kansas state record holder in the pole vault with a height of 12-09 ft... Won high school pole vault title at the 2011 Kansas Relays... Kansas Honors Scholar.

PERSONALDaughter of Kevin and Laura House... Has one younger brother, Travis (16)... Majoring in accounting and fi nance.

HIGH SCHOOL2011 Kansas state champion in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay... Kansas state record holder in the 100m with a time of 11.52... Ran the fastest 200m in the state in 2011, notching a time of 24.56 on the way to the state title... Anchor of 4x100m relay team that ran the second-best time in state history with a 47.29.

PERSONALDaughter of Betty Young and Michael Keys... Has three siblings: Isiah (21), Brittni (17) and Mychaella (15)... Brother, Isiah Young, is member of the track and fi eld team at the University of Mississippi... Ma-

joring in business administration with a minor in psychology... Originally from Dallas, Texas, before moving to Junction City, Kan., prior to her junior year of high school.

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KYRAKILWEINRS-So./Jr. | Distance | 5-2Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)

Collegiate Bests 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000m 10,000mIndoor - 5:01.69 9:54.87 - -Outdoor 4:41.78 - 9:51.94 17:28.28 36:47.89

ALENAKRECHYKRS-Senior | Throws | 5-11Grodno, Belarus (Yanka Kupala State University)

Collegiate Bests Shot Put Weight Throw Hammer ThrowIndoor 10.27m (33-08.35ft.) 19.54m (64-01.25ft.) -Outdoor - - 64.57m (211-10ft.)

2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in fi ve meets for the Jayhawks, fi nishing in the team’s top fi ve in each...Top fi nish came at the Mis-souri Cross Country Challenge (9/10), placing sixth with a 5K time of 18:29.85... Ran best 6K time of the season at the Big 12 Championships (10/29) in a 54th-place fi n-ish, crossing the fi nish line in 21:28.0... Finished 78th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/12) with a 6K time of 22:47.34.

2011 OUTDOORRecorded personal bests in both the 1,500 meters and the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), placing 19th with a time of 4:41.78 in the 1,500 meters and fi nishing fourth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:51.94... Competed in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12

Championships (5/15), fi nishing 28th with a time of 18:10.74.

2011 INDOORPlaced second in the mile at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28) with a personal-best time of 5:01.69... Recorded personal best of 9:54.87 in the 3,000 meters at the ISU Classic (2/14), placing 14th... Placed 11th in the 3,000 meters at the New Balance Invitational (2/5), crossing the fi nish line in 10:00.10.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYRan in all six races for the Jayhawks, notching two top-10 fi nishes... Earned fi rst indi-vidual title of collegiate career at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/4), crossing the fi nish line in 18:37.20... Ran a 6K personal best at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/13), clocking in at 21:52.38 and placing 88th... Earned sixth place at the Missouri Cross Coun-try Challenge (9/11), crossing the fi nish line in 18:34.39, a 5K personal best... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/30), placing 62nd with a 6K time of 22:17.04.

2010 OUTDOORParticipated in fi ve events, fi nishing in the top nine in each... Finished third in the 3,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/16) with a personal-best time of 10:28.30... Her best time in the 1,500 meters was 4:50.05 at the John McDonnell Invitational 4/9).


2009 CROSS COUNTRYHad a strong debut for the Jayhawks, fi nishing third on the team and fourth overall at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/5) in a season-best 5K time of 19:28.44... Finished 121st out of 211 runners at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), posting a 5K time of 19:31... Ran her fi rst collegiate 6K at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/17), where she fi nished 48th in the women’s open division with a time of 23:30.80.

HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner and four-time state qual-ifi er in cross country... Finished fi fth at the 2008 cross country state championships... Kansas City Star All-Metro First Team as a senior, second team as a junior... Named to the 2006 and 2007 Lawrence Journal-World All-Area Team for cross country... Manhattan Cross Country Course and Lawrence Free State High School record holder in the 4K (14:32)... Finished third in the 2 mile at the 2006 track and fi eld state championships... Placed fi fth in the mile and sixth in the 2 mile at the 2007 track and fi eld state championships... Two-time Lawrence Journal-World All-Area selec-tion for track... Member of the National Honor Society... Named 6A Cross Country Academic All-State her junior and senior years.

PERSONALDaughter of Marcy Kilwein... Majoring in com-munity health.

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2010 OUTDOORRecorded two fi rst-place fi nishes in the hammer throw with the fi rst coming at the Triton Invitational (4/24) on a throw of 62.32m (204-05.00 ft.) and the second coming on a throw of 60.29m (197-09.00 ft.) at the Twi-light Invitational (5/1)... Set a personal best and KU’s best hammer throw of the season with a throw of 64.57m (211-10.00 ft.) at the Texas Relays (4/3).

2010 INDOORRecorded three fi rst-place fi nishes in the weight throw... Won the weight throw at the Big 12 Championships (2/27) with a mark of 19.54m (64-01.25 ft.), a personal best... Took another title in the weight throw at the Air Force Invitational (2/13) with a throw of 19.37m (63-06.75 ft.)... Won the weight throw at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a throw of 18.59m (60-11.75 ft.)... Best performance in the shot put came at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/15) where she notched a 10th-place fi nish on a throw of 10.27m (33-08.50 ft.).

AT YANKA KUPALA STATE UNIVERSITYCrowned the U-23 Belarus National Champion in the hammer throw... Holds a personal-best mark of 68.61 meters (225-1 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLBelarus National Junior Champion in the hammer throw in 2006... Finished 12th in the hammer throw at the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships... Competed in the 2008 European Winter Throwing Cup.

PERSONALDaughter of Aleksey and Tamara Krechyk... Has one brother, VaDim.

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KATHRYNLUPTONRS-So. | Hurdles | 5-10Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m 200m 60mH 100mH 400mHIndoor 8.43 27.84 8.82 - -Outdoor - - - 14.11 1:00.95

ALLISONMAYFIELDSenior | High Jump/Javelin | 6-1Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)

High School Bests High Jump JavelinOutdoor 1.78m (5-10ft.) 42.32m (138-10ft.)

MOLLYMILBOURNFreshman | Distance | 5-5El Dorado, Kan. (El Dorado HS)

High School Bests 800m 1,600m 3,200m 4,000m 5,000mOutdoor 2:18.62 5:01.85 10:51.44 14:21.31 18:18.54

2011 OUTDOORCompeted in the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14), placing 13th in both events... Recorded personal bests in both the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6), clocking in with a wind-aided 100-meter hurdle time of 14.11 to place eighth and fi nishing third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.95... Won the 100-meter hurdles at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29), clocking in with a wind-aided time of 14.18... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection.

2011 INDOORRecorded personal bests in both the 60-meter dash and the 200 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual

(1/14), running a 8.50 60 meters to fi nish seventh and fi nishing the 200 meters in 27.84 to place sixth... Top 60-meter hurdle time of the season also came at the Mis-souri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), clocking in at 9.05 to place third... Placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), crossing the fi nish line in 9.22.

2010 OUTDOORCompeted in the 100 and 400-meter hurdles, notching seven top-10 fi nishes... Fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles was 14.35, coming at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9)... Best 400-me-ter hurdle time was 1:01.36 and came at the Drake Relays (4/23) where she fi nished 20th.

2010 INDOORCompeted in the 60-meter hur-dles at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), fi nishing 11th with a time of 8.96... Set her personal best in the 60-meter hurdles on a time of 8.82 at the ISU NCAA Quali-fi er (3/5)... Finished fi rst in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bill Eas-ton Classic (1/8) with a time of 9.37... Set a personal best in the 60-meter dash at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/15) with a time of 8.50, fi nishing fi fth.

HIGH SCHOOL2009 Texas State Champion in the 300 meter hurdles, where she set a personal record of 42.49... Run-ner-up in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2009 state meet... Highest point earner for her high school track team all four years... Also lettered three years in volleyball.

PERSONALDaughter of Brent and Anita Lupton... Has three siblings: Keven, Greg and Lexie... Brother, Greg, competes in the pole vault at KU... Majoring in sports management.

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KU VOLLEYBALL (2008-11)Four-year letterwinner for the KU volleyball pro-gram... Started 95 of 117 matches as an outside hit-ter for the Jayhawks during her four-year career... Left as the program’s all-time attempts leader in a career (3,858) and in a single season (1,367)... Her 4.16 kills per set in 2011 was best in the Big 12, 33rd in the NCAA and ranked second all-time in Kansas history... As a senior, led the Jayhawks with nine double-doubles and posted double-digit kills in 26 of 29 matches.

VOLLEYBALL CAREER HONORS2011: Academic All-Big 12 First Team... All-Big 12 Honorable Mention... CoSIDA Capital One Academ-ic All-District Second Team... Georgia Bulldog Invita-tional MVP... Jayhawk Invitational MVP, DePaul Invitational MVP. 2010: Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Creighton Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team... Jay-hawk Classic All-Tournament Team. 2009: Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Middle Tennessee State All-Tournament Team.

HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in track and fi eld and volleyball at St. Thomas Aquinas High School... Four-time state champion in the high jump... Holds school and league records in the high jump... Also placed third at state in the javelin in 2005 and 2006... Voted her team’s most valuable jumper/vaulter three times... Played club ball for the MAVS under coach Dave Gentile... National Honor Society member.

PERSONALDaughter of John and Joanne Mayfi eld... Has a sister, Emily and a brother, Steven... Mother played basketball for Benedictine and father played baseball at Missouri Western... Three of her uncles, Michael, Thomas and Edward, also attended KU... Pursuing a degree in exercise science.

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HIGH SCHOOL2010 Gatorade Kansas Runner of the Year... State champion in 4A cross country her sophomore and senior years... State champion in the 3,200 meters, 1,600 meters and 800 meters during her four-year high school career.

PERSONALDaughter of Sonja and Clint Milbourn... Has two older siblings, Brookes (24) and Chelsea (21)... Plans to major in business management.

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TIMMIEMORRISRS-Fr./So. | Sprints | 5-6Paola, Kan. (Paola HS)

Collegiate Bests 200m 400m 600yd 400mHIndoor 28.21 1:04.46 1:29.25 -Outdoor - - - 1:04.46

MADISONMOSERSophomore | Distance | 5-4Tribune, Kan. (Greeley County HS)

Collegiate Bests 1,000m Mile 3,000mIndoor 3:01.76 5:23.13 10:43.04Outdoor - - 10:56.01

REBECCANEVILLEJunior | Multi-Events | 5-6Merrillville, Ind. (Merrillville HS)

Collegiate Bests 200m 800m 60mH 100mH HJ LJ Shot Javelin Pent HepIndoor 26.21 2:24.29 8.72 - 1.61m 5.83m 10.25m - 3716 -Outdoor 24.80 2:22.66 - 14.03 1.67m 5.72m 9.77m 29.55m - 5120

2011 OUTDOORCollected a 400-meter hurdles personal best at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6), crossing the fi nish line in 1:04.45 to fi nish sixth... Top 400-meter hurdle fi nish of the season came at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invi-tational (4/29), placing third with a time of 1:05.89.


HIGH SCHOOLLettered in track and cross country at Paola High School... Holds school record in 4x100m, 300m and 100m hurdles... Named valedictorian and Kansas Re-gions Scholar... Member of the National Honor So-ciety.

PERSONALDaughter of Timmy and Tammy Morris... Cousin, Taryn Morris, played basketball at Ottawa University... Aunt, Teressa Morris, played softball at Neosho Community College... Wants to be an endocrinologist after graduation... Plans to major in pre-med biology.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in only one meet for the Jayhawks due to injury... Placed fourth at the Haskell Invitational (10/8) with a 5K time of 19:42.15.

2011 OUTDOORTop 3,000-meter time of the year came at the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (3/19), placing sev-enth with a time of 10:56.01... Placed 23rd in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a time of 11:01.19.

2011 INDOORPlaced third in the 1,000 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), crossing the fi nish line in 3:01.76... Top mile time of the season came at the ISU Classic (2/12), placing 16th with a time of 5:23.13.


HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in cross country, track and basketball... Two-year letterwinner in vol-leyball... Member of the Greeley County High School state cross country championship teams in 2006, 2008 and 2009... Holds three school records: 800 meters (2:26), 1,600 meters (5:17) and 4x800-meter relay (10:03)... Named to the Garden City All-Area cross country and track teams in 2009 and 2010... Was an all-state cross country and track runner four years in a row.

PERSONALDaughter of Robert and Dalene Moser... Mother, father, two aunts and an uncle all attended KU... Has one sister, Lauren (22)... Cousin, Tyler Gonzales, wrestled at Fort Hays State Univer-sity... Cousin, Jennifer Ibarra, ran track and cross country at Butler... Uncle, Charles, ran track at Barton... Majoring in exercise science with a minor in business.

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2011 OUTDOORRecorded new personal bests in each event of the hep-tathlon throughout the season... Placed seventh in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) with a personal-best score of 5,120 points... Competed in the heptathlon at the Kansas Relays (4/21), placing third with a score of 4,880 points... Placed 13th in the heptath-lon at the Texas Relays (4/7), scoring 5,000 points.

2011 INDOORPlaced seventh in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Champi-onships (2/26) with a score of 3,641 points... Recorded a personal best in the long jump at the New Balance Invita-tional (2/4), hitting a distance of 5.83m (19-01.50 ft.) and placing sixth... Placed fi fth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Arkansas Last Chance (3/4) with a personal-best time of 8.76... Ran personal-best 800 meters in the Big Indoor Championships (2/25) pentathlon, placing second with a time of 2:25.47.

2010 OUTDOORCompeted in the heptathlon at the Texas Relays (3/13) and fi nished 12th with a score of 4,885... Best fi nish of the season came in the 100-meter hurdles at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27), fi nishing third with a wind-aided time of 14.35... Finished 14th in the long jump at the Kansas Relays (4/17) with a season-best jump of 5.58m (18-03.75 ft.).

2010 INDOORRecorded 14 top-fi ve fi nishes in seven different events throughout the season... Competed in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championships (2/27), scoring 3,716 points and fi nishing fi fth... Won the pentathlon at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a fi nal score of 3,562... Set a personal best at the ISU Classic (2/13) in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.82... Season’s best time in the 200 meters was 26.21 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8).

HIGH SCHOOLRanked second in the nation by Track and Field News for heptathletes... Member of the

USA Pan American team her senior year... 2009 Indiana state long jump champion, where she posted a person-al-best mark of 19-1.75 ft... Two-time sectional champion in the 100-meter hurdles... Finished third in the 100-me-ter hurdles at the 2008 state meet and fourth in 2009... Named MVP of her track and fi eld team her sophomore, junior and senior years... Holds the Merrillville High School record in the long jump... Three-time All-American heptathlete honoree.

PERSONALDaughter of David and Judith Neville... Brother, David, competed in track and fi eld at Indiana University and won a bronze medal in the 400 meters at the Beijing Olympics... Majoring in music education.

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COLLEENO’BRIENFreshman | High Jump | 5-10Louisburg, Kan.(Louisburg HS)

High School Bests High JumpOutdoor 1.75m (5-09ft.)

DEMIPAYNESophomore | Pole Vault | 6-0New Braunfels, Texas(New Braunfels HS)


MADDYRICHSo. | Middle Distance | 5-7Prairie Village, Kan.(Shawnee Mission East HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,000m MileIndoor 2:18.34 3:06.28 5:14.18Outdoor 2:18.39 - -

HIGH SCHOOLKansas 4A state high jump champion junior year and state runner-up senior year... Holds school records in both the high jump (5-09 ft.) and triple jump (36-06 ft.)... Named to the all-metro fi rst team in 2010.

PERSONALDaughter of Barbara and Barry O’Brien... Has two older siblings, Tyler (26) and Cassie (21)... Mother, Bar-bara, competed in track and fi eld, while father, Barry, played basketball at Pittsburg State... Brother, Tyler, plays basketball while sister, Cassie, plays volleyball at Johnson County Community College... Uncle, Stan Brady, and aunt, Mary Speckin, attended KU... Major-ing in sports management.

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2011 OUTDOORTied for eighth at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15) with a mark of 3.98m (13-00.75 ft.)... Com-peted at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/27), vaulting to a top height of 3.85m (12-07.50 ft.) and fi nishing in a tie for 28th... Top vault of the season came at the Texas Relays (4/8), fi nishing in third with a top height of 4.06m (13-03.75 ft.)... Placed second at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (5/1) with a mark of 3.97m (13-00.25 ft.).

2011 INDOORTop mark of the year came at the Big 12 Champion-ships (2/26), an eighth-place fi nish with a height of

3.92m (12-12.25 ft.)... Placed eighth at the Tyson Invitational (2/12) with a top vault of 3.90m (12-09.50 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOLLettered three years each in volleyball and track... Won the state championship in the pole vault her junior year... Holds the school record in the pole vault (13-1.00 ft.)... Was named San Antonio fi eld athlete of the year her senior year... Was a district champion her junior and senior years.

PERSONALDaughter of Bill Payne and Dana MacFarlane... Father was a world champion in the pole vault... Mother played basketball at Baylor University... Undecided on major... Aspires to participate in the 2016 Olympics.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in four meets for the Jayhawks with her top performance coming at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10), a 20th-place fi nish in a 5K time of 20:24.46... Took 28th at the Bob Timmons Challenge (9/3), completing the 5K in 22:26.70... Competed in the B Race at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14), running a 24:11.40 6K and placing 95th.

2011 OUTDOORTop performance of the season came in the 800-me-ters at the Kansas Relays (4/21), an 11th-place fi nish with a season-best time of 2:18.39... Placed seventh in the 800 meters at the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic, crossing the fi nish line in 2:19.67.

2011 INDOORTop 800-meter time of the season came at the ISU Classic (2/12) in a 23rd-place fi nish, crossing the fi nish line in 2:18.34... Placed fourth in the 800 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a time of 2:27.00.


HIGH SCHOOLLettered in basketball three years, cross country and track four years at Shawnee Mis-sion East... Won the 2009 Kansas Cup for outstanding 4x800 relay team... Earned 2009 all-metro honors in track... Team captain in cross country and track as a senior... Member of the 2007-10 4x800m relay state champion squads... Member of the 2009 4x400m state champion team... Holds the school record in the 400m with a time of 0:59.

PERSONALDaughter of Steve and Kim Rich... Has an older brother, Nick (23), who also at-tended KU... Majoring in communications.

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ABBYROWSophomore | Pole Vault | 5-4Merriam, Kan.(Shawnee Mission North HS)


2011 OUTDOORTop vault of the season was 3.50m (11-05.75 ft.) in a 15th-place fi nish at the Kansas Relays (4/23)... Tied for 12th at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) with a height of 3.37m (11-00.75 ft.).

2011 INDOORPlaced fi fth in the pole vault at the Bill Easton Clas-sic (1/8) with a season-best tying mark of 3.35m (10-11.75 ft.)... Also hit height of 3.35m (10-11.75 ft.) in an eighth-place fi nish at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14).

HIGH SCHOOLLettered in track and fi eld at Shawnee Mission North High School... Named to Principal’s Honor Roll all four years... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALDaughter of Don and Marla Row... Has one sister and one brother... Father, Don Row, was a gymnast at the University of Kansas... Grandfather, Al Row, played base-ball at the University of Kansas... Plans to major in pre-pharmacy.

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RACHAELSCHAFFERFreshman | Distance | 5-4Lawrence, Kan.(Lawrence Free State HS)

High School Bests 4x800m Relay Outdoor 9:48.56

SARASEIWALDFreshman | Distance | 5-0Portland, Ore.(Valley Catholic HS)

High School Bests 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000mOutdoor 5:00.71 5:23.61 10:44.68 20:13.60


HIGH SCHOOLMember of state third-place 4x800-meter relay team her senior year (2011)... Member of 4x800-meter relay team that fi nished second at the state meet and broke school record her junior year.

PERSONALDaughter of Van and Rose Schaffer... Has a younger sister, Sara (16)... Father, Van, ran track and cross coun-try for KU... Plans on majoring in speech, language and hearing pathology.

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HIGH SCHOOLThird-place fi nisher in the 1,500 meters at the state meet her senior year (2011)... Placed ninth at the state cross country meet her junior year (2009)... Notched a third-place fi nish in the 3,000 meters at the state meet her junior year (2010).

PERSONALDaughter of Michael and Holly Seiwald... Has an older brother, Aaron (20)... Father, Michael, ran track at the Naval Academy... Plans to major in exercise science.

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FRANCINESIMPSONJunior | Long Jump | 5-6Chapelton, Jamaica(Edwin Allen HS)

Collegiate Bests 60m 200m LJIndoor 7.60 24.93 6.22m (20-05.00ft.)Outdoor - 24.49 6.47m (21-02.75ft.)

2011 OUTDOORHit the fourth-best long jump mark in school history at the Texas Relays (4/8), fi nishing second with a mark of 6.47m (21-02.75 ft.)... Competed in the long jump at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/26), hitting a distance of 5.92m (19-05.25 ft.) to place 20th... Took 13th in the long jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) with a mark of 5.85m (19-02.50 ft.)... Took the long jump title at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) with a top mark of 6.36m (20-10.50 ft.).

2011 INDOORFinished fourth in the long jump at the Big 12 Indoor Champi-onships (2/25) with a mark of 6.16m (20-02.50 ft.)... Best long jump mark of the season came in a fourth-place fi nish at the New Balance Invitational (2/4) with a leap of 6.22m (20-05.00 ft.)... Competed in the 200 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), placing 22nd with a time of 25.24... Took the long jump title at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a leap of 6.04m (19-09.50 ft.)... Ran a 7.60 60 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), fi nishing second.

HIGH SCHOOL Holds Attended Edwin Allen High School record in long jump.

PERSONALDaughter of Laurel Thomas... Has two brothers... Majoring in applied behavioral sciences.

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BRITTANYTATESophomore | Distance | 5-7Lee’s Summit, Mo.(Lee’s Summit West HS)

High School Bests 800m 1,600m 3,200m 5,000m Outdoor 2:26.48 5:16.74 11:12.46 18:57.80

LIZATAUSCHERFreshman | Distance | 5-9Geneva, Ill.(Geneva HS)

High School Bests 800m 3,200m 3 Mile 6,000mOutdoor 2:34.07 11:17.56 17:28.00 21:29.30

2011 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in six meets for the Jayhawks... Top fi nish came at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), fi nishing the 5K in 20:17.40 to place eighth... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), placing 66th with a 6K time of 21:43.0... Placed 111th at the Midwest Re-gionals, completing the 6K in 23:13.61.

HIGH SCHOOLEarned all-state cross country honors all four years of high school... Member of state champion cross country teams her junior and senior years (2008-09)... Earned all-state track honors all four years of high school...Member of state champion 4x800-meter relay teams her freshman, sophomore and junior years.

PERSONALDaughter of Dennis Tate and Carla Krebs... Mom, Carla, was Division II Basketball Player of the Year at Central Missouri, as well as a national champion and All-Amer-ican... Majoring in exercise science.

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2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in four meets for the Jayhawks and was the only true freshman to compete in the conference and re-gional meet... Was KU’s No. 5 fi nisher at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), completing the 6K in a season best 21:29.3... Was KU’s top fi nisher in the B Race of the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14) with a 6K time of 22:49.10... Ran a 23:01.08 6K at the Midwest Regionals (11/12) to fi nish 97th.

HIGH SCHOOLState qualifi er for cross country all four years of high school... Member of state champion cross country team her freshman and sophomore years (2007, 2008)... Re-corded a three-mile PR of 17:28... Qualifi er for Nike National Team... Academic all-conference selection.

PERSONALDaughter of Jack and Georgia Tauscher... Has two older brothers, Rob (20) and Jake (20)... Plans to major in pharmacy.

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KATHLEENTHOMPSONRS-So./Jr. | Distance | 5-7Chesterfi eld, Mo.(Parkway Central HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,500m Mile 3,000m Indoor 2:18.99 - 5:12.77 10:50.01Outdoor 2:25.04 4:41.86 - 11:06.02

2011 CROSS COUNTRYRan in six meets for the Jayhawks on the season, fi nishing in KU’s top fi ve twice... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), fi nishing the 6K in 22:16.8 to place 78th... Top performance of the season came at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a 5K time of 19:05.79 to place 11th... Ran a 20:23.50 5K at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) to fi nish ninth... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 OUTDOORPlaced fourth in the 1,500 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) with a personal-best time of 4:41.86... Ran a 4:41.95 1,500 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) to fi nish 20th... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.

2011 INDOORWon the mile at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 5:18.11... Recorded a personal best in the 800 meters and a third-place fi nish at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), crossing the fi nish line in 2:18.99... Ran a personal-best 5:12.87 mile at the ISU Classic (2/12), fi nishing 10th.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYRan in three meets for the Jayhawks, notching two top-15 fi nishes...Top fi nish came at the Bob Tim-mons Classic (9/4), crossing the fi nish line in sixth with a 5K time of 19:48.50... One of seven Jayhawks to fi nish in the top-15 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11), clocking in with a 5K time of 19:21.38 and placing 13th... Competed in the open race at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (10/16), fi nishing in 127th with a 6K time of 25:42.60... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.

2010 OUTDOORSet a personal best in the 1,500 meters at the Twilight Invitational (5/1) with a time of 4:43.85, fi nish-ing 20th... Highest fi nish of the season was fi fth in the 1,500 meters at the Razorback Spring Invita-tional, crossing the fi nish line in 4:51.26.


2009 CROSS COUNTRYWas one of only two freshmen to run in all six meets for the Jayhawks... Finished in fi fth place overall in her debut event at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/5), posting a 5K time of 19:32.54... Filled the No. 5 spot for the Jayhawks at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/12) with a 5K time of 19:10.50... Ran her season-best 5K at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), clocking in at 18:58.80 to take 74th place... Competed in her fi rst collegiate 6K at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/17), where she turned in a time of 23:40.30... Crossed the fi nish line at the Big 12 Championships (10/31) in 24:08.76

to take 74th place.

HIGH SCHOOLGraduated from Parkway Central High in Ches-terfi eld, Mo... Named cross country team MVP her freshman, sophomore and senior years... Two-time all-state selection... Four-time state qualifi er... Named to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Cross Country Honorable Mention team in 2005 and 2007... Named to the 2005 St. Louis Track Club All-Metro Second Team... Received all-state honors as a sophomore in the 1,600 meters... Also qualifi ed for state track meet in the 3,200 meters... Named 2006 distance runner of the year for high school track team... Named track team captain and team MVP her senior year... Member of the 2008 all-state 4x800-meter relay team that fi nished fourth at the state championships... Member of the 2009 Missouri State Champion 4x800-meter re-lay team and runner-up 4x400 meter relay team... 4x800-meter relay team holds the Missouri high school state record of 9:06.89... Recipient of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Scholar Athlete of the Year Award for Parkway Central High... Also a member of the Elgin Sharks Track Club... Member of the AAU National Cross Country Team Champion squads in 2000, 2003 and 2005.

PERSONALDaughter of Bill and Karen Thompson... Uncle is a former member of the KU baseball team... Has nine family members who also attended KU... Ma-joring in civil engineering.

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TESSATURCOTTERS-So./Jr. | Distance | 5-7Albuqueque, N.M.(St. Pius X HS)

Collegiate Bests 3,000m 5,000m 10,000m Indoor 9:57.37 - - Outdoor 9:50.82 17:15.00 35:41.73

2011 CROSS COUNTRYFinished in the Jayhawks’ top-fi ve in all fi ve meets she competed in... Was KU’s third fi nisher at the Midwest Regionals (11/12) with a 22:28.68 6K time and a 64th-place fi nish... Top 6K time of the year came at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), fi nishing in 21:05.7 to place 43rd... Placed ninth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a 5K time of 18:41.90... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 OUTDOORCompeted in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/15), placing 11th in the 10,000 meters with a personal-best time of 35:41.73 and fi nishing 18th in the 5,000 meters in 17:15.00, also a personal best... Top 3,000-meter time came at the Kansas Relays (4/21) in a fi fth-place fi nish with a time of 9:50.82.

2011 INDOORRan a personal-best 3,000 meters at the ISU Classic (2/12), crossing the fi nish line in 9:57.37 to fi nish 18th... Placed seventh in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a time of 10:31.69.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in all six races for the Jayhawks, notching two top-three overall fi nishes... Recorded personal-best 6K time at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/13), clocking in at 21:08.31 and placing 35th... Finished second at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/4) with a 5K time of 18:50.90... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/30) crossing the fi nish line in a 6K time of 21:58.00 and placing 52nd... Finished third at the 5K Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11) and set a personal-best time of 18:20.16... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2010 OUTDOOR Competed in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/16), recording a personal-best time of 17:18.14 and fi nishing 23rd... Recorded a personal best in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) with a time of 10:11.36, fi nishing fi fth... Finished second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:36.77 at the Twilight Invitational (5/1).


2009 CROSS COUNTRYHad a very impressive rookie season, as she was one of only two freshmen to run in all six meets for the Crimson and Blue... Turned in a season-best 5K time of 19:05.60 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), where she fi nished 86th in a fi eld of 211 runners... Ran her fi rst collegiate 6K at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/17), fi nish-ing in 196th place with a time 23:17.60... Took 65th at the Big 12 Championships with a 6K time of 23:43.99... Was the Jayhawks’ No. 5 fi nisher at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/14) where she ran a season-best 6K time of 23:12.40 and fi nished 95th overall.

HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letter winner in cross country... Four-time cross country all-district selec-tion... Named team captain and MVP her junior and senior years... Second-team all-state in 2005, 2006 and 2007, fi rst-team all-state as a senior in 2008... 2008 district champion... Named to the New Mexico All-Harrier Team as a senior... Lettered three years in track... Three-time second team all-state in the 3,200 meters and 1,600 meters... Two-time sec-ond team all-state in the 800 meters and medley relay... 2008 recipient of the New Mexico Athletic Association Sportsman-ship Award.

PERSONALBorn in Amarillo, Texas... Daughter of Jeff and Doris Turcotte... Has one sister, Ashley Turcotte... Father, Jeff, was a seven-time letterman in track and cross country at the University of New Mexico... Ma-joring in speech-language-hearing.

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LINDSAYVOLLMERFreshman | Multi-Events | 5-7Hamilton, Mo.(Penney HS)

High School Bests 100m 200m 400m 800m 5,000m 100mH LJ HJ SP Jav HeptOutdoor 12.14 25.23 1:00 2:29.41 21:42.73 14.10 18-10.75 5-7 37-8 140-1.5 5185

HIGH SCHOOLEleven-time gold medalist at the Missouri state track meet... Two-time Great Southwest Champion in the heptathlon... Notched second-best heptathlon mark in the country in 2011, scoring 5,185 points at the Great Southwest Classic... Was the valedictorian of her class at Penney HS.

PERSONALDaughter of Mark and Melissa Vollmer... Has one older sister, Elizabeth (23)... Father, Mark, competed in triple jump at Wayne State... Mother, Melissa, com-peted in hurdles as well as volleyball at Wayne State... Majoring in nursing.

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MACKENZIEYOSTFreshman | Multi-Events | 5-8Olathe, Kan.(Olathe Northwest HS)

Personal Bests 400m High Jump Shot Put Javelin Outdoor 1:03.66 4-09ft. 28-01.50ft. 102-04ft.

HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in track at Olathe Northwest High School... Kansas 6A Regional qualifi er her ju-nior year in both the javelin and the 400 meters... Qualifi ed for the Kansas 6A state championships in the javelin as a sophomore, placing 11th on a personal best throw of 102-4 ft.

PERSONALDaughter of John Yost and Ann Gustafson... Father, John attended KU and was member of Rugby club team... Undecided on major.

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KARAWINDISCHRS-Sr. | Distance | 5-2Overland Park, Kan.(Blue Valley West HS)

Collegiate Bests 800m 1,500m Mile 3,000m Indoor 2:18.99 - 5:12.77 10:50.01Outdoor 2:25.04 4:41.86 - 11:06.02

DEVINWIEGERSRS-Junior | Distance | 5-11Leawood, Kan.(Blue Valley HS)

Collegiate Bests Mile 3,000m 5,000m SCIndoor 5:29.20 5:22.85 18:29.96 -Outdoor - 11:00.42 18:31.70 12:04.40

2011 CROSS COUNTRYFinished second overall at the Haskell Invitational (10/8) with a season-best 5K time of 19:29.00... Was the Jayhawks’ No. 5 fi nisher at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), placing 12th and completing the 5K in 20:44.60... Season’s best 6K time came in the B Race of the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14), a 90th-place fi nish with a time of 23:43.50... Earned Big 12 Run-ner of the Week honors (10/11)... Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011 OUTDOORSeason’s top 3,000-meter time was 11:00.42 at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), a 22nd-place fi nish... Placed ninth in the 3,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/21) with a time of

11:15.83.

2011 INDOORRan a personal-best mile at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), placing second with a time of 5:29.20... Placed third in the 3,000 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a season-best time of 10:49.61.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in one meet for KU, collecting a fi fth-place fi nish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/4), clocking in with a 5K time of 19:41.90.

2010 OUTDOORSet a personal best in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9), crossing the fi nish line in 12:04.40 and fi nishing fourth... Competed in the 5,000 meter run at the Twilight Invitational (5/1), fi nishing in 10th with a personal-best time of 18:31.70.

2010 INDOORSet a personal best in the 3,000 meters at the Husker Invitational (2/6) with a time of 10:22.85, fi nishing ninth... Ran in the 5,000 meters and set a PR at the ISU Classic (2/12), crossing the fi nish line in 18:29.96 and placing 16th.

2009 CROSS COUNTRYRan in fi ve of the Jayhawks’ six meets... Turned in a career-best 5K time of 19:08.70 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), where she fi nished 94th... Competed in her fi rst collegiate 6K at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational, clocking in at 23:08.90 to take 36th in the women’s open divi-sion (10/17)... A member of KU’s Big 12 Championships (10/31) squad, fi nishing the 6K race in 24:13.52.



2008 CROSS COUNTRYFinished in 19th place at the Bob Timmons Classic in a 5K time of 21:01.10... Placed 22nd at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with a 5K time of 21:11.24.

HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in both cross country and track... Lettered two years in basketball and one year in soccer... Owns Blue Valley High School records in both the 4K and 5K... State of Kansas All-Metro honorable mention all four years (2004-07)... Placed fi fth at AAU nationals as a member of the Brocaw Blazers AAU team in 2006... Finished eighth at AAU Nationals in 2007... Named runner of the week once in 2005... Rookie of the Year selection in 2004... Finished in the top 25 all four years at the state meet (eighth, 24th, 22nd and 22nd, respectively)... Earned player of the year honors in basketball.

PERSONALDaughter of John and Sabra Wiegers... Has three sisters, Brooke (23), Tori (14), and Tara (14)... Uncle played baseball at KU... Majoring in business with a minor French.

2011 CROSS COUNTRYFinished as the Jayhawks’ No. 2 runnner in all fi ve meets she competed in... Earned All-Big 12 honors with her 17th-place fi nish at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), completing the 6K in a season-best time of 20:24.7... Finished as the runner-up at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a 5K time of 17:55.35... Placed 21st at the Midwest Regionals (11/12), crossing the fi nish line in 21:39.61... USTFCCCA All-Region selection.

2011 OUTDOOREarned personal-bests in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 me-ters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15), placing 15th with a time of 16:58.60 in the 5,000 meters and running a time of 35:45.49 in the 10,000 meters to fi nish 12th... Placed second in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2),

crossing the fi nish line in 9:47.70.

2011 INDOORCompeted in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26), notching a season-best time of 9:45.72 and a 27th-place fi nish... Top placement of the season came in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual, crossing the fi nish line in 10:20.89 to place fi fth.

2010 CROSS COUNTRYCompeted in three races for the Jayhawks... Set a new personal-best 6K time in a 54th-place fi nish at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/13), crossing the fi nish line in 21:28.92... Ran at the Big 12 Championships (10/30), earning a 57th-place fi nish with a 6K time of 22:07.22.

2010 INDOORCompeted in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/27), fi nishing 17th with a PR time of 9:45.72 in the 3,000, and fi nishing sixth in the 5,000 with a PR time of 16:34.06... Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 5:06.05 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), fi n-ishing third... Finished second in the 3,000 meters at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/15), crossing the fi nish line in 9:53.26... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2009 CROSS COUNTRYWas among the Jayhawks’ top four fi nishers in fi ve of the six meets in which she competed... Fin-ished second at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/5) with a 5K time of 18:45.37... Helped her team to a runner-up fi nish at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), where she placed 14th and posted a career-best 5K time of 17:48.60... Took 37th at the Big 12 Championships after completing the 6K course in 22:53.19... Was the Jayhawks’ No. 2 fi nisher at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/14) after clocking in with a career-best 6K time of 21:65.50 to take 42nd place overall.

2009 OUTDOORCaptured sixth place in the 3,000 meters at the Jim Click Shootout (4/4) with a season-best time of 10:11.13... Ran a 17:19.60 in the 5,000 meters at the Drake Relays (4/24).

2009 INDOORRan the 3,000 meters at fi ve different meets, with her top performance coming at the Big 12 Championships, where she clocked in at 10:00.03... Finished ninth in the 3,000 meters at the New Balance Collegiate (2/6) with a time of 10:01.60... Ran the 5,000 meters at the ISU Classic (2/13), where she fi nished third in 17:27.57.

2008 CROSS COUNTRYKU’s No. 3 runner... Recorded a personal-best 5K time of 19:25 en route to a fourth-place fi nish at the Bob Timmons Classic... Placed sixth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 19:31.91... Posted a career-best 6K time of 22:22.50 at the ISU Pre-Nationals... Finished 41st at the Big 12 Championships in a 6K time of 22:25.20... Placed 60th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships after posting a 6K time of 22:36.65.

HIGH SCHOOLLettered all four years in both track and cross country... Received Eastern Kansas League Scholar Athlete award all four years... Was the 2007 6A state track and fi eld champion in the 3,200-meter run and was runner-up in the 1,600-meter run... Named to the All-Sun girls track fi rst team in 2006 and 2007... Finished second at the 2006 5A state track meet in the 3,200-meter run... Was runner-up at the 5A State Cross Country Championships in 2005, led the girls’ team to a second-place fi nish... All-sun girls cross country fi rst team in 2005... Named the 2004 and 2005 Blue Valley West Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year... Named to the All-Johnson County cross country second team in 2004.

PERSONALDaughter of Paul and Glenda Windisch... Has a younger sister, Marisa (18)... Father, Paul, attended KU... Majoring in community health.

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2011 Big 12 Pole Vault Champion Jordan Scott

The 2011 men’s track team at the University of Kansas painted a bright pic-ture for the future of the program, as a number of young and upcoming stars were consistently the team’s top performers during the season.

Throughout the 2011 campaign fi ve Jayhawks moved into the all-time pro-gram performance list and four All-American honors were earned, all by KU underclassmen who return in 2012. Sophomore Mason Finley started the season off with a bang when he hit a shot put mark of 20.71 meters in the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual. The mark was the top throw in the world of the year at the time and broke the school re-cord in the event. The performance would be just a taste of the success Finley would fi nd later in the season. Powered by Finley’s victories in both the shot put and the weight throw, the Jayhawks dispatched of the Tigers, accumulat-ing 91 points to Missouri’s 89.

After another dominate performance from the KU men at the fi nal home meet of the season, the Jayhawk Classic, the team traveled to New York for the New Balance Invitational. A host of Kansas athletes saw success, with fi ve Jayhawks earning top-fi ve fi nishes and another nine claiming personal bests at the meet held in the “Big Apple”. Finley added to his season’s list of accolades being named the male athlete of the meet for his fi rst-place fi nish in the shot put. The sophomore shattered the meet record in the event, hitting a mark of 20.40m (66-11.25 ft.).

After claiming several individual victories at the ISU Classic, the Tyson Invita-tional and the Air Force Invitational, the team made its way north to Lincoln, Neb., and the Big 12 Indoor Championships. Led by Finley’s runner-up fi nish and national-qualifying mark in the shot put, the team would fi nish eighth overall with six Jayhawks scoring through top-eight fi nishes. Senior Keron Toussaint and sophomore Kyle Clemons helped the men’s 4x400-meter relay team to a seventh-place fi nish, while each placed in the top fi ve of their indi-vidual events, Toussaint fi nishing fi fth in the 600 yards and Clemons placing fourth in the 400 meters.

The following weekend, nearly the entire team would be in action as it was the last opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Championships the following week. Even though none would hit the national qualifying marks, it would give many of the men much needed confi dence heading into the outdoor season.

As KU’s lone male competitor at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Finley would go on to add to his already outstanding list of career accolades by earn-ing All-American status in the indoor shot put at the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas. On his third throw of the day, Finley would heave a throw of 19.75 meters (64-09.75 ft.) to shoot to the top of the leader-board. Only one would be able to pass him, making him the NCAA indoor runner-up in the event and giving the KU men a 26th-place team fi nish at the meet.

With the indoor portion of the season behind them, the men turned their attention to the outdoor meets. After a spring break trip to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico for the Mayaguez Spring Classic, the team returned to the states for the Razorback Spring Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Six men earned individual titles at the meet, which featured the return of senior All-American pole vaulter Jordan Scott, who took fi rst in the event. The team’s performance in Arkansas vaulted the men to a No. 12 ranking in the U. S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) rankings, their highest spot in the polls of the season.

After more strong showings at the Texas Relays and the John Jacobs Invi-tational, the Jayhawks were ready to host the 84th Kansas Relays. The team thrived in front of the hometown crowd, as Jayhawk men won six individual championships in seven events. Finley put together another awe-inspiring shot put performance his he claimed the best throw in the NCAA of the season. The accomplishment earned him Big 12 Male Athlete of the Week honors.


2011 MEN’S INDOOR INDIVIDUAL TITLES

200-Meter Dash21.86...........................................Kyle Clemons......................... Jan. 8 ................................................Bill Easton Classic

400-Meter Dash49.13...........................................Keron Toussaint ...................... Jan. 14 ............................................. Missouri vs. Kansas48.27...........................................Kyle Clemons......................... Jan. 28 ...................................................Jayhawk Classic

600-Yard Run1:13.03........................................Keron Toussaint ......................Dec. 4 .................................... Bob Timmons Challenge1:11.14........................................Kyle Clemons......................... Jan. 8 .................................................Bill Easton Classic1:10.42........................................Keron Toussaint ...................... Feb. 12..........................................................ISU Classic

600-Meter Run1:21.18........................................Keron Toussaint ...................... Jan. 28 ...................................................Jayhawk Classic

800-Meter Run1:56.49........................................Dalen Fink .............................Dec. 4 .................................... Bob Timmons Challenge1:57.68........................................Nick Seckfort ......................... Jan. 8 .................................................Bill Easton Classic1:56.07........................................Dalen Fink ............................. Jan. 28 ...................................................Jayhawk Classic

1,000-Meter Run2:38.37........................................Sean Preohl ............................ Jan. 8 .................................................Bill Easton Classic

Mile Run4:22.12........................................Sean Preohl ............................Dec. 4 .............................Bob Timmons Challenge4:14.01........................................Donny Wasinger ..................... Jan. 14 ............................................. Missouri vs. Kansas4:15.79........................................Josh Munsch ........................... Jan. 28 ...................................................Jayhawk Classic

3,000-Meter Run8:33.71........................................Nick Caprario ........................ Jan. 14 ............................................. Missouri vs. Kansas8:22.63........................................Nick Caprario ........................ Jan. 28 ...................................................Jayhawk Classic

4x400-Meter Relay3:26.19.............. Jones, Perry, Manley, Bishop .............................Jan. 8 ..................................................Bill Easton Classic3:16.59.............. Marx, Toussaint, Manley, Clemons ...................Jan. 14 .............................................. Missouri vs. Kansas3:15.19.............. Seckfort, Perry, Bradshaw, Hernes .........................Jan. 28 ....................................................Jayhawk Classic

Distance Medley Relay10:20.12............ Munsch, Soucie, Proehl, Bussing ..................... Jan. 28 ...................................................Jayhawk Classic

High Jump2.00m (6-06.75ft.) ......................Nick Canton ..........................Dec. 2 .................................... Bob Timmons Challenge1.99m (6-06.25ft.) ......................Nick Canton .......................... Jan. 8 .................................................Bill Easton Classic2.10m (6-10.75ft.) ......................Nick Canton .......................... Jan. 14 ............................................. Missouri vs. Kansas

Pole Vault5.10m (16-08.75ft.) ....................Cooper Merrill ..................... Jan. 14 ............................................. Missouri vs. Kansas

Triple Jump14.02m (46-00.00ft.) ..................Jareb Stallbaumer .................... Jan. 14 ...................................... Kansas vs. Missouri

Shot Put15.79m (51-09.75ft.) ..................Brian Bishop .......................... Jan. 8 .................................................Bill Easton Classic20.71m (67-11.25ft.) ..................Mason Finley .......................... Jan. 14 ............................................. Missouri vs. Kansas20.40m (66-11.25ft.) ..................Mason Finley .......................... Feb. 4.....................................New Balance Invitational19.89m (65-03.25ft.) ..................Mason Finley .......................... Feb. 12..........................................Air Force Invitational

Weight Throw18.51m (60-08.75ft.) ..................Mason Finley .......................... Jan. 14 ............................................ Missouri vs. Kansas

2011 MEN’S OUTDOOR TITLES400-Meter Dash46.62 .....................................Kyle Clemons .....................April 2 .................... Razorback Spring Invitational46.87 .....................................Kyle Clemons .....................April 16 ............John Jacobs Collegiate Invitational47.76 .....................................Kyle Clemons .....................April 23 ...........................................Kansas Relays

1,500 Meters3:44.89........................................Donny Wasinger .....................April 23 ...................................................Kansas Relays

4x400-Meter Relay3:12.34..................Manley, Clemons, Fink, Toussaint .................April 23 ...................................................Kansas Relays3:09.66..................Clemons, Fink, Manley, Toussaint .................May 6.................................................Arkansas Twilight

Distance Medley Relay10:12.51.............Munsch, Perry, Soucie, Bussing .............April 22 ...........................................Kansas Relays

High Jump2.06m (6-09.00 ft.) ................Nick Canton ......................April 29 ............Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational

Pole Vault5.20m (17-00.75 ft.) ...................Jordan Scott ............................April 2 ............................Razorback Spring Invitational5.38m (17-07.75 ft.) ...................Jordan Scott ............................May 14......................................Big 12 Championships5.35m (17-06.50 ft.) ...................Jordan Scott ............................April 22 ...................................................Kansas Relays

Shot Put16.39m (53-09.25 ft.).............Brian Bishop ......................April 2 .................... Razorback Spring Invitational19.84m (65-01.25 ft.) .................Mason Finley ..........................April 22 ...................................................Kansas Relays19.60m (64-03.75 ft.) .................Mason Finley ..........................April 30 ....................................ULM Warhawk Classic19.63m (64-05.00 ft.) .................Mason Finley ..........................May 14......................................Big 12 Championships19.70m (64-07.75 ft.) .................Mason Finley ..........................May 26...................................NCAA West Preliminary

Discus45.02m (147-08 ft.) ....................Joel Krause..............................March 19 ................. Mayaguez Spring Break Classic60.36m (198-00 ft.) ....................Mason Finley ..........................April 2 .......................Razorback Spring Invitational58.86m (193-01 ft.) ....................Mason Finley ..........................April 23 ...................................................Kansas Relays60.65m (199-00 ft.) ....................Mason Finley ..........................April 30 ....................................ULM Warhawk Classic

Hammer Throw57.48m (188-07 ft.) ....................Scott Penny ............................April 2 .......................Razorback Spring Invitational60.14m (197-04 ft.) ....................Scott Penny ............................April 30 ....................................ULM Warhawk Classic

Javelin67.83m (222-06 ft.) ....................Johann Swanepoel ....................April 2 ......................Razorback Spring Invitational

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2011 Three-Time All-American Mason Finley

The team looked primed for the postseason meets after solid showings at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational, the Jordan Payton Invitational and the Arkansas Twilight. In mid-May, the Jayhawks made the trip to Norman, Okla., hoping to move up among their conference brethren at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships. Mason Finley would repeat as Big 12 Outdoor Champion in the shot put and would collect runner-up honors in the dis-cus. Scott would follow Finley’s lead and earn his seventh Big 12 Pole Vault Championship. The KU men would go on to score in 11 events and collect 64 points at the three-day meet, placing sixth among the team standings.

As the No. 15-ranked team in the country, the KU men sent 15 men to com-pete at the NCAA West Preliminary meet in Eugene, Ore. Four men would go onto advance to the NCAA Championships joining Finley, who advanced in both the shot put and discus, to punch their tickets to Des Moines: junior Donny Wasinger in the 1,500 meters, sophomore Kyle Clemons in the 400 meters and freshman Johann Swanepoel in the javelin.

At the national meet in early June, the four representatives performed val-iantly, each taking home All-American honors. Finley’s third-place fi nish in the discus and fi fth-place fi nish in the shot put garnered him fi rst team All-American honors for the second-straight season. After a controversial 1,500-meter semi-fi nal, Wasinger ran to a 14th-place fi nish in the fi nal, which earned him honorable mention All-American honors. Clemons took sixth in his semi-fi nal heat of the 400 meters, notching a season-best time of 46.11 but was unable to qualify for fi nals, fi nishing 16th overall to be named to the All-American second team. In the javelin the freshman, Swanepoel, fought through injury and put together a gritty performance, claiming fi fth and becoming the fi rst KU freshman to earn All-American honors in the javelin in over fi fty years.

The 2011 season was a year of growth for the men’s team, one that provided valuable experience to the young and upcoming athletes who will take over the leadership reigns in 2012. If the accomplishments that came to the men’s team throughout 2011 are any indication of potential successes, fans should be excited of what is to come in the near future.


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60-Meter DashKyle Clemons ........................6.93 .........................................1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. KansasAlex Hernes ..........................7.22 .........................................1/8/11. ................................. Bill Easton ClassicBruce Tyner ...........................7.29 .........................................3/5/11 ............................ISU NCAA Qualifi er

60-Meter HurdlesIsaac Bradshaw .......................8.76 .........................................1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. KansasNick Canton .........................8.88 .........................................1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. Kansas

200-Meter DashKyle Clemons ........................21.86 .......................................1/8/11. ................................. Bill Easton ClassicAlex Hernes ..........................23.18 .......................................1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. KansasBruce Tyner ...........................23.58 .......................................1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. Kansas

400-Meter DashKyle Clemons ........................46.65 .......................................2/26/11. ........................ Big 12 ChampionshipsKeron Toussaint......................49.13 .......................................1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. KansasPieter Marx ...........................49.70 .......................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicAlex Hernes ..........................51.24 .......................................3/5/11 ............................ISU NCAA Qualifi erBruce Tyner ...........................51.41 .......................................3/5/11 ............................ISU NCAA Qualifi erIssac Bradshaw .......................51.49 .......................................3/5/11 ............................ISU NCAA Qualifi erClint Bush .............................52.94 .......................................12/4/10. .....................Bob Timmons Challenge

600-Yard RunKeron Toussaint......................1:10.42 ....................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicKyle Clemons ........................1:11.14 ....................................1/8/11. ................................. Bill Easton ClassicDominique Manley................1:11.43 ....................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicDalen Fink ............................1:13.04 ....................................1/8/11 ................................. Bill Easton ClassicDerrick Perry ........................1:13.88 ....................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU Classic

800-Meter RunDalen Fink ............................1:52.23 ....................................3/5/11 ............................ISU NCAA Qualifi erNick Seckfort ........................1:54.43 ....................................3/5/11 ...........................ISU NCAA Qualifi erBrandan Soucie ......................1:54.98 ....................................2/12/11 ........................................ ISU ClassicSean Proehl ...........................1:55.97 ....................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicPatrick Helmick.....................1:59.00 ....................................3/5/11 ............................ISU NCAA Qualifi erEbo Browne ..........................1:59.35 ....................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU Classic

1,000-Meter RunSean Proehl ...........................2:30.93 ....................................2/25/11 ........................ Big 12 ChampionshipsBrendan Soucie .....................2:31.86 ....................................2/25/11 ........................ Big 12 ChampionshipsJosh Munsch ..........................2:34.84 ....................................1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. KansasPatrick Helmick.....................2:40.97 ....................................12/4/10 .....................Bob Timmons Challenge

1-Mile RunJosh Munsch ..........................4:07.65 ....................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicDonny Wasinger ....................4:14.01 ....................................1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. KansasAustin Bussing .......................4:17.21 ....................................1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. KansasSean Proehl ...........................4:22.12 ....................................12/4/10 .....................Bob Timmons Challenge

3,000-Meter RunNick Caprario .......................8:22.63 ....................................1/28/11 ................................... Jayhawk ClassicJosh Munsch ..........................8:24.74 ....................................2/26/11 ........................ Big 12 ChampionshipsGreg Bussing .........................8:34.18 ....................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicJosh Baden .............................8:36.37 ....................................2/26/11 ........................ Big 12 ChampionshipsDon Wasinger ........................8:36.57 ....................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicKaman Schneider ...................8:42.56 ....................................2/26/11 ........................ Big 12 ChampionshipsEmilio Trujillio ......................8:57.87 ....................................1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. Kansas

5,000-Meter RunNick Caprario .......................14:28.88 ..................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicJosh Baden .............................14:59.46 ..................................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU Classic

4x400-Meter RelayMarx, Toussaint,Manley, Clemons ...................3:09.84 ....................................3/5/11 ............................ISU NCAA Qualifi er

Distance Medley RelayFink, Marx,Munsch, Wasinger ..................10:06.57 ..................................2/4/11 ...................... New Balance Invitational

High JumpNick Canton .........................2.10m (6-10.75ft.) ...................1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. KansasNick Giancana .......................2.01m (6-07.00ft.) ...................2/26/11 ....................... Big 12 Championships

Pole VaultCooper Merril .......................5.10m (16-08.75ft.) .................1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. KansasAlex Bishop ...........................5.00m (16-04.75ft.) .................2/25/11 ........................ Big 12 ChampionshipsCorey Shank ..........................4.90m (16-00.75ft.) .................1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. KansasKevin Hays ............................4.30m (14-01.25ft.) .................1/8/11 ................................. Bill Easton Classic

Long JumpJareb Stallbaumer ...................6.91m (22-08.00ft.) .................2/12/11 ......................................... ISU ClassicDarryl Trotter ........................6.85m (22-05.75ft.) .................3/4/11 ............................Arkansas Last ChanceNick Giancana .......................6.23m (20-05.25ft.) .................1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. Kansas

Triple JumpDarryl Trotter ........................14.54m (47-08.50ft.) ...............2/26/11 ....................... Big 12 ChampionshipsJareb Stallbaumer ...................14.15m (46-05.25ft.) ...............2/26/11 ....................... Big 12 Championships

Shot PutMason Finley .........................20.71m (67-11.25ft.) ...............1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. KansasBrian Bishop..........................16.32m (53-06.50ft.) ...............1/14/11 ..............................Missouri vs. KansasJoel Krause ............................15.98m (52-05.00ft.) ...............2/4/11 ...................... New Balance InvitationalIain Trimble ...........................12.77m (41-10.75ft.) ...............1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. KansasNick Canton .........................10.91m (39-05.50ft.) ...............1/8/11. ................................. Bill Easton ClassicNick Giancana .......................10.71m (33-04.50ft.) ...............1/8/11. ................................. Bill Easton Classic

Weight ThrowMason Finley .........................18.51m (60-08.75ft.) ...............1/14/11. ..............................Missouri vs. KansasScott Penny ...........................17.53m (57-06.25ft.) ...............1/8/11 ................................. Bill Easton ClassicJoel Krause ............................15.24m (50-00.00ft.) ...............1/8/11. ................................. Bill Easton ClassicBrian Bishop..........................14.19m (46-06.75ft.) ...............1/8/11. ................................. Bill Easton Classic

2011 MEN’S INDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST100-Meter DashKyle Clemons .............. 10.76 ...........................4/29/11.... Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (Joplin, Mo.)Alex Hermes ............... 11.05 ...........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Bruce Tyner ................. 11.26 ...........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)

200-Meter DashKyle Clemons .............. 21.24 ...........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Keron Toussaint............ 22.08 ...........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Alex Hermes ............... 22.13 ...........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Bruce Tyner ................. 23.06 ...........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)

400-Meter DashKyle Clemons .............. 46.11 ...........................6/6/11 ..NCAA Outdoor Championships (Des Moines, Iowa)Keron Toussaint............ 46.80 ...........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Bruce Tyner ................. 54.14 ...........................4/30/11.... Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (Joplin, Mo.)

800-Meter DashDalen Fink .................. 1:52.79 .........................5/14/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Dominique Manley...... 1:53.05 .........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Nick Seckfort .............. 1:53.08 .........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Sam Jones .................... 1:53.89 .........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Brendan Soucie ........... 1:54.32 .........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Sean Proehl ................. 1:55.07 .........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Josh Munsch ................ 1:55.65 .........................3/19/11....... Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)Derrick Perry .............. 1:56.81 .........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Ebo Browne ................ 1:57.01 .........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Patrick Helmick........... 2:00.75 .........................4/21/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

1,500-Meter RunDon Wasinger .............. 3:44.89 .........................4/23/11 .....................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Josh Munsch ................ 3:48.21 .........................5/1/11 .................. Jordan Payton Invitational (Stanford, Cali.)Austin Bussing ............. 3:56.44 .........................4/23/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Nick Caprario ............. 4:01.03 .........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Sean Proehl ................. 4:04.86 .........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Emilio Trujillio ............ 4:05.60 .........................5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)

3,000-Meter RunDon Wasinger .............. 8:24.26 .........................4/2/11 ......... Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Nick Caprario ............. 8:25.13 .........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Greg Bussing ............... 8:25.76 .........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Zach Zarda .................. 8:34.09 .........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Josh Munsch ................ 8:39.29 .........................3/19/11....... Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)Josh Baden ................... 8:48.03 .........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Eric Dyson .................. 8:50.97 .........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Ben Wilson .................. 8:53.36 .........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Emilio Trujillo ............. 9:25.54 .........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)

3,000-Meter SteeplechaseAustin Bussing ............. 9:05.28 .........................5/1/11 ................. Jordan Payton Invitational (Stanford, Calif.)Eric Dyson .................. 9:46.37 .........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)

5,000-Meter RunDonny Wasinger .......... 14:24.86 .......................5/1/11 .................. Jordan Payton Invitational (Stanford, Cali.)Zach Zarda .................. 14:32.10 .......................5/15/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Nick Caprario ............. 14:35.61 .......................5/1/11 .................. Jordan Payton Invitational (Stanford, Cali.)Josh Baden ................... 14:40.73 .......................4/21/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Josh Munsch ................ 14:51.31 .......................5/15/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Austin Bussing ............. 15:24.52 .......................5/15/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Emilio Trujilio ............. 16:15.61 .......................4/21/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

10,000-Meter RunNick Caprario ............. 30:37.20 .......................5/13/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Josh Baden ................... 31:35.42 .......................5/13/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)

110-Meter HurdlesNick Canton ............... 16.07 ...........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)

400-Meter HurdlesPieter Marx ................. 54.10 ...........................4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Issac Bradshaw ............. 55.15 ...........................4/16/11................... John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)

High JumpNick Canton ............... 2.11m (6-11.00 ft.) .......5/14/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Nick Giancana ............. 2.05m (6-08.75 ft.) .......4/23/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

Pole VaultJordan Scott ................. 5.50m (18-00.50 ft.) .....4/9/11 ........................................ Texas Relays (Austin, Texas)Alex Bishop ................. 5.15m (16-10.75 ft.) .....4/22/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Cooper Merrill ............ 5.05m (16-06.75 ft.) .....4/22/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Kevin Hays .................. 4.48m (14-08.25 ft.) .....4/29/11.... Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (Joplin, Mo.)

Long JumpJareb Stallbaumer ......... 7.17m (23-06.25 ft.) .....5/6/11 ............................Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Darryl Trotter .............. 6.95m (22-09.75 ft.) .....4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)

Triple JumpDarryl Trotter .............. 15.29m (50-02.00 ft.) ...4/22/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Jareb Stallbaumer ......... 14.63m (48-00.00 ft.) ...4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)

Shot PutMason Finley ............... 19.84m (65-01.25 ft.) ...4/22/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Brian Bishop................ 16.39m (53-09.25 ft.) ...4/2/11 ....... Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Joel Krause .................. 16.29m (53-05.50 ft.) ...4/22/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

DiscusMason Finley ............... 60.65m (199-00 ft.) ......4/30/11.........................ULM Warhawk Classic (Monroe, La.)Brian Bishop................ 58.24m (191-01 ft.) ......5/15/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Joel Krause .................. 46.82m (153-07 ft.) ......5/15/11....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Scott Penny ................. 41.77m (137-00 ft.) ......4/30/11.........................ULM Warhawk Classic (Monroe, La.)

Hammer ThrowScott Penny ................. 60.14m (197-04 ft.) ......4/30/11.........................ULM Warhawk Classic (Monroe, La.)Joel Krause .................. 42.33m (138-10 ft.) ......4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Brian Bishop................ 39.98m (131-02 ft.) ......3/19/11....... Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)

JavelinJohann Swanepoel........ 73.60m (241-06 ft.) ......4/22/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Jesse Vaughn ................. 62.81m (206-01 ft.) ......3/19/11....... Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)Iain Trimble ................. 62.20m (204-01 ft.) ......4/2/11 ........ Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Dan Hitman ................ 52.44m (172-00 ft.) ......4/22/11 ................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

DecathlonNick Canton ............... 5,771 ...........................4/21/11..................................Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

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2011 3,000-Meter Steeplechase All-American Rebeka Stowe

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The 2011 season saw the emergence of several women for the KU track and fi eld program, women who had not previously been in the spotlight as they were for the duration of the 2011 campaign. Several heralded freshmen also came on board, who fans would later fi nd out, would be just as good as advertised.

The team got out to a fast start at the fi rst two indoor meets of the season, the Bob Tim-mons Challenge and the Bill Easton Classic. Demi Payne, Jessica Maroszek and Diamond Dixon each notched victories in their fi rst collegiate meets for the Jayhawks. These early season performances would be just a prelude to what fans would see later on in the year.

The women would go on to dominate the Missouri Tigers in the KU vs. MU dual, 99-82, claiming their fi rst victory over their archrival since the dual meets began in 2009. Top performances came from senior Jaci Perryman, who claimed the pole vault title, newcomer sophomore Francine Simpson, winning the long jump and sophomore Denesha Morris, who took home both the 60 meter and 200 meter titles.

Junior Rebeka Stowe made her season debut in the 3,000 meters at the fi nal home meet of the indoor season, winning the event in a time of 9:45.55 and moving up to fi fth in the event on the all-time KU record books. Morris continued her strong start to the season, winning the 60 meters in 7.47, the third-fastest time in the event in school history. The 4x400-meter relay team of Morris, Dixon, Kendra Bradley and Taylor Washington also took home the event title with a time of 3:43.61. The meet would only be the fi rst step in what would turn out to be a record-breaking season for the quartet.

With the heart of the indoor season in full swing, the women made the trip to the north-east for the New Balance Invitational in New York City. The meet would be a coming out party for the freshman, Dixon, who had already impressed in the season’s earlier meets, but showed her tremendous potential as a young sprinter. The El Paso, Texas native would fi nish fourth in the 400 meters, but her time of 53.93 would rank her second on the program’s all-time 400-meter chart. Seniors Perryman and Amanda Miller would turn in runner-up performances in their respective events, each notching personal bests.

After returning from New York, the team split for four different meets across the country: the ISU Classic in Ames, Iowa; the Air Force Invitational in Colorado Springs, Colo.; the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.; and the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash. Although many Jayhawks put together career performances, the top would be Stowe, who was the lone competitor at the Husky Classic. The Olathe, Kan., native ran to a career-best 9:36.72 in the 3,000 meters and pushed into the top-25 of the NCAA rankings in the event.

It was then time for conference action as the team hit the road for Lincoln, Neb., and the Big 12 Indoor Championships. With many of the young Jayhawks participating in the meet for the fi rst time, nine women would do the scoring for the team at the meet, including four underclassmen. The team would go on to score 40 points to place eighth overall.

A week later, the teams would get one last crack at hitting the national qualifying marks to punch their tickets to the NCAA Championships. The 4x400-meter relay team of Dixon, Morris, Washington and Wilson would do just that, passing the baton around in a school record 3:35.65, which would earn them an at-large spot in the national meet the following week. Andrea Geubelle, who already earned the automatic mark in the triple jump, won the long jump at the Arkansas Last Chance but it would not be enough to move her on to Nationals. Several other women would set personal bests at the last chance meets but would come up just short of the national qualifying.

Five Jayhawks would earn their way to the NCAA’s, while Diamond Dixon, who earned a third-place fi nish in the 400 meters would also go on to help her 4x400-meter relay team to a seventh-place fi nish, making the freshman a dual event All-American in just her third month of collegiate competition. Both performances would also rewrite the school record books as both Dixon and her relay team broke their own school records in each event. Geu-belle also had a solid weekend in College Station, claiming eighth on an indoor personal best jump of 13.02 meters. The sophomore now had her name among the top fi ve in both the long and triple jump all-time KU performance lists.

After a spring break trip to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico for the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic to kick off the outdoor portion of the 2011 campaign, the women jetted to Austin, Texas for the Texas Relays. The meet would send the season in a fantastic direction. Freshman Jessica Maroszek had an outstanding performance in the shot put, claiming the title and notching the second-best throw in KU history. The performance would launch the Seymour, Wis., native’s season to new heights. Francine Simpson also had a weekend to be proud of, plac-ing second in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 6.47 meters, which would rank in third in the West Region, all but assuring her a spot in the NCAA West Preliminary in May.

The team’s performance in Austin vaulted it into the USTFCCCA rankings for the fi rst time of the young outdoor season, ranking the Jayhawks at No. 14 spot as they headed into the Kansas Relays. As always, the women didn’t disappoint the hometown crowd. The Jayhawks won titles in four events with a handful earning top-fi ve fi nishes through personal bests. Sophomore Heather Bergmann asserted herself in the javelin throw, earning herself the modern day school record in the event, unleashing a throw of 168-07 ft., putting her as one of the favorites in the event as the team moved closer to the post-season meets.

KU would have one more opportunity for its athletes to get a fi nal tune-up before the conference and national meets arrived in mid-May. First, for the distance runners at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, Calif. Stowe would be the star for the Jayhawks, shat-tering the school’s Steeplechase record in a time of 9:53.12, over 10 seconds better than the previous record. Across the country at the at the Arkansas Twilight, Diamond Dixon again


2011 WOMEN’S INDOOR INDIVIDUAL TITLES60-Meter Dash7.47 .......................................Denesha Morris ................. Jan. 28 ............................................Jayhawk Classic7.53 .......................................Denesha Morris ................. Jan. 14 ...................................... Missouri vs. Kansas7.58 .......................................Denesha Morris .................Dec. 4 .............................Bob Timmons Challenge7.64 .......................................Diamond Dixon ................ Jan. 8 ........................................ Bill Easton Classic

200-Meter Dash24.50 .....................................Denesha Morris ................. Jan. 8. ........................................ Bill Easton Classic24.59 .....................................Denesha Morris ................. Jan. 14 ...................................... Missouri vs. Kansas

400-Meter Dash53.66 .....................................Diamond Dixon ................ Feb. 12 ........................................................ISU Classic56.72 .....................................Kendra Bradley ...................Jan. 14 ..................................... Missouri vs. Kansas56.81 .....................................Denesha Morris ................. Jan. 8 ......................................... Bill Easton Classic

600-Yard Run1:23.46 .................................Diamond Dixon ................ Jan. 14 ...................................... Missouri vs. Kansas1:23.79 .................................Shayla Wilson .................... Jan. 8. ....................................... Bill Eastson Classic

Mile-Run5:18.11 ..................................Kathleen Thompson .......... Jan. 8 ......................................... Bill Easton Classic

3,000-Meter Run9:45.55........................................Rebeka Stowe ..................... Jan. 28. ...........................................Jayhawk Classic9:53.62 ..................................Amanda Miller .................. Jan. 14 ...................................... Missouri vs. Kansas

60-Meter Hurdles8.80 .......................................Rebecca Neville ................ Jan. 8. ........................................ Bill Easton Classic8.93 .......................................Rebecca Neville ................ Jan. 4. ..............................Bob Timmons Challenge

4x400-Meter Relay3:39.27 ........... Morris, Wilson, Bradley, Dixon ................. Feb. 12 .................................................ISU Classic3:43.61 ........... Bradley, Washington, Morris, Dixon .......... Jan. 28 ............................................Jayhawk Classic3:44.75 ........... Dixon, Grosserode, Lupton, Morris...........Dec. 4 .............................Bob Timmons Challenge3:48.42 ........... Morris, Bradley, Washington, Dixon .......... Jan. 14. ..................................... Missouri vs. Kansas

Distance Medley Relay12:03.73 ..........Becker, Christensen, Rich, Miller ............. Jan. 28 ............................................Jayhawk Classic

Long Jump6.18m (20-03.50ft.) ...............Andrea Geubelle ................March 4 ............................... Arkansas Last Chance6.04m (19-09.50ft.) ...............Francine Simpson .............. Jan. 4 ........................................ Missouri vs. Kansas6.03m (19-09.00ft.) ...............Francine Simpson .............. Jan. 8 ......................................... Bill Easton Classic5.71m (18-09.00ft.) ...............Andrea Geubelle ................Dec. 4. .............................Bob Timmons Challenge

Triple Jump12.48m (40-11.25ft.) ..............Andrea Geubelle ................ Jan. 8 ......................................... Bill Easton Classic12.22m (40-01.00ft.) ..............Andrea Geubelle ................ Jan. 14 ...................................... Missouri vs. Kansas

High Jump1.55m (5-00.75ft.) .................Rebecca Neville ................ Jan. 8 ......................................... Bill Easton Classic1.55m (5-00.75ft.) .................Amanda Caines...................Jan. 8 ...................................... Bill Easton Classic

Pole Vault3.95m (12-11.50ft.) ...............Jaci Perryman .................... Jan. 8 ......................................... Bill Easton Classic3.90m (12-09.50ft.) ...............Jaci Perryman .................... Jan. 14 ...................................... Missouri vs. Kansas

Shot Put13.85m (45-05.25ft.) ..............Jessica Maroszek ................. Jan. 28 ............................................Jayhawk Classic13.69m (44-02.25ft.) ..............Jessica Maroszek ................. Jan. 8 ......................................... Bill Easton Classic

Weight Throw13.86m (45-05.75ft.) ..................Elise Umbarger ......................Jan. 8 ......................................... Bill Easton Classic

2011 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TITLES100-Meter Dash11.53w ..................................Diamond Dixon ................April 29 ....... Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational

400-Meter Dash51.55 .....................................Diamond Dixon ................May 15................................Big 12 Championships53.62 .....................................Diamond Dixon ................April 22 ...........................................Kansas Relays55.23 .....................................Kendra Bradley ..................April 29 ....... Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational

800 Meters2:09.81 ..................................Cori Christensen ...............May 1 ............................Payton Jordan Invitational

1,500 Meters4:28.19 ..................................Rebeka Stowe ...................April 23 ...........................................Kansas Relays

3,000 Meters9:46.34 ..................................Rebeka Stowe ...................April 2 .................... Razorback Spring Invitational

5,000 Meters18:59.70 ................................Charlene Browne ..............May 6 .........................................Arkansas Twilight

100-Meter Hurdles14.18w ..................................Kathryn Lupton .................April 29 ....... Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational

4x400-Meter Relay3:37.33 ............Bradley, Morris, Wilson, Washington .........March 19 ...............Mayaguez Spring Break Classic3:38.44 ............Wilson, Washington, Dixon, Bradley ........March 22 .........................................Kansas Relays

Long Jump6.36m (20-10.50 ft.) ..............Francine Simpson ..............April 16 ............John Jacobs Collegiate Invitational

Triple Jump12.72m (41-08.75 ft.).............Andrea Geubelle ................April 2 .................... Razorback Spring Invitational

Pole Vault4.07m (13-04.25 ft.) ..............Jaci Perryman ....................April 29 ....... Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational

Shot Put14.80m (48-06.75 ft.).............Jessica Maroszek .................April 2 .................... Razorback Spring Invitational

Discus54.21m (177-10 ft.) ...............Jessica Maroszek .................April 23 .......................................... Kansas Relays54.05m (177-04 ft.) ...............Jessica Maroszek .................April 8 ...............................................Texas Relays52.35m (171-09 ft.) ...............Jessica Maroszek .................April 2 .................... Razorback Spring Invitational 50.68m (166-03 ft.) ...............Jessica Maroszek .................April 30 ............................. ULM Warhawk Classic

Javelin46.82m (153-07 ft.) ...............Heather Bergmann ............April 2 .................... Razorback Spring Invitational46.63m (152-12 ft.) ...............Heather Bergmann ............April 30 ...................... ULM Warhawk Invitational

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stole the spotlight, breaking the schools 400-meter record en route to a fi rst-place fi nish in the event.

Coming off their best performances of the season at the meets in the previous two weeks, the confi dent women entered the Big 12 Outdoor Championships hoping to make history. The women’s distance runners held up their end, with both Stowe and Cori Christens-en combining for 11 points in the 1,500 meters and 3,000-meter Steeplechase. Geubelle notched a personal best in the long jump, placing third and also collected a fi fth-place fi nish in the triple jump, putting 10 points toward the team total. Dixon was the highlight for the Jayhawks on the week, however. In the 400-meter fi nal, on the last day of competition, the freshman took on perennial All-American and national champion Jessica Beard of Texas A&M, passing the senior down the home stretch to fi nish in a national-leading time of 51.55 and becoming the fi rst 400-meter Big 12 champion in school history. Dixon’s fi nish propelled the KU women to a seventh-place fi nish with 51.5 team points.

The Jayhawks would send 14 athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary with nine moving onto the NCAA National Championship by week’s end. Top performances came from Ma-roszek, Bergmann and Dixon who each locked in spots to their fi rst National Champion-ship meet. A week later, Dixon would be named the Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA, confi rming her status as one of the most successful KU freshmen ever to don the Crimson and Blue.

A week later in Des Moines, each of the nine KU women to make the trip put forth performances to be proud of, each earning fi rst team All-American honors once the week was said and done. Maroszek started the week off by taking eighth in the discus. A day later, Bergmann completed the fantastic season for the KU throwers with a seventh-place fi nish in the javelin.

On the blue track of Des Moines’ Drake Stadium, the KU women’s track stars didn’t disap-point. Stowe returned to the fi nals of the Steeplechase, placing seventh. Dixon concluded her heralded individual freshman campaign with a third-place fi nish in the 400 meters. Dixon would join forces with with her 4x400-meter relay teammates to place eighth overall and once again breaking the school record in the event at 3:33.00.

As successful as 2011 was for the women’s squad, if anything, it showed the coaches and fans that the team’s future is a bright one. All but one of the nine who competed at the NCAA Championships (Shayla Wilson) will return in 2012 with several other up-and-coming freshman showing glimpses of greatness throughout the fi ve month season. There’s no doubt, the women’s program is on the rise.


60-Meter DashDenesha Morris ..............7.47 ............................1/28/11 ............................Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)Diamond Dixon .............7.58 ............................1/28/11 ............................Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)Francine Simpson ...........7.60 ............................1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)Kendra Bradley ...............7.73 ............................1/28/11 ............................Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)Andrea Geubelle .............7.79 ............................12/4/10 ............. Bob Timmons Challenge (Lawrence, Kan.)Kathryn Lupton ..............8.50 ............................1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

60-Meter HurdlesRebecca Neville .............8.76 ............................3/4/11 ...................Arkansas Last Chance (Fayetteville, Ark.)Kathryn Lupton ..............9.05 ............................1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)Amanda Caines ...............10.81 ..........................1/8/11 ..........................Bill Easton Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)

200-Meter DashDenesha Morris ..............23.91 ..........................2/25/11 ................... Big 12 Championships (Lincoln, Neb.) Francine Simpson ...........24.93 ..........................1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)Diamond Dixon .............25.05 ..........................1/8/11 ..........................Bill Easton Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)Andrea Geubelle .............25.48 ..........................12/4/10 ............. Bob Timmons Challenge (Lawrence, Kan.)Kathryn Lupton ..............27.84 ..........................1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

400-Meter DashDiamond Dixon .............53.06 ..........................3/11/11 ....NCAA Indoor Championships (College Station, Texas)Kendra Bradley ...............55.60 ..........................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Taylor Washington ..........55.61 ..........................3/5/11 ............Alex Wilson Last Chance (South Bend, Ind. )Denesha Morris ..............55.86 ..........................1/28/11 ............................Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)

600-Yard RunShayla Wilson..................1:21.46 .......................2/26/11 .................... Big 12 Championship (Lincoln, Neb.)Taylor Washington ..........1:22.25 .......................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Diamond Dixon .............1:23.46 .......................1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)Anna Barber ...................1:28.15 .......................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Tara Grosserode ..............1:28.58 .......................12/4/10 ............. Bob Timmons Challenge (Lawrence, Kan.)

800-Meter RunCori Christensen ............2:11.97 .......................2/5/11 .............. New Balance Invitational (New York, N. Y.)Maddy Rich ...................2:18.34 .......................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Kathleen Thompson ........2:18.99 .......................1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)Anna Barber ...................2:22.48 .......................3/5/11 .......................... ISU NCAA Qualifi er (Ames, Iowa)Rebecca Neville .............2:25.47 .......................2/25/11 ................... Big 12 Championships (Lincoln, Neb.)

1,000-Meter RunCori Christenson ............2:49.92 .......................2/25/11 ................... Big 12 Championships (Lincoln, Neb.)Madison Moser ...............3:01.76 .......................1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

1-Mile RunRebeka Stowe ................4:45.68 .......................3/5/11 .............Alex Wilson Last Chance (South Bend, Ind.)Natalie Becker ................5:01.30 .......................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Kyra Kilwein ..................5:01.69 .......................1/28/11 ............................Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)Kathleen Thompson ........5:12.87 .......................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Madison Moser ...............5:23.13 .......................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Devin Wiegers ................5:29.20 .......................1/8/11...........................Bill Easton Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)Riley Wertenberger .........5:30.33 .......................1/8/11........................... Bill Easton Classis (Lawrence, Kan.)Mackenzie Abernathy .........5:32.86 .......................12/4/10 ............. Bob Timmons Challenge (Lawrence, Kan.)

3,000-Meter RunRebecca Stowe ...............9:36.72 .......................2/12/11 ..................................Husky Classic (Seattle, Wash.)Natalie Becker ................9:45.61 .......................2/26/11 ................... Big 12 Championships (Lincoln, Neb.)Amanda Miller................9:46.11 .......................2/5/11 .............. New Balance Invitational (New York, N. Y.) Kara Windisch ................9:46.51 .......................2/26/11 ................... Big 12 Championships (Lincoln, Neb.)Kyra Kilwein ..................9:54.87 .......................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Tessa Turcotte..................9:57.37 .......................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Riley Wertenberger .........10:27.93 .....................1/28/11. ............................Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)Mackenzie Abernathy .........10:51.38 .....................12/4/10. ............. Bob Timmons Challenge (Lawrence, Kan.)Devin Wiegers ................11:04.49 .....................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)

5,000-Meter RunAmanda Miller................17:18.83 .....................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Riley Wertenberger .........17:56.00 .....................2/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)

Long JumpFrancine Simpson ...........6.22m (20-05.00ft.) ....2/4/11 ............. New Balance Invitational (New York, N. Y. )Andrea Geubelle .............6.18m (20-03.50ft.) ....3/4/11 ...................Arkansas Last Chance (Fayetteville, Ark.)Rebecca Neville .............5.83m (19-01-50ft.) ....2/4/11 ............. New Balance Invitational (New York, N. Y. )Jamaica Collins ...............5.20m (17-00.75ft.) ....3/4/11 ...................Arkansas Last Chance (Fayetteville, Ark.)Amanda Caines ...............4.95m (16-10.50ft.) ....1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

Pole VaultJaci Perryman .................4.10m (13-05.50ft.) ....2/4/11 ............. New Balance Invitational (New York, N. Y. )Demi Payne ....................3.92m (12-10.25ft.) ....2/26/11 ................... Big 12 Championships (Lincoln, Neb.)Julia Cummings ..............3.86m (12-08.00ft.) ....3/4/11 ...................Arkansas Last Chance (Fayetteville, Ark.)Abby Jones .....................3.67m (12-00.50ft.) ....2/26/11 ................... Big 12 Championships (Lincoln, Neb.)Tara Turnbull ..................3.67m (12-00.50ft.) ....2/26/11 ................... Big 12 Championships (Lincoln, Neb.)Abby Row......................3.20m (10-06.00ft.) ....1/28/11 ............................Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)

Triple JumpAndrea Geubelle .............13.02m (42-08.75ft.) ..3/12/11....NCAA Indoor Championships (College Station, Texas)Jamaica Collins ...............11.38m (37-04.00ft.) ..1/28/11 ............................Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)Amanda Caines ...............11.18m (36-08.25ft.) ..1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

High JumpRebecca Neville .............1.60m (5-03.00ft.) ......1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)Amanda Caines ...............1.55m (5-00.75ft.) ......1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

Shot PutJessica Maroszek ..............14.18m (46-06.25ft.) ..2/12/11 ..... Air Force Invitational (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Heather Bergmann .........12.82m (42-00.75ft.) ..2/12/11 ..... Air Force Invitational (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Elise Umbarger ...............12.75m (41-10.00ft.) ..1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)Rebecca Neville .............9.39m (30-09.75ft.) ....1/12/11 ........................................ISU Classic (Ames, Iowa)Amanda Caines ...............7.55m (25-09.25ft.) ....12/4/10 ............. Bob Timmons Challenge (Lawrence, Kan.)

Weight ThrowJessica Mareszek ..............14.20m (46-07.00ft.) ..1/14/11 ...................... Missouri vs. Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)Elise Umbarger ...............13.86m (45-05.75ft.) ..1/8/11 ..........................Bill Easton Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)

2011 WOMEN’S INDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST100-Meter DashDiamond Dixon ...........11.53w .........................4/29/11 .....Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (Joplin, Mo.)Denesha Morris ............11.69 ............................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Andrea Geubelle ...........12.11 ............................3/19/11 ........Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)

200-Meter DashDiamond Dixon ...........24.16 ............................4/16/11 ....................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Francine Simpson .........24.49 ............................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Kendra Bradley .............24.69 ............................4/16/11 ....................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Taylor Washington ........24.76 ............................4/16/11 ....................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Rebecca Neville ...........24.80 ............................5/13/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)

400-Meter DashDiamond Dixon ...........51.55 ............................5/15/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Kendra Bradley .............54.42 ............................5/14/11 ....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Taylor Washington ........54.52 ............................5/6/11 ............................. Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Shayla Wilson................55.32 ............................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Denesha Morris ............55.53 ............................5/14/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)

800-Meter RunCori Christensen ..........2:09.81 .........................5/1/11 .................. Payton Jordan Invitational (Stanford, Calif.)Shayla Wilson................2:11.18 .........................5/6/11 ............................. Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Rebeka Stowe ..............2:17.39 .........................3/19/11 ........Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)Anna Barber .................2:17.48 .........................5/6/11 ............................. Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Maddy Rich .................2:18.39 .........................4/21/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Rebecca Neville ...........2:22.66 .........................5/14/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Kathleen Thompson ......2:25.04 .........................3/19/11 ........Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.) 1,500-Meter RunCori Christensen ..........4:24.59 .........................5/26/11 .....................NCAA West Preliminary (Eugene, Ore.)Rebeka Stowe ..............4:25.01 .........................5/14/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Kyra Kilwein ................4:41.78 .........................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Kathleen Thompson ......4:41.86 .........................4/16/11 ....................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)

3,000-Meter RunRebeka Stowe ..............9:46.34 .........................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Kara Windisch ..............9:47.70 .........................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Amanda Miller..............9:50.41 .........................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Tessa Turcotte................9:50.82 .........................4/21/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Kyra Kilwein ................9:51.94 .........................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Cori Christensen ..........10:18.96 .......................3/19/11 ........Mayaquez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)Charlene Browne ..........10:29.53 .......................4/16/11 ....................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Riley Wertenberger .......10:40.17 .......................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Madison Moser .............10:56.01 .......................3/19/11 ........Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)Devin Wiegers ..............11:00.42 .......................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Kathleen Thompson ......11:06.02 .......................3/19/11 ........Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)Allie Marquis ................11:18.40 .......................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)

3,000-Meter SteeplechaseRebeka Stowe ..............9:53.12 .........................5/1/11 ....................Payton Jordan Invitational (Stanford, Cali.)Natalie Becker ..............11:09.09 .......................4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)

5,000 MetersKara Windisch ..............16:58.60 .......................5/15/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Tessa Turcotte................17:15.00 .......................5/15/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Amanda Miller..............17:15.24 .......................5/1/11 ....................Payton Jordan Invitational (Stanford, Cali.)Kyra Kilwein ................17:28.28 .......................5/1/11 ....................Payton Jordan Invitational (Stanford, Cali.)Charlene Browne ..........18:23.16 .......................4/21/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

10,000 MetersAmanda Miller..............35:36.15 .......................5/13/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Tessa Turcotte................35:41.73 .......................5/13/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Kara Windisch ..............35:45.59 .......................5/13/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)

100-Meter HurdlesKathryn Lupton ............14.11w .........................5/6/11 ............................. Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Rebecca Neville ...........14.04 ............................5/13/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)

400-Meter HurdlesKathryn Lupton ............1:00.95 .........................5/6/11 ............................. Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)Timmie Morris.............1:04.45 .........................5/6/11 ............................. Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)

High JumpRebecca Neville ...........1.67m (5-05.75ft.) ........4/20/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

Pole VaultJaci Perryman ...............4.13m (13-06.50ft.) ......5/15/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Lawrence, Kan.)Demi Payne ..................4.06m (13-03.75ft.) ......4/8/11 ..........................................Texas Relays (Austin, Texas)Julia Cummings ............3.90m (12-09.50ft.) ......4/23/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Tara Turnbull ................3.70m (12-01.50ft.) ......4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Sarah Hedberg ..............3.65m (11-11.75ft.) ......4/23/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Abby Jones ...................3.60m (11-09.75ft.) ......4/16/11 ....................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Abby Row....................3.50m (11-05.75ft.) ......4/23/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Claire Christie ..............3.45m (11-03.75ft.) ......5/6/11 ............................. Arkansas Twilight (Fayetteville, Ark.)

Long JumpFrancine Simpson .........6.47m (21-02.75ft.) ......4/8/11 ..........................................Texas Relays (Austin, Texas)Andrea Geubelle ...........6.44m (21-01.75ft.) ......5/14/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Rebecca Neville ...........5.74m (18-10.00ft.) ......4/7/11 ..........................................Texas Relays (Austin, Texas)Jamaica Collins .............5.14m (16-10.50ft.) ......4/16/11 ....................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)

Triple JumpAndrea Geubelle ...........13.20m (43-03.75ft.) ....5/15/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Jamaica Collins .............11.03m (36-07.75ft.) ....4/16/11 ....................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)

Shot PutJessica Maroszek ............15.17m (49-09.25ft.) ....5/14/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)Heather Bergmann .......12.84m (42-01.50ft.) ....4/2/11 ..........Razorback Spring Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)Elise Umbarger .............12.49m (40-11.75ft.) ....4/16/11 ...................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)Rebecca Neville ...........9.77m (32-00.75ft.) ......5/13/11 .....................Big 12 Championships (Norman, Okla.)

DiscusJessica Maroszek ............54.21m (177-10 ft.) ......4/23/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)

HammerElise Umbarger .............47.38m (155-05ft.) .......4/16/11 ...................John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.)

JavelinHeather Bergmann .......51.38m (168-07ft.) .......4/22/11 .................................. Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.)Rebecca Neville ...........29.55m (96-11ft.) .........3/19/11 ........Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (Mayaguez, P.R.)

HeptathlonRebecca Neville ...........5,000 points..................4/7/11 ..........................................Texas Relays (Austin, Texas)

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MENFirst TeamJosh BadenEbo BrowneAustin BussingNick CantonMason FinleyCooper MerrillSean ProehlJordan ScottJareb Stallbaumer*

Second TeamJoel KrauseDarryl Trotter

*Indicates nominated with a 4.0 GPA

In May, the Big 12 Conference awarded Kansas graduate Jareb Stallbaumer as one of 24 recipients of the prestigious Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship, which is a grant presented to former student-athletes who plan on perusing a graduate degree.

Stallbaumer, a horizontal jumper from 2007-10, formally received the scholarships at the Kansas Athletics Senior Scholar Banquet on May 2nd in Allen Fieldhouse. Saundra Guatt, widow of the late Dr. Prentice Gautt for whom the scholarship is named, presented the Wetmore, Kan., native with the scholarships in front of fam-ily, friends and teammates.

Twenty-four Big 12 student-athletes were selected to receive the scholarships, one male and one female athlete from each of the member schools. The scholarships are named in honor of the late Dr. Prentice Gautt, a former Big 12 Conference staff member and student services’ pioneer who passed away in March 2005.

To date, the Big 12 has provided $1,835,600 for postgraduate education. The indi-vidual grants began at $2,500 in 1996-97, were raised to $5,000 in 1999, increased to $6,900 for 2004-05 and climbed to $7,500 in 2006-07.

Criteria for the awards includes a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, participation in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at the nominee’s respective institution and completion of athletics’ eligibility. The student-athletes also must graduate from their respective member institutions within 15 months of their selection for a postgraduate scholarship and are expected to enroll in gradu-ate/professional schools within two years of graduation. Three faculty represen-tatives, one senior woman administrator and one director of athletics form the selection panel.

WOMENFirst TeamNatalie BeckerHeather BergmannCori ChristensenJulia CummingsSarah HedbergAmanda MillerJaci PerrymanKathleen ThompsonTara TurnbullRebeka StoweElise UmbargerRiley Wertenberger

Second TeamKendra BradleyAbby JonesKyra KilweinKathryn LuptonDenesha Morris

USTFCCCA All-Academic Selections

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MENDalen FinkMason FinleyCooper MerrillJordan Scott

WOMENHeather BergmannJulia CummingsJaci PerrymanRebeka Stowe

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55 Meters 6.22, Pierre Lisk 6.14, Izaiq Adeyanju, Wichita State 6.14, Leon Gordan 6.00, Lee McRae NCAA Championships, 1996 Jayhawk Invitational, 1990 Texas Tech, 1997 Pittsburgh, 1986

55-Meter Hurdles 7.20c, Courtney Hawkins 7.10, Courtney Hawkins, Unattached 7.09, Larry Wade 7.07, Allen Johnson Capital Invitational, 1987 Jayhawk Invitational, 1991 Texas A&M, 1998 North Carolina, 1992

60 Meters 6.69, Leo Bookman 6.46, Maurice Green, Unattached 6.59, Mookie Salaam 6.51, Richard Thompson Big 12 Championships, 2004 Jayhawk Invitational, 1999 Oklahoma, 2011 LSU, 2008

60-Meter Hurdles 7.84, Aaron Thompson, ISU Last Chance, 2006; 7.64, Dexter Faulk, Nike 7.59, Ronnie Ash 7.47, Reggie Torian Julius Jiles, ISU Last Chance, 2008 Bob Timmons Challenge, 2011 Oklahoma, 2010 Wisconsin, 1997

200 Meters 20.53, Leo Bookman 20.85, David Oakes, Nike Central 20.58, Leo Bookman 20.10, Wallace Spearmon NCAA Championships, 2003 Jayhawk Invitational, 1998 Kansas, 2004 Arkansas, 2005

400 Meters 46.50c, Deon Hogan 47.03, Jason Rouser, Oklahoma 45.63, Brandon Couts 44.57, Kerron Clement Kodak Invitational, 1983 Big Eight Championships, 1992 Baylor, 1998 Florida, 2005

600 Yards 1:08.9h, Mike Ricks 1:09.91, John Patterson, Texas 1:07.43, Floyd Thompson 1:08.51, Eugene Sanders Big Eight Championships, 1980 Kansas Invitational, 1986 Baylor, 2000 Mississippi Valley, 1982 600 Meters 1:17.48, Matt Baysinger, Kansas 1:20.08, Matt Baysinger, Kansas No Record No Record Illinois Invitational, 2007 Jayhawk Classic, 2008

800 Meters 1:47.04, Jeremy Mims 1:50.71, Sherridan Kirk, KCKCC 1:46.46, Dmitrijs Milkevics 1:45.33, Patrick Nduwimana Alex Wilson Invitational, 2005 Jayhawk Invitational, 2003 Nebraska, 2006 Arizona, 2001 1,000 Meters 2:21.72, Charlie Gruber 2:21.72, Charlie Gruber, Kansas 2:20.24, Christian Smith 2:18.74, Freddie Williams Jayhawk Invitational, 2001 Jayhawk Invitational, 2001 Kansas State, 2004 Abilene Christian, 1986

Mile 3:57.50, Jim Ryun 4:04.8, Michael Cox, Kansas 3:55.02, German Fernandez 3:55.33, Kevin Sullivan Madison Square Garden Invite, 1968 KU/KSU/MU Triangular, 1994 Oklahoma State, 2009 Michigan, 1995

3,000 Meters 7:53.08, Colby Wissel 8:04.55, Jonathan Brown, ISU 7:55.57, Adam Goucher 7:46.03, Adam Goucher Alex Wilson Invitational, 2007 Big Eight Championships, 1992 Colorado, 1998 Colorado, 1998

5,000 Meters 13:51.82, Craig Watcke 13:45.42, Jonathan Brown, ISU 13:38.23, Adam Goucher 13:26.01, Leonard Korir Silverstone International, 1989 Big Eight Championships, 1992 Colorado, 1998 Iona, 2011

Mile Relay 3:11.9h, (Rau, Bullock, Hogan, Ricks) 3:09.86, Nebraska 3:08.94, Baylor 3:11.07, Oklahoma Big Eight Championships, 1981 Big Eight Championships, 1992 1998 1982

1,600-Meter Relay 3:06.11, (Whitaker, Newell, McCall, Wagner) 3:12.90, Barton County CC 3:04.46, Baylor 3:03.51, Florida NCAA Championships, 1977 Jayhawk Invitational, 2001 2000 2005

3,200-Meter Relay 7:18.77, (Teal, Waters, Cox, Handy) 7:48.05, Kansas No Record 7:17.45, Clemson Last Chance Meet, 1992 KU/KSU/MU Triangular, 2000 1989

Distance Medley Relay 9:34.91 (Chesang, Madathil, Baysinger, Hodges) 10:04.79, Butler CC 9:41.88, Baylor 9:27.77, Michigan Alex Wilson Invitational, 2006 Jayhawk Invitational, 1995 2010 2004

High Jump 7-04.25, Tyke Peacock 7-03.5, Mark Todd, Wichita St. 7-06.5, Mark Boswell, Texas, 2000 7-9.25, Hollis Conway Kansas State Dual, 1982 Kansas Triangular, 1985 and Andra Manson, Texas 2007 SW Louisiana, 1989

Long Jump 26-07.25, Theo Hamilton 25-09.75, Chris Wright, KCKCC 26-08.50, Bryce Lamb 27-10, Carl Lewis NCAA Championships, 1975 Kansas Invitational, 1996 Texas Tech, 2010 Houston, 1981

Triple Jump 54-06.75, Sanya Owolabi, 54-09.5, Benjamin Koech 54-00.50, Bryce Lamb 56-10, Will Claye Big Eight Championships, 1981 Blinn College, 1990 Texas Tech, 2010 Florida, 2011

Shot Put 67-11.5, Mason Finley 67-11.5, Mason Finley, Kansas 69-02, Carl Myerscough 71-3.5, Ryan Whiting KU-MU Dual, 2011 KU-MU Dual, 2011 Nebraska, 2002 Arizona State, 2008

Pole Vault 18-08, Pat Manson 18-02.5, Jeff Buckingham, Lawrence; 18-8.25, Jacob Davis 19-2.25, Jacob Davis Big Eight Championships, 1989 Doug Lytle, Unattached; Texas, 1999 Texas, 1999 Steve Stubblefield, Bud Lite; Missouri Valley Indoor, 1985

Weight Throw 81-01.25, Scott Russell 80-04.25, Scott Russell, Kansas 77-10.75, Scott Russell 78-9.75, Libor Charfreitag Iowa State Classic, 2002 Jayhawk Invitational, 2002 Kansas, 2002 SMU, 2001

Pentathlon 3,891 points, Andy Morris 4,004 points, Rick Schwieger, Nebraska 3,893 points, Chad Meyer No Record Missouri Invitational, 2001 Kansas Invite, 1992 Texas A&M, 1998 Heptathlon 5,543 points, Mike Evers No Record 5,938 points, Nick Adcock 6,499 points, Ashton Eaton Big Eight Championships, 1996 Missouri, 2010 Oregon, 2010

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55 Meters6.22 Pierre Lisk, NCAA Championships 19966.23c Charlie Tidwell, Michigan St. Duel 19586.23c Clifford Wiley, USTFF at Oklahoma City 19776.30 Tim Hill, Kansas Indoor Classic 19906.30c Rodney Harris, Big Eight at Lincoln 1986

55-Meter Hurdles7.20c Courtney Hawkins, Capital Invitational 19877.24c John Sease, Philadelphia Track Classic 19827.30c Anthony Coleman, Sooner Relays 19777.33c Four times

60 Yards6.0 Clifford Wiley, USTFF at Oklahoma City 19776.0 Charlie Tidwell, Michigan St. Duel 19586.1 10 Times 60 Meters6.69 Leo Bookman, Big 12 Championships 20046.75 Aaron Thompson, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 20066.84 Dave Tomlin, Pre-Conference Invitational 20006.88 Adrian Carey, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 2006

60-Yard Low Hurdles6.5 George Byers, Big Eight Championships 19686.6 Lee Adams, Kansas Federation 19676.6 J.W. Johnson, Kansas Federation 19676.7 Anthony Coleman, Big Eight Championships 19766.7 Bob Hanson, Big Eight Championships 19666.7 Charlie Tidwell, KU/KSU/OSU Triangular 1959

60-Yard High Hurdles7.01 John Sease, Philadelphia Track Classic 19827.07 Anthony Coleman, Sooner Indoor Relays 19777.10 Gregg Vandaveer, Big Eight Championships 19737.10 Delario Robinson, Oklahoma City Invitational 19727.10 George Byers, Oklahoma City Invitational 19707.10 Mike Bates, Oklahoma City Invitational 1970

60-Meter Hurdles7.84 Aaron Thompson, ISU Last Chance 20067.84 Julius Jiles, ISU Last Chance 20087.85 Keith Hayes, Iowa State NCAA Qualifier 20107.86 Anson Jackson, Tyson Invitational 20037.96 Eric Patterson, Big 12 Championships 2001

200 Meters20.53 Leo Bookman, NCAA Championships 200321.65 Jabari Wamble, Kansas Invitational 200021.67 Charles Murphy, Big 12 Championships 200521.70 Dave Tomlin, Pre-Conference Invitational 200021.70 Brian Martin, Jayhawk Invitational 1996

300 Yards29.48 Clifford Wiley, Big Eight Championships 197830.30 Mark Lutz, USTFF at Oklahoma City 197430.50 David Blutcher, Big Eight Championships 197730.60 Kevin Newell, USTFF at Oklahoma City 197730.73 Billy Washington, Big Eight Championships 1978

400 Meters46.50c Deon Hogan, Eastman Kodak Invitational 198346.65 Brian Martin, Last Chance Meet 199646.76 Jabari Wamble, Big 12 Championships 200046.83 Kyle Clemons, Big 12 Championships 2011

440 Yards46.77 Deon Hogan, Eastman Kodak Invitational 198347.49 Lester Mickens, Big Eight Championships 198047.52 Mike Ricks, Nebraska Duel 198047.60 Randy Benson, KU/NU/OU Triangular 197647.74 Rodney Bullock, Big Eight Championships 1981

600 Yards1:08.9h Mike Ricks, Big Eight Championships 19801:09.14 Lester Mickens, Big Eight Championships 19891:09.30 Mark Rau, Big Eight Championships 19811:09.35 Matt Baysinger, Big 12 Championships 20071:09.3h Rodney Bullock, OSU Duel 19821:09.4h Jay Wagner, Big Eight Championships 1977

600 Meters1:20.08 Matt Baysinger, Jayhawk Classic 20081:21.18 Kerron Toussaint, Jayhawk Classic 20111:21.96 Luke Steinbrink, Illini Classic 2003

1:22.10 Jack Sachse, Jayhawk Classic 20081:23.01 Eric Black, Illini Classic 20031:23.04 Mitch Anderson, Illini Classic 2003

800 Meters1:47.04 Jeremy Mims, ISU Qualifier 20051:47.91c Jim Ryun, Oklahoma State Duel 19671:49.27 Charlie Gruber, NIU Invitational 20001:50.13 Jack Sachse, Big 12 Championships 20071:50.58 Matt Baysinger, ISU Classic 20071:50.69c Tommy McCall, Big Eight Championships 19771:50.79 Brian McElroy, Notre Dame Duel 1970

880 Yards1:48.30 Jim Ryun, Oklahoma State Duel 19671:51.10 Tommy McCall, Big Eight Championships 19771:51.20 Brian McElroy, C. Collegiate - South Bend 19701:51.71 Leonard Martin, Nebraska Duel 19811:51.90 Jim Neihouse, Big Eight Championships 1970

1,000 Meters2:21.72 Charlie Gruber, Jayhawk Invitational 20012:23.89 Joshy Madathil, Big 12 Championships 20062:23.89 Cameron Schwehr, Big 12 Championships 20042:24.19 Abraham Kimeli, Big 12 Championships 20042:24.75 Gerald Harder, Husker Invitational 19862:25.55 Steve Heffernan, Big Eight Championships 19882:25.57 Brian Blachly, Big 12 Championships 20022:25.97 Mike Cox, Jayhawk Invitational 19932:26.49 Jon Justin, Husker Invitational 1990

Mile3:57.50 Jim Ryun, Madison Square Garden Invite 19683:58.51 Charlie Gruber, NCAA Championships 20013:59.60 Bill Dotson, Chicago News Invitational 19634:01.39 Michael Cox, Big Eight Championships 19934:01.92 Colby Wissel, Husker Invitational 20094:03.00 John Lawson, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 19664:04.40 Cameron Schwehr, ISU Last Chance 20064:04.90 Wes Santee, Illinois/Michigan St./KU 1954

Two Miles8:38.90 Jim Ryun, NCAA Championships 19688:39.80 John Lawson, Boston AA 19668:45.70 John Roscoe, Sooner Indoor Relays 19778:49.40 George Mason, Big Eight Championships 19778:50.80 Jay Mason, Big Eight Championships 1971

3,000 Meters7:53.08 Colby Wissel, Alex Wilson Invitational 20077:57.86 Benson Chesang, Alex Wilson Invitational 20057:58.08 Colby Wissel, Alex Wilson Invitational 20098:00.73 Jim Ryun, NCAA Championships 19688:01.51 Paul Hefferon, Alex Wilson Invitational 20068:03.60 John Lawson, Boston AA 1966

Three Miles13:36.90 Tim Tays, Big Eight Championships 198213:39.50 George Mason, Big Eight Championships 197713:42.40 John Roscoe, KU/OSU/WSU Triangular 197713:43.30 Tom Koppes, Kansas State Fed. Meet 197513:44.10 Brent Steiner, TFA/USA in Kansas City 1982

5,000 Meters13.51.82 Craig Watcke, Silverstone Invitational 198913:54.00 Colby Wissel, Husker Invitational 200713:54.95 Colby Wissel, Husky Classic 200914:02.78 Paul Hefferon, Husky Classic 200814:06.50 Tim Tays, Big Eight Championships 198214:09.20 George Mason, Big Eight Championships 197714:12.00 John Roscoe, KU/OSU/WSU Triangular 1977

High Jump7-04.25 Tyke Peacock, Kansas State Duel 19827-03 Nick Johannsen, Big Eight Championships 19957-02 Sharrieff Hazim, Missouri Invitational 19877-02 Steve Rainbolt, KU/OSU/WSU Triangular 19777-02 Keith Guinn, USTFF 1974

Long Jump26-07.25 Theo Hamilton, NCAA Championships 197525-11 Danny Seay, Big Eight Championships 197525-11 Stan Whitley, Big Eight Championships 196925-08 Warren Wilhoite, Big Eight Championships 198325-07.5 Ron Jessie, NCAA Championships 1969

Triple Jump54-06.75 Sanya Owolabi, Big Eight Championships 198152-09 David Bond, Nebraska Invitational 198952-08 Johnny Brackins, Jayhawk Invitational 199052-04 Danny Seay, NCAA Championships 197552-03.5 Ray Mitchell, Big Eight Championships 1986

Shot Put67-11.50 Mason Finley, KU-MU Dual 201167-05.50 Karl Salb, Astrodome Relays 197065-08 Sheldon Battle, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 200665-03 Steve Wilhelm, SIU/WSU/KU Triangular 197063-02.50 Clint Johnson, KU All Comers Triangular 1984

Weight Throw81-01.25 Scott Russell, Iowa State Classic 200277-05.25 Egor Agafonov, NCAA Championships 200770-05 Sheldon Battle, Husker Invitational 200662-03 Colin Dutton, Big 12 Championships 200561-01.25 Cody Roberts, Big 12 Championships 2006

Pole Vault18-08 Pat Manson, Big Eight Championships 198918-07.25 Jeff Buckingham, Nebraska Duel 198318-02.50 Jordan Scott, Big 12 Indoor Championships 200918-02.25 Cam Miller, NCAA Championships 198917-11.75 Vadim Guozdetskiy, NCAA Championships 200217-11.75 Chris Bohanan, NCAA Championships 1986

Pentathlon3,891 Andy Morris, Missouri Invitational 20013,856 Mike Evers, Kansas Invitational 19963,684 Nathan Prenger, Big Eight Championships 19953,647 Chris Walters, KSU Wildcat Invitational 19933,370 Chad Johnson, Big Eight Championships 1995

Heptathlon5,543 Mike Evers, Big Eight Championships 19965,373 Josh Kirk, Big 12 Championships 2006

Mile Relay3:11.9h (Rau, Bullock, Hogan, Rick) Big Eight Championships 19813:12.25 (Wilhoite, Bullock, Rau, Hogan) East Tennessee State Invitational 19813:12.39 (Hogan, Whitaker, Ricks, Mickens) Husker Invitational 1980

1,600-Meter Relay3:06.11 (Whitaker, Newell, McCall, Wagner) NCAA Championships 19773:09.84 (Marx, Toussaint, Manley, Clemons) ISU NCAA Qualifier 20113:10.64 (Manley, Marx, Clemons, Toussaint) ISU Classic 20113:11.28 (Gdowski, Baysinger, Mitchell, Babb) Big 12 Championships 20073:11.63 (Carter, Hayes, Toussaint, Clemons) Big 12 Championships 20103:12.39 (Clemons, Manley, Marx, Toussaint) New Balance Invitational 20113:13.07 (Davis, Martin, Coleman, Pickett) Last Chance Meet 1994

3,200-Meter Relay7:18.77 (Teal, Waters, Cox, Handy) Last Chance Meet 19927:23.34 (Anderson, Teal, Waters, Smiedala) Last Chance Meet 19917:44.36 (Schwehr, Madathil, Kimeli, Ferguson) KU/KSU/MU Triangular 20037:44.47 (Hodges, Kaserman, Madathil, Schwehr) KU/KSU/MU Triangular 2005

Distance Medley Relay (Meters)9:34.91 (Madathil, Baysinger, Hodges, Chesang) Alex Wilson Invitational 20069:35.83c (Tate, Wamble, Blachly, Gruber) Notre Dame 20019:38.36 (Morris, Blachly, Gruber, Tate) Iowa State Invitational 20019:44.3c (Hodges, Bookman, Lacio, Blachly) Al ex Wilson Invitational 20029:47.94 (Teal, Bailey, Anderson, Heffernan) Big Eight Championships 19909:51.1h (Neilhouse, Kathol, Hatcher, Smith) CCC 19699:51.13 (Schwehr, Jiles, Hodges, Madathil) Big 12 Championships 2006BOLD = current Jayhawks c = converted time h = hand time

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55 Meters 6.81c, Sheila Calmese 6.85, Passion Richardson, Nike Central 6.83, Lakeish Backus, Texas; 6.56, Gwen Torrence Mo. National Invitational, 1978 Jayhawk Invitational, 1998 Sabrina Kelly, Texas, 1997 Georgia, 1987

55-Meter Hurdles 7.82y, Gwen Poss 7.90, Tamika Francis, Texas 7.56, Angie Vaughn 7.39, Tiffany Lott KU/KSU/MU Triangular, 1981 Kansas Invitational, 1992 Texas, 1998 BYU, 1997 60 Meters 7.22, Nickesha Anderson 7.38, Nickesha Anderson, Kansas 7.21, Sanya Richards 7.13, LaKya Brookins, S. Carolina, ‘11 Big 12 Championships, 2008 Jayhawk Classic, 2008 Texas, 2004 Angela Williams, USC, 2002 60-Meter Hurdles 8.32, Ashley Brown 8.48, Ashley Brown, Kansas 7.92, Pricilla Lopes 7.84, Virginia Powell ISU Last Chance, 2007 Jayhawk Invitational, 2007 Nebraska, 2006 USC, 2006

200 Meters 22.62, Nickesha Anderson 23.85, Nickesha Anderson, Kansas 22.86, Sanya Richards, Texas, 2004; 22.40, Bianca Knight NCAA Championships, 2008 Jayhawk Classic, 2008 Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M, 2008 Texas, 2008

400 Meters 53.06, Diamond Dixon 53.75, Diamond Dixon, Kansas 51.15, Jessica Beard 50.54, Francena McCorory NCAA Indoor Championships, 2011 Jayhawk Classic, 2012 Texas A&M, 2010 Hampton, 2009

600 Yards 1:20.38, Kim Clark 1:20.5, Michelle Milling, Nebraska 1:17.52, Suziann Reid 1:17.38, Delisa Walton Floyd Big 12 Championships, 2003 Jayhawk Invitational, 1987 Texas, 1998 Tennessee, 1983

800 Meters 2:04.91, Kristi Kloster 2:06.35, Tara Arnol, Texas 2:06.94, Althea Chambers 2:01.77, Hazel Clark NCAA Championships, 1996 Last Chance Meet, 1985 Texas Tech, 2006 Tennessee, 1999

1,000 Meters 2:46.60, Lauren Bonds 2:51.08, Kristi Kloster, Kansas 2:45.68, Nichole Jones 2:41.08, Trena Hull Big 12 Indoor Championships, 2009 KU/KSU/MU Triangular, 1994 Baylor, 2007 UNLV, 1987

Mile 4:41.61, Lauren Bonds 4:38.11, Fran ten Bensel, Nebraska 4:25.91, Jenny Barringer 4:29.72, Sarah Bowman Big 12 Championships, 2010 Big Eight Championships, 1992 Colorado, 2009 Tennessee, 2009

3,000 Meters 9:30.9h, Lauren Bonds 9:30.9h, Lauren Bonds 8:56.09, Lisa Koll 8:42.03, Jenny Barringer Jayhawk Classic, 2010 Jayhawk Classic, 2010 Iowa State, 2010 Colorado, 2009

5,000 Meters 16:27.03, Amanda Miller 17:12.17, Christie Allen, Pittsburg State 15:41.57, Lisa Koll 15:14.18, Kim Smith ISU Classic, 2010 Jayhawk Invitational, 1992 Iowa State, 2010 Providence, 2004

1,600-Meter Relay 3:34.05, (Bradley, Dixon, Morris, Washington) 3:33.20, Texas A&M 3:32.85, Texas A&M 3:27.66, Texas NCAA Indoor Championships, 2011 KU/KSU/MU Triangular, 1997 2011 2003

3,200-Meter Relay 8:56.50c, 9:26.45, Wichita State No Record 10:50.98, Tennessee (Guinn, Schurbarth, M. Brown, Hertzog) Jayhawk Invitational, 2001 2009 Husker Invitational, 1980

Distance Medley Relay 11:07.96 11:51.08, Barton County CC 11:09.67, Oklahoma State 10:50.98, Tennessee (Stowe, Washington, Christensen, Bonds) Jayhawk Invitational, 1998 2011 2009 Alex Wilson Invitational, 2010 High Jump 6-01.25, MaryBeth Labosky 6-2.25, Connie Teaberry, Kansas State 6-4, Destinee Hooker 6-6, Destinee Hooker Big Eight Championships, 1993 Big Eight Championships, 1992 Texas, 2009 Texas, 2009

Long Jump 21-00.75, Charisse Bacchus 20-2, Francine Simpson, Kansas 21-4.25, Chantel Malone 22-6.5, Blessing Okagbare Alex Wilson Invitational, 2006 Bob Timmons Challenge, 2011 Texas, 2010 UTEP, 2010

Triple Jump 13.54m (44-05.25), Crystal Manning 13.82m (45-04.25ft.), Kim Williams, Unatt. 45-1.5, Stacey Bowers 46-9, Suzette Lee Tyson Invitational, 2008 Jayhawk Classic, 2012 Baylor, 1999 LSU, 1997 Shot Put 55-01.50 (16.80m), Stephanie Horton 56-08.25, Tressa Thompson, Unattached 59-5.75, Tressa Thompson 62-10, Laura Gerraughty New Balance Collegiate, 2008 Jayhawk Invitational, 1998 Nebraska, 1997 North Carolina, 2004

Pole Vault 4.30m (14-01.25), three times 4.13m (13-06.50), Kate Sultanova, Kansas 14-4, Natalie Willer 14-10.25, Amy Linnen Amy Linnen, NCAA Championships, 2005; Kansas Invitational, 2008 Nebraska, 2011 Arizona (Kansas), 2002 Kate Sultanova, NCAA Championships, 2007, New Balance Collegiate, 2008

Weight Throw 19.69 (64-07.25), Alena Krechyk 19.69 (64-07.25), Alena Krechyk, Kansas 70-03.00, Loren Groves 83-10.25, Brittany Riley Jayhawk Classic, 2012 Jayhawk Classic, 2012 Kansas State, 2008 Southern Illinois, 2007

Pentathlon 4,053, Candace Mason 4,028, Cris Hall, Nebraska 4,439, Austra Skujyte 4,496, Jacquelyn Johnson Big 12 Championships, 1998 Big Eight Championships, 1992 Kansas State, 2002 Arizona State, 2008


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55 Meters 6.81c Sheila Calmese, Missouri National Invite 19786.85 Tamra Montgomery, Air Force Open 19986.93 Lori Green-Jones, Kansas Invitational 19796.97 Natasha Shafer, Jayhawk Invitational 1993

55-Meter Hurdles7.82 Gwen Poss, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 19817.89 Lori Lowrey, Missouri National Invite 19787.93 Connie McKernan, KU Triangular 19817.95 Donna Smitherman, KU Triangular 19828.01 Elwanda Smith, KU Triangular 1980

60 Yards6.82 Sheila Calmese, Missouri National Invite 19786.94 Lori Green-Jones, KU Invitational 19797.00 Dora Spearmon, Missouri Triangular 19827.00 Victoria Fulcher, KU All Comers 19847.00 Joni Lewis, Wichita State Duel 19777.05 Halcyon McKnight, Big Eight Championships 1983

60-Yard Hurdles7.82 Gwen Poss, KU Triangular 19817.89 Lori Lowrey, Missouri National Invite 19787.94 Connie McKernan, Husker Invitational 19837.96 Donna Smitherman, KU Triangular 19828.02 Elwanda Smith, KU Triangular 1980

60 Meters7.22 Nickesha Anderson, Big 12 Championships 20087.41 Tiffany Cherry, Big 12 Championships 20067.47 Denesha Morris, Jayhawk Classic 20117.50 Diamond Dixon, Bill Easton Classic 20127.53 Robbie Harriford, Big 12 Championships 20037.55 Shameika McField, Iowa State Classic 20027.58 Paris Daniels, Kansas vs. Missouri Dual 2012

60-Meter Hurdles8.32 Ashley Brown, ISU Last Chance 20078.36 Jennie Wonder, Alex Wilson Invitational 20028.48 Brooklyn Hann, ISU Classic 20058.60 Charisse Bacchus, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 20068.72 Rebecca Neville, Bob Timmons Challenge 20118.82 Kathryn Lupton, Iowa State NCAA Qualifier 20108.96 Crystal Manning, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 20068.99 Monique Peters, Iowa State Classic 2002

200 Meters22.62 Nickesha Anderson, NCAA Championships 200823.90 Victoria Howard, Big 12 Championships 200823.91 Denesha Morris, Big 12 Championships 201124.14 Robbie Harriford, Big 12 Championships 200324.44 Natasha Shafer, Big Eight Championships 199224.53 Latanya Holloway, Big Eight Championships 1994

300 Yards34.93 Sheila Calmese, Missouri National Invite 197935.10 Lori Green-Jones, Big Eight Championships 198135.33 Dora Spearmon, Big Eight Championships 198336.50 Veronica Wilson, Oklahoma Track Classic 198036.61 Vicki Fulcher, Oklahoma Track Classic 1984

400 Meters53.06 Diamond Dixon, NCAA Indoor Championships 201153.81 Stacy Keller, Alex Wilson Invitational 200454.96 Octavia Garrett, ISU Classic 200555.08c Veronda O’Hara, Big Eight Championships 198755.11 Sha'Ray Butler, Big 12 Championships 200755.30 Taylor Washington, Husker Invitational 201055.57 Kendra Bradley, Big 12 Championships 2008 55.69 Carleen Roberts, Merc Bank Invite 1997 440 Yards55.94 Lorna Turner, Big Eight Championships 198356.71 Charmane Kuhlman, Big Eight Championships 197856.94 Halcyon McKnight, Big Eight Championships 198257.63 Victoria Fulcher, Nebraska Duel 198457.81 Nancy McCullough, Big Eight Championships 1982

600 Yards1:20.38 Kim Clark, Big 12 Championships 20031:20.48 Taylor Washington, Big 12 Championships 20101:21.42 Charity Stowers, Big 12 Championships 20071:21.46 Shayla Wilson, Big 12 Championships 20111:21.76 Janice Turner, Big Eight Championships 19891:22.38 Sherre-Khan Blackmon, Big 12 Championships 20001:22.50 Cortney Jacobs, Big 12 Championships 20061:22.57 Diamond Dixon, Kansas vs. Missouri Dual 20121:22.61 Veronda O’Hara, Big Eight Championships 1988

800 Meters2:04.91 Kristi Kloster, NCAA Championships 19962:09.37 Laura Lavoie, Iowa State Classic 20022:09.42 Angela Pichardo, ISU Classic 20062:09.98 Julie Howerton, Big Eight Championships 1989

2:10.37 Maresia Pencil, ISU Invite 20082:10.95 Kim Clark, ISU Classic 20052:11.64c Angie Helmer, KU Last Chance 1985

880 Yards2:12.87 Angie Helmer, Last Chance Meet 19852:13.08 Debbie Hertzog, Big Eight Championships 19812:15.00 Susan Glatter, Last Chance Meet 19852:15.04 Anne Johannessen, Big Eight Championships 19822:16.10 Kelly Wood, Missouri Valley Open 1985

1,000 Yards2:33.30 Kelly Wood, Big Eight Championships 19842:36.24 Cathy McMillin, Missouri National Invite 19782:36.61 Gretchen Bajema, Big Eight Championships 19822:38.04 Debbie Hertzog, Missouri National Invite 19792:38.8 Tami Quinn, Big Eight Championships 1980

1,000 Meters2:41.61 Lauren Bonds, Big 12 Championships 20102:49.37 Angela Pichardo, Big 12 Championships 20032:49.68 Kristi Kloster, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 19952:49.92 Cori Christensen, Big 12 Championships 20112:51.51 Katy Eisenmenger, Big 12 Championships 20012:52.31 Melissa O'Rourke, Husker Invitational 20072:54.01 Helena Hafstrom, Big Eight Championships 19922:54.44 Kerri Woolheater, Big Eight Championships 19952:54.58 Megan Manthe, Jayhawk Invitational 2003

Mile4:41.61 Lauren Bonds, Big 12 Championships 20104:43.9h Michelle Brown, AAU Championships 19804:44.81 Melissa Swartz, Last Chance Meet 19964:44.84 Katy Eisenmenger, NCAA Championships 20024:45.02 Cathy Palacios, NCAA Championships 19924:45.68 Rebeka Stowe, Alex Wilson Last Chance 20114:46.24 Laura Lavoie, Big 12 Championships 20044:48.01 Megan Manthe, Big 12 Championships 2004

Two Miles10:48.80 Michelle Brown, Big Eight Championships 197811:00.0 Caryne Finlay, East Tennessee Invite 198411:01.34 Maureen Finholm, KU Triangular 198011:04.38 Tanya Heard, Central Missouri St. Relays 198111:05.82 Tracey Keith, Nebraska Duel 1984

3,000 Meters9:30.9h Lauren Bonds, Jayhawk Classic 20109:33.24 Cathy Palacios, Husker Invitational 19929:34.90 Melissa Swartz, Big Eight Championships 19969:36.72 Rebeka Stowe, Husky Classic 20119:38.80 Julia Saul, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 19929:45.61 Natalie Becker, Big 12 Championships 20119:45.72 Kara Windisch, Big 12 Championships 20109:49.05 Amanda Miller, Meyo Invitational 2010

Three Miles16:59.9 Maureen Finholm, Big Eight Championships 198017:17.1 Caryne Finlay, Big Eight Championships 198417:21.9 Karen Fitz, KU Triangular 197917:22.1 Heather Sterbenz, Kansas Quadrangular 198517:22.3 Tracey Keith, Big Eight Championships 1979

5,000 Meters16:27.03 Amanda Miller, ISU Classic 201016:32.34 Julia Saul, Husker Invitational 199216:34.06 Kara Windisch, Big 12 Championships 201016:55.03 Sarah Heeb, Last Chance Meet 199616:59.12 Paige Higgins, Tyson Invitational 200317:17.39 Alicia McGregor, ISU Classic 200817:23.39 Hayley Harbert, ISU Classic 200817:24.48 Daniela Daggy, Big Eight Championships 199417:24.86 Connie Abbott, ISU Qualifier 200517:26.29 Lynn Lo Presti, Notre Dame Invitational 1998

High Jump6-01.25 MaryBeth Labosky, Big Eight Championships 19936-00 Ann O’Connor, Husker Pentathlon 19835-10 Sondra Rauterkus, KSU Invitational 20035-10 Shawn Corwin, Missouri Invitational 19795-09 Rosie Wadman, Big Eight Pentathlon 19875-09 Keely Hacking, Sooner Invitational 1994

Long Jump21-00.75 Charisse Bacchus, Alex Wilson Invitational 200520-05.25 Halcyon McKnight, Big Eight Championships 198320-05.00 Francine Simpson, New Balance Invitational 201120-04.50 Andrea Geubelle, Kansas vs. Missouri Dual 201220-03.50 Kim Jones, Big Eight Championships 198519-10.75 Monique Peters, Big 12 Championships 200219-10.25 Crystal Manning, Big 12 Championships 200819-09.50 Yolanda Taylor, Kansas Quadrangular 198719-09.50 Candace Mason, KU/KSU/MU Triangular 1998

Triple Jump44-05.25 Crystal Manning, Tyson Invitational 200843-03.75 Andrea Geubelle, Jayhawk Classic 201243-02.25 Brooklyn Hann, Alex Wilson Invitational 200541-02.5 Cassie Bryant-Wans, Big Eight Championships 199240-10.5 Cynthia Rodes, Big Eight Championships 198740-10.25 Shatoya Hill, Big 12 Championships 200540-09 Yolanda Taylor, Capitol Invitational 198740-03.25 Tarita Triplett, Big Eight Championships 1992

Shot Put55-01.50 Stephanie Horton, New Balance Collegiate 200853-04.25 Denise Buchanan, NCAA Championships 198750-07.50 Stine Lerdahl, Jayhawk Invitational 198549-03.50 Abby Emsick, KSU Open 200348-09.50 Jessica Maroszek, Kansas vs. Missouri Dual 201248-01.50 Cheryl Evers, Wildcat Invitational 1993

Weight Throw64-07.25 Alena Krechyk, Jayhawk Classic 201262-03 Zlata Tarasova, Big 12 Championships 200854-11.25 Lisa Brien, Big Eight Championships 1996 54-01.25 Jamie Waters, Big 12 Championships 200253-05.50 April Kockrow, Kansas Invitational 199852-08.75 Jennifer Foster, KSU All Comers 2000

Pole Vault14-01.25 Kate Sultanova, New Balance Collegiate 200814-01.25 Amy Linnen, NCAA Championships 200513-05.75 Demi Payne, Jayhawk Classic 201213-05.50 Jaci Perryman, New Balance Invitational 201113-04.25 Britany Parker, Dan DeHart Invitational 200713-02.25 Libby Harmon, Arkansas Last Chance 200813-02.25 Julia Cummings, Arkansas Last Chance 200813-01.75 Andrea Branson, NCAA Qualifier 2000

Pentathlon4,053 Candace Mason, Big 12 Championships 19983,843 Ann O’Connor, Big Eight Championships 19883,841 Lindsay Vollmer, Jayhawk Classic 20123,830 Charisse Bacchus, Big 12 Championships 20053,716 Rebecca Neville, Big 12 Championships 20103,569 Rosie Wadman, Big Eight Championships 1987

Mile Relay3:38.25 MU/KSU/KU Triangular 19953:43.36 Big 12 Championships 20053:48.55 Big Eight Championships 1982

1,600-Meter Relay3:34.05 (Bradley, Dixon, Morris, Washington) NCAA Indoor Championships 20113:35.65 (Bradley, Dixon, Morris, Wilson) Alex Wilson Last Chance Meet 20113:35.86 (Manning, Butler, Stowers, Anderson) ISU Invite 20083:37.80 (Morris, Makhmayeva, Wilson, Washington) Alex Wilson Invitational 2010 3:39.12 (Hann, Keller, McField, Clark) Cyclone National Qualifier 20033:39.27 (Morris, Wilson, Bradley, Dixon) ISU Classic 20113:40.66 (Butler, Brown, Stowers, Gatson) ISU Last Chance 20073:41.87 (Hann, Keller, McField, Clark), Big 12 Championships 2002

3,200-Meter Relay8:56.50c (Guinn, Schubarth, M. Brown, Hertzog) Husker Invitational 19808:57.93c (Panowicz, Howerton, Mangan, Helmer) Big Eight Championships 19879:00.59 (Turner, Helmer, Howerton, MacLean) Husker Invitational 1988

Distance Medley Relay11:07.96 (Stowe, Washington, Christensen, Bonds) Alex Wilson Invitational 201011:21.32 (Manthe, Keller, Clark, Lavoie) Alex Wilson Invitational 200411:26.97 (Woolheater, Holloway, Kloster, Swartz) Big Eight Championships 199611:28.69c (Lavoie, Keller, Ar. Nielsen, Eisenmenger) Alex Wilson Invitational 200211:28.80 (Lavoie, Clark, Pichardo, Manthe) Big 12 Championships 200311:32.90 (Eisenmenger, March, Nielsen, Lavoie) Iowa State Classic 200211:36.87 (Woolheater, Roberts, Kloster, Swartz) Husker Invitational 199611:39.93 (Bradley, Christensen, Kilwein, Stowe) New Balance Invitational 2011


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100 Meters 10.07, Laverne Smith 10.00, Victor Edet, Missouri 10.03, Gerald Phiri 9.89, Ngonidzashe Big Eight Championships, 1976 Big Eight Championships, 1987 Texas A&M, 2008 Florida State, 2011

110-Meter Hurdles 13.57, Julius Jiles 13.35, Antwon Hicks, adidas 13.23, Omo Osaghee 13.21, Aries Merritt NCAA Championships, 2008 Kansas Relays, 2011 Texas Tech, 2011 Tennessee, 2006

200 Meters 20.27, Larry Jackson 20.15, James Mallard, Alabama 20.05, Mookie Salaam 19.87, Lorenzo Daniel Big Eight Championships, 1976 Kansas Relays, 1980 Oklahoma, 2011 Mississippi State, 1988

400 Meters 45.38, Deon Hogan 45.12, Devon Morris, Wayland Baptist 44.69, Michael Blackwood 44.00, Quincy Watts Kansas Relays, 1980 Kansas Relays, 1986 Oklahoma, 2000 USC, 1992

400-Meter Hurdles 49.47, Nolan Cromwell 48.54, Bershawn Jackson, Nike 48.98, Omar Brown 47.56, Kerron Clement Big Eight Championships, 1975 Kansas Relays, 2006 Oklahoma, 1998 Florida, 2005

800 Meters 1:43.69c, Jim Ryun 1:47.79, Joseph Chepsiror, Iowa State 1:47.12, Jonathan Johnson 1:44.70, Mark Everett USTFF Outdoor, 1966 Big Eight Championships, 1994 Texas Tech, 2004 Florida, 1990

1,500 Meters 3:33.1h, Jim Ryun 3:38.62, Rick Wohlhuter, Chicago Track Club 3:40.70, Stephen Pifer 3:35.30, Sydney Maree US vs. British Commonwealth, 1967 Kansas Relays, 1976 Colorado, 2006 Villanova, 1981

3,000-Meter 8:28.54, Kent McDonald 8:33.70, Randy Smith, Unattached 8:32.59, Chuck Sloan 8:12.39, Henry Rono Steeplechase AAU, 1975 Kansas Relays, 1976 Oklahoma State, 2000 Washington St., 1978

5,000 Meters 13:47.80h, Jim Ryun 13:40.35, Kipsubai Kaskie, Unattached 13:50.62, Joe Bosshard 13:20.63, Sydney Maree U.S./Spain/Italy, 1967 Kansas Relays, 1980 Colorado, 2011 Villanova, 1979

10,000 Meters 28:51.24, Craig Watcke 28:56.9, Simon Kilili, Unattached 28:52.85, Joe Bosshard 28:01.30,Suleiman Nyambui Kansas Relays, 1989 Kansas Relays, 1978 Colorado, 2011 UTEP, 1979

400-Meter Relay 39.39, (Smith, Coleman, Wiley, Jackson) 38.45, HSI 38.85, Texas A&M 38.04, Texas Christian NCAA Championships, 1976 Kansas Relays, 2000 2008 1998 1,600-Meter Relay 3:03.96, (Whitaker, Ricks, Mickens, Hogan) 3:03.67, Philadelphia Pioneers 3:01.31, Oklahoma 2:59.59, LSU NCAA Championships, 1980 Kansas Relays, 1980 1997 2005 Distance Medley Relay 9:33.24, (Neihouse, Julian, Bigley, Ryun) 9:33.24, Kansas (Neihouse, Julian, Bigley, Ryun) No Record 9:20.1, Arkansas Kansas Relays, 1969 Kansas Relays, 1969 1989 High Jump 7-04.50, Tyke Peacock 7-07, Hollis Conway, Unattached 7-08.75, Dusty Jonas 7-09.75, Hollis Conway Kansas Relays, 1982 Kansas Relays, 1987 Nebraska, 2008 SW Louisiana, 1989

Long Jump 26-08.50, Stan Whitley 26-08.50, Kenny Harrison, K-State 26-09.75, Marquise Goodwin 28-00, Erick Walder US/USSR/Commonwealth, 1969 Kansas Relays, 1987 Texas, 2011 Arkansas, 1993 Triple Jump 55-07.75, Sanya Owolabi 57-02, Kenny Harrison, K-State 55-09.75, Will Claye 57-07.75, Keith Conner USA/USSR, 1982 Kansas Relays, 1987 Oklahoma, 2009 SMU, 1982 Discus 203-10, Doug Knop 208-09, Jim McGoldrick, Texas 208-01, Julian Wruck 220-0, Kamy Keshmiri Drake Relays, 1970 Kansas Relays, 1976 Texas Tech, 2011 Nevada, 1992

Hammer Throw 233-00, Egor Agafonov 244-02, Yuri Tamm, Unattached 233-11, Chris Rohr 265-0, Balazs Kiss Drake Relays, 2006 Kansas Relays, 1983 Missouri, 2009 USC, 1996

Javelin 267-11, Scott Russell 268-11, Scott Russell, Unattached 251-05, Scott Warren 268-07, Esko Mikkola World Championships, 2001 Kansas Relays, 2011 Nebraska, 1999 1998

Shot Put 68-10, Sheldon Battle 74-04.5, Kevin Toth, Unattached 69-00, Christian Cantwell 72-02.25, John Godina USATF, 2005 Kansas Relays, 2003 Missouri, 2003 UCLA, 1995 Pole Vault 18-10.75, Jeff Buckingham 19-04.75, Joe Dial, Unattached 18-02.50, Jordan Scott, Kansas, 2007 19-01, Lawrence Johnson Lawrence Invitational, 1983 Kansas Relays, 1987 Gabie Baldwin, Nebraska, 2005 Tennessee, 1996 Eric Eshbach, Nebraska, 2000 Decathlon 7,702, Mike Evers 8,380, Steve Fritz, Accusplit Sports 8.004, Moritz Cleve 8,457, Ashton Eaton Kansas Relays, 1997 Kansas Relays, 1997 Kansas State, 2009 Oregon, 2010



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100 Meters10.07 Laverne Smith, Big Eight Championships 197610.10w Ricky Mays, Big Eight Championships 198810.24 Adrian Jones, USC Invitational 198010.25 Pierre Lisk, Big Eight Championships 199510.34 Larry Jackson, Big Eight Championships 197610.34 Charlie Tidwell, Houston Invitational 1969

110-Meter Hurdles13.57 Julius Jiles, NCAA Championships 200813.73 Keith Hayes, Midwest Regional Championships 200913.74c Gregg Vandaveer, Kansas Relays 1973 13.80 Courtney Hawkins, Texas Relays 198713.82 John Sease, Jr., Texas El Paso Duel 198213.84c Anthony Coleman, Big Eight Championships 1976

200 Meters20.27 Larry Jackson, Big Eight Championships 197620.37 Leo Bookman, Big 12 Championships 200320.3h Laverne Smith, Big Eight Championships 197620.3h Clifford Wiley, USTFF 1976

400 Meters45.38 Deon Hogan, Kansas Relays 198045.44c Waddell Smith, Big Eight Championships 197645.74c Randy Benson, Big Eight Championships 197645.98 Kyle Clemons, NCAA West Preliminary 201046.03 Rodney Bullock, Big Eight Championships 1982

400-Meter Hurdles49.47 Nolan Cromwell, Big Eight Championships 197549.6 Cliff Cushman, Olympics at Rome 196050.4 Bob Bornkessel, NCAA Championships 197250.95 Jimmy Little, Big Eight Championships 197851.08 Julius Jiles, Big 12 Championships 2005

800 Meters1:43.69c Jim Ryun, USTFF Outdoor 19661:45.86 Jeremy Mims, NCAA Championships 20051:46.46 Tommy McCall, Big Eight Championships 19791:46.51 Jeremy Mims, Midwest Regionals 20051:46.99 Charlie Gruber, CanAm Series, Boston 2000

1,500 Meters3:33.1h Jim Ryun, US-British Comm 19673:39.0h Bill Dotson, AAU at Walnut 19613:40.1h Michael Cox, Big Eight Championships 19953:41.08 Charlie Gruber, Stanford Cardinal Invitational 20023:42.8h Wes Santee, Compton Invitational 1954

Mile3:51.1h Jim Ryun, AAU at Bakersfield 19673:59.0h Bill Dotson, AAU at Walnut 19624:00.5h Wes Santee, Texas Relays 19554:00.93 Michael Cox, Kansas Relays 19954:02.9h John Lawson, Big Eight Championships 19664:02.9h Doug Smith, Kansas Relays 1971

3,000 Meters7:47.84c Jim Ryun, Coliseum Relays 19668:09.64c John Lawson, Southwestern Relays 19668:12.40c Jay Mason, UCLA Duel 19718:18.24c Wes Santee, Arkansas/Drake/Kansas 19548:18.84c Doug Smith, UCLA Duel 1969

3,000-Meter Steeplechase8:28.54 Kent McDonald, AAU 19758:34.4h Bill Lundberg, NCAA Championships 19768:38.01 Andy Tate, Mt. Sac Relays 20018:41.2h George Mason, NCAA Championships 19768:43.12 Steve Heffernan, Florida State Invitational 1990

5,000 Meters13:47.8h Jim Ryun, US-Spain-Italy at Viareggio 196713:52.80 Mark Menefee, Stanford Cardinal Invitational 200213:54.32 Craig Watcke, LSU Quadrangular 198913:57.42 Benson Chesang, Penn Relays 200513:58.2c Jay Mason, Texas Relays 197113:59.47 Paul Hefferon, Cardinal Invitational 200614:04.37 Colby Wissel, Cardinal Invitational 2006

10,000 Meters28:51.54 Craig Watcke, Kansas Relays 198929:19.12 Ricardo Amezcua, Mt. Sac Relays 199829:23.0 Brent Steiner, Maupintour Classic 198429:25.91 John Lawson, NCAA Championships 196629:26.29 Ricardo Amezcua, Penn Relays 1997

High Jump7-04.5 Tyke Peacock, Kansas Relays 19827-04 Keith Guinn, Pan-Am Trials 19757-03.25 Nick Johannsen, Kansas Relays 19947-03 Barry Schur, Big Eight Championships 19727-02 Three Times

Long Jump26-08.5 Stan Whitley, US-USSR-Commonwealth 196926-08 Danny Seay, California Relays 197526-05.25 Theo Hamilton, NCAA Championships 197526-03.75 Ray Mitchell, Higgins Invitational 198626-02.5 Warren Wilhoite, Texas Relays 1983

Triple Jump55-07.75 Sanya Owolabi, USA-USSR 198253-08.5 David Bond, Drake Relays 198753-08.25 Danny Seay, Big Eight Championships 197552-08.75 Lester Smith, Wash. State Triangular 199852-08.75 Benaud Shirley, ESU Twilight Qualifier 2002

Discus203-10 Doug Knop, Drake Relays 1970202-05 Matt Friedeman, TFA/USA 1980199-00 Mason Finley, ULM Warhawk Classic 2011198-04 Sheldon Battle, Mesa Classic 2006192-09 Clint Johnson, Kansas Relays 1982191-01 Brian Bishop, Big 12 Championships 2011190-03 Karl Salb, Drake Relays 1970

Hammer Throw233-00 Egor Agafonov, Drake Relays 2006218-05 Scott Russell, Big 12 Championships 2002210-00 Sheldon Battle, Big 12 Championships 2005202-01 Bill Penny, Central Collegiate 1971197-04 Scott Penny, ULM Warhawk Classic 2011

Javelin267-11 Scott Russell, World Championships 2001261-3 Vince Labosky, TAC 1990246-10 Ron Bahm, Shocker Festival 1986241-06 Johann Swanepoel, Kansas Relays 2011237-11 Iain Trimble, Missouri Relays 2008221-0 Jeff Dieterich, Big Eight Championships 1996219-05 Hugh Murphy, Big 12 Championships 2007 Shot Put68-10 Sheldon Battle, USATF 200567-09.75 Mason Finley, NCAA Championships 201067-02.75 Karl Salb, AAU 197166-03 Steve Wilhelm, Kansas Relays 197163-05.75 Clint Johnson, Texas Invitational 198361-03.5 Steve Stone, Big Eight Championships 1976

Pole Vault18-10.75 Jeff Buckingham, Lawrence Invitational 198318-08.75 Jordan Scott, Texas Relays 201018-08.25 Pat Manson, NCAA Championships 199118-06.50 Scott Huffman, Alumni Meet 198818-06.50 Cam Miller, NCAA Championships 198918-03.25 Chris Bohanan, Big Eight Championships 1987

Decathlon7,702 Mike Evers, Kansas Relays 19977,657c Owen Buckley, NCAA Championships 19837,598c Steve Rainbolt, Kansas Relays 19807,525 Craig Branstrom, Kansas Relays 19887,315 Andy Morris, Big 12 Championships 2000

400-Meter Relay39.39 (L. Smith, A. Coleman, C. Wiley, L. Jackson) NCAA Championships 197639.59 (C. Wiley, A. Coleman, K. Newell, D. Blutcher) NCAA Championships 197740.33 (Cooksey, Coleman, Hill, Lisk) Kansas Relays 1995

1,600-Meter Relay3:03.96 (S. Whitaker, M. Ricks, L. Mickens, D. Hogan) NCAA Championships 19803:05.88 (J. Wagner, N. Cromwell, W. Smith, R. Benson) NCAA Championships 19763:05.94 (R. Bullock, D. Hill, L. Martin, D. Hogan) Drake Relays 1983

3,200-Meter Relay7:18.49 (Jantsch, Marks, Ensz, Ricks) 1980 Texas Relays7:20.06 (Jantsch, Marks, Ensz, Ricks) 1980 Drake Relays 7:24.88 (Baysinger, Madathil, Mims, Schwehr) 2005 Texas Relays7:25.24 (Baysinger, Madathil, Rost, Schwehr) 2005 Drake Relays7:26.22 (Baysinger, Mitchell, Sachse, Gdowski) 2007 Penn Relays7:27.40 (Hagan, Riesinger, Thornton, Dotson) 1962 Kansas Relays 7:30.41 (Baysinger, Madathil, Rost, Schwehr) 2006 Texas Relays

Four-Mile Relay16:31.64 (Kathol, Solomon, Smith, Neihouse) Drake Relays 197016:37.04 (Yergovich, Russell, Paul, Lawson) Kansas Relays 196616:37.84 (Solomon, Neihouse, Mason, Smith) Kansas Relays 1970

Sprint Medley Relay3:15.44 (Ard, Olson, Peck, Ryun) Texas Relays 19673:16.74 (Scavuzzo, Lutz, Stepp, Jacques) Drake Relays 19723:16.94 (Whitley, Hatcher, Meade, Ryun) Texas Relays 1969

Distance Medley Relay9:33.24 (Neihouse, Julian, Bigley, Ryun) Kansas Relays 19699:34.04 (Grindal, Peck, Yergovich, Ryun) Drake Relays 19669:40.72 (Gaston, Pickett, Norton, Cox) Texas Relays 1995 9:40.95 (Mims, Chesang, Baysinger, Schwehr) Texas Relays 2005

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100 Meters 11.18w, Nickesha Anderson 11.10, Lauryn Williams, Saucony 10.95, Simone Facey 10.78, Dawn Sowell Drake Relays, 2008 Kansas Relays, 2011 Texas A&M, 2008 LSU, 1989 100-Meter Hurdles 13.27, Ashley Brown 12.75, Kellie Wells, Nike 12.70, Anjanette Kirkland 12.48, Virginia Powell Big 12 Championships, 2007 Kansas Relays, 2011 Texas A&M, 1997 USC, 2006

200 Meters 22.57, Nickesha Anderson 22.59, Aleen Bailey, Barton County CC 22.29, Porscha Lucas 22.04, Dawn Sowell Big 12 Championships, 2008 Kansas Relays, 2001 Texas A&M, 2008 LSU, 1989 400 Meters 51.55, Diamond Dixon 51.71, Rosemarie Whyte, Stellar Athletic 51.09, Jessica Beard 50.10, Monique Henderson Big 12 Championships, 2011 Kansas Relays, 2008 Texas A&M, 2008 UCLA, 2005

400-Meter Hurdles 57.15, Ashley Brown 55.67, Nawal El Moutawakil, Iowa State 55.09, Melaine Walker 53.54, Sheena Johnson NCAA Championships, 2007 Kansas Relays, 1984 Texas, 2005 UCLA, 2004

800 Meters 2:05.42, Kristi Kloster 2:01.30, Leann Warren, Oregon 2:03.60, Ashley Wysong 1:59.11, Suzy Favor Big Eight Championships, 1994 Kansas Relays, 1981 Missouri, 2000 Wisconsin, 1990 1,500 Meters 4:14.29, Lauren Bonds 4:08.94, Nadesha Raldugina, U.S.S.R. 4:12.15, Kara Wheeler 4:06.19, Hannah England NCAA Championships, 2010 Kansas Relays, 1983 Colorado, 2000 Florida State, 2008

3,000 Meters 9:15.48, Cathy Palacios 9:13.50, Svetlana Ulmasova, U.S.S.R. 9:17.68, Korene Hinds 8:47.35, Vicki Huber Santa Monica Invitational, 1992 Kansas Relays, 1983 Kansas State, 2000 Villanova, 1988

3,000-Meter 9:53.12, Rebeka Stowe 10:34.00, Korene Hinds, Unattached 9:56.53, Emma Coburn 9:25.54, Jenny Barringer Steeplechase Payton Jordan Invitational, 2011 Kansas Relays, 2004 Colorado, 2010 Colorado, 2009 5,000 Meters 16:25.29, Julia Saul 16:02.27, Patty Murray, Western Illinois 15:22.42, Lisa Koll 15:15.08, Sally Kipyego Texas Relays, 1992 Kansas Relays, 1986 Iowa State, 2010 Texas Tech, 2008

10,000 Meters 34:27.30, Karen Fitz 34:41.33, Amber Anderson, Unattached 33:42.11, Jessica Engel 32:28.57, Sylvia Mosqueda National AIAW, 1979 Kansas Relays, 1995 Oklahoma, 2011 Cal. State, 1998

400-Meter Relay 44.61, (Manning, Anderson, Brown, Howard) 43.94, Nebraska 42.88, Texas A&M 42.36, Texas A&M Big 12 Championships, 2008 Kansas Relays, 1983 2008 2009 1,600-Meter Relay 3:33.00, (Bradley, Morris, Dixon, Wilson) 3:36.29, Lincoln (Mo.) 3:29.11, Baylor 3:25.26 NCAA Championships, 2011 Kansas Relays, 2007 1998 LSU, 2004 Distance Medley Relay 11:18.54, (Kloster, Case, Howerton, Swartz) 11:32.61, Michigan No Record 10:48.38, Villanova Drake Relays, 1994 Kansas Relays, 1993 1988 Mile Relay 3:48.50, (Brooks, Taylor, Helmer, Turner) 3:36.57, San Diego Track Club No Record No Record Kansas Relays, 1988 Kansas Relays, 1987 High Jump 6-01.75, MaryBeth Labosky 6-02.25, Julieanne Broughton, Arizona 6-04.75, Destinee Hooker 6-05, Amy Acuff Kansas Relays, 1992 and 1993 Kansas Relays, 1990 Texas, 2009 UCLA, 1995

Long Jump 21-10.25, Halcyon “Tudie” McKnight 21-10.25, Halcyon “Tudie” McKnight, Kansas 22-07.25, Marshevet Hooker 22-09.25, Sheila Echols Kansas Relays, 1982 Kansas Relays, 1982 Texas, 2005 LSU, 1987

Triple Jump 44-11.75, Crystal Manning 48-10, Trecia Smith 46-01.25, Stacey Bowers 46-02, Candice Baucham Big 12 Championships, 2007 Nike Atlantic Coast, 2001 Baylor, 1999 UCLA, 2005

Discus 180-10, Abby Emsick 199-11, Penny Neer, Nike Coast Track Club 194-01, Becky Breisch 210-10, Seilala Sua Midwest Regional Championships, 2003 Kansas Relays, 1991 Nebraska, 2002 UCLA, 1999

Hammer 211-10, Alena Krechyk 203-02, Zlata Tarasova 219-02, Melissa Price 232-00.25, Jenny Dahlgren Texas Relays, 2010 Kansas Relays, 2007 Nebraska, 2002 Georgia, 2007

Javelin 180-00, Anne Baeraas 192-08, Dana Olsen, Houston 182-10, Kayla Wilkinson 202-09.75, Irina Kharun Big Eight Championships, 1984 Kansas Relays, 1982 Nebraska, 2008 Indiana, 2004

Shot Put 54-02.50, Stephanie Horton 56-00, Rebekah Green, Kansas State 59-07, Tressa Thompson 61-02.25, Tressa Thompson NCAA Championships, 2008 Kansas Relays, 2001 Nebraska, 1998 Nebraska, 1998

Pole Vault 14-01.25, Amy Linnen 14-09, Kylie Hutson, Unattached 14-05.25, Breanna Eveland 14-07.25, Kylie Hutson NCAA Outdoor Championships, 2005 Kansas Relays, 2011 Kansas State, 2006 Indiana State, 2010 Heptathlon 5,674 points, Candace Mason 5,740 points, Liz Roehrig, Minnesota 6,150 points, Austra Skujyte 6,094 points, Brianne Theisen College Station Relays, 1999 Kansas Relays, 2008 Kansas State, 2001 Oregon, 2010


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100 Meters 11.18w Nickesha Anderson, Kansas Relays 200811.44c Sheila Calmese, Arkansas Relays 197811.44 Natasha Shafer, Kansas Relays 199411.53w Diamond Dixon, Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Inv. 201111.56 Lori Green-Jones, Memphis St. Invite 1981

100-Meter Hurdles13.27 Ashley Brown, Big 12 Championships 200713.32 Jennie Wonder, NCAA Championships 200213.51 Brooklyn Hann, Drake Relays 200413.69 Connie McKernan, Kansas Relays 198313.84 Lori Lowrey, Kansas Relays 1980

200 Meters22.57 Nickesha Anderson, Big 12 Championships 200823.0h Lori Green-Jones, Husker Invitational 198123.3h Sheila Calmese, Arkansas Relays 197823.45 Victoria Howard, Arkansas Twilight 200723.8h Tamra Montgomery, Wichita St. Triang. 1998

400 Meters51.55 Diamond Dixon, Big 12 Championships 201153.40 Lorna Tucker, Big Eight Championships 198253.50 Taylor Washington, NCAA West Prelim 201053.80 Veronda O’Hara, Big Eight Championships 198754.2h Charmane Kuhlman, Arkansas Relays 1978

400-Meter Hurdles57.15 Ashley Brown, NCAA Championships 200758.38 Dawn Steele-Slavens, Big Eight Championships 199558.98 Sha’Ray Butler, NCAA Midwest Regional 200859.16 Janiece Gatson, Big 12 Championships 200759.24 Taissa Makhmayeva, Kansas Relays 2010

800 Meters2:05.42 Kristi Kloster, Big Eight Championships 19942:07.13 Kim Clark, Georgia Tech Invitational 20042:07.99 Pamela Schubarth, National AIAW 19802:09.59 Maresia Pencil, Big 12 Championships 20082:09.63 Laura Lavoie, Georgia Tech Invitational 2004

1,500 Meters4:14.29 Lauren Bonds, NCAA Championships 20104:17.19 Katy Eisenmenger, Cardinal Invite 20024:18.61 Laura Lavoie, Cardinal Invitational 20034:22.28 Melissa Swartz, Drake Relays 19964:23.28 Cathy Palacios, Texas Relays 1992

3,000 Meters9:15.48 Cathy Palacios, Santa Monica Invitational 19929:36.38 Julia Saul, Kansas Relays 19929:41.9h Michelle Brown, Big Eight Championships 19809:45.14 Sarah Heeb, Alabama Relays 19969:46.34 Rebeka Stowe, Razorback Spring Inv. 2011

3,000-Meter Steeplechase9:53.12 Rebeka Stowe, Jordan Payton Inv. 201110:25.44 Sarah Heeb, US Olympic Trials 199610:40.45 Lauren Bonds, Drake Relays 200811:09.09 Natalie Becker, Razorback Spring Inv. 201111:36.03 Jesse Violand, ESU Spring Twilight 200412:07.90 Lauren Brownrigg, ESU Spring Twilight 2003

5,000 Meters16:25.29 Julia Saul, Texas Relays 199216:51.51 Melissa Swartz, Alabama Relays 199616:52.74 Sarah Heeb, Drake Relays 199616:54.21 Amanda Miller, Payton Jordan Invite 201016:58.60 Kara Windisch, Big 12 Championships 201117:04.93 Karen Fitz, AIAW Region Six 1979

10,000 Meters34:27.30 Karen Fitz, National AIAW 197934:37.83 Paige Higgins, Penn Relays 200535:00.01 Julia Saul, Big Eight Championships 199235:00.22 Allie Marquis, Big 12 Championships 201035:28.79 Sarah Heeb, Big Eight Championships 1996

High Jump6-01.75 MaryBeth Labosky, Kansas Relays 19926-00 Ann O’Connor, NCAA Championships 19855-10.5 Sondra Rauterkus, Midwest Regionals 20035-10 Shawn Corwin, National AIAW 19795-10 Keely Harding, Big Eight Championships 19945-09.75 Rosie Wadman, Big Eight Heptathlon 1987

Long Jump21-10.25 Halcyon McKnight, Kansas Relays 198221-06.25 Charisse Bacchus, NCAA Championships 200621-03.25 Kim Jones, Kansas Relays 198521-02.75 Francine Simpson, Texas Relays 201121-01.50wAndrea Geubelle, Big 12 Championships 2011

Triple Jump44-11.75 Crystal Manning, Big 12 Championsips 200743-11.25 Andrea Geubelle, Drake Relays 201043-07 Brooklyn Hann, Tom Botts Invitational 200541-10 Yolanda Taylor, Big Eight Championships 198841-08 Cassie Bryant-Wans, KU Relays 1993

Discus180-10 Abby Emsick, Midwest Regional Championships 2003177-10 Jessica Maroszek, Kansas Relays 2011176-04 Marlea Woodman, Wichita St. Triang. 1998170-6.5 Teresa Reichert, Kansas Relays 1993166-10 Denise Buchanan, John Jacobs Invite 1987

Hammer Throw211-10 Alena Krechyk, Texas Relays 2010206-06 Zlata Tarasova, Big 12 Championships 2007183-02 Jen Widerstrom, Texas Relays 2005180-02 Jamie Waters, ESU Spring Twilight 2004170-02 Lisa Beran, Big 12 Championships 1998

Javelin180-00 Anne Grethe Baeraas, Big Eight Championships 1984168-07 Heather Bergmann, Kansas Relays 2011168-04 Andrea Bulat, NCAA Championships 2001168-03 Denita Young, Big 12 Championships 2006167-09 Heather Berlin, Nebraska Invitational 1992

Shot Put54-02.50 Stephanie Horton, NCAA Championships 200852-03.75 Denise Buchanan, NCAA Championships 198751-09 Stine Lerdahl, Drake Relays 198449-11.75 Emily Reimer, Arizona Invitational 200949-09.25 Jessica Maroszek, Big 12 Championships 201149-08.25 Abby Emsick, Tulsa Duels 2007

Pole Vault14-01.25 Amy Linnen, NCAA Outdoor Championships 200513-10 Andrea Branson, Kansas Relays 200013-09.25 Kate Sultanova, Texas Relays 200813-06.50 Jaci Perryman, Big 12 Championships 201113-01.25 Libby Harmon, Big 12 Championships 200813-01.25 Julia Cummings, Big 12 Championships 2008

Heptathlon5,674 Candace Mason, College Station Relays 19995,314 Ann O’Connor, Iowa State Invitational 19885,149 Bev Mortimer, Kansas Relays 19825,138 Rosie Wadman, Big Eight Championships 19875,120 Rebecca Neville, Big 12 Championships 2011

400-Meter Relay44.61 (Manning, Anderson, Brown, Howard) Big 12 Championships 2008 44.69 (Bradley, Dixon, Simpson, D. Morris) Razorback Spring Invitational 201144.99 (Geubelle, Dixon, Bradley, Simpson) Arkansas Twilight 201144.99 (Manning, Cherry, Howard, Bacchus) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships 2006 45.06 (Brooks, Steele, Lawrence, Shafer) Big Eight Championships 1993 880-Yard Relay1:39.28 (Smith, Maharaj, Turner, Brooks) Kansas Relays 19881:40.3 (Spearman, McCullough, Smitherman, Tucker) Big Eight Championships 19821:42.0 (Green-Jones, Tucker, McKernan, McKnight) Big Eight Championships 1982

800-Meter Relay1:35.98 (Brooks, Steele, Holloway, Shafer) Drake Relays 19941:36.59 (Howard, Manning, Brown, Anderson) Drake Relays 20081:38.25 (Roberts, Montgomery, Hazim, Holloway) Drake Relays 19971:38.33 (Brooks, Case, Holloway, Shafer) Drake Relays (prelims) 1994

Mile Relay3:48.50 (Brooks, Taylor, Helmer, Turner) Kansas Relays 19883:49.46 (Means, Tucker, McKnight, Hertzog) Kansas Relays 19823:50.03 (Brooks, Turner, Johnson, O’Hara) Kansas Relays 1988 1,600-Meter Relay3:33.00 (Bradley, Morris. Dixon, Wilson) NCAA Championships 20113:34.81 (Harriford, Keller, McField, Clark) Midwest Regional Championships 20033:35.01 (Bradley, Dixon, Wilson, Washington) NCAA West Preliminary 2011 3:35.81 Relay Team Arkansas Twilight 2008 3:37.04 (Bradley, Washington, Makhmayeva, Morris) NCAA West Prelim 20103:37.33 (Bradley, D. Morris, Wilson, Washington) Mayaguez Spring Break Classic 20113:39.77 (Euler, Hann, Garrett, Clark) Midwest Regional Championships 20053:40.72 (Williams, Hann, Garrett, Clark) NCAA Championships 2004

3,200-Meter Relay8:51.56 (Simpson, Guinn, Schubarth, Brown) Drake Relays 19808:52.13 (Kloster, Rodehaver, Palacios, Hafstrom) Texas Relays 19928:52.25 Relay Team Texas Relays 20028:53.16 (Reves, Eisenmenger, Lavoie, Deutsch) Drake Relays 2001

Distance Medley Relay11:18.54 (Kloster, Case, Howerton, Swartz) Drake Relays 199411:22.31 (Kloster, Lawrence, Rodehaver, Palacios) Drake Relays 199211:33.13 (Lavoie, Clark, Keller, Eisenmenger) Texas Relays 200211:37.62 (Lavoie, March, Reves, Eisenmenger) Drake Relays 2001


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• 60-yard low hurdles (indoor): 6.6 Kansas Federation, 1967

BILL ALLEY (1959-60) • Javelin (outdoor): 270-1.5 (82.33 meters) Austin, Texas, April 4, 1959 (270-0 by Franklin Held, Olympic Club, 1956)

JIM BAUSCH (1930) • Decathlon (outdoor): 7,842 points Kansas Relays, April 17-18, 1932 (7,784 by J. Kenneth Doherty, 1929)

• Decathlon (outdoor): 8,462 points Olympic Games, Aug. 5-6, 1932 (8,053 points, Paavo Yrjola, Finland, 1928) (Under new system - equivalent to 8,896 pts.)

JEFF BUCKINGHAM (1979-80, 1982-83) • Pole vault (outdoor): 18-10.75 (5.76 meters) Lawrence, Kansas, July 16, 1983 (18-10.25 by Brad Pursley, Abilene Christian, 1983)

GEORGE BYERS (1967-69) • 60-yard low hurdles (indoor): 6.5 (four times) Kansas Federation, 1967

GLENN CUNNINGHAM (1931-34) • 1,500 meters (outdoor): 3:53.1 Chicago, Ill., June 11, 1932 (3:55.0 by Ray Conger, Illinois AC, 1928)

• 1,500 meters (outdoor): 3:52.3 Chicago, Ill., July 1, 1933 (3:52.5 by Gene Venzke, New York AC, 1932)

• 1,500 meter-run (indoor): 3:53.3 AAU Indoor at New York, Feb. 23, 1934 (3:55.4 by Gene Venzke, Pennsylvania, 1933) • Mile (indoor): 4:08.4 Knights of Columbus Games, March 17, 1934 (4:10.0 by Gene Venzke, Pennsylvania, 1932) • Mile (outdoor): 4:06.7 Princeton Invitational, June 16, 1934 (4:07.6 by John Lovelock, New Zealand, 1933)

• 800-meters (outdoor): 1:49.7 Stockholm, Sweden, August 20, 1936 (1:49.8 by Ben Eastman, Olympic Club, 1934)

• 1,500 meters (outdoor): 3:48.4 Olympic Games, August 6, 1936 (3:48.8 by William Bonthron, Princeton, 1934) DEON HOGAN (1979-81, 1983) • 400-yard dash (indoor): 47.64 Nebraska Duel, Neb., 1980 (Fastest time ever run on a 220-yard flat track) • 440-yard dash (indoor): 46.88 Big Eight Championships, Feb. 1983 (47.32 by Bert Cameron)

SCOTT HUFFMAN (1985-88) • Pole vault (outdoor): 19-7 (5.97 meters) Knoxville, Tenn., June 18, 1994 (19-6.5 by Joe Dial, Athletics West, 1987) J.W. JOHNSON (1967) • 60-yard low hurdles (indoor): 6.6 Kansas Federation, 1967

BILLY MILLS (1958-61) • 10,000 meters: 28:24.4 Tokyo, Japan, October 14, 1964 (28:50.2 by Max Truex, Sn Calif Striders, 1960)

• Six-mile run (outdoor): 27.11.6 AAU at San Diego, June 26, 1965 (27.40 by Ron Clarke, Australia)

• 10,000 meters (outdoor): 28:17.6 Augsburg, Germany, August 12, 1965 (28:24.4 by Mills)

BILL NIEDER (1954-56) • Shot put (outdoor): 63-10 (19.45 meters) Stanford Invitational, March 19, 1960 (63-4 by Parry O’Brien, 1956) • Shot put (outdoor): 65-7 (19.99 meters) Texas Relays, April 2, 1960 (63-4 by Parry O’Brien: Nieder’s 63-10 was pending at the time) • Shot put (outdoor): 65-10 (20.06 meters) Walnut, Calif., August 12, 1960 (65-7 by Nieder)

AL OERTER (1956-58) • Discus (outdoor): 200-5.5 (61.1 meters) Coliseum Relays at Los Angeles, May 18, 1962 (198-2.5 by Jay Silvester, S. Clara TC, 1961) • Discus (outdoor): 202-2 Walnut, Calif., June 23, 1962 (200-5.5 by Oerter)

• Discus (outdoor): 204-10.5 (62.45 meters) U.S. - Poland Duel at Chicago, July 1, 1962 (202-2.5 by Bladimar Trusenyov, USSR, 1962) • Discus (outdoor): 205-5.5 (62.62 meters) Mt. San Antonio Relays, April 27, 1963 (204-10.5 by Oerter)

• Discus 206-6 (62.94 meters) Walnut, Calif., April 25, 1964 (205.5 by Oerter)

TYKE PEACOCK (1981-82) • High jump: 7-7.25 (2.32 meters) Helsinki, Finland, August 13, 1983 (Tied three others, last in 1982)

• High jump: 7-7.75 (2.33 meters) Berlin, Germany, August 17, 1983 (7-7.25 by Peacock and three others)

JIM RYUN (1966-69) • Two-mile (outdoor): 8:52.2 Los Angeles, Calif., May 13, 1966 (8:26.4 by Robert Schul, Dayton AC, 1964)

• 880-yard run (outdoor): 1:44.9 USTFF Outdoor, June 10, 1966 (1:45.1 by Peter Snell, New Zealand, 1962)

• 1,500 meters (outdoor): 3:36.1 Berkley, Calif., July 17, 1966 (3:38.1 by Tom O’Hara, Loyola Chicago, 1964)

• Mile (outdoor): 3:51.3 All-America Invitational, July 17, 1966 (3:53.6 by Michael Jazy, France, 1965)

• 880-yard run (indoor): 1:48.3 Oklahoma State Duel, 1967 (Fastest time ever on a dirt track)

• Mile (outdoor): 3:51.1 AAU Outdoor, June 23, 1967 (3:51.3 by Ryun)

• 1,500 meters (outdoor): 3:33.1 U.S.-British Commonwealth Duel, July 8, 1967 (3:35.6 by Herb Elliott, Australia, 1960)

• Mile (indoor): 3:56.4 San Diego Invitational Games, Feb. 19 1971 (Tied 3:56.4 by Tom O’Hara, Loyola, 1964)

WES SANTEE (1951-54) • 1,500 meters (outdoor): 3:44.2 Goteborg July 23, 1953 (3:45.2 by Robert McMillen, Occidental, 1952)

• Mile (indoor): 4:04.9 Illinois-Michigan St. Triangular, Feb. 15, 1954 (4:05.3 by Gil Dobbs, Boston AA, 1954)

• Mile (indoor): 4:03.8 Boston AA Games, Jan. 29, 1955 (4:04.9 by Santee)

• 1,500 meters (outdoor): 3:42.8 Compton Invitational, June 4, 1954 (3:43.0 by Gunder Hagg, Lennert Strand and Werner Luegg)

CHARLIE TIDWELL (1958-60) • 200-yard low hurdles (outdoor) (turn): 22.7 NCAA Outdoor at Berkeley, Calif., June 14, 1958 (22.8 by Elias Gilbert, Winston Salem, 1957) • 200-meter low hurdles (outdoor) (turn): 22.6 AAU Outdoor at Boulder, Colo., June 20, 1959 (22.7 by Tidwell)

• 100 yards (outdoor): 9.3 NCAA Outdoor at Lincoln, Neb., 1959 (Tied record, but wind-aided) • 100 meters (outdoor): 10.1 Meet of Champions at Houston, June 10, 1960 (Tied four others, last in 1959)

RELAYS • Sprint Medley: 3:21.8 D. Smith, F. Cindrich, D. McGlinn, W. Santee Texas Relays, 1953 (Hand-off zones measured incorrectly)

• Sprint Medley: 3:20.2 F. Cindrich, R. Moody, D. Blair, W. Santee Texas Relays, April 2, 1954 (3:22.7 by NYU, 1950)

• Sprint Medley: 3:15.2 G. Ard, B. Olison, D. Peck, J. Ryun Texas Relays, March 31, 1967 (3:15.5 by Santa Clara YV, 1962)

• Distance Medley: 9:33.8 C. Grindal, D. Peck, T. Yergovich, J. Ryun Drake Relays, April 29, 1967 (9:34.0 by UCLA, 1965)

• Distance Medley: 9:33.0 J. Neihouse, R. Julian, T. Bigley, J. Ryun Kansas Relays, April 21, 1969 (9:33.8 by Kansas)

• 400-meter relay (outdoor): 38.03 B. Collins, S. Riddick, C. Wiley, S. Williams World Cup at Dusseldorf, Sept. 4, 1977 (38.17 by Black, Taylor, Tinker, Hart, 1972)

• Two-mile: 7:25 D. Stewart, J. Neihouse, R. Kathol, B. McElroy NCAA Indoor at Detroit, March 15, 1970 (7:26.4 by Villanova, 1964)

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KANSAS AMERICAN AND WORLD RECORD HOLDERS



Since its inception, the University of Kansas track and fi eld program has been represented by a litany of hall of fame coaches and innovators. Figures such as Bill Easton, Bob Timmons and Stanley Redwine have played a pivotal role in guiding their student-athletes to numerous honors and accolades.

Beginning with Fay Moulton, who participated in the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the Jayhawk track program has produced its share of Olympians, All-Americans and conference champions. That legacy continued under the tenures of Brutus Hamilton, Bill Easton, Bob Timmons and Gary Schwartz, individuals who each added memorable moments and accomplishments to the lore of Kansas track and fi eld. Entering his 10th season, Stanley Redwine and his assembly of coaches have ushered a new era into the program’s storied history. Through the guidance of Redwine and his staff, the Jayhawks continue to make strides in improving the overall strength of the program. The men’s indoor track team fi nished eighth at both the 2001 and 2002 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, earning places in the Kansas Hall of Fame along with Coach Redwine. Also during Redwine’s tenure, 33 KU student-athletes have earned a total of 69 All-America awards while rewriting the school record books over 60 times. Since 2007, Coach Redwine has sent 54 qualifi ers to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which averages out to over ten qualifi ers each season. In 2010 the Jayhawks saw 15 athletes go to Nationals, the most in the Redwine era. 11 would return in 2011.

The names and faces have changed throughout the years, but the tradition of Kansas track and fi eld remains as strong as any program in the nation.

Early CoachesIn 1901, the KU track and fi eld program began under the direction of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. After turning over the reins to J.P. Hagerman in 1907, W.O. Hamilton, who replaced Hagerman, led the squad to its fi rst Missouri Valley Conference championship in 1910. Karl Schlademan took control of the program in 1919 and developed the fi rst Jayhawk All-American and NCAA champion. In 1923, Tom Poor won the NCAA high jump and eventually placed fourth in the 1924 Paris Olympics. The Jayhawks nailed down two more Missouri Valley titles in 1927 and 1928 under the direction of Dr. H.J. Huff, who followed Schlademan, coaching the Jayhawks from 1927-29.

In the early 1930s, Kansas track great Glenn Cunningham and three-sport letterman “Jarrin’ Jim” Bausch helped lead two Jayhawk teams to conference championships. Brutus Hamilton, one of two head coaches from Kansas in the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, came to Mount Oread in 1930 and led Kansas to two Big Six Outdoor Championships in 1930 and 1931. Bill Hargiss then took over the program and coached KU to the 1934 indoor and outdoor Big Six Championships. Hargiss coached KU’s fi rst great shot putter, All-American Elwyn Dees, who was the 1935 NCAA champion.

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KU’s program leveled off in the war years until 1948 when Kansas hired Bill Easton, former director of the Drake Relays. The Easton era began with distance runner Wes Santee’s success at the 1953 NCAA cross country meet, included the NCAA team championship, and ended with the Olympic performances of Billy Mills and Al Oerter in the 1960s. During his 17-year career, Easton’s cross country and track teams combined to win 38 conference titles and won at least one conference title each year. He was only the second collegiate coach to lead his track and cross country teams to a national championship, doing so with cross country in 1953 and track during the 1959 and

1960 seasons. Before he left in 1965, Easton’s track teams had accumulated 41 consecutive dual meet victories. In all, Easton coached a total of 54 All-Americans and 22 national champions, including 18 champions and 38 All-Americans in track.

Easton passed away in October of 1997 at the age of 93. He is missed greatly by those associated with the Kansas track and fi eld family. After Easton departed in 1965, KU’s track program was placed in the hands of Bob Timmons. “Timmie’s” teams captured 13 Big Eight indoor titles and 14 outdoor titles. He led the Jayhawks to three NCAA indoor championships in 1966, 1969 and 1970. Timmons’ 1970 outdoor team tied for the national championship with Oregon, BYU and Drake to give him four titles in fi ve years. Timmons’ coaching career included teaching one of the world’s best track athletes in Jim Ryun. Recruited to Kansas by Timmons, his former high school coach, Ryun set world marks in the 1,500 meters, the mile and the 800 meters while wearing the pink and blue. Even though Timmons handed the reins of the KU track program to then-head coach Gary Schwartz in 1988, he still had close ties to the team. In addition to being a loyal supporter at Jayhawk home meets, Timmons also created Rim Rock Farm, Kansas’ cross country course, site of the 1998 NCAA Divisions I and II Cross Country Championships, and home to the 2006 Big 12 Cross Country Championships. Timmons donated the course to KU in 2005, where a home meet bearing his name (Bob Timmons Classic) is run every year.

The Early YearsIn addition to the great accomplishments of Ryun, many other Kansas track athletes have distinguished themselves internationally. Starting with Fay Moulton in 1904, 31 athletes have represented KU in the Olympic Games. Of those athletes, 10 set world records in their events. Bausch, who lettered in football, basketball and track, was one of the fi rst greats to run track at Kansas. “Jarrin’ Jim,” considered by some to be the best athlete in KU’s history, participated in track from 1929 to 1932. He broke the decathlon world record by scoring 8,462 points at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. That same year, Bausch received the Sullivan Award as the best amateur athlete in America. In addition to track, he was also a tremendous talent in football, being inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame in 1954. In the mid-1930s, Kansas saw the emergence of another soon-to-be world record holder in Glenn Cunningham. After surviving severe burns during a fi re as a child, he helped the Jayhawks to Big Six Conference championships in 1931 and 1934. In 1934, he set the world record for both the indoor and outdoor mile. Cunningham ran a 4:08.4 at the Knights of Columbus Games in New York to break the indoor record. His outdoor record was a time of 4:06.7. While he fi nished fourth in the 1,500 meters at the 1932 Olympics, Cunningham garnered the silver medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Between those two events, Cunningham established a world record in the 1,500 meters. In 1934, at an AAU meet in New York, he ran the event in a time of 3:53.3, beating the previous record of 3:55.4. In addition to his world records and Olympic performances, Cunningham received the Sullivan Award in 1933. In 1974, he became one of the fi rst inductees of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.

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Bill Easton (center) and the 1953 NCAA Cross Country National Champions

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The Post-War YearsDuring the 1940s, World War II was taking its toll on America’s youth reserves, but by 1950 Kansas had another outstanding talent on the squad. Born and raised in Ashland, Kan., Wes Santee excelled in distance events and cross country running. Santee broke the indoor mile record in 1954 with a time of 4:04.9. He broke his own record the next year with a time of 4:03.8. In the Big Seven Conference, Santee collected three indoor and outdoor records, plus two cross country titles. The mid-1950s saw Kansas enjoying its fi nest days in the track world. The Jayhawks won eight consecutive indoor and outdoor conference titles (1952-59). Santee led the 1953 cross country team to its fi rst and only NCAA championship. One of the forces on those dominant Jayhawk teams was a discus thrower from Hyde Park, N.Y. Al Oerter’s career included two NCAA championship titles (1957-58), four Olympic gold medals in four different Olympiads (1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968) and four world records in the discus. Oerter’s best throw came in 1964 at the Mount San Antonio Relays in Walnut, Calif. He moved past his old record of 205-0.5 with a throw measuring 206-6 ft. In addition to Oerter, KU had a premier shot put thrower in the late ‘50s. After capturing the silver medal at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, Bill Nieder went on to take the gold in Rome at the 1960 Olympics. In addition to being the 1955 NCAA champion, Nieder was the fi rst collegiate shot putter to surpass the 60-0 barrier. He broke the world record in 1960 with a throw of 65-7.

Back-To-Back TitlesIn 1959 and 1960, Kansas extended its dominance over other track programs as it won back-to-

back national outdoor championships. The squads were led by four outstanding athletes. Distance expert Billy Mills was the Big Eight cross country champion in 1960 and later took the gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the 1964 Olympics. In a dramatic race, Mills came from behind on the last lap to win. Mills also broke a world record in the six-mile run. Bill Alley was also a part of those national championship teams. The javelin thrower won the NCAA crown in 1959 and 1960. He broke an American throwing record in 1960 at 273-10.5 ft. Alley traveled to Rome in 1960 for the Olympics, but did not qualify for the fi nals. A six-time All-American, sprinter Charlie Tidwell captured four NCAA titles during the two-year span. After winning the 220-yard hurdles title in 1958, Tidwell went on to take the 100-yard dash and the 200-yard hurdles in 1959 and win the 100 and 200 meter crowns the following year. During his career at KU, he set four new world records in the 100-meter dash (10.1), 100-yard dash (9.3), 200-meter low hurdles (22.6) and the 200-yard low hurdles (22.7). Joining Alley and Mills during those championship years was a hurdler named Cliff Cushman. Cushman’s performance in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games earned him a silver medal. He also garnered two All-America awards in the same event in both 1959 and 1960.

The Jim Ryun EraIn the latter part of the 1960s, a new star emerged at KU. Little did Jayhawk fans know that Jim Ryun would become one of the most prolifi c track fi gures in history. In 1964, at the age of 17, Ryun became the fi rst high schooler to run a sub-four-minute mile. In fact, his high school mile mark of 3:55.3 stood for 31 years. Later in his collegiate career, he would shatter that record and many others.

In his spectacular stint at KU from 1965 to 1969, Ryun owned world records in the 880, 1,500, mile and two-mile runs. Outdoors, he established new marks in the 880 yards, 1,500 meters, mile, two-mile, three-mile and the 5,000 meters. At the NCAA Championships, he captured fi ve titles (four indoor, one outdoor). To this day, he still holds 11 Jayhawk school records. Ryun, who was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year in 1966, was a three-time Olympian. During the same year, the Wichita, Kan., native was named the winner of the AAU Sullivan Award for the top amateur athlete in America. He won the silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in the 1,500 meters. In 1972, he was tripped up in the 1,500 and did not qualify for the fi nals. A winner of three U.S. titles in the mile, Ryun was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1982.

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The Modern EraOther Jayhawks stood out during the end of Jim Ryun’s career at Kansas. Gary Ard earned his place in the KU Hall of Fame by capturing three All-America awards in the long jump between 1966 and 1967. He also teamed up with Ben Olison, Dwight Peck and Ryun to break the world sprint medley relay record at the 1967 Texas Relays with a time of 3:15.2. In 1969, Kansas fi nished fi rst at the NCAA indoor meet and second at the outdoor fi nals. That team earned a staggering 21 All-America awards between the two relay events. In 1970, Kansas topped its team achievement from the year before by sweeping both the Big Eight and NCAA indoor and outdoor national championship team titles. The Jayhawks were led by a remarkable throwing trio known affectionately as “The Pachyderms” for their physical prowess. Karl Salb, Steve Wilhelm and Doug Knop fi nished 1-2-3 in the shot put at the 1969 and 1970 NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors in the process. The following year, Kansas completed the Big Eight sweep for the fi fth-straight year. In the last quarter century, Cliff Wiley was a member of the quartet that broke the world record in the 400-meter relay in 1977. He later was named to the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team. Deon Hogan excelled in the 400-yard dash, as he established a new world record of 46.77 in 1981. Kansas also made its mark in distance running. Craig Watcke was an All-American in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters and was voted the most valuable performer of the 1989 Big Eight Indoor Championships. In addition, Michael Cox captured All-America honors in the mile and the 1,500 meters as well as in cross country.

The Rise of the Women’s ProgramWhile the men are entering their 112th year of competition, the women are youthful in comparison. KU women’s track is in only its 39th year as an organized program, starting in 1973. In some ways, the women’s program started out in similar fashion to the men. Both programs had no formal guidance in their formative years, and both were led by coaches who gained more notoriety in other sports. Under the direction of former KU women’s basketball coach Marian Washington, the women’s track program was born in 1973. In addition to coaching basketball and track, she also served as the women’s athletics director. Teri Anderson became the fourth women’s coach in 1977. With Anderson at the helm, the KU women reached the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championships for the fi rst time. The team also took second at the 1978 Big Eight indoor meet. In 1980, the women were second at both the conference indoor and outdoor championships. Sheila Calmese was one of the fi rst outstanding track and fi eld performers for the women at KU. In 1978, Calmese placed fi rst in the 300-yard dash and second in the 60-yard dash at the AIAW Indoor Championships. That same year, she added a third-place fi nish at the AIAW Outdoor Championships in the 100 meters. She was the fi rst three-time All-American in Kansas women’s track history. Calmese is still second all-time in the 100-meter dash in the Kansas outdoor record book. Kansas was also paced in the early years by All-American Charmane Kuhlman. Kuhlman fi nished second in the long jump at the 1978 AIAW Indoor Championships. A third standout in the early years was Kansas City, Mo., native Shawn Corwin. Corwin was an All-American high jumper in both 1978 and 1979. In 1981, Anderson was replaced by Carla Coffey. Coffey took Kansas to seven national championship meets. Her 1984 indoor team tied for 20th at the NCAA fi nals. The highest the Jayhawks have ever placed was in 1979 when they took third at the AIAW indoor meet. Under Coffey, Kansas became a national name in the throwing events. In 1984 and 1985, Stine Lerdahl was the Big Eight indoor champion in the shot put. In both those years, she gained All-American status when she placed sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Anne Grethe Baeraas was the fi rst woman at KU to be named an All-American in the javelin during the 1984 season. Denise Buchanan capped a brilliant career at Kansas by being named All-American in the shot put during both the indoor and outdoor season in 1987. She fi nished fi fth at the NCAA Indoor

Championships with a toss of 53-4.25, a school record. In fact, Buchanan broke both the indoor and outdoor shot put records at the NCAA fi nals.

Ann O’Connor, a Salina, Kan., native, became an All-American her freshman year in the high jump in 1984. She set the indoor and outdoor record in the high jump while at KU as well as the pentathlon record. In setting her marks in the high jump, O’Connor became the fi rst woman in Kansas track history to clear the 6-0 mark. Jumping JayhawksFor a time, the jumping events became KU’s most successful area. From the 1979 season through the 1990s, KU produced 31 All-Americans from the pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump, heptathlon and decathlon events. Much of the credit was deserved by vertical jumps coach Rick Attig, who coached at Kansas from 1985 through 2000. KU Hall of Famer Jeff Buckingham began the tradition in 1979 by fi nishing second in the pole vault at the NCAA indoor meet. Buckingham went on to earn three more All-America awards during his career. In 1980, Sonya Owolabi won the NCAA indoor title in the triple jump and fi nished his outstanding career as a three-time All-American. After Warren Wilhoite fi nished second and fourth in the long jump during the 1982 and 1983 NCAA indoors, Chris Bohanan and Scott Huffman fi nished third and fourth, respectively, in the 1986

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NCAA indoor pole vault fi nals. Huffman added a second-place fi nish in the 1988 event and went on to bigger and better things. In 1993, Huffman won the U.S. Track and Field National Championships and placed fi fth at the world championships. A former American pole vault record holder, Huffman joined former Jayhawk sprinter Pierre Lisk (Sierra Leone) at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. At the end of Huffman’s college career, two vaulters stepped in as KU’s leaders. Pat Manson and Cam Miller combined for nine All-America awards from 1987-91. Manson’s leap of 18-8 at the 1989 Big Eight Indoor Championships remains the KU record today. During that season, Manson, Miller and teammate Cedric Fullard averaged a combined height of 18-5 to rank as the best collegiate pole vault trio ever. Another vaulter who saw success at Kansas was two-time indoor All-American John Bazzoni. In 1995, he took honors in both the indoor and outdoor Big Eight pole vaulting championships. Earning All-America honors with Bazzoni in 1995 was high jumper Nick Johannsen. In 2002, KU vaulter Vadim Gvozdetskiy earned All-America honors in the pole vault, while former KU vaulter Jordan Scott was was a national champion and a seven-time Big 12 Champion in the event.

On the women’s side, 11 KU jumpers have taken home All-America awards since 1979. Charmane Kuhlman became the fi rst women’s All-American in 1977, fi nishing second in the long jump at the NCAA Championships. Shawn Corwin was a four-time recipient in the high jump, earning a pair of runner-up fi nishes in 1978. Halcyon “Tudie” McKnight earned All-America honors in the long jump three times from 1982-83. The Kansas Relays long jump event was renamed the “Halcyon ‘Tudie’ McKnight-Blake Women’s Long Jump” in 1995 to honor McKnight’s accomplishments as a Kansas long jumper. She still owns the Kansas Relays and Memorial Stadium long jump records.

Ann O’Connor was named All-America in both the high jump and the heptathlon during her career from 1984-88, while Candace Mason and Andrea Branson were named All-Americans in the inaugural women’s pole vault competition in 1998. In the 2001 season, Branson was awarded All-American status at the indoor championships while Mason would join her in the outdoor championships. More recently, Amy Linnen and Kate Sultanova brought much success to the pole vault for the Jayhawks. In addition to both being named 2005 outdoor All-Americans, Linnen was the indoor NCAA champion.

Gary SchwartzA 12-year coaching stint fi lled with numerous championships, All-Americans and fond memories brought exciting times for Kansas track and fi eld fans both near and far. Former head track and fi eld coach Gary Schwartz began his career at Kansas not as a coach, but as an athlete. Schwartz was a Big Eight Conference champion in the discus his junior year and a team co-captain his senior year. In all, the Schwartz era produced 41 All-Americans, 48 NCAA and AIAW appearances and several Olympic notables such as Pierre Lisk. Schwartz was added to the Kansas Hall of Fame in 1989 after leading Kansas to a fourth-place fi nish at the NCAA Championships and working with the USA Track and Field coaching staff at the 1999 World Outdoor Championships. A past president of the United States Track Coaches Association, Schwartz was respected by his peers and athletes both as a great coach and teacher of Kansas track and fi eld, who always had his student-athletes’ best interest at heart.

Under Schwartz, Mary Beth Labosky continued KU’s high jump success when she went on to fi nish sixth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 1992. Joining Labosky as an All-American was javelin thrower Heather Berlin, who placed fourth. Cathy Palacios also left behind a legacy at Kansas in 1992 that surely will be tough to match. Palacios broke four separate school records and earned All-America honors in the indoor mile. The 1992 and 1993 seasons also brought the Kansas women’s program back into the conference spotlight. KU placed second at the conference indoor meet in 1992, its highest fi nish in 13 years, and in 1993 placed second in the outdoor meet, its highest fi nish ever at the competition.

In 1994, Kansas tied for second at the Big Eight indoor championships. Middle distance runner Kristi Kloster earned All-America honors in the 800 meters at the NCAA indoor meet that year, breaking the school record in the process. After battling through an injury-fi lled career, Kloster topped her 1994 performance two years later when she won the 800 meters at the 1996 NCAA indoor championships. After winning by .004 seconds in a spectacular photo fi nish, Kloster became KU’s fi rst women’s NCAA track champion and joined Sheila Calmese as the only women to win a national track and fi eld title for Kansas.

Kloster added a third All-America award in the same meet when she ran a leg of the seventh-place distance medley relay team with seniors Melissa Swartz and Kerri Woolheater and junior Latanya Holloway. Swartz picked up an individual All-America award of her own when she placed fi fth in the mile. As a result, the KU women fi nished 15th in the championships, the Jayhawks’ best fi nish since the 1979 team, which fi nished third. In 1998, Candace Mason became just the third Kansas woman to earn three All-American distinctions when she fi nished in the top eight in both the pole vault and pentathlon competitions. She also broke the Big 12 and Kansas records in the pole vault, pentathlon and heptathlon. Mason took home two more All-America titles, giving her fi ve total in her illustrious career, the most by any Jayhawk in team history. In all, Mason would earn three All-America awards in the heptathlon, two more in the pole vault and an academic All-American honor. In 1998, Andrea Branson stepped on the scene and had a very productive pole vaulting career of her own. She would go on to win fi ve All-American honors between 1998 and 2000, tying her with Mason for the most in program history. When she left KU, Branson had etched her name in the Kansas record books with the top vault in the history of KU women’s pole vaulting, both indoor and outdoor.

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Stanley RedwineWith a new look in 2001, the Jayhawk track and fi eld and cross country team came out with a mission to get better, and that was exactly what they did. Under fi rst year head coach Stanley Redwine, the cross country team had its fi rst NCAA participant since 1998 and recorded the best conference and regional fi nishes since the inception of the Big 12 Conference. That was just a sign of things to come as the men’s indoor team went on to fi nish eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships just a year after the team was only able to fi nish 47th. Through the 2001 indoor and outdoor seasons, KU earned nine All-America awards beginning with Charlie Gruber, who won two, one in the indoor mile and the other as part of the Distance Medley Relay team. Other members of the All-American DMR team included Jabari Wamble, Andy Tate and Brian Blachly. Tate, another two-time winner in 2001, also was recognized as an All-American in the steeplechase. Three highly-talented fi eld athletes won All-America honors that season, including Scott Russell in the weight throw, Ryan Speers in the shot put and Andrea Bulat in the javelin.

The success continued in the 2002 season as the men’s indoor team fi nished eighth at the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year, the team recorded 21 total NCAA qualifi ers, celebrated eight Big 12 champions, broke 11 school records and watched senior thrower Scott Russell bring home two individual national titles. Russell was honored as both an Academic All-American and as the 2002 Big 12 Conference Outdoor Performer of the Year. Brooklyn Hann of the women’s team was honored as the conference Newcomer of the Year. In 2003, Kansas track and fi eld was in the national spotlight when junior sprinter Leo Bookman won the 200 meter indoor and outdoor national championship titles. The KU coaching staff also watched as 30 of its athletes qualifi ed for the Midwest Regional Championships, including 10 freshmen and fi ve sophomores.

The 2003 outdoor season produced 11 NCAA Championship qualifi ers, the largest number of national competitors that Redwine had taken in his fi rst four years at KU. Bookman shined again the next year, once more winning the indoor NCAA title in the 200-meter dash. Bookman broke his own Kansas record in the process with a career-best time of 20.42. Charlie Gruber represented the Jayhawks that summer (of 2004) in the Athens Olympics, competing for the United States in the 1,500 meters.

In 2005, the Jayhawks saw continued success that included four Big 12 individual conference

championships, one NCAA individual championship and eight All-Americans. For their efforts, Kate Sultanova was named Big 12 Outdoor Newcomer of the Year, Sheldon Battle was named Big 12 Outdoor Performer of the Year and Redwine garnered Big 12 Outdoor Coach of the Year honors. The 2006 season saw several Jayhawks collect conference and national accolades. Battle capped off his impressive intercollegiate career by repeating as the Big 12 indoor shot put champion, and earned All-American status in the indoor shot put and the weight throw. His performances during the outdoor season earned him All-American status in the shot put and hammer throw, capping off his two-year career at KU with six All-America honors. For his performance that season, Battle was named the

Midwest Field Athlete of the Year. Also in 2006, the line of great Kansas throwers continued as Egor Agafonov captured the Big 12 crowns in the indoor weight throw and the outdoor hammer, in which he set a new conference record. He went on to earn All-America awards in both events.

On the women’s side, Charisse Bacchus earned All-America accolades with her fi fth-place performance in the indoor long jump and her seventh-place result in the outdoor long jump. A total of six Jayhawks earned outdoor All-America awards, coupled with three indoor All-Americans. Other recent standouts on the women’s team included pole vaulters Amy Linnen and Kate Sultanova and triple jumper Brooklyn Hann. Linnen was the 2005 indoor NCAA champion in the pole vault, becoming the fi rst KU woman to win an individual championship since Kloster in 1996. Sultanova was also impressive in her pole vaulting career, capturing the 2005 Big 12 outdoor championship. Both Linnen and Sultanova garnered outdoor All-American honors at the 2005 NCAA outdoor championships. At the same meet, Hann fi nished eighth in the triple jump, good for All-American accolades. A highly successful 2007 season was highlighted by one national championship, numerous school records being set and several thrilling performances. During the indoor season, junior Agafonov captured the NCAA Championship in the weight throw with the second-best toss in school history (77-05.25 ft.). Junior Colby Wissel fi nished seventh in the 3,000-meter run to become the fi rst KU athlete to win All-America honors in the event. Just a few weeks earlier, at the Big 12 Championships, Agafonov defended his Big

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12 title in the weight throw, Wissel won the 3,000-meter run and freshman Jordan Scott won the Big 12 Championship in the pole vault with a career-best indoor mark of 17-05.50 ft. Scott, for his efforts throughout the indoor season, was named the Big 12’s Indoor Freshman of the Year. Scott also won the same award during the outdoor season, becoming the fi rst male Jayhawk to win either distinction. Junior Kate Sultanova won the Big 12 title in the pole vault by tying a Big 12 meet record of 13-05.25 ft. Sultanova, though, saved her best for the NCAA Indoor National Championships. Her vault of 14-01.25 ft. earned her third place and tied the Kansas record set by 2005 national champion Amy Linnen. Sultanova’s All-American effort helped the Jayhawks tie for 34th place at the NCAA’s.

Four other records went by the wayside as Ashley Brown set a new mark in the 60-meter hurdles, Victoria Howard broke the 200 meters record, Zlata Tarasova edged out her own record in the weight throw and Crystal Manning tied the school’s best triple jump.

The Jayhawks found a way to match their indoor success during the outdoor season. KU, for the fi rst time in the school’s history, had eight different athletes earn All-America honors as the men fi nished 18th and the women placed 35th at the NCAA Championships. At the conference championships, six members of the Crimson and Blue were crowned champions, the most for KU since the inception of the Big 12.

Ashley Brown, Crystal Manning and Zlata Tarasova led the women to their highest fi nish in team history under coach Redwine, placing fi fth. Agafonov, the Big 12 and Midwest Regional Champion in the hammer throw, was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team after the conclusion of the season.

The 2008 indoor and outdoor seasons proved to be one of the best in KU history for the Jayhawk women. Junior Nickesha Anderson was perhaps the brightest star for Kansas in 2008, leaving her mark in the school record books. During the indoor season, Anderson broke both the 60 and 200-meter dash records on numerous occasions. Her career-best time of 7.22 in the 60 meters earned her the Big 12 championship in the event.

At the outdoor NCAA championships, Anderson (100 meters and 200 meters) and Manning (long jump and triple jump) each won two All-America honors. Only one other woman had accomplished the feat in KU history (Candace Mason). Anderson went on to earn a spot in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, as a member of Jamaica’s 4x100-meter relay team.

In Agafonov’s fi nal season at Kansas, he won his second-consecutive National Championship in the weight throw, as well as his fi fth and sixth All-America honors and his third-consecutive Big 12 Championship in both the hammer throw and the weight throw.

Although the 2009 campaign featured a youth-driven squad, the Kansas track and fi eld team had several successes throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Lauren Bonds set two school records during the indoor season in the 1,000 meters (2:46.60) and the mile (4:43.74). Colby Wissel, a Redwine protege, hit four NCAA qualifying times in three different events during the indoor season, while also cracking the Kansas all-time bests list in the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters.

Pole vaulter Jordan Scott was crowned Big 12 Indoor Champion for the third consecutive year after he matched the third-highest mark in school history at 18-02.50 ft. at the league championship meet in College Station, Texas. Scott followed that performance with a third-place fi nish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, where he earned All-American honors for the second time in his career.

In the past two seasons, KU coaches have hit the recruiting trail harder than ever, targeting some of the top high school athletes in the country. Their hard word has paid off as the athletes that have come on board in 2010 and 2011 have accounted for 20 All-America honors in the past two seasons.

Thrower Mason Finley has been a big part of the recent youth resurgence as he has already claimed four conference championships and has been named an All-American six times in his fi rst two seasons as a Jayhawk.

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Men’s Track Year-By-Year

Conference Conference NCAA NCAAYear Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor Coach1901 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1902 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1903 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1904 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1905 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1906 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1907 - - - - - - - - J.P. Hagerman1908 5T - - - - - - J.P. Hagerman1909 - - 6T - - - - J.P. Hagerman1910 - - 1 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1911 - - 2 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1912 - - 4 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1913 - - 4 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1914 - - 5 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1915 - - 5 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1916 - - 3 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1917 - - 5 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1918 - - 3T - - - - W.O. Hamilton1919 - - 6 - - - - Karl Schlademan1920 - - 2T - - - - Karl Schlademan1921 - - 2T - - - - Karl Schlademan1922 1 2 - - 27 Karl Schlademan 1923 1 3 - - 11T Karl Schlademan1924 3 4 - - - - Karl Schlademan1925 2 4 - - - - Karl Schlademan1926 4 5 - - - - Karl Schlademan1927 3 1 - - - - Dr. H.J. Huff1928 3 1 - - 23T Dr. H.J. Huff 1929 3 4 - - 38T Dr. H.J. Huff1930 3 1 - - 37T Brutus Hamilton1931 3 1 - - 35T Brutus Hamilton1932 2 3 - - 10T Brutus Hamilton1933 3 2 - - 6T Bill Hargiss 1934 1 1 - - 14T Bill Hargiss1935 4 6 - - - - Bill Hargiss1936 6 3 - - - - Bill Hargiss1937 5 2 - - - - Bill Hargiss1938 4 5 - - - - Bill Hargiss1939 2 4 - - 35 Bill Hargiss1940 6 5 - - 33 Bill Hargiss1941 3 6 - - - - Bill Hargiss1942 6 6 - - - - Bill Hargiss1943 6 6 - - - - Bill Hargiss1944 3 2 - - - - Ray Kanehl1945 5 5 - - - - Ray Kanehl1946 5 1 - - 16T Ray Kanehl 1947 3 3 - - 25T Ray Kanehl1948 2 3 - - 40 Bill Easton1949 4 4 - - 27T Bill Easton1950 1 3 - - 15T Bill Easton1951 3 3 - - 20T Bill Easton1952 1 1 - - 9T Bill Easton1953 1 1 - - 6T Bill Easton1954 1 1 - - 33T Bill Easton1955 1 1 - - 3 Bill Easton1956 1 1 - - 2 Bill Easton1957 1 1 - - 4 Bill Easton1958 1 1 - - 2 Bill Easton1959 1 1 - - 1 Bill Easton 1960 2 1 - - 1 Bill Easton1961 1 2 - - 13T Bill Easton1962 1 4 - - 27T Bill Easton1963 3 1 - - 39T Bill Easton1964 2 1 - - 35T Bill Easton1965 2 1 10T 17T Bill Easton1966 1 4 1 15 Bob Timmons1967 1 1 3 10T Bob Timmons1968 1 1 4 48T Bob Timmons1969 1 1 1 2 Bob Timmons1970 1 1 1 1T Bob Timmons1971 1 1 4T 5 Bob Timmons1972 3 1 - - 5 Bob Timmons1973 2 1 2T 12 Bob Timmons1974 5 1 27T 7T Bob Timmons 1975 1 1 2 5 Bob Timmons1976 2 1 20T 9T Bob Timmons 1977 1 1 5 12T Bob Timmons1978 1 2 43T 14T Bob Timmons1979 2 1 4T 40T Bob Timmons1980 1 1 4 8 Bob Timmons

Conference Conference NCAA NCAA Year Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor Coach1981 1 6 20T - - Bob Timmons1982 1 1 14T 53T Bob Timmons1983 1 2 15T 29T Bob Timmons1984 8 7 - - - - Bob Timmons1985 6 5 - - - - Bob Timmons1986 4T 8 13T 56T Bob Timmons1987 4 3 - - 45T Bob Timmons1988 5 6 19T 45 Bob Timmons1989 4 4 4T 13T Gary Schwartz1990 5 6 20T 38T Gary Schwartz1991 5 5 15T 42T Gary Schwartz1992 5 7 - - - - Gary Schwartz1993 7 6 - - - - Gary Schwartz1994 4 3 40T - - Gary Schwartz1995 4 4 34T 47T Gary Schwartz1996 5 5 59T 58T Gary Schwartz1997 8 12 - - - - Gary Schwartz1998 9T 8T 24T 70T Gary Schwartz1999 7 6 40 32T Gary Schwartz2000 7 6 47T - - Gary Schwartz2001 9 11 8 39T Stanley Redwine2002 7 4 8 21T Stanley Redwine2003 9 9 21T 24T Stanley Redwine2004 9 12 24T - - Stanley Redwine2005 8 4 40T 25T Stanley Redwine2006 6 9 16 30T Stanley Redwine2007 7 6 16 18 Stanley Redwine2008 10 9 22T 38T Stanley Redwine2009 11 12 33 -- Stanley Redwine2010 10 8 23T 7 Stanley Redwine2011 8 6 26T 18 Stanley Redwine

Women’s Track Year-By-Year

Conference Conference NCAA NCAAYear Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor Coach1973 - - - - - - - - Marian Washington1974 - - 4 - - - - Thad Talley1975 - - 4 - - - - Thad Talley1976 3 3 - - - - Gary Pepin1977 4 5 - - 14 Tom Lionvale1978 2 3 - - - - Teri Anderson1979 6 4 3 39T Teri Anderson1980 2 2 - - - - Teri Anderson1981 3 4 - - - - Carla Coffey1982 4 5 - - 25T Carla Coffey1983 5 5 34T 33T Carla Coffey1984 5 4 - - 28T Carla Coffey1985 4 3 24 - - Carla Coffey1986 3 4 - - - - Carla Coffey1987 3 3 27T 46T Carla Coffey1988 5 8 - - 46T Cliff Rovelto1989 8 8 - - - - Gary Schwartz1990 8 8 - - - - Gary Schwartz1991 5 6 - - - - Gary Schwartz1992 2 3 - - 25T Gary Schwartz1993 4 2 - - - - Gary Schwartz1994 2 3 49T - - Gary Schwartz1995 4T 4 - - -- Gary Schwartz1996 4 5 15T - - Gary Schwartz1997 12 8 - - - - Gary Schwartz1998 10 10 17T 39T Gary Schwartz1999 12 32T 32T 24T Gary Schwartz2000 12 11 42T - - Gary Schwartz2001 9 11 - - 30T Stanley Redwine2002 6 8 - - - - Stanley Redwine2003 4 6 - - - - Stanley Redwine2004 7 10 - - - - Stanley Redwine2005 7 6 21T 29T Stanley Redwine2006 9 8 45 64T Stanley Redwine2007 6 5 34 35 Stanley Redwine2008 3 4 10T 15T Stanley Redwine2009 9 10 -- -- Stanley Redwine2010 5 7 27T 51T Stanley Redwine2011 7T 7 30T 23T Stanley Redwine

NOTE: Conference action for the men began in 1908 with the first outdoor meet, while indoor competition began in 1922. The men’s NCAA competition began outdoors in 1921 and indoors in 1965. Women’s confer-ence indoor and outdoor competition began in 1976. Women’s NCAA action began indoors in 1983 and outdoors in 1982. Prior to that, national competition was under the jurisdiction of the AIAW.

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The concept of a major track and fi eld meet at the University of Kansas was fi rst espoused by legendary Kansas football coach John Outland. Outland grew up in the East and became heavily involved with the Penn Relays. It was Outland’s urging to then-athletics director and basketball coach Phog Allen that a major Midwest competition could be successful. With the construction of Memorial Stadium in 1921, equipped with a quarter-mile track, plans were put in motion for the event. On April 20, 1923, the fi rst Kansas Relays, under the direction of Outland, Allen and Kansas track coach Karl Schlademan, were conducted. More than 600 athletes from across the nation competed. Outland became known as the “Father of the Kansas Relays.” The fi rst decade of the Kansas Relays saw the participation of such outstanding performers as Tom Poor, Jim Bausch and Glenn Cunningham of Kansas, Ed Weir of Nebraska, Jack Elder of Notre Dame and Tom Churchill of Oklahoma. Poor won the fi rst Relays high jump at 6-00.25 ft., and later placed fourth at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, France. Weir, a Cornhusker football star, set a world record (15.0) in the 120-meter high hurdles. Churchill and Bausch, also football stars, won consecutive decathlons in 1928-29 and 1931-32, respectively. Cunningham dominated the distance events in the mid-1930s, winning the mile run in 1934-35, and the two-mile in 1932, 1933 and 1936. Bausch and Cunningham both competed in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, with Bausch winning the gold in the decathlon. In 1936, Glen Morris of the Denver Athletic Club broke the American record in the decathlon with 7,576 points, defeating Kansas Olympian Clyde Coffman and Chicago’s Jay Berwanger, college football’s fi rst Heisman Trophy winner. Dr. James Naismith, known as the father of basketball; Kansas basketball All-American Adolph Rupp; Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne and famed Kansas and Michigan football coach Fielding Yost appeared in the early days of the Relays as referees and offi cials. The 1940s ushered in the retirement of Cunningham who ran his last Relays in 1940. World War II made a major impact on the nation and caused the cancellation of the track event from 1943-45. The Relays were rekindled in 1946 as Harrison Dillard of Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) won the 120 high hurdles in 1946 and 1948, with the latter setting a world record.

The Relays were in full stride in the 1950s with the presence of Kansas head coach Bill Easton, who came from Drake in 1948. It was the beginning of the Jayhawks’ dominance in the conference and Midwest relays circuit. Two top Kansas athletes came in the form of weightman Al Oerter and distance ace Wes Santee. Oerter, who went on to win four Olympic golds, won consecutive Relays shot put titles in 1956, 1957 and 1958. Santee, who followed in Cunningham’s footsteps, became the only athlete to win the most outstanding performer award at the Kansas, Drake and Texas Relays in the same year. Santee won the Kansas Relays title in 1952 and 1954, and registered the second-fastest American time ever in the mile in 1954. Also a part of the Relays was the State of Kansas interscholastic meet featuring Sunfl ower State high school competition. The event began in 1904 and was split between large and small school classes. The division was dropped in 1958 and the competition among schools of all sizes produced some of the best high school marks at that time. While the state of Kansas began competitions among the various classes later on, the Kansas Relays has still retained the high school portion of the meet today as high school athletes from Kansas and neighboring states still compete. The 1960s saw a changing of the guard in Kansas track and fi eld as Easton was replaced by Bob Timmons as head coach in 1965. Kansas continued its dominance of the conference with the appearance of Wichita, Kan., native Jim Ryun. Perhaps the most decorated Jayhawk track athlete ever, Ryun has four Kansas Relays Most Outstanding Performer titles to his credit (1966-67-69-71). He is the only athlete to take home the honor on four occasions. In 1967, Ryun set the current Relays record in the mile run at 3:54.94. The 1970s saw the world’s top sprinters come to the Kansas Relays as Missouri and professional football standout Mel Gray won three university titles in the 100-yard dash (1969-71). In the open 100-yard dash, Olympians John Carlos, Herb Washington and Ivory Crockett each took titles in the early portion of the decade. One familiar competitor from Graceland (Iowa) College who later gained fame as a 1976 Olympic gold medalist was decathlete Bruce Jenner. The 1971 titlist as a collegian, he also won the 1974 crown. His 8,240 points stood as a record until 1983.

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Female athletes made their fi rst appearance in 1962 in a limited number of events. By 1976 a full array of women’s events were sponsored. Perhaps the most dominant performer ever on the women’s side was former Nebraska standout and Olympian Merlene Ottey. She won most outstanding performer titles in 1981, 1982 and 1983 and still owns the 100 and 200-meter dash records. Former Iowa State standout and Olympic gold medalist Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco set a collegiate record in the 400-meter hurdles in 1984.

The 1980s continued the stream of top athletes to Mount Oread, including a contingent from the Soviet Union in 1983. Many of the top Olympians made the historic journey to Lawrence and smashed several records. Pole vaulter Joe Dial set the university and invitational vault records en route to being named the men’s outstanding performer in 1985 and 1987. Dial was also the fi rst high school athlete to be named as the Relays’ outstanding performer when he competed for Marlow (Okla.) High in 1980. Nineteen ninty-six KU Olympian Scott Huffman etched his name in the Relays history book by being named the outstanding performer in 1988.

A combination of speed and distance marked the Kansas Relays in the 1990s. After Drake sprinter Kevin Little and Kansas State All-America thrower Angie Miller were recognized as the top performers in 1990, Barton County Community College won four of the next six outstanding performer awards. Barton County’s Inez Turner took the honor twice, winning back-to-back honors in 1992 and 1993.

Kansas looked strong in both team and individual accomplishments during the Relays of the late 90’s. Former Jayhawk All-American Michael Cox was named the men’s outstanding performer three times in that span. He earned his fi rst two awards in 1992 and 1995 as a member of the KU track team, and in 1996, Cox returned to win his third award after fi nishing with a time of 3:59.20 and becoming the fi rst Kansas runner to complete the mile in under four minutes at the Kansas Relays since Jim Ryun did so in 1972. In 1994, KU swept the men’s and women’s collegiate team titles. Also, Natasha Shafer became the fi rst Kansas woman to be named outstanding performer. Jayhawk hurdler

Dawn Steele-Slavens duplicated Shafer’s effort by winning the award in 1995. The 1996 Relays also featured a new event as the women’s pole vault was held for the fi rst time. Stacy Dragila, the top-ranked vaulter in America, won the event and set the American record by clearing 13-6.50 ft. Her effort enabled her to be named the 1996 women’s outstanding performer. The 1997 event was a very successful one for KU. Not only did the team earn several individual titles, but the men were named university relays champions. Ninteen ninty-seven marked the inaugural running of the women’s 3,000-meter Steeplechase, and the event also saw Kevin Toth (unattached), who was named the men’s most outstanding performer, shatter the Relays’ 24-year old shot put record. Toth’s throw of 71-02.50 ft. made him the 1997 world leader.

After a break in competition due to construction on Memorial Stadium, the Kansas Relays returned in 2000 with the excitement and energy that Kansas Relays fans had enjoyed in years past. Since the turn of the century, the eventual 2000 Olympic gold-medal winner in the 100 meters, Maurice

Greene, set a new stadium and meet record in the 400-meter relay with a blazing time of 38.45 seconds.

The 2001 Relays, ‘An Olympic Return,’ saw some big names make their way back to their old stomping grounds. Former Kansas greats Jim Ryun and Wes Santee excited the crowd with a traditional lap around Memorial Stadium as several Kansas legends and Olympians, including Billy Mills and Jim Hershberger, gathered to sign autographs for fans and present awards to the winning teams. Day three of the Relays was a day of record-breaking performances. Eight Kansas Relays records were broken along with a Memorial Stadium record in the women’s shot put by Kansas State’s Rebekah Green.

The 2005 Relays was one of the more anticipated events in its history. Several records fell during the three-day meet. Dominique Arnold and Muna Lee, both of Team Nike, broke Relays records in the 110-meter hurdles (13.33) and the 100-meter dash (11.1), respectively. Both were named the 2005 Kansas Relays Most Outstanding Performers for their efforts. Two thousand and fi ve also saw the addition of the GOLDZONE, a three-hour window in the meet that featured over 30 former Olympians. The second-largest crowd in Kansas Relays history (24,200) watched as several world-class athletes performed at the highest level, including Maurice Greene, Marion Jones, Amy Acuff and Charlie Gruber.

More recently, at the past three Relays, a combined 49,500 track and fi eld fans have passed through the gates at Memorial Stadium. The GOLDZONE continued in 2007, the 80th edition of the Kansas Relays, as some of the greatest athletes in the world continued to fl ock to Lawrence in order to etch their names alongside the legendary track and fi eld athletes who have covered the past 80 years of the Kansas Relays.

In 2011, Kansas offi cials added a new feature to the Relays schedule, shot put and long jump competition, held on the streets of downtown Lawrence. Hundreds of funs enjoyed the events, which brought in many elite athletes including seven of the top 15 throwers in the world.

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100 Meters (M) Ivory Williams, Nike, 2010 .................................................... 9.95 (W) Alex Felix, adidas, 2006 ....................................................... 11.04

200 Meters (M) James Mallard, Alabama, 1980 .............................................. 20.15 (W) Veronica Campbell Brown, adidas, 2010 .............................. 22.32

400 Meters (M) Devon Morris, Wayland Baptist, 1986 .................................. 45.12 (W) Rosemarie Whyte, Stellar Athletic, 2008 ............................. 51.71

800 Meters (M) Victor Lacis, Unattached, 2000 ......................................... 1:48.22 (W) Leann Warren, Oregon, 1981 ........................................... 2:01.30

1,500 Meters (M) Rick Wohlhuter, Chicago Track Club, 1976 ..................... 3:38.62 (W) Nadesha Raldugnia, USSR, 1983 .................................... 4:08.94

Mile (M) Jim Ryun, Kansas, 1967 ................................................... 3:54.70

3,000 Meters (W) Svetlana Ulmasova, USSR, 1983 ...................................... 9:13.00

3,000-Meter Steeplechase (M) Randy Smith, Unattached, 1976 ...................................... 8:33.70 (W) Trina Cox, Unattached, 2007 ......................................... 10:07.30

5,000 Meters (M) Kipsubai Koskei, Unattached, 1980................................. 13:40.35 (W) Patty Murray, Western Illinois, 1986 ............................... 16:02.27

10,000 Meters (M) Simon Kilili, Unattached, 1978 ...................................... 28:56.90 (W) Amber Anderson, Unattached, 1995 ............................... 34:41.33

100-Meter Hurdles (W) Nichole Denby, Nike, 2007 ................................................ 12.72

110-Meter Hurdles (M) Antwon Hicks, Nike, 2008 .................................................. 13.26

400-Meter Hurdles (M) Bershawn Jackson, Nike, 2006 ............................................. 48.34 (W) Nawal El Moutawakel, Iowa State, 1984 ............................. 55.67

400-Meter Relay (M) Sprint Capitol, 2000 ........................................................... 38.16 (W) Nebraska, 1983 ................................................................... 43.94

800-Meter Relay (M) Philadelphia Pioneers, 1980 (880 yards) ............................ 1:21.55 (W) Barton County CC, 2000 ................................................ 1:33.63

1,600-Meter Relay (M) Philadelphia Pioneers, 1980 .............................................. 3:03.67 (W) International All Stars, 2010 ............................................. 3:35.65

400-Meter Shuttle Relay (W) Nebraska, 2001 ................................................................... 54.02

4x110-Meter Shuttle Relay (M) Nebraska, 2003 ................................................................... 57.50

Two-Mile Relay (M) Oklahoma State, 1965 ...................................................... 7:21.20 (W) Villanova, 1984 ................................................................. 8:46.62

Four-Mile Relay (M) Arkansas, 1977 ............................................................... 16.19.40 (W) Wichita State, 2006 ........................................................ 20:06.04

Sprint Medley Relay (1,600 meters) (M) Eastern New Mexico, 1973 .............................................. 3:15.74 (W) Southwest Missouri State, 2001 ....................................... 3:50.74

Distance Medley Relay (M) Kansas, 1969 .................................................................... 9:33.24 (W) Michigan, 1993 .............................................................. 11:32.61

High Jump (M) Hollis Conway, Unattached, 1987 ......................................7-07 ft. (W) Julieanne Broughton, Arizona, 1990 .............................6-02.25 ft.

Long Jump (M) Kenny Harrison, Kansas State, 1987 ...........................26-08.50 ft. (W) Halcyon McKnight, Kansas, 1982 ...............................21-10.25 ft.

Triple Jump (M) Kenny Harrison, Kansas State, 1987 ..................................57-2 ft. (W) Trecia Smith, Nike Atlantic, 2001 ....................................48-10 ft.

Pole Vault (M) Joe Dial, Athletics West, 1987 .....................................19-04.75 ft. (W) Andrea Dutoit, Unattached, 2011 ....................................14-09 ft.

Discus (M) Jim McGoldrick, Texas, 1976 .........................................208-09 ft. (W) Penny Neer, Coast Athletics, 1991 ................................199-11 ft.

Javelin (M) Scott Russell, Unattached, 2011 ...................................268-11 ft. (W) Dana Olson, Houston, 1982 ..........................................192-08 ft.

Shot Put (M) Kevin Toth, Unattached, 2003 ....................................74-04.50 ft. (W) Rebekah Green, Kansas State, 2001.................................56-00 ft.

Hammer (M) Yuri Syedikh, USSR, 1983 .............................................244-02 ft. (W) Zlata Tarasova, Kansas, 2007 ..........................................203-02 ft.

Decathlon (M) Steve Fritz, Accusplit Sports, 1997 ....................................... 8,380

Heptathlon (W) Liz Roehrig, Minnesota, 2008 ............................................ 5,740

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Men’s Indoor National Champions (25)1965 Herald Hadley .....................Two-Mile1967 Jim Ryun .................................... Mile1968 Jim Ryun .................................... Mile Jim Ryun ............................Two-Mile1969 Ron Jessie .......................... Long Jump Jim Ryun .................................... Mile Karl Salb ................................Shot Put1970 Karl Salb ................................Shot Put Dennis Stewart, Jim Neihouse, Roger Kathol, Brian McElroy ...........Two-Mile Relay1971 Karl Salb ................................Shot Put1973 Terry Porter ..........................Pole Vault1975 Theo Hamilton.................. Long Jump1977 Kevin Newell, David Blutcher, Clifford Wiley, Jay Wagner .. Mile Relay1980 Sanya Owolabi ..................Triple Jump Michael Ricks ...................... 600 Yards2002 Scott Russell ................. Weight Throw2003 Leo Bookman .................... 200 Meters2004 Leo Bookman .................... 200 Meters2007 Egor Agafonov .............. Weight Throw

Men’s Outdoor National Champions (35)1932 Glenn Cunningham ..................... Mile1933 Glenn Cunningham ..................... Mile1935 Elwyn Dees ...........................Shot Put1952 Bob DeVinney .........440-yard Hurdles Wes Santee ..................... 5,000 Meters1953 Wes Santee .................................. Mile1955 Les Bitner ..................................Javelin Bill Nieder.............................Shot Put1957 Al Oerter .................................. Discus1958 Al Oerter .................................. Discus Ernie Shelby ...................... Long Jump Charlie Tidwell .........220-yard Hurdles1959 Bill Alley ....................................Javelin Ernie Shelby ...................... Long Jump Charlie Tidwell ..................... 100 Yards Charlie Tidwell .........220-yard Hurdles1960 Bill Alley ....................................Javelin Cliff Cushman ..........440-yard Hurdles Charlie Tidwell ..................... 100 Yards Charlie Tidwell .........220-yard Hurdles1967 Gary Ard............................ Long Jump Jim Ryun .................................... Mile

1969 Karl Salb ..................................Shot Put1970 Jan Johnson ............................ Pole Vault Karl Salb ..................................Shot Put1971 Karl Salb ..................................Shot Put1973 Sam Colson ................................ Javelin1974 Randy Smith ....................... High Jump Tom Scavuzzo, Mark Lutz, Eddie Lewis, Emmett Edwards ...........440-yard Relay2002 Scott Russell ............................... Javelin2003 Leo Bookman ...................... 200 Meters2010 Jordan Scott ............................ Pole Vault

Women’s Indoor National Champions (3)1978 Sheila Calmese ........................300 Yards1996 Kristi Kloster .......................800 Meters2005 Amy Linnen ...........................Pole vault

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1964 - Tokyo Billy Mills ......................................10,000 Meters ....................................................First Al Oerter .......................................Discus .................................................................First Kent Floerke ..................................Triple Jump .....................................Did Not Qualify Jim Ryun .......................................1,500 Meters ...................................Did Not Qualify1968 - Mexico City Al Oerter .......................................Discus .................................................................First Jim Ryun .......................................1,500 Meters ................................................. Second1972 - Munich Jim Ryun .......................................1,500 Meters ...................................Did Not Qualify1976 - Montreal Mark Lutz ......................................200 Meters ......................................Did Not Qualify Terry Porter ...................................Pole Vault ............................................................13th Sam Colson....................................Javelin ................................................................ Fifth Jan Johnson ....................................Pole Vault ............................................ Did Not Place1980 - Moscow Clifford Wiley ................................400 Meters ............................................ U.S. Boycott1996 - Atlanta Scott Huffman ...............................Pole Vault ............................................................13th Pierre Lisk (Sierra Leone) ...............200 Meters ......................................Did Not Qualify ...................................................4x100 Relay ....................................Did Not Qualify2004 - Athens Charlie Gruber ...............................1,500 Meters ..................................... Did Not Place2008 - Beijing Nickesha Anderson (Jamaica) ..............4x100 Relay ....................................... Did Not Place Scott Russell (Canada) ...................Javelin .................................................................10th

ALL-TIME JAYHAWK OLYMPIANS

1904 - St. Louis Fay Moulton ..................................60 Meters ........................................... Did Not Place ......................................................100 Meters .......................................................Third ......................................................200 Meters .....................................................Fourth1920 - Antwerp Everette Bradley .............................Pentathlon ..................................................... Second1924 - Paris Tom Poor.......................................High Jump ......................................................Fourth Merwin Graham ............................Triple Jump ........................................ Did Not Place1932 - Los Angeles Jim Bausch .....................................Decathlon ...........................................................First Glenn Cunningham .......................1,500 Meters ..................................................Fourth Clyde Coffman ..............................Decathlon ..................................................... Seventh1936 - Berlin Glenn Cunningham .......................1,500 Meters ................................................. Second1952 - Helsinki Wes Santee .....................................5,000 Meters ...................................Did Not Qualify1956 - Melbourne Al Oerter .......................................Discus .................................................................First Bill Nieder .....................................Shot Put ........................................................ Second1960 - Rome Bill Nieder .....................................Shot Put .............................................................First Al Oerter .......................................Discus .................................................................First Cliff Cushman................................400 Hurdles ................................................... Second Bill Alley ........................................Javelin ..............................................Did Not Qualify Terry Beucher ................................Javelin ..............................................Did Not Qualify

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1986 Chris Bohanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Scott Huffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4)1988 Scott Huffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5)1989 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Cam Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Craig Watcke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 meters (2) David Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (8)1990 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2)1991 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) D. Anderson, S. Smiedala . . . .3,200-meter relay (5) D. Waters, J. Teal1993 Michael Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (9)1994 John Bazzoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5) Michael Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (9)1995 John Bazzoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4) Nick Johannsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (8)1996 Brian Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 meters (12)1998 Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (2)1999 Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (5)2000 Charlie Gruber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mile (6)2001 Charlie Gruber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mile (2) Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (3) Ryan Speers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (6) Andy Tate, Jabari Wamble . . . . . . . . . . . . DMR (6) Brian Blachly, Charlie Gruber2002 Leo Bookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (7) Vadim Gvozdetskiy . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5) Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (1)2003 Leo Bookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (1)2004 Leo Bookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (1)2005 Jeremy Mims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 meters (7) Sheldon Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (7) Sheldon Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (9)2006 Sheldon Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (4) Sheldon Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (10) Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (2)2007 Colby Wissel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 meters (7) Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (1)2008 Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (1) Jordan Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (9)2009 Jordan Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) 2010 Mason Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (5)2011 Mason Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2)

MEN’S INDOOR ALL-AMERICANS

Year Athlete Event (Place) 1965 Herald Hadley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (1)1966 Gary Ard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (3) John Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (2) Art Cortez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Lowell Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 yards (3)1967 Gary Ard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 yards (2) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1)1968 Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (1)1969 George Byers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-yard hurdles (3) Ron Jessie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (1) Doug Knop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (3) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) Bob Steinhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3t) Stan Whitley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2) B. Bornkessel, J. Hatcher, R. Julian, J. Meade . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mile relay (2)1970 Jan Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Doug Knop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (3) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2) D. Stewart, J. Neihouse, R. Kathol, B. McElroy . . . . . . . . . two-mile relay (1)1971 Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (3) D. Smith, T. Bigely, R. Jacques, K. Reabe . . . . . . . . . . two-mile relay (3)1973 Terry Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (1) Barry Schur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (2)1974 Danny Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (3)1975 Nolan Cromwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (4) Theo Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (1) Tad Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5t) Danny Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Danny Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (5) Waddle Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (2)1976 C. Wiley, J. Wagner, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mile relay (2) R. Benson, W. Smith 1977 Tad Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4t) Jay Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (4) Clifford Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 yards (3) K. Newell, D. Blutcher, . . . . . . . . . . .mile relay (1) C. Wiley, J., Wagner 1978 Lester Mickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (5)1979 Lester Mickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (2) Jeff Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) J. Little, S. Whitaker, T. McCall, L. Mickens . . . . . . . . . . . .mile relay (2)1980 Sanya Owolabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (1) Mike Ricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (1) Warren Wilhoite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (4) Deon Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 yards (4) T. Jantsch. L. Martin, R. Marks, R. Ensz . . . . . . . . . . .two mile relay (6)1981 Sanya Owolabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (2)1982 Jeff Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5) Rodney Bullock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (8) Warren Wilhoite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2)1983 Warren Wilhoite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (4) Jeff Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4) R. Bullock, D. Hill, L. Martin, D. Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . .mile relay (5)

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TOTAL MEN’S INDOOR ALL-AMERICANS (by event)

60-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1440 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1600 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7880 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Two Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Two Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,200 Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

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Larry Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (6) Bill Lundberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . steeplechase (6) L. Smith, A. Coleman, C. Wiley, L. Jackson . . . . . . . . 400-meter relay (2)1977 George Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . steeplechase (6) Clifford Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 meters (6) Clifford Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (3) D. Blutcher, A. Coleman, C. Wiley, K. Newell . . . . . . . . . 400-meter relay (3)1978 Clifford Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (5) B. Lozito, A. Coleman, C. Wiley, K. Newell . . . . . . . . . . 440-yard relay (3) T. McCall, L. Mickens, C. Wiley, S. Whitaker . . . . . . . . . . . . .mile relay (2)1979 S. Whitaker, L. Mickens, T. McCall, K. Newell . . . . . . .1,600-meter relay (5)1980 Deon Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 meters (4) Sanya Owolabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (2) S. Whitaker, L. Mickens D. Hogan, M. Ricks . . . . . . . .1,600-meter relay (2)1982 Matt Friedeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (7)1983 Jeff Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4) Owen Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . decathlon (6)1986 Ron Baum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) 1987 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)1988 Craig Branstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . decathlon (6)1989 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Cam Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Craig W atcke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 meters (4)1990 Vince Labosky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (2)1991 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)1995 Michael Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 meters (4)1996 Michael Evers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . decathlon (6)1997 Michael Evers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . decathlon (9)1998 Lester Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (8)1999 Charlie Gruber . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 meters (11) Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3)2001 Andy Tate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . steeplechase (4)2002 Charlie Gruber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 meters (7) Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1)2003 Leo Bookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (1) Mark Menefee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 meters (13)2005 Sheldon Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2) Jeremy Mims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 meters (4)2006 Sheldon Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (5) Cameron Schwehr . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 meters (13) Paul Hefferon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 meters (14) Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . . . . . . .hammer throw (5)2007 Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . . . . . . .hammer throw (4) Julius Jiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-meter hurdles (8) Eric Babb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (4) Barrett Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (5)2008 Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . . . . . . .hammer throw (3)2010 Mason Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2) Mason Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (2) Jordan Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (1)2011 Kyle Clemons (second team) . . . . .400 meters (16) Mason Finley (fi rst team) . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (5) Mason Finley (fi rst team) . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (3) Johann Swanepoel (fi rst team) . . . . . . . . javelin (5) Donny Wasinger (honorable mention) . . . .1,500 meters (14)

MEN’S OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICANS

Year Athlete Event (Place) 1923 Tom Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (1)1932 Glenn Cunningham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1)1933 Glenn Cunningham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1)1935 Elwyn Dees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1)1947 Tom Scofi eld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (2t)1950 Herb Semper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (3)1951 Herb Semper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (3)1952 Bob DeVinney . . . . . . . . . . . 440-yard hurdles (1) Wes Santee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 meters (1)1953 Wes Santee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1) Don Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 yards (2)1955 Les Bitner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1) Al Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (3) Bill Nieder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1)1956 Les Bitner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Dick Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 yards (2) Kent Floerke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (3) Kent Floerke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (2) Bill Nieder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2)1957 Jerry McNeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (3) Al Oerter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (1)1958 Al Oerter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (1t) Ernie Shelby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (1) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 yards (3) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . 220-yard hurdles (1)1959 Bill Alley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1) Cliff Cushman. . . . . . . . . . . . 440-yard hurdles (2) Jim Londerholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Ernie Shelby . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220-yard hurdles (3) Ernie Shelby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (1) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 yards (1) Charile Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . 220-yard hurdles (1)1960 Bill Alley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1) Terry Beucher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Cliff Cushman. . . . . . . . . . . . 440-yard hurdles (1) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 yards (1) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 yards (1)1961 Bill Dotson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (2)1962 Bill Dotson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (3)1964 Bill Silverberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . steeplechase (3)1965 John Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . three mile (2) Tom Purma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3)1966 John Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . three mile (2)1967 Gary Ard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (1) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1)1969 George Byers . . . . . . . . . . . . 120-yard hurdles (4) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (2) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) Stan Whitley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2) G. Byers, M, Matthews, S. Whitley, J. Meade . . . . . . . . . . 400-yard relay (4)1970 Jan Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (1) Doug Knop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (4) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (3) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (4)1971 Sam Colson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (4) Bill Penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .hammer (3) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (4) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) 1972 Sam Colson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Mark Lutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 yards (2t) Barry Schur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (2) T. Scavuzzo, M. Lutz, P. Stepp, D. Robinson . . . . . . . . . .440-yard relay (4)1973 Sam Colson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1) Terry Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)1974 Randy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (1) T. Scavuzzo, M. Lutz, E. Lewis, E. Edwards . . . . . . . . . .440-yard relay (1)1975 Nolan Cromwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 hurdles (8) Kent McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . steeplechase (6) Danny Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Danny Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (3) Randy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (3) Clifford Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 yards (5) L. Jackson, W. Smith, R. Benson, C. Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . .mile relay (2)1976 Roger Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Larry Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 meters (4)

TOTAL MEN’S OUTDOORALL-AMERICANS (by event)

120-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1220-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3440-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4100 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4220 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3440 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1110-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,500 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Two Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Three Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Steeplechase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5400-Yard Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4400-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,600-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Discus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Hammer Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Javelin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Decathalon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

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WOMEN’S OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICANS

Year Athlete Event (Place) 1978 Sheila Calmese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 meters (3) Shawn Corwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (2)1979 Shawn Corwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (3)1982 Halcyon McKnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (4)1983 Halcyon McKnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2)1984 Anne Greathe Bearras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (2) Stine Lerdahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (6)1987 Denise Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (6)1988 Ann O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . heptathlon (7)1992 MaryBeth Labosky . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (6) Heather Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (4)1994 Keely Harding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (8)1997 Candace Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . heptathlon (10)1998 Candace Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . heptathlon (3)1999 Andrea Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4) Candace Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Candace Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . heptathlon (9)2000 Andrea Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (9)2001 Andrea Bulat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (2)2002 Jennie Wonder . . . . . . . . . . 100-meter hurdles (11)2005 Amy Linnen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Kate Sultanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (7) Brooklyn Hann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (8)2006 Charisse Bacchus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (7) Denita Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (10)2007 Ashley Brown . . . . . . . . . . 400-meter hurdles (10) Abby Emsick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (4) Crystal Manning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (9) Kate Sultanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5)2008 Nickesha Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 meters (4) Nickesha Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (3) Stephanie Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (8) Crystal Manning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (9) Crystal Manning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (7)2010 Lauren Bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 meters (7) Andrea Geubelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (8) Andrea Geubelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (10)2011 Heather Bergmann (first team) . . . . . . . . javelin (7) Diamond Dixon (first team) . . . . . . .400 meters (3) K. Bradley, D. Dixon, D. Morris, S. Wilson (first team) . . . . 1,600-meter relay (8) Jessica Maroszek (first team) . . . . . . . . . . discus (8) Andrea Geubelle (first team) . . . . . triple jump (8) Andrea Geubelle (honorable mention) . . long jump (21) Rebeka Stowe (first team) . . . 3,000-meter Steeplechase (7)

TOTAL WOMEN’S OUTDOORALL-AMERICANS (by event)

100-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1400-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,500 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,000-Meter Steeplechase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14x400-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Javelin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Discus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Heptathlon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

WOMEN’S INDOOR ALL-AMERICANS

Year Athlete Event (Place) 1977 Charmane Kuhlman . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2)1978 Lori Lowrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-yard hurdles (3) Sheila Calmese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 yards (1) Sheila Calmese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 yards(2) Shawn Corwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (2)1979 Shawn Corwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (3)1983 Halcyon McKnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (5)1984 Ann O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (3)1985 Stine Lerdahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (6)1987 Denise Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (5)1992 Cathy Palacios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mile (10)1994 Kristi Kloster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 meters (8)1996 Kristi Kloster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 meters (1) Melissa Swartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (5) K. Woolheater, L. Holloway, K. Kloster, M. Swartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DMR (7)1998 Candace Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Andrea Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5)1999 Andrea Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)2000 Andrea Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5)2002 Katy Eisenmenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (9) Brooklyn Hann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (10)2005 Amy Linnen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (1)2006 Charisse Bacchus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (5)2007 Kate Sultanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)2008 Nickesha Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 meters (6) Nickesha Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (2) Stephanie Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (8) Crystal Manning . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (13) Kate Sultanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)2010 R. Stowe, T. Washington, C. Christensen, L. Bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . DMR (6)2011 Diamond Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 meters (6) K. Bradley, D. Dixon, D. Morris, T. Washington . . . . . . . .4X400 relay (7) Andrea Geubelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (8)

TOTAL WOMEN’S INDOORALL-AMERICANS (by event)

60-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1300 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34x400-meter relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

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1978 - at Lincoln, Neb.600 Yards ..........................................Lester Mickens, 1:09.61Pole Vault ......................................................Tad Scales, 16-6

1977 - at Lincoln, Neb.60 Yards ...................................................Kevin Newell, 6.21300 Yards .............................................Cliff Wiley, 29.73 ***600 Yards .................................................. Jay Wagner, 1:09.4Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:14.2.............................................. Stan Whitaker, David Blutcher,......................................................Kevin Newell, Jay WagnerHigh Jump ..........................................Steve Rainbolt, 7-0.25Pole Vault .................................................Tad Scales, 16-6.25Shot Put ............................................... Jim Podrebarac, 57-9*** Was the on-track winner, but not the conference cham-pion after being declared ineligible.

1976 - at Kansas City, Mo.440 Yards ...............................................Randy Benson, 49.0Shot Put ...........................................Rudy Guevara, 59-2.75

1975 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards ......................................................... Cliff Wiley, 6.0440 Yards ...................................................Eddie Lewis, 48.7600 Yards ............................................ Waddell Smith, 1:11.2Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:15.9.............................................. Eddie Lewis, Nolan Cromwell,....................................................Randy Benson, Cliff WileyLong Jump................................................Danny Seay, 25-11

1974 - at Kansas City, Mo.High Jump ............................................Randy Smith, 7-1.25

1973 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Hurdles ....................................Gregg Vandaveer, 7.1440 Yards ................................................Tom Scavuzzo, 49.5High Jump .................................................Barry Schur, 6-11Pole Vault ..............................................Terry Porter, 17-0.25

1972 - at Kansas City, Mo.Shot Put .........................................Rudy Guevara, 58-11.75Long Jump.............................................. Mike Stull, 25-3.25Pole Vault ...................................................Bill Hatcher, 16-3

1971 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards .............................................. Jim Neihouse, 1:52.2Two Miles ................................................. Jay Mason, 8:50.8Long Jump................................................... Mike Stull, 24-7Pole Vault ...................................................Bill Hatcher, 16-4Shot Put ......................................................Karl Salb, 64-0.5

1987 - at Lincoln, Neb.60-Yard Hurdles ............................. Courtney Hawkins, 7.21Distance Medley Relay ..............................................9:54.19...................................................Gerald Harder, Mike Miller,...............................................Steve Heffernan, Craig Watcke

1986 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump .......................................Craig Branstrom, 6-11.5

1985 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put .................................................Clint Johnson, 60-6

1983 - at Lincoln, Neb.440 Yards ................................................Deon Hogan, 46.881,000 Yards ............................................ Van Schaffer, 2:11.83Pole Vault ............................................Jeff Buckingham, 18-1Long Jump..........................................Warren Wilhoite, 25-8

1982 - at Lincoln, Neb.600 Yards ....................................... Rodney Bullock, 1:09.30High Jump ........................................... Tyke Peacock, 7-3.75Triple Jump ............................................ Greg Johnson, 51-8

1981 - at Lincoln, Neb.440 Yards ................................................Deon Hogan, 47.20600 Yards .................................................Mark Rau, 1:09.30Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:11.9................................................. Mark Rau, Rodney Bullock,..................................................... Deon Hogan, Mike RicksLong Jump......................................... Mark Hanson, 25-3.25Triple Jump .......................................... Sanya Owolabi, 52-5

1980 - at Lincoln, Neb.440 Yards .............................................Lester Mickens, 47.49600 Yards .................................................Mike Ricks, 1:08.91,000 Yards ............................................... Rick Ensz, 2:11.48Two Miles .................................................Tim Tays, 8:51.54Mile Relay ................................................................3:12.99........................................ Warren Wilhoite, Rodney Bullock,.................................................. Mike Ricks, Lester MickensLong Jump............................................. Jay Reardon, 24-9.5Pole Vault ....................................... Jeff Buckingham, 17-2.75

1979 - at Oklahoma City, Okla.60-Yard High Hurdles ..................... Anthony Coleman, 7.2760-Yard Low Hurdles ...................... Anthony Coleman, 6.81600 Yards ..........................................Lester Mickens, 1:09.14Mile Relay ................................................................3:14.89...................................................Jimmy Little, Stan Whitaker,............................................ Tommy McCall, Lester MickensPole Vault ............................................Jeff Buckingham, 17-4

MENS INDOOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Big 12 Conference

2010 - at Ames, IowaPole Vault ............................................ Jordan Scott, 17-09.25Shot Put ................................................Mason Finley, 63-02

2009 - at College Station, TexasPole Vault ............................................ Jordan Scott, 18-02.50

2008- at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ............................................ Jordan Scott, 18-00.50Weight Throw.................................Egor Agafonov, 74-04.50

2007- at Ames, Iowa3,000 meters ........................................ Colby Wissel, 8:06.72Pole Vault ............................................ Jordan Scott, 17-05.50Weight Throw.................................Egor Agafonov, 76-01.00

2006- at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put ......................................... Sheldon Battle, 65-03.25Weight Throw.................................Egor Agafonov, 72-07.75

2004 - at Lincoln, Neb.200 Meters ...........................................Leo Bookman, 20.58

2002 - at Lincoln, Neb.200 Meters ...........................................Leo Bookman, 21.03Weight Throw....................................Scott Russell, 77-10.75

2001 - at Lincoln, Neb.Weight Throw........................................ Scott Russell, 75-10Distance Medley Relay ..............................................9:47.94...................................................... Andy Tate, Jabari Wamble................................................Brian Blachly, Charlie Gruber

2000 - at Ames, IowaMile .................................................Charlie Gruber, 4:04.78

1999 - at Manhattan, Kan.1,000 Meters ..................................... Charlie Gruber, 2:25.3Mile ................................................Kevin McGinn, 4:12.3935-lb. Weight Throw ................................ Scott Russell, 73-6

Big Eight Conference

1996 - at Manhattan, Kan. Pole Vault ............................................ John Bazzoni, 16-8.75

1994 - at Oklahoma City, Okla.Pole Vault ............................................ John Bazzoni, 17-2.75

1993 - at Ames, IowaMile ....................................................Michael Cox, 4:01.39

1992 - at Lawrence, Kan.800 Meters .............................................Dan Waters, 1:53.721,000 Meters ............................................ Jason Teal, 2:28.24

1991 - at Columbia, Mo.3,000 Meters .......................................Michael Cox, 8:15.97Pole Vault .............................................. Pat Manson, 17-4.75

1990 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ................................................... Pat Manson, 17-7

1989 - at Lincoln, Neb.3,000 Meters .......................................Craig Watcke, 8:17.045,000 Meters .....................................Craig Watcke, 14:09.59Distance Medley Relay ..............................................9:55.89.......................................................... Jason Teal, Mike Miller,............................................Donnie Anderson, Craig WatckeTriple Jump .............................................David Bond, 51-11Pole Vault ................................................... Pat Manson, 18-8

1988 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ...............................................Scott Huffman, 17-9

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1970 - at Kansas City, Mo.1,000 Yards ...........................................Brian McElroy, 2:10.6Two Miles ................................................. Jay Mason, 9:02.2Pole Vault ................................................ Jan Johnson, 16-6.5Shot Put ....................................................Karl Salb, 65-8.75

1969 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles ................................George Byers, 6.560-Yard High Hurdles ...............................George Byers, 7.3Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:18.1................................................ Bob Bornkessel, Jim Hatcher,.....................................................Randy Julian, Julio MeadeLong Jump.............................................. Stan Whitley, 25-11Shot Put ..................................................Karl Salb, 64-11.25

1968 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles ................................George Byers, 6.660-Yard High Hurdles ...............................George Byers, 7.21,000 Yards ..........................................Gene McClain, 2:10.5Mile ...........................................................Jim Ryun, 4:05.5Two Miles ..................................................Jim Ryun, 9:00.8Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:17.3...................................................... Julio Meade, Jim Hatcher,......................................................Randy Julian, Ben OlisonLong Jump............................................. Stan Whitley, 24-5.5

1967 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles ................................George Byers, 6.660-Yard High Hurdles ...................................Lee Adams, 7.4440 Yards .................................................... Ben Olison, 49.3880 Yards ....................................................Jim Ryun, 1:52.01,000 Yards ..........................................Tom Yergovich, 2:12.5Mile ...........................................................Jim Ryun, 3:58.8Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:16.8........................................................ Gary Ard, Steve Ashurst,......................................................Dwight Peck, Ben Olison

1966 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile ...................................................... John Lawson, 4:04.8Two Miles ............................................. John Lawson, 9:08.5Broad Jump ..........................................Art Cortez, 23-11.75

1965 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles ................................. Bob Hanson, 6.8Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:19.7.......................................................Ron Suggs, Bob Hanson,.................................................... Lowell Paul, Doug Dienelt

1964 - at Kansas City, Mo.Two Miles ............................................. John Lawson, 9:14.4High Jump ....................................................Tyce Smith, 6-6Pole Vault ..............................................Floyd Manning, 15-8

1963 - at Kansas City, Mo.1,000 Yards ...............................................Kirk Hagan, 2:12.4Two Miles ...........................................Harold Hadley, 9:25.2Shot Put ........................................................ Yul Yost, 56-111962 - at Kansas City, Mo.

880 Yards ................................................. Bill Dotson, 1:56.91,000 Yards .......................................... Kirk Hagan, No Time ................................................... (Track Measurement Error)Mile ........................................................ Bill Dotson, 4:20.9Pole Vault .................................................Jack Stevens, 14-10

1961 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards .....................................................Larry McCue, 6.31,000 Yards ...............................................Kirk Hagan, 2:16.5Mile ........................................................ Bill Dotson, 4:08.9Two Miles .................................................Billy Mills, 9:17.4

1960 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards ..................................................Charlie Tidwell, 6.260-Yard Low Hurdles .............................Charlie Tidwell, 6.860-Yard High Hurdles ........................Curtis McClinton, 7.4880 Yards ...................................................Bob Tague, 1:53.41,000 Yards .......................................... Cliff Cushman, 2:14.0

1959 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards ..................................................Charlie Tidwell, 6.160-Yard Low Hurdles .............................Charlie Tidwell, 6.760-Yard High Hurdles ..................................Bill Tillman, 7.4440 Yards ........................................................Bob Lida, 49.5880 Yards ...................................................Bob Tague, 1:33.11,000 Yards .......................................... Cliff Cushman, 2:11.6Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:18.7.................................................. Charlie Tidwell, Bob Covey,.......................................................Cliff Cushman, Bob LidaBroad Jump ...................................Darwin Ashbaugh, 23-7.5High Jump ............................................ Bob Cannon, 6-5.25

1958 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards ...................................................Bob Tague, 1:54.9Mile ....................................................... Tom Skutka, 4:11.0High Jump .....................................Wilt Chamberlain, 6-6.75Shot Put ....................................................... Al Oerter, 57-0

Big Seven Conference

1957 - at Kansas City, Mo.440 Yards ......................................................Ray Wyatt, 49.8880 Yards ..............................................Lowell Janzen, 1:54.0Mile .........................................................Bernie Gay, 4:15.1Two Miles ............................................Jerry McNeal, 9:29.1Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:22.3.............................................. Mike Cummins, Bob Franklin,.......................................................... Lou Stroup, Ray WyattBroad Jump ........................................Blaine Hollinger, 23-6Shot Put ...................................................Al Oerter, 53-8.25

1956 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards ..........................................................Dick Blair, 6.3880 Yards .....................................................Al Frame, 1:54.7Mile ............................................................Al Frame, 4:16.9Two Miles ............................................Jerry McNeal, 9:31.9Shot Put ................................................ Bill Nieder, 59-9.25

1955 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards ..........................................................Dick Blair, 6.2Mile ............................................................Al Frame, 4:26.7Shot Put .............................................Bill Nieder, 53-10.625

1954 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles ...............................Bill Biberstein, 7.060-Yard High Hurdles ..............................Bill Biberstein, 7.6880 Yards ..................................................Wes Santee, 1:55.2Mile .........................................................Wes Santee, 4:06.5Two Miles ...................................................Al Frame, 9:39.5

1953 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards ..................................................Wes Santee, 1:53.6Mile .........................................................Wes Santee, 4:08.3Two Miles .........................................Keith Palmquist, 9:31.0High Jump ...................................................Buzz Frasier, 6-3Pole Vault ........................................ Norm Steanson, 13-6.75

1952 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile .........................................................Wes Santee, 4:17.8Two Miles ............................................ Herb Semper, 9:07.0Pole Vault ................................................Jim Floyd, 13-6.125

1951 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles ........................... Jack Greenwood, 6.960-Yard High Hurdles .......................... Jack Greenwood, 7.5Two Miles ............................................ Herb Semper, 9:11.3Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:24.2..................................................Emil Schutzel, Roland Cain,.................................................Don Smith, Jim Hershberger

1950 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards ..................................................Pat Bowers, 1:55.6Mile ........................................................Bob Karnes, 4:17.2Two Miles ............................................ Herb Semper, 9:26.8

1949 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards ..................................................Pat Bowers, 1:55.8Two Miles ...............................................Bob Karnes, 9:29.2

1948 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile .........................................................Hal Moore, 4:18.6Two Miles ...............................................Bob Karnes, 9:41.1High Jump ..........................................Tom Scofield, 6-5.375

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50 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Meters or 60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9200 meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2400 Meters or 440 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11600 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7800 Meters or 880 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,000 Meters or 1,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,000 Meters or Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,000 Meters or Three Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-yard High or 50-yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260-yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 Meters or 60-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124x400-Meter or Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1935-Pound Weight Throw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Total Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Big Six Conference

1947 - at Kansas City, Mo.440 Yards .................................................. John Jackson, 51.0Two Miles ...............................................Bob Karnes, 9:54.7

1945 - at Kansas City, Mo.High Jump .....................................Warren Sargent, 5-10.625

1944 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard High Hurdles ............................ Frank Stannard, 7.8High Jump ...............................................Tom Scofield, 5-10Broad Jump ................................ Robert Lillibridge, 21-11.5

1941 - at Kansas City, Mo.High Jump ............................................... Bob Stoland, 6-2.5Broad Jump ..........................................Bob Stoland, 22-7.75

1940 - at Kansas City, Mo.Broad Jump ........................................... James Jones, 22-10.5

1939 - at Columbia, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles ................................Paul Masoner, 7.0High Jump ............................................. Bob Stoland, 6-3.75Pole Vault ..................................................Don Bird, 13-7.25

1938 - at Columbia, Mo.Pole Vault .......................................................Don Bird, 13-0

1937 - at Columbia, Mo.High Jump ............................................... Dale Shannon, 6-3Pole Vault .....................................................Don Bird, 12-10

1935 - at Columbia, Mo.High Jump ................................................Al Wellhausen, 6-2Broad Jump ........................................... Charles Pitts, 23-5.5Shot Put ...............................................Elwyn Dees, 48-7.75

1934 - at Columbia, Mo.60 Yards ..............................................................Ed Hall, 6.2880 Yards ....................................Glenn Cunningham, 1:57.8Mile ...........................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:20.3Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:29.1..............................................Edwin Hall, Robert Schroeder, ....................................... Theno Graves, Glenn CunninghamPole Vault ............................................. Clyde Coffman, 12-9Shot Put ....................................................Elwyn Dees, 48-3

1933 - at Columbia, Mo.60-Yard High Hurdles .....................................Ray Flick, 7.8Mile ...........................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:21.8Shot Put ....................................................Elwyn Dees, 47-5

1932 - at Columbia, Mo.Mile ...........................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:21.9Pole Vault .......................................Clyde Coffman, 13-0.125

1931 - at Columbia, Mo.60 Yards ......................................................Ralph Sickel, 6.3440 Yards ................................................. George Jones, 52.7Pole Vault .........................................Clyde Coffman, 12-10.5

1930 - at Columbia, Mo.Shot Put .................................................. Jim Bausch, 48-7.5

1929 - at Columbia, Mo.Two Miles ..............................................Poco Frazier, 9:54.3Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:32.6..........................................George Jones, Gordon Lagerquist,......................................................Robert Young, John Mize

Missouri Valley Conference

1928 - Des Moines, Iowa50 Yards ..................................................... Lowell Grady, 5.2Broad Jump ........................................Sol McInerney, 22-4.5

1927 - at Des Moines, Iowa50 Yards ..................................................... Lowell Grady, 5.4Two Miles ..............................................Poco Frazier, 9:54.4Pole Vault ................................................. George Cash, 11-6

1926 - at Ames, IowaMile Relay ................................................................. 3:55.5.................................................Clifford Cooper, Paul Woods,.............................................Stanley Engle, Howard Rooney

1925 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:29.4 .......................................................... (Names Not Available)High Jump .................. Tom Poor & Merwin Graham, 6-3.25

1924 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:29.4 .......................................................... (Names Not Available)High Jump ......................................................Tom Poor, 6-3

1923 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:29.6 .......................................................... (Names Not Available)High Jump ............................................... Tom Poor, 6-3 3/4Pole Vault ................................................Carey Rogers, 12-3

1922 - at Kansas City, Mo.50-Yard Low Hurdles ..............................Everett Bradley, 6.250-Yard High Hurdles .............................Everett Bradley, 6.6Shot Put .......................................... Everett Bradley, 45-1.75

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200 Meters .............................................Deon Hogan, 20.68800 Meters ......................................Tommy McCall, 1:46.46440-Yard Relay.............................................................. 39.8 ......................................Anthony Coleman, Kevin Newell, ............................................. Deon Hogan, Lester MickensMile Relay ................................................................3:07.68 ..Lester Mickens, Stan Whitaker, Tommy McCall, Deon HoganPole Vault ............................................Jeff Buckingham, 16-2

1978 - at Norman, Okla.200 Meters .........................................Cliff Wiley, 20.74 ***110-Meter High Hurdles ............... Anthony Coleman, 14.03440-Yard Relay..................................................... 40.23 *** .......................................... Bob Lozito, Anthony Coleman, ................................................... Cliff Wiley, Kevin NewellMile Relay .........................................................3:05.66 *** .................................................Cliff Wiley, Lester Mickens, ...........................................Tommy McCall, Stan WhitakerPole Vault ......................................................Tad Scales, 16-0*** Was the on-track winner, but not the conference cham-pion after being declared ineligible.

1977 - at Lawrence, Kan.100 Meters ..........................................Cliff Wiley, 10.17 ***110-Meter High Hurdles ............... Anthony Coleman, 13.593,000-Meter Steeple ........................... George Mason, 8:53.0Pole Vault ............................................ Marvin Metzger, 16-4*** Was the on-track winner, but not the conference cham-pion after being declared ineligible.

1976 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Meters ...........................................Laverne Smith, 10.07200 Meters ............................................ Larry Jackson, 20.27110-Meter High Hurdles ............... Anthony Coleman, 13.54400-Meter Intermediate Hurdles ......Nolan Cromwell, 49.473,000-Meter Steeplechase ...................Bill Lundberg, 8:55.69440-Yard Relay............................................................ 39.20 ...................................... Laverne Smith, Anthony Coleman, ...............................................Waddell Smith, Gary JacksonMile Relay ................................................................3:05.76 ....Nolan Cromwell, Jay Wagner, Waddell Smith, Randy BensonJavelin .............................................Roger Hammond, 252-1Shot Put ..................................................Steve Stone, 61-3.5

1975 - at Norman, Okla.100 Yards .................................................Larry Jackson, 9.66440 Yards .............................................Randy Benson, 47.01440-Yard Intermediate Hurdles. ........Nolan Cromwell, 50.643,000-Meter Steeplechase .................Kent McDonald, 8:36.8Long Jump...................................... Theo Hamilton, 26-2.75Triple Jump ...........................................Danny Seay, 53-8.25Javelin .............................................Roger Hammond, 248-8

1974 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ..................................................... Mark Lutz, 10.0220 Yards ..................................................... Mark Lutz, 21.3440-Yard Relay.............................................................. 40.2 ............................................... Tom Scavuzzo, Eddie Lewis, ..............................................Mark Lutz, Emmett EdwardsHigh Jump ...................................................Barry Schur, 7-2Pole Vault .................................................. Terry Porter, 16-0

1973 - at Manhattan, Kan.100 Yards ....................................................... Mark Lutz, 9.2220 Yards ..................................................... Mark Lutz, 20.4120-Yard High Hurdles.....................Delario Robinson, 13.43,000-Meter Steeplechase .................Kent McDonald, 9:02.8Pole Vault .................................................. Terry Porter, 17-4Javelin ......................................................Sam Colson, 261-7

1972 - at Boulder, Colo.120-Yard High Hurdles.....................Delario Robinson, 13.6High Jump ...................................................Barry Schur, 7-3Javelin ......................................................Sam Colson, 264-0

1971 - at Stillwater, Okla.120-Yard High Hurdles................................Mike Bates, 13.7Three Miles ...........................................Rich Elliott, 14:03.1Pole Vault ...................................................Bill Hatcher, 15-6Long Jump............................................ Phil Reaves, 24-10.5Triple Jump ................................................. Mike Stull, 49-8Shot Put ....................................................Karl Salb, 65-2.75Discus .................................................. Steve Wilhelm, 187-7Javelin ......................................................Sam Colson, 241-0

1987 - at Lawrence, Kan.110-Meter Hurdles ........................Courtney Hawkins, 13.91Pole Vault ......................................... Chris Bohanan, 18-3.25Javelin .......................................................Ron Bahm, 236-1

1986 - at Boulder, Colo.Pole Vault ..........................................Scott Huffman, 18-0.38

1985 - at Manhattan, Kan.Triple Jump ................................................ Fred Lewis, 52-3

1984 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put .................................................Clint Johnson, 60-0

1983 - at Stillwater, Okla.200 Meters .............................................Deon Hogan, 20.874x400-Meter Relay ...................................................3:08.69 Leonard Martin, Darin Hill, Rodney Bullock, Deon HoganLong Jump..................................... Warren Wilhoite, 26-1.75Triple Jump ....................................... Sanya Owolabi, 52-7.5Pole Vault ............................................Jeff Buckingham, 18-5Discus ......................................................Jim Boushka,190-6

1982 - at Norman, Okla.Discus ...................................................Clint Johnson, 192-7

1981 - at Ames, Iowa400 Meters ...............................................Mike Ricks, 46.55

1980 - at Manhattan, Kan.400 Meters .............................................Deon Hogan, 46.203,000-Meter Steeplechase .....................Paul Schultz, 8:50.2hMile Relay ................................................................3:10.09 ....................................... Rodney Bullock, Lester Mickens, .................................................. Deon Hogan, Mike RicksDiscus ............................................... Matt Friedeman, 191-5High Jump ...................................................... Joel Light, 7-0Pole Vault ....................................... Jeff Buckingham, 17-0.75

1979 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Meters .............................................Deon Hogan, 10.49110-Meter High Hurdles ............... Anthony Coleman, 13.74

MENS OUTDOOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Big 12 Conference

2011 - at Norman, Okla.Pole Vault ............................................ Jordan Scott, 17-07.75Shot Put ................................................Mason Finley, 64-05

2010 - at Columbia, Mo.Pole Vault ............................................ Jordan Scott, 17-08.25Shot Put ........................................... Mason Finley, 62-08.75Discus .................................................. Mason Finley, 197-05

2008 - at Boulder, Colo.Hammer Throw .................................Egor Agafonov, 221-11

2007 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ..............................................Jordan Scott, 18-02.5Long Jump........................................Barrett Saunders, 25-08 Hammer Throw .................................Egor Agafonov, 230-01

2006 - at Waco, TexasHammer Throw .................................Egor Agafonov, 225-02

2005 - at Manhattan, Kan.Discus ................................................ Sheldon Battle, 188-10Hammer Throw ................................. Sheldon Battle, 210-00

2003 - at Austin, Texas10,000 Meters...............................Benson Chesang, 31:05.09 Triple Jump ........................................Benaud Shirley, 51-5.5

2002 - at Columbia, Mo.200 Meters ...........................................Leo Bookman, 20.97Javelin ...................................................Scott Russell, 249-03Hammer Throw ....................................Scott Russell, 218-05Triple Jump ........................................Benaud Shirley, 51-1.5

2000 - at Columbia, Mo.Mile .................................................Charlie Gruber, 3:46.335,000 Meters .................................. Mark Menefee, 14:20.30Decathlon ...............................................Andy Morris, 7,315Hammer Throw ....................................Scott Russell, 195-01Javelin ...................................................Scott Russell, 240-03

1999 - at Waco, Texas1,500 Meters ....................................Charlie Gruber, 3:46.92Hammer Throw ..................................... Scott Russell, 194-0

1998 - at Columbia, Mo. Javelin .................................................... Scott Russell, 247-7


1996 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Meters ................................................ Pierre Lisk, 10.46Javelin ....................................................Jeff Dieterich, 221-0

1995 - at Ames, Iowa1,500 Meters .......................................Michael Cox, 3:40.1hPole Vault .............................................. John Bazzoni, 17-4.5

1994 - at Lawrence, Kan.400 Meters ................................................ Joe Pickett, 46.59Pole Vault .......................................... John Bazzoni, 16-10.75

1993 - at Boulder, Colo.Pole Vault .............................................. John Bazzoni, 17-4.5

1991 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ................................................ Pat Manson, 17-5.5

1990 - at Norman, Okla.Javelin ................................................ Vince Labosky, 241-10Shot Put ..........................................Chris Redden, 54-10.25

1988 - at Ames, IowaDecathlon ..........................................Craig Branstrom, 7,309Pole Vault .............................................. Pat Manson, 17-5.75Javelin ............................................. Vince Labosky, 239-4.75


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1957 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards ..............................................Lowell Janzen, 1:51.4Mile ...................................................... Harold Long, 4:15.0Two Miles ............................................Jerry McNeal, 9:09.1Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:12.6 ............................................Louie Stroup, Mike Cummins, ................................................... Lowell Janzen, Ray WyattBroad Jump ................................. Blaine Hollinger, 23-10.75High Jump ......................................... Wilt Chamberlain, 6-5Pole Vault ...............................................David Tams, 13-7.75Discus .....................................................Al Oerter, 179-10.5Shot Put .................................................... Al Oerter, 53-6.5

1956 - at Manhattan, Kan.100 Yards ........................................................Dick Blair, 9.7220 Yards ......................................................Dick Blair, 21.1880 Yards ..............................................Lowell Janzen, 1:52.1Mile ........................................................... Hal Long, 4:14.9Two Miles ............................................Jerry McNeal, 9:26.2Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:16.2 ..................................................... Larry Stroup, Ray Wyatt ................................................Louis Stroup, Lowell JanzenBroad Jump .......................................... Kent Floerke, 24-0.5Discus ......................................................... Al Oerter, 183-5Shot Put ................................................ Bill Nieder, 60-3.75

1955 - at Lawrence, Kan.100 Yards ........................................................Dick Blair, 9.8220 Yards ......................................................Dick Blair, 20.9Mile ............................................................Al Frame, 4:16.5Two Miles ...................................................Al Frame, 9:27.9Shot Put .............................................Bill Nieder, 57-11.375Javelin .................................................... Les Bitner, 219-4.25

1954 - at Boulder, Colo.220 Yards ......................................................Dick Blair, 21.0440 Yards ..............................................Frank Cindrich, 47.9880 Yards ................................................. Lloyd Koby, 1:53.8Mile .........................................................Wes Santee, 4:13.0Two Miles ..............................................Dick Wilson, 9:39.1Shot Put ................................................ Bill Nieder, 51-4.75Javelin ................................................Don Sneegas, 192-2.75

1953 - at Ames, Iowa440 Yards .....................................................Don Smith, 47.6880 Yards ..................................................Wes Santee, 1:50.8Mile .........................................................Wes Santee, 4:13.0220-Yard Low Hurdles .................................Don Smith, 23.9High Jump .............................. Kermit Hollingsworth, 6-3.25Javelin ...................................................Jim Swim, 199-10.75

1952 - at Norman, Okla.880 Yards .................................................. Art Dalzell, 1:56.7Mile .........................................................Wes Santee, 4:06.3220-Yard Low Hurdles ...........................Bob DeVinney, 24.3Pole Vault ..................................................Jim Floyd, 13-5.75

1951 - at Columbia, Mo.Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:18.0 ...............................................Emil Schutzel, Roland Cain, ..................................................John Riederer, Don Smith120-Yard High Hurdles....................... Jack Greenwood, 14.6220-Yard Low Hurdles ........................ Jack Greenwood, 23.3

1950 - at Lincoln, Neb.Mile ........................................................Bob Karnes, 4:12.6Two Miles ............................................ Herb Semper, 9:21.0Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:19.9 .................................................. Emil Schutzel, John Stites, ............................................ Jim Dinsmore, Bob DeVinney220-Yard Low Hurdles ........................ Jack Greenwood, 23.9

1949 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards ..................................................Pat Bowers, 1:54.1Mile ........................................................Bob Karnes, 4:19.9Two Miles ...............................................Bob Karnes, 9:43.0Broad Jump ..........................................Tom Scofield, 21-3.5High Jump .................................................Tom Scofield, 6-2Javelin .............................................Leroy Robison, 162-6.75Discus ..............................................Melvin Thornhill, 142-5

1963 - at Manhattan, Kan.880 Yards .................................................Kirk Hagan, 1:50.7Three Miles .........................................Paul Acevedo, 14:21.0Pole Vault ..............................................Floyd Manning, 15-0Broad Jump ......................................... Glenn Martin, 23-8.5Shot Put ....................................................... Yul Yost, 58-6.5

1962 - at Lawrence, Kan.Pole Vault .............................................. Jack Stevens, 14-6.25

1961 - at Boulder, Colo.880 Yards .................................................Kirk Hagan, 1:49.2Mile ........................................................ Bill Dotson, 4:14.5Two Miles .................................................Billy Mills, 9:31.4Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:11.9 ................................................ Gordon Davis, Kirk Hagan, ....................................................Bill Stoddart, Bob Covey

1960 - at Ames, Iowa100 Yards ................................................Charlie Tidwell, 9.6220 Yards ..............................................Charlie Tidwell, 21.1Mile ........................................................ Bill Dotson, 4:13.2440-Yard Relay.............................................................. 41.8 ........................................ Paul Rearick, Darwin Ashbaugh, ............................................ Paul Williams, Charlie TidwellJavelin ........................................................Bill Alley, 237-5.5

1959 - at Norman, Okla.100 Yards ................................................Charlie Tidwell, 9.4220-Yard Low Hurdles ..........................Charlie Tidwell, 22.7440-Yard Relay.............................................................. 41.0 ............................................... Paul Rearick, Paul Williams, ...................................................Bob Lida, Charlie TidwellBroad Jump ......................................... Ernie Shelby, 24-4.75High Jump ................................................. Bob Cannon, 6-5Javelin .........................................................Bill Alley, 256-10

1958 - at Columbia, Mo.220-Yard Low Hurdles .............................. Ernie Shelby, 22.5Broad Jump ..............................................Ernie Shelby, 24-3High Jump ................................................. Bob Cannon, 6-5Discus .......................................................Al Oerter, 177-5.5Shot Put ...................................................Al Oerter, 55-3.75Javelin .....................................................John Book, 215-0.5

1970 - at Lawrence, Kan.Long Jump............................................ Phil Reaves, 26-2.25Pole Vault ................................................... Jan Johnson, 16-7Shot Put ......................................................Karl Salb, 65-6.5Discus ......................................................Doug Knop, 192-0

1969 - at Ames, Iowa120-Yard High Hurdles............................George Byers, 14.2440-Yard Interm. Hurdles .....................Bob Bornkessel, 52.7880 Yards ....................................................Jim Ryun, 1:48.7Mile ...........................................................Jim Ryun, 4:08.9440-Yard Relay.............................................................. 40.9 .........................................George Byers, Mickey Mathews, ...................................................Stan Whitley, Julio MeadeLong Jump................................................ Stan Whitley, 26-1Shot Put ....................................................Karl Salb, 60-2.75Discus ......................................................Doug Knop, 192-8

1968 - at Boulder, Colo.120-Yard High Hurdles............................George Byers, 13.9220 Yards .................................................... Ben Olison, 20.8880 Yards ....................................................Jim Ryun, 1:50.9Mile ...........................................................Jim Ryun, 4:10.3Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:10.9 ............................................... Paul Mattingly, Julio Meade, ...................................................Ben Olison, Randy JulianLong Jump............................................. Stan Whitley, 25-2.5Discus ......................................................Doug Knop, 168-1

1967 - at Norman, Okla.120-Yard High Hurdles............................George Byers, 14.1880 Yards ....................................................Jim Ryun, 1:49.1Mile ...........................................................Jim Ryun, 4:08.5Long Jump................................................ Gary Ard, 26-0.75

1966 - at Columbia, Mo.Long Jump.................................................. Gary Ard, 24-0.5Triple Jump ................................................. Gary Ard, 46-10Javelin ...................................................Tom Purma, 237-2.5

1965 - at Lincoln, Neb.Three Miles ......................................... John Lawson, 14:09.6Triple Jump ..................................... Glenn Martin, 48-10.25Discus ..................................................Gary Schwartz, 170-9

1964 - at Stillwater, Okla.880 Yards .............................................Tonnie Coane, 1:51.1Javelin ......................................................Tom Purma, 224-1


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1924 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump ...............................................Tom Poor, 6-3.167

1923 - at Ames, IowaBroad Jump .................................Merwin Graham, 22-10.25High Jump .................................................Tom Poor, 6-2.75Pole Vault ......................................... Carey Rogers, 12-6.875

1922 - at Lawrence, Kan.120-Yard High Hurdles..........................Everett Bradley, 15.4Broad Jump ..................................... Everett Bradley, 23-4.75Pole Vault ................................................Carey Rogers, 12-0Shot Put .......................................... Everett Bradley, 41-8.25Discus .............................................Everett Bradley, 127-10.5

1921 - at Ames, Iowa440 Yards ..................................................Paul O’Leary, 50.6Broad Jump .......................................... Everett Bradley, 23-0

1920 - at St. Louis, Mo.Pole Vault ............................................Mariam Howard, 11-0

1918 - at Columbia, Mo.High Jump ................................................... Carl Rice, 6-0.5

1933 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ............................................................Ed Hall, 9.8220 Yards ..........................................................Ed Hall, 21.7880 Yards ....................................Glenn Cunningham, 1:52.2Mile ...........................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:18.4Two Miles ..................................Glenn Cunningham, 9:48.8120-Yard High Hurdles..................................Ray Flick, 15.4220-Yard Low Hurdles ................................ Jay Plumley, 24.7Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:19.9 .....................................................Harold Gray, Hall Taylor, ....................................................... Theno Graves, Ed HallPole Vault ............................................ Gordon Gray, 12-6.75Shot Put .................................................Elwyn Dees, 47-7.5

1932 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards ....................................Glenn Cunningham, 1:53.5Mile ...........................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:14.3120-Yard High Hurdles..................................Ray Flick, 14.7Discus ..............................................Melvin Thornhill, 142-5

1931 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ........................................................Joe Klaner, 9.5220 Yards .................................................. Ralph Sickel, 21.1440 Yards ................................................. George Jones, 49.4220-Yard Low Hurdles ........................... Bernie Gridley, 23.0Pole Vault ............................................. Clyde Coffman, 12-9

1930 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards .......................................... Lowell Hinshaw, 1:57.0Pole Vault ................................................. Jim Bausch, 13-3.5Shot Put ................................................ Jim Bausch, 49-10.5Discus ............................................Melvin Thornhill, 155-11Javelin ....................................................... Jim Bausch, 191-2

1929 - at Ames, Iowa100 Yards ........................................................Jay Wilcox, 9.6220 Yards ......................................................Jay Wilcox, 21.2Two Miles ............................................... Ed Fortune, 9:58.4

Missouri Valley Conference

1928 - at Lincoln, Neb.Two Miles ..............................................Poco Frazier, 9:38.3880-Yard Relay........................................................... 1:27.7 ....................................................... (Names Not Available)Broad Jump ................................... Cyrus Spangler, 23-11.75

1927 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ................................................... Lowell Grady, 9.6220 Yards ................................................. Lowell Grady, 21.3Two Miles ..............................................Poco Frazier, 9:56.6880-Yard Relay........................................................... 1:29.1 ....................................................... (Names Not Available)

1925 - at Norman, Okla.High Jump ...................................................Tom Poor, 6-2.5

TOTAL MEN’S INDIVIDUAL OUTDOOR CONFERENCE TITLES

(1918-2011)

100 Meters or 100 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19200 Meters or 220 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21400 Meters or 440 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9800 Meters or 880 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211,500 Meters or Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165,000 Meters or Three Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1110 Meters or 120 Yard-Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18220-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11330-Yard Intermediate Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0400 meters or 440-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33,000-Meter Steeplechase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5400-Meter or 4x110-yard Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64x200-yard Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04x400-Meter or Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Discus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Javelin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Hammer Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Decathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Total Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

1948 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards ...................................................Dick Shea, 1:55.5Mile ........................................................Bob Karnes, 4:22.3Two Miles ...............................................Bob Karnes, 9:42.0High Jump ..........................................Tom Scofield, 6-4.125

Big Six Conference

1947 - at Lincoln, Neb.Two Miles ...............................................Bob Karnes, 9:51.3High Jump ..........................................Tom Scofield, 6-7.625

1946 - at Lincoln, Neb.440 Yards .................................................. John Jackson, 50.1Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:28.8 ............................................ Floyd Lunsford, Richard Shea, .........................................Wallace Desterhaft, John JacksonHigh Jump .................................................Tom Scofield, 6-4Shot Put ................................................. Charlie Black, 46-4

1945 - at Lincoln, Neb.Javelin .............................................. Leroy Robison, 168-5.5

1944 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards .............................................. Walter Isaacson, 10.4220 Yards .............................................. Walter Isaacson, 23.0120-Yard High Hurdles..........................Frank Stannard, 15.1220-Yard Low Hurdles ...........................Frank Stannard, 25.4Broad Jump ..........................................Tom Scofield, 21-3.5High Jump .................................................Tom Scofield, 6-2Javelin .............................................Leroy Robison, 162-6.75

1943 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump .................................................Tom Scofield, 6-2

1941 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump .......................................Norman Sanneman, 6-3

1940 - at Lincoln, Neb.Two Miles ................................................Ray Harris, 9:54.8220-Yard Low Hurdles .....................................Lyle Foy, 26.2

1939 - at Ames, IowaTwo Miles ................................................Ray Harris, 9:29.9Broad Jump ........................................Bob Stoland, 23-10.75High Jump ............................................. Bob Stoland, 6-3.25Pole Vault ................................................Don Bird, 13-6.875

1938 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards .........................................................Lyle Foy, 10.1220 Yards .........................................................Lyle Foy, 22.5Pole Vault .....................................................Don Bird, 12-11

1937 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards .............................................Jack Richardson, 10.1220 Yards .............................................Jack Richardson, 22.0Pole Vault .......................................................................13-0 ...........................Don Bird, Ray Noble & Jack Richardson Javelin ............................................... Fen Durand, 188-11.25

1936 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump ...........................................Dale Shannon, 6-0.75Pole Vault ............................................... Ray Noble, 13-3.25

1935 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ..............................................Ray Noble, 13-8.125Shot Put ...............................................Elwyn Dees, 51-3.75

1934 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ............................................................Ed Hall, 9.7220 Yards ..........................................................Ed Hall, 21.4880 Yards ....................................Glenn Cunningham, 1:58.0Mile ...........................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:23.3Two Miles ................................ Glenn Cunningham, 10:02.1Mile Relay ................................................................. 3:23.9 ..................................... Robert Schroeder, John McNown, ....................................................... Theno Graves, Ed HallBroad Jump .................................................Ed Hall, 23-11.5Pole Vault ................................................................ 13-3.875 ....................... Gordon Gray, Clyde Coffman & Bob White Shot Put ...............................................Elwyn Dees, 50-1.75Javelin ............................................. Paul Harrington, 208-11

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2010 - at Ames, IowaWeight Throw.................................Alena Krechyk, 64-01.25600 Yards .....................................Taylor Washington, 1:20.48

2008 - at Lincoln, Neb.60 Meters ....................................... Nickesha Anderson, 7.22Long Jump...................................Crystal Manning, 19-10.25Triple Jump .................................Crystal Manning, 43-09.75Pole Vault ........................................Kate Sultanova, 13-06.50

2007 - at Ames, IowaPole Vault ........................................Kate Sultanova, 13-09.25

2005 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ........................................... Amy Linnen, 13-09.25

2003 - at Lincoln, Neb.600 Yards .................................................Kim Clark, 1:20.38

2002 - at Lincoln, Neb.Long Jump.................................... Monique Peters, 19-10.75

1999 - at Manhattan, Kan.Pole Vault ..........................................Andrea Branson, 12-9.5

1998 - at Ames, IowaPole Vault .............................................Candace Mason, 12-6Pentathlon ......................................... Candace Mason, 4,053


1996 - at Manhattan, Kan. 800 Meters ..........................................Kristi Kloster, 2:07.553,000 Meters .....................................Melissa Swartz, 9:34.90Distance Medley Relay ............................................11:26.97 ...................................Kerri Woolheater, Latanya Holloway, ..............................................Kristi Kloster, Melissa Swartz

1994 - at Oklahoma City, Okla.800 Meters ..........................................Kristi Kloster, 2:09.20

TOTAL WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL INDOOR CONFERENCE TITLES

(1974-2011)

55 Meters or 60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1200 Meters or 300 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3600 Mards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3800 Meters or 880 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33,000 Meters or Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15,000 Meters or Three Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 Meters or 60-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24x400-Meter or Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14x800-Meter or 4x880-Yard Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Pentathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Total Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40


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1993 - at Ames, Iowa5,000 Meters ........................................... Julia Saul, 17:13.92High Jump ....................................MaryBeth Labosky, 6-1.25

1992 - at Lawrence, Kan.Triple Jump ....................................Cassandra Bryant, 41-2.5

1989 - at Lincoln, Neb.600 Yards ............................................. Janice Turner, 1:21.76

1987 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pentathlon ..........................................Ann O’Connor, 3,792

1986 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put ........................................... Denise Buchanan, 50-7

1985 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put ............................................. Stine Lerdahl, 50-7.25

1984 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put ............................................. Stine Lerdahl, 48-10.5

1982 - at Lincoln, Neb.800 Meters ..........................................Bev Mortimer, 2:17.34x440 Yard Relay .......................................................3:48.55 ............................Donna Smitherman, Karen McCullough, ...................................... Halcyon McKnight, Lorna Tucker

1981- at Lincoln, Neb.60-Yard Hurdles ..........................................Gwen Poss, 8.02Long Jump...................................Halcyon McKnight, 19-3.5

1980 - at Lincoln, Neb.Distance Medley Relay ............................................11:50.68 ..............................................Lori Lowrey, Pam Schubarth, ........................................... Deb Hertzog, Michelle Brown

4x880 Yard Relay .......................................................9:13.02 Tami Guinn, Pam Schubarth, Michelle Brown, Deb Hertzog

1979 - at Lincoln, Neb.60 Yards .......................................................Lori Green, 7.02300 Yards ................................................... Lori Green 35.35

1978 - at Lincoln, Neb.60 Yards .................................................Sheila Calmese, 6.89300 Yards .............................................Sheila Calmese, 35.3760-Yard Hurdles ..........................................Lori Lowrey, 8.0

1977 - at Columbia, Mo.60 Yards ...................................................Sheila Calmese, 7.1300 Yards ...............................................Sheila Calmese, 36.2

1976 - at Manhattan, Kan.Shot Put ............................................... Jesse Riddle, 46-7.75

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WOMENS OUTDOOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Big 12 Conference

2011 - at Norman, Okla.400 Meters ....................................... Diamond Dixon, 51.55

2010 - at Columbia, Mo.Hammer Throw .................................Alena Krechyk, 206-071,500 Meters ......................................Lauren Bonds, 4:20.02

2008 - at Boulder, Colo.Pole Vault ........................................Kate Sultanova, 13-05.25

2007 - at Ames, Iowa100-Meter Hurdles ............................... Ashley Brown, 13.27Triple Jump ......................................Crystal Manning, 13.71Hammer Throw .................................. Zlata Tarasova, 206-06

2005 - at Manhattan, Kan.Pole Vault ........................................Kate Sultanova, 13-05.25Triple Jump ....................................... Brooklyn Hann, 42-11

2001 - at College Station, TexasJavelin .................................................... Andrea Bulat, 158-0

1999 - at Waco, TexasPole Vault ........................................Andrea Branson, 13-4.25Heptathlon ........................................ Candace Mason, 5,617

1998 - at Columbia, Mo.Pole Vault ..........................................Candace Mason, 12-5.5Heptathlon ........................................ Candace Mason, 5,637


1996 - at Lincoln, Neb.10,000 Meters.......................................Sarah Heeb, 35:28.79

1995 - at Ames, Iowa100 Meters .......................................... Natasha Shafer, 11.4h400-Meter Relay ......................................................... 45.10 .................................Diamond Williams, Latanya Holloway, .................................. Dawn Steele-Slavens, Natasha ShaferJavelin ....................................................... Amy Baker, 167-8

1994 - at Lawrence, Kan.800 Meters ..........................................Kristi Kloster, 2:05.42High Jump .............................................Keely Harding, 5-10

1993 - at Boulder, Colo.400-Meter Hurdles ..................................Dawn Steele, 59.4610,000 Meters.......................................... Julia Saul, 36:35.20

1992 - at Norman, Okla.800 Meters ..........................................Kristi Kloster, 2:06.783,000 Meters .....................................Cathy Palacios, 9:27.11High Jump ......................................MaryBeth Labosky, 6-1.5Javelin ................................................. Heather Berlin, 166-0

1987 - at Lawrence, Kan.Heptathlon ..........................................Rosie Wadman, 5,138

1986 - at Boulder, Colo.Discus ..............................................Denise Buchanan, 152-3Shot Put .......................................Denise Buchanan, 48-3.25Heptathlon ..........................................Rosie Wadman, 4,617

1985 - at Manhattan, Kan.Discus ..............................................Denise Buchanan, 162-2Shot Put ............................................. Stine Lerdahl, 50-5.25

1984 - at Lincoln, Neb.Javelin ........................................ Anne Grethe Baeraas, 180-0Discus .......................................................Lisa Bossch, 164-0

1983 - at Stillwater, Okla.Long Jump..................................... Halcyon McKnight, 21-3

1982 - at Norman, Okla.1,600-Meter Relay ..................................................... 3:41.3 ....................................Donna Smitherman, Cherise Taylor, ...................................... Halcyon McKnight, Lorna TuckerLong Jump...................................Halcyon McKnight, 21-5.5Discus ..................................................Robin Small, 167-5.5

1981 - at Ames, Iowa100-Meter Hurdles .................................... Gwen Poss, 14.86Long Jump..................................... Halcyon McKnight, 20-1

1980 - at Lincoln, Neb.Long Jump..................................... Halcyon McKnight, 19-5Discus .............................................. Robin Small, 151-11.25Javelin ........................................................Tami Rose, 142-9

1979 - at Manhattan, Kan.100 Meters ................................................Lori Green, 11.63200 Meters ................................................Lori Green, 23.49

TOTAL WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL OUTDOOR CONFERENCE TITLES

(1974-2011)

100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21,500 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2100-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2400-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1400-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21,600-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Sprint Medley Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Discus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Javelin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Hammer Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Heptathlon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Total Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52


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1978 - at Norman, Okla.100 Meters ..........................................Sheila Calmese, 11.86200 Meters ..........................................Sheila Calmese, 24.17Sprint Medley Relay ................................................... 1:43.4 ..................................Sheila Calmese, Charmane Kuhlman, .................................................... Amy Miles, Lori Lowrey400-Meter Relay ......................................................... 46.99 ..................................Sheila Calmese, Charmane Kuhlman, .................................................... Amy Miles, Lori Lowrey

1977 - at Lawrence, Kan.100 Meters ............................................Sheila Calmese, 11.5200 Meters ..........................................Sheila Calmese, 24.30

1976 - at Ames, IowaShot Put ............................................... Jesse Riddle, 43-11.5

1974 - at Manhattan, Kan.Shot Put ..............................................Mary Jacobson, 43-11

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NEWCOMER/FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Men Women1994 Brian Martin Latonya Holloway1995 Nathan Prenger Diamond Williams1996 Jon Colby Miller Carleen Roberts1997 Ricardo Amezcua April Kockrow1998 Lester Smith Andrea Branson1999 Ryan Speers Andrea Bulat2000 Mark Menefee Ashley Pyle2001 T.J. Hackler Laura Lavoie 2002 Brian Franklin Brooklyn Hann2003 --- Abby Emsick2004 Gavin Ball Octavia Garrett2005 Julis Jiles Kate Sultanova2006 Egor Agafonov Stephanie Horton2007 Jack Sachse Lauren Bonds Jordan Scott Brittany Parker2009 Keith Hayes Shayla Wilson Brian Bishop Mackenzie Wills2010 Kyle Clemons Andrea Geubelle Mason Finley Alena Krechyk Taylor Washington2011 Josh Munsch Diamond Dixon Johann Swanepoel Francine Simpson

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

1989 .............................................................Patrick Manson 1991 .............................................................Patrick Manson1995 .................................................................John Bazzoni1996 .................................................................Kristi Kloster1997 ..................................................................... Lisa Beran 1998 ..................................................................... Lisa Beran1999 .............................................................Candace Mason 2002 ................................................................. Scott Russell2004 ....................................................................Kim Clark..................................................................... Megan Manthe 2005 .....................................................................Kim Clark..................................................................... Megan Manthe 2007 .............................................................. Egor Agafonov2008 .....................................................................Eric Fattig2009 ................................................................Lauren Bonds2010 .....................................................................Eric Fattig

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Top Cumulative GPA For Upperclassmen)

Men Women2001 Brent Behrens Eve Lamborn2002 Brent Behrens Eve Lamborn Abby Nielsen2003 Joshy Madathil Kim Clark Megan Manthe2004 Brian Raggett Kim Clark Erik Sloan Megan Manthe Abby Emsick2005 Mark Gdowski Kim Clark Grady Sullivan Megan Foster Megan Manthe2006 Mark Gdowski Abby Emsick2007 Eric Fattig Emily Reimer2008 Eric Fattig Elizabeth Beisner2009 Jareb Stallbaumer Emily Reimer 2010 Jareb Stallbaumer Lauren Bonds2011 Jareb Stallbaumer Jaci Perryman

JAYHAWK OF THE YEAR Track Field1989 Craig Watcke Pat Manson Tricia Brown Mary Beth Idoux1990 Steve Hefferman Vince Labosky Amy Hadley Kim Hutheofer1991 Michael Cox Pat Manson Margaret Sullivan MaryBeth Labosky1992 Jason Teal Harun Hazim Cathy Palacios MaryBeth Labosky1993 Michael Cox Harun Hazim Julia Saul MaryBeth Labosky1994 Joe Pickett John Bazzoni Kristi Kloster Keely Harding1995 Michael Cox Nick Johannsen Natasha Shafer Amy Baker1996 Pierre Lisk Michael Evers Melissa Swartz Candace Mason1997 Ricardo Amezcua Michael Evers Carleen Roberts Kim Feldkamp1998 Charlie Gruber Scott Russell Tamra Montgomery Candace Mason1999 Charlie Gruber Eniola Ajayi Scott Russell Andrea Branson Candace Mason2000 Charlie Gruber Andrea Branson2001 Katy Eisenmenger --- Andy Tate ---2002 Katy Eisenmenger Scott Russell2003 Leo Bookman --- Kim Clark ---2004 Leo Bookman --- Laura Lavoie ---2005 Sheldon Battle Amy Linnen2006 Sheldon Battle Charisse Bacchus2007 Ashley Brown Kate Sultanova Colby Wissel Egor Agafonov2008 Nickesha Anderson Kate Sultanova Julius Jiles Egor Agafonov2009 Nickesha Anderson Jordan Scott2010 Lauren Bonds Mason Finley Alena Kreckyk Jordan Scott2011 Diamond Dixon Andrea Geubelle Kyle Clemons Mason Finley Jordan Scott

DR. ROBERT E. FREDRICK SENIOR SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF

THE YEAR

1991-1992 .................................................Donnie Anderson 1992-1993 ...............................................MaryBeth Labosky 1994-1995 ........................................................John Bazzoni 1995-1996 ........................................................Kristi Kloster 1997-1998 ............................................................ Lisa Beran 2001-2002 ........................................................Andrea Bulat 2001-2002 ........................................................ Scott Russell 2005-2006 ..................................................... Joshy Madathil2006-2007 ........................................................Abby Emsick

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TEAM HONORS AND AWARDS

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ALL-TIME JAYHAWK TEAM CAPTAINS

1903 A.A. Whippie1904 James Bulter1905 William Bailey1906 J.E. Driscoll1907 Jack Parker1908 Dick Priest1909 Cecil Nembold1910 Fred Haddock1911 Harry Hamilton1912 Will French1913 O.W. Patterson1914 Dan Hazaen1915 Ray Edwards1916 Bonnie Reber1917 Fred Rodkey1918 Paul Murphy1919 D. H. O’Leary1920 Loren Deewall1921 Everett Bradley 1922 Everett Bradley1923 Carey Rogers1924 Howard Firebaugh1925 Merwin Graham1926 Howard Rooney1927 Charles Doorbos1928 Clifford Cooper1929 Bernard “Poco” Frazier1930 Lowell Hinshaw1931 George Jones, Ralph Sickel1932 Joe Claner1933 Ray Flick, Clyde Coffman1934 Glenn Cunningham1935 Elwyn Dees1936 none elected1937 Wade Green1938 Lyle Foy1939 Lyle Foy1940 Ray Harris, Bob Stoland1941 Bill Bevan1942 none elected1943 none elected1944 Bob Lilibridge1945 Leroy Robison1946 Leroy Robison1947 John Jackson1948 Tom Scofield1949 Robert Karnes1950 Robert Karnes1951 Emil Schultz1952 Robert DeVinney1953 John Riederer1954 Art Dalzell1955 Robert Smith1956 Dick Blair1957 Lowell Janzen1958 Al Oerter

1959 Ernie Shelby1960 Cliff Cushman1961 Gordon Davis1962 Bill Dotson1963 Kirk Hagan, Pete Talbott1964 Floyd Manning, Tonnie Coane1965 Herald Hadley, Glen Martin1966 John Lawson, Gary Schwartz1967 Dwight Peck, Gary Ard1968 Ben Olison, Curt Grindal, Jim Pankratz1969 George Byers, Mike Hays, John Turck1970 Doug Knop, Julio Meade, Roger Kathol, John Oliver1971 Bill Penney, Jay Mason, Phil Reaves, Bill Hatcher1972 Doug Smith, Bob Bornkessel, Bill Hatcher, Sam Colson1973 Sam Colson, Jon Callen, Barry Schur, Mark Lutz1974 Roger Hammond, Randy Smith, Mark Lutz, Dave Anderson1975 Roger Hammond, Randy Smith, Tom Koppes1976 Rudy Guevara, Bill Lundberg, Keith Guinn, Randy Benson1977 Jim Podrebarac, John Roscoe, Cliff Wiley, Mike Wilk1978 Ted Crank, Glenn Harter, Mark Kostek, Kevin Newell, Todd Scales, Stan Whitaker1979 Bruce Coldsmith, Rick Ensz, Matt Friedeman, Jay Reardon, Deon Hogan, Steve Rainbolt1980 Keith Bodner, Deon Hogan, Mark Paulsen, Paul Schultz, Joel Light1981 (M) Deon Hogan, Paul Schultz, Joel Light, Keith Bodner, Mark Paulsen (W) Shawn Corwin, Gwen Poss, Debbie Hertzog, Rebecca McGranahan1982 (M) Jeff Buckingham, Rodney Bullock, Matt Friedman, Mark Ray, Paul Schultz, Tim Tays (W) Grechen Bajema, Tudie McKnight, Rebecca McGranahan, Lorna Tucker, Bev Mortimer 1983 (M) Tim Gundy, Clint Johnson, Mark Hanson, Owen Buckley (W) Gretchen Bajema, Annette Craighead, Tudie McKnight, Lorna Tucker, Rebecca McGranahan

1984 (M) David Cole, Tim Gundy, Clint Johnson, Kelly Kilcrease, Dennis Malley, Jeff Jaqua (W) Connie McKernan, Susan Glatter, Kelly Wood1985 (M) Rob Rhett, Craig Branstrom, Clint Johnson, Brent Steiner, Craig Leibert, Scott Huffman (W) Caryne Finlay, Stine Lerdahl1986 (M) John Creighton, Kyle Roste, Ray Mitchell, Greg Dalzell, Ron Bahm, Craig Branstrom (W) Kim Sheridan, Kim Jones, Paula Berquist1987 (M) Ron Bahm, Craig Branstrom, Gerald Harder, John Creighton, Scott Huffman (W) Rosie Wadman, Denise Buchanan1988 (M) Craig Branstrom, John Creighton, Scott Huffman, Mike Hanna, Craig Watcke (W) Veronda O’Hara, Ann O’Connor, Trish Mangan1989 (M) David Bond, Stacey Smiedala (W) Julie Howerton, Kim Huthoefer1990 (M) Johnny Brackins, Steve Heffernan (W) Terry Grzybowski, Mary Beth Idoux1991 (M) Pat Manson, Stacey Smiedala (W) Kim Huthoefer, Tonya Gundy1992 (M) Brandon Blain, Jason Teal (W) MaryBeth Labosky, Cathy Palacios1993 (M) John Bazzoni, Dan Waters (W) Cheryl Evers, Julia Saul1994 (M) Jon Handy, Harun Hazim (W) Amy Baker, Natasha Shafer1995 (M) Nick Johannsen, Dan Waters (W) Kristi Kloster, Sandy Wilder1996 (M) Mike Evers, Brian Martin (W) Melissa Swartz, Latonya Holloway1997 (M) Matt Norton, Nathan Prenger (W) Kim Feldkamp, Diamond Williams1998 (M) David Cooksey, Mark Romito (W) Candace Mason, Lisa Beran1999 (M) Grady Blackmon, Colby Miller (W) Candace Mason, Tamra Montgomery

2000 (M) Jabari Wamble, Scott Russell (W) Eniola Ajayi, Andrea Branson2001 (M) Andy Tate, Jabari Wamble (W) Eniola Ajayi, Ashley Pyle2002 None chosen2003 (M) Leo Bookman, Anson Jackson (W) Kim Clark2004 (M) Leo Bookman (W) Kim Clark2005 (M) Colin Dutton, Brandon Hodges, Chris Jones, Aaron Thompson (W) Kim Clark, Brooklyn Hann, Paige Higgins, Jen Widerstrom2006 (M) Sheldon Battle, Cody Roberts, Erik Sloan, Aaron Thompson (W) Charisse Bacchus, Tiffany Cherry, Libby Harmon, Dena Seibel2007 (M) Paul Hefferon, Matt Baysinger, Cody Roberts (W) Abby Emsick, Sha’Ray Butler, Libby Harmon, Ashley Brown, Alicia McGregor2008 (M) Matt Baysinger, Paul Hefferon, Barrett Saunders, Jordan Scott (W) Lauren Bonds, Ashley Brown, Sha’Ray Butler, Libby Harmon, Alicia McGregor2009 (M) Jordan Scott, Ryan Hays, Eric Fattig (W) Lauren Bonds, Sha’Ray Butler, Kelsey Erb, Charity Stowers2010 (M) Eric Fattig, Ryan Hays, Jordan Scott, Iain Trimble, Keron Toussaint (W) Lauren Bonds, Julia Cummings, Kelsey Erb, Amanda Miller, Shayla Wilson2011 (M) Jordan Scott, Keron Toussaint, Nick Caprario, Mason Finley, Donny Wasinger, Austin Bussing, Ebo Browne (W) Kendra Bradley, Shayla Wilson, Rebeka Stowe, Amanda Miller, Julia Cummings, Jaci Perryman, Andrea Geubelle2012 (M) Mason Finley, Alex Bishop (W) Shayla Wilson, Rebeka Stowe, Julia Cummings, Andrea Geubelle, Heather Bergmann

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maps and directions

DIRECTIONS FROM K.C. AIRPORT• Take I-29 North to I-435 South• From I-435 South, exit I-70 West to Lawrence and Topeka• Take I-70 west to East Lawrence exit #204.• After the toll, turn left (south) on Hwy 40/59 and drive straight for approx. two miles to 6th Street.• Turn right on 6th Street and go approx. one mile to Iowa.• Turn left on Iowa to 15th street (a stoplight) and go left. • After approximately a half mile on 15th street, turn right on Burdick Drive (at bottom of hill)• Turn left at four-way stop sign onto Irving Hill Road• Turn right at next three-way stop• Take next right and Lot 90 (southeast side of Naismith Dr.) is on the left

DIRECTIONS FROM TOPEKA• Take I-70 east to West Lawrence exit #202 (59 South, Iowa Street)• After the toll, drive straight for approx. two miles• Turn left off Iowa onto 15th street (a stoplight)• After approximately a half mile on 15th street, turn right on Burdick Drive (at bottom of hill)• Turn left at four-way stop sign onto Irving Hill Road• Turn right at next three-way stop• Take next right and Lot 90 (southeast side of Naismith Dr.)

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