The Kansas Center for Athletic Medicine, Lawrence, announces the hiring of Ben Timson to serve as head athletic trainer at Free State High School.

Timson recently received a master’s degree at Kansas University, where he was a graduate assistant in the training department at Kansas Athletics Inc. He received his undergraduate degree at Oklahoma State University.

Timson takes over at Free State for Jeremy Goates, who this year will work as head athletic trainer at Lawrence High School after a year with the Firebirds.

The Kansas Center for Athletic Medicine, as a community service, provides athletic trainers for Free State, Lawrence, Baldwin and Eudora high schools.

For more information about the center, visit www.lawrenceortho.org.