United States' Kyle Clemons, right, competes in a men's 4x400-meter relay heat during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Former Kansas track & field sprinter Kyle Clemons became the latest Jayhawk to capture a gold medal on Saturday, after the United States won the 4×400-meter relay event inside Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Clemons, who did not run in the final, earned gold by way of his third-leg performance in the relay’s semifinal heat Friday.

Clemons becomes the ninth KU track & field Olympic Gold medalist and the school’s first male gold-medal winner since Al Oerter won the discus in Mexico City in 1968.

The victory also marks the second-consecutive Olympic Games a Jayhawk has stood atop the podium. Diamond Dixon earned a gold medal with the women’s 4×400-meter relay at the London Games four years ago.