A pair of freshmen finished in third place in their respective 5,000-meter races as the top finishers from the Kansas track and field team on the opening day of the Kansas Relays. Kaitlyn Swartz, from Papillon, Nebraska, finished with a time of 17 minutes, 59.84 seconds to take third in the women’s event. She had previously competed in the 5K in the fall as part of KU’s cross-country team. Swartz spent ...
The increase in player movement over the last few offseasons has resulted in a slew of former Jayhawks dispersing throughout the world of college basketball. Quite a few past Jayhawks have been to multiple schools since leaving KU in the first place, and more will join their numbers in the years ahead, as former Kansas players Zach Clemence, David Coit, Rylan Griffen, Rakease Passmore and AJ Storr all entered ...
Former St. Bonaventure guard Melvin Council Jr. has signed with Kansas, KU announced on Wednesday night. Council averaged 14.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 steals in 37.1 minutes per game during his lone year with the Bonnies. A strong finisher at the rim and an athletic, durable defender, he becomes the Jayhawks’ third addition in the transfer portal following guard Jayden Dawson (Loyola-Chicago) and wing ...
Downtown Lawrence Inc. supports the University of Kansas’ ongoing Gateway Project, but as the organization’s executive director Andrew Holt said on Wednesday, “We feel that it will really be positive in the truest sense if there is an enhanced corridor between KU, the Gateway Project and downtown.” As KU takes steps toward establishing such a corridor — with an eye toward the stadium’s official ...
The Kansas Relays were a tough meet to get into this year. Meet director Tim Byers recalled one conversation with a high school coach who, upon hearing that some of his athletes had fallen short of the tight 10.72-second cutoff in the boys’ 100-meter dash, simply remarked, “Wow, that’s going to be fun to watch.” “The stakes to get in are the highest they’ve ever been,” Byers said on ...
Kansas coach Lance Leipold recently expressed satisfaction, upon the conclusion of KU’s spring practices on Friday, with the way the Jayhawks’ nearly two dozen transfers had integrated themselves into the program. There may be more assimilation yet to come at the Anderson Family Football Complex. The spring portal window opens Wednesday and closes on April 25, providing another opportunity for KU to bring ...