In a fitting series of results given the meet’s name, the University of Kansas experienced some of its greatest success in a series of relay races on Friday, the second day of the 102nd Kansas Relays. KU claimed its first two victories of the three-day meet in a pair of 4x800-meter relays on Friday morning. The women’s 4x800 team of Bethany Druse, Marisa January, Aaliyah Moore and Emmaculate Jemutai surged ...
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 ...
In its first exhibition match of the spring, Kansas head coach Matt Ulmer said, his team was “horrible.” The road contest against Wichita State saw the Jayhawks regress after they had made strides in their first spring practices under Ulmer and his newly constructed staff. “It was really nice, though, because we got film,” Ulmer said. “And then I made them watch point for point, play for play, of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...