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Former KU star Sharon Lokedi wins Boston Marathon, breaks course record

BOSTON (AP) — Sharon Lokedi broke the Boston Marathon course record, and fellow Kenyan John Korir joined his brother as a race champion on Monday as the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. Lokedi outran two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri over ...

KU baseball completes sweep of K-State

The Kansas baseball team beat Kansas State twice on Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark to complete the Jayhawks’ first sweep in the Sunflower Showdown since 2019. The result allowed KU to vault two games ahead of the Wildcats in the Big 12 standings, back into a three-way tie for second place in ...

Familiar faces find success at Kansas Relays in final stretch before Big 12 Championship

Among Kansas’ 15 total victories between Friday and Saturday's action at the Kansas Relays were two notable first-place finishes from athletes who clinched personal records in the women’s pole vault and men’s long jump. Decathlete Tayton Klein locked in on the long jump this weekend ...

KU takes 10 wins on final day of Kansas Relays

Eight individual University of Kansas athletes and two more relay teams posted first-place finishes on Saturday, the final day of the 102nd Kansas Relays, at Rock Chalk Park. “Anytime we get to compete in our hometown, I’m really excited,” KU coach Stanley Redwine said in a press ...

‘Never-die Hawks’ use 4-run seventh for comeback victory to open Sunflower Showdown

After falling behind by three runs, the “never-die Hawks,” as Jackson Hauge dubbed them last week, found their way back into the game, as a four-run seventh inning propelled the Kansas baseball team to a 5-3 win in the opening game of the Sunflower Showdown on Friday night at Hoglund ...