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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 ...

KU relay teams shine on second day of home meet

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 ...

Pair of Jayhawks take 3rd in 5Ks to open Kansas Relays

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 ...