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DECEMBER 2, 2017 | BOB TIMMONS CHALLENGE MEET NOTES TRACK & FIELD CONTACT: Josh Carson ([email protected] | 785-312-1700) INDOOR ARKANSAS INVITATIONAL Date: JANUARY 12, 2018 Track: 200M MONDO BANKED SEASON Location: FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. Start Time: 1 P.M. FIELD // 3 P.M. TRACK BU SEASON OPENER Dec. 2 // Boston, Mass. // Boston U Track & Tennis Center Host: ARKANSAS Live Results: KUATHLETICS.COM/TRACKRESULTS Venue: RANDAL TYSON TRACK CENTER Broadcast: SEC+ BOB TIMMONS CHALLENGE Dec. 2 // Lawrence, Kan. // Anschutz Sports Pavilion ARKANSAS INVITATIONAL Jan. 12 // Fayetteville, Ark. // Randal Tyson Track Center KU-KSU-WSU TRIANGULAR Date: JANUARY 13, 2018 Track: 200M REKORTAN FLAT KU-KSU-WSU TRIANGULAR Location: MANHATTAN, KAN. Start Time: 10 A.M. FIELD // 1 P.M. TRACK Jan. 13 // Manhattan, Kan. // Ahearn Field House Host: KANSAS STATE Live Results: KUATHLETICS.COM/TRACKRESULTS Venue: AHEARN FIELD HOUSE Broadcast: N/A MARK COLLIGAN MEMORIAL Jan. 20 // Lincoln, Neb. // Devaney Sports Center JAYHAWK CLASSIC Jan. 25-26 // Lawrence, Kan. // Anschutz Sports Pavilion STARTING LINE ARKANSAS WELCOME TO 2018 ROD MCCRAVY MEMORIAL Kansas track & field returns to action after more than a SCHEDULE Feb. 2-3 // Lexington, Ky. // Nutter Field House month since the Jayhawks opened the season at home FIELD EVENTS IOWA STATE CLASSIC with the Bob Timmons Challenge on December 2. The TIME EVENT Feb. 9-10 // Ames, Iowa // Lied Recreation Center Kansas pole vaulters will travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas 1 p.m. Women’s Pole Vault to compete for the first time in 2018 at the Arkansas 5 p.m. Men’s Pole Vault TYSON INVITATIONAL Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center on January Feb. 9-10 // Fayetteville, Ark. // Randal Tyson Track Center 12. The majority of the Jayhawks will stay close to ARKANSAS QUALIFIER Lawrence and travel to Manhattan, Kansas to try to win Feb. 16 // Fayetteville, Ark. // Randal Tyson Track Center the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular for the third-straight year on Saturday, January 13 at Ahearn Field House. TRIANGULAR ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE Feb. 17 // South Bend, Ind. // Loftus Sports Center ARKANSAS INVITE FIELD EVENTS BIG 12 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP Six Kansas women and four Jayhawk men will compete TIME EVENT Feb. 23-24 // Ames, Iowa // Lied Recreation Center in the pole vault at the Arkansas Invitational. Freshman 10 a.m. Men’s Weight Throw Khristen Bryant, sophomores Callie Hicks and Andrea Women’s Weight Throw NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Willis, juniors Alexis Romero and Morgan Griffiths, and Women’s Shot Put March 9-10 // College Station, Texas // Gilliam Indoor Stadium senior Laura Taylor will compete in the women’s vault, Men’s Shot Put scheduled to start at 1 p.m. CST. 11 a.m. Women’s High Jump Men’s High Jump OUTDOOR Freshman Kyle Rogers, junior Hussain Al Hizam and 11:30 a.m. Women’s Long Jump seniors Nick Meyer and Lucas Shaw will take on the rest Men’s Long Jump SEASON of the field in the men’s pole vault, starting at 5 p.m. Women’s Triple Jump ARKANSAS SPRING INVITATIONAL Men’s Triple Jump March 24 // Fayetteville, Ark. // John McDonnell Field The meet will be broadcast online on the SEC Network Plus online at WatchESPN.com. The Jayhawk vaulters will Noon Men’s Pole Vault Women’s Pole Vault TEXAS RELAYS go up against the likes of Arkansas, Missouri, Missouri March 28-31 // Austin, Texas // Mike A. Myers Stadium State, Oral Roberts, SMU and Tulsa at the invitational. TRACK EVENTS TIME EVENT STANFORD INVITATIONAL SUNFLOWER STATE TRIANGULAR March 30-31 // Stanford, Calif. // Cobb Track and Angell Field The Jayhawks will look to defend their two-straight titles 1 p.m. Women’s Mile Run in the Sunflower Triangular when they compete in the Men’’s Mile Run ORAL ROBERTS INVITATIONAL fourth installment of the tri-meet on Saturday. Last year’s Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles March 31 // Tulsa, Okla. // ONEOK Sports Complex meet saw the Jayhawks win nine of the final 20 events to Men’s 60-Meter Hurdles score 242 points in the victory, 11 points ahead of second Women’s 60-Meter Dash SUN ANGEL CLASSIC place Kansas State. Men’s 60-Meter Dash April 6-7 // Tempe, Ariz. // Sun Angel Stadium Women’s 400-Meter Dash The meet is set to begin inside Ahearn Field House starting Men’s 400-Meter Dash KANSAS RELAYS at 10 a.m. with field events, and action on the oval is Women’s 600-Yard Run April 18-21 // Lawrence, Kan. // Rock Chalk Park slated to start at 1 p.m. Men’s 600-Yard Run Women’s 800-Meter Run HEADLINERS IN ACTION NATIONAL RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s 800-Meter Run April 27-28 // Fayetteville, Ark. // John McDonnell Field The Jayhawks will have three All-Americans from the 2017 season competing this weekend. Laura Taylor, Women’s 1,000-Meter Run who earned Second Team Outdoor All-America honors Men’s 1,000-Meter Run WARD HAYLETT INVITATIONAL Women’s 200-Meter Dash May 5 // Manhattan, Kan. // R.V. Christian Track Complex last season is slated to compete at both the Arkansas Invitational and the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular this weekend. Men’s 200-Meter Dash Fellow vaulter Hussain Al Hizam, who was the 2017 Big Women’s 3,000-Meter Run BIG 12 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP Men’s 3,000-Meter Run May 11-13 // Waco, Texas // Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium 12 outdoor champion and a first team All-American in the outdoor season will compete at the Arkansas Invitational 1,600-Meter Mixed Relay for his first competition of the 2017-18 campaign. Senior NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY ROUND May 24-25 // Sacramento, Calif. // Hornet Stadium jumper Barden Adams, who earned first team All-America The meet will be a combined (men and women) team honors in the triple jump in both the indoor and outdoor scored triangular (international scoring). seasons last year is scheduled to compete in the long and NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS June 6-9 // Eugene, Ore. // Hayward Field triple jumps at the Sunflower Triangular on Saturday. *Schedule subject to change /KUTrackandField @KUtrack @KUtrack #KUtrack 2018 KANSAS TRACK & FIELD MEET NOTES • 2 QUICK FACTS NOTEWORTHY GENERAL INFORMATION JAYHAWK MEN RANK NO. 11 IN PRESEASON POLL Location Lawrence, Kan. The Kansas men found themselves ranked No. 11 in the USTFCCCA NCAA Division I preseason poll, released January 10. School Founded 1866 Enrollment 28,401 No. 11 marks the highest indoor preseason ranking for the men’s team since it was also ranked No. 11 heading into the 2008 Nickname Jayhawks season. The men went on to finish 22nd that year at the NCAA Indoor Championships. School Colors Crimson and Blue Conference Big 12 The last time either of the Kansas programs were ranked in the top-10 of the indoor preseason rankings was 2014 when the Chancellor Douglas A. Girod Jayhawk women ranked No. 10. The year prior, 2013, the Kansas women clocked in at No. 2 in the indoor preseason rankings, Director of Athletics Dr. Sheahon Zenger and would go on to place second at the NCAA Indoor Championships before winning the outdoor title later that year. Assoc. AD/Sport Admin. Doug Banks Athletics Website www.kuathletics.com WILLIS MOVES UP TOP-10 PERFORMERS CHART Ticket Office Phone (800) 34-HAWKS (42957) Sophomore Andrea Willis won the women’s pole vault at the Bob Timmons Challenge by clearing a career-best 4.17 meters (13-8.25 ft.) to move from No. 7 to No. 5 on the Kansas all-time performers list, passing current teammates Laura Taylor and HOME FACILITIES Alexis Romero. Taylor and Romero were tied for the No. 5 spot at 4.15 meters (13-7.25 ft.). The pair each cleared 4.15 meters Indoor Facility Anschutz Sports Pavilion last season at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Year Opened 1984 Track Surface Beynon BSS 2000 DANIELS DISPLAYS TALENT Outdoor Facility Rock Chalk Park Senior Tre Daniels showed how big of an impact he could play in this season’s success for the Kansas men at the Bob Timmons Year Opened 2014 Challenge. Running in the 60-meter dash for just the third time in his career, Daniels posted a personal-best time of 6.63 Capacity 7,000 seconds to move into a tie for ninth on the Kansas all-time performers list in the event. Track Surface Beynon BSS 2000 Later in the day, Daniels helped the men’s 4x400-meter relay team to a first-place finish, with the team clocking in at 3:13.90. COACHING STAFF The team’s converted time (3:10.86) currently ranks seventh in NCAA Division I. Head Coach Stanley Redwine Alma Mater Arkansas, 1985 LOKEDI CRUSHES HER OWN SCHOOL RECORD Year at KU 18th Junior Sharon Lokedi utilized her redshirt season during the 2017 indoor campaign, but the Eldoret, Kenya native didn’t miss a Year Coaching 24th beat in her first race of the 2017-18 indoor season. Lokedi traveled to Boston, Massachusetts for the Boston University Season Assoc. HC/Vertical Jumps Tom Hays Opener on December 2, where she toed the line against some of the nation’s best in the 5,000-meter run. Lokedi scorched Alma Mater Kansas, 1989 her way to a time of 15:39.05 in the event, demolishing her previous school record of 15:57.95 set at the Iowa State Classic Sprints/Hurdles Elisha Brewer in 2016. Alma Mater Arkansas, 1998 Throws Andy Kokhanovsky MULTIPLE JAYHAWKS RANK IN NATION’S TOP-25 Alma Mater Abilene Christian, 1998 While the indoor season is still in its infancy, Kansas has five individuals and three relay teams that rank in the NCAA Division Horizontal Jumps/Combined Events Wayne Pate I’s top-25 in NCAA Championship events.