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103 - Year-By-Year Summary103 - Year-By-Year Summary

104- History of the Kansas Relays104- History of the Kansas Relays

106 - Kansas NCAA Champions106 - Kansas NCAA Champions

107 - Kansas Olympians and Captains107 - Kansas Olympians and Captains

108 - Indoor All-Americans108 - Indoor All-Americans

109 - Outdoor All-Americans109 - Outdoor All-Americans

110 - Indoor Men's Conference Champions110 - Indoor Men's Conference Champions

112 - Outdoor Men's Conference Champions112 - Outdoor Men's Conference Champions

115 - Women's Conference Champions115 - Women's Conference Champions

116 - Team Honors116 - Team Honors

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Since its inception, the University of Kansas track and field program has been represented by a litany of hall of fame coaches and innovators. Figures such as Bill Easton, Bob Timmons and Stanley Redwine have played a pivotal role in guiding their student-athletes to numerous honors and accolades. Beginning with Fay Moulton, who participated in the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the Jayhawk track program has produced its share of Olympians, All-Americans and conference champions. That legacy continued under the tenures of Brutus Hamilton, Bill Easton, Bob Timmons and Gary Schwartz, individuals who each added memorable moments and accomplishments to the lore of Kansas track and field. Entering his eighth season, Stanley Redwine and his assembly of coaches have ushered a new era into the program’s storied history. Through the guidance of Redwine and his staff, the Jayhawks continue to make strides in improving the overall strength of the program. The men’s indoor track team finished eighth at both the 2001 and 2002 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, earning places in the Kansas Hall of Fame along with Coach Redwine. Also during Redwine’s tenure, 29 KU athletes have earned a total of 54 All-America awards while rewriting the school record books over 60 times. In 2007, coach Redwine sent 14 qualifiers to the NCAA Championships. The 14 competitors were the largest number of national competitors Redwine has taken to the event during his tenure. The names and faces have changed throughout the years, but the tradition of Kansas track and field remains as strong as any program in the nation.

Early Coaches In 1901, the KU track and field program began under the direction of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. After turning over the reins to J.P. Hagerman in 1907, W.O. Hamilton, who replaced Hagerman, led the squad to its first Missouri Valley Conference championship in 1910. Karl Schlademan took control of the program in 1919 and developed the first

Jayhawk All-American and NCAA champion. In 1923, Tom Poor won the NCAA high jump and eventually placed fourth in the 1924 Paris Olympics. The Jayhawks nailed down two more Missouri Valley titles in 1927 and 1928 under the direction of Dr. H.J. Huff, who followed Schlademan, coaching the Jayhawks from 1927-1929.

In the early 1930s, Kansas track great Glenn Cunningham and three-sport letterman “Jarrin’ Jim” Bausch helped lead two Jayhawk teams to conference championships. Brutus Hamilton, one of two head coaches from Kansas in the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, came to Mount Oread in 1930 and led Kansas to two Big Six Outdoor Championships in 1930 and 1931. Bill Hargiss then took over the program and coached KU to the 1934 indoor and outdoor Big Six Championships. Hargiss coached KU’s first great shot putter, All-American Elwyn Dees, who was the 1935 NCAA champion.

The Easton Era KU’s program leveled off in the war years until 1948 when Kansas hired Bill Easton, former director of the Drake Relays. The Easton era began with distance runner Wes Santee’s success at the 1953 NCAA cross country meet, included the NCAA team championship, and ended with the Olympic performances of Billy Mills and Al Oerter in the 1960s. During his 17-year career, Easton’s cross country and track teams combined to win 38 conference titles and won at least one conference title each year. He was only the second collegiate coach to lead his track and cross country teams to a national championship, doing so with cross country in 1953 and track during the 1959 and 1960 seasons. Before he left in 1965, Easton’s track teams had accumulated 41 consecutive dual meet victories. In all, Easton coached a total of 54 All-Americans and 22 national champions, including 18 champions and 38 All-Americans in track. Easton passed away in October of 1997 at the age of 93. He is missed greatly by those associated with the Kansas track and field family.

The Timmons Era After Easton departed in 1965, KU’s track program was placed in the hands of Bob Timmons. “Timmie’s” teams captured 13 Big Eight indoor titles and 14 outdoor titles. He led the Jayhawks to three NCAA indoor championships in 1966, 1969 and 1970. Timmons’ 1970 outdoor team tied for the national championship with Oregon, BYU and Drake to give him four titles in five years. Timmons’ coaching career included teaching one of the world’s best track athletes in Jim Ryun. Recruited to Kansas by Timmons, his former high school coach, Ryun set world marks in the 1,500 meters, the mile and the 800 meters while wearing the pink and blue. Even though Timmons handed the reins of the KU track program to then head coach Gary Schwartz in 1988, he still has close ties to the team. In addition to being a loyal supporter at Jayhawk home meets, Timmons also plays a huge role in maintaining Rim Rock Farm, Kansas' cross country course, site of the 1998 NCAA Divisions I and II Cross Country Championships, and home to the 2006 Big 12 Cross Country Championships. Timmons donated the course to KU in 2005.

Jayhawk Track and Field Through the Years

Ray MoultonRay Moulton

Bill EastonBill Easton

Glenn Cunningham

Jim BauschJim Bausch

Al OerterAl Oerter

Bill NiederBill Nieder

Wilt ChamberlainWilt Chamberlain

Gale SayersGale Sayers

1901 Kansas Track and Field Team1901 Kansas Track and Field Team

Kristi KlosterKristi Kloster


The Early Years In addition to the great accomplishments of Ryun, many other Kansas track athletes have distinguished themselves internationally. Starting with Fay Moulton in 1904, 31 athletes have represented KU in the Olympic Games. Of those athletes, 10 set world records in their events. Bausch, who lettered in football, basketball and track, was one of the first greats to run track at Kansas. “Jarrin’ Jim,” considered by some to be the best athlete in KU’s history, participated in track from 1929 to 1932. He broke the decathlon world record by scoring 8,462 points in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. In 1932, Bausch received the Sullivan Award as the best amateur athlete in America. In addition to track, he was also a tremendous talent in football, being inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame in 1954. In the mid-1930s, Kansas saw the emergence of another soon-to-be world record holder in

Glenn Cunningham. After surviving severe burns during a fire as a child, he helped the Jayhawks to Big Six Conference championships in 1931 and 1934. In 1934, he set the world record for both the indoor and outdoor mile. Cunningham ran a 4:08.4 at the Knights of Columbus Games in New York to break the indoor record. His outdoor record was a time of 4:06.7. While he finished fourth in the 1,500 meters at the 1932 Olympics, Cunningham garnered the silver medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Between those two events, Cunningham established a world record in the 1,500 meters. In 1934, at an AAU meet in New York, he ran the event in a time of 3:53.3, beating the previous record of 3:55.4. In addition to his world records and Olympic performances, Cunningham received the Sullivan Award in 1933. In 1974, he became one of the first inductees of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.

The Post-War Years During the 1940s, World War II was taking its toll on America’s youth reserves, but by 1950 Kansas had another outstanding talent on the squad. Born and raised in Ashland, Kan., Wes Santee excelled in distance events and cross country running. Santee broke the indoor mile record in 1954 with a time of 4:04.9. He broke his own record the next year with a time of 4:03.8. In the Big Seven Conference, Santee collected three indoor and outdoor records, plus two cross country titles. The mid-1950s saw Kansas enjoying its finest days in the track world. The Jayhawks won eight consecutive indoor and outdoor conference titles (1952-59). Santee led the 1953 cross country team to its first and only NCAA championship. One of the forces on those dominant Jayhawk teams was a discus thrower from Hyde Park, N.Y. Al Oerter’s career included two NCAA championship

titles (1957-58), four Olympic gold medals in four different Olympiads (1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968), and four world records in the discus. Oerter's best throw came in 1964 at the Mount San Antonio Relays in Walnut, Calif. He moved past his old record of 205-0.5 with a throw measuring 206-6. In addition to Oerter, KU had a premier shot put thrower in the late ‘50s. After capturing the silver medal at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, Bill Nieder went on to take the gold in Rome at the 1960 Olympics. In addition to being the 1955 NCAA champion, Nieder was the first collegiate shot putter to surpass the 60-0 barrier. He broke the world record in 1960 with a throw of 65-7.

Back-To-Back Titles In 1959 and 1960, Kansas extended its dominance over other track programs as it won back-to-back national outdoor championships. The squads were led by four outstanding athletes. Distance expert Billy Mills was the Big Eight cross country champion in 1960 and later took the gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the 1964 Olympics. In a dramatic race, Mills came from behind on the last lap to win the race. Mills also broke a world record in the six-mile run. Bill Alley was also a part of those national championship teams. The javelin thrower won the NCAA crown in 1959 and 1960. He broke an American throwing record in 1960 at 273-10.5. Alley traveled to Rome in 1960 for the Olympics, but did not qualify for the finals. A six-time All-American, sprinter Charlie Tidwell captured four NCAA titles during the two-year span. After winning the 220-yard hurdles title in 1958, Tidwell went on to take the 100-yard dash and the 200-yard hurdles in 1959 and win the 100 and 200 meter crowns the following year. During his career at KU, he set four new world records in the 100-meter dash (10.1), 100-yard dash (9.3), 200-meter low hurdles (22.6) and the 200-yard low hurdles (22.7). Joining Alley and Mills during those championship years was a hurdler named Cliff Cushman. Cushman’s performance in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games earned him a silver medal. He earned two All-America awards in the same event in both 1959 and 1960.

The Jim Ryun Era In the latter part of the 1960s, a new star emerged at KU. Little did Jayhawk fans know that Jim Ryun would become one of the most prolific track figures in history. In 1964, at the age of 17, Ryun became the first high schooler to run a sub-four-minute mile. In fact, his high school mile mark of 3:55.3 stood for 31 years. Later in his collegiate career, he would shatter that record and many others. In his spectacular stint at KU from 1965 to 1969, he owned world records in the 880, 1,500, mile and two-mile runs. Outdoors, he established new marks in the 880 yards, 1,500 meters, mile, two-mile, three-mile and the 5,000 meters. At the NCAA Championships, he captured five titles (four indoor, one outdoor). To this day, he still holds 11 Jayhawk school records. Ryun, who was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year in 1966, was a three-time Olympian. During the same year, the Wichita, Kan., native was named the winner of the AAU Sullivan Award for the top amateur athlete in America. He won the silver medal in the 1968 Olympic Games in the 1,500 meters. In 1972, he was tripped up in the 1,500 and did not qualify for the finals. A winner of three U.S. titles in the mile, Ryun was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1982.

Al OerterAl OerterJim RyunJim Ryun

Dr. James NaismithDr. James Naismith

1960 Outdoor Track and Field National Champions1960 Outdoor Track and Field National Champions


The Modern Era Other Jayhawks stood out during the end of Jim Ryun’s career at Kansas. Gary Ard earned his place in the KU Hall of Fame by earning three All-America awards in the long jump between 1966 and 1967. He also teamed up with Ben Olison, Dwight Peck and Ryun to break the world sprint medley relay record at the 1967 Texas Relays with a time of 3:15.2. In 1969, Kansas finished first at the NCAA indoor meet and second at the outdoor finals. That team earned a staggering 21 All-America awards between both events. In 1970, Kansas topped its team achievement from the year before by sweeping both the Big Eight and NCAA indoor and outdoor national championship team titles. The Jayhawks were led by a remarkable throwing trio known affectionately as “the Pachyderms” for their physical prowess. Karl Salb, Steve Wilhelm and Doug Knop finished 1-2-3 in the shot put at the 1969 and 1970 NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors in the process. During the following year, Kansas completed the Big Eight sweep for the fifth straight year. In the last quarter century, Cliff Wiley was a member of the quartet that broke the world record in the 400-meter relay in 1977. He later was named to the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team. Deon Hogan excelled in the 400-yard dash. In 1981, he established a new world record (46.77). Kansas also made its mark in distance running. Craig Watcke was an All-American in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters and was voted the most valuable performer of the 1989 Big Eight Indoor Championships. In addition, Michael Cox captured All-America honors in the mile and the 1,500 meters as well as in cross country.

The Rise of the Women's Program While the men are entering their 107th year of competition, the women are youthful in comparison. KU women’s track is in only its 34th year as an organized program, starting in 1973. In some ways, the women’s program started out in similar fashion to the men. Both programs had no formal guidance in their formative years, and both were led by coaches who gained more notoriety in other sports. Under the direction of former KU women’s basketball coach Marian Washington, the women’s track program was born in 1973. In addition to coaching basketball and track, she also served as women’s athletics director. Teri Anderson became the fourth women’s coach in 1977. With Anderson at the helm, the KU women reached the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national championships for the first time. The team also took second at the 1978 Big Eight indoor meet. In 1980, they were second at both the conference indoor and outdoor championships. Sheila Calmese was one of the first outstanding performers for the women. In 1978, Calmese placed first in the 300-yard dash and second in the 60-yard dash at the AIAW Indoor Championships . That same year, she added a third-place finish at the AIAW Outdoor Championships in the 100 meters. She was the first three-time All-American in Kansas women’s track history. Calmese still owns a share of the Kansas outdoor record in the 100-meter dash. Kansas was also paced in the early years by All-American Charmane Kuhlman. Kuhlman finished second in the long jump at the 1978 AIAW Indoor Championships. A third standout in the early years was Kansas City, Mo., native Shawn Corwin. Corwin was an All-American high jumper in both 1978 and 1979.

In 1981, Anderson was replaced by Carla Coffey. Coffey took Kansas to seven national championship meets. Her 1984 indoor team tied for 20th at the NCAA finals. The highest the Jayhawks have ever placed was in 1979 when they took third at the AIAW indoor meet. Under Coffey, Kansas became a national name in the throwing events. In 1984 and 1985, Stine Lerdahl was the Big Eight indoor champion in the shot put. In both those years, she gained All-American status when she placed sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Anne Grethe Baeraas was the first woman at KU to be named an All-American in the javelin during the 1984 season. Denise Buchanan capped a brilliant career at Kansas, being named All-American in the shot put during both the indoor and outdoor season in 1987. She finished fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a toss of 53-4.25, a school record. In fact, Buchanan broke both the indoor and outdoor shot put records at the NCAA finals. Ann O’Connor, a Salina, Kan., native, became an All-American her freshman year in the high jump in 1984. She set the indoor and outdoor record in the high jump while at KU as well as the pentathlon record. In setting her marks in the high jump, O’Connor became the first woman in Kansas track history to clear the 6-0 mark. Jumping Jayhawks For a time, the jumping events became KU’s most successful area. From the 1979 season through the 1990s, KU produced 31 All-Americans from the pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump, heptathlon or decathlon events. Much of the credit was deserved by vertical jumps coach Rick Attig, who coached at Kansas from 1985 through 2000. KU Hall of Famer Jeff Buckingham began the tradition in 1979 by finishing second in the pole vault at the NCAA indoor meet. Buckingham went on to earn three more All-America awards during his career. In 1980, Sonya Owolabi won the NCAA indoor title in the triple jump and finished his outstanding career as a three-time All-American. After Warren Wilhoite finished second and fourth in the long jump during the 1982 and 1983 NCAA indoors, Chris Bohanan and Scott Huffman finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 1986 NCAA indoor pole vault finals. Huffman added a second-place finish in the 1988 event and went on to bigger and better things. One of the top female performers at Kansas was three-time All-American Halcyon “Tudie” McKnight, who still owns both the indoor and outdoor long jump records. She was the Big Eight outdoor long jump champion from 1980 to 1983 and the 1982 indoor conference long jump champion. The Kansas Relays long jump event was renamed the “Halcyon ‘Tudie’ McKnight-Blake Women’s Long Jump” in 1995 to honor McKnight’s accomplishments as a Kansas long jumper. She still owns the Kansas Relays and Memorial Stadium long jump records. In 1993, Huffman won the U.S. Track and Field National Championships and placed fifth at the world championships. A former American pole vault record holder, Huffman joined former Jayhawk sprinter Pierre Lisk (Sierra Leone) at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. At the end of Huffman’s college career, two vaulters stepped in as KU’s leaders. Pat Manson and Cam Miller combined for nine All-America awards from 1987-1991. Manson’s leap of 18-8 at the 1989 Big Eight Indoor Championships remains as the KU record today. During that season, Manson,

Miller and teammate Cedric Fullard averaged a combined height of 18-5 to rank as the best collegiate pole vault trio ever.Sheila CalmeseSheila Calmese

Scott HuffmanScott Huffman

Cliff WileyCliff Wiley


Another vaulter who saw success at Kansas was two-time indoor All-American John Bazzoni. In 1995, he took honors in both the indoor and outdoor Big Eight pole vaulting championships. Earning All-America honors with Bazzoni in 1995 was high jumper Nick Johannsen. And most recently in 2002, KU vaulter Vadim Gvozdetskiy earned All-America honors in the pole vault. On the women’s side, 11 KU jumpers have taken home All-America awards since 1979. Charmane Kuhlman became the first women’s All-American in 1977, finishing second in the long jump at the NCAA Championships. Shawn Corwin was a four-time recipient in the high jump, earning a pair of runner-up finishes in 1978. Halcyon “Tudie” McKnight earned All-America honors in the long jump three times from 1982-1983. Ann O’Connor was named All-America in both the high jump and the heptathlon during her career from 1984-88, while Candace Mason and Andrea Branson were named All-Americans in the inaugural women’s pole vault competition in 1998. In the 2001 season, Branson was awarded All-American status at the indoor championships while Mason would join her in the outdoor championships. More recently, Amy Linnen and Kate Sultanova have brought much success to the pole vault for the Jayhawks. In addition to both being named 2005 outdoor All-Americans, Linnen was the indoor NCAA champion.

The Schwartz Era A 12-year coaching stint filled with numerous championships, All-Americans and fond memories brought exciting times for Kansas track and field fans near and far. Former head track and field coach Gary Schwartz began his career at Kansas not as a coach, but as an athlete. Schwartz was a Big Eight Conference

champion in the discus his junior year and a team co-captain his senior year. In all, the Schwartz era produced 41 All-Americans, 48 NCAA and AIAW appearances and several Olympic notables such as Pierre Lisk. Schwartz was added to the Kansas Hall of Fame in 1989 after taking Kansas to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and most recently worked with the USA Track and Field coaching staff in the 1999 World Outdoor Championships. A past president of the United States Track Coaches Association, Schwartz was respected by his peers and athletes both as a great

coach and teacher of Kansas track and field, who always had his student-athletes best interest at heart. MaryBeth Labosky continued KU’s high jump success when she went on to finish sixth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Joining Labosky as an All-American was javelin thrower Heather Berlin, who placed fourth. Cathy Palacios also left behind a legacy at Kansas in 1992 that surely will be tough to match. Palacios broke four separate school records and earned All-America honors in the indoor mile. The 1992 and 1993 season also brought the Kansas women’s program back into the conference spotlight. KU placed second at the conference indoor meet in 1992, its highest finish in 13 years, and in 1993 placed second in the outdoor meet, its highest finish ever at the competition. In 1994, Kansas tied for second at the Big Eight indoor championships. Middle distance runner Kristi Kloster earned All-America honors in the 800 meters at the NCAA indoor meet that year, breaking the school record in the process. After battling through an injury-filled career, Kloster topped her 1994 performance two years later when she won the 800 meters at the 1996 NCAA indoor championships. After winning by .004 seconds in a spectacular photo finish, Kloster became KU’s first women’s NCAA track champion

and joined Sheila Calmese as the only women to win a national track and field title for Kansas. Kloster added a third All-America award in the same meet when she ran a leg of the seventh-place distance medley relay team with seniors Melissa Swartz and Kerri Woolheater and junior Latanya Holloway. Swartz picked up an individual All-America award of her own when she placed fifth in the mile. As a result, the four women finished 15th in the championships, KU’s best finish since the 1979 team, which finished third. In 1998, Candace Mason became just the third Kansas woman to earn three All-American distinctions when she finished in the top eight in both the pole vault and pentathlon competitions. She also broke the Big 12 and Kansas records in the pole vault, pentathlon and heptathlon. Mason took home two more All-American titles, giving her five total in her illustrious career, the most by any Jayhawk in team history. In all, Mason would earn three All-American awards in the heptathlon and two more in the pole vault. In 1998, Andrea Branson stepped on the scene and had a very productive pole vaulting career of her own. She would go on to win five All-American honors between 1998 and 2000, tying her with Mason for the most in program history. When she left KU, Branson had etched her name in the Kansas record books with the top vault in the history of KU women’s pole vaulting, both indoor and outdoor.

The Redwine Era With a new look in 2001, the Jayhawk track and field team came out with a mission to get better, and that was exactly what they did. Under first year head coach Stanley Redwine, the cross country team had its first NCAA participant since 1998 and recorded the best conference and regional finishes since the inception of the Big 12 Conference. That was just a sign of things to come as the men’s indoor team went on to finish eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships, just a year after the team was only able to finish 47th.

Kansas Coaching HistoryYear-By-Year

Men1901-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. James Naismith1907-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.P. Hagerman1910-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W.O. Hamilton1919-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl Schlademan1927-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. H.J. Huff 1930-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brutus Hamilton1933-43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Hargiss1944-47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Kanehl1948-65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Easton1966-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Timmons1988-2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Schwartz2001-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stanley Redwine

Women1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marian Washington1974-75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th ad Talley1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Pepin1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Lionvale1978-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teri Anderson1981-87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carla Coff ey1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliff Rovelto1988-2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Schwartz2001-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stanley Redwine

Gary SchwartzGary Schwartz

Andrea BransonAndrea BransonTudie McKnightTudie McKnight


Through the 2001 indoor and outdoor seasons, KU earned nine All-American awards beginning with Charlie Gruber, who won two, one in the indoor mile and the other as part of the Distance Medley Relay team. Other members of the All-American DMR team included Jabari Wamble, Andy Tate and Brian Blachly. Tate, another two-time winner in 2001, also was recognized as an All-American in the steeplechase.

Three highly talented field athletes won All-America honors, including Scott Russell in the weight throw, Ryan Speers in the shot put and Andrea Bulat in the javelin. The success continued in the 2002 season as the men’s indoor team finished eighth at the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year, the team recorded 21 total NCAA qualifiers, celebrated eight Big 12 champions, broke 11 school records and watched senior thrower Scott Russell bring home two individual national titles. Russell was honored as both an Academic All-American and as the 2002 Big 12 Conference Outdoor Performer of the Year. Brooklyn Hann of the women’s team was honored as the conference Newcomer of the Year. In 2003, Kansas track and field was in the national spotlight when junior sprinter Leo Bookman won the 200m indoor and outdoor national championship titles. The KU coaching staff also watched as 30 of its athletes qualified for the Midwest Regional Championships, including 10 freshmen and five sophomores. The 2003 outdoor season produced 11 NCAA Championship qualifiers, the largest number of national competitors that Redwine had taken in his first four years at KU. Bookman shined again the next year, winning the indoor NCAA title in the 200-meter dash again. Bookman broke his own Kansas record in the process with a career-best time of 20.42. Gruber represented the Jayhawks in the Athens Olympics, competing for the United States in the 1,500 meters. In 2005, the Jayhawks saw continued success that included four Big 12 individual conference championships, one NCAA individual championship and eight All-Americans. For their efforts, Kate Sultanova was named Big 12 Outdoor Newcomer of the Year, Sheldon Battle was named Big 12 Outdoor Performer of the Year and Redwine garnered Big 12 Outdoor Coach of the Year honors. The 2006 season saw several Jayhawks collect conference and national accolades. Sheldon Battle capped off his impressive intercollegiate career by repeating as the Big 12 Indoor shot put champion and earned All-America status in the indoor shot put and the weight throw, while his performances during the outdoor season earned him All-American status in the shot put and hammer throw, capping off his two-year career at KU with six All-America

honors. For his performance that season, Battle was named the Midwest Field Athlete of the Year. Also in 2006, the line of great Kansas throwers continued as Egor Agafonov captured the Big 12 crowns in the indoor weight throw and the outdoor hammer, in which he set a new conference record. He went on to earn All-America awards in both events. On the women’s side, Charisse Bacchus earned All-America accolades with her fifth-place performance in the indoor long jump and her seventh-place result in the outdoor long jump. A total of six Jayhawks earned outdoor All-America awards coupled with three indoor All-Americans. The latest standouts on the women’s team include pole vaulters Amy Linnen and Kate Sultanova and triple jumper Brooklyn Hann. Linnen was the 2005 indoor NCAA champion in the pole vault, becoming the first KU woman to win an individual championship since Kloster in 1996. Sultanova has also been impressive in her pole vaulting career, capturing the 2005 Big 12 outdoor championship. Both Linnen and Sultanova garnered outdoor All-American honors at the 2005 NCAA outdoor championships. At the same meet, Brooklyn Hann finished eighth in the triple jump, good for All-American accolades. A highly successful 2007 season was highlighted by a national championship, numerous school records and several thrilling performances. During the indoor season, junior Egor Agafonov captured the NCAA Championship in the weight throw with the second best toss in school history (77-05.25 feet). Junior Colby Wissel finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run to become the first KU athlete to win All-America honors in the event. Just a few weeks earlier, at the Big 12 Championships, Agafonov defended his Big 12 title in the weight throw, Wissel won the 3,000-meter run and freshman Jordan Scott won the Big 12 Championship in the pole vault with a career-best indoor mark of 17-05.50 feet. Scott, for his efforts throughout the indoor season, was named the Big 12's Indoor Freshman of the Year. Scott also won the same award during the outdoor season, becoming the first male Jayhawk to win either distinction. Junior Kate Sultanova won the Big 12 title in the pole vault by tying a Big 12 meet record of 13-05.25 feet. Sultanova though, saved her best for the NCAA Indoor National Championships. Her vault of 14-01.25 feet earned her third place and tied the Kansas record set by 2005 national champion Amy Linnen. Sultanova's All-American effort helped the Jayhawks tie for 34th place at the NCAA's. Four other records went by the wayside as Ashley Brown set a new mark in the 60-meter hurdles, Victoria Howard broke the 200 meters record, Zlata Tarasova edged out her own record in the weight throw and Crystal Manning tied the school's best triple jump. The Jayhawks found a way to match their indoor success during the outdoor season. KU, for the first time in the school's history, had eight different athletes earn All-America honors as the men finished 18th and the women placed 35th at the NCAA Championships. At the conference championships, six members of the crimson and blue were crowned champions, the most since the inception of the Big 12. Ashley Brown, Crystal Manning and Zlata Tarasova led the women to their highest finish in team history under coach Redwine, placing fifth. Agafonov, the Big 12 and Midwest Regional Champion in the hammer throw was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team after the conclusion of the season.

Leo BookmanLeo Bookman

Sheldon BattleSheldon Battle

Egor Agafonov

Ashley BrownAshley Brown

Jordan ScottJordan Scott

Head Coach Stanley Redwine Head Coach Stanley Redwine with Olympian Charlie Gruberwith Olympian Charlie Gruber

Charisse BacchusCharisse Bacchus Kate SultanovaKate Sultanova


Kansas Year-By-Year SummaryMen’s Track Year-By-Year

Conference NCAAYear Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outoor Coach1901 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1902 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1903 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1904 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1905 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1906 - - - - - - - - Dr. James Naismith1907 - - - - - - - - J.P. Hagerman1908 5T - - - - - - J.P. Hagerman1909 - - 6T - - - - J.P. Hagerman1910 - - 1 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1911 - - 2 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1912 - - 4 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1913 - - 4 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1914 - - 5 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1915 - - 5 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1916 - - 3 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1917 - - 5 - - - - W.O. Hamilton1918 - - 3T - - - - W.O. Hamilton1919 - - 6 - - - - Karl Schlademan1920 - - 2T - - - - Karl Schlademan1921 - - 2T - - - - Karl Schlademan1922 1 2 - - 27 Karl Schlademan 1923 1 3 - - 11T Karl Schlademan1924 3 4 - - - - Karl Schlademan1925 2 4 - - - - Karl Schlademan1926 4 5 - - - - Karl Schlademan1927 3 1 - - - - Dr. H.J. Huff1928 3 1 - - 23T Dr. H.J. Huff 1929 3 4 - - 38T Dr. H.J. Huff1930 3 1 - - 37T Brutus Hamilton1931 3 1 - - 35T Brutus Hamilton1932 2 3 - - 10T Brutus Hamilton1933 3 2 - - 6T Bill Hargiss 1934 1 1 - - 14T Bill Hargiss1935 4 6 - - - - Bill Hargiss1936 6 3 - - - - Bill Hargiss1937 5 2 - - - - Bill Hargiss1938 4 5 - - - - Bill Hargiss1939 2 4 - - 35 Bill Hargiss1940 6 5 - - 33 Bill Hargiss1941 3 6 - - - - Bill Hargiss1942 6 6 - - - - Bill Hargiss1943 6 6 - - - - Bill Hargiss1944 3 2 - - - - Ray Kanehl1945 5 5 - - - - Ray Kanehl1946 5 1 - - 16T Ray Kanehl 1947 3 3 - - 25T Ray Kanehl1948 2 3 - - 40 Bill Easton1949 4 4 - - 27T Bill Easton1950 1 3 - - 15T Bill Easton1951 3 3 - - 20T Bill Easton1952 1 1 - - 9T Bill Easton1953 1 1 - - 6T Bill Easton1954 1 1 - - 33T Bill Easton1955 1 1 - - 3 Bill Easton1956 1 1 - - 2 Bill Easton1957 1 1 - - 4 Bill Easton1958 1 1 - - 2 Bill Easton1959 1 1 - - 1 Bill Easton 1960 2 1 - - 1 Bill Easton1961 1 2 - - 13T Bill Easton1962 1 4 - - 27T Bill Easton1963 3 1 - - 39T Bill Easton1964 2 1 - - 35T Bill Easton1965 2 1 10T 17T Bill Easton1966 1 4 1 15 Bob Timmons1967 1 1 3 10T Bob Timmons1968 1 1 4 48T Bob Timmons1969 1 1 1 2 Bob Timmons1970 1 1 1 1T Bob Timmons1971 1 1 4T 5 Bob Timmons1972 3 1 - - 5 Bob Timmons1973 2 1 2T 12 Bob Timmons1974 5 1 27T 7T Bob Timmons 1975 1 1 2 5 Bob Timmons1976 2 1 20T 9T Bob Timmons

Conference NCAAYear Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outoor Coach1977 1 1 5 12T Bob Timmons1978 1 2 43T 14T Bob Timmons1979 2 1 4T 40T Bob Timmons1980 1 1 4 8 Bob Timmons1981 1 6 20T - - Bob Timmons1982 1 1 14T 53T Bob Timmons1983 1 2 15T 29T Bob Timmons1984 8 7 - - - - Bob Timmons1985 6 5 - - - - Bob Timmons1986 4T 8 13T 56T Bob Timmons1987 4 3 - - 45T Bob Timmons1988 5 6 19T 45 Bob Timmons1989 4 4 4T 13T Gary Schwartz1990 5 6 20T 38T Gary Schwartz1991 5 5 15T 42T Gary Schwartz1992 5 7 - - - - Gary Schwartz1993 7 6 - - - - Gary Schwartz1994 4 3 40T - - Gary Schwartz1995 4 4 34T 47T Gary Schwartz1996 5 5 59T 58T Gary Schwartz1997 8 12 - - - - Gary Schwartz1998 9T 8T 24T 70T Gary Schwartz1999 7 6 40 32T Gary Schwartz2000 7 6 47T - - Gary Schwartz2001 9 11 8 39T Stanley Redwine2002 7 4 8 21T Stanley Redwine2003 9 9 21T 24T Stanley Redwine2004 9 12 24T - - Stanley Redwine2005 8 4 40T 25T Stanley Redwine2006 6 9 16 30T Stanley Redwine2007 7 6 16 18 Stanley Redwine

Women’s Track Year-By-Year Conference NCAAYear Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outoor Coach1973 - - - - - - - - Marian Washington1974 - - 4 - - - - Thad Talley1975 - - 4 - - - - Thad Talley1976 3 3 - - - - Gary Pepin1977 4 5 - - 14 Tom Lionvale1978 2 3 - - - - Teri Anderson1979 6 4 3 39T Teri Anderson1980 2 2 - - - - Teri Anderson1981 3 4 - - - - Carla Coffey1982 4 5 - - 25T Carla Coffey1983 5 5 34T 33T Carla Coffey1984 5 4 - - 28T Carla Coffey1985 4 3 24 - - Carla Coffey1986 3 4 - - - - Carla Coffey1987 3 3 27T 46T Carla Coffey1988 5 8 - - 46T Cliff Rovelto1989 8 8 - - - - Gary Schwartz1990 8 8 - - - - Gary Schwartz1991 5 6 - - - - Gary Schwartz1992 2 3 - - 25T Gary Schwartz1993 4 2 - - - - Gary Schwartz1994 2 3 49T - - Gary Schwartz1995 4T 4 - - -- Gary Schwartz1996 4 5 15T - - Gary Schwartz1997 12 8 - - - - Gary Schwartz1998 10 10 17T 39T Gary Schwartz1999 12 T32 32T 24T Gary Schwartz2000 12 11 42T - - Gary Schwartz2001 9 11 - - 30T Stanley Redwine2002 6 8 - - - - Stanley Redwine2003 4 6 - - - - Stanley Redwine2004 7 10 - - - - Stanley Redwine2005 7 6 21T 29T Stanley Redwine2006 9 8 45 64T Stanley Redwine2007 6 5 34 35 Stanley Redwine

NOTE: Conference action for the men began in 1908 with the first outdoor meet, while indoor competition began in 1922. The men’s NCAA competition began outdoors in 1921 and indoors in 1965. Women’s conference indoor and outdoor competition began in 1976. Women’s NCAA action began indoors in 1983 and outdoors in 1982. Prior to that, national competition was under the jurisdiction of the AIAW.


The concept of a major track and field meet at the University of Kansas was first espoused by legendary Kansas football coach John Outland. Outland grew up in the East and became heavily involved with the Penn Relays. It was Outland’s urging to then athletics director and basketball coach Phog Allen that a major Midwest competition could be successful. With the construction of Memorial Stadium in 1921, equipped with a quarter-mile track, plans were put in motion for the event. On April 20, 1923, the first Kansas Relays under the direction of Outland, Allen and Kansas track coach Karl Schlademan, were

conducted. More than 600 athletes from across the nation competed. Outland became known as the “Father of the Kansas Relays.” The first decade of the Kansas Relays saw the participation of such outstanding performers as Tom Poor, Jim Bausch and Glenn Cunningham of Kansas, Ed Weir of Nebraska, Jack Elder of Notre Dame and Tom Churchill of Oklahoma. Poor won the first Relays high jump at 6-0 1/4, and later placed fourth at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, France. Weir, a Cornhusker football star, set a world record (15.0) in the 120-meter high hurdles. Churchill and Bausch, also football stars, won consecutive decathlons in 1928-29 and 1931-32, respectively. Cunningham dominated the distance events in the mid-1930s, winning the mile run in 1934-35, and the two-mile in 1932, 1933 and 1936. Bausch and Cunningham both competed in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, with Bausch winning the gold in the decathlon. In 1936, Glen Morris of the Denver Athletic Club broke the American record in the decathlon with 7,576 points, defeating Kansas Olympian Clyde Coffman and Chicago’s Jay Berwanger, college football’s first Heisman Trophy winner. Dr. James Naismith, known as the father of basketball; Kansas basketball All-American Adolph Rupp; Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne; and famed Kansas and Michigan football coach Fielding Yost appeared in the early days of the Relays as referees and officials. The 1940s ushered in the retirement of Cunningham who ran his last Relays in 1940. World War II made a major impact on the nation and caused the cancellation of the track event from 1943-45.The Relays were rekindled in 1946 as Harrison Dillard of Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) won the 120 high hurdles in 1946 and 1948, with the latter setting a world record. The Relays were in full stride in the 1950s with the presence of Kansas head coach Bill Easton, who came from Drake in 1948. It was the beginning of the Jayhawks’ dominance in the conference and Midwest relays circuit. Two top Kansas athletes came in the form of weightman Al Oerter and distance ace Wes Santee. Oerter, who went on to win four Olympic golds, won consecutive Relays shot put titles in 1956, 1957 and 1958. Santee, who followed in Cunningham’s footsteps, became the only athlete to win the most outstanding performer award at the Kansas, Drake and Texas Relays. Santee won the Kansas Relays title in 1952 and 1954, and registered the second-fastest American time ever in the mile in 1954. Also a part of the Relays was the State of Kansas interscholastic meet featuring Sunflower State high school competition. The event began in 1904 and was split between large and small school classes. The division was dropped in 1958 and the competition among schools of all sizes produced some of the best high school marks at that time. While the state of Kansas began competitions among the various classes later on, the Kansas Relays has still retained the high school portion of the meet. High school athletes from Kansas and neighboring states still compete. The 1960s saw a changing of the guard in Kansas track and field as Easton was replaced by Bob Timmons as head coach in 1965. Kansas continued its dominance of the conference with the appearance of Wichita, Kan., native Jim Ryun. Perhaps the most decorated Jayhawk track athlete ever, Ryun has four Kansas Relays most outstanding performer titles to his credit (1966-67-69-71). He is the only athlete to take home the honor on four occasions. In 1967, Ryun set the current Relays record in the mile run at 3:54.94. The 1970s saw the world’s top sprinters come to the Kansas Relays as Missouri and

professional football standout Mel Gray won three university titles in the 100-yard dash (1969-71). In the open 100-yard dash, Olympians John Carlos, Herb Washington and Ivory Crockett each took titles in the early portion of the decade. One familiar competitor from Graceland (Iowa) College who later gained fame as a 1976 Olympic gold medalist was decathlete Bruce Jenner. The 1971 titlist as a collegian, he also won the 1974 crown. His 8,240 points stood as a record until 1983.

Female athletes made their first appearance in 1962 in a limited number of events. By 1976 a full array of women’s events were sponsored. Perhaps the most dominant performer ever on the women’s side was former Nebraska standout and Olympian Merlene Ottey. She won most outstanding performer titles in 1981, 1982 and 1983, and still owns the 100 and 200-meter dash records. Former Iowa State standout and Olympic gold medalist Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco set a collegiate record in the 400-meter hurdles in 1984. The 1980s continued the stream of top athletes to Mount Oread, including a contingent from the Soviet Union in 1983. Many of the top Olympians made the historic journey to Lawrence and smashed several records. Pole vaulter Joe Dial set the university and invitational vault records en route to being named the men’s outstanding performer in 1985 and 1987. Dial was also the first high school athlete to be named as the Relays’ outstanding performer when he competed for Marlow (Okla.) High in 1980. 1996 KU Olympian Scott Huffman etched his name in the Relays history book by being named the outstanding performer in 1988. A combination of speed and distance marked the Kansas Relays in the 1990s. After Drake sprinter Kevin Little and Kansas State All-America thrower Angie Miller were recognized as the top performers in 1990, Barton County Community College won four of the next six

outstanding performer awards. Barton County’s Inez Turner took the honor twice, winning back-to-back honors in 1992 and 1993. Kansas looked strong in both team and individual accomplishments during the Relays of the late 90’s. Former Jayhawk All-American Michael Cox was named the men’s outstanding performer three times in that span. He earned his first two awards in 1992 and 1995 as a member of the KU track team, and in 1996, Cox returned to win his third award after finishing with a time of 3:59.20 and becoming the first Kansas runner to finish the mile in under four minutes at the Kansas Relays since Jim Ryun did so in 1972. In 1994, KU swept the men’s and women’s collegiate team titles. Also, Natasha Shafer became

the first Kansas woman to be named outstanding performer. Jayhawk hurdler Dawn Steele-Slavens duplicated Shafer’s effort by winning the award in 1995. The 1996 Relays also featured a new event as the women’s pole vault was held for the first time. Stacy Dragila, the top-ranked vaulter in America, won the event and set the American record by clearing 13-6.50 feet. Her effort enabled her to be named the 1996 women’s outstanding performer. The 1997 event was a very successful one for KU. Not only did the team earn several individual titles, but the men were named university relays champions. 1997 marked the inaugural running of the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, and the event also saw Kevin Toth (unattached), who was named the men’s most outstanding performer, shatter the Relays’ 24-year old shot put record. Toth’s throw of 71-02.50 feet made him the 1997 world leader. After a break in competition due to construction on Memorial Stadium, the Kansas Relays returned in 2000 with the excitement and energy that Kansas Relays fans had enjoyed from years past. Since the turn of the century, the eventual 2000 Olympic gold-medal winner in the 100 meters, Maurice Greene, set a new stadium and meet record in the 400-meter relay with a blazing time of 38.45 seconds. The 2001 Relays, ‘An Olympic Return,’ saw some big names make their way back to their old stomping grounds. Former Kansas greats Jim Ryun and Wes Santee excited the crowd with a traditional lap around Memorial Stadium as several Kansas legends and Olympians including Billy Mills and Jim Hershberger gathered to sign autographs for fans and present awards to the winning teams. Day three of the Relays was a day of record breaking performances. Eight Kansas Relays records were broken along with a Memorial Stadium record in the women's shot put by Kansas State's Rebekah Green. The 2005 Relays was one of the more anticipated events in its history. Several records fell over the three day meet. Dominique Arnold and Muna Lee, both of Team Nike, broke Relays records in the 110-meter hurdles (13.33) and the 100-meter dash (11.1), respectively. Both were named the 2005 Kansas Relays Most Outstanding Performers for their efforts. 2005 also saw the addition of the GOLDZONE, a three-hour window in the meet that featured over 30 former Olympians. The second-largest crowd in Kansas Relays history (24,200) watched as several world-class athletes performed at the highest level, including Maurice Green, Marion Jones, Amy Acuff and Charlie Gruber. More recently, at the past two Relays, a combined 36,000 track and field fans have passed through the gates at Memorial Stadium. The GOLDZONE continued in 2007, the 80th edition of the Kansas Relays, as some of the greatest athletes in the world continue to flock to Lawrence in order to etch their names alongside the legendary track and field athletes who have covered the past 80 years of the Kansas Relays.

John Outland

History of the Kansas Relays


100 Meters (M) Leo Bookman, Kansas, 2004 10.04 (W) Muna Lee, Nike, 2005 11.1200 Meters (M) James Mallard, Alabama, 1980 20.15 (W) Marlene Ottey, Nebraska, 1981 22.61400 Meters (M) Devon Morris, Wayland Baptist, 1986 45.12 (W) Suziann Reid, Nike, 2005 52.95800 Meters (M) Victor Lacis, unattached, 2000 1:48.22 (W) Leann Warren, Oregon, 1981 2:01.301,500 Meters (M) Rick Wohlhuter, Chicago Track Club, 1976 3:38.62 (W) Nadesha Raldugnia, USSR, 1983 4:08.943,000 Meters (W) Svetlana Ulmasova, USSR, 1983 9:13.503,000 Meter Steeplechase (M) Randy Smith, Unattached, 1976 8:33.94 (W) Trina Cox, Unattached, 2007 10:07.305,000 Meters (M) Kipsubai Koskei, Unattached, 1980 13:40.35 (W) Patty Murray, Western Illinois, 1986 16:03.2710,000 Meters (M) Simon Kilili, Unattached, 1978 28:56.90 (W) Amber Anderson, Unattached, 1995 34:41.33100-Meter Hurdles (W) LaShinda Demus, Nike, 2005 12.93110-Meter Hurdles (M) Dominique Arnold, Nike, 2005 13.33400-Meter Hurdles (M) Bershawn Jackson, Nike, 2005 48.67 (W) Nawal El Moutawakel, Iowa State, 1984 55.67400-Meter Relay (M) HSI, 2000 38.45 (W) Nebraska, 1983 43.94800-Meter Relay (M) Philadelphia Pioneers, 1980 (880 yards) 1:21.55 (W) Barton County CC, 2000 1:33.631,600-Meter Relay (M) Philadelphia Pioneers, 1980 3:03.67 (W) San Diego Track Club, 1987 3:36.57400-Meter Shuttle Relay (W) Nebraska, 2001 54.024x110-Meter Shuttle Relay (M) Nebraska, 2001 59.10Two-Mile Relay (M) Oklahoma State, 1965 7:21.44 (W) Villanova, 1984 8:46.62

Four-Mile Relay (M) Arkansas, 1977 16.19.64 (W) Wichita State, 2006 20:48.33Sprint Medley Relay (M) Eastern New Mexico, 1973 3:15.74 (W) Southwest Missouri State, 2001 (1,600 m eters) 3:50.74Distance Medley Relay (M) Kansas, 1969 9:33.24 (W) Michigan, 1993 11:32.61High Jump (M) Hollis Conway, Unattached, 1987 7-07 ft. (W) Julieanne Broughton, Arizona, 1990 6-02.25 ft.Long Jump (M) Kenny Harrison, Kansas State, 1987 26-8.50 ft. (W) Halcyon McKnight, Kansas, 1982 21-10.25 ft.Triple Jump (M) Kenny Harrison, Kansas State, 1988 55-11 ft. (W) Trecia Smith, Jamaica, 2002 45-07.75 ft.Pole Vault (M) Joe Dial, Athletics West, 1987 19-04.75 ft. (W) Andrea Dutoit, Unattached, 2004 14-03.25 ft. Brysun Stately, Nebraska, 2007 14-03.25 ft.Discus (M) Jim McGoldrick, Texas, 1976 208-09 ft. (W) Penny Neer, Coast Athletics, 1991 199-11 ft.Javelin (M) Ed Kaminski, Nike, 1996 251-04 ft. (W) Dana Olson, Houston, 1982 192-08 ft.Shot Put (M) Kevin Toth, unattached, 2003 74-04.50 ft. (W) Rebekah Green, Kansas State, 2001 56-00 ft.Hammer (M) Yuri Syedikh, USSR, 1983 244-02 ft. (W) Zlata Tarasova, Kansas , 2007 203-02 ft.Decathlon (M) Steve Fritz, Accusplit Sports, 1997 8,380Heptathlon (W) Marlene Harmon, L.A. Track Club, 1981 5,704

Kansas Relays Records


Kansas NCAA Team ChampionsNational Championship Teams

1959 NCAA and USTFF Men' Outdoor Champions • 1960 NCAA and USTFF Men's Outdoor Champions 1966 Men's NCAA and USTFF Men's Indoor Champions • 1969 NCAA and USTFF Men's Indoor Champions

1970 NCAA and USTFF Men' Indoor Champions • 1970 Men's NCAA and USTFF Outdoor Champions

Kansas NCAA Individual ChampionsMen's Outdoor

National Champions (34)1932 Glenn Cunningham ..........................Mile1933 Glenn Cunningham ..........................Mile1935 Elwyn Dees ................................. Shot Put1952 Bob DeVinney ............ 440-yard Hurdles Wes Santee .......................... 5,000 Meters1953 Wes Santee ..........................................Mile1955 Les Bitner ........................................ Javelin Bill Nieder ................................... Shot Put1957 Al Oerter ..........................................Discus1958 Al Oerter ..........................................Discus Ernie Shelby ............................Long Jump Charlie Tidwell ........... 220-yard Hurdles1959 Bill Alley .......................................... Javelin Ernie Shelby ............................Long Jump Charlie Tidwell ......................... 100 Yards Charlie Tidwell ........... 220-yard Hurdles1960 Bill Alley .......................................... Javelin Cliff Cushman ............ 440-yard Hurdles Charlie Tidwell ......................... 100 Yards Charlie Tidwell ........... 220-yard Hurdles1967 Gary Ard ..................................Long Jump Jim Ryun ..............................................Mile

1969 Karl Salb ...................................... Shot Put1970 Jan Johnson ...............................Pole Vault Karl Salb ...................................... Shot Put1971 Karl Salb ...................................... Shot Put1973 Sam Colson ..................................... Javelin1974 Randy Smith ........................... High Jump Tom Scavuzzo, Mark Lutz, Eddie Lewis, Emmett Edwards ............440-yard Relay2002 Scott Russell .................................... Javelin2003 Leo Bookman .........................200 Meters

Women's Indoor National Champions (3)

1978 Sheila Calmese ......................... 300 Yards1996 Kristi Kloster ......................... 800 Meters2005 Amy Linnen ...............................Pole vault

Men's Indoor National Champions (25)

1965 Herald Hadley ..........................Two-Mile1967 Jim Ryun ..............................................Mile1968 Jim Ryun ..............................................Mile Jim Ryun ....................................Two-Mile1969 Ron Jessie ................................Long Jump Jim Ryun ..............................................Mile Karl Salb ...................................... Shot Put1970 Karl Salb ...................................... Shot Put Dennis Stewart, Jim Neihouse, Roger Kathol, Brian McElroy ...............Two-Mile Relay1971 Karl Salb ...................................... Shot Put1973 Terry Porter ..............................Pole Vault1975 Th eo Hamilton .......................Long Jump1977 Kevin Newell, David Blutcher, Cliff ord Wiley, Jay Wagner ....Mile Relay1980 Sanya Owolabi ...................... Triple Jump Michael Ricks ........................... 600 Yards2002 Scott Russell ...................... Weight Th row2003 Leo Bookman ........................ 200 Meters2004 Leo Bookman ........................ 200 Meters2007 Egor Agafonov .................. Weight Th row

1960 Outdoor 1959 Outdoor

1969 Indoor1966 Indoor


1904 - St. Louis Fay Moulton 60 Meters Did Not Place 100 Meters Third 200 Meters Fourth1920 - Antwerp Everette Bradley Pentathlon Second1924 - Paris Tom Poor High Jump Fourth Merwin Graham Triple Jump Did Not Place1932 - Los Angeles Jim Bausch Decathlon First Glenn Cunningham 1,500 Meters Fourth Clyde Coffman Decathlon Seventh1936 - Berlin Glenn Cunningham 1,500 Meters Second1952 - Helsinki Wes Santee 5,000 Meters Did Not Qualify1956 - Melbourne Al Oerter Discus First Bill Nieder Shot Put Second1960 - Rome Bill Nieder Shot Put First Al Oerter Discus First Cliff Cushman 400 Hurdles Second Bill Alley Javelin Did Not Qualify Terry Beucher Javelin Did Not Qualify

1964 - Tokyo Billy Mills 10,000 Meters First Al Oerter Discus First Kent Floerke Triple Jump Did Not Qualify Jim Ryun 1,500 Meters Did Not Qualify1968 - Mexico City Al Oerter Discus First Jim Ryun 1,500 Meters Second1972 - Munich Jim Ryun 1,500 Meters Did Not Qualify1976 - Montreal Mark Lutz 200 Meters Did Not Qualify Terry Porter Pole Vault 13th Sam Colson Javelin Fifth Jan Johnson Pole Vault Did Not Place1980 - Moscow Clifford Wiley 400 Meters U.S. Boycott1996 - Atlanta Scott Huffman Pole Vault 13th Pierre Lisk (Sierra Leone) 200 Meters Did Not Qualify 4x100 Relay Did Not Qualify2004 - Athens Charlie Gruber 1,500 Meters Did Not Place

Kansas Olympians/Captains

1903 A.A. Whippie1904 James Bulter1905 William Bailey1906 J.E. Driscoll1907 Jack Parker1908 Dick Priest1909 Cecil Nembold1910 Fred Haddock1911 Harry Hamilton1912 Will French1913 O.W. Patterson1914 Dan Hazaen1915 Ray Edwards1916 Bonnie Reber1917 Fred Rodkey1918 Paul Murphy1919 D. H. O’Leary1920 Loren Deewall1921 Everett Bradley 1922 Everett Bradley1923 Carey Rogers1924 Howard Firebaugh1925 Merwin Graham1926 Howard Rooney1927 Charles Doorbos1928 Clifford Cooper1929 Bernard “Poco” Frazier1930 Lowell Hinshaw1931 George Jones, Ralph Sickel1932 Joe Claner1933 Ray Flick, Clyde Coffman1934 Glenn Cunningham1935 Elwyn Dees1936 none elected1937 Wade Green1938 Lyle Foy1939 Lyle Foy1940 Ray Harris, Bob Stoland1941 Bill Bevan1942 none elected1943 none elected1944 Bob Lilibridge1945 Leroy Robison1946 Leroy Robison1947 John Jackson

1948 Tom Scofield1949 Robert Karnes1950 Robert Karnes1951 Emil Schultz1952 Robert DeVinney1953 John Riederer1954 Art Dalzell1955 Robert Smith1956 Dick Blair1957 Lowell Janzen1958 Al Oerter1959 Ernie Shelby1960 Cliff Cushman1961 Gordon Davis1962 Bill Dotson1963 Kirk Hagan, Pete Talbott1964 Floyd Manning, Tonnie Coane1965 Herald Hadley, Glen Martin1966 John Lawson, Gary Schwartz1967 Dwight Peck, Gary Ard1968 Ben Olison, Curt Grindal, Jim Pankratz1969 George Byers, Mike Hays, John Turck1970 Doug Knop, Julio Meade, Roger Kathol, John Oliver1971 Bill Penney, Jay Mason, Phil Reaves, Bill Hatcher1972 Doug Smith, Bob Bornkessel, Bill Hatcher, Sam Colson1973 Sam Colson, Jon Callen, Barry Schur, Mark Lutz1974 Roger Hammond,

Randy Smith, Mark Lutz, Dave Anderson1975 Roger Hammond, Randy

Smith, Tom Koppes1976 Rudy Guevara, Bill Lundberg, Keith Guinn, Randy Benson1977 Jim Podrebarac, John Roscoe, Cliff Wiley, Mike Wilk

1978 Ted Crank, Glenn Harter, Mark Kostek, Kevin

Newell, Todd Scales, Stan Whitaker1979 Bruce Coldsmith, Rick Ensz,

Matt Friedeman, Jay Reardon, Deon Hogan, Steve Rainbolt

1980 Keith Bodner, Deon Hogan, Mark Paulsen, Paul Schultz,

Joel Light1981 (M) Deon Hogan, Paul Schultz, Joel Light, Keith

Bodner, Mark Paulsen (W) Shawn Corwin, Gwen Poss, Debbie Hertzog,

Rebecca McGranahan1982 (M) Jeff Buckingham, Rodney Bullock, Matt Friedman, Mark Ray, Paul Schultz, Tim Tays, (W)

Grechen Bajema, Tudie McKnight, Rebecca

McGranahan, Lorna Tucker, Bev Mortimer 1983 (M) Tim Gundy, Clint Johnson, Mark Hanson, Owen Buckley (W) Gretchen Bajema,

Annette Craighead, Tudie McKnight, Lorna Tucker, Rebecca McGranahan1984 (M) David Cole, Tim Gundy,

Clint Johnson, Kelly Kilcrease, Dennis Malley, Jeff Jaqua (W) Connie McKernan, Susan Glatter, Kelly Wood1985 (M) Rob Rhett, Craig Branstrom, Clint Johnson, Brent Steiner, Craig Leibert, Scott Huffman (W) Caryne Finlay, Stine Lerdahl

1986 (M) John Creighton, Kyle Roste, Ray Mitchell, Greg

Dalzell, Ron Bahm, Craig Branstrom (W) Kim Sheridan,

Kim Jones, Paula Berquist1987 (M) Ron Bahm, Craig

Branstrom, Gerald Harder, John Creighton, Scott Huffman

(W) Rosie Wadman, Denise Buchanan1988 (M) Craig Branstrom,

John Creighton, Scott Huffman, Mike Hanna, Craig Watcke

(W) Veronda O’Hara, Ann O’Connor, Trish Mangan1989 (M) David Bond, Stacey Smiedala (W) Julie Howerton, Kim Huthoefer1990 (M) Johnny Brackins, Steve Heffernan (W) Terry Grzybowski, Mary Beth Idoux1991 (M) Pat Manson, Stacey Smiedala (W) Kim Huthoefer, Tonya Gundy1992 (M) Brandon Blain, Jason Teal (W) MaryBeth Labosky, Cathy Palacios1993 (M) John Bazzoni, Dan Waters (W) Cheryl Evers, Julia Saul1994 (M) Jon Handy, Harun Hazim (W) Amy Baker, Natasha

Shafer1995 (M) Nick Johannsen, Dan Waters (W) Kristi Kloster, Sandy Wilder1996 (M) Mike Evers, Brian Martin (W) Melissa Swartz, Latonya Holloway

1997 (M) Matt Norton, Nathan Prenger (W) Kim Feldkamp, Diamond Williams1998 (M) David Cooksey, Mark Romito (W) Candace Mason, Lisa Beran1999 (M) Grady Blackmon, Colby Miller (W) Candace Mason, Tamra Montgomery 2000 (M) Jabari Wamble, Scott Russell (W) Eniola Ajayi, Andrea Branson2001 (M) Andy Tate, Jabari Wamble (W) Eniola Ajayi, Ashley Pyle2002 None chosen2003 (M) Leo Bookman, Anson Jackson (W) Kim Clark2004 (M) Leo Bookman (W) Kim Clark2005 (M) Colin Dutton,

Brandon Hodges, Chris Jones, Aaron Thompson

(W) Kim Clark, Brooklyn Hann, Paige Higgins,

Jen Widerstrom2006 (M) Sheldon Battle, Cody Roberts, Erik Sloan, Aaron Thompson (W) Charisse Bacchus, Tiffany Cherry, Libby Harmon, Dena Seibel2007 (M) Paul Hefferon, Matt

Baysinger, Cody Roberts (W) Abby Emsick, Sha'Ray

Butler, Libby Harmon, Ashley Brown, Alicia McGregor

All-Time Jayhawk Team Captains

All-Time Jayhawk Olympians


Men's All-Americans Year Athlete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event (Place) 1965 Herald Hadley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (1)1966 Gary Ard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (3) John Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (2) Art Cortez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Lowell Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000 yards (3)1967 Gary Ard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 yards (2) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1)1968 Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (1)1969 George Byers . . . . . . . . . . . . .60-yard hurdles (3) Ron Jessie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (1) Doug Knop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (3) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) Bob Steinhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pole vault (3t) Stan Whitley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2) B. Bornkessel, J. Hatcher, R. Julian, J. Meade . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile relay (2)1970 Jan Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Doug Knop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (3) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (2) D. Stewart, J. Neihouse, R. Kathol, B. McElroy . . . . . . .two-mile relay (1)1971 Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (1) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (3) D. Smith, T. Bigely, R. Jacques, K. Reabe . . . . . . . . .two-mile relay (3)1973 Terry Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (1) Barry Schur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (2)1974 Danny Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (3)1975 Nolan Cromwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (4) Th eo Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (1) Tad Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pole vault (5t) Danny Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2) Danny Seay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (5) Waddle Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (2)1976 C. Wiley, J. Wagner, . . . . . . . . . . . mile relay (2) R. Benson, W. Smith 1977 Tad Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pole vault (4t) Jay Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (4) Cliff ord Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 yards (3) K. Newell, D. Blutcher, . . . . . . . . mile relay (1) C. Wiley, J., Wagner 1978 Lester Mickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (5)1979 Lester Mickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (2) Jeff Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) J. Litt le, S. Whitaker, T. McCall, L. Mickens . . . . . . . . . mile relay (2)1980 Sanya Owolabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (1) Mike Ricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (1) Warren Wilhoite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (4) Deon Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 yards (4) T. Jantsch. L. Martin, R. Marks, R. Ensz . . . . . . . . . . two mile relay (6)1981 Sanya Owolabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (2)1982 Jeff Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5) Rodney Bullock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 yards (8) Warren Wilhoite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2)1983 Warren Wilhoite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (4) Jeff Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4) R. Bullock, D. Hill, L. Martin, D. Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . mile relay (5)1986 Chris Bohanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Scott Huff man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4)1988 Scott Huff man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5)1989 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Cam Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Craig Watcke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 meters (2) David Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (8)

1990 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2)1991 Pat Manson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) D. Anderson, . . . . . . . . . . 3,200-meter relay (5) S. Smiedala, D. Waters, J. Teal1993 Michael Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (9)1994 John Bazzoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5) Michael Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (9)1995 John Bazzoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4) Nick Johannsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (8)1996 Brian Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 meters (12)1998 Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (2)1999 Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (5)2000 Charlie Gruber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mile (6)2001 Charlie Gruber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (2) Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (3) Ryan Speers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (6) Andy Tate, Jabari Wamble . . . . . . . . . . DMR (6) Brian Blachly, Charlie Gruber2002 Leo Bookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 meters (7) Vadim Gvozdetskiy . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5) Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (1)2003 Leo Bookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 meters (1)2004 Leo Bookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 meters (1)2005 Jeremy Mims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 meters (7) Sheldon Batt le. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (7) Sheldon Batt le. . . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (9)2006 Sheldon Batt le. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .shot put (4) Sheldon Batt le . . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (10) Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (2)2007 Colby Wissel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 meters (7) Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . . . . . weight throw (1)

*Bold indicates current Jayhawks

Women's All-AmericansYear Athlete Event (Place) 1977 Charmane Kuhlman . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (2)1978 Lori Lowrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-yard hurdles (3) Sheila Calmese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 yards (1) Sheila Calmese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 yards(2) Shawn Corwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (2)1979 Shawn Corwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (3)1983 Halcyon McKnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (5)1984 Ann O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (3)1985 Stine Lerdahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (6)1987 Denise Buchanan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (5)1992 Cathy Palacios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mile (10)1994 Kristi Kloster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 meters (8)1996 Kristi Kloster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 meters (1) Melissa Swartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (5) K. Woolheater, L. Holloway, K. Kloster, M. Swartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DMR (7)1998 Candace Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Andrea Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5)1999 Andrea Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)2000 Andrea Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5)2002 Katy Eisenmenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (9) Brooklyn Hann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (10)2005 Amy Linnen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (1)2006 Charisse Bacchus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long jump (5)2007 Kate Sultanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)


110-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Two Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,500 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160-Yard Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2440-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4400 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2440-Yard Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7220 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3220-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Javelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Steeplechase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Three Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2120-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Decathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Hammer Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261,600-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,200-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1DMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Total Men’s All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

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Kansas Indoor All-Americans

Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360-Yard Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1400-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12DMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3300 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Javelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Heptathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Total Women’s All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Men's All-AmericansYear Athlete Event (Place) 1923 Tom Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .high jump (1)1932 Glenn Cunningham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1)1933 Glenn Cunningham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1)1935 Elwyn Dees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (1)1947 Tom Scofi eld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high jump (2t)1950 Herb Semper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (3)1951 Herb Semper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (3)1952 Bob DeVinney . . . . . . . . 440-yard hurdles (1) Wes Santee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 meters (1)1953 Wes Santee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1) Don Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 yards (2)1955 Les Bitner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1) Al Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (3) Bill Nieder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (1)1956 Les Bitner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Dick Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 yards (2) Kent Floerke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .long jump (3) Kent Floerke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (2) Bill Nieder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (2)1957 Jerry McNeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two mile (3) Al Oerter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (1)1958 Al Oerter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .discus (1t) Ernie Shelby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .long jump (1) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 yards (3) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . 220-yard hurdles (1)1959 Bill Alley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1) Cliff Cushman . . . . . . . . 440-yard hurdles (2) Jim Londerholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Ernie Shelby . . . . . . . . . . 220-yard hurdles (3) Ernie Shelby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .long jump (1) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 yards (1) Charile Tidwell . . . . . . . 220-yard hurdles (1)1960 Bill Alley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1) Terry Beucher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Cliff Cushman . . . . . . . . 440-yard hurdles (1) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 yards (1) Charlie Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 yards (1)1961 Bill Dotson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (2)1962 Bill Dotson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (3)1964 Bill Silverberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . .steeplechase (3)1965 John Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .three mile (2) Tom Purma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3)1966 John Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .three mile (2)1967 Gary Ard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .long jump (1) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (1)1969 George Byers . . . . . . . . . 120-yard hurdles (4) Jim Ryun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mile (2) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (1) Stan Whitley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .long jump (2) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (2) G. Byers, M, Matt hews, S. Whitley, J. Meade . . . . . 400-yard relay (4)1970 Jan Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (1) Doug Knop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (4) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (3) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (1) Steve Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (4)1971 Sam Colson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (4) Bill Penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hammer (3) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (4) Karl Salb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (1) 1972 Sam Colson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Mark Lutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 yards (2t) Barry Schur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .high jump (2) T. Scavuzzo, M. Lutz, P. Stepp, D. Robinson . . . . . 440-yard relay (4)1973 Sam Colson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1) Terry Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)1974 Randy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .high jump (1) T. Scavuzzo, M. Lutz, E. Lewis, E. Edwards . . . . . 440-yard relay (1)1975 Nolan Cromwell . . . . . . . . . . . 440 hurdles (8)

Kent McDonald . . . . . . . . . . .steeplechase (6) Danny Seay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .long jump (2) Danny Seay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (3) Randy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .high jump (3) Cliff ord Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 yards (5) L. Jackson, W. Smith, R. Benson, C. Wiley. . . . . . . . . . mile relay (2)1976 Roger Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) Larry Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 meters (4) Larry Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (6) Bill Lundberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . .steeplechase (6) L. Smith, A. Coleman, C. Wiley, L. Jackson . . . . 400-meter relay (2)1977 George Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . .steeplechase (6) Cliff ord Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 meters (6) Cliff ord Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (3) D. Blutcher, A. Coleman, C. Wiley, K. Newell . . . . . . . . . 400m relay (3)1978 Cliff ord Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (5) B. Lozito, A. Coleman, C. Wiley, K. Newell . . . . . . 440-yard relay (3) T. McCall, L. Mickens, C. Wiley, S. Whitaker. . . . . . . . . mile relay (2)1979 S. Whitaker, L. Mickens, T. McCall, K. Newell . .1,600-meter relay (5)1980 Deon Hogan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 meters (4) Sanya Owolabi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (2) S. Whitaker, L. Mickens D. Hogan, M. Ricks . . .1,600-meter relay (2)1982 Matt Friedeman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (7)1983 Jeff Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4) Owen Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . decathlon (6)1986 Ron Baum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3) 1987 Pat Manson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)1988 Craig Branstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . decathlon (6)1989 Pat Manson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (2) Cam Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Craig W atcke . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 meters (4)1990 Vince Labosky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (2)1991 Pat Manson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3)1995 Michael Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 meters (4)1996 Michael Evers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decathlon (6)1997 Michael Evers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decathlon (9)1998 Lester Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump (8)1999 Charlie Gruber . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 meters (11) Scott Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (3)2001 Andy Tate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .steeplechase (4)2002 Charlie Gruber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500m (7) Scott Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (1)2003 Leo Bookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 meters (1) Mark Menefee . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 meters (13)2005 Sheldon Batt le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (2) Jeremy Mims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 meters (4)2006 Sheldon Batt le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (5) Cameron Schwehr . . . . . . . 1,500 meters (13) Paul Heff eron . . . . . . . . . 5,000 meters(14) Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . hammer throw (5)2007 Egor Agafonov . . . . . . . hammer throw (4) Julius Jiles . . . . . . . .110-meter hurdles (8) Eric Babb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .long jump (4) Barrett Saunders . . . . . . . . . .long jump (5) *Bold indicates current Jayhawks

Women’s All-AmericansYear Athlete Event (Place) 1978 Sheila Calmese . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 meters (3) Shawn Corwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .high jump (2)1979 Shawn Corwin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .high jump (3)1982 Halcyon McKnight. . . . . . . . . . .long jump (4)1983 Halcyon McKnight. . . . . . . . . . .long jump (2)1984 Anne Greathe Bearras . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (2) Stine Lerdahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (6)1987 Denise Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . shot put (6)1988 Ann O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . heptathlon (7)1992 MaryBeth Labosky. . . . . . . . . . .high jump (6) Heather Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (4)1994 Keely Harding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .high jump (8)1997 Candace Mason. . . . . . . . . . . .heptathlon (10)1998 Candace Mason. . . . . . . . . . . . . heptathlon (3)

1999 Andrea Branson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (4) Candace Mason. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Candace Mason. . . . . . . . . . . . . heptathlon (9)2000 Andrea Branson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (9)2001 Andrea Bulat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (2)2002 Jennie Wonder. . . . . .100-meter hurdles (11)2005 Amy Linnen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (3) Kate Sultanova . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (7) Brooklyn Hann . . . . . . . . . . . . . triple jump (8)2006 Charisse Bacchus . . . . . . . . . . . .long jump (7) Denita Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javelin (10)2007 Ashley Brown . . . 400-meter hurdles (10) Abby Emsick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discus (4) Crystal Manning . . . . . . . . triple jump (9) Kate Sultanova . . . . . . . . . . . . pole vault (5)


Kansas Outdoor All-AmericansSix-time All-American Six-time All-American

Scott RussellScott Russell

2005 Outdoor Pole 2005 Outdoor Pole Vault All-American Vault All-American

Amy LinnenAmy Linnen


** INDOOR **Big 12 Conference

2007- Ames, Iowa3,000 meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Wissel, 8:06.72Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Scott, 17-05.50Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Egor Agafonov, 76-01.00

2006- Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheldon Battle, 65-03.25Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Egor Agafonov, 72-07.75

2004 - Lincoln, Neb.200 meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo Bookman, 20.58

2002 - Lincoln, Neb.200 meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo Bookman, 21.03Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Russell, 77-10.75

2001 - Lincoln, Neb.Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Russell, 75-10Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:47.94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Tate, Jabari Wamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Blachly, Charlie Gruber

2000 - at Ames, IowaMile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Gruber, 4:04.78

1999 - at Manhattan, Kan.1,000 meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Gruber, 2:25.3Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin McGinn, 4:12.3935-lb. weight throw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Russell, 73-6

Big Eight Conference1996 - at Manhattan, Kan.

Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Bazzoni, 16-8.75

1994 - at Oklahoma City, Okla.Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Bazzoni, 17-2.75

1993 - at Ames, IowaMile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Cox, 4:01.39

1992 - at Lawrence, Kan.800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Waters, 1:53.721,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Teal, 2:28.24

1991 - at Columbia, Mo.3,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Cox, 8:15.97Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Manson, 17-4.75

1990 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Manson, 17-7

1989 - at Lincoln, Neb.3,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Watcke, 8:17.045,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Craig Watcke, 14:09.59Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:55.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Teal, Mike Miller, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donnie Anderson, Craig WatckeTriple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Bond, 51-11Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Manson, 18-8

1988 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Huffman, 17-9

1987 - at Lincoln, Neb.60-Yard Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Courtney Hawkins, 7.21Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:54.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerald Harder, Mike Miller, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Heffernan, Craig Watcke

1986 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Branstrom, 6-11.5

1985 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clint Johnson, 60-6

1983 - at Lincoln, Neb.440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deon Hogan, 46.881,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Van Schaffer, 2:11.83Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Buckingham, 18-1Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Warren Wilhoite, 25-8

1982 - at Lincoln, Neb.600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rodney Bullock, 1:09.30High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tyke Peacock, 7-3.75Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Johnson, 51-8

1981 - at Lincoln, Neb.440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deon Hogan, 47.20600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Rau, 1:09.30Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:11.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Rau, Rodney Bullock, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deon Hogan, Mike RicksLong Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Hanson, 25-3.25Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanya Owolabi, 52-5

1980 - at Lincoln, Neb.440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lester Mickens, 47.49600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Ricks, 1:08.91,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Ensz, 2:11.48Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Tays, 8:51.54Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:12.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warren Wilhoite, Rodney Bullock, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Ricks, Lester MickensLong Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Reardon, 24-9.5Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Buckingham, 17-2.75

1979 - at Oklahoma City, Okla.60-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . Anthony Coleman, 7.2760-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Coleman, 6.81600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lester Mickens, 1:09.14Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:14.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy Little, Stan Whitaker, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tommy McCall, Lester MickensPole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Buckingham, 17-4

1978 - at Lincoln, Neb.600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lester Mickens, 1:09.61Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tad Scales, 16-6

1977 - at Lincoln, Neb.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kevin Newell, 6.21300 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliff Wiley, 29.73 ***600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Wagner, 1:09.4Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:14.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stan Whitaker, David Blutcher, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Newell, Jay WagnerHigh Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Rainbolt, 7-0.25Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tad Scales, 16-6.25Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Podrebarac, 57-9*** Was the on-track winner, but not the conference champion after being declared ineligible.

1976 - at Kansas City, Mo.440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Randy Benson, 49.0Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rudy Guevara, 59-2.75

1975 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cliff Wiley, 6.0440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eddie Lewis, 48.7600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Waddell Smith, 1:11.2Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:15.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eddie Lewis, Nolan Cromwell, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Benson, Cliff WileyLong Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danny Seay, 25-11

1974 - at Kansas City, Mo.High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Smith, 7-1.25

1973 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gregg Vandaveer, 7.1440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Scavuzzo, 49.5High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Schur, 6-11Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Porter, 17-0.25

1972 - at Kansas City, Mo.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rudy Guevara, 58-11.75Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Stull, 25-3.25Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Hatcher, 16-3

1971 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Neihouse, 1:52.2Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Mason, 8:50.8Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Stull, 24-7Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Hatcher, 16-4Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl Salb, 64-0.5

1970 - at Kansas City, Mo.1,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian McElroy, 2:10.6Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Mason, 9:02.2Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Johnson, 16-6.5Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl Salb, 65-8.75

1969 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Byers, 6.560-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Byers, 7.3Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:18.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Bornkessel, Jim Hatcher, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Julian, Julio MeadeLong Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stan Whitley, 25-11Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karl Salb, 64-11.25

1968 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Byers, 6.660-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Byers, 7.21,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gene McClain, 2:10.5Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Ryun, 4:05.5Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Ryun, 9:00.8Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:17.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julio Meade, Jim Hatcher, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Randy Julian, Ben OlisonLong Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stan Whitley, 24-5.5

1967 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Byers, 6.660-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Adams, 7.4440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Olison, 49.3880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Ryun, 1:52.01,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Yergovich, 2:12.5Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Ryun, 3:58.8Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:16.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Ard, Steve Ashurst, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dwight Peck, Ben Olison

1966 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Lawson, 4:04.8Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Lawson, 9:08.5Broad Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Art Cortez, 23-11.75

Kansas Indoor Men’s Conference Champions

Sheldon Battle was the 2006 Big 12 Indoor track and field shot put champion.

George Byersis the only runner in KU history to win the 60-yard low hurdles Big Eight championship in three consecutive years.


1965 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Hanson, 6.8Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:19.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Suggs, Bob Hanson, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lowell Paul, Doug Dienelt

1964 - at Kansas City, Mo.Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Lawson, 9:14.4High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tyce Smith, 6-6Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Floyd Manning, 15-8

1963 - at Kansas City, Mo.1,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirk Hagan, 2:12.4Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harold Hadley, 9:25.2Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yul Yost, 56-11

1962 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Dotson, 1:56.91,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirk Hagan, No Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Track Measurement Error)Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Dotson, 4:20.9Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Stevens, 14-10

1961 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry McCue, 6.31,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirk Hagan, 2:16.5Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Dotson, 4:08.9Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Mills, 9:17.4

1960 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Tidwell, 6.260-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Tidwell, 6.860-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . .Curtis McClinton, 7.4880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Tague, 1:53.41,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cliff Cushman, 2:14.0

1959 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Tidwell, 6.160-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Tidwell, 6.760-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Tillman, 7.4440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Lida, 49.5880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Tague, 1:33.11,000 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cliff Cushman, 2:11.6Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:18.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Tidwell, Bob Covey, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliff Cushman, Bob LidaBroad Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darwin Ashbaugh, 23-7.5High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Cannon, 6-5.25

1958 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Tague, 1:54.9Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Skutka, 4:11.0High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wilt Chamberlain, 6-6.75Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Oerter, 57-0

Big Seven Conference1957 - at Kansas City, Mo.

440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ray Wyatt, 49.8880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell Janzen, 1:54.0Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernie Gay, 4:15.1Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry McNeal, 9:29.1Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:22.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Cummins, Bob Franklin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lou Stroup, Ray WyattBroad Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blaine Hollinger, 23-6Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Al Oerter, 53-8.25

1956 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dick Blair, 6.3880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Frame, 1:54.7Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Frame, 4:16.9Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry McNeal, 9:31.9Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Nieder, 59-9.25

1955 - at Kansas City, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dick Blair, 6.2Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Frame, 4:26.7Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Nieder, 53-10.625

1954 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Biberstein, 7.060-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Biberstein, 7.6880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes Santee, 1:55.2Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes Santee, 4:06.5Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Frame, 9:39.5

1953 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes Santee, 1:53.6Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes Santee, 4:08.3Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Palmquist, 9:31.0High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buzz Frasier, 6-3Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Norm Steanson, 13-6.75

1952 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes Santee, 4:17.8Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herb Semper, 9:07.0Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Floyd, 13-6.125

1951 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Greenwood, 6.960-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Greenwood, 7.5Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herb Semper, 9:11.3Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:24.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emil Schutzel, Roland Cain, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Don Smith, Jim Hershberger

1950 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Bowers, 1:55.6Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Karnes, 4:17.2Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herb Semper, 9:26.8

1949 - at Kansas City, Mo.880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Bowers, 1:55.8Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Karnes, 9:29.2

1948 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hal Moore, 4:18.6Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Karnes, 9:41.1High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Scofield, 6-5.375

Big Six Conference1947 - at Kansas City, Mo.

440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Jackson, 51.0Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Karnes, 9:54.7

1945 - at Kansas City, Mo.High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Warren Sargent, 5-10.625

1944 - at Kansas City, Mo.60-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Stannard, 7.8High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Scofield, 5-10Broad Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Lillibridge, 21-11.5

1941 - at Kansas City, Mo.High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Stoland, 6-2.5Broad Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Stoland, 22-7.75

1940 - at Kansas City, Mo.Broad Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Jones, 22-10.5

1939 - at Columbia, Mo.60-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Masoner, 7.0High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Stoland, 6-3.75Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Don Bird, 13-7.25

1938 - at Columbia, Mo.Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Bird, 13-0

1937 - at Columbia, Mo.High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dale Shannon, 6-3Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Bird, 12-10

1935 - at Columbia, Mo.High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Wellhausen, 6-2Broad Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Pitts, 23-5.5Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elwyn Dees, 48-7.75

1934 - at Columbia, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Hall, 6.2880 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Glenn Cunningham, 1:57.8Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Glenn Cunningham, 4:20.3Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:29.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edwin Hall, Robert Schroeder, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theno Graves, Glenn CunninghamPole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clyde Coffman, 12-9Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elwyn Dees, 48-3

1933 - at Columbia, Mo.60-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Flick, 7.8Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Glenn Cunningham, 4:21.8Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elwyn Dees, 47-5

1932 - at Columbia, Mo.Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Glenn Cunningham, 4:21.9Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clyde Coffman, 13-0.125

1931 - at Columbia, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Sickel, 6.3440 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Jones, 52.7Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clyde Coffman, 12-10.5

1930 - at Columbia, Mo.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Bausch, 48-7.5

1929 - at Columbia, Mo.Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poco Frazier, 9:54.3Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:32.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Jones, Gordon Lagerquist, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Young, John Mize

Missouri Valley Conference1928 - Des Moines, Iowa

50 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell Grady, 5.2Broad Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sol McInerney, 22-4.5

1927 - at Des Moines, Iowa50 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell Grady, 5.4Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poco Frazier, 9:54.4Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Cash, 11-6

1926 - at Ames, IowaMile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:55.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clifford Cooper, Paul Woods, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stanley Engle, Howard Rooney

1925 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:29.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Names Not Available)High Jump. . . . . . . Tom Poor & Merwin Graham, 6-3.25

1924 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:29.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Names Not Available)High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Poor, 6-3

1923 - at Kansas City, Mo.Mile Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:29.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Names Not Available)High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Poor, 6-3 3/4Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carey Rogers, 12-3

1922 - at Kansas City, Mo.50-Yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Everett Bradley, 6.250-Yard High Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . Everett Bradley, 6.6Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Everett Bradley, 45-1.75

Kansas Indoor Men’s Conference Champions

Big Seven shot put champion Bill Nieder won the event in 1955 and 1956.


** OUTDOOR **Big 12 Conference

2007 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ............................................... Jordan Scott, 18-02.5Long Jump .............................................Barrett Saunders, 25-08 Hammer Throw.....................................Egor Agafonov, 230-01

2006- at Waco, TexasHammer Throw.................................Egor Agafonov, 225-02

2005 - at Manhattan, Kan.Discus .................................................. Sheldon Battle, 188-10Hammer Throw................................. Sheldon Battle, 210-00

2003 - at Austin, Texas10,000 Meters .............................Benson Chesang, 31:05.09 Triple Jump ..........................................Benaud Shirley, 51-5.5

2002 - at Columbia, Mo.200 Meters ..............................................Leo Bookman, 20.97Javelin ..................................................... Scott Russell, 249-03Hammer Throw.................................... Scott Russell, 218-05Triple Jump ..........................................Benaud Shirley, 51-1.5

2000 - at Columbia, Mo.Mile .................................................... Charlie Gruber, 3:46.335,000 Meters ...................................Mark Menefee, 14:20.30Decathlon ................................................. Andy Morris, 7,315HammerThrow ..................................... Scott Russell, 195-01Javelin ..................................................... Scott Russell, 240-03

1999 - at Waco, Texas1,500 Meters .................................... Charlie Gruber, 3:46.92Hammer Throw.......................................Scott Russell, 194-0

1998 - at Columbia, Mo. Javelin ........................................................Scott Russell, 247-7

Big Eight Conference1996 - at Lincoln, Neb.

100 Meters ....................................................Pierre Lisk, 10.46Javelin ....................................................... Jeff Dieterich, 221-0

1995 - at Ames, Iowa1,500 Meters .........................................Michael Cox, 3:40.1hPole Vault ................................................ John Bazzoni, 17-4.5

1994 - at Lawrence, Kan.400 Meters .................................................... Joe Pickett, 46.59Pole Vault ............................................John Bazzoni, 16-10.75

1993 - at Boulder, Colo.Pole Vault ................................................ John Bazzoni, 17-4.5

1991 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault .................................................. Pat Manson, 17-5.5

1990 - at Norman, Okla.Javelin .................................................. Vince Labosky, 241-10Shot Put............................................. Chris Redden, 54-10.25

1988 - at Ames, IowaDecathlon .......................................... Craig Branstrom, 7,309Pole Vault ................................................ Pat Manson, 17-5.75Javelin ...............................................Vince Labosky, 239-4.75

1987 - at Lawrence, Kan.110-Meter Hurdles ......................Courtney Hawkins, 13.91Pole Vault .......................................... Chris Bohanan, 18-3.25Javelin ............................................................Ron Bahm, 236-1

1986 - at Boulder, Colo.Pole Vault .........................................Scott Huffman, 18-0 3/8

1985 - at Manhattan, Kan.Triple Jump .................................................... Fred Lewis, 52-3

1984 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put..................................................... Clint Johnson, 60-0

1983 - at Stillwater, Okla.200 Meters ................................................Deon Hogan, 20.874x400-Meter Relay ........................................................3:08.69 ....................................................Leonard Martin, Darin Hill, ................................................Rodney Bullock, Deon HoganLong Jump ..................................... Warren Wilhoite, 26-1.75Triple Jump ..........................................Sanya Owolabi, 52-7.5Pole Vault ............................................. Jeff Buckingham, 18-5Discus ......................................................... Jim Boushka,190-6

1982 - at Norman, Okla.Discus ......................................................Clint Johnson, 192-7

1981 - at Ames, Iowa400 Meters ...................................................Mike Ricks, 46.55

1980 - at Manhattan, Kan.400 Meters ................................................Deon Hogan, 46.203,000-Meter Steeplechase .................. Paul Schultz, 8:50.2hMile Relay .......................................................................3:10.09 .......................................... Rodney Bullock, Lester Mickens, .........................................................Deon Hogan, Mike RicksDiscus ..................................................Matt Friedeman, 191-5High Jump .......................................................... Joel Light, 7-0Pole Vault ........................................Jeff Buckingham, 17-0.75

1979 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Meters ................................................Deon Hogan, 10.49110-Meter High Hur. ....................Anthony Coleman, 13.74200 Meters ................................................Deon Hogan, 20.68800 Meters ....................................... Tommy McCall, 1:46.46440-Yard Relay .....................................................................39.8 ......................................... Anthony Coleman, Kevin Newell, ................................................. Deon Hogan, Lester MickensMile Relay .......................................................................3:07.68 ..............................................Lester Mickens, Stan Whitaker, ................................................ Tommy McCall, Deon HoganPole Vault ............................................. Jeff Buckingham, 16-2

1978 - at Norman, Okla.200 Meters .............................................Cliff Wiley, 20.74 ***110-Meter High Hur. ....................Anthony Coleman, 14.03440-Yard Relay ............................................................ 40.23 *** ..............................................Bob Lozito, Anthony Coleman, .........................................................Cliff Wiley, Kevin Newell

Mile Relay .................................................................3:05.66 *** .................................................... Cliff Wiley, Lester Mickens, ..............................................Tommy McCall, Stan WhitakerPole Vault .........................................................Tad Scales, 16-0*** Was the on-track winner, but not the conference champion after being declared ineligible.

1977 - at Lawrence, Kan.100 Meters ..............................................Cliff Wiley, 10.17 ***110-Meter High Hur. ....................Anthony Coleman, 13.593,000-Meter Steeple .......................... George Mason, 8:53.0Pole Vault .............................................. Marvin Metzger, 16-4*** Was the on-track winner, but not the conference champion after being declared ineligible.

1976 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Meters .............................................Laverne Smith, 10.07200 Meters .............................................. Larry Jackson, 20.27110-Meter High Hur. ....................Anthony Coleman, 13.54400-Meter Interm. Hurdles ............ Nolan Cromwell, 49.473,000-Meter Steeplechase ................Bill Lundberg, 8:55.69440-Yard Relay ...................................................................39.20 ....................................... Laverne Smith, Anthony Coleman, . . .

..................................................Waddell Smith, Gary JacksonMile Relay .......................................................................3:05.76 ................................................. Nolan Cromwell, Jay Wagner, ............................................... Waddell Smith, Randy BensonJavelin ...............................................Roger Hammond, 252-1Shot Put...................................................... Steve Stone, 61-3.5

1975 - at Norman, Okla.100 Yards ....................................................Larry Jackson, 9.66440 Yards ................................................Randy Benson, 47.01440-Yard Interm. Hurd. ................... Nolan Cromwell, 50.643,000-Meter Steeple ........................Kent McDonald, 8:36.8Long Jump ....................................... Theo Hamilton, 26-2.75Triple Jump ..............................................Danny Seay, 53-8.25Javelin ...............................................Roger Hammond, 248-8

1974 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ..........................................................Mark Lutz, 10.0220 Yards ..........................................................Mark Lutz, 21.3440-Yard Relay .....................................................................40.2 ................................................... Tom Scavuzzo, Eddie Lewis, .................................................. Mark Lutz, Emmett EdwardsHigh Jump ...................................................... Barry Schur, 7-2Pole Vault ..................................................... Terry Porter, 16-0

1973 - at Manhattan, Kan.100 Yards ............................................................ Mark Lutz, 9.2220 Yards ..........................................................Mark Lutz, 20.4120-Yard High Hurdles ................... Delario Robinson, 13.43,000-Meter Steeple ........................Kent McDonald, 9:02.8Pole Vault ..................................................... Terry Porter, 17-4Javelin ......................................................... Sam Colson, 261-7

1972 - at Boulder, Colo.120-Yard High Hurdles ................... Delario Robinson, 13.6High Jump ...................................................... Barry Schur, 7-3Javelin ......................................................... Sam Colson, 264-0

Kansas Outdoor Men’s Conference Champions

Charlie Gruber, the 1999 Big 12 Outdoor champion in the 1,500-meter run, ran the event during the 2004 Olympic games in Athens.

Jan Johnson won the 1970 Big Eight Conference title in the pole vault at the outdoor championships in Lawrence, Kan.

Pat Manson was a two-time Big Eight Outdoor champion in the pole vault (1988 and 1991).


1971 - at Stillwater, Okla.120-Yard High Hurdles ................................Mike Bates, 13.7Three Miles .............................................Rich Elliott, 14:03.1Pole Vault ......................................................Bill Hatcher, 15-6Long Jump ...............................................Phil Reaves, 24-10.5Triple Jump ......................................................Mike Stull, 49-8Shot Put........................................................ Karl Salb, 65-2.75Discus .....................................................Steve Wilhelm, 187-7Javelin ......................................................... Sam Colson, 241-0

1970 - at Lawrence, Kan.Long Jump ...............................................Phil Reaves, 26-2.25Pole Vault ..................................................... Jon Johnson, 16-7Shot Put...........................................................Karl Salb, 65-6.5Discus ..........................................................Doug Knop, 192-0

1969 - at Ames, Iowa120-Yard High Hurdles ........................... George Byers, 14.2440-Yard Interm. Hurdles ................... Bob Bornkessel, 52.7880 Yards ........................................................ Jim Ryun, 1:48.7Mile ................................................................. Jim Ryun, 4:08.9440-Yard Relay .....................................................................40.9 ............................................ George Byers, Mickey Mathews, ....................................................... Stan Whitley, Julio MeadeLong Jump ..................................................Stan Whitley, 26-1Shot Put........................................................ Karl Salb, 60-2.75Discus ..........................................................Doug Knop, 192-8

1968 - at Boulder, Colo.120-Yard High Hurdles ........................... George Byers, 13.9220 Yards ........................................................ Ben Olison, 20.8880 Yards ........................................................ Jim Ryun, 1:50.9Mile ................................................................. Jim Ryun, 4:10.3Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:10.9 ....................................................Paul Mattingly, Julio Meade, .........................................................Ben Olison, Randy JulianLong Jump ...............................................Stan Whitley, 25-2.5Discus ..........................................................Doug Knop, 168-1

1967 - at Norman, Okla.120-Yard High Hurdles ........................... George Byers, 14.1880 Yards ........................................................ Jim Ryun, 1:49.1Mile ................................................................. Jim Ryun, 4:08.5Long Jump ...................................................Gary Ard, 26-0.75

1966 - at Columbia, Mo.Long Jump ..................................................... Gary Ard, 24-0.5Triple Jump ..................................................... Gary Ard, 46-10Javelin ......................................................Tom Purma, 237-2.5

1965 - at Lincoln, Neb.Three Miles .......................................... John Lawson, 14:09.6Triple Jump ....................................... Glenn Martin, 48-10.25Discus .................................................... Gary Schwartz, 170-9

1964 - at Stillwater, Okla.880 Yards ............................................... Tonnie Coane, 1:51.1Javelin ......................................................... Tom Purma, 224-1

1963 - at Manhattan, Kan.880 Yards .................................................... Kirk Hagan, 1:50.7Three Miles ......................................... Paul Acevedo, 14:21.0Pole Vault ............................................... Floyd Manning, 15-0Broad Jump ............................................Glenn Martin, 23-8.5Shot Put.............................................................Yul Yost, 58-6.5

1962 - at Lawrence, Kan.Pole Vault ................................................Jack Stevens, 14-6.25

1961 - at Boulder, Colo.880 Yards .................................................... Kirk Hagan, 1:49.2Mile ............................................................. Bill Dotson, 4:14.5Two Miles .....................................................Billy Mills, 9:31.4Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:11.9 ..................................................... Gordon Davis, Kirk Hagan, ......................................................... Bill Stoddart, Bob Covey

1960 - at Ames, Iowa100 Yards ...................................................Charlie Tidwell, 9.6220 Yards .................................................Charlie Tidwell, 21.1Mile ............................................................. Bill Dotson, 4:13.2440-Yard Relay .....................................................................41.8 ............................................Paul Rearick, Darwin Ashbaugh, ............................................... Paul Williams, Charlie TidwellJavelin ............................................................Bill Alley, 237-5.5

1959 - at Norman, Okla.100 Yards ...................................................Charlie Tidwell, 9.4220-Yard Low Hurdles .........................Charlie Tidwell, 22.7440-Yard Relay .....................................................................41.0 ....................................................Paul Rearick, Paul Williams, ........................................................Bob Lida, Charlie TidwellBroad Jump ............................................Ernie Shelby, 24-4.75High Jump .....................................................Bob Cannon, 6-5Javelin .............................................................Bill Alley, 256-10

1958 - at Columbia, Mo.220-Yard Low Hurdles ..............................Ernie Shelby, 22.5Broad Jump ..................................................Ernie Shelby, 24-3High Jump .....................................................Bob Cannon, 6-5Discus ...........................................................Al Oerter, 177-5.5Shot Put........................................................Al Oerter, 55-3.75Javelin ........................................................ John Book, 215-0.5

Big Seven Conference1957 - at Lincoln, Neb.

880 Yards ................................................Lowell Janzen, 1:51.4Mile ...........................................................Harold Long, 4:15.0Two Miles ...............................................Jerry McNeal, 9:09.1Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:12.6 ............................................... Louie Stroup, Mike Cummins, ........................................................ Lowell Janzen, Ray WyattBroad Jump ...................................Blaine Hollinger, 23-10.75High Jump ...........................................Wilt Chamberlain, 6-5Pole Vault ................................................ David Tams, 13-7.75Discus ........................................................ Al Oerter, 179-10.5Shot Put.......................................................... Al Oerter, 53-6.5

1956 - at Manhattan, Kan.100 Yards ............................................................. Dick Blair, 9.7220 Yards ...........................................................Dick Blair, 21.1880 Yards ................................................Lowell Janzen, 1:52.1Mile .................................................................Hal Long, 4:14.9Two Miles ...............................................Jerry McNeal, 9:26.2Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:16.2 .......................................................... Larry Stroup, Ray Wyatt ....................................................Louis Stroup, Lowell JanzenBroad Jump ............................................. Kent Floerke, 24-0.5Discus .............................................................. Al Oerter, 183-5Shot Put..................................................... Bill Nieder, 60-3.75

1955 - at Lawrence, Kan.100 Yards ............................................................. Dick Blair, 9.8220 Yards ...........................................................Dick Blair, 20.9Mile ..................................................................Al Frame, 4:16.5Two Miles .......................................................Al Frame, 9:27.9Shot Put................................................ Bill Nieder, 57-11.375Javelin .......................................................Les Bitner, 219-4.25

1954 - at Boulder, Colo.220 Yards ...........................................................Dick Blair, 21.0440 Yards .................................................Frank Cindrich, 47.9880 Yards ....................................................Lloyd Koby, 1:53.8Mile ..............................................................Wes Santee, 4:13.0Two Miles ................................................ Dick Wilson, 9:39.1

Shot Put..................................................... Bill Nieder, 51-4.75Javelin ..................................................Don Sneegas, 192-2.75

1953 - at Ames, Iowa440 Yards .........................................................Don Smith, 47.6880 Yards .....................................................Wes Santee, 1:50.8Mile ..............................................................Wes Santee, 4:13.0220-Yard Low Hurdles .................................Don Smith, 23.9High Jump ..............................Kermit Hollingsworth, 6-3.25Javelin ......................................................Jim Swim, 199-10.75

1952 - at Norman, Okla.880 Yards ......................................................Art Dalzell, 1:56.7Mile ..............................................................Wes Santee, 4:06.3220-Yard Low Hurdles .......................... Bob DeVinney, 24.3Pole Vault .................................................... Jim Floyd, 13-5.75

1951 - at Columbia, Mo.Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:18.0 ....................................................Emil Schutzel, Roland Cain, ....................................................... John Riederer, Don Smith120-Yard High Hurdles ......................Jack Greenwood, 14.6220-Yard Low Hurdles .......................Jack Greenwood, 23.3

1950 - at Lincoln, Neb.Mile .............................................................Bob Karnes, 4:12.6Two Miles ...............................................Herb Semper, 9:21.0Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:19.9 ....................................................... Emil Schutzel, John Stites, .................................................Jim Dinsmore, Bob DeVinney220-Yard Low Hurdles .......................Jack Greenwood, 23.9

1949 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards .....................................................Pat Bowers, 1:54.1Mile .............................................................Bob Karnes, 4:19.9Two Miles ..................................................Bob Karnes, 9:43.0Broad Jump .............................................Tom Scofield, 21-3.5High Jump ................................................... Tom Scofield, 6-2Javelin .............................................. Leroy Robison, 162-6.75Discus ............................................... Melvin Thornhill, 142-5

1948 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards .......................................................Dick Shea, 1:55.5Mile .............................................................Bob Karnes, 4:22.3Two Miles ..................................................Bob Karnes, 9:42.0High Jump ........................................... Tom Scofield, 6-4.125

Big Six Conference1947 - at Lincoln, Neb.

Two Miles ..................................................Bob Karnes, 9:51.3High Jump ........................................... Tom Scofield, 6-7.625

1946 - at Lincoln, Neb.440 Yards ..................................................... John Jackson, 50.1Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:28.8 ............................................... Floyd Lunsford, Richard Shea, ...........................................Wallace Desterhaft, John JacksonHigh Jump ................................................... Tom Scofield, 6-4Shot Put......................................................Charlie Black, 46-4

1945 - at Lincoln, Neb.Javelin .................................................Leroy Robison, 168-5.5

Kansas Outdoor Men’s Conference ChampionsThe legendary Jim Ryun excelled in the mile and 880-yard run, winning three conference championships in each event over a three year period.

Spanning between the Big Six and the Big Seven, Bob Karnes won six conference titles - three in the mile and three in the two mile.


1944 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ................................................ Walter Isaacson, 10.4220 Yards ................................................ Walter Isaacson, 23.0120-Yard High Hurdles ........................Frank Stannard, 15.1220-Yard Low Hurdles .........................Frank Stannard, 25.4Broad Jump .............................................Tom Scofield, 21-3.5High Jump ................................................... Tom Scofield, 6-2Javelin .............................................. Leroy Robison, 162-6.75

1943 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump ................................................... Tom Scofield, 6-2

1941 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump ........................................ Norman Sanneman, 6-3

1940 - at Lincoln, Neb.Two Miles ....................................................Ray Harris, 9:54.8220-Yard Low Hurdles ......................................Lyle Foy, 26.2

1939 - at Ames, IowaTwo Miles ....................................................Ray Harris, 9:29.9Broad Jump .......................................... Bob Stoland, 23-10.75High Jump ................................................Bob Stoland, 6-3.25Pole Vault .................................................. Don Bird, 13-6.875

1938 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ..............................................................Lyle Foy, 10.1220 Yards ..............................................................Lyle Foy, 22.5Pole Vault ........................................................ Don Bird, 12-11

1937 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ............................................... Jack Richardson, 10.1220 Yards ............................................... Jack Richardson, 22.0Pole Vault ..............................................................................13-0 ............................. Don Bird, Ray Noble & Jack Richardson Javelin ................................................. Fen Durand, 188-11.25

1936 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump ............................................ Dale Shannon, 6-0.75Pole Vault ...................................................Ray Noble, 13-3.25

1935 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault ................................................ Ray Noble, 13-8.125Shot Put................................................... Elwyn Dees, 51-3.75

1934 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ................................................................. Ed Hall, 9.7220 Yards ............................................................... Ed Hall, 21.4880 Yards .....................................Glenn Cunningham, 1:58.0Mile ..............................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:23.3Two Miles ................................ Glenn Cunningham, 10:02.1Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:23.9 ........................................ Robert Schroeder, John McNown, ............................................................. Theno Graves, Ed HallBroad Jump ..................................................... Ed Hall, 23-11.5Pole Vault ......................................................................13-3.875 .......................Gordon Gray, Clyde Coffman & Bob White Shot Put................................................... Elwyn Dees, 50-1.75Javelin ............................................... Paul Harrington, 208-11

1933 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ................................................................. Ed Hall, 9.8220 Yards ............................................................... Ed Hall, 21.7880 Yards .....................................Glenn Cunningham, 1:52.2Mile ..............................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:18.4Two Miles ...................................Glenn Cunningham, 9:48.8120-Yard High Hurdles ...................................Ray Flick, 15.4220-Yard Low Hurdles ................................Jay Plumley, 24.7Mile Relay ......................................................................... 3:19.9 .........................................................Harold Gray, Hall Taylor, ............................................................. Theno Graves, Ed HallPole Vault ..............................................Gordon Gray, 12-6.75Shot Put..................................................... Elwyn Dees, 47-7.5

1932 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards .....................................Glenn Cunningham, 1:53.5Mile ..............................................Glenn Cunningham, 4:14.3120-Yard High Hurdles ...................................Ray Flick, 14.7Discus ............................................... Melvin Thornhill, 142-5

1931 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards ............................................................ Joe Klaner, 9.5220 Yards ...................................................... Ralph Sickel, 21.1440 Yards .....................................................George Jones, 49.4220-Yard Low Hurdles .......................... Bernie Gridley, 23.0Pole Vault ............................................... Clyde Coffman, 12-9

1930 - at Lincoln, Neb.880 Yards ............................................Lowell Hinshaw, 1:57.0Pole Vault ....................................................Jim Bausch, 13-3.5Shot Put.....................................................Jim Bausch, 49-10.5Discus .............................................Melvin Thornhill, 155-11Javelin ...........................................................Jim Bausch, 191-2

1929 - at Ames, Iowa100 Yards ............................................................ Jay Wilcox, 9.6220 Yards ..........................................................Jay Wilcox, 21.2Two Miles ...................................................Ed Fortune, 9:58.4

Missouri Valley Conference1928 - at Lincoln, Neb.

Two Miles .................................................Poco Frazier, 9:38.3880-Yard Relay ................................................................. 1:27.7 .............................................................. (No Names Available)Broad Jump .....................................Cyrus Spangler, 23-11.75

1927 - at Lincoln, Neb.100 Yards .......................................................Lowell Grady, 9.6220 Yards .................................................... Lowell Grady, 21.3Two Miles .................................................Poco Frazier, 9:56.6880-Yard Relay ................................................................. 1:29.1 .............................................................. (No Names Available)

1925 - at Norman, Okla.High Jump ...................................................... Tom Poor, 6-2.5

1924 - at Lincoln, Neb.High Jump ..................................................Tom Poor, 6-3.167

1923 - at Ames, IowaBroad Jump ..................................Merwin Graham, 22-10.25High Jump ....................................................Tom Poor, 6-2.75Pole Vault ...........................................Carey Rogers, 12-6.875

1922 - at Lawrence, Kan.120-Yard High Hurdles ........................ Everett Bradley, 15.4Broad Jump ....................................... Everett Bradley, 23-4.75Pole Vault ...................................................Carey Rogers, 12-0Shot Put............................................. Everett Bradley, 41-8.25Discus ..............................................Everett Bradley, 127-10.5

1921 - at Ames, Iowa440 Yards ..................................................... Paul O’Leary, 50.6Broad Jump .............................................Everett Bradley, 23-0

1920 - at St. Louis, Mo.Pole Vault ............................................. Mariam Howard, 11-0

1918 - at Columbia, Mo.High Jump ........................................................Carl Rice, 6-0.5

100 meters or 100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19200 meters or 220 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21400 meters or 440 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9800 meters or 880 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,500 meters or Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Two Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,000 meters or Three Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410,000 meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1110 meters or 120 Yard-Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18220-Yard Low Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11330-Yard Intermediate Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0400 meters or 440-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33,000-Meter Steeplechase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

400-meter or 4x110-yard Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64x200-yard Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04x400-meter or Mile Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Javelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Hammer Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Decathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Total Champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Kansas Outdoor Men’s Conference Champions

50 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 meters or 60 yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9200 meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2400 meters or 440 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11600 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7800 meters or 880 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,000 meters or 1,000 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,000 meters or Two Miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,000 meters or Three Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-yard High or 50-yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . 260-yard Low Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055 meters or 60-yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124x400-meter or Mile Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1835-Pound Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Total Champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Individual Outdoor Conference Titles (1918-2007)

Total Individual Indoor Conference Title (1922-2007)

Tom Poor won back-to-back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference championships in the high jump from 1923-25.

Everett Bradley won four individual conference championships in 1922, taking home the broad jump, 120-yard hurdles, shot put and the discus.


** INDOOR **Big 12 Conference

2007 - at Ames, IowaPole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Sultanova, 13-09.25

2005 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Linnen, 13-09.25

2003 - at Lincoln, Neb.600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kim Clark, 1:20.38

2002 - at Lincoln, Neb.Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Monique Peters, 19-10.75

1999 - at Manhattan, Kan.Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Branson, 12-9.5

1998 - at Ames, IowaPole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Candace Mason, 12-6Pentathlon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Candace Mason, 4,053

Big Eight Conference1996 - at Manhattan, Kan.

800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristi Kloster, 2:07.553,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Swartz, 9:34.90Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:26.97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerri Woolheater, Latanya Holloway, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kristi Kloster, Melissa Swartz

1994 - at Oklahoma City, Okla.800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristi Kloster, 2:09.20

1993 - at Ames, Iowa5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Saul, 17:13.92High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MaryBeth Labosky, 6-1.25

1992 - at Lawrence, Kan.Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassandra Bryant, 41-2.5

1989 - at Lincoln, Neb.600 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janice Turner, 1:21.76

1987 - at Lincoln, Neb.Pentathlon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann O’Connor, 3,792

1986 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise Buchanan, 50-7

1985 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stine Lerdahl, 50-7.25

1984 - at Lincoln, Neb.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stine Lerdahl, 48-10.5

1982 - at Lincoln, Neb.800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bev Mortimer, 2:17.34x440 Yard Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:48.55 . . . . . . . . . . . .Donna Smitherman, Karen McCullough, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halcyon McKnight, Lorna Tucker

1981- at Lincoln, Neb.60-Yard Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gwen Poss, 8.02Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halcyon McKnight, 19-3.5

1980 - at Lincoln, Neb.Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:50.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lori Lowrey, Pam Schubarth, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deb Hertzog, Michelle Brown4x880 Yard Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:13.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tami Guinn, Pam Schubarth, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Brown, Deb Hertzog

1979 - at Lincoln, Neb.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lori Green, 7.02300 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Green 35.35

1978 - at Lincoln, Neb.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheila Calmese, 6.89300 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheila Calmese, 35.3760-Yard Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lori Lowrey, 8.0

1977 - at Columbia, Mo.60 Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila Calmese, 7.1300 Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheila Calmese, 36.2

1976 - at Manhattan, Kan.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jesse Riddle, 46-7.75

** OUTDOOR **Big 12 Conference

2007 - at Ames, Iowa100 Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ashley Brown, 13.27Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crystal Manning, 13.71Hammer Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zlata Tarasova, 206-06

2005 - at Manhattan, Kan.Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Sultanova, 13-05.25Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooklyn Hann, 42-11

2001 - at College Station, TexasJavelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Bulat, 158-0

1999 - at Waco, TexasPole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrea Branson, 13-4.25Heptathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Candace Mason, 5,617

1998 - at Columbia, Mo.Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candace Mason, 12-5.5Heptathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Candace Mason, 5,637

Big Eight Conference1996 - at Lincoln, Neb.

10,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Heeb, 35:28.79

1995 - at Ames, Iowa100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natasha Shafer, 11.4h400-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diamond Williams, Latanya Holloway, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn Steele-Slavens, Natasha ShaferJavelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Baker, 167-8

1994 - at Lawrence, Kan.800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristi Kloster, 2:05.42High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keely Harding, 5-10

1993 - at Boulder, Colo.400-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn Steele, 59.4610,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Saul, 36:35.20

1992 - at Norman, Okla.800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristi Kloster, 2:06.783,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathy Palacios, 9:27.11High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MaryBeth Labosky, 6-1.5Javelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heather Berlin, 166-0

1987 - at Lawrence, Kan.Heptathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rosie Wadman, 5,138

1986 - at Boulder, Colo.Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise Buchanan, 152-3Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise Buchanan, 48-3.25Heptathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rosie Wadman, 4,617

1985 - at Manhattan, Kan.Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise Buchanan, 162-2Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stine Lerdahl, 50-5.25

1984 - at Lincoln, Neb.Javelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne Grethe Baeraas, 180-0Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lisa Bossch, 164-0

1983 - at Stillwater, Okla.Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Halcyon McKnight, 21-3

1982 - at Norman, Okla.1,600-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:41.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donna Smitherman, Cherise Taylor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halcyon McKnight, Lorna TuckerLong Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halcyon McKnight, 21-5.5Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Small, 167-5.5

1981 - at Ames, Iowa100-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gwen Poss, 14.86Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Halcyon McKnight, 20-1

1980 - at Lincoln, Neb.Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Halcyon McKnight, 19-5Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Small, 151-11.25Javelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tami Rose, 142-9

1979 - at Manhattan, Kan.100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Green, 11.63200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Green, 23.49

1978 - at Norman, Okla.100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheila Calmese, 11.86200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheila Calmese, 24.17Sprint Medley Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:43.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila Calmese, Charmane Kuhlman, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Miles, Lori Lowrey400-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila Calmese, Charmane Kuhlman, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Miles, Lori Lowrey

1977 - at Lawrence, Kan.100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheila Calmese, 11.5200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheila Calmese, 24.30

1976 - at Ames, IowaShot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jesse Riddle, 43-11.5

1974 - at Manhattan, Kan.Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jacobson, 43-11

55 meters or 60 yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3200 meters or 300 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3600 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2800 meters or 880 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,000 meters or Two Miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000 meters or Three Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 meters or 60-Yard Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24x400-meter or Mile Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14x800-meter or 4x880-yard Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Distance Medley Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Pentathlon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Total Champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

100 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4200 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3800 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,000 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2400-Meter Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1400-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,600-Meter Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Sprint Medley Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Javelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Hammer Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Heptathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Total Champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Individual Outdoor Conference Titles (1974-2007)

Kansas Women's Conference Champions

Individual Indoor Conference Titles (1974-2007)


Kansas Team HonorsJayhawk Of The Year Track Field 1989 Craig Watcke Pat Manson Tricia Brown MaryBeth Idoux 1990 Steve Hefferman Vince Labosky Amy Hadley Kim Hutheofer 1991 Michael Cox Pat Manson Margaret Sullivan MaryBeth Labosky 1992 Jason Teal Harun Hazim Cathy Palacios MaryBeth Labosky 1993 Michael Cox Harun Hazim Julia Saul MaryBeth Labosky 1994 Joe Pickett John Bazzoni Kristi Kloster Keely Harding 1995 Michael Cox Nick Johannsen Natasha Shafer Amy Baker 1996 Pierre Lisk Michael Evers Melissa Swartz Candace Mason 1997 Ricardo Amezcua Michael Evers Carleen Roberts Kim Feldkamp 1998 Charlie Gruber Scott Russell Tamra Montgomery Candace Mason 1999 Charlie Gruber Eniola Ajayi Scott Russell Andrea Branson Candace Mason 2000 Charlie Gruber Andrea Branson 2001 Katy Eisenmenger --- Andy Tate --- 2002 Katy Eisenmenger Scott Russell 2003 Leo Bookman --- Kim Clark --- 2004 Leo Bookman --- Laura Lavoie --- 2005 Sheldon Battle Amy Linnen

2006 Sheldon Battle Charisse Bacchus 2007 Ashley Brown Kate Sultanova Colby Wissel Egor Agafonov

Academic All-Americans 1989 Patrick Manson 1991 Patrick Manson 1995 John Bazzoni 1996 Kristi Kloster 1997 Lisa Beran 1998 Lisa Beran 1999 Candace Mason 2002 Scott Russell 2004 Kim Clark 2005 Kim Clark Megan Manthe Megan Manthe 2007 Egor Agafonov

2007 Newcomers of the Year

Academic Achievement Award (Top cumulative GPA for upperclassmen) Men Women 2001 Brent Behrens Eve Lamborn 2002 Brent Behrens Eve Lamborn Abby Nielsen 2003 Joshy Madathil Kim Clark Megan Manthe 2004 Brian Raggett Kim Clark Erik Sloan Megan Manthe Abby Emsick 2005 Mark Gdowski Kim Clark Grady Sullivan Megan Foster Megan Manthe 2006 Mark Gdowski Abby Emsick 2007 Eric Fattig Emily Reimer

Newcomer Of The Year Men Women 1994 Brian Martin Latonya Holloway 1995 Nathan Prenger Diamond Williams 1996 Jon Colby Miller Carleen Roberts 1997 Ricardo Amezcua April Kockrow 1998 Lester Smith Andrea Branson 1999 Ryan Speers Andrea Bulat 2000 Mark Menefee Ashley Pyle 2001 T.J. Hackler Laura Lavoie 2002 Brian Franklin Brooklyn Hann 2003 --- Abby Emsick 2004 Gavin Ball Octavia Garrett 2005 Julis Jiles Kate Sultanova 2006 Egor Agafonov Stephanie Horton 2007 Jack Sachse Lauren Bonds Jordan Scott Brittany Parker

Dr. Robert E. Fredrick Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year 1991-1992 Donnie Anderson 1992-1993 MaryBeth Labosky 1994-1995 John Bazzoni 1995-1996 Kristi Kloster 1997-1998 Lisa Beran 2001-2002 Andrea Bulat 2001-2002 Scott Russell 2005-2006 Joshy Madathil 2006-2007 Abby Emsick

Glenn Cunningham AwardGiven to those who provide exceptional leadership, even while having to overcome personal adversity. (Discontinued) Men Women 1994 Dan Waters Sandy Wilder 1995 Michael Evers Sandy Wilder 1996 Jeff Dieterich Kristi Kloster 1997 Marcus Scheid Robbie O’ Brien 1998 Eric Patterson Candace Mason 1999 Chris Dunback Candace Mason 2000 Chris Dunback Jennie Wonder Ashley Fienberg

Jack SachseJack SachseBrittany ParkerBrittany Parker

Jordan ScottJordan Scott

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