LUBBOCK, Texas – The Kansas men’s and women’s track and field teams concluded the first day of the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships inside the Sports Performance Center in Lubbock, Texas on Friday, which saw 10 Jayhawks punch their tickets to event finals, while the KU men stand in third place through day one.
Through five events, the Kansas men stand in third overall with 28 points, while the Kansas women are in sixth with 20.5 points. Texas leads the men’s competition with 33 points, while Texas Tech leads the women’s race with 46 points through day one.
The Jayhawks qualified 10 entries for event finals on Friday, including Erin Sermons (600 yards), Honour Finley (200 meters, 400 meters), Addie Coppinger (1,000 meters), Faten Laribi (1,000 meters), Cameron Wilmington (60-meter hurdles), Colin Dwyer (600 yards), Justice Dick (1,000 meters), AJ Green (800 meters) and Ethan Donley (800 meters).
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas track & field closed out the weekend at the Jayhawk Classic on Saturday, with several Jayhawks setting career best marks.
After four events in the heptathlon on Friday, Kansas senior Grant Downes picked up where he left off on Saturday, completing the men’s heptathlon with a career-best 4,900 points. Sophomore Clay Eckert followed Downes in second place with 4,616 points.
In the women’s pole vault, junior Samantha Van Hoecke set a career best, vaulting 4.15m (13-7.25 ft.). Van Hoecke’s mark improves from 4.00m (13-1.5 ft.) set at last week’s KU-KSU-WSU Triangular. Van Hoecke’s mark of 4.15m (13-7.25 ft.) makes her the No. 7 performer in KU indoor history.