Kansas track & field senior Grant Downes won the heptathlon title at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Manhattan, Kansas this weekend, scoring a personal best 4,916 points.
The Kansas men’s and women’s track and field teams will be in action this weekend when they travel to Manhattan, Kansas to compete in the DeLoss Dodds Invitational from Friday through Saturday.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Two Anschutz Pavilion records were broken on the first day of the Jayhawk Classic on Friday, as Zach Bradford broke the pole vault facility record and Gleb Dudarev broke the weight throw facility record.
Bradford, competing in the men’s pole vault, opened at 5.35m (17-6.5 ft.) before working his way up to 5.65m (18-6.5 ft.). Bradford cleared the bar at 5.65m (18-6.5 ft.) on his third attempt, before missing on all three attempts at 5.70m (18-8.25 ft.). Bradford’s facility records bests his mark of 5.60m (18-4.5 ft.) set at the 2020 Jayhawk Classic.
Dudarev, competing unattached, initially broke his own facility record on his third attempt, throwing 24.39m (80-00 ft.), before improving on his mark on the following attempt, throwing 24.82m (81-5 ft.). Dudarev’s mark breaks his own facility record of 24.38m (80-00 ft.) set at last year’s Jayhawk Classic.