LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas track & field’s Gleb Dudarev was named to The Bowerman mid-indoor watch list, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Thursday, marking his seventh career appearance on the list.
The Bowerman – known as collegiate track & field’s highest honor – is awarded each year by the USTFCCCA to the top male and female collegiate athletes in NCAA track & field. The award was established in 2009, is named after legendary track and field coach, Bill Bowerman.
A native of Vitebsk, Belarus, Dudarev enters the 2020-21 season with outdoor eligibility remaining. During the 2019-20 season, Dudarev was placed on the Bowerman watch list in all three 2020 watch lists before the season was cut short due to COVID-19. Dudarev was named an All-American for making it to the NCAA Indoor Championship and also won his third Big 12 Indoor Championship in the men’s weight throw, becoming just the third individual to win three Big 12
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Before we get started we’d like to note that, as he himself mentioned, yesterday’s power rankings and Slate mark the end of Tim Everson’s all-too-brief tenure here at BotC as he moves on to take over as sports editor at the Junction City Daily Union. We’re always justifiably proud when one of our staffers leaves for a full-time job in the sports media world, and this one makes us smile even more as it marks the
second time a BotC staffer has taken over at the DU (the first being Derek Moeller-Smith, of course). Our fondest wishes to Tim, who’ll always be a part of our family here.
News Highlights: ? Jayhawks sets personal bests on day one of Texas Tech Invitees - Kansas Jayhawks LUBBOCK, Texas - The Kansas men's and women's track
The Kansas men’s and women’s track and field teams wrapped up day one of the Texas Tech Invitational on Friday, where the Jayhawks set several personal bests to kick off the meet.
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.