ESPN 2 to feature KU track and field team

Several members of the KU track and field team will compete in this weekend’s John McDonnell-Tyson Invitational, portions of which ESPN 2 will broadcast at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Kansas will join nationally-ranked teams at the invitational including Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Indiana and Texas.

The Kansas women’s pole vaulting team will be featured at the event in the Golden Spike Pro Invitational.

Because of the suspended National Hockey League season, ESPN 2 has been airing collegiate track and field events and the national arm-wrestling tournament in the evenings.

 

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