Junior breaks 100-meter dash record

Monday, May 7, 2007

Junior Ashley Brown’s career has had its ups and downs, but Friday was arguably her best day as a Jayhawk, as she set a school record in the 100-meter hurdles with her third-place time of 13.31 seconds.

Several other Jayhawks had a productive day on Friday night at the Arkansas Twilight Invitational, with five athletes setting or improving their regional marks.

Brown’s record-setting time was one-hundredth of a second better than Jennie Wonder’s mark set in 2002 and two one-hundredths of a second better than her own previous season best.

After narrowly missing a regional time earlier in the season, junior Matt Baysinger finished second in the 800 meters with a personal best and regional time of 1:50.04. Senior Clif Mitchell finished fourth in the race, but failed to meet the regional requirements.

In the 110-meter hurdles, sophomore Julius Jiles ran a career-best time of 13.85 seconds for second place.

On the field, senior Eric Babb, the Kansas Relays’ long jump champion, finished second in the event on Friday with a leap of 25-01.25 ft.

In the pole vault, senior Laura Gjerde cleared 12-06 to finish third and improve her regional mark. Freshman Jordan Scott equaled his season-best height of 17-00.75 to finish second.

Back on the track, sophomore Victoria Howard, who already owns a regional time in the 100-meter dash, added another regional mark in the 200 meters. Howard won the race in 23.45 seconds, the third-fastest time in school history.

The Jayhawks will travel to Lincoln, Neb., to compete in the Big 12 Outdoor Championships from Thursday through Saturday.

Kansan sportswriter Taylor Bern can be contacted at tbern@kansan.com.

—Edited by Ashley Thompson

Last meet draws near for track and ...

Runners and field event athletes have one last shot to improve their ...

/news/2007/may/04/track/

Track Brief: May 9, 2007

Junior hurdler Ashley Brown is named Female Athlete of the Week.

/news/2007/may/09/track_brief/

Track wins seven events in Invitational

The Kansas track team won seven events in the John Jacobs Invitational. ...

/news/2007/apr/16/track/

Two Jayhawk sprinters win gold

Butler claims gold and also runs a regional qualifying time.

/news/2007/apr/23/sprinters/

Outdoor track and field starts strong

The Kansas outdoor track and field season started off well with 10 ...

/news/2007/mar/26/track/

Weekend meets bittersweet

Junior Egor Agafonov continued his hammer-throw dominance at the Drake Relays. Kansas' ...

/news/2007/apr/30/track/

Five qualify for track and field regionals

While rain prevented pole vaulters from competing, athletes in other events fought ...

/news/2007/apr/09/track/

Track and Field hopes to keep momentum ...

The Kansas Relays will showcase some world-class athletes, including World Champions and ...

/news/2008/apr/16/track_and_field_hopes_maintain_momentum_kansas_rel/

Jayhawks succeed, break records in Kansas Relays

High school and college athletes, along with world-class Olympians, competed last week ...

/news/2008/apr/21/kansas_relays/

Jayhawks compete for final time before postseason

Men and women track and field compete at Arkansas Twilight.

/news/2011/may/08/jayhawks-compete-final-time-postseason/

Athletes thrill, records fall at Kansas Relays

83rd annual Kansas Relays were a showcase of top performances by athletes ...

/news/2010/apr/21/athletes-thrill/

Relays brings together professional, collegiate athletes

The Jayhawks racked up numerous victories at the 80th Kansas Relays this ...

/news/2007/apr/23/relays/

Track opens first day at Texas Relays

The track team is also competiting at the Emporia State/State Farm Relays ...

/news/2007/apr/06/track/

Track & field athletes advance to championship

Ten athletes will compete in the NCAA Outdoor Tack and Field Championship ...

/news/2008/jun/09/track/

Kansas track and field sweeps pole vault

Kansas meets high expectations as the women’s team earns sixth and the ...

/news/2007/feb/26/track/

Penn Relays disappointing for Jayhawks

Neither men’s nor women’s teams qualified in the 4x400 meter relays.

/news/2009/apr/27/penn_relays/

Don't miss these athletes at the Kansas ...

Jayhawks and Olympic athletes will be competing this week in Memorial Stadium.

/news/2010/apr/15/athletes-not-miss-ku-relays/

Track athletes score big in decathlon

Kansas athlete Josh Kirk leads the field of decathlon participants by 70 ...

/news/2007/apr/19/track/

Kansas posts four victories at Arkansas Meet

The Jayhawks continued their success at an Arkansas meet with strong showings ...

/news/2008/may/07/kansas_posts_four_victories_arkansas_meet/

Sports Brief: March 30, 2007

Junior hurdler Ashley Brown receives Big 12 honor after achieving several regional ...

/news/2007/mar/30/trackbrief/

Jayhawks open season with success in Arkansas

Fifteen athletes placed first in individual events.

/news/2010/mar/29/jayhawks-open-season-success-arkansas/

Jayhawks successful at weekend meets

The Kansas track and field won 11 events in four different meets ...

/news/2011/may/02/jayhawks-successful-weekend-meets/

Jayhawks can’t jump the hurdle to the ...

KU track and field athletes compete for spots on the U.S. Olympic ...

/news/2008/jul/09/olympics/

/photos/2008/apr/20/2593/

Webb runs sub-four mile, 'Batman' withdraws

Kansas Relays concludes its fourth and final day of events with record-setting ...

/news/2009/apr/18/Relays/

Track and field team impresses at home ...

A new facility record, first-place performances and personal bests for the Jayhawks

/news/2008/jan/22/track/

Team searches for NCAA qualifiers

In a last minute attempt to send athletes to the NCAA Indoor ...

/news/2007/mar/02/track/

Athletes ready for the Kansas Relays

2010 event features Olympic medal-winners and other collegiate runners.

/news/2010/apr/14/athletes-ready-kansas-relays/

Track and Field qualifies 3 for championship

Four athletes await tonight’s announcement to see if they will join the ...

/news/2007/mar/05/track/

Cold weather couldn’t stop Rebecca Neville Wednesday ...

Neville won three of the four events, earning 3,125 points to put ...

/news/2011/apr/20/cold-weather-couldnt-stop-rebecca-neville-wednesda/

Jayhawks perform well in invitational

The Jayhawks came away from Norman with strong individual and team performances.

/news/2011/apr/17/jayhawks-perform-well-invitational/

Men's track team finishes 18th at NCAAs

The men's and women's track teams show strong finish in Sacramento, Calif.

/news/2007/jun/13/mens_track_team_finishes_18th_ncaas/

Jayhawks capture individual victories as team splits ...

As Jayhawks track and field were split up across the country, their ...

/news/2011/feb/13/jayhawks-capture-individual-victories-team-splits/

Track and field outdoor season starts

The team as a whole had several top places, helping the Big ...

/news/2009/apr/06/track_and_/

Olympians to star on Saturday

/news/2005/apr/21/sports_track_relays_capsules/

Four more qualify for the NCAA Regionals

On Saturday, Kansas track and field competed in the John Jacobs Invitational ...

/news/2009/apr/13/ncaa_regionals/

Four more qualify for the NCAA Midwest ...

On Saturday, Kansas track and field competed in the John Jacobs Invitational ...

/news/2009/apr/13/track_fields_last_chance_qualify/

Wasinger, Dixon and Keys dominate at the ...

Relay athletes set new records in the 400-meter dash, 200-meter dash and ...

/news/2012/apr/23/wasinger-dixon-and-keys-dominate-85th-kansas-relay/

Running to the Big Apple

Kansas took three titles last weekend at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational ...

/news/2008/feb/07/track/

Track team sets personal records, wins events ...

Jumpers, pole vaulters and sprinters all won weekend events.

/news/2012/apr/29/track-team/

Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.

Sign in to comment

Or login with:

OpenID