Just two weekends into 2019 and the Kansas men’s track & field pole vaulters have already rewritten the record books, but that figures to be a common occurrence considering the depth of talent that KU associate head coach Tom Hays‘ squad has.
Hays, a highly-respected pole vault coach that is known nationally for landing some of the best high school pole vaulters in the nation and evolving them into All-America caliber student-athletes, has been around pole vaulting for decades. Vaulting for the Jayhawks in in the 1980s, then transitioning to coaching, Hays made stops at Johnson County Community College, Nevada, Wichita State and Arizona before landing back at his alma mater 14 seasons ago.
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