ANDREA WILLIS – POLE VAULT Junior Andrea Willis will make her first appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championship, but earned a trip to the 2018 Outdoor Championship and went on to receive an All-America Honorable Mention nod in the pole vault. The Colorado Springs, Colorado native vaulted a career-best 4.37 meters (14-4…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Kansas track & field picked up two wins at the Arkansas Qualifier at Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Friday. Along with the two wins, the Jayhawks recorded 10 personal-bests at the meet. The first win of the day came from senior pole vaulter Alexis Romero.…
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…
PAOLA – The higher she soared in the pole vault, the more colleges and universities came calling for Paola senior Samantha VanHoecke. She broke the Class 4A state track and field meet record in the pole vault as a junior, clearing 12 feet, 6 inches to take home the gold…
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas track & field head coach Stanley Redwine and his staff announced the addition of seven new members to the Jayhawks’ 2016-17 signing class. KU’s latest recruiting class features several high school standouts who boast a long list of achievements at the state and national levels. Alexys Barton…
Jacob Albright spent most of his high school years learning the pole vault. Whether it was during the season or going to offseason camps, the Louisburg High School graduate’s focus was always to get as high as he could off the ground. All of the hard work has paid off…
