Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus #23 Utah on October 1, 2026 , Win , 3, to, 0
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Women's Volleyball
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Talia Marquez led the KU heptathlon trio with a fourth-place finish Thursday.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas saw five Jayhawks post top-three finishes as the KU track & field teams competed on day two of the 90th Kansas Relays. Senior Dylan Poirier was the top collegiate finisher by way of a career best in the decathlon, while sophomore Jack McDonald highlighted the evening’s festivities with a victory in the 5,000 meters.
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Poirier posted personal bests in three of the final four events and added the top time en route to a win in the 110-meter hurdles with his time of 15.06. He also claimed first place in the pole vault with a mark of 5.00 meters (16-4¾). Poirier ended the competition with a career-best 6,633 points and a third-place finish, behind post-collegiates Reinis Kregers and Derrick Schluter.
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Junior Talia Marquez was the top Jayhawk in the women’s heptathlon. She moved up three spots from Wednesday, taking fourth place. Marquez leaped to a tie for fourth in the long jump and took fifth in the javelin after a personal-best throw of 31.86 meters (104-6). She ended the day with a runner-up finish in the 800 meters in a time of 2:24.72, contributing to her final score of 4,699 points.
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The next Kansas woman to place in the heptathlon was junior Morgan Griffiths, who finished seventh. She kicked off her day by claiming second in the long jump with a mark of 5.38 meters (17-8). Griffiths went on to place 12th in the javelin and seventh in the 800 meters. She earned a total of 4,538 points in her first heptathlon.
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Rounding out the Jayhawk heptathlon competitors was junior Teri Huslig. She posted a 10th-place finish with 3,939 points.
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In addition to concluding the multi-events, day two of the Relays consisted of the distance carnival Thursday evening. KU saw athletes compete in races at distances of 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters.
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Kansas junior Jack McDonald headlined the open races for the Jayhawks after winning the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:47.41. His victory marked the second straight year, and the third time in five years, that a Jayhawk has won the men’s 5K. Freshman Avery Hale placed third after crossing the finish line with a personal-best time of 14:49.59.
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Freshman Lauren Harrell was the lone KU runner competing in the 1,500 meters, finishing in sixth place after recording a personal-best time of 4:44.63.
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The unseeded 800-meter race also saw strong Jayhawk performances, with junior Hannah Dimmick winning on the women’s side (2:11.95) and senior Daniel Koech taking second with a time of 1:51.80 in the men’s race.
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The 10,000-meter run closed out the second day of the Relays. Junior Carson Vickroy clocked in at 30:45.11, good for sixth place in his first-career 10,000-meter race.
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The Kansas Relays hit full-gear on Friday with action all-day on the track and the field. Preliminary action begins at 10:15 a.m. and will conclude with the prelims of the 4×400-meter relays at 6:30 p.m. For updates and results throughout the day, visit KansasRelays.com and follow on Twitter @KUTrack.
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