EUGENE, ORE. -Â 11 members of the Kansas Track & Field team will compete at the NCAA Outdoor Track National Championships at Haywood Field in Eugene, Ore., from June 11th- 14th, 2025.Â
The event will get underway on Wednesday at 2:00 PM CT, with coverage beginning at 6:00 PM CT on ESPN.Â
Kansas has two decathletes competing this week in Alex Jung and
Tayton Klein, who both qualified for NCAA Nationals the past two seasons. Jung has qualified for Nationals all four years as a Jayhawk. Jung is the school record holder with 7,738 points scored, which he accomplished this season at the Jim Click Shootout. Klein finished in sixth place at the Big 12 Championships to punch his ticket to Eugene. The decathletes will embark on a two-day, ten-event competition that starts on Wednesday with the 100m starting at 2:00 PM CT.
Kansas, for the eighth straight NCAA Nationals, has a pole vaulter in the competition. This year's competition will feature two Jayhawks in the Men's event, and one in the Women's competition. Ashton &
Bryce Barkdull have both qualified for Nationals, getting over the 5.42-meter bar last week at the NCAA West Prelims in College Station, Texas.
Erica Ellis made it to Eugene, clearing 4.42 meters at the NCAA West Prelims. Men's Pole Vault will begin on Wednesday, starting at 6:35 PM CT, with the women competing on Thursday at 6:35 PM CT.
For the third year in a row,
Dimitrios Pavlidis has qualified for NCAA Nationals in the Men's Discus. Last season, Pavlidis placed 3rd at the National meet. In the Women's discus event, Junior Sonya Sluchaninova qualified for Eugene on her third & final throw at the NCAA West Prelims with a mark of 58.22m. Sluchaninova threw a personal record of 60.21 meters this season at the Rock Chalk Classic.Â
Kansas is sending two more throwers to the National meet in the Men's Shot Put event.
Jacob Cookinham and
Bryce Foster have qualified in the Men's Shot Put, as
Bryce Foster threw a personal record in College Station at the NCAA West Prelims with a throw of 19.20 meters. Cookinham threw a distance of 18.93 meters to punch his ticket to the National Meet.Â
In the running events,
Ebba Cronholm is set to compete in the Women's 3000-meter steeplechase, after running a time of 10:01.90 to qualify for the national meet.
Aaliyah Moore qualified for Eugene by running a time of 2:02.87 in the Women's 800-meter event.Â
HOW TO FOLLOW:
Updates throughout the meet will be available on the Kansas Track and Field Instagram and X accounts. Fans who wish to watch the event will be able to stream the broadcast on ESPN.
Â