RCW: Bird's Eye View 4.24
Each week the Bird’s Eye View captures some of the best moments for Kansas Athletics. From the playing field, practice gym or behind the scenes, don’t miss this exclusive perspective into the Kansas Jayhawks.
SOARING TO THE TITLE – KU senior Laura Taylor sailed to the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship women’s pole vault title by clearing 4.34 meters (14-2.75 ft.) on Friday, February 23, inside Iowa State’s Lied Recreation Center in Ames, Iowa.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
HURDLES AHEAD – KU’s Nick Giusti stared at the five barriers that he needed to clear during the men’s 60-meter hurdles final at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship inside Iowa State’s Lied Recreation Center on Saturday, February 24. The senior finished in seventh place.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
FOUNTAINS OF SUPPORT – KU senior Ezekiel Welch cheered on fellow men’s triple jumpers as he rested before a jump during the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship inside Iowa State’s Lied Recreation Center on Saturday, February 24.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
ROLLING STONE – The 16-pound shot of KU’s Nicolai Ceban was gently rolled by the senior’s foot around the holding area during the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship inside Iowa State’s Lied Recreation Center on Saturday, February 24. Ceban finished second in the men’s event.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
PUNCHING THE SKY – KU junior Morgan Griffiths rocketed skyward during the women’s pole vault during the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship inside Iowa State’s Lied Recreation Center on Friday, February 23.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
WAY TO GO – KU’s Haley Downey looked to her cheering teammates after the sophomore tied her personal best in a preliminary heat of the 200-yard breaststroke during the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship inside the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, February 24. In the evening finals, Downey broke the KU women’s school record and finished in fourth place.
Photo by Laura Jacobsen
CHILLING – – Sophomore Haley Downey and senior Lydia Pocisk used the KU cold tub to recover from the women’s morning preliminary session at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship inside the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, February 24.
Photo by Laura Jacobsen
X MARKS THE SPOT – – The arms of KU’s Zoya Wahlstrom reflected in the water as the senior swam in the women’s C-Final of the 100-yard butterfly during the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship inside the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas, on Friday, February 23.
Photo by Laura Jacobsen
FOG MACHINE – The moist breath of freshman baseball player Blaine Ray condensed into a cloud of fog during the Jayhawks’ frigid home game against Northwestern inside Hoglund Ballpark on Saturday, February 24.
Photo by Mike Gunnoe
