2009-10 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Denesha Morris
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Manchester, Jamaica
- High School:
- Manchester High
2012 OUTDOOR
Member of First Team All-America, Big 12 champion and school record breaking 4×400-meter relay team… Took part in the 200 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/12), finishing 13th with a time of 23.83, her fastest wind-legal mark of the season… Won the 400 meters at the Emporia State Relays (4/7), crossing the finish line with a personal-best time of 55.01… Fastest 200-meter time of the season came at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/27), where she notched a wind-aided time of 23.52 and finished second… Was the runner-up in the 200 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/20), clocking in with a wind-aided time of 24.23.
2012 INDOOR
Lead-off runner for the NCAA bronze medalist and Big 12 Champion 4×400-meter relay team which ran a school record 3:31.36 at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), which ranks eighth all-time in the NCAA… Competed in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/24) where she notched a season-best time of 7.61 en route to a 14th-place finish… Placed 15thoverall in the 200 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/24) in which she crossed the finish line in 24.31… Won the 200 meters at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/13) crossing the finish line in a time of 24.94.
2011 OUTDOOR
Member of All-America 4×400-meter relay team that placed eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/11) with a school-record time of 3:30.00…Competed in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) placing 15th with a personal-best time of 55.33… Ran a personal best 11.69 100 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), placing fourth… Competed in the 100 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary, placing 45th with a time of 12.13… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
2011 INDOOR
Collected six first-place finishes in three events throughout the indoor season… Ran the fastest 60-meter and 200-meter times on the women’s team… Ran a personal best 7.47 60-meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), placing first…Recorded a personal best 200-meter time at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), crossing the finish line in 23.91 to finish 11th… Finished 17th in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), notching a time of 7.59… Won the 400-meter dash in a time of 56.81 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)… Won both the 60 meters and the 200 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), notching times of 7.53 and 24.59, respectively.
2010 OUTDOOR
Ran the fastest 200-meter time for KU on the season with a time of 24.15 at the Razorback Invitational (3/27), placing fourth… Placed third in the 400 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) with a time of 55.44.
2010 INDOOR
Competed at the Big 12 Championships (2/26) in both the 60 and 200 meters, placing 13th with a time of 7.67 in the 60 meters and placing 15th in the 200 meters with a team-best time of 24.76… Placed first in the 200 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a hand-timed mark of 24.7.
HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the 4×100-meter relay team that took first at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games… Finished second in the 200-meter dash at the 2007 CARIFTA Games… Competed at the Penn Relays in 2004 and 2006-09… Member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished second at the Penn Relays in 2008 and third in 2009… Competed at the Jamaican National Boys and Girls Championships in 2004-08… Holds a personal-best time of 23.87 in the 200-meter dash and 54.18 in the 400-meter dash.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Carlton Morris… Has three siblings: Kerry-Ann (25), Carlton Jr. (23) and Jermaine (21)… Majoring in psychology.