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Isaiah Cole - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Isaiah Cole

Position Middle Distance
Class Junior
Hometown Hazelwood, Mo.
High School Hazelwood West

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2018 Outdoor Second Team All-American (4×400 Relay)
2018 Indoor Second Team All-American (4×400 Relay)

2020 INDOOR (Sr.)
Ran a personal best 22.20 in the 200 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/6) … Helped the KU men’s 4×400 meter relay to a fourth-place finish at the Carolina Challenge, finishing in 3:15.24.

2019 INDOOR (Jr.)
Member of the second-place 4×400-meter relay team at the season-opening Bob Timmons Challenge (11/30) that finished with a time of 3:14.86 … Recorded a first place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.65 seconds and helped the mixed 4×400-meter relay to a first place finish with a combined time of 3:29.57 in the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18).

2018 OUTDOOR (So.)
Clocked a career-best time of 47.79 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed third with a time of 3:09.59 … Finished fifth in the quadrangular section of the 400-meter dash at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a time of 48.35 seconds and helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a second-place finish with a combined time of 3:06.97 … Notched a career-best time of 47.48 seconds in the 400 meters a the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) … Qualified for the 400-meter dash final at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) with a personal-best time of 46.48 seconds in the preliminary round … Went on to finish seventh in the final of the 400 meters with a time of 46.72 seconds and was a member of the fourth-place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a time of 3:05.65 … Placed 43rd in the first round of the 400-meter dash at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/24-26) with a time of 48.21 secondds and helped the 4×400-meter relay team qualify for the NCAA Championships with a 12th-place finish … Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the 15th-place 4×400-meter relay team at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9).

2018 INDOOR (So.)
Member of the 4×400-meter relay team that took first at the season-opening Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a time of 3:13.90 … Finished second in the 600-yard run at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) with a time of 1:12.71 … Finished second in the 600-yard run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a time of 1:11.16 and was a member of the first-place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a time of 3:16.10 … Recorded a personal-best time of 47.79 seconds in the 400 meters to finish sixth and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that notched the 10th-fastest time in KU indoor history at 3:09.77 at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) … Part of the 4×400-meter relay team that notched the No. 2 time in KU history at 3:06.76 at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17) … Helped the 4×400 relay team take fourth at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) with a time of 3:11.32 … Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished 11th at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10) with the No. 6 time in KU indoor history of 3:07.98.

2017 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a first-place finish at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a time of 3:14.15 … Finished third in the 400-meter dash at the Rock Chalk Classic Classic with a time of 48.46.

2017 INDOOR (Fr.)
Finished second as a member of the distance medley relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a time of 9:47.44 … Finished 12th in the 600-yard run at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 1:11.30 … Won the 400-meter dash at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/12) clocking in at 49.29.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time letterwinner for Phillip Wollbrinck’s Hazelwood West team … Posted Missouri’s No. 2 400-meter time in 2016 after clocking in at 47.12 in a victory in 5A state championships … Posted a third-place finish in the 200 meters at the 2016 5A state championships with a personal best time of 21.57 … Member of 2016 state champion 4×400-meter relay squad that posted a state -record time of 3:17.12 … Ran to fifth-place finish in the 400 meters at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympics after clocking in at 47.62 … Helped his team to 2016 district title as well as a fourth-place finish at the 2016 5A state championships.

PERSONAL
Son of Craig Cole and Leona Stokes … Has three siblings: Jasmine, Audrey and Gabrielle … Father, Craig, played football at Louisville … Majoring in exercise science.