men’s bios Collegiate Bests Indoor Outdoor
3,000m 8:36.37 8:48.03
JOSH
ALEX
BADEN
BISHOP
RS-Jr. | Distance | 5-10 Colby, Kan. (Colby HS)
Sophomore | Pole Vault | 5-10 Scottsdale, Ariz. (Brophy College Prep HS)
5,000m 14:53.89 14:40.73
10,000m 30:47.37
Collegiate Bests Indoor Outdoor
Pole Vault 5.00m (16-04.75ft.) 5.15m (16-10.75ft.)
2011 CROSS COUNTRY Competed in five of the team’s seven meets and posted a career-best 8K time coming at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14), finished in 25:00.50... Finished 45th at the Big 12 Championships (10/29) with a time of 25:03.3... Took ninth place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a time of 27:17.93 to help Kansas win the team title... Finished 34th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 10K time of 32:16.15... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2011 OUTDOOR Recorded a personal-best vault of 5.15 meters (16-10.75 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/22) to earn fourth place... Took sixth place at the Big 12 Championships (5/14) after clearing 5.13 meters (16-10 ft.)... Registered his best individual finish of third place at two different events, the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/29) with a mark of 4.93 meters (16-02 ft.) and the 2011 OUTDOOR Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a vault of Recorded personal bests in both the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter 4.90 meters (16-00.75 ft.).
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events...Ran his career-best 5,000 race at the Kansas Relays (4/21) to earn second place with a time of 14:40.73... Posted a career-best time 8:48.03 at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) to finish in 14th place... Competed in the 10K at the Big 12 Championships (5/13) and finished 26th with a time of 31:35.42... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
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2011 INDOOR Recorded a personal-best time of 8:36.37 in the 3,000-meter event at the Big 12 Championships (2/26) to finish 28th... Took second place at both the Missouri Dual (1/14) and the Jayhawk Classic (1/28) with times of 8:41.20 and 8:42.52, respectively... Participated in the 5,000 meters at the ISU Classic (2/12) and finished 25th with a time of 14:59.46.
2011 INDOOR Cleared five meters in the pole vault three times during the season, including at the Big 12 Championships (2/25) to earn seventh place... Claimed second place at the New Balance Invitational (2/5) and third place your smart phone to scan and at the Missouri Dual with vaults of five meters... Took Use check Alex’s updated stats throughsecond place at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a out the 2012 season. vault of 4.90 meters (16-00.75 ft.)... Finished third in the pole vault at the Tyson Invitational (2/12) with a mark of 4.90 meters (16-00.75 ft.).
HIGH SCHOOL Lettered in swimming and diving, along with four years of track, at Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, Ariz... Earned Most Valuable Athlete for the pole vault in 2008 and 2010... Holds the school record in the pole vault with a vault of 5.00 meters (16-4.75 ft.)... Three-time 5A regional champion in the pole vault... 5A state champion his 2010 INDOOR senior year... Nike national champion in the pole vault... Earned a fourth-place finish Ran a season best 8:45.80 in the 3,000 meters in route to a 43rd-place finish in the Big 12 Championships in the Great Southwest Region... Earned eighth place at the 2010 Junior Nationals. 2010 OUTDOOR At the Big 12 Championships (5/16), ran his career best in the 5,000 meters with a time 14:50.37... Finished seventh in the 3,000 meters in the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/27), marking his best time of the season at 8:46.77.
(2/27)... Had his highest 3,000-meter finish of the season in the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), running a time of 8:50.70, finishing second... His personal best in the 5,000 meters came in the Husker Invitational (2/5), PERSONAL running in a time of 14:53.89 and finishing in third place.
Son of Michael and Kathleen Bishop... Undecided on a major.
2009 CROSS COUNTRY Was a member of the Jayhawks’ travel squad for much of the season, competing in five of six meets... Posted a season-best 8K time of 25:47.60 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/30), where he finished sixth on the squad and 82nd overall in a field of 245 competitors... Ran a 25:59.30 at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/17)... Competed at the Big 12 Championships, posting an 8K time of 27:04.58 to take 71st place.
AARON
BLEVINS
2009 OUTDOOR Utilized redshirt season.
Freshman | Pole Vault | 6-1 Mayetta, Kan. (Royal Valley HS)
2009 INDOOR Utilized redshirt season. 2008 CROSS COUNTRY Utilized redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL Competed in both cross country and track at Colby High School... Runner-up at the 2007 Kansas Class 4A State Cross Country Championships... All-state as a senior in 2007... Member of the Kansas all-state academic team in 2006 and 2007... NWKL Academic All-League 2004-07... Selected to the all-league team in 2004 and 2005... Runner-up in the 3,200 meters at the 2008 Kansas Track and Field State Championships... Placed third in the 1,600 meters at the 2008 state track and field meet... Finished in third place at state in the 800 meters... Fourth place in the 1,600 meters at the 2007 state track and field meet... Placed third in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 state meet... Sixth place at state in 2006 as a sophomore in the 3,200 meters. PERSONAL Son of Leo and Janice Baden... Born in Superior, Neb... High school valedictorian... Graduated with a bachelor’s in math in the fall of 2011 and is currently enrolled in the master’s math program at KU.
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High School Bests Outdoor
Pole Vault 4.42m (14-6.00ft.) HIGH SCHOOL Competed in football and track and field at Royal Valley High School in Hoyt, Kan... School record holder in the pole vault with a mark of (14-06 ft.)... 4A State Champion in the pole vault his junior year (2010)... Took second place at 4A State Championships in 2011 and third place as a sophomore in 2009... 4A state finalist in the 400-meter dash his junior year... All-state running back and defensive back in football both his junior and senior seasons... Named to the Topeka Capital-Journal AllAcademic Team... Governor’s Scholar... Kansas Honor Scholar... School valedictorian.
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PERSONAL Son of Margaret and Tim Blevins... Has two siblings, Adam (20) and Elizabeth (16)... Plans to major in aerospace engineering.
2012 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE