TAYLOR Freshman | Throws | 6-5 Excelsior, Kan. (Minnetonka HS) High School Bests Outdoor
Discus 48.36m (158-08ft.)
Shot Put 14.91m (48-11.00ft.)
HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner in track and a two year letterwinner in football… 4-time all-conference selection in the discus… Won true-team state discus his senior year with a personal best throw of 158-8ft.
men’s bios
DAWSON
HIGH SCHOOL Lettered in cross country and track all four years... Named to the 2009 all-region cross country team... 2009 cross country district champion... Placed second in the state championship cross country meet as a senior... Placed second in the 800 meters at regionals... Holds the school record in the 800m, 1,600m and 400m... Member of the National Honor Society. PERSONAL Son of David and Anne Day... Has two brothers and one sister... Wants to compete in a triathlon after he graduates... Father played football at Furman University... Majoring in business.
PERSONAL Son of Roger and Marie Dawson… Has one younger brother, Greg (16)… Mother, Marie, atUse your smart phone to scan tended KU… Plans to major in architecture. and check Taylor’s updated stats throughout the 2012 season.
ERIC
DYSON CONNER
RS-Jr. | Distance | 5-11 Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fountain Valley HS)
DAY RS-Fr. | Distance | 6-0 Fairview, Texas (Lovejoy HS) Collegiate Bests Indoor Outdoor
3,000m 8:48.95 -
5,000m 16:21.62
2011 CROSS COUNTRY Competed in five of the Jayhawks’ seven meets... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), placing 69th overall with a season-best 8K time of 26:02.8... Was KU’s No. 5 finisher at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), completing the 6K in 20:11.30 and placing 11th overall... Earned 16th place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10), crossing the finish line with an 8K time Use your smart phone to scan of 27:59.18... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 and check Conner’s updated stats Second Team. throughout the 2012 season. 2011 OUTDOOR Utilized redshirt season.
Collegiate Bests Indoor Outdoor
Mile 4:29.47 -
3,000m 8:50.99 8:50.97
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2011 CROSS COUNTRY Ran in four meets for the Jayhawks in his first full season with the team... Best individual finish was 12th-place at the Bill Easton Classic (9/3) where he finished the 6K in 20:16.20... Season’s best 8K time was 26:10 in a 51st-place finish in the B-Race of the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14). 2011 OUTDOOR Placed third in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), finishing in a time of 9:46.37... Ran a 8:50.97 3,000 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) to finish fourth. HIGH SCHOOL Ran for Coach Martin Barratti at Fountain Valley High School. Use your smart phone to scan and PERSONAL Son of Deryl and Patsy Dyson... Has an older sister, check Eric’s updated stats throughEmily (24)... Majoring in audiology... After college he out the 2012 season. plans on attending graduate school in San Diego.
2011 INDOOR Utilized redshirt season. 2010 CROSS COUNTRY Utilized redshirt season.
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