MEET THE JAYHAWKS
KENNY BOYER
ADEBAYO BRAIMAH
BEN BROWNLEE
Throws | Fr. | 6-2
Hurdles | So. | 5-8
Distance | R-Fr./So. | 6-3
Creve Coeur, Mo. Lafayette HS
Liberal, Kan. Liberal HS
Dallas, Texas Dallas Jesuit Prep
HIGH SCHOOL Finished third at the 2013 Missouri Class 3 & 4 Championships with a personal best discus mark of 51.27 meters (168-2 ft.)… Claimed 2012 sectional discus title with his throw of 47.71 meters (156-6 ft.)… Personal best shot put mark came at the 2013 District Championships, a throw of 16.96 meters (55-8 ft.) which earned him the victory… Finished sixth in the shot put at the Class 3 & 4 State Championships with his throw of 16.02 meters (52-6.75 ft.). PERSONAL Son of Kenneth and Latosha Boyer… Has one older sister, Jasmine (22)… Plans to major in business.
2013 OUTDOOR (Fr.) Competed in the 400-meter hurdles in three meets on the season for the Jayhawks… Earned a season-best fourthplace finish at the Emporia open (3/30) with his time of 56.25… Crossed the finish line with a season-best time of 55.42 at the Kansas Relays (4/20), earning himself a 15thplace finish… Claimed seventh at the John McDonnell Inv. (4/13) with a time of 57.27. 2013 INDOOR (Fr.) Competed in two events for the Jayhawks on the season… Recorded a personal best in the 400 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/5) with a time of 51.94, en route to a fifthplace finish… Ran in the Jayhawk Challenge (1/11), crossing the in 52.50 and placing seventh. HIGH SCHOOL 2012 Kansas 5A state champion in the 300-meter hurdles after running a personal best 38.42, the fastest time in Kansas in 2012... Finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2012 Kansas 5A State Championships, clocking in at 15.14... Member of state championship qualifying 4x400meter relay team which finished fourth in 2012... Qualified for the state championships his junior year (2011) in the 300-meter hurdles, going on to finish fourth... Member of National Honor Society... Named to the Western Athletics Conference (WAC) All-Academic team his senior year. PERSONAL Full name is Adebayo Babatunde Braimah... Nickname is A.B.... Son of Dr. Sule Braimah and Dr. Sharon Mitchell... Has three younger siblings: Ayodale (17), Bumi (12) and Sade (8)... Majoring in biochemistry.
2013 CROSS COUNTRY (R-Fr.) Competed in two meets for the Jayhawks on the season… Opened the year with a 26th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/31) with his 6K time of 21:15.93… Finished 72nd at the Rim Rock Classic (10/5), crossing the 8K finish in 27:56.27… Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team. 2013 OUTDOOR (Fr.) Competed in the 800 meters for the Jayhawks in seven meets on the year… Claimed his season’s top finish with his runner-up finish at the Emporia Open (3/30), finishing the 800-meter race in 1:56.87… Earned a fifth-place finish at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/11) with a personal best time of 1:55.83… Ran in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/5), earning a 21st-place finish… Placed 11th at the Kansas Relays (4/20)… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team. 2013 INDOOR (Fr.) Utilized redshirt season. 2012 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.) Utilized redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL Member of two-time district champion Dallas Jesuit cross country team his junior and senior years… District champion in the 800 meters in 2012, finishing in 1:57.03… Runner-up in the 400 meters at the 2012 district meet with a time of 51.19… Helped his team to a district title in track in 2012… Member of National Honor Society and an honor roll student. PERSONAL Full name is Benjamin Kyle Brownlee… Son of John and Jennifer Brownlee… Has two younger siblings, Ethan (14) and Heather (7)… Grandparents, Jerry and Marge Brownlee, and his cousin, Colin, attended KU… Father, John, played basketball at the University of Texas… Majoring in business with an emphasis in marketing.
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