

Mason Finley may have finished seventh in the men’s discus competition on Thursday, but his throw at the Kansas Relays in April (220-3 ft.) qualified him in men’s discuss.

Zachary Bradford did so in men’s pole vault, as he finished fourth in the event. Hoppel became the third Jayhawk to punch his ticket to the IAAF World Championships. The Midland High grad won the men’s 800-meter final with a season-best time of 1 minute, 44.60. “Yeah, Donavan he’s a great guy to lose it to.” Bryce Hoppel is now a USA Track & Field champion in both the outdoor and indoor 800-meter races.
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“Right now, I kind of feel a little bit free from it and focused on more of the important races instead of this getting every single one,” Hoppel told FloTrack. It was a run that included a national title in the 800-meter race at both the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as well as the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships during his junior season.

2, was snapped in the 800-meter semifinal. Kansas track star Bryce Hoppel has made waves since he left Lawrence in 2019 after three years to run track professionally. Hoppel’s 21-race streak, which began on Feb. Hoppel’s impressive streak of 21 consecutive victories also came to an end this weekend, however. Before Bryce Hoppel booked his spot to the Tokyo Games, he established himself as a top track athlete at Midland High in Texas and at the University of Kansas. Donavan Brazier (1:45.62) and Clayton Murphy (1:46.01) of Nike Oregon Project claimed the top-two spots in the event. The good was the fact Hoppel earned a spot in the IAAF World Championships in September, as he ran a time of 1:46.31 during his third-place finish in the 800-meter final. It was a weekend filled with some good and bad news for Kansas standout Bryce Hoppel at the 2019 Toyota USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium. Kansas runner Bryce Hoppel became one of the country's elite performers in the 800-meter dash during his junior season. Photo by: Photo courtesy of Kansas Athletics This weeks guest is newly-minted Olympian Bryce Hoppel, who joined the podcast a few days before leaving for Tokyo.
