The previous record had been held by Kathy Travis of Nebraska since the 1992 Big Eight Championships. Every time she steps on the track she has the instinct to win and the attitude that she is going to go out and do her very best.”Ī few moments after her 60 meters triumph, Anderson supplanted a 16-year-old Anschutz Pavilion record in the 200 meters by racing to a 23.85 finish. “She is very competitive and exemplifies what we are hoping our athletes can achieve. “She was outstanding,” head coach Stanley Redwine said of Anderson’s performance. Cherry had set the school-record at 7.41 in 2006. She displaced Tiffany Cherry in the Kansas record book when she crossed the finish line in 7.40 in the semi-finals of the event and then proceeded to surpass her own mark with her winning time of 7.38.
Īnderson actually set the school-record in the 60-meter dash on two occasions. KU took home 16 event titles on the day as Anderson was victorious with her school-record 60-meter dash and Anschutz Pavilion facility-record 200-meter dash on Friday. – With two more record-breaking runs at the Jayhawk Classic, junior Nickesha Anderson has now set four records in her first four races as a member of the University of Kansas track and field team.
