Kansas City Track and Field has improved by leaps and bounds this season. Athletes are breaking many meet records, with some records being over 20 years old.   “Overall we have had some great performances, I can’t complain about that,” said Head Coach Benaud Shirley.   The...

  Senior liberal arts major and Kansas City track and field sprinter Micaela Martin first started running track her freshman year of high school.   Originally from Sand Springs, Oklahoma, Martin only started running because her dad told her she needed to stay in shape...

  Just two months after breaking her own record in the mile, first-year graduate student Ally Ryan outran herself during the Husky Classic at the University of Washington in mid-February.    With an eye-popping time of 4:43.75, the data science student shaved about five...

After a two-year hiatus, the UMKC is bringing back its track and field program for the 2022-23 season.  Along with golf and cross country, the athletic department suspended the track and field program in October of 2020 due to budgetary challenges. Coaches were left...

The UMKC Athletic Department has made the decision to suspend its golf, cross-country and track and field programs for the next eight months. The announcement came on Oct. 22 along with the news that the track and field coaches would lose their jobs immediately. This is a huge...