RCW: Bird's Eye View 4.12
Each week the Bird’s Eye View captures some of the best moments for Kansas Athletics. From the playing field, practice gym or behind the scenes, don’t miss this exclusive perspective into the Kansas Jayhawks.
UP AND OVER – Lieutenant Colonel Tracey Olson climbed up and over the railing of the platform that supports the basketball scoreboard in the catwalks of Allen Fieldhouse with the help of Captain Michael Hayes. Olson delivered the game ball on Salute to Service Night by rappelling down to the court before the Jayhawks took on Tennessee State on Friday, November 10. Olson oversees the University of Kansas Army ROTC as a professor of Military Science, while Hayes serves as an instructor of Military Science.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
RAPPELLING – Lieutenant Colonel Tracey Olson readied to rappel from the platform that supports the Allen Fieldhouse scoreboard down to James Naismith Court to deliver the game ball as part of KU’s Salute to Service events before the Jayhawks took on Tennessee State on Friday, November 10. Olson oversees the University of Kansas Army ROTC as a professor of Military Science.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
COME TOGETHER – The KU volleyball team came together to close out its pre-game activities before the match against Baylor inside the Horejsi Family Athletics Center on Saturday, November 11.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
FACE-OFF – The sight of a remote camera laying on the Horejsi Family Athletics Center court was too hard to resist, so senior Addie Barry and her volleyball teammates made sure they left an image that proved too hard to resist not sharing before KU took on Baylor on Saturday, November 11
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
Hand Jive – The hands of KU sophomore Zoe Hill and Baylor redshirt sophomore Shelly Fanning intertwined during a blocking standoff inside the Horejsi Family Athletics Center during the match on Saturday, November 11.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
DRUMLINE – Junior Cole Hoover and freshman Andrew Wood, members of the Marching Jayhawks Drumline, showed off their skills to the fans inside the Horejsi Family Athletics Center following the second set of KU volleyball’s match against Kansas State in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Wednesday, November 8.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
OUT OF THE BLOCKS – Two budding sprinters burst from the starting blocks during KU track & field’s Rock the Track inside the Anschutz Sports Pavilion on Saturday, November 11. The event introduced children to the fun of track & field through a series of beginner-friendly stations.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
PUT IT – Sophomore track & field thrower Rachel Clowers helped participants learn shot put technique during Rock the Track, an event to designed to introduce children to the fun of track & field, on Saturday, November 11, inside the Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
FLY OVER – One of the stations at KU’s Rock the Track allowed future high jump stars to fly over a rubber tube height bar while being introduced to the varied events of track & field inside Anschutz Sports Pavilion on Saturday, November 11.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
TWILIGHT ZONE – The setting sun streamed into the Rich Jantz Outdoor Training Center inside Hoglund Ballpark to illuminate the batting practice of junior Rudy Karre during a fall practice on Thursday, November 9.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
