Kansas Jayhawks
Ivan Henry - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Ivan Henry

Position Sprints
Class Senior
Hometown St. Catherine, Jamaica
High School St. Jago

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2018 Outdoor Second Team All-America (4×400 Relay)
2018 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
2018 Indoor Second Team All-American (4×400 Relay)
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2017 Outdoor Second Team All-American (4×400 Relay)
2017 Indoor Second Team All-American (4×400 Relay)
2016 Outdoor All-America Second Team (4×400 Relay)
2016 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (4×400 Relay)

 

2020 INDOOR (R-Sr.)
Started the season with a personal best 1:13.71 in the 600 yards at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/6) … Placed third in the 200 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (2/13-2/14), running a 21.41 … Ran a personal best 21.35 in the 200 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/28-2/29), finishing 11th overall … His time of 21.25 makes him the No. 2 performer in KU indoor history.

2019 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2019 INDOOR (Sr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2018 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished fifth in the 400-meter dash at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a time of 47.04 and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed third with a time of 3:09.59 … Finished second in the quadrangular section of the 400-meter dash at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a time of 47.50 seconds and helped both the 4×100 the 4×400-meter relay teams to second-place finishes in the quad section with a times of 40.97 seconds and  3:06.97, respectively … Placed fourth in the 400-meter dash final at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) with a personal-best time of 46.15 seconds to make him the No. 7 performer in KU history in the event after qualifying with a time of 46.24 seconds … Also qualified for the 200-meter dash final at the Big 12 Championship, where he went on to place seventh … Member of the 4×400-meter relay team at the conference meet that placed fourth with a time of 3:05.65 and a part of the seventh-place 4×100-meter relay team … Finished 32nd in the first round of the 400-meter dash at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/24-26) with a time of 47.44 seconds and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished 12th to qualify for the NCAA Championships … Placed 15th to earn Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9) as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team.

2018 INDOOR (Jr.)
Member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished first at the season-opening Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a time 3:13.90 … Notched a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) with a time of 7.04 seconds … Finished fifth at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.58 seconds … Clocked a 48.30 to win the 400-meter dash at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) and won the 200 meters with a time of 21.79 … Tabbed a second-place finish in the 400 meters with a personal-best time of 47.36 and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that recorded the 10th-best time in KU indoor history at 3:09.77 to finish second at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) … A member of the distance medley relay that recorded the 10th-fastest time in school history at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17), where the team clocked a time of 9:45.62 and was part of the 4×400-meter relay team that notched the No. 2 time in KU history at 3:06.76 … Qualified for the 400-meter final at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24), where he went on to post a fifth-place finish with a personal-best time of 46.76 seconds to move into a tie for the fifth-best performer in Kansas indoor history in the event … Also was a member of the 4×400 relay at the conference meet that finished fourth with a time of 3:11.32 … Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the 4×400 relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10), finishing 11th with the sixth-fastest time in KU history of 3:07.98.

2017 OUTDOOR (So.)
Earned Second Team All-America honors in the 4×400-meter relay and finished 16th at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (6/7-10) with a time of 3:07.52 … Finished third as part of the 4×100-meter relay team at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14) with a time of 40.77 … Placed fourth in the 200-meter dash at the Big 12 Championship, clocking in at 20.59.

2017 INDOOR (So.)
Recorded a time of 3:07.87 as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/24-25) good for an 11th place finish and Second Team All-America honors … Posted a fifth-place finish as part of the 4×400-meter relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a time of 3:07.97.

2016 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Qualified for his first NCAA Championships (6/11) as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team and helped it to a 17th-place finish with a time of 3:07.31 … Placed 26th in the 400 meters in NCAA West Preliminary (5/28) after clocking a time of 47.29 … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team to a victory at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a time of 3:05.73 … Finished sixth at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship in the 400 meters with his time of 46.70 … Posted a personal-best 400-meter time of 46.59 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30), good enough for first place overall … Runner-up in the 200 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic with a time of 21.02 … Aided the 4×100-meter relay team to a second-place finish with a time of 40.71 at the Rock Chalk Classic … Placed third in the 400 meters with a time of 47.07 at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team win the Kansas Relays in 40.26 … Member of the 4×400-meter team that placed second at the Kansas Relays with a time of 3:07.63 … Finished third at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9) in the 400 meters with a time of 46.85 … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team to a first-place finish with a time of 3:08.12 at the Sun Angel Classic.

2016 INDOOR (Fr.)
Placed 13th in the 400 meters with a time of 48.13 at his first Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a third-place finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championship … Claimed the 200-meter title at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with his time of 22.14 … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team in clinching second place with a time of 3:19.87 at the Jayhawk Classic … Finished 16th at the Tyson Invitational (2/13) in the 400 meters with a time of 48.09 … Member of the victorious 4×400-meter relay team at the Tyson Invitational, placing first in 3:10.83.

HIGH SCHOOL
A three-time medalist in the 400 meters at the Jamaican Boy’s and Girl’s Championship … Ran to a fourth-place finish in the 400 meters at the 2015 Pan Am Junior Games in a time of 46.67 … Also helped Jamaica to a silver medal in the 4×400-meter relay at the 2015 Pan Am Junior Games … Helped Jamaica to a bronze medal in the 4×400-meter relay at the 2014 World Junior Games … Member of the gold medalist and meet record-setting 4×100-meter relay team in 2014 … Competed for Jamaica at the 2014 and 2015 Penn Relays, helping the 4×400-meter relay team to a gold medal in 2014 and the 4×100-meter relay to silver in 2015 … Won seven-straight Central Championship titles as a member of St. Jago’s track & field team.

PERSONAL
Son of Ivan and Lucilda Henry … Majoring in business and finance … Aspires to be a bank manager.