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Christian Hicks - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Christian Hicks

Position Hurdles
Class Senior
Hometown Derby, Kan.
High School Derby HS
Position Hurdles

CAREER RESULTS

2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the season-opening Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24) with a wind-aided time of 14.73 seconds … Placed fourth in the quadrangular section of the 110-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a wind-aided tie of 14.43 seconds … Placed 38th in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) with a time of 14.54 seconds.

2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a time of 8.31 seconds to open the season … Qualified for the finals of the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.35 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) and finished fourth in the finals with a time of 8.31 … Qualified for the finals in the 60-meter hurdles at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a prelim time of 8.31 and went on to finish seventh in the finals with the same time … Clocked a personal-best time in the 60-meter hurdles final at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/16) to finish fourth at 8.20 … Finished 10th in the preliminary round of the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.22 seconds.

2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a time of 14.30 … Recorded a season-best mark in the 110-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22), clocking 14.46, good for second place … Finished 11th in the 110-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14), with a mark of 14.66.

2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Jayhawk Classic (1/27-27) with a personal-best time of 8.22 … Finished in second-place in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2/16) with a time 8.37.

2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a personal-best time of 14.45 … Completed the 110-meter hurdles in 14.93 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30), good enough for fourth place … Ran the 110-meter hurdles in 15.24 at the ESU Relays (4/2) and finished 10th … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a 13th-place finish at the ESU Relays with a time of 3:24.99.

2016 INDOOR (So.)
Placed 10th in the 60-meter hurdles in the preliminary round of the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) with a time of 8.41 … Won the 60-meter hurdles and set a personal-best time of 8.33 at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) … Claimed first in the 60-meter hurdle race with a time of 8.39 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29).

2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Took part in four 110-meter hurdle races throughout the season, his fastest a time of 15.55 in a 25th-place finish at the Kansas Relays (4/17) … Opened the outdoor campaign with a 11th-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles at the ESU Spring Open (3/28), posting a time of 15.56 … Lone 400-meter hurdle race of the year came at the Kansas Relays, where he finished 29th overall in a time of 57.59.

2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Saw action in four meets during his first indoor campaign … Fastest 60-meter hurdle performance of the season came at the ISU Classic (2/14) where he finished 24th with a time of 8.69 … Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles at the KSU-KU-WSU Triangular (1/17) in 8.71 … Best 60-meter time of the year was 7.58 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30), earning him a 27th-place finish.

HIGH SCHOOL
Won two letters in track under head coach Brandon Clark at Derby High School … 2014 6A Kansas state runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.8 … Claimed 2014 regional title in the 300-meter hurdles after clocking in at 40.58 … Recipient of the 2013 W.G. Williams Foundation’s Young Man of Promise Award.

PERSONAL
Son of Herman and Anadina Hicks … Has three older siblings; Cherish, Aubrey and Marcus … Brother, Marcus, played football at Emporia State … Majoring in strategic communications.