Kai Shean
2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Took first place in the high jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2/16) with a clearance of 2.13 meters (6-11.75 ft.) … Finished second in the high jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a mark of 2.04 meters (6-8.25 ft.) … Claimed a third-place finish in the high jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/12) with a leap measuring 2.06 meters (6-9 ft.).
2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Took ninth in the high jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) after leaping over 2.06 meters (6-9.0 ft.) … Runner-up at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7) with a high jump mark of 2.06 meters (6-9.0 ft.) … Posted a high jump mark of 2.06 meters (6-9.0 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (54/23), good enough for fifth place … Claimed third in the high jump at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) with a clearance of 1.99 meters (6-6.25 ft.) … Finished fifth at the ESU Relays (4/2) after a high jump leap of 2.00 meters (6-6.75 ft.).
2015 INDOOR (So.)
Placed 13th in the high jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) with a mark of 1.99 meters (6-6.25 ft.) … Claimed the high jump title at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) after clearing a personal-best 2.08 meters (6-9.75 ft.) … Won the high jump event at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a leap of 2.06 meters (6-9.0 ft.) … Runner-up in the high jump after posting a mark of 2.00 meters (6-6.75 ft.) at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) … Took third at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular with a high jump mark of 2.07 meters (6-9.5 ft.) … Finished 10th in the high jump at the Iowa State Classic (2/13) after leaping over 2.00 meters (6-6.75 ft.).
2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Saw action in the high jump in four meets during his first outdoor campaign … Highest clearance of the season came at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/11) when he got over 2.05 meters (6-8.75 ft.) and finished fourth … Took fourth at the Baylor Invitational (4/3) with his clearance of 2.00 meters (6-6.75 ft.) … Closed his year out with an eighth-place finish at the Kansas Relays (4/17) with a jump of 1.95 meters (6-4.75 ft.).
2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Opened his KU career with a runner-up finish and a season-best leap of 2.01 meters (6-7 ft.) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/6/14) … Took eighth at the KSU-KU-WSU Triangular (1/17) after clearing 1.94 meters (6-4.25 ft.).
HIGH SCHOOL
Won the 2013 Kansas state title with top leap of 6-8 ft. … Took two regional titles in 2012 and 2013 … Cleared personal best and school-record bar of 6-11.5 ft., at the 2013 Sunflower League Championships … Four-time league champion in the high jump (2010-14) … Claimed the 2012 Kansas Relays title with a leap of 6-8 ft. … Helped 4×100-meter relay to a third-place finish at the state championship meet in 2014 … Selected as team captain in 2014.
PERSONAL
Son of Amy Rowden … Has five younger siblings: Nellie (15), Bella (13), Paul (12), Ruby (8) and Jaxon (5) … Undecided on major.
