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Gleb Dudarev - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Gleb Dudarev

Position Throws
Class Senior
Hometown Vitebsk, Belarus
High School Vitebsk State College

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2020 Indoor All-American (Weight Throw)
National Field Athlete of the Year Finalist
2020 Indoor Big 12 Champion (Weight Throw)
Big 12 Men’s Athlete of the Week – 1/29/2020
2019 IAAF World Championship Partipant (Eighth Place – Hammer Throw)
2019 Outdoor First Team All-American (Hammer Throw)
2019 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (Hammer Throw)
2019 Indoor Big 12 Champion (Weight Throw)
Big 12 Co-Men’s Track & Field Athlete of the Week – 2/6/2019
2018 Outdoor Second Team All-American (Hammer Throw)
2018 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (Hammer Throw)
Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium facility record (Hammer Throw) – 72.37m (237-5 ft.)
Big 12 Men’s Track & Field Athlete of the Week – 4/25/2018
School Record (Hammer Throw) – 78.29m (256-10 ft.)
Rock Chalk Park Facility Record (Hammer Throw) – 78.04m (256-0 ft.)
Kansas Relays Meet Record (Hammer Throw) – 78.04m (256-0 ft.)
No. 5 All-Time Collegiate Performer (Hammer Throw) – 78.04m (256-0 ft.)
2017 Outdoor First Team All-American (Hammer Throw)
2017 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (Hammer Throw)
Big 12 Men’s Track & Field Athlete of the Week – 4/12/2017
2017 Indoor First Team All-American (Weight Throw)
2017 Indoor Big 12 Champion (Weight Throw)
Anschutz Pavilion Facility Record (Weight Throw) – 24.38m (80-00 ft.)
Big 12 Men’s Athlete of the Week – 2/15/2017
Big 12 Men’s Athlete of the Week – 2/1/2017

2020 INDOOR (Sr.)
Opened his season at the Jayhawk Classic (1/23-1/24), throwing 24.38m (80-00 ft.) in the weight throw, becoming the No. 5 performer in NCAA history, while setting the KU indoor school record … Threw 24.27m (79-7.5 ft.) in the weight throw at the Tyson Invitational (2/14-2/15), winning the event … Went on to win his third Big 12 Indoor title in the weight throw at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/28-2/29) … Enters the NCAA Indoor Championships with the No.1 mark in the country (24.38m (80-00 ft.)), while holding the top-seven throws this season.

2019 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished second in the hammer throw at the Florida Relays (3/28-3/30) with a mark of 74.39 meters (244-1 ft.) which is the No. 1 mark in the NCAA, No. 11 mark in the world and the No. 5, 6 and 10 marks at KU … Won the hammer throw at the Battle on the Bayou (4/6) with a mark of 73.47 meters (241-0 ft.) … Earned a first-place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 72.29 meters (237-2 ft.) at the 92nd Kansas Relays (4/17-20) … Won his third-straight Big 12 Outdoor title in the hammer throw at the Big 12 Championship (5/10-12), throwing 70.48m (231-03 ft.) … Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary (5/23-25), where he threw 74.20m (243-05 ft.) in the men’s hammer throw, which was the top mark of the west …. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/5-6/8), he recorded a runner-up finish in the hammer throw, throwing 73.88m (242-05 ft.), earning First Team All-America honors … Broke the KU school record in the hammer throw, throwing 78.29m (256-10 ft.) in Belarus … Went on to compete at the IAAF World Championships, where he placed eighth overall representing Belarus, throwing 76.00m (249-04 ft.).

2019 INDOOR (R-So.)
Opened his season with first place finish at the Texas Tech Open (2/1-2/2) with a mark of 23.08 meters (75-8.75 ft.) in the weight throw for the No. 4 performance at KU and the No. 3 performance in the NCAA this season … Won the weight throw at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/22-2/23) with a mark of 23.29 meters (76-5 ft.) for the No. 3, 4 and 6 performances in KU history … Earned a trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9) in the weight throw, but fouled on all three attempts.

2018 OUTDOOR (So.)
Opened his season by winning the premiere hammer throw at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with three of the top-five marks ever recorded in Kansas history, including a school-record throw of 74.35 meters (243-11 ft.) … Broke his own school record, the Rock Chalk Park facility record and the Kansas Relays meet record with a throw of 78.04m (256-0 ft.) to win the quadrangular section of the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) and become the No. 5 all-time collegiate performer in the hammer throw as well as the No. 5 performer in the world in 2018 … Won the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) hammer throw title with a mark of 72.37 meters (237-5 ft.), breaking Baylor’s Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium facility record … Top performer in the hammer throw at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) to qualify for the NCAA Championships with a mark of 73.09 meters (239-9 ft.), which was the No. 3 performance in meet history … Earned Second Team All-America honors with a 12th-place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9) with a mark of 69.18 meters (227-0 ft.).

2018 INDOOR (So.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2017 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Finished in third-place in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (6/7-10), with a mark of 73.44 meters (240-11 ft.), earning him First Team All-America honors … Qualified for the National Championships finishing first in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary (5/25-27) with a throw measuring 72.66 meters (238-5 ft.) … Recorded a school record-breaking throw of 74.20 meters (243-5 ft.) at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14), good for first place.

2017 INDOOR (Fr.)
Received First Team All-America honors in the weight throw after finishing sixth at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/10-11) with a mark of 21.97 meters (72-1 ft.) … Finished in first place in the weight throw at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a throw of 22.02 meters (72-3 ft.) … Season-best performance came at the Tyson Invitational (2/10-11), with a first-place finish in the weight throw with a mark of 23.44 meters (76-11 ft.) … Set an Anschutz Sports Pavilion record in the weight throw at the Jayhawk Classic with a mark of 23.00 meters (75-5.5 ft.).

AT VITEBSK STATE COLLEGE
Posted personal best in the hammer throw of 72.86 meters  (239-0) at the hammer throw competition in Brest, Belarus in 2016 … Finished ninth at the 2015 European Junior Championships with a toss of 72.82 meters (238-11) in the 6 kg hammer throw … In 2015, posted a mark of 77.85 meters (255-5) in the 6 kg hammer throw at the junior meet held in Novopolotsk, Belarus … At the National Winter Throwing Championships in 2015 finished second with a toss of 71.61 meters (234-11) … Holds Belarusian junior records in the hammer throw and weight throw.

PERSONAL
Has one sister, Anastasia … Both his mother (hammer throw) and grandmother (discus) at one time held national records in their respective events … Grandfather taught him the hammer throw … Enjoys fishing in his spare time.