Joel Krause

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Wichita, Kan.
	High School: Campus

	Height: 6-1
	Event: Throws

05/13/2012

Five Sunday Champions Lead KU Women to Runner-Up Finish at Big 12 Outdoor Championships

Women finish in program-best 2nd place, men 8th in final day of conference meet.

05/08/2012

Jayhawks Well Represented on Academic All-Big 12 Lists

A total of 19 KU track & field athletes named to academic first team lists

04/29/2012

KU Throwers Take On World's Best at Triton Invitational

Two Jayhawks collect PR's at meet in San Diego

04/21/2012

Records Fall as Jayhawks Surge to the Finish on Final Day of Kansas Relays

Kansas breaks two school records and one KU Relays record as Jayhawks walk away with eight gold medals

04/20/2012

Finley and Mayfield Strike Gold as KU Has Impressive Showing on Friday of Kansas Relays

Jayhawks win four-straight field events and KU relay teams run away with three gold medals

2011 OUTDOOR
Competed in both the shot put and discus at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15), placing 15^th in the shot put with a mark of 15.62m (51-03.00 ft.) and hitting a season-best distance of 46.82m (153-07 ft.) in the discus to take 20^th... Won the discus at the Mayaguez Spring Break Classic (3/19) with a mark of 45.02m (147-08 ft.)... Hit a personal-best distance of 16.29m (53-05.50 ft.) in the shot put at the Kansas Relays (4/22), placing fifth... Placed fourth in the hammer throw at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a mark of 42.33m (138-10 ft.)... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2011 INDOOR
Season-best throw in the shot put came at the New Balance Invitational (2/4) hitting a mark of 15.98m (52-05.00 ft.) and placing 16^th... Competed in the shot put at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26), finishing 15^th with a top throw of 15.30m (50-02.50 ft.)... Took sixth in the shot put at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a mark of 15.85m (52-00.00 ft.)... Top performance in the weight throw came at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), an eighth-place finish with a season-best throw of 15.24m (50-00.00 ft.).

2010 OUTDOOR
Set a new personal record in the shot put with a throw of 15.98m (52-05.25 ft.) and finishing second at the John McDonnell Invitational (3/9)... Placed third at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/27) with a throw of 15.75m (51-08.25 ft.).

AT HUTCHINSON CC
Took sixth in the shot put at the 2008 indoor regional championships with a throw of 46-8 ft.

HIGH SCHOOL
Finished seventh in the shot put at the Kansas State Championships his senior year... Runner-up at regionals also during his senior year... Graduated in the top 10 percent of his class... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Son of Dave and Suzanne Krause... Has one sibling, Jordan (23)... Grandfather, Roland, attended KU... Majoring in finance.