Denesha Morris
 Denesha Morris
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Manchester, Jamaica

High School:
Manchester High

Height:
5-2

Event:
Sprints

05/26/2012

Jayhawks Close Out West Prelims, Set Stage for National Championships

KU to send 16 athletes to National Championships in Des Moines June 6-9

05/25/2012

Kansas Track Continues to Roll in Austin, Sends Six More to Nationals

10 Jayhawks have already punched tickets to Des Moines with one day remaining at prelims

05/22/2012

Jayhawks Hit the Road for NCAA West Prelim this Week in Austin

Athletes looking to advance through qualifying rounds of NCAA Championships this week

05/17/2012

2012 Big 12 Track Championships to Air on FSN

First airing will be on FSN at 12 p.m. Friday, May 18

05/15/2012

KU Women Up to No. 2, Men 19th in Final Regular Season Rankings

No. 2 ranking is highest ever for a Kansas track team

2011 OUTDOOR
Member of All-American 4x400-meter relay team that placed eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/11) with a school-record time of 3:30.00...Competed in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) placing 15th with a personal-best time of 55.33... Ran a personal best 11.69 100 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), placing fourth... Competed in the 100 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary, placing 45th with a time of 12.13... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2011 INDOOR
Collected six first-place finishes in three events throughout the indoor season... Ran the fastest 60-meter and 200-meter times on the women's team... Ran a personal best 7.47 60-meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), placing first...Recorded a personal best 200-meter time at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), crossing the finish line in 23.91 to finish 11th... Finished 17th in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), notching a time of 7.59... Won the 400-meter dash in a time of 56.81 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Won both the 60 meters and the 200 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), notching times of 7.53 and 24.59, respectively.

2010 OUTDOOR
Ran the fastest 200 meter time for KU on the season with a time of 24.15 at the Razorback Invitational (3/27), placing fourth... Placed third in the 400 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) with a time of 55.44.

2010 INDOOR
Competed at the Big 12 Championships (2/26) in both the 60 and 200 meters, placing 13th with a time of 7.67 in the 60 meters and placing 15th in the 200 meters with a team-best time of 24.76... Placed first in the 200 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a hand-timed mark of 24.7.

HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the 4x100-meter relay team that took first at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games... Finished second in the 200-meter dash at the 2007 CARIFTA Games... Competed at the Penn Relays in 2004 and 2006-09... Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished second at the Penn Relays in 2008 and third in 2009... Competed at the Jamaican National Boys and Girls Championships in 2004-08... Holds a personal-best time of 23.87 in the 200-meter dash and 54.18 in the 400-meter dash.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Carlton Morris... Has three siblings: Kerry-Ann (25), Carlton Jr. (23) and Jermaine (21)... Majoring in psychology.

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