The University of Kansas will be represented by seven competitors, one coach and one event manager at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, France. Stanley Redwine, entering his 25th season as KU’s men’s and women’s track coach, will serve as head coach of Team USA’s men’s track and field contingent. Redwine, an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2015 Pan-American Games.
He was Team USA’s head men’s track coach at the IAAF World Outdoor Championship in 2022. “I am honored for the opportunity and am excited that I get to be around the other coaches from other schools and just to help Team USA get better,” Redwine said after his appointment as head coach. “Being around those athletes, there’s not a lot that they really need from me, but I will get more out of it than they will.
Just to serve them is a great opportunity.” Tim Weaver, who was meet director of the Kansas Relays from 2000-06, will serve as event manager for Team USA Track and Field. Weaver has served on 22 international staffs as a manager, coach and team leader, including as manager for the U.
S. Olympic Teams in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020. Kansas Jayhawks athletes on Team USA Two athletes from KU will be representing the United States in Paris.
Bryce Hoppel, a five-time All-American and two-time NCAA champ in the 800 meters, will run the 800 in his second Olympic Games. He finished 16th in the event in 2021 in Tokyo. Hoppel, a 2.