Sports update

Zach Bradford broke his own Anschutz Pavilion pole vault record with a winning jump of 18 feet, 6.5 inches at the Jan. 22 Jayhawk Classic. Bradford has junior eligibility indoors but will compete as a sophomore outdoors. Gleb Dudarev, competing unattached with no remaining indoor eligibility, broke his Anschutz record in the weight throw at 81-5. …

Two-time Naismith Hall of Fame inductee John McLendon, d’36, on Jan. 13 was posthumously awarded the NCAA’s highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Award. Mentored by James Naismith while at KU, where he became the first African American student to earn a bachelor’s degree in physical education, the Tennessee State coaching legend was the first coach to win three-consecutive national championships and compiled a career record of .760. Other Jayhawks who have received the “Teddy” are Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills, d’62, and Sen. Bob Dole, ‘45. …