World Leader, Stigler, Highlights KU’s Friday at Texas Relays

Published by Kansas SID on March 27, 2015

AUSTIN, Texas – Senior Michael Stiglerpicked up his third-consecutive Texas Relays 400-meter hurdle title in grand fashion as the Kansas hurdler posted a school record and world-leading time Friday evening inside Mike A. Myers Stadium. Stigler's time of 48.44 smashed his own school record by more than half a second and made him just the second athlete in meet history to garner 400-meter hurdle titles in three-straight years.
 
"It feels great, especially doing it here," said Stigler, who hails from the Lone Star State. "It's a great facility, great fans and just to do it three years in a row, it's a blessing. Especially considering the field, this year is stacked and just to be able to pull off a win today here, in front of these fans, is just phenomenal. That was a pretty huge PR for me and it was a meet record I believe too, so that was great."