Kansas State University Men's Track & Field

Features (click on headline for link) It All Started with One Man's Vision (K-State Sports Extra, March 12, 2026) 'Focus on Being Consistent' (K-State Sports Extra, January 14, 2025) Family Atmosphere Attracted Geopfert to K-State (K-State Sports Extra, July 16, 2024) Travis Geopfert was named K-State's seventh full-time Director of Track and Field/Cross Country by Director of Athletics Gene Taylor on July 11, 2024. In his second year at the helm, Geopfert was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Indoor Men's Coach of the Year. During the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championship he guided the men's team to the highest finish and points scored in program history at 4th place with 24 points. The women's team finished in 7th place with 25 points. 12 Wildcats earned First Team All-America honors, while eight of them made their first NCAA appearances. In his first season leading K-State, two athletes earned First Team All-America accolades, Selva Prabhu (men’s triple jump) and Emil Uhlin (men’s decathlon). Four more athletes earned Second Team honors, including Shalom Olotu, the first Wildcats woman to do so in two individual events (triple and long jump) since 2015. Geopfert was a four-time National Assistant Coach of the Year during two stints at Arkansas across 12 years, with 22 total years of experience also at Tennessee, Northern Iowa and Central Missouri. At Arkansas with the men's team, he was a part of two NCAA Championship teams (2013 indoor and 2023 indoor), 21 top-10 NCAA team finishes and

Christopher Goodwin was announced as a track and field assistant coach, as well as the director of operations, by Director of Track and Field/Cross Country T...

Features (click on headline for link) On a Mission (K-State Sports Extra, July 7, 2025) Clive Pullen was announced as a track and field assistant coach, over...

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James Milholen was announced as a track and field assistant coach by Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Travis Geopfert on August 20, 2024. Milholen c...

John Newell was announced as the track and field associate head coach, overseeing the throwers, by Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Travis Geopfert ...

Features (click on headline for link) Coaching is in Bucknam's Blood (K-State Sports Extra, August 29, 2024) Kate Bucknam was announced as the head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach by Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Travis Geopfert on August 2, 2024. During the 2024 cross country season, she worked with a team with 12 returners and 10 freshmen. Tommy Hazen made his mark on the K-State all-time top-25, landing at no. 9 in both the men’s 8k (24:12.8) and 10k (30:38.9). During the indoor track season Hazen broke the 3,000 meter school record with a time of 8:03.77 and outdoor he competed at the NCAA West Preliminary in the 3,000 meter steeplechase for a consecutive season. Bucknam joins the Wildcats after spending the last seven seasons at Belmont, where she worked with the men’s and women’s cross country/track and field teams. The women’s cross country team claimed two conference titles in three years – the 2023 Missouri Valley Conference, in the Bruins’ second year in the conference, and the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference title. Last season, Bucknam coached Kaitlyn Vanderkolk to NCAA South All-Region honors with a top-20 finish, qualifying her for the NCAA Championship. “Early in her career Coach Bucknam has already proven herself a quality leader,” Geopfert said. “She has led her cross country programs at Belmont to two different conference championships in both the Ohio Valley and Missouri Valley Conferences. Her knowledge of training and unders

Kayla Tully enters her eighth season as a staff assistant for the K-State track and field/cross country programs. Tully previously worked as a communications...

Kenny Lannou is in his 22nd year overall in the K-State Athletics Department and his 17th overseeing the Athletics Communications Office. As a member of the department's senior staff, Lannou oversees all operations of the athletics communications office, video, broadcasting and social media departments, while also leading the overall public and media relations planning strategies of the athletics department. He also is the department's liaison with Learfield, serves as the sport administrator for track and field and women's tennis, and oversees the department's Hall of Fame process and selection while also serving on various institutional and Big 12 public relations committees. A member of CoSIDA and the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Lannou has earned numerous awards for his work. In 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, his staff was honored by the FWAA with its "Super 11" distinction which honors the best 11 SID departments in college football. Lannou came to K-State as Assistant SID in 2003 before being promoted to director in 2007. A 2001 Baylor University graduate, Lannou began his professional career in 2001 as a Media Relations Assistant at Auburn University before being named the Assistant Sports Information Director at Northwestern State University in 2002.

Kip Janvrin was announced as a track and field assistant coach, overseeing the combined events and pole vault, by Director of Track and Field/Cross Country T...

Mat Clark was announced as a track and field assistant coach, overseeing the sprinters, by Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Travis Geopfert on Augus...

Stephanie Brokaw was announced as an assistant coach for the cross country teams and middle distance runners by Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Tra...

Tara Davis-Woodhall was announced as a track and field assistant coach by Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Travis Geopfert on August 2, 2024. Davis-...

Features (click on headline for link) Learning This is Where He Belongs (K-State Sports Extra, Aug. 28, 2025) Trey Brokaw was announced as an assistant track...