Former Kansas track & field star Mason Finley advanced to the finals in discus Friday at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Finley, who spent three years at KU before transferring to Wyoming where he would graduate, launched a throw of 208-feet, 11-inches on his third and final attempt, enough to land him in sixth place entering Saturday morning’s finals.
AKELA JONES IN SECOND PLACE FOR HEPTATHLON AT OLYMPICS:Former Kansas State athlete Akela Jones sits in second place after the first day of the heptathlon Friday at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.