PIERRE LISK, ANOTHER JAYHAWK OLYMPIAN

Event: Sprinter,
Height: 6ft 1 inch,
Senior, University of Kansas,

Hometown: Freetown, Sierra Leone
High School: Prempeh College-Ghana

Pierre Lisk, a native of Sierra Leone, came to the University of Kansas from Prempeh College in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, where he did his Sixth Form from 1990 to 1992. Known around the Ashanti State as Oyibo National (Oyibo, meaning white person; and National, emphasizing his status as a national athlete), he broke Records in all the sprints and long jump.

He became the most recent Jayhawk Olympian when he ran in the 200 meters and the 4x100m relay for Sierra Leone at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Posted Sierra Leone national record times of 20.86 in the 200 and 39.81 in the 4x100m relay. He has qualified for the 1998 and 1999 World Championships.

1996 Season:

INDOORS: Was the Jayhawks' top sprinter for the second straight year...Broke the Kansas school record in the 55m during the preliminaries of the NCAA Championships (6.22)...Finished second in the 55m at the Big Eight Championships (6.28)...Had the top time in the 55m during the preliminaries at the conference meet (6.25)...Won the Jayhawk Invitational (6.29)...Was second on the team in the 200 (21.71).

OUTDOORS: Was the conference champion in the 100 meters (10.46)...Ran his top time of the season in the 100 in the Big Eight preliminaries (10.25)...Placed third in the 200 at the Big Eight Championships with a 20.89 in the preliminaries and a wind-aided 20.85 in the final...Finished third and fourth in the 4x400 and 4x100 relays, respectively, at the conference meet...Was on the first-place 4x100 relay at the Alabama Relays (40.51)...Was on the anchor leg of KU's winning 4x100 relay team at the Kansas Relays (41.00)...Was named to the Academic all-Big Eight Honor Roll.

1995 Season:

Was a NCAA provincial qualifier in the 100 with a 10.25 at the Big Eight Outdoor Championships...Notched a season-best time in the the 55m with a 6.32 during the Big Eight indoor prelims...Won the 55m at the KSU-Coors, Kansas and KU-KSU-MU Invitationals with times of 6.33, 6.33 and 6.34, respectively...Finished sixth in the 200 at the conference indoor meet...Had KU's top time in the 100 and 200 during the outdoor season.

1994 Season:

Redshirted. Placed third in the 100 at the Kansas Relays as an unattached competitor (10.47). College: Attended Prempeh College in Kumasi (1990-92)...Set school records in the 100, 200 and long jump...Was team captain...Coached by Kuami Yempew.

Personal

Major: BS, Mechanical Engineering.

Parents: Henry and Lidia Lisk.

Born: Nov. 2, 1971.

Personal Bests: 55m--6.22; 100m--10.25; 200m--20.85 (w/a).