MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2005
SPORTS
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ATHLETICS CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY
- Men's basketball vs. Fort Hays State (exhibition), 7 n.
    Allen Fieldhouse
◆ Volleyball vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m., Norman, Okla
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SATURDAY
- Football vs. Texas; 2:30 p.m., Austin, Texas
- ❖ Volleyball vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m., Horesei Family Athletics Center
- Cross Country, Midwest Regional Championship,
timeTBA, Iowa City, Iowa
- Rowing. Sunflower Showdown, timeTBA, Manhattan
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
AP TOP 25
| | Record | Pts. | Pvs. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Southern Cal (57) | 9-0 | 1,617 | 1 |
| **2. Texas (8)** | **9-0** | **1,568** | **2** |
| 3. Miami | 7-1 | 1,452 | 5 |
| 4. Alabama | 9-0 | 1,450 | 4 |
| 5. LSU | 7-1 | 1,328 | 6 |
| 6. Penn St. | 9-1 | 1,271 | 10 |
| 7. Notre Dame | 6-2 | 1,201 | 8 |
| 8. Virginia Tech | 8-1 | 1,147 | 3 |
| 9. Georgia | 7-1 | 1,097 | 11 |
| 10. Ohio St. | 7-2 | 1,076 | 12 |
| 11. Oregon | 8-1 | 943 | 15 |
| 12. Florida | 7-2 | 905 | 13 |
| **13. Texas Tech** | **8-1** | **753** | **16** |
| 14. UCLA | 8-1 | 693 | 7 |
| 15. Auburn | 7-2 | 680 | 17 |
| 16. West Virginia | 7-1 | 677 | 18 |
| 17. Florida St. | 7-2 | 605 | 9 |
| 18. TCU | 9-1 | 536 | 20 |
| 19. Wisconsin | 8-2 | 438 | 14 |
| 20. Fresno St. | 7-1 | 410 | 21 |
| 21. Michigan | 6-3 | 372 | 22 |
| **22. Colorado** | **7-2** | **312** | **25** |
| 23. Louisville | 6-2 | 242 | 24 |
| 24. Georgia Tech | 6-2 | 109 | _ |
| 25. Northwestern | 6-3 | 82 | _ |
Others receiving votes: California 38, UTEP 27, Boston College 24, Boise St. 23, Oklahoma 16, South Carolina 14, Minnesota 12, Iowa St. 5, Iowa 1, South Florida 1.
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SWIMMING
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Freshman Ashley Leidigh swims in the 200-yard butterfly event Friday at Robinson Natatorium. Leidigh won the heat with a time of 2:01.43.
Double success
BY KELLY REYNOLDS
kreynolds@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER
The Kansas swimming and diving team has a lot to celebrate. The Jayhawks defeated both the Iowa Hawkeyes and Missouri State Bears in the double dual meet Friday evening at a packed and spirited Robinson Natatorium. Kansas defeated Iowa 175.5-120.5 and Missouri State 112-28.
Although the double defeat added to the already strong momentum of the team, a surprise came Friday even before the meet began.
The team entered the Colorado Swimming Coaches Association of America Division I Top 25 Poll for the first time since 1997, at No. 24.
"We were not expecting the rankings to come out today," coach Clark Campbell said. "We now have a big target on us."
A total of 10 polls will be released throughout the season, with a new poll every two to three weeks.
Campbell was impressed with the team's performance Friday evening.
"We are a young team, and I had no idea they were going to mature so quickly." Campbell said.
Campbell said he was worried about the talented Iowa team going into the meet, but he was proud of the Jayhawks' ability to bounce back after the meet against Missouri last weekend that pushed them into the top 25.
Top performances Friday included senior co-captain Gina Gnatzig's victories in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events.
Freshman Ashley Leighid captured victories in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events as well as the 100-yard freestyle event. She was also a member of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team, along with Gnatzig, senior Lindsey Urbatchka and sophomore Terri Schramka.
Freshman Molly Brammer captured first place in the 1650-yard freestyle. Freshman Shanna Bradbury and Danielle Herrmann both recorded victories, Bradbury in the 400-yard individual medley and Herrmann in the 100- and 200-year breaststroke events. Herrmann, Urbatchka, Schramka and junior Jenny Short combined efforts to win the 200-vard medley relay.
Campbell was also impressed with freshman Rhynn Malloy's finishes in both breaststroke events. Malloy placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1.07:70. She placed second behind Herrmann in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:25:29.
"I've been training really well this week to get back into the groove of things," Mallov said.
When Malloy was recruited, Kansas was not a ranked team.
"I am so excited. It's amazing to be ranked after the fourth week," Malloy said.
Kansas will have a week-long break before heading to Minnesota to compete in the Minnesota Invite on Nov. 18-20. Malloy said the Jayhawks will continue training, but may have a couple days of rest. The Minnesota Invite will be a midseason test for the Jayhawks, Malloy said.
— Edited by Katie Lohrenz
WOMEN'S GOLF Fall season ends with tournament lapse
The Kansas women's golf team placed 16th out of 17 teams at the Derby Invitational in Auburn, Ala., this weekend.
Leading the way for the Jayhawks was senior Chelsey Pryor, who tied for 18th place with a three-round score of 225 for nine over par. After Pryor was sophomore Annie Giangrosso, tied for 61st, followed by juniors Meredith Winkelmann and Amanda Costner and sophomore Sarah Kierl.
Costner had finished in the top seven in Kansas' previous four tournaments, but shot a 244 to finish 76th this weekend.
Starting with Friday's first round, the Jayhawks failed to build momentum.
Kansas shot a team score of 317, which put it already 26 strokes behind the first day's leader and 15 strokes away from being in the top 10.
Scores didn't improve much on Saturday and Sunday as the team posted scores of 319 and 311 respectively to give them a three-round total team score of 947.
Host school Auburn took first-place honors, edging out Duke by one stroke, 879 to 880. Rounding out the tournament's top five were Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee.The other Big 12 schools, Oklahoma State and Texas finished seventh and 13th
Auburn's Maria Martinez, who shot a seven under, three round total of 209, won the individual first-place. Tennessee's Nicole Smith and Alabama's Jenny Suh tied for second, while Duke's Anna Grzybien and Amanda Blumenhurst tied for fourth.
This weekend's tournament was Kansas' worst performance in an otherwise promising fall season.The Jayhawks, now finished for the fall, won't play another tournament until February.
TENNIS
Kansas takes a swing at tough competition
The team finished 1-5 in singles play and 2-6 in doubles.
Junior Brittany Brown picked up the lone singles victory for the Jayhawks on Saturday.
Mark Dent
The University of Kansas' tennis team compiled mixed results during this weekend's Western Michigan University Super Challenge. A successful first day highlighted a 4-0 doubles record and a 3-5 singles tally for Kansas.The Jayhawks faced the meet's talented players on the second day.
Brown defeated Beeke Pahl of Western Michigan 6-2, 7-5, Kansas tennis coach Amy Hall-Holt said the experience gained from playing talented players would pay off for the team in the long run.
NFL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dick Vermeil was going to be the biggest fool or the shrewdest gambler in the NFL.
With 5 seconds left, Kansas City trailed by three and had the ball on the Oakland 1. and Vermeil faced one of the toughest decisions of his long coaching career.
Last-second gamble pays off for Chiefs
Vermeil went for the TD. Behind center Casey Wiegmann and 10-time Pro Bowl right guard Will Shields, Larry Johnson dived over the pile into the end zone for a 27-23 victory that left the emotional head coach in tears.
Have place-kicker Lawrence Tynes kick a virtually automatic field goal and force overtime? Or roll the dice and go for the win?
The Associated Press
AT THE TOP OF THE HILL
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