UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, February 6, 1995
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Kansas sends runners in different directions
Kansas track sacrificed team success for individual achievement this weekend when it sent athletes to three separate competitions.
By Robert Moczydlowsky Kansan sportswriter
On Friday, Kansas hosted the Jayhawk Invitational, an annual individual meet held in Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
"We didn't have our best team together, and I think we still ran well," Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said.
Top finishers for the Jayhawks on Friday were Erica Low, women's high jump; Amelia Holmes, women's shot put; Paul Tan, men's triple jump; Micheal'a Edwards, women's 55-meter hurdles; Tracy Thompson, women's 800-meter; and Sarah Heeb, women's 5,00-meter.
Schwartz said that Heeb's performance was a sign of better things to
come for the Jayhawks.
"That was Sarah's first 5,000," Schwartz said. "Once she gets used to collegiate competition, you'll see some great things from her. She's a very talented athlete."
On Saturday, a group of Jayhawk sprinters and jumpers coached by Rick Attig traveled to the individual event-scored Indiana Invitational in Bloomington, Ind. Kansas coaches had hoped that a higher level of competition would act as incentive for some of the Jayhawks' elite athletes.
"We sent some people to events where we thought that the competition would increase their chances at a qualifying time," Schwartz said. "I thought that our athletes ran well, but sometimes things just don't go your way. We thought we'd get some qualifiers out of that meet."
Also competing away from home at the Meyo Invitational meet in South
Bend, Ind., werejuniors Chris Gaston and Kristi Kloster.
While no Jayhawk posted an NCAA qualifier, Kansas can take consolation in the performance of Gaston, who was the top collegiate finisher in the Meyo Invitational's 800-meter.
"I was happy with my finish, but not my time," Gaston said. "I was shocked that the competition wasn't better. I really expected to be pushed, but that didn't happen."
Next up for the track team is Saturday's Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb. Schwartz said that Nebraska, the perennial Big Eight front-runner, will be a tough test for the Jayhawks.
"We're excited about the high level of competition at Nebraska," he said. "We know that we can measure up to them outdoors, but we need to focus on indoors right now. They've got a strong program, and their meet will be a challenge."
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