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Elway gives NFL teary departure
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"I couldn't do it anymore," the 38-year-old Elway said. "I can't compete at the level I want to compete at. That's what it came down to."
For Kansas City Chiefs fans, Elway's retirement is good news. Elway loved to torment the Chiefs in the fourth quarter, leading the Broncos to eight come-from-behind victories against his AFC West rivals. Among these comebacks was a game in 1991, where Elway threw a pass an estimated 80 yards across his body, setting up the game-winning goal and a 1992 matchup where Denver was losing 19-6 at the two-minute warning, but came back and won 20-19.
"Every Chiefs fan is happy to see him retire," said Brett Parr. Wichita freshman.
Olathe freshman Brian Stites agreed.
"As a Chiefs fan, I'm glad to see him go," Stites said. "Now it will only be easier for the Chiefs to whip the Broncos."
However, some Kansans were saddened by yesterday's news.
"I feel like a part of my heart has been taken away," said Brett Leeth, Wichita freshman and avid Bronco fan.
Elway said he planned to devote more time to his family and work on his golf game. He owns a string of auto dealerships in the Denver area and has expressed an interest in getting into broadcasting, perhaps on the Monday night ABC games.
"It's a tough decision," Elway said. "I don't look at it as a retirement. I look on it as graduation. You graduate from high school and you graduate from college. I'm graduating from pro football."
Edited by Julie Sachs
Tourney results mixed for men's tennis team
With the help of an unlikely hero, the Kansas men's tennis team upset No. 22 Texas A&M before being eliminated from the Big 12 Conference tournament by Baylor on Saturday.
By Melinda Weaver
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
No. 50 Kansas, the sixth seed in the tournament, played a close match against the tournament hosts before winning 4-3 with the 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) Micha Zomer victory in No. 6联赛.
No. 2 singles player Kenny Powell did not play because of disciplinary reasons, moving everyone in the lineup into a higher spot. This moved Zomer into No. 6 singles for only the third time this spring.
He did not disappoint.
"It is the most memorable tennis experience of my life." Zomer told the Dallas Morning News. "The fans here get in your face, and they love their tennis. Not to rub the win in their faces, but to win in that environment makes it even sweeter."
Texas A&M took a 1-0 lead after capturing the doubles point, forcing to Kansas to rely on its singles teams to capture the victory.
Freshman Alex Barragan tied the score in his first match at No. 2 singles by defeating Dumitru Caradima 6-0, 6-3.
Barragan spent most of the season at No.4 singles and played occasionally at No.3 singles.
The Aggies regained the lead when Cody Hubbell defeated Ed Dus 7-5, 6-1 in No 3 singles, but Quentin Blakeney tied the score at
No. 5 singles by beating Brent Horan 7-6, 6-2.
KANSAS TENNIS
With the score tied 2-2, Kansas needed two of the three remaining victories to complete the upset against the third seed.
At No. 1 singles, No. 20 Shuon Madden defeated Kansas's No. 34 Luis Uribe 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. In No. 4 singles, freshman Rodrigo Echagayar overcame a first-set loss and beat Keith from 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 7-5.
The match came down to Zomer and Juan Aramburo. Zomer finished the upset in a third-set 7-5 tiebreaker victory.
"Today's win is a team win," coach Mark Riley said. "Our top player was out, so everybody else stepped up. We were down 40-love in those last two matches. I don't know how we beat the Aggies. This was our biggest win all year. In the last match, I think we wanted it more than they did."
Since the Big Eight adopted the current format for its postseason tournament in 1983, the Jayhawks are undefeated in the first round of the tournament.
However, Kansas did not fare as well in the second round when it faced second seed Baylor Saturday.
Baylor took a quick lead by capturing the doubles point and never lost its momentum.
Kansas, 12-8 overall, now awaits the selection of the 64 team NCAA tournament, which will be announced Wednesday afternoon.
Edited by Juan H. Heath
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Women fall short of Big 12 tennis title
By Amanda Kashue
sports@kansas.com
Kansas sportswriter
Kansas, the No.3 seed, was upset by the No.6 seed Oklahoma State 5-4, preventing Kansas from capturing its first conference title.
After leading the match 4-2, the women's tennis team dropped all three doubles matches on Friday, eliminating it from the Big 12 Tournament.
"Igive OSU a lot of credit," coach Jenny Gerrity said. "I haven't seen three doubles matches played that well. Obviously we are very disappointed, because we had it in the bag and let it slip away."
The loss also snapped Kansas' four-game winning streak against Oklahoma State. Kansas last defeated them on April 7.7.2
The other doubles teams dropped their matches 8-3 and 8-1.
The No. 1 doubles team of senior Kris Sell and freshman Cheryl Malliah, ranked No. 45 nationally, was upset by Oklahoma State. 8-6. The loss dropped the team to 14-19.
Cheryl Malliaah avenged her only conference loss of the regular season at No. 3 singles against Martina Hautova. Malliaah was named Big 12 player of the week last week and also was named individual singles champion at
Sell won her second consecutive match against Maria Galoustova at No.1 singles, 5-7, 6-0, 6-1.
No. 3 singles on Thursday.
Edited by Julie Sachs
Junior Brooke Chiller also was named conference champion at No. 2 singles. Chiller lost to Oklahoma State. G-4, 7-6(6).
Junior Julia Sidorova and freshman Lisa Mallaiah also earned points for the Jayhawks at No. 5 and No. 6 singles.
The fate of the Jayhawks will be decided on Wednesday when 64 teams are picked to compete in the NCAA tournament. The selection show will be televised via satellite at 4:30 p.m. Stations will be announced later this week.
Both players were named conference runners-up at their respective positions for the 1999 season.
Oklahoma State was eliminated from the tournament on Saturday when they lost to No. 7 seed Oklahoma. Oklahoma faced No.1 seed Texas yesterday in the finals. Texas won the tournament. 5-1.
Sell said she was hoping to qualify for the singles portion, something she had never done before.
"I'm pretty sure I will qualify," she said. "I just want to win a few matches."
After the loss on Friday, Kansas dropped to 12-12 on the season.
“Our record doesn't reflect how hard we've played,” she said. “We have accomplished a tremendous amount.”
Garrity said she was proud of her team.
Men's track victorious in weekend contest
By Mike Miller sports@kanson.com Kanson sportwriter
The men's track team won the Indiana Quadrangular in Bloomington. Ind. last weekend on the strength of seven titles and eight second-place finishes.
Scott Russell and Charlie Gruber won two titles each as Kansas edged Indiana by four points, 186-182. It was the second meet victory of the season for the men's team.
Kansas also set six meet records and posted four provisional marks in the competition.
The women's team scored 122 points, placing third behind Indiana State and Indiana.
Russell, a two-time All-American thrower, won titles in both the discus, throwing 174-2, and in the javelin. His 237-2 throw in the javelin was a meet record and provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Championships.
"I'm definitely pleased with how I'm throwing, but I thought I'd have thrown a personal best by now," he said.
Russell also placed second in the hammer throw and fourth in the shot put.
"I knew I was ready to pop a big one, but I thought it would only be something like 3:45. It felt good, though."
Griber won both the 800-meter run and the 1,500 meters, and ran a leg on the d4x40 relay team that finished second.
His time of 3:43.45 in the 1,500 was a personal best, set a new meet record and provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Championships.
Gruber said.
Ryan Spears gave the Jayhawks another strong performance in the field events with three top-five finishes, including a put shot title.
Jabari Wamble set a personal best of 47.03 in the 400 meters, winning his first title of the season.
Colby Miller won the pole vault with a mark of 16'91/4, while Greg Steele vaulted 15'91/4, placing second.
The sprinters experienced their most successful day of the season. Coupled with Wamble's win, Dave Tomin placed second in both the 100 meters and 200 meters, while Eric Paterson finished second in the 110 meter hurdles.
The Kansas relay teams run well for the second straight week as the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams placed second.
"I thought we were going to win the 4x100. I think that once we get everybody healthy we'll take care of business at conference," Wamble said.
Andrea Bulat won the second javelin title of her career, throwing 153.1 and establishing a meet record.
Two-time All-American Andrea Branson won the pole vault with a mark of 12.9 l/2. It was the third highest vault in school history and provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Championships.
Edited by Amber Stuever
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