Monday, February 8, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 5
Track teams stride to top-10 finishes
By Mike Miller
Kansan Sportswriter
Competing in their largest indoor meet of the year, the men's and women's track teams responded to the competition with 11 top-10 performances at the Husker Invitational last weekend.
"We were hoping people would stop up since this would be our first big meet. And I thought that we did really well in responding to that," coach Gary Schwartz said.
Runner-up performances by sophomores Scott Russell, Charlie Gruber and Andrea Branson were the top finishes for the Javahaws.
Other strong performances by the Jayhawks included a sixth-place finish by Eric Patterson in the 60-meter high hurdles and a sixth-place finish by Garrett Attig in the
pole vault.
Branson tied a personal best in the pole vault with a vault of 12 feet, 3 3/4 inches, finishing behind Kansas State's Erin Anderson. It was the third time Branson competed against Anderson this year. She will face her again this weekend at the Kansas Pre-Conference Invitational.
"I was actually kind of nervous on Friday, and that was the first time I'd been nervous before a meet since last year," Branson said. "But I'm looking forward to seeing her again this Friday because I know I've got a couple of great vaults in me still."
Russell, who set a personal best and school record two weeks ago, finished second for the first time this season in the 35-pound weight throw. His toss of 69 feet, 5 1/4 inches, also was the second longest
"Going in I knew that I had to throw great. But I knew I'd have a week when I go down sometime," Russell said. "If I throw further than 70 feet again this year — great. If not, a win is fine."
of his career.
After winning the 1,000-meter run at Northern Iowa two weeks ago, Gruber switched to the 800-meter run last week and finished with his best time of the year. 1:52.52. His second-place performance, though not a surprise, earned praise from his coach.
"Charlie had two great races against tough competition and came within an eyelash of winning," Schwartz said.
Gruber said he was pleased with his performance.
"I would've liked to win, but it was nice to run like I did," Gruber said.
Though the 800 is his main event, Gruber may run the 600-meter or 400-meter races this weekend to work on speed.
Schwartz said he considered next Friday's home meet a preparation for the Big 12 Conference meet. The conference finals are Feb. 19-20 in Manhattan.
"Now it's just a matter of doing whatever we have to do to get them ready for conference, whether that's competing, not competing or running a different event," Schwartz said.
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Pair downs No.1 team, loses in semifinals
By Melinda Weaver
Kansan sportswriter
The 15th-ranked KU tennis doubles combination of Ed Dus and Luire Uribe defeated two top-ranked teams in the Rolex Intercollegiate Indoors before falling in the semifinals last weekend.
The pair earned the right to compete in the tournament by winning the ITA All-America tournament last October.
In the first round on Thursday, they defeated No. 7 Kevin Pollack and Dustin Mauck of Southern Methodist 6.3- 6.2.
Later that evening, Dus and Uribe faced the nation's
time we get that far, we'll know what to do."
No. 9 Uribe also competed in singles play but did not produce a victory.
Zivkovic and Gregor Skorin from UNLV, winning 7-6(4), 6-7(8), 6-4 in a match that had two tie breaker sets and lasted just less than three hours. The win
In the first round, Uribe lost to No. 11 Hisham
Hemeda of Georgia 7-6(13), 6-3, 6-2, snapping an eight-match winning streak that began in October.
The next morning, Uribe lost to No.14 Tom Chicinec of Minnesota 6-8, 6-4, drowning his record to 18-4.
Last weekend in Minnesota, Uribe defeated Chicoine 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.
"Luis wasn't playing very sharp." Riley said. "When you play in a tournament, you have to play against the top players, and Luis just got outplayed. He had a late night before playing Chicoine, but that's the
KANSAS TENNIS
marked the first time in Kansas tennis history that a team had defeated the top-ranked doubles team.
breaks."
"Winning over the No. 7-ranked team and the No. 1-ranked team is a big deal," head coach Mark Riley said. "After wins like that, it was our goal to win the tournament. It was very disappointing to lose."
The duo lost the next day to No. 3 Gavin Sontag and Jeff Laski of Illinois 6-4, 7-5. The loss snapped a fourmatch winning streak against ranked opponents.
"Illinois played well," Riley said. "They were first in the All-American tournament in the fall, so they had been that far in a tournament and we didn't. Next
kris Sell, the 25th-ranked women's tennis player, competed in the tournament as well, advancing to the quarterfinal round.
After defeating No. 33 Karen Goldstein of Duke on Friday morning, Sell lost in straight sets to No. 5 Marissa Irvin of Stanford 6-0, 6-0.
"Marissa played well against Kris today," head coach Jenny Garrity said. "She is definitely one of the favorites to win the tournament."
The victory over Goldstein marked the second time Sell had defeated her in the last two seasons.
in the first round, Sell defeated No. 4 Mirela Vladulescu of Alabama-Birmingham 6-4, 6-2 before facing Goldstein.
"I went out there with nothing to lose," Sell said. "I just tried to plas as smart as I could."
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Singles
First Round - No. 11 Hisham
Hemeda (Ga.) defeated No. 9 Uribe
Hemeda 6-7 (13), 6-3, 6-2
Consolation - No. 14 Tom Chicoine
(Minn.) defeated Uribe 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
Semifinals - No. 3 Gavin
Sontag/Jeff Luski (III) defeated
Uribe/Ed Dus 6-4, 7-5
Second Round - Uribe/Dus defeated
No. 1 Gregor Skorin/Nenad
Zvikovic (UNLV) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 6-4
First Round - Uribe/Dus defeated
No. 7 Kevin Pollack/Dustin Mauck
(SMU) 6-3, 6-2
WOMEN
Quarterfinals — No. 5 Marissa Irvin (Stanford) defeated No. 25 Kris Sell (Kansas) 6-0, 6-0
Second Round — Sell defeated No. 33 Karen Goldstein (Duke) 6-4, 6-1 First Round — Sell defeated No. 4 Mirela Vladulescu (UAB) 6-4
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