DAY, JUNE 30, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ID FIELD
gler wins silver in Sacramento
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end three University track athletes headed to Sacraif., where they competed a Track and Field Cham The college track and field ed two weeks ago but the schedule included further n for hurdler Michael Sti imper Sydney Conley and Jessica Maroszek.
of the University athletes met in the national meet Test Team All-America homerepresenting the track and this past month at the outdoor Championships in re.
Stigler was the first Jaycompete in this year's USA ships where he ran in the
first round of the 400-meter hurdles on Friday. Stigler lined up in lane eight and led the entire race, finishing with a time of 50.55 seconds. He advanced to the semi-final round of the 400-meter hurdles that took place on Saturday and had the fourth-fastest time of the day clocking in at 49.86 seconds. In the finals Stigler finished 5 meters and 0.7 seconds behind the winner, Johnny Dutch, for a runner-up finish with a time of 49.63 seconds.
Sophomore Sydney Conley was the next Kansas athlete to compete and took to the runway on Saturday at to compete in the long jump in her first appearance at the USA Championships. Conley failed to make the cut and advance to the finals with a best jump of 19-3 1/2 inches. The jump earned her a 13th place finish and she did not advance to the finals.
Senior thrower Jessica Maroszek
finished the meet for the Jayhawks on Sunday while competing in the discus. Maroszek fouled on all three attempts and failed to advance to the finals despite having been the top collegiate finisher at last year's USA Championships.
Edited by Amelia Arvesen