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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Kansas track and field athlete performs a high jump at a meet last season. This weekend, the team will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete in the John McDonnell Invitational. The meet begins 1.30 p.m. Friday and lasts through Saturday.
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G.J. MELIA
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Following a strong showing in Waco, Texas, last weekend at the Baylor Invittational, Kansas track and field will journey down south for the third straight week. This time it will be to Fayetteville, Ark., where the team will compete in the John McDonnell invittional.
The meet will house some of the nations top outdoor track and field teams and will be hosted by coach Stanley Redwine's alma mater Arkansas, a top-10 team in both the men's and women's polls. The field also includes multiple elite SEC schools.
Junior Sydney Conley will be looking to add to her stellar performances at the Texas Relays and Baylor Invitational. Conley finished second in the long jump and third in the 100-meter in Waco. Redwine spoke highly of Conley's performances.
"As she continues to work on some technical things, she's
going to get better in the 100 [meter]," Redwine said. "When you're improving from week to week, that's the direction we want to go. It's my hope that we just have the whole team doing that."
Redwine said every athlete's goal is to post a personal record and compete for a qualifying spot in the NCAA meets. He said expectations are both athlete and coach driven.
"I believe athletes are their biggest critics, and they look for the
The events will begin Friday at 1:30 a.m. at John McDonnell Field, and will last throughout Saturday afternoon.
little things to perfect," Redwine said. "But the coaches also want them to get there, and so there's a partnership in what needs to happen in order to prepare them to get there."
Redwine also said senior Lindsay Vollmer is 100 percent after suffering a leg injury in the NCAA Indoor Championships. Vollmer placed in three events in Waco in her first meet back from her injury.
With the Kansas Relays on April 15-18, Redwine said the coaches instill a meet-by-meet mentality into the athletes, advising them to not look too far ahead.
"The thing that is important now is to do well at Arkansas,
then next week we'll focus for our home meet." Redwine said. "I think it's always a mistake when people jump forward and look past competition. We're competing against some of the best people in the nation and we can't look past them, and so if we do we're in trouble."
ine events will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday at John McDonnell Field and will last through Saturday afternoon.
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