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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015
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Track and field prepares for Big 12 Championships
GJ MELIA
@gimelia
The Kansas men and women's track and field teams are set to head up to Ames, Iowa for the Big 12 Indoor Championships after having last week off.
Before last week, the Jayhawks took part in competitive meets in Ames and Fayetteville, Ark., on Feb. 13-14. Head coach Stanley Redwine was content with performances and said the meets were solid preparation for the conference meet this weekend.
"The competition was great, and that gave us a better reality of where we really stood not just within in our league, but within the nation," Redwine said. "We did have some people that did extremely well, and some areas that showed that we need to continue to get better."
For the athletes who competed in Ames, Redwine said familiarity with the facility could help them this
weekend. Redwine also said the extra week to prepare will give the athletes and coaches time to evaluate film and figure out what the athlete needs to focus on specifically in their training.
"Each athlete may need different things in order to get them (fully prepared)." Redwine said. "If you're a stronger athlete and you need speed work, then we'll focus on the speed work, but not so much that it's going to tire you out."
Kansas is able to take 26 athletes on both the men's and women's teams for a total of 52 to compete on Friday and Saturday. The teams of 26 athletes will be announced this afternoon.
Friday will get underway with the majority of the pentathlon and heptathlon events, beginning at 10 a.m. with the women's 60-meter hurdles. The pentathletes and heptathletes will have the track until 3 p.m., concluding their day with the women's 800-meter run.
The field events begin at
3 p.m. also, as the women's weight throw and pole vault athletes look for their shot at a Big 12 Championship. Both the men's and women's mile will start the day for the track events. Friday will end with the men's and women's finals in the 5000-meters and the distance medley relay.
Saturday will be essentially the same format as Friday, with final events instead of preliminaries throughout the day. The meet will close with the 4x400 meter relays at 5:10 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony at 6 p.m.
This is the third year in a row and seventh time overall the Lied Recreation Center of Iowa State will host the Big 12 Championships.
Last year Oklahoma State grabbed the team title on the men's side, while Texas claimed its sixth women's Big 12 title. In 2013, Texas took home the men's team title and the Kansas women won their lone team Big 12 Championship.
Edited by Mackenzie Clark
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lowa State forward Jameel McKay dunks in front of Baylor forward Johnathan Mottley, right, during Wednesday
night's game in Ames, Iowa.
No.19 Baylor upsets No.12 Iowa State 79-70
LUKE MEREDITH
Associated Press
AMES, Iowa — Taurine Prince scored 20 points and 19th-ranked Baylor upset No. 12 Iowa State on the road 79-70 for its third straight win Wednesday night.
The Bears (21-7, 9-6 Big 12) shot 14 of 26 from threepoint range,becoming the first team other than Kansas to win in Ames since 2012.
Baylor hit five straight three's late in the second half, the last two by Prince, to take a 72-66 lead with 4:41 left. The Bears held Iowa State to just four points in the final 6:26.
Jameel McKay had a career-high 21 points for the Cyclones (20-7, 10-5), who are now a game behind the first place Jayhawks in the
Iowa State and Baylor staged one of the best games in the Big 12 this season back on Jan. 14. The Bears squandered a 28-11 lead, but rallied for a 74-73 win on Kenny Chery's jumper with four seconds left.
The rematch was in doubt until the Bears got rolling from beyond the arc.
Bryce Dejean-Jones gave the Cyclones a 50-48 lead by leaping over a foot above the rim for a spectacular put-back dunk, and Georges Niang found McKay for an alley-oop dunk pushed the edge to 60-54 with 8:28 left.
But Baylor held Iowa State to just four points in the final 6:26, and its hot streak helped the Bears sweep the Cyclones for the first time.
Chery had 15 points and seven assists for the Bears.
Niang had 14 points and Matt Thomas scored 13 for Iowa State.
Big 12 with just three games to play.
TIP-INS
Iowa State: This was the first loss to Baylor at home in 13 tries for the Cyclones. Dustin Hogue committed three turnovers in the first four minutes of the second half.
Baylor: The Bears were 7 of 13 on three s in the first half but just 3-of-7 from the line. They led 40-37 at halftime. Coach Scott Drew used all of his second-half timeouts in less than 12 minutes.
UP NEXT
Iowa State travels to Kansas State on Saturday.
Baylor hosts West Virginia on Saturday.
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