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MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WOMEN'S GOLF
Weather woes at Big 12 meet
TREVOR GRAFF
tgraff@kansan.com
The Kansas women's golf team finished 10th in this weekend's Big 12 Championship at Lawrence Country Club.
Sophomore Thanutra Boon-raksasat and junior Audrey Yowell led the team by finishing tied for 30th. Inclement weather conditions caused delayed tee times and a short delay during third round play Sunday.
"The course held up great, especially today," coach Erin O'Neill said. "I think we got an inch and a half or rain in a short period of time. When we went back out, it was pretty dry. The greens were rolling well. It held up pretty nicely."
Multiple rain delays made it difficult for players to stay focused while
waiting in the clubhouse. To occupy time in the clubhouse during the delay, Coach O'Neil and the players worked on a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle.
"It kept them occupied," O'Neil said. They were thinking about the puzzle not how long the delay was or what would happen next. It worked out pretty well."
The Jayhawks didn't have time to finish the puzzle before heading back into the breezy conditions. Senior Katy Nugent struggled with the wind early in the tournament; shooting an 88 on day one before finishing the tournament with a 79 and 75 placing her in a tie for 39th with a total score of 242 on the weekend.
"She finished strong today," O'Neil said. "She had a couple of funky shots here and there, but she
still managed to pull a par out a lot of the time, which she's really good at. She did a great job."
Nugent struggled with ball striking early in the tournament. She said in Friday's round she hit a tee shot that started on the left side of the fairway and landed in the second cut of rough on the right side.
Nugent became the senior leader in the spring season; helping a young squad, featuring four freshmen, develop.
"I really struggled with my ball striking," Nugent said. "Anytime the wind is blowing like that you don't know where it's going and it's really tough. It got a lot better in the last two days. The wind made a big difference."
"They've made great strides this year." Nugent said. "I'm confident they're going to come out playing
really well next year. The team has a lot of talent. Everyone has their head in the right place and it's been a fun year."
For Nugent, finishing her career at the Big 12 tournament provided an opportunity to play in front of many friends and family members.
"It was great finishing up at home." Nugent said. "It was cool to have a lot of our support staff and administration out there this week."
Oklahoma won the team tournament with a score of 904. Texas A&M's Mary Michael Maggio won the individual tournament with a score of nine-over par.
Kansas sophomore Meghan Potee finished 42nd with a total of 243, and freshman Gabby DiMarco finished 50th with a 253.
— Edited by Tanvi Nimkar
Golfers struggle with challenging course at Big 12 Championship
MEN'S GOLF
The men's golf team ended the season with a tenth place finish in the Big 12 Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Tex. this weekend.
Freshman Dylan McClure led the team tied for 27th with a four-round total of 305. Whispering Pines gave some of the top players in the country a challenge.
"It's just a difficult golf course," coach Kit Grove said. "We aren't the toughest team mentally, and it's one of those deals where it can snowball. It's a very visually intimidating golf course that you have to get off to a good start on every day."
The green speeds were quick over the weekend. Grove said the greens
might have been a bit too difficult over the weekend.
Texas A&M won the team tournament with a four-round score of 1,165. Texas took second with an 1,168, and Texas Tech finished third with a 1,183.
Baylor's Joakim Mikkelson won the individual tournament with a three-under par performance. Tyler Dunlap of Texas A&M finished second at one-under.
For the Jayhawks, junior Chris Gilbert tied for 38th at 22-over par. Senior Doug Quinones finished 44th at 26-over, and junior Alex Gutesha tied for 45th at 30-over par. Freshman David Auer struggled getting off to good starts over the course of the tournament. He finished 50th at 52-over par.
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Senior guard Jordan Juenemann receives his K Ring from Wayne Simien at the 2012 Jayhawk Senior Celebration Sunday evening at Allen Fieldhouse. Juenemann was one of the many seniors who were recognized and honored at the senior banquet.
INJURIES FROM PAGE 1B
"Usually when a person does an ACL they can't get back up and they are usually an athlete that gets back up no matter what," Denney said.
Center, tore her ACL back in college and that drove her to further research about the injury. She said beyond the signature "pop" that follows most ACL tears, the lack of motion is always telling.
Maletsky said there are many possible factors that contribute to the high number of female ACL injuries from anatomy and muscle mass to neuromuscular control.
"You don't know what a good
The average age for the injury has dropped to 16-years-old. Denney said that women need to undergo different training with a focus on landing, which would have potentially prevented an injury like Davis'.
test is to say, 'Oh, you are at risk," Denney said. "We don't have that yet and we don't have a prevention program that is good."
Though Kansas' athletes have recovered and returned to the game. Maletsky said this injury continues to affect quality of life in the future.
"When someone ruptures their ACL, regardless of how soon it is fixed, they dramatically increase their risk of developing arthritis in the knee," Maletsky said.
There is also a high possibility of re-injury even after reconstructive surgery.
Maletsky and his researchers received CDC funding to research and battle the prominence of this injury. They used a cadaver knee in the simulator and mimicked a cutting move with various amounts of pressure to see when the ligament would rupture.
He said that is the most common
way athletes injure it after a jump landing. Kansas athletes have hurt theirs both ways.
One downside to their research is the limitation of subjects to study. The average cadaver knee they received was a male or female in their 60s. That makes it difficult to extrapolate information to a younger study group.
"It is going to be big money for whoever finds the perfect program that prevents these injuries," Denney said.
However, they use their work to interact directly with athletic departments and surgeons to better prevent these injuries.
"You try to protect them, but you can't from that unfortunately," Henrickson said.
But, for now, there is no definite answer.
- Edited by Pat Strathman
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