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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TRACK AND FIELD
Kansas Relays move to Memorial Stadium
MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
The sun reflects brightly off the empty bleachers of Memorial Stadium while coach Elsha Brewer sits a few rows from the track watching the Kansas sprinters finish practice.
Friday and Saturday they will be racing on this same track in the Kansas Relays, but with thousands of people in attendance. Right now coach Brewer appears to be the only one watching.
During the past eight years that Brewer has coached sprints and hurdles, her athletes have almost entirely rewritten the record books at Kansas.
"Nobody gives you permission to run fast, you take that." Brewer says to sophomore spinner Shawn Smith as he stands on the track after finishing his last sprints of the day. "What you have to do is you have to take the disappointment away by taking control of your own success and I think it is that simple."
Smith seems to understand. "Focus on what I can control," he
ly, " Brewer responds.
We this energy in practice and I think it carries over to competition, and I think they expect it," Brewer said of her athletes.
Though she didn't know if she would one day coach, she has always possessed a sense of natural leadership. Even in her days as an All-American in the 55-meter dash at Arkansas, Brewer was coaching her teammates. It just wasn't until years later that she realized it.
One of the biggest stories this outdoor season for Kansas on the track has been the success of junior Paris Daniels. Last Saturday in the UTEP Invitational, Daniels reached the B-provisional qualification mark for the Olympic trials in the 200-meters — the same event in which she was crowned junior college national champion last year at Coffeyville before transferring to Kansas.
As a coach, Brewer is always looking for ideas that her athletes can improve. Daniels could potential improvements in technique be said.
"Paris is a competitor, that's one thing that I've learned about her." she said. "I think she's very coachable. She listens, she wants to be successful, and she wants to help the team."
"Most people would say they need someone to push them to run fast" Brewer said. "I think for her she just needs a meet. She just needs the gun to go off for her to understand I'm trying to get from this line to that line the fastest I can.' I think it has to do with the competitive spirit inside of her."
"I've always heard about the Kansas Relays, and I finally get a chance to experience it," Daniels said.
Paris is excited to compete in her first outdoor home meet as a Javahawk this weekend.
Once the actual races start and the competitiveness kicks in for Daniels, there is one voice that she will likely hear above the noise of the crowd: coach Brewer's.
Edited by Anna Allen
Junior spinner Paris Daniels leads the pack including teammate junior Denesha Morris during the Jayhawk Classic women's 200 meter dash on Jan. 27. Daniels won the event in 24.24 seconds.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Friday
8 a.m.
8 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Noon
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Javelin Boys
Shot put Girls
Pole vault Girls
High jump Boys
Triple jump Girls
Javelin Girls
Shot put Women
Triple jump Women
Pole vault Men
High jump Women
Javelin Women
Shot put Men
Triple jump Men
Triple jump Boys
Pole vault Boys
High jump Girls
Javelin Men
Shot put Boys
TRACK EVENTS
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:55 a.m.
9:05 a.m.
9:25 a.m.
9:35 a.m.
9:50 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
10:35 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
11:10 a.m.
11:25 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
11:55 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
12:40 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:20 p.m.
1:40 p.m.
2:05 p.m.
2:20 p.m.
2:35 p.m.
2:50 p.m.
3:05 p.m.
3:20 p.m.
3:35 p.m.
3:55 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:15 p.m.
5:25 p.m.
5:35 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:25 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:25 p.m.
7:55 p.m.
4 mile relay Final Girls
4 mile relay Final Boys
100m hurdles Final Girls
100m hurdles Prelims Women
110m hurdles Prelims Boys
110m hurdles Prelims Men
400m Prelims Girls
400m Prelims Boys
200m Prelims Women
200m Prelims Men
3200m Final Girls
3200m Final Boys
100m Prelims Girls
100m Prelims Boys
100m Prelims Women
100m Prelims Men
400m hurdles Prelims Women
400m hurdles Prelims Men
300m hurdles Final Boys
300m hurdles Final Girls
Distance medley relay Final Girls
Distance medley relay Final Boys
Distance medley relay Final Women
Distance medley relay Final Men
400m dash Prelims Women
400m dash Prelims Men
4x100m relay Prelims Girls
4x100m relay Prelims Boys
4x100m relay Prelims Women
4x100m relay Prelims Men
800m run Final Girls
800m run Final Boys
2000m steeplechase Final Boys
3000m steeplechase Final Men
2000m steeplechase Final Girls
3000m steeplechase Final Women
4 mile relay Final Women
4 mile relay Final Men
4x400m relay Prelims Women
4x400m relay Prelims Men
4x400m relay Prelims Girls
4x400m relay Prelims Boys
Saturday
8 a.m. Discus Boys
10 a.m. Long jump Men
10:30 a.m. Pole vault Women
10:45 a.m. Discus Women
11 a.m. High jump Men
11 a.m. Long jump Girls
1:30 a.m. Discus Men
1:30 a.m. Long jump Women
2 p.m. Invitational pole vault Men
3 p.m. Long jump Boys
4 p.m. Disucs Girls
TRACK EVENTS
8 a.m. Sprint medley relay Final Girls
8:20 a.m. Sprint medley relay Final Boys
8:40 a.m. Sprint medley relay Final Women
8:55 a.m. Sprint medley relay Final Men
9:15 a.m. 4x200m relay Final Girls
9:35 a.m. 4x200m relay Final Boys
9:50 a.m. 200m Final Women
10 a.m. 200m Final Men
10:05 a.m. 2 mile relay Final Girls
10:30 a.m. 2 mile relay Final Boys
10:55 a.m. 2 mile relay Final Women
11:25 a.m. 2 mile relay Final Men
11:40 a.m. 4x100m Sunflower Showdown Girls
11:45 a.m. 4x100m relay Girls
11:50 a.m. 4x100m Sunflower Showdown Boys
11:55 a.m. 4x100m relay Boys
12:25 p.m. 4x100m relay Women
12:30 p.m. 4x100m relay Men
12:35 p.m. 1500m Final Women
12:45 p.m. 1500m Men
12:55 p.m. 100m hurdles Girls
1:05 p.m. 100m hurdles Women
1:15 p.m. 100m hurdles invitational Women
1:20 p.m. 110m hurdles Boys
1:25 p.m. 110m hurdles Men
1:35 p.m. 110m hurdles invitational Men
1:40 p.m. 800m Final Women
1:45 p.m. 800m Men
1:50 p.m. 100m Girls
1:55 p.m. 100m Women
2 p.m. 100m invitational Women
2:05 p.m. 100m Boys
2:10 p.m. 100m Men
2:20 p.m. 100m para olympic Men
2:30 p.m. 100m invitational Men
2:35 p.m. 400m Final Girls
2:40 p.m. 400m Final Women
2:50 p.m. 400m invitational Women
2:55 p.m. 400m Boys
3 p.m. 400m Final Men
3:10 p.m. 400m hurdles Women
3:15 p.m. 400m hurdles Men
3:25 p.m. 400m hurdles invitational Men
3:30 p.m. 1600m Final Girls
3:50 p.m. 1600m Boys
4:10 p.m. Glen Cunningham mile Men
4:20 p.m. 200m para olympic Men
4:30 p.m. 4x400m Sunflower Showdown Girls
4:35 p.m. 4x400m realy Girls
4:40 p.m. 4x400m Sunflower Showdown Boys
4:45 p.m. 4x400m relay Boys
4:50 p.m. 4x400m relay Women
4:55 p.m. 4x400m relay Men
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