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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY
KANSAS
The Jayhawk quartet of Zach Zarda, James Wilson, Josh Baden, and Evan Landes lead the mens 5,000-meter event Thursday night in the Kansas Relays.
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Freshman distance runner Ragan Allen races in the women's 1500-meter event Thursday night in the Kansas Relays.
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Tight finish in 3,000 meters
MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
On the women's side of the distance carnival, junior Tessa Turcotte won the 3,000-meter run in 10 minutes and 8.45 seconds. Annika Gompers, competing unattached, was just .17 of a second behind Turcotte for second place in what was the closest race of the day. It was the second event win of the season for Turcotte.
In the 800-meter run, it was senior Nevada Morrison of Wartburg College running the fastest time of two minutes and 10.39 seconds.
Anne Raterman of Truman State University won the women's 1,500-meter run in four minutes and 38.01 seconds. Kansas freshman Ragan Allen finished in fifth place, six and a half seconds behind the winner.
senior Devin Weigers, junior Kyra Kilwein, and freshman Liza Tausher for Kansas. Only the freshman managed to make it into the top ten of the event for the Jayhawks. Junior Twishana Williams of Lincoln University won in 16 minutes and 58.87 seconds.
The 5,000-meter run included
Cecilia Burley, a junior from Friends University, won the 10,000-meter race in 38 minutes and 21.96 seconds.
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Champion Janay DeLoach is mid jump during one of her attempts at the women's long jump competition on Thursday evening. DeLoach's winning jump was 6.61 meters.