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FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012
TRACK AND FIELD
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Sophomore Josh Munsch and freshman Gabe Gonzalez run the mile race at a home indoor track meet in December. The outdoor season is just beginning.
Throwers set to begin outdoor track season
While a part of the track and field team has already begun competing at the Texas Relays this week, a group of Jayhawks will begin events for the Arkansas Spring Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday.
The Arkansas group is highlighted by two All-American throwers.
Alena Krechy will compete for the women's team in the second outdoor meet of the season following her successful indoor All-American season. She finished the indoor season ranked 13th in the women's weight throw. Mason Finley was an All-American in the outdoor season in 2011. He is also returning with his second meet of the season for the men's squad after an injury forced him to sit out for the entire indoor season.
Finley wasted no time getting back into form. After the Baker Relays last weekend he is already the nation's current leader in the discus throw and
second in the put put into the Arkansas Spring Invitational.
Senior Joel Krause will throw in three events this week for Kansas: the hammer throw, the shot put and the discus.
"It's a little bit tough to focus on three events, but it's also exciting because I get some rest time between each event and I get to focus on different aspects," Krause said.
The hammer throw is a new event for Krause this season.
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Krause says the key to throwing is to let your training take over and not put too much thought into the throw. When you are over thinking it the throw becomes too technical and usually will not travel as far, Krause said.
The women's hammer throw will begin the Arkansas Spring Invitational tonight at 6 p.m. followed by the men's hammer throw. The rest of the events will take place Saturday.
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Heat top Mavericks in 106-85 victory in Miami
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Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh (1) prepares to shoot against the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Miami, Thursday March 29. 2012
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MIAMI (AP) No fourth-quarter collapse this time against Dallas. These days, everything seems to be going right at home for the Miami Heat.
LeBron James and Chris Bosh each finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem scored 16 apiece and the Heat extended the league's longest home win streak this season to 15 games with a '106-85 win over the Mavericks in an NBA finals rematch on Thursday night.
Mario Chalmers scored 12 points and Norris Cole added 10 for Miami, which swept its two games with Dallas this season and snapped a two-game losing streak.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 for
"We just worked our habits," James said. "The best thing about tonight, we didn't take another step backwards like we did the last two games. And it was good to see."
Dallas, but was held to 1-for-9 shooting in the second half. Lamar Odom had 12 for the Mavericks, who were outbounded 44-29 and were held to only two fast-break points.
"You have to give them credit," Nowitzki said. "They stepped up their pressure on both ends of the floor. In the first half everything came a little too easy for us. We got some good looks, got some rolls, had everything going. Then they really picked up their pressure and we didn't have many good looks."
Miami outscored Dallas 26-13 in the fourth quarter to cap the win.
It was Dallas' first time playing at Miami since winning Game 6 of the NBA finals last June, a series that turned after an epic late Game 2 comeback by the Mavs in Miami and eventually became the ultimate payback — hoisting a championship trophy in Miami, five years after Wade and the Heat celebrated winning their title in Dallas.
Still, Dallas insisted this trip wasn't about revisiting memories.
"Just another day at the office";
Mavs owner Mark Cuban said.
In the fourth quarter alone, Nowitzki had the bridge of his nose bloodied, James got hit in the mouth and Wade spent a few minutes grabbing at his right index finger in obvious discomfort. Adding to Miami's discomfort: Dallas being within 90-83 with 4:37 left after Nowitzki made four free throws in a 27-second span.
Well, not an altogether friendly day at the office — particularly late.
Any angst existing at that point dissipated quickly.
Simple as that. A 9-0 run sealed it for Miami, with Wade quarterbacking the charge.
"I felt like we were in control," Wade said. "They got a couple things to go their way. It was just about settling down and running offense."
His two-handed dunk pushed the Heat lead back to double figures, then he found Bosh to set up a three-point play and set up James for a slam that pushed the lead to 99-83 with 3:03 left. The Mavs called time out, took Nowitzki and three others off the floor for the night, and the Heat slide was soon over.
Vince Carter and Brandon Wright each scored 11 for Dallas.
"It's tough," Carter said of facing the Heat. "When they're rolling, they're rolling."
Miami's offense has sputtered for nearly a month, but the Heat scored 60 points by halftime for the first time in 11 games. James, Bosh and Wade shot 12 for 21 by halftime, and Miami's bench — Haslem and Cole, mostly — connected on 10 of 13 shots before intermission. Haslem made all four of his shots in the half and Cole was 4 for 6 after making four shots in his last seven games.