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MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TRACK
Dixon, track team shine at Jayhawk Classic
MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
Sophomore Diamond Dixon, an All-American spinner, was nervous going into the 400-meter dash on Friday. The Jayhawk Classic is by no means the biggest meet of the season, but Dixon was racing on the same track as professional spinner Monica Harrove.
The talented young sprinter had nothing to be nervous about. She not only ran faster than Hargrove, she set the fastest time in the NCAA this season.
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Sophomore spinner Diamond Dixon sprints in the women's 400 meter dash. Dixon won the event and an Aschutz Pavilion record with a time of 53.75.
"I feel like I could have ran a little bit better, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out." Diamond Dixon said.
Her time of 53.75 converts down to 53.05 because it was ran on an unbanked surface.
There were a total of 14 individual Jayhawks to win event titles, as well as a Kansas sweep of the four relay races.
Another NCAA leadingmarkwas set by Andrea Gebelle in the triple jump. Her jump of 13.20 meters placed only third in the competition behind professionals Crystal Manning and Kimberly Williams. The jump still stands as the leading triple jump in the NCAA.
Junior Andrea Geubelbe begins her second attempt of the triple jump during Friday's Jayhawk Classic at Anschutz Pavilion. Geubelbe broke the Anschutz Pavilion record with a jump of 13.20 meters.
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Freshman Colleen O'Brien won the high jump competition; it was the fourth victory of the season for both O'Brien and Payne.
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Junior distance runner Austin Bussing walked away from the men's mile run victorious and was also a member of the men's distance medley relay team that won the event. Senior Donny Wasinger won the 1,000 meter race and freshman Kenneth McCuin won his first collegiate race in the 600 yards.
"It really prepared me for some bigger, professional meets and hopefully the Olympic Trials. It definitely helped push me today, which was awesome." Geubel said of competing with professional athletes.
"it's great to get that record and fun to have my name here for a little while," Stowe said. "We have a lot of good girls coming up, so who knows how long it'll stick."
"The thing about pole vaulting is you always end on a miss, that's what makes you want it so bad," Payne said after the competition.
"We're starting to get in really good shape but, unfortunately, I'm never satisfied" Coach Stanley Redwine said following his team's overall successful day.
Brebek Stowe, senior distance runner, broke the Anshutz Pavilion record winning the 3,000 meter race in a time of 9:37.70.
The Kansas female athletes were victorious in the pole vault as well; Sophomore Demi Payne won the competition with a jump that ranks 10th in the NCAA this season. On her last attempt Payne appeared to be just inches from clearing a bar that would have put her in the NCAA top five.
Freshman Micheal Stigler bounds over the hurdles at the Javhawk Classic at Anchutz Pavilion Friday night. Stigler placed fifth in the men's 60-meter hurdles.
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NBA
Heat grab victory in rematch of Eastern Conference Finals
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MIAMI — LeBron James scored 35 points, while reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose wasted two chances in the final 23 seconds and the Miami Heat escaped with a 97-93 win Sunday over the Chicago Bulls.
Chris Bosh scored 24 points and added 12 rebounds for the Heat, who never trailed — but this win in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference finals was not easy. Dwyane Wade added 15 points for Miami.
Rose scored 34 points for Chicago, but missed a pair of foul shots that would have given Chicago the lead with 22.7 seconds left. He had made all 29 of his free throws in the fourth quarter this season.
And Rose had a shot to tie in the final seconds, but his short jumper bounced off the rim.
Bosh sealed it with two free throws with 0.1 seconds left for Miami, which has now won five straight over the Bulls — counting
the last four games of last season's East title series.
Both sides said this game was supposed to be just another regular-season matchup, one without extra meaning.
The Bulls erased what was a 12-point defied and tied the game at 84 on a brilliant layup by Rose with 6:55 left. The Heat answered with a 10-2 run, before Rose's three-point play with 49.1 seconds left cut the lead to 94-93.
So not true.
Rose then lost the ball on a drive, but drew contact from Miami's Udonis Haslem and went to the line with Chicago down one with 22.7 seconds left. Rose's first hit the front of the rim and bounced away, and his second rimmed out. James grabbed the rebound and was fouled by Joakim Noah — only to miss both free throws himself.
After the second miss, Bosh appeared to emerge with the rebound, but an inadvertent whistle led to a jump ball. James out-leaped Taj Gibson, getting the ball to Mario Chalmers, who made one
Chicago wound up getting one last chance with 9.9 seconds left, calling time-out. Naturally, it went to Rose, who weaved his way into the lane — but came up short. Bosh got the rebound, and Miami began celebrating.
The Bulls played without forward Luol Deng and guard C.J. Watson, both sidelined with wrist injuries. Watson may be back in Chicago's lineup as early as Monday, and Deng — who has a torn ligament in his left, non-shooting, wrist — is "very close" to a return, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.
Rip Hamilton and Noah each scored 11 for Chicago, which got 10 apiece from Ronnie Brewer and Carlos Boozer.
Miami took an 11-point lead early in the fourth on back-to-back 3-pointers from Shane Battier and James. The Bulls roared back, as they did for most of the day whenever the Heat seemed on the cusp of taking control.
free throw for a two-point lead.
They just never got the lead, despite Rose's best efforts.
Rumors of 'No Mom Tom' shirts prove to be false
war became the latest victim of the Internet rumor mill.
The Twitter feeds of Jayhawk fans everywhere were especially active last week, as the "Border
BORDER SHOWDOWN
ANDREW JOSEPH
aioseph@kansan.com
On Thursday, word spread that Missouri fans planned to wear t-shirts that displayed the
Robinson
letters "NMT," meaning "No Mom Tom" during the Feb. 4 match-up with Kansas in Columbia. The phrase is reference to the passing of Thomas Robinson's mother in January of last year.
However, like most rumors started on Twitter, there is little truth to these claims, even though it spread wildfire.
The phrase originated on the popular Missouri message board
called Tigerboard.com, but the widespread use of this reference to Robinson appears to be misconstrued amongst the Jayhawk faithful.
"There have been a total of eight posts using the phrase 'No Mom Tom' or the abbreviation 'NMT' referring to Thomas Robinson directly on this board," Tigerboard.com operator Nick Witthaus said.
The acronym for Robinson made its first appearance on the board in November of last year, and every subsequent post has been reported and deleted from the website. Despite the bitter nature of the rivalry between Kansas and Missouri, the use of the phrase "NMT" was met with entirely negative reactions from the Missouri posters on the board.
There was only one mention on Tigerboard to the production of "NMT" t-shirts, and it did not come from a user that frequents
Just like the previous seven times, the "NMT" reference to Robinson was reported and deleted, but the word had already made its way around the Jayhawk fanbase.
"The t-shirt rumor was posted on the 26th from a first-time poster who registered about half an hour before the post was made. That poster was using an IP address reserved for an apparel company in California," Witthaus said.
the message board.
The well-known faction of the Missouri student section, "The Antlers," issued a tweet on Thursday in an attempt to bury the rumor.
"We aren't making any signs, shirts, billboards or keychains with a "NMT" slogan. That's below us," the tweet read.
— Edited by Tanvi Nimkar
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