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ing that she had so many other goals.
"She's doing such a great job." Clark said. "I wish I had a whole team like her."
Eisenmenger qualified for the NCAA meet last Friday in the Cardinal Invitational at Stanford, crushing the school record in the 1,500 meters by more than five seconds, finishing in 4 minutes, 17.19 seconds.
She added the record to the ones she claimed indoors for the mile and distance medley relay, and the All-American award she won in the former.
For a runner whose previous best time was 4:25, the move to becoming one of the fastest runners in the U.S. was a shock.
"I expected to drop my time somewhat, obviously, and was hoping for a provisional time," Eisenmengersiad. "But it's nice to get the automatic," she said with a chuckle that emphasized her understatement.
Clark said he also was surprised with her time but suspected from earlier performances that she was ready for a breakthrough.
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Katy Eisenmenger, Fairmont, MN, senior, checks her watch to keep on pace during track practice in Memorial Stadium Tuesday. "The thing I love most about running is the friendships I've formed here because we have fun and always keep each other motivated," said Eisenmenger.
Drake that she was ready," he said. "It doesn't take a genius, but to see it happen was a thrill."
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Eisenmenger said one thing she had learned from running at this level was that athletics and school weren't the only things important in her life, but that she didn't know what she would have been like without running.
Knowing too that this would be her last season has helped her focus on each race individually.
"I went into it with kind of a different attitude," she said of her race at Stanford. "It was just like a all-or-nothing type of thing, like finally, I belonged in that group of people."
Now that her career is almost over, Eisenmenger may not miss the morning workouts or the endless sessions of interval runs on the track, but she will miss being with the other members of the team.
"I don't know how I'll replace that," she said. "Such strong friendships are formed, especially in college where you spend so much time together. It's irreplaceable."
"I can hang with just about anybody there," she said. "During indoors, I think I was still a little bit in awe of some of the big names."
Eisenmenger said a repeat of the conference indoor meet, where she finished third after letting the leaders get a big lead early that she couldn't overcome, wouldn't happen again outdoors.
When Clark began scribbling down the names of all the top 1,500 runners Eisenmenger would face at the Big 12 meet seven, including her teammate, sophomore Laura Lavoie, have at least NCAA provisional times he could barely contain his excitement at what a great race it will be.
But when asked if he would miss coaching the runner who had improved over 30 seconds in the 1,500 in the two years he's spent with her, Clark hesitated and seemed moved by the thought.
How can you not miss coaching her?" he asked.
Contact Norton at mnorton@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Henning.
Kansas' baseball team has won five of its last seven games, bringing its record to 21-24. The team plays it's final non-conference game today against Rockhurst at Hoglund ballpark.
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team," he said. "They always hit the ball very well. They recruit the Kansas City-area and get a lot of players out of there."
Kansas, winner of five of its last seven, will start freshman Chris Jones on the mound. Jones (4-1, 5.10 ERA) earned his latest victory on Saturday against Centenary. He is unbeaten as a starter this season, and Randall hopes it stays that way.
"We need this Rockhurst game," Randall said, "to keep the momentum going."
Kansas leads the all-time series against Rockhurst 18-5. Rockhurst, though, has won the last five, including a 9-3 victory in Lawrence in 2000.
Notes
The Jayhawks close out the season with three games against Oklahoma starting Friday, and three games against Kansas State starting May 18.
"We still have an outside shot of doing something in the conference," Randall said. "We need to win out."
rwood at rwood@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brandon Stinnett.
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power forward from Oakland, Calif.; Tyler Koenig, a 6-foot-7 point guard from Fargo, N.D.; and Thomas Gardner, a 6-foot-2 shooting guard from Portland, Ore.
Brown was a member of the 2001 AAU national champions and was an AAU All-American.
Powe, who is considered by many as one of the top 10 players in the national junior class, tore the ACL in his knee in mid-April and will be sidelined for four to six months. He averaged more than 25 points per
game as a junior.
Gardner attended the same high school as current Jayhawk freshman Aaron Miles and Michael Lee. Williams has traveled to Oregon twice to see Gardner play. PrepWestHoops ranks him as the second best shooting guard on the West Coast.
Koenig averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds for undefeated state champion Fargo North this past season. He attended the Jayhawks' game in North Dakota on Dec. 22.
Contact Wasko at bwasko@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Kristi Henderson.
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