MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2003
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3B
Four swimmers finish first
By Jason Hwang
jhwang@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Eric Braem/Kansan
Kristi Misejka, senior diver, framed by a three-meter diving board, reaches the apex of her jump during the one-meter diving competition at Robinson Natatorium. The meet against Iowa State was the final home match for the seniors. The Javahawks fell to the Cyclones 126-118. Misejka won the event.
In their final meet of the regular season, the University of Kansas swimming and diving teams fell to the Iowa State Cyclones 118-126 Saturday at the Robinson Natatorium.
In diving action, senior Patti Stringham won her fourth firstplace finish of the season by taking the three-meter event with a score of 276.23. Stringham placed second in the one-meter flight with a score of 269.62. Senior Kristi Misejka took first place in the one-meter event with a final score of 270.75. The win marked her third firstplace title of the season. Misejka also placed second in the three-meter competition with 265.50 points.
Kansas swimming took four first place titles in the final meet. Senior Beth Schryer won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:23.48. Schryer also won the 500-yard freestyle event in 2:05.97. Senior Gwen Haley earned her team-high ninth first-place finish of the season in the 200-yard butterfly, clocked at 2:05.30.
Kansas swimming coach Clark Campbell said he was pleased with the direction of the team heading into the Big 12 Championships.
The Jayhawks earned four individual second-place finishes and two relay second-place finishes in Saturday's dual. Freshman Gina Gnatzig took second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:06.25. Sophomore Aly Colver also took second in the 100-yard freestyle by clocking in at 53:09. Junior Kristen Johnson captured
two second place titles for the Jayhawks. Johnson came in second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:08.07 and second in the 200-yard breaststroke clocked at 2:22.14. Kansas finished second in the 200-yard medley
The Jayhawks will compete in the Big 12 Championships Feb. 19 to 22 in Austin, Texas.
relay, at 1:47.43, and the 200-yard freestyle relay, at 1:57.58.
— Edited by Brandon Gay
Women win Illini Classic
By Chris Wintering
cwintering@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
University of Kansas track coach Stanley Redwine is all about the team. He often says that no one person is greater than the team.
In the Illini Classic in Champaign, Ill. the women defeated teams from Illinois, Southern Illinois and Iowa State to win the meet. Redwine said he was proud of the performance.
"We're taking it person-byperson and event-by-event, and we are continuing to get better," Redwine said.
Every area of the women's
team had a winner or a runner-up. For the sprinters, senior Robbie Harriford won the 200-meter dash, junior Stacy Keller won the 400-meter dash and sophomore Brooklyn Hann won the 60-meter hurdles.
The middle distance and distance winners included freshman Angela Pichardo in the 800-meter run, sophomore Megan Manthe in the mile and junior Paige Higgins in the 3.000-meter run.
In field events, Yvonne Calzonetti won the pole vault for the vertical jumpers, and freshman Charisse Bacchus won the long jump for the horizontal jumpers.
For the throwers, freshman
Abby Emsiek came in second in the weight throw.
"We're just continuing to do as I've said before, work hard and get better, and we were better this week than we were last week," Redwine said.
Illinois was the men's winner and Iowa State finished fourth. Due to a scoring discrepancy, it was not known whether Kansas or Southern Illinois placed second. The men had three individual event winners with junior Leo Bookman in the 60-meter dash, sophomore Jeremy Mims in the 800-meter run and freshman Benson Chesang in the 3,000-meter run.
Baseball splits Arkansas series
By Daniel Berk
dberk@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
After winning four of their six games in Hawaii, the Jayhawks traveled to Little Rock, Ark., to take on University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Despite the 28-degree weather, Kansas managed to split the two games against the Trojans Saturday.
The Jayhawks came from behind to eventually win the first game 7-4 in 10 innings. Outfielder Matt Tribble led the way for the Jayhawks' comeback as he drove in two runs on a triple in the sixth inning.
Wheaton, Ill., hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth to tie the score at four. Then his outfield partner, senior Kevin Wheeler, hit a two-run home run in the 10th inning to make the score 6-4. The Jayhawks would later add an insurance run to make the final score 7-4.
Tribble was not yet done, and for his encore, the junior from
"I thought we played well in the first game," coach Ritch Price said. "I was real pleased with our two through five hitters."
Tribble finished the first game by going 4-5 from the plate. Wheeler also added two hits and drove in two runs. Junior Ryan Knippschild started the game for the Jayhawks, but he struggled early. The bullpen managed to keep the Jayhawks in the game as
"A big reason we won the first game was because of our bullpen." Price said.
The second game of the doubleheader saw another solid pitching performance.
After UALR's four-run fourth inning, the team managed to hold the score at 5-4 for the remainder of the game.
"I thought we could have won that game, but we broke down defensively." Price said.
Kansas' final game of the series was scheduled yesterday before it was canceled because of snow. — Edited by Michelle Burhenn
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