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TRACK & FIELD
THE UNIVERSITY OF DAILY KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009
Jayhawks head to meets across the country
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Coach Stanley Redwine competed at a lot of places across the country during his collegiate track career in the early 80s. One of the places he remembers best was the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.
Freshman hurdler Keith Hays races through a heat of the men's 110-meter hurdles Saturday during the KU Relays. Hayes will be competing in the 4x400 relay and the 110-meter hurdles this weekend at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.
Redwine competed and won in the distance medley event and has one of the watches to prove it.
"I've been at Penn, I've raced at Penn and had a great experience there," Redwine said. "We definitely want to thank Lew [Perkins] for the opportunity to allow some of the team to go out there and get the same experience I got when I was there."
"Everyone needs to compete and we didn't want the weekend off for our athletes," bedwine said.
Just one week after competing at home in the Kansas Relays, the Kansas track and field team will be all over the country this weekend. While some members of the team participate in the Penn Relays, others are heading to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Still others are attending the Nebraska Open in Lincoln, Neb.
For the Penn Relays, Kansas will send its relay teams to compete in the 4x400 along with some of its sprinters for the hurdles events. The men's 4x400 relay team will be made up of senior Jarrell Rollins, junior Reggie Carter, sophomore Keron Toussaint and freshman Keith Hayes.
THIS WEEKEND
Penn Relays in Philadelphia
Nebraska Open in Lincoln, Neb.
Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa
Hayes will also compete in the 110-meter hurdles event with fellow freshman Keyen Porter.
"it's like the New York edition of outdoor," Hayes said about the Penn Relays. "It's kind of like the New Balance meet but the outdoor version."
Last weekend, both the men's and women's relay teams lost in close battles where the winner was determined in the final leg of each race.
Toussaint said the main goal at Penn was qualifying for regionals.
"Coach is not going to take us if he don't think we can regionally qualify," Toussaint said. "Any team that gone to Penn ends up running fast."
That same goal is echoed with the women's relay team, made up of freshman Shayla Wilson and seniors Sha'Ray Butler, Charity Stowers and Nickesha Anderson. Anderson will also compete individually in the 100-meter dash.
Butler regionally qualified at Penn her sophomore year and said
"I think we definitely have a chance especially since we just have relays to focus on besides Nickesha with her individual event," Butter said. "But most of us we'll be pretty fresh to try and qualify for regionals."
Meanwhile, the rest of the team will head off to the Nebraska Open and the Drake Relays.
"I'm excited to run better than I have been running the past week so that's all I'm going into this
Dorsey said her main objective in the 100-meter dash this weekend will be getting out faster.
weekend with" said junior sprinter Aubree Dorsey, who will be traveling to Nebraska.
Sophomore distance runner Clay Schneider will also head to Nebraska and is looking to get a personal best in the 800-meter run, an event that he's been trying to get adjusted to each meet.
"Last time didn't go so well, so of course this as any other week. I'm going out to race." Schneider said.
The Nebraska Open was something that Redwine believes is an opportunity for those Jayhawks that had not yet qualified for regionals to do so as well as competing too.
"We like to give all of our athletes the opportunity to compete and that was a solution to people having an opportunity to compete," Redwine said.
— Edited by Liz Schubauer
TENNIS
Seniors not bothered by early loss to Mizzou
The Kansas Jayhawks fell to the Missouri Tigers 4-1 Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Championships in Norman, Okla., ending their season with a 10-13 overall record and 4-8 conference record.
The Tigers move on to the second round to compete against the No. 1 seed defending Big 12 champion Baylor. Baylor is 11-0 in conference play this season.
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Senior Jayhawk Edina Horvath shined in both the singles and doubles round. She and her partner, freshman Kate Morozova, were the only KU doubles pair to win; defeating Missouri's Jamie Mera and Mallory Weber 8-2 extended their win streak to five matches.
After Kansas lost the doubles point, Horvath ended up being the only Jayhawk to win her singles match. It was her and senior Yullana Swistun's final match of their NCAA careers.
"I had an amazing time at KU, I loved every moment of it." Horvath said. "I feel like I have great coaches and teammates. I am going to miss them so much. I wish I could stay and play many more years here."
Coach Amy Hall-Holt said she was proud of her young team's performance against the Tigers.
"Missouri's a good team and they won it out," Hall-Holt said. "We put it out there and it was a hard-fought match, but Missouri pulled it out at the end."
Chiefs trade Gonzalez to Falcons
Justin Hilley
BY CHARLES ODUM
Associated Press
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons boosted their hopes for another trip to the playoffs by acquiring tight end Tony Gonzalez from the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday for a draft pick next year.
The Chiefs insisted they also improved their chances for success in 2009 by making the trade.
The Falsons will send a second round pick in 2010 to Kansas City in exchange for Gonzalez, the only tight end in NFL history selected to 10 Pro Bowls.
Gonzalez caught 96 passes for 1,058 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2008. He owns NFL career records for tight ends with 916 receptions, 10,940 yards receiving, 76 TDs receiving and 26 100-yard receiving games.
"It's somewhat bittersweet."
Gonzalez told FoxSports.com.
"I love Kansas City. I grew up in Kansas City. The city means a lot to me. I got there when I turned 21. It will be sad to leave a city I love. But I'm looking forward to making a Super Bowl run in Atlanta every year for the next three or four years."
Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said it wasn't easy to trade the star, who played in 188 regular-season games for Kansas City.
"From an organizational as well as personal standpoint there are mixed emotions," Pioli said. "I have the highest personal and professional respect for Tony and consider him to be a future Pro Football Hall of Famer."
Pioli said the Chiefs, 2-14 in 2008, did not pursue a trade for Gonzalez, but agreed when the Falcons offered a second-round pick.
"This is something we really feel was a decision in the best short-term and long-term interest of the
Chiefs," Pioli said, adding the 2010 draft pick could be used in another deal to acquire more picks in this weekend's draft.
"It may be that pick next year or it may be a pick this year or several picks." Pioli said.
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt called Gonzalez "one of the finest players in Chiefs history."
Gonzalez will provide a dramatic new look for the Falcons, who were 11-5 last year with rookie quarterback Matt Ryan starting every game.
"Tony's arrival will make an instant impact not only on the offensive side of the ball, but on the overall team in general," said Ryan, the NFL. Offensive Rookie of the Year. "I feel privileged to be throwing the ball to a future Hall of Famer and I'm anxious to get on the field to start working with him."
Ryan has a new target and the Falcons have a new leader, but what about newly acquired Chiefs
quarterback Matt Cassel? Pioli said there's still plenty of time to bolster the Chiefs' offense before the season.
"There's a lot of time between now and then for us to continue to shape our roster," Pioil said.
When asked how he would replace Gonzalez, new Chiefs coach Todd Haley said, "I don't know I have a direct answer for that right now.
"This is what we felt was best for us right now all things considered." Haley added. "We're doing everything we can to give ourselves the best chance to win games in 2009 and that's what we as a group felt was the best way to go."
The 33-year-old Gonzalez, who has three years remaining on his contract, asked to be traded last October. But then-general manager Carl Peterson said no team Gonzalez was willing to go to made a good enough offer.
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Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez looks for room to run after catching a pass against the Denver Broncos. The Atlanta Falcons obtained Gonzalez from the Chicks on Thursday for a draft pick next year.
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