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Junior distance runner Bret Imgrund, left, offers congratulations to a fellow runner after a lengthy race at the Kansas Relays on April 18 at Memorial Stadium.
Distance runners travel to Iowa
After last week's success in Kansas Relays, Jayhawks look ahead to Drake Relays
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
One week ago, the layhawks held their version of a "distance carnival" at the Kansas Relays. Today, members of the distance group of the Kansas Track and Field team will travel to another one, this time in Des Moines, Iowa, to compete at the Drake Relays.
"I think that it's a great opportunity. The weather has always cooperated well there, and so we're looking forward for them to go out and have a great experience and good times," coach Stanley Redwine said.
The Drake Relays will mainly feature the 5,000- and 10,000-meter run events. The relays kick off with the 10,000-meter run event, which includes senior Brock Ternes, juniors Danny Van Orsdel
TRACK & FIELD
**WHAT:** Drake Relays
**WHEN:** Today, 3.p.m.
**WHEN:** Des Moines, low
and Isaiah Shirlen and sophomore Nick Carpio.
Van Orsdel said training for the 25-lap event was a lot of work, but it was going well for him.
“It’s a lot of longer stuff, so getting some longer workouts in, some longer runs and doing that 5K at the Relays was a tuneup for the 10K,” Van Orseld said.
In the women's 5,000-meter run will feature sophomores Amanda Miller and Kara Windisch. Both runners had success last Thursday
at the Kansas Relays in the distance events. Windisch grabbed a victory in the 3,000-meter run while Miller won the 5,000-meter run event.
The competition in the 5,000-meter will feature schools from across the country, including some Big 12 schools like Baylor and Texas.
Miller said she wanted to crack 17 minutes in the 5,000-meter event. After last week at the Kansas Relays, she knows what it takes.
"It was good to get out and know the pace," Miller said. "Just get a feel for it, so it was a good little test."
"The competition is a lot better, which is good, so hopefully I can just stick on to a pack and finish in a good time because there's only a few girls that run like in a 17 (minute) range." Miller said.
In the men's side, junior Bret
Imgrund and freshman Donny Wasinger will represent the javahaws in the 5,000-meter event.
The two have been working together to get Kansas some top place finishes, including last week's 5,000-meter run at the Relays where both finished in the top three; Wasinger took second and Imground took third.
"Donny and I are just doing our own thing. We don't concern ourselves with who else is in the pack because you can't rely on other people," Imgrund said. "You don't know what kind of day they are going to have so you just got to do your own thing and work together."
The Drake Relays distance events will begin with the women's 10,000-meter run at 3 p.m.
Edited by Carly Halvorson
NHL
Rangers put Capitals on brink of elimination
Henrik Lundqvist held Washington to one goal on 38 shots to give New York 3-1 series lead
BY IRA PODELL Associated Press
NEW YORK — Henrik Lundqvist made 38 saves, half of them in the second period, and the seventh-seeded New York Rangers put the Washington Capitals on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory Wednesday night.
Lundqvist, who posted a 1-0 shutout win in Game 2, was on top of his game all night as the Capitals controlled play from the second period to the end — outshooting New York 39-21. But it's the Rangers who hold a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
from coach John Tortorella to New York's top players, team captain Drury made it 2-0 at 2:23 when he followed a rebound of his shot and scored.
Drury, nursing what is believed to be a hand or wrist injury that raised fears he could be out of the line-up for the second time this series, flipped a soft shot on goal from the left-wing boards that Varlamov bobbled out of his glove. Lauri Korpikoski nudged it to Drury for his 47th NHL playoff goal.
Paul Mara staked the Rangers to lead with 6:05 left in the first period, scoring just the second goal against 20-year-old rookie Simeon Varlamov, who has stopped 75 of 78 shots since taking over for Jose Theodore after New York's 4-3 win in Game 1.
Lundqvist's most dramatic save came against onrushing forward Alexander Semin, who launched a rising drive that was snared at full extension by Lundqvist before the puck found the top right corner.
Lundqvid did the rest, especially during a power play when
Washington whistled four shots in on him and had several others blocked in front. New York could not get the puck out of its zone and gave up two more drives after Michal Rosival got out of the box.
The Rangers finally iced the puck, forcing Tortorella to use his timeout to give his exhausted penalty-killers a breather.
Ovechkin turned the mood inside Madison Square Garden from celebratory to panic when he rifled a slap shot off the crossbar and into the net.
The Rangers went 12:36 between shots in the second period and carried their 2-0 edge into the third.
It brought the towel-waving crowd to its feet with thunderous chants of "Hen-rik! Hen-rik!"
at 2:13 of the third period. It was the first goal of the series on the 32nd shot by Ovechkin, who led the NHL with 56 regular-season goals.
"The Missouri match was a pretty close score the first time around, but I think we've built up a little more enthusiasm with our doubles. We're pretty excited about getting a second chance against them," Hall-Holt said.
TENNIS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Ovechkin, who screamed at his teammates on the bench before the third period, cut the Capitals' deficit to 2-1 early in the final frame and nearly tied it twice. The first try was denied by the post during a power play, and then he was denied when Lundqvist made a reaching glove save with 5:13 left.
the nation.
Hall-Holt said defeating Missouri in the championships will make up for the regular season
Varlamov got Washington back into the series with a 4-0 win Monday night, after the Rangers posted a pair of road wins, but now the Capitals — the No.2 seed in the Eastern Conference — could be out of the playoffs Friday night when they host Game 5.
loss. "It's definitely something that we want to accomplish. I think it'll be bitter sweetting them out in the first round," she said.
Kansas and Missouri are both 4-7 in conference
"It's tournament time; anything can happen. Big teams go down ..."
play and are seeded No. 9 and 8, respectively, in the tournament. Because Missouri defeated Kansas, it received a higher seeding in the brackets. Oklahoma State defeated Missouri and lost to Kansas in the regular season, and because it was able to defeat No. 7 seeded Texas Tech, a squad that beat both Kansas and Missouri. Oklahoma State was given a higher seeding at No 6.
Lundqvist kept the Rangers in it during the second period, when the Capitals held a 19-5 shots advantage but fell further behind.
"If we had beaten Texas Tech, we would have had a pretty good chance of being the sixth seed. Everybody from the sixth to the ninth seed, it could have gone either way" Hall-Holt said.
The winner of today's match will advance to the second round tomorrow and play the No. 1 seeded Big 12 defending champion Baylor, which is 55-1 in conference play since 2005.
Alex Ovechkin finally scored his first goal of the series, but it was enough even with Washington having two late power plays created by Sean Avery's undisciplined play.
AMY HALL-HOLT Tennis coach
Chris Drury added his first goal of the series for the Rangers.
Taking the challenge to step up
However, the layhawks' attention is on today's opponent.
ly want to keep focus on Missouri this weekend and keep the girls' focused on Missouri. It's tournament time; anything can happen. Big teams go down and we're looking to have a lot of good things happen this weekend."
"I don't want to think ahead too much," Hall Halt said. "I definite-
Hall-Holt knows the level of intensity at which her players can perform. She expects them to have and maintain that level today.
"You got to go in with the desire that we're going to win at all cost. We're going to have our A-mind out there during the whole match, and we're going to play our game and not play others'. And that's one thing I put out there for the girls: you lose, you go home; if you win, you keep playing." Hall-Holt said.
Edited by Carly Halvorson
March 21.
Toronto beat Chivas (4-1-1) for the first time in five games since joining MLS in 2007. Toronto entered the game never having earned a point from the Los Angeles team in four matches, having been outscored 9-2.
MLS
Amado Guevara's third goal of the season gave Toronto (2-2-2) its first victory since the opener in Kansas City, played on
TORONTO — Toronto FC knocked Chivas USA From the ranks of the undefeated with a 1-0 victory Wednesday night at BMO Field.
Guevara goal knocks off undefeated Chivas USA
Toronto broke through in the 36th minute when Guevara received a header from forward Danny Dichio.
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