6B SPORTS
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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009
RELAYS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
in third running at 14.35 seconds
in third running at 14.35 seconds Hayes said that around the last hurdle was when he really lost his composure almost falling at finish line but felt that he executed well, getting a regionally qualifying time.
"I'm satisfied with my race for now," Hayes said.
In women's action, Kansas, Missouri State and Seton Hall battled out the 4x400 race down to the last leg. For Kansas, the team of freshman Shayla Wilson, and seniors Nickesha Anderson, Sha'Ray Butler and Charity Stowers finished with a time of 3:43.14, but Missouri State won with a time of 3:41.39.
"We did our thing," Anderson said. "We have our best team ahead and we know when it all boils down to it, we're going to do it."
Anderson said it was frustrating for some team members who had not yet regionally qualified. Anderson said they may not have gotten the victory, but they were able to knock off three seconds from their previous attempt.
"We should have won that 4X4 but we didn't, and we're not going to beat ourselves about it. We put on a good show by our teammates and we did good." Anderson said.
Like the women's event, the men's 4x400 came down to the last leg with Kansas, Seton Hall and Wichita State separated by a little more than one second. Kansas runners were juniors Jacob Breth
and Reggie Carter, senior Jarrell Rollins and sophomore Keron Toussaint.
Seton Hall edged out the Jayhawks winning with a time of 3:11.41, and the Jayhawks took second in 3:21.45.
Redwine said he was pleased overall with how his team did at the Relays.
"Both teams did their best and we've to continue to make them better," coach Stanley Redwine said.
"Everyone ran their hardest and we looked pretty good." Redwine said. "We had some better standings in regionals with more athletes qualifying so that's the kind of thing we wanted to do."
Edited by Realle Roth
relays notes
SHOT PUTTER QUALIFIES FOR REGIONALS
Senior Stephanie Horton qualified for regionals in the shot put, throwing 15.47 meters. Right behind Horton was her teammate senior Emily Reimer, who also qualified throwing 15.14 meters.
SCOTT WINS POLE VAULT
In men's pole vault on Friday, junior Jordan Scott took first in the event, jumping 5.50 meters Scott is redshirting in the outdoor season not because of injury, but in hopes of making the team better and helping perfect his skills so he can one day accomplish his goal of breaking the NCAA record in pole vault.
FALL KEEPS SENIOR FROM VICTORY
In the finals of the steeple chase, senior Patrick McGowan had a strong performance despite a fall midway in the race, taking second place running a time of 9:29.07. Freshman Rebeha Stowe took third in the women's event with a time of 11:25.25.
BATMAN WITHDRAWS FROM EVENT
Fans wanting to see Olympic bronze medalist Bershawn "Batman" Jackson compete in the 400-meter hurdles were disappointed in his withdrawal right before the event.
Jackson had been dealing with a problem in his hamstring for a little more than a week
and decided after taking some warm-up runs to back out.
"It's not worth jeopardizing and it's early in the year," Jackson said. "I want to take the next two to three weeks to get it healthy."
Jackson's schedule includes meets in Osaka, Japan, and the Penn Relays. But the Olympian said he definitely plans to return next year.
"I got five Kansas Relay victories and I want to keep it going." Jackson said. "I hate to pull out this year, I really wanted to go out and get another victory and another meet record but you know I still have next year and years after that."
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Freshman long jumper Jamaica Collins leaps to a distance of 5.71 meters. Collins placed ninth in the women's long jump final Saturday after noon at Memorial Stadium.
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Freshman hurdler Lawson Montgomery speeds toward the finish in the first heat of Friday's men's 110-meter hurdles preliminaries.
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Kansas City Community College's Davion Mallory, left, congratulates freshman hardner Keith Hayes after Hayes won the fourth heat of the men's 110-metre hurdles preliminaries Friday at the Kansas Relays.
Junior middle distance runner Lauren Bonds crosses the finish line well ahead of her fellow competitors in Saturday's women's 1500-meter run at the Kansas Relays.
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