THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
9A
SWIMMING & DIVING
Kansas wins double dual meet with strong performances
hmann@kansan.com
BY HALLIE MANN hmann@kansan.com
Despite the 22-degree weather outside, Robinson Natatorium was warm and the smell of chlorine was in the air. As the swimmers and divers finished warm-ups, the last of the spectators filled the packed stands.
Brittany Potter, sophomore, powers through the butterfly stroke portion of the women's 400-yard relay during Saturday's swim meet in the Robinson Natoratum. The Jayhawks battles swimmers and divers from the University of South Dakota and the University of Northern Iowa, and both teams.
The Jayhawks beat South Dakota 197-91 and Northern Iowa 191-87 Saturday in their first home meet this semester. Sophomore
Ryan McGeeneey/KANSAN
It was 3:04 p.m. and the double meet between the University of Kansas, the University of South Dakota and the University of Northern Iowa began with the 400-yard medley relay.
Julia Kuzhil and seniors Danielle Herrmann, Maria Mayrovich and Ashley Leidigh started the Kansas victory by winning the medley relay.
Herrmann and Mayrovich each won four races with Mayrovich setting a pool
"At the beginning of January you're never really sure what you're going to have. We just wanted to see how we could do."
record in the 100-yard freestyle. Mayrovich won that event in 50.04 seconds and beat Kansas junior Erin Goetz, who finished in second place, by more than three seconds.
Kansas won six of the first seven swimming events before the swimmers cleared out for the 3-meter diving event. As the sun was cracking through the back windows,
making it nearly impossible to identify who was on the 3-meter board, the announcer called out the order of the divers. Northern Iowa did not have any divers so it was senior Hannah McMacken, junior Meghan Proehl and sophomore Erin Mertz against South Dakota's two divers.
McMacken had a career best of 301.35 and finished second to Mertz, who scored 315.75. The Kansas divers beat South Dakota again in the 1-meter diving competition when Proehl scored her personal best of 290.10.
CLARK CAMPBELL Swimming coach
Diving coach Eric Elliott was pleased with the divers' results and development at the meet. "We're trying to stay healthy and just keep
fine tuning our dives," Elliott said.
With a little less than one month and only one event left before the Big 12 Championships, Elliott is confident that all of the divers will do well at the upcoming meets. "They all have a chance to get to NCAA if they can put it all together at the
next meets," Elliott said.
After the brief reprieve during the first set of diving events, the Kansas swimmers were ready and waiting at the edge of the pool for the next series of events. Sophomore Joy Bunting won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:25.24 to follow up her win in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:06.90.
Because of its large lead, Kansas
decided to exhibition its non-first place scores in events 11 through 15 despite the impressive performances by freshman Stephanie Payne and sophomore Alyssa Potter in the 100-yard alysby and the 200-yard individual medley.
As the meet concluded and the fans put on their coats to head back out into the cold, coach Clark Campbell watched as the swimmers did their cool down in the practice pool. Campbell said that this meet was an opportunity for the athletes to try some of their "third events" that they would not normally swim in competition.
meet results
Kansas (10-3) vs. South Dakota, Northern Iowa
Team results
Kansas 197 South Dakota 91
Kansas 191 Northern Iowa 87
Top individual performances
top hip pain
100 freestyle
3-meter diving
1-meter diving
100 breaststroke
Maria Mayrovich
Hannah MMccken
Meghan Proehl
Danielle Herrmann
"At the beginning of January you're never really sure what you're going to have," Clark said. "We just wanted to see how we could do."
50.04 seconds
301.35 points
290.10 points
1:05.05
(Pool record)
(Personal best)
(Personal best)
(Four first place finishes)
As Kansas heads for the end of its season, Clark said that the team is right where it needs to be. The next meet for Kansas will be Feb. 6
and 7 against Iowa State University in Lawrence.
Edited by Liz Schubauer
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Seton Hall slides by ranked Georgetown; Florida smashes Vanderbilt
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Earl Clark scored five of his 16 points in the final two minutes and No. 9 Louisville held off No. 8 Syracuse 67-57 on Sunday.
After Eric Devendorf gave Syracuse a 55-54 lead with 2.55 left, Clark hit a 3-pointer from right wing to put the Cardinals ahead to stay as the Orange misfired repeatedly in the closing minutes. Syracuse, averaging 80.4 points a game, had only two field goals in the last seven minutes and were held to a season-low in points.
It was the seventh straight win for Louisville (15-3, 6-0 Big East), which handed Pittsburgh its first loss of the season, 69-63, eight days ago. Syracuse (17-4, 5-3) lost its second straight — the Orange lost 78-60 at No. 4 Pitt on Monday.
NO. 4 PITTSBURGH 79,
WEST VIRGINIA 67
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. —
Sam Young scored 16 of his 22
points in the second half to lead
Pittsburgh to its second easy win since surrendering its top ranking a week ago.
DeJuan Blair had his 13th double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds for Pittsburgh (18-1, 6-1 Big East). LeVance Fields had 13 points and Jermaine Dixon scored 11.
Young, who had gone to the bench with his third foul seconds into the second half, took over upon returning. He scored 12 points during a decisive 18-5 run, capping it with a layup with 8:06 remaining that gave Pittsburgh a 68-35 lead.
DaSean Butler led West Virginia (14-5, 3-3) with 21 points and Alex Ruoff added 16.
NO.7 MICHIGAN ST. 78,
OHIO ST.67
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Durrell Summers had 26 points to almost double his 'career high and the Spartans dominated the boards in beating the Buckeyes.
Kalin Lucas added 20 points and Goran Suton 13 for the Spartans (1-6, 3- 6-1 Big Ten), who were coming off a humiliating 70-63 loss to Northwestern on Wednesday night which had ended an 11-game winning streak and a string of 28 straight wins at the Breslin Center.
Down by 12 early, Michigan State took command with a 9-0 run midway through the second half.
Evan Turner had 19 points, B.J. Mullens and Jon Diebler had 12 apiece and William Buford 11 for Ohio State (13-5, 3-4).
SETON HALL 65,
NO.12 GEORGETOWN 60
NEWARK, N.J. — Jeremy Hazell scored 23 points, including the clinching free throws with 8.1 seconds left that helped Seton Hall get its first Big East win of the season.
The Pirates (10-9, 1-6) won by holding the Hoyas (12-6, 3-4) to their worst shooting game of the season and despite not hitting a 3 pointer in a game for the first time in more than 17 years. Seton Hall had lost six straight and eight of nine and four of the losses were to ranked teams.
Freshman Greg Monroe had 17
points to lead Georgetown, which lost its third straight. The Hoyas entered the game third-best in the Big East in shooting at 48.2 percent but they shot 32 percent (17-for-52), including going 3-for-22 from 3-point range.
NO.24 FLORIDA 94 VANDERBILT 69
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chandler Parsons hit seven 3-pointers, including his first five, and finished with a career-high 27 points to lead the Gators. Florida (17-3, 4-1 SEC) bounced back from a loss to South Carolina by hitting a season-best 15 3-pointers. Erving Walker also scored a career-high 17 points for Florida. Nick Calathes added 15 and Hodge had 10.
Vanderbilt (12-7, 1-4) lost its third straight and fourth in five games.
George Drake led Vandy with 14 points off the bench. Jermaine Beal had 13 and Jeffery Taylor 10. Presseason All-SEC center A.J. Ogilvy finished with four points.
Louisville's Earl Clark battles Syracuse's Eric Deventford and Arinze Onaka in front of the basketball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Sunday.
TRAGEDY Football coach makes first remarks after charges
"The one thing people can't forget in this whole situation is that I lost one of my boys that day. A boy that I loved and a boy that I cared for and a boy that meant the world to me," coach David Jason Stinson told dozens of supporters at his home Saturday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky high school football coach charged in the death of a player who collapsed at practice says he is heartbroken and that part of his life has been taken away.
It was his first public remarks since he was charged with reckless homicide Thursday in the death of 15-year-old Max Gilpin, a sophomore offensive lineman who died three days after collapsing during a sweltering practice in Aug. 20.
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A school spokeswoman said he had been reassigned pending the outcome of the case. Stinson is expected to be arraigned Monday.
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