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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, March 2,1998
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Men's swimming team dives to 5th place in competition
By Erin Thompson
Kansan sportswriter
By Erin Thompson
Despite career-best times for more than 20 swimmers, the Kansas men's swimming and diving team could not keep up with the competition and ended the Big 12 Championships in fifth place.
Kansas coach Gary Kempf was pleased with the swimmers'per formances but disappointed with the finish.
"I am disappointed in fifth place," he said. "I am pleased with the focus and swimming."
Texas, a possible national champion, blew the rest of the competition out of the water. The Longhorns finished first with 866 points, 248 points ahead of second-place Nebraska.
The Jayhawks were led by
sophomores Tyler Painter and Brandon Chestnut. Painter won the only first place for the Jayhawks and set a meet record in the 1,650-meter freestyle. He earned NCAA Championship automatic qualifying time with his time of 15.01.72.
"I was really pleased with my time. I swam a good, long, strong race. It was untapered, and it was a good time," Painter said. "I am not really concerned with the pool record or the meet record, just the automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships."
Chestnut, who also earned an
NCAA Championship automatic qualification, took first place in the preliminary round of the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 54.30. He fell to second in the finals with a time of 55.00.
Kempf said he was pleased with his team and the future of the program.
"I can't not be happy with that time," he said. "I am happy with getting the automatic bid, but I wanted to go faster. It just wasn't there."
"The attitude, intensity, work ethic was tremendous," he said. "I am very proud of us. I am proud of the effort we showed. Our program showed it has some All-American swimmers in Tyler Painter, Brandon Chestnut and Trent Hartl. I am proud of where our program is going."
Kansas hits home-run streak at Arizona softball tourney
By Laura Bokenkroger Kansas sportswriter
The No. 16-ranked Kansas softball team hit five home runs in its first four games at the Wildcat Invite in Arizona.
Four of the homers came in Kansas' first two wins over McNeese State. In 10-1 blowout, first baseman Shannon Stanwix hit a two-run home run, the sixth of her career, in the top of the first inning.
Second baseman Lezli Leathers hit her first career homer, bringing in three runs in the top of the fourth.
After spraining her ankle in practice on Wednesday, catcher Kristina Johnson proved she could still play, hitting her 10th career home run in the top of the fifth.
"The ankle feels fine," Johnson said. "I wasn't trying to think about it. I was just trying to get a hit." The game was called after five
innings because of the eight-run spread rule, and pitcher Jessi Kowal earned her fourth win of the season.
The Jayhawks beat the Cowgirls 103 Friday. Winning pitcher McChelia McPhail hit a single in her first at-bat of the season, knocking in two runs in the bottom of the third.
The game was called after five
Left fielder Sara Holland drilled her 14th career home run in the bottom of the sixth. Holland needs just one more to tie the team record, held by her coach, Tracy Bunge.
"I try not to think about the record."
Holland said. "I just go up there, trying for a base hit. When I get a home run, it's just a bonus."
The Jayhawks faced the defending national champions on Saturday. The 14-0 Arizona Wildcats scored eight times, shutting out the Jayhawks in five innings.
The Jayhawk scored on the Wildcat error early in the first inning of the second game. Then Stanwix hit her second homer of the weekend, bringing in two runs and increasing the score to 3-1.
I reft I had nothing to lose up there," Stanwix said. "Both homers hit, the pitchers made mistakes and I jumped on them."
Wildcat third baseman Toni Masi-carenas hit a grand slam in the fourth inning, and the Wildcats beat the Jay-hawks 8-3.
Kansas faced 19th-ranked Colorado State on Sunday. The Rams scored twice in the top of the first. Kansas tied it at two in the third, but the Rams came back in the seventh for a 4-2 win.
Kansas is 10-8 on the season.
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- Kansas requires 2000 units of blood a week.
- Every two seconds someone in the U.S needs blood
- Each donation can save FOUR LIVES
- The Kansas State Blood Drive acquired 536 units.
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