Monday, March 2,1998
The University Daily Kansan
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Section B · Page 3
Pentathlon mark falls in Ames
By Angela Johnson Kansan sportswriter
Candy Mason found redemption at last weekend's Big 12 Conference Indoor Championships in Ames, Iowa.
Mason won the pentathlon with 4,053 points,breaking her own school record as well as the meet record.
"This is my last indoor meet, so it's great to finish out like this," Mason said. "It's also my last pentathlon, so I'm really happy I could win it all."
Mason, Nevada, Mo., senior, improved on her performance at last year's conference meet, where she finished fifth.
The Kansas men finished ninth overall with 34 points and the women finished 10th with 41.5 points. Nebraska finished first on the men's side, with 106.5 points, and Texas won the women's title with 156 points.
Mason had 20 points out of the 28 total points for the women after the
first day.
Mason and Andrea Branson, Leawood freshman, finished first and second, respectively, in the pole vault. Mason vaulted 12 feet, 6 inches, and Branson cleared 12 feet, a personal best.
"I knew I should be going 12 feet, and now my technique is coming together," Branson said. "My next goal is to go 13 feet."
After the first day of competition, Feb.27,the men and women were both in third place,but the majority of the final competition was on Saturday, Feb.28.
"The first day is like the third hole of an 18-hole golf course," head coach Gary Schwartz said. "It's not like the team fell apart, but we need more scoring out of more people."
On the men's side, Scott Russell, Windsor, Ontario, freshman, continued his impressive rookie campaign, placing second in the 35 lb. weight throw. His tosse of 63 feet, 10 1/2 inches earned him an NCAA provisional qualification.
Russell finished second to Nebraska's 6/7 Warren, who threw 65 2/3 4. Warren and Russell hold the top two marks in the conference for the weight throw.
"I wanted to place in the top three, and I did that." Russell said. "Neither Scott Warren nor I throw to our potential, but I guess I did OK for a freshman," Russell said.
The men finished Friday's competition in a strong fashion, placing third in the distance medley relay. Andy Tate, Lake Elmo, Minn., sophomore; Jabari Wamble, Edmond, Okla., freshman; Craig Hettche, State College, Pa., junior; and Kevin McGinn, Carlslie, Pa., sophomore; combined for a time of 9:57.42, Kansas' fastest time this year.
Lester Smith continued to prove that he was a big-time competitor. The St. Louis junior recorded a new personal best with 50-10 3/4, but Nebraska's Benji Prebly edged out Smith for the gold by jumping 51-1 on his final jump.
BIG 12 INDOOR NOTES
Candy Mason set a school record in the pentathlon, with 4,053 points. Mason also won the pole vault with a jump of 12-6 feet and tied for fifth in the high jump, 5-7 feet. April Kockrow also jumped 5-7.
■ Andrea Branson's 12 feet pole vault last weekend boosted her into the top-national rankings. She finished second behind Mason.
Freshman Charlie Gruber turned in a gutsy performance in the men's 800 meters, passing three runners in the final straight-away to place four with a time of 1:52.79 minutes.
The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Tuleshia Rogers, Eniola Aajyj, Madinah Hazim, and Sherre-Khan Blackmon broke the school record and finished eight with a time of 3:45.79. The previous record was 3:46.54 at the 1988 Big Eight Championships.
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