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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3., 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Kansas opens season with victories at home course
DANIEL HARMSEN
dharmsen@kansan.com
The final day of August marked the beginning of the season for the Kansas Cross Country teams.
The Kansas men and women's teams both defeated Oral Roberts and UMKC at the Bob Timmons Classic on Saturday, marking the 11th-straight season-opener win for the men.
Men's coach Stanley Redwine held his top, experienced runners out of the meet, so six of the nine men suiting up for Kansas on Saturday were freshmen. Kansas came out on top placing five runners in the top 15 and seven runners in the top 25.
Freshman Tyler Yunk from Belvidere, Ill., took home first place in his premiere college meet with a 19:34:19 6k. Yunk was followed closely by Kansas third place finisher Alexandre Lavigne, a freshman from Quebec City, and seventh place finisher Brendan Soucie, a junior from Osawatomie.
From the moment the gun went off the Kansas pack asserted itself behind the Gator at the front.
The athletes navigated the course without much contention. Oral Roberts snuck a few runners into the front pack, but Kansas had a
stronghold on the top positions for the majority of the race.
Rim Rock Farm's is known for its hilly, winding terrain, but Tyler Yunk was more than ready for them.
"I really enjoy this place," Yunk
and about his new home-course. "I came out here on my visit and looking at all these hills I was taken aback. I didn't know Kansas was this hilly."
Yunk set out to dispel any concerns that he couldn't run hills.
"I love Rim Rock, so I was really excited to run here. I like the hills. I know that's kind of weird, but I like the challenge."
"I wanted to show that I can do hills and hit them hard like here," he continued. "If you can master hills, you can destroy any race."
Although Yunk left a lot of those in attendance impressed, Yunk has one thing on his mind after taking gold: get faster.
"I can't come away from this race all high and mighty," Yunk said. "I need to keep pushing harder than I have already."
from young, new faces. Four of the top six runners on the women's side were Kansas freshmen.
A healthy amount of the productivity for the Kansas women came
Freshmen tennifer Angles, Grace Morgan, Lydia Saggau, and Nashia Baker took second, third, fourth, and sixth, respectively. Angles
JENNIFER ANGLES
Freshman
crossed the tape after traversing the 5k course in 19:16.53—a 6:12 per mile pace.
Angles, a St.
Thomas Aquinas alum, was not as new to Rim Rock as Yunk.
She raced at the high school during state champions.
onship meets, but had the same mindset as Yunk: attack the hills.
"I love Rim Rock, so I was really excited to run here," she said. "I like the hills. I know that's kind of weird, but I like the challenge." Kansas will run its second and final home race of the year on Oct. 5 in the Rim Rock Classic.
Edited by Ashleigh Tidwell
Sophomore James Wilson (133) leads the pack of runners early on at the Bob Timmons Classic Saturday morning at Rim Rock Farm. Wilson finished third in the 6k with a time of 19:49.5. The women had runners finish second, third, fourth and sixth.
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Woman completes record-breaking swim to Florida
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KEY WEST, Fla. — Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.
The 64-year-old Nyad swam up to the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after starting her journey from Havana on Saturday. As she approached, spectators waded into waist-high water and surrounded her, taking
pictures and cheering her on.
"I have three messages. One is, we should never, ever give up. Two is, you are never too old to chase your dream. Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it is a team," she said on the beach.
"I have to say. I'm a little bit out of it right now," Nyad said. She gestured toward her swollen lips, and simply said "seawater."
Her team said she had been slurring her words while out in the water. She was placed on a stretcher on the beach and received an IV
before she was taken by ambulance to a hospital. But her doctor later declared her essentially healthy and expected her to recover quickly from dehydration, swelling and sunburn.
"I just wanted to get out of the sun,"she said after coming ashore on a scorching, sunny day amid calm seas.
It was Nadad's fifth attempt and what she had said would be her last try to complete the approximately 110-mile swim. She tried three times in 2011 and 2012. Her
first attempt was in 1978.
"It's historic, marvelous," said Jose Miguel Diaz, Escrich, the Hemingway Marina commodore who helped organize the Cuba side of Nyad's multiple attempts.
"I always thought she could do it given her internal energy, her mental and physical strength, her will of iron," said Diaz Escrich, whom Nyad has called a longtime friend.
"More than the athletic feat, she wants to send a message of peace, love, friendship and happiness ...
between the people of the United States and Cuba," he added.
President Barack Obama was among a flurry of public officials and celebrities who tweeted congratulations. The president's tweet read: "Never give up on your dreams."
Nyad's previous try was cut short amid boat trouble, storms, unfavorable currents and jellyfish stings that left her face puffy and swollen.
at night, when jellyfish rise to the surface. The new silicone mask caused bruises inside her mouth, making it difficult for her to speak, she told her team as she neared land.
Doctors traveling with Nyad had been worried about her slurred speech and her breathing, but didn't intervene, according to Nyad's website.
This time, she wore a full body suit, gloves, boots and a mask
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