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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, September 18, 2000
Running teams improve at meet
Freshmen top Kansas finishers
Cross country coach Stanley Redwine views a running season as a series of steps toward a goal.
At the Iowa State Open meet Saturday in Ames, Iowa, both the men's and women's cross country teams took several leaps from last week's performance.
Redwine said he was excited that both teams came to the meet wanting to improve.
"Both teams showed a better effort today," he said. "It was a total team
effort, and I think we are a better team than we were a week ago."
The ISU Open, which is the site of the 2000 NCAA cross country olympi
The ISU Open, the 2000 NCAA critionships, was previously determined as an individual meet, so no team scores were kept.
Freshmen
FRESH HAVELA Laura Lavole and Lauren Brownrigg repeated as the Jayhawks' top two women's finishers in this week's 6K race. Lavole ran a time of 23:21 to finish 21st, and Brownrigg finished 30th, posting a
Saturday also marked the return of sophomore Bridget Morissey, who finished a strong 35th in her first meet of the season.
time of 23:45.
Redwine said that meet-by-meet improvement was happening and needed to continue.
"The women's team ran well today," he said. "Having Bridget Morissey back, was good for us today. I think the athletes are seeing a big improvement in themselves. I can see that our athletes have more confidence in themselves, the training and the coaches."
Every male runner finished with a faster time in the ISU Open than in
Redwine said that he was pleased that the whole team was improving.
last week's Bob Timmons
Invitational.
"Our men's team showed great improvement this week," Redwine said. "Our one through five runners all did a great job for us today."
Junior Mark Menefee was the highest finisher once again this week for the men. His time of 25:28 placed him 12th. Junior Brent Behrens finished 14th. boosting a time of 26:01.
The Jayhawks will be in action next on September 30th at Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma for the OSU Jamboree.
— Ryan Maloshock
Texas senior guard declared ineligible
By Chris Wriston
By Chris Wristen
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Is this strike three for the Texas Longhorns?
Quite possibly.
Senior guard Darren Kelly has been declared academically ineligible for the fall semester, coach Rick Barnes announced. If Kely improves his academic standing this fall, then he will be allowed to rejoin the team in late December.
"It is going to be difficult not being able to play this fall, but I have some academic issues that I need to take care of to return to the team," Kelly
said in a statement. "I am going to attempt to take care of that this fall and hope to rejoin the team in December."
Texas suffered two hard knocks to its hopes of a season as impressive as its 1999-2000 season following the graduation of Gabe Muoneke and the departure of first team All-America center Chris Mihm to the NBA.
Kelly was the top returning scorer
for the Longhorns after averaging 10
points and 3.1 rebounds per game in 1999-2000. He was also selected to the Big 12 Conference All-Newcomer and All-Bench teams as a junior and was the second-best three-point shooter in the conference last year.
Coach Rick Barnes said the loss would be hard on his team and was sad because Kelly had improved during the end of last season and the summer.
"He had really taken a strong leadership role on this team," Barnes said.
Leadership may be the area where Kelly's absence hurts Texas the most. Kelly is one of just three seniors on
Kelly is one of just three seniors on
the squad. In addition, seven roster players for the upcoming season are newcomers, making senior leadership a must for Texas. Five of the newcomers are freshmen and two, including forward Maurice Evans, are junior college transfers. Evans had played at Wichita State last year before leaving the Shockers because of disagreements with the coaching staff.
"With the addition of so many new guys this year, there is no question that his loss in the fall will hurt us," Barnes said. "Hopefully he be able to throw these into the game by a big lift heading into Big 12 Conference play."
Edited J. R. Mendoza
Grbac has huge day in Chiefs first win
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The fans who booed Elvis Grbac in the first quarter never dreamed they were about to see the best game by a Kansas City quarterback in 33 years.
After having a first-quarter interception returned for a touchdown, Grbac threw five touchdown passes, including three to rookie Sylvester Morris, and the Chiefs swamped winless San Diego 42-10 yesterday.
No Kansas City quarterback had thrown five TD passes since Hall of Famer Len Dawson did it against Miami in 1967.
The Chiefs (1-2) had six sacks, five on starter Moses Moreno and one on Ryan Leaf, who replaced Moreno late in the third.
Leaf, who was 1-for-15 for 4 yards in Kansas City as a rookie in 1988, completed his first two passes, but his third went straight to Chiefs linebacker Lew Bush. The former Charger returned it 33 yards to the Kansas City 43, and a moment later, Morris made a leaping catch in the corner of the end zone, nutting the Chiefs on top 35-10.
Morris, a 6-foot-3 Jackson State product and the Chiefs 2000 first-round draft pick, had six catches
for 112 vards and three scores.
Riddling a Chargers secondary weakened by injuries to cornerback DeRon Jenkins and safety Jason Perry, Grbac was 20-of-33 for 235 vards.
Moreno, making his first start for San Diego, was 11-of-22 for 107 yards before leaving the game because of a shoulder injury.
After spotting the offensively inept Chargers 10 points in a mistake-filled first period, the Chiefs quickly took complete control. Counting an 0-4 preseason, Kansas City had lost eight in a row, going without a win since last Dec. 18.
Morris scored his first NFL touchdown on a 36-yard pass five minutes into the second quarter. His 23-yard reception and a pass interference penalty on Scott Turner led to Tony Richardson's 1-yard scoring TD catch at the end of the halt.
Morris beat Darryl Lewis in the end zone on a 9-yard touchdown pass midway through the third period, and Grbac found a wide-open Troy Drayton for a 2-yard scoring pass that made it 28-10 in the third.
Rookie Frank Moreau scored on a 1-yard run with 1:57 left for the final score in a game that left the Chargers 0-3 for the first time since 1992.
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