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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
AQUATICS
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Junior distance swimmer Rebecca Swank competes in the 1000 yard-freeze-style Friday night in the Border Showdown against Missouri. Swank won the event, but the Jayhawks were defeated 185-102.
Swimming and diving teams fall to Missouri
NATHAN FORDYCE
nfordyce@kansan.com
The Jayhawk swimming and diving teams lost to the rival Missouri Tigers 185-102 at Robinson Natatorium Friday night, winning just four out of the 16 events.
The Kansas swimmers showed a spark as they came out and won three straight event after losing the opening 400-yard medley relay. Junior Rebecca Swank finished first in the 1,000 yard-freestyle with a time of 10:09.94. Following Swank's win, senior captain Shannon Garlie finished first in the 200 free with a time of 1:51.93. Freshman Deanna Marks earned her third win in a row as she won the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.36.
"I thought we performed at a pretty high level," said Kansas coach Clark Campbell. "Of the
three ranked teams we have swam against this season, this was our best performance."
The meet could have gone differently had the Jayhawks been at full strength going into the meet. There were four members that did not compete because of either injury or sickness.
"It was unfortunate not to have them, but Rebecca Swank had a really big swim in the 1,000 free and Shannon Garlie stepped up huge in both the 100 and 200 free. Morgan Sharp and Shelby Cox both had really good swims and Deanna Marks continued to impress," said Campbell.
Sharp claimed the only other victory for the Jayhawks when she won the 500 free (5:01.45). Cox had solid performances in her events, finishing the 50 free in 24.81 and the 100 free in 53.91.
"I don't think the scoreboard
showed how great we did," said Cox. "We all swam really well individually"
There were other strong performances including the transfer from Russia, Svetlana Golovchun. Golovchun finished second in the 50 free (24.13) making it three straight meets that she has finished second or better. Stephanie Payne finished second in the 400 IM (4:26.99) and Kath Liggett came in third in the 100 fly (59.17).
The two divers had solid performances with a second place finish in the three-meter dive by Alysse Golden (246.96). Christy Cash finished third in the one-meter with a time of 265.43.
The Jayhawks will have a week off before they face the University of Nebraska-Omaha at Robinson Natatorium on Nov. 19.
- Edited by Josh Kantor
SPORTS
Men's and women's cross country fail to make NCAAs
MAX GOODWIN
mggoodwin@kansan.com
The men's and women's cross country teams failed to move on to the NCAA Nationals on Saturday. The men's team finished in eighth place in the NCAA Regional meet, and the women finished in ninth place. Despite the disappointing results, there were some bright spots on the final day of the Jayhawks cross country season.
"I think we're better than what we showed today," assistant coach Michael Whittlesey said. "It's great to see senior Kara (Windische) go out on probably her best collegiate race and end things on a high note. It's tough though, to know there's still another cross country race this season that we
won't be at."
Seniors Rebeka Stowe and Kara Windische were both recognized as members of the All-Region team by finishing in the top 25. Stowe ran the Northern Illinois University 6k course in 21:38.86, and Windische was right behind her at 21:39.61. They were the 20th and 21st runners respectively to cross the finish line.
"The key for me was getting out fast, and I think I did really well with that today. I was working with Stowe and just trying to keep with her as long as I could and it worked out really well for me." Windische said.
Once again, senior Austin Bussing led the men's team with a time of 32:07.40 and a 32nd place finish. Bussing was the only senior on the men's team who ran in the race, junior Zach Zarda finished in 34th place with a time of 32:12.17, and junior Josh Baden finished just four seconds later in 38th place.
"The men got out in a really good position at the start," Whittlesey said. "The pace was comfortable, and it didn't really pick up until the second half of the race. I thought our pack did a really good job moving along in the middle part of the race, too." The runners will now transition into the indoor track season.
Edited by C.J. Matson
ADAM BUNLER/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Leading the pack from left Rebeka Stowe, Kathleen Thompson, Allie Marguis, and Kara Windisch charge up a hill after passing through the Oak Holler Bridge Saturday morning at Rim Rock Farm. The Jayhawks took first place in both Men's and Women's races of the Bob Timmon's Invitational meet.
FOOTBALL
Battered and bruised Chiefs run over by Broncos run game at home
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Matt Cassel stood on the sideline helplessly, watching backup quarterback Tyler Palko run the Chiefs' two-minute offense. Held been bruised and battered by the Denver Broncos, so much so that the Kansas City training staff wouldn't let him play.
The ugly truth was that Cassel didn't do much when he was on the field Sunday.
None of the Chiefs did.
Tim Tebow completed only two passes, one of them a 56-yard touchdown throw to Eric Decker, and the Broncos rumbled their way to a humbling — even humiliating — 17-10 defeat of Kansas City.
"I was a little banged up, so that's what kept me out," said Cassel, who refused to discuss any details of the
Palko led the Chiefs to a field goal in the closing seconds, but Denver recovered the onside kick to seal the win. Palko said he didn't know why he was told to go into the game, and Cassel vowed that he'll be ready for next Monday night's game against New England.
"He was beat up there at the end. He was unable to go physically," said Chiefs coach Todd Haley, when pressed about Cassel's injury. "We'll have to see as the week goes on, but it was physical."
He sure wasn't very effective, though.
Cassel was 13 of 28 for 93 yards and a touchdown, and the Chiefs managed 258 yards of total offense, a performance every bit as ugly as last
"A lot of people will assume the world has ended for our team, the season has ended," Haley said. "It's a four-horse race, the season is going to continue on, and we're in a position where if we come out and play better football we'll be in position, as we are now."
The Chiffs (4-5) are in a three-way tie with San Diego and Denver, all chasing the AFC West-leading Oakland Raiders (5-4), who knocked off the Chargers on Thursday night.
Denver was won three of four since coach John Fox made Tebow the starter.
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Scrapping a large chunk of his playbook and putting in an option-style attack, the Broncos have somehow made it work. Tebow finished 2 of 8 for 69 yards.
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