THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
SWIMMING AND DIVING
PAGE 9
Practice out of water strengthens swimmers
SARA KRUGER
skruger@kansan.com
Early morning practices at Memorial Stadium work to improve the overall strength of the Kansas Swimming and Diving team out of water, but immediate results were not as apparent at the team's annual Crimson and Blue intrasquad meet Friday, coach Campbell said.
"Instead of swimming up and down the pool all the time, this is something that gets the athletes out of the pool and out of their comfort zone and makes them stronger." Campbell said.
In the fall, the team meets on the field to work on general strength and conditioning for six weeks before moving into more specific training. Twice a week, the team meets at 6 a.m., and after a brief warm-up team members split into three rotation groups.
Each drill lasts eight minute with 30-second breaks. In the first
station the team runs bleachers, from the track to the top of the stadium and down.
"The hardest part is telling yourself mentally to keep going and not giving up when all you want to do is sit down," Caroline Patterson, a freshman from Boulder, Colo., said.
In another rotation, the team drags large weighted tires in 20-yard increments. They aim to make it from beginning to end in less than ten large pulls.
"Backward pulls to make the posterior chain stronger and because in swimming so much is in front of you, this helps open them up and get them stronger on the backside." Campbell said.
Friday, the Blue team edged the Crimson team with a score of 144-123. Taking an early lead, the team won four of the first six events, the 200-yard medley relay, the 1000-yard freestyle, the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard butterfly.
The last station is placed on the ramps closest to the parking lot of the stadium. The girls kneel on small wheels joined by a wooden bar and drag themselves up the ramps using only their upper bod.
"When you have Stephanie Payne, Deanna Marks and Brooke Brull all step up the way they did, they are going to be hard to beat." Campbell said.
After the meet, Campbell chose the 18 of the total 25 swimmers who will swim in the next meet against Arizona, Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center in Tucson.
The team is now looking to
use the base that the morning practices provided to continue to improve in the pool.
"It's a long year," Campbell said, and honestly were right where we need to be"
Edited by Rachel Schultz
Senior Stephanie Payne surges through the water in the women's 200-yard fly during the Kansas intrasquad meet at Robinson Natatorium Friday afternoon. Payne won the event by nearly five seconds over the second-place finisher. KU begins its season Oct. 8th at Arizona.
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VOLLEYBALL
Third Big 12 loss for Jayhawks
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Saphomore defensive specialist Brianne Riley digs an attack at Wednesday night's game against Iowa State at Horeisi Athletic Center. Riley had 13 digs in the Jayhawks 22-25, 17-25, and 15-25 defeat to Iowa State. KU is now 11-3 for the season and 0-2 in Big 12 play.
MATT GALLOWAY
mgalloway@kansan.com
The Kansas volleyball team lost its third straight Big 12 contest on Saturday, but if digs were any indication, it was not due to a lack of effort.
The Jayhawks (11-4, 0-3) recorded 96 digs in four sets, but ultimately fell to the Baylor Bears (12-6, 13) on Saturday night in Waco, Texas, 23-25, 25-17, 25-25, Sophomore libero Brianne Riley led the defensive effort with a career-high 34 digs.
Coach Ray Bechard said he was more satisfied with his team's effort in Saturday's loss than he was after last Wednesday's loss to No. 16 Iowa State.
"When you dig that many balls in only four sets, you know you're competing extremely hard," Bechard said. "But the execution has got to match that effort."
Bechard's squad had late leads against the Bears in both the first and fourth sets, reaching the 20-point plateau first in both. They would ultimately let each lead slip away, losing both sets by slim margins.
Beachd hopes to overcome the team's weakness in closing out late leads before Big 12 play resumes for the jayhawks on Oct. 8.
"It was a hard-fought match, but there was some disappointment in how it ended," Bechard said. "We just didn't make enough plays to finish."
Riley said the team has developed a bad habit of losing energy and composure when they reach the 20-point marker in sets.
"Our defense as a team, we have a lot of talent and a lot of depth, even off the bench," Riley said. "We are really good at defense, but we haven't showed it as much these past couple of games."
"Yeah, I feel that we were going for a lot of balls and just not letting anything drop," Jarmoc said. "Baylor is known to have very good defense too, so we definitely had to match them in that area."
Sophomore middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc agreed that defense seems to be this team's strength at the middle of the season.
The Jayhawks also earned careerhighs in kills from Jarmoc and sophomore outside hitter Catherine
Carmichael. The duo notched 16 and 10 kills, respectively.
Carmichael, who is filling in for injured freshman outside hitter Sara McClinton, also finished with a.152 attack percentage. Riley said Carmichael's continued growth is key to the teams outlook for the rest of the season.
The Jayhawks will get a breather from the Big 12 when they host the University of Nebraska-Omaha at 6:30 p.m. this Tuesday. Riley said she won't be taking her opponent lightly but views the game as an opportunity for the team to regroup.
"Our injuries have given us a little adversity, but our team adapts really well to that," Riley said. "People have stepped up really well for us, especially Cathy on the outside."
"It should be a game where we can go out and improve on things we need to improve on," Riley said. "Everyone needs to get on the same page before we can be ready to restart Big 12 play."
Edited by Sarah Champ
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Recap of conference games
(18) Arkansas 42, (14) Texas A&M 38
For the second week in a row, the Aggies saw a huge halftime lead dissolve. The Aggies took a 35-17 lead into the locker room, but forgot to come out and play the second half as they went on to only score one field goal the rest of the game. After back-to-back second half impositions against Top 20 teams, Aggie fans may want to reconsider having Mike Sherman as the one leading their team into the SEC next season.
Kansas State 36,
(15) Baylor 35
Heisman trophy candidate Robert Griffin III three for five touchdowns and 346 yards passing, but when he had the ball in his hands with the game on the line, it was Wichita native Arthur Brown who came through. Brown intercepted Griffin, setting up the game winning field goal, then sacked Griffin the next time he touched the ball, putting the Bears in a hole at the start of their last possession, which ended on a fourth down incompletion.
Iowa State 14
Texas took a 34-0 lead into halftime and never looked back. Sophomore Case McCoy and freshman David Ash both finished the game 7-12 passing, but Ash threw for 35 more yards and two
(17) Texas 37
touchdowns in the game Iowa State quarterback Steele Jantz could not keep Iowa State clicking like he had in previous game, he finished the day with 251 yards through the air, one touchdown, and one interception.
(2) Oklahoma 62, Ball State 6
Oklahoma rolled over Ball State at home, accumulating 655 yards of total offense. Sooner quarterback Landry Jones threw for 425 yards and five touchdowns. Dominique Whaley added 109 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries.
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