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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
CROSS COUNTRY
Bonds, Zarda earn
Big 12 Runners of Week
They didn't get a team victory last weekend, but two Kansas runners still earned some recognition.
Freshman Zach Zarda and Junior Lauren Bonds were named Big 12 Runners of the Week. Bonds became the first KU women's cross country runner to achieve the award in program history.
"It's an honor," she said in a release. "I've never been Big 12 Runner of the Week before, so I'm pretty happy about it. Hopefully I'll get it again sometime."
Bonds has won both races she's competed in this year, The Bob Timmons Invitational and the Missouri Cross Country Challenge. Zarda took sixth overall at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge.
Barbee leads Jayhawks to third place
Mark Dent
MEN'S GOLF
Sophomore improves after rough start in first round
BY BRYAN WHEELER
bwheeler@kansan.com
After winning the Kansas Invitational three out of the past four years, the men's golf team struggled to find consistency on Tuesday in its host tournament at Alvamar Golf Club (par-72, 7,096 yards).
With a three-round team score of 882, the layhawks finished tied for third place, 17 strokes behind first place UC-Davis.
"I drove the ball pretty well throughout the tournament, but
Sophomore Nate Barbee led the team with a three-round score of 217 and a sixth-place finish, surpassing an eighth-place finish his freshman year.
struggled on the greens early on yesterday"; Barbee said.
Barbee, who was three under par going into the 13th hole of the first round, had trouble putting and finished the round with a score of 76. In the remaining two rounds, Barbee improved with under-par rounds of 71 on Monday and 70 on Tuesday. Barbee has finished under par in three of five rounds this season.
Though Barbee found some consistency on the course, the rest of the team ran into trouble in its final round yesterday. Four of the team's starting five players finished over par.
"Obviously I am not all that pleased to take three rounds of 76 or higher on our home course, but
we lucked out and still got third," said coach Kit Grove in a press release.
After finishing the second round tied for fifth place, senior Walt Koelbel and freshman Ian Anson finished the third round four strokes over par. Both players finished the tournament tied for 12th place with three-round scores of 220.
"With more consistency, we could be a really good team," Koelbel said. "We need to turn higher scoring rounds into more solid rounds."
Roundout out the starting five were senior Andrew Storm and freshman Blake Giroux. Storm finished tied for 46th place with a three-round score of 228. Giroux finished tied for 56th place with a three-round score of 231. Because Anson and Giroux are just starting their careers as Jayhawks, coach Grove believe they will improve.
Wary Anderson
Caytie Baker
Casey Briner
Breanna Brown
Jessica Burke
Devon Cantwell
Carly Carman
Aliza Chudnow
Amy Cumbow
Mackenzie Dahl
Chelsea Dolan
Kelsie Froebe
Jillian Goss
Kristin Hinkin
Carey Hoffman
Mel Ippel
Alyssa Jordan
Amy Kim
Amanda Kistner.
Rachel Lantis
Anne Maurin
Sarah Ramlal
Caroline Robb
Hannah Schell
Madeline Schuman
Anna Smith
Katie Stecklein
Kelsey Smith
Stephanie Taylor
Jessica Thorman
Kadee Treadwell
Roslyn Zuniga
Katelyn Johnston
Weston White/KANSAN
"Obviously there will be some growing pains with these two guys in just their second start," Grove said. "But we will hopefully be able to learn from this."
Though the team has struggled to play steadily, the Jayhawks have a 22-4 record in head-to-head competition. The Jayhawks will头来 Louisville, Ky., next to compete in the Louisville Invitational on Sept. 29-30.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
Freshman Ian Anson watches his putt role across the green before falling in the hole for a birdie. Anson finished his final round of play Tuesday morning at the Jayhawk Invitational by shooting a 76 and finishing tied for 12th. Kansas third overall as a team.
women's golf results
**What:** Chip-N-Club
Invitational
**Where:** Wilderness Ridge Golf
Course in Lincoln, Neb. (par 70)
Final results after 54 holes
(2) Arkansas-Little Rock — +24
(3) East Carolina — +33
(7) Kansas — +52
Team standings (1) Nebraska — +20
Individual results
(10) Grace Thiry — +7
(T20) Emily Powers — +12
(T30) Meghna Bal — +15
(T41) Meghan Gockel — +18
(71) Sydney Wilson — +37
* (T27) Kalynd Carson — +14
* (T41) Jennifer Clark — 18
*Players entered in the individual category. Their scores don't apply to the team standings.
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