wednesdav, september 3. 2003
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the university daily kansan. 3B
Kansas swimmers to start season
By Jason Hwang
jhwang@kansan.com
Kansan sportwriter
The Kansas swimming and diving teams are set to begin the 2003-2004 season under second year coaches Clark Campbell, swimming, and Brad Zsurgot, diving.
Kansas lost seven athletes to graduation, while 24 return to the squad.
"It's really important that our swimmers make a year round commitment to the program and they have done so." Campbell said.
"We have a solid core coming back with freshmen making the
transition from high school to Division I swimming go smoothly."
Junior Amy Gruber became the first Jayhawk since 1998 to compete in the NCAA championships, which were held this year at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.
Gruber took 37th place in the 50-meter freestyle and 29th in the 200-meter freestyle, in which she achieved career best times. She also finished 33rd in the 100-meter freestyle race.
Gruber was also named as the lone Jayhawk Academic All-American, the program's first since 1900
program's last since 1953
"I'm very confident that there
Other key returners are sophore Gina Gnatzig, who had the highest Jayhawk finish in last season's Big 12 Championships with a third place finish in 200 backstroke, breaking the Kansas record (2:01.40). Miranda Isaac (2:20.04) and Kristen Johnson (2:20.30) finished in seventh and eighth place in the 200 breaststroke, respectively.
will be others that will be in the NCAA Championships," Gruber said. "A lot of teammates were really close last year, and now with one going last year, it boosted everyone to be motivated to make it this spring."
Kansas had a 6-5 dual record
last season and finished fourth in the Big 12 Conference Championship, where Campbell received the coach of the meet award.
Going into his second season at Kansas, Campbell said if the athletes utilized consistency, kept the program regimen simple, individualized improvement and had fun, then success would become a "self-fulfilling prophecy."
The Jayhawks compete in their first dual meet of the season against Southern Illinois on Sept. 26th at home in the Robinson Center across the street from Allen Fieldhouse.
Edited by Dave Nobles
Golfers gear up for fall's first match
By Mike Bauer
mbauer@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
The rain Saturday cancelled one of five qualifying rounds for the women's golf team's first match of the season, but they will play the final round today anyway.
The team wasn't happy about Saturday's missed match, coach Megan Menzel said.
"It's always disappointing, because they were looking for
ward to playing," Menzel said.
The team started qualifying rounds last Wednesday and continued playing Friday, Monday and yesterday to decide which six players will go to the season opener Sunday, Sept. 7, at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colo. The match will include players from Kansas State University, Baylor University, University of Colorado in Denver and the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Five Kansas players will participate as a team, one player will participate as an individual, and that player's score will not count towards the team score.
Amanda Costner, Claremore Okla, freshman, was leading the qualifier with a total score of 224 for three rounds.
"I feel good. I was expecting to do pretty good. I've been hitting the ball pretty good. I'm definitely looking forward to starting the season," Costner said.
Jill Womble, Pleasanton, Calif., freshman, had a score of 235 and Jennifer Bawanan, Modesto, Calif., senior, had a score of 234.
Menzel and Costner said everyone on the team was playing great.
great.
"I think they've been doing good. They've been good as far as making me feel welcome," Costner said.
Edited by Katie Nelson
Rain may delay U.S. Open final matches
The Associated Press
NEWYORK — Andy Roddick walked down the hallway from the locker room at Arthur Ashe Stadium, then made a left just before the door leading to the court.
Where was he headed? To the tournament referee's office, site of the biggest buzz of activity yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Open. Rain postponed matches for a second straight day, and officials said the tournament might not finish on time.
Unlike at the Australian Open, there are no covered courts at the
National Tennis Center for play or practice. Arlen Kantarian, U.S. Tennis Association CEO of pro tennis, said a company that does stadium planning was recently hired to look into whether it would make sense to put a roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
And unlike at Wimbledon, no tarps or tents are put on courts when it rains.
"We've been talking about covers since the '80s," Martina Navratilova said. "Yesterday they spent more time drying the courts than it rained. When are they going to learn? We have no say on it. Yesterday, it was two hours of
play, six hours of drying. Fifteen minutes is enough after a drizzle."
So organizers were contemplating all sorts of contingency plans to finish the event by Sunday. But with a serious backlog, there is a chance the men's final could be played on a Monday for the first time since 1987.
"It's obviously driving the players crazy. Everybody wants to see some tennis," John McErone said on television. "The sport is losing out right now. This is the United States Open, and we're sitting here twiddling our thumbs."
Earley said one option would be to have players who have to
finish a suspended match also go out later and play another full match on the same day. Asked whether men could be asked to play two full best-of-five set matches in one day, Earley said: "I never say 'Never.' Hard for me to imagine that, but then again, I've never been in this situation."
Todd Martin, the ATP Player Council president, said players wouldn't be willing to do that.
Martin also dismissed the idea of reducing men's matches to best-of-three sets.
"I don't remember seeing a 72-hole Grand Slam golf tournament condensed," he said.
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