THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
SPORTS
7B
Match point
Norman Decelles, Lawrence junior, backhands the ball late Sunday afternoon. The warm weather on Sunday was a change from the colder temperatures earlier in the week.
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GOLF
GOLF Player wins third career Champions Tour Title
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — John Cook won his third career Champions Tour title and first of the season, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday to hold off Jay Haas and Bob Tway by two strokes in the Administaff Small Business Classic.
The 52-year-old Cook, an 11
time winner on the regular PGA Tour, finished at 11-under 205 on The Woodlands Country Club's Tournament Course.
NFL New Orleans keeps perfect record after another win
NEW ORLEANS — Eli Manning returned to his hometown only to see Drew Brees torch the New York Giants' league-
leading defense.
Brees ended his two-game streak without a touchdown throw by completing 23 of 30 passes for 369 yards and four scores Sunday, and New Orleans easily remained unbeaten. 48-27.
The Giants (5-1) came into the game giving up averages of 210.6 yards and 14.2 points. The Saints (5-0) had 34 points and 315 yards by halftime.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Florida slides to second as Alabama takes top spot
NEW YORK — Alabama's steady climb has reached the top. The Crisimon Tide jumped Florida and into the No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25. The unbeaten Gators had been top-ranked since the preseason.
Associated Press
SWIMMING & DIVING
Team takes fourth despite challenges
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
Tough competition provided a challenge for the Kansas swimming and diving team at the Big 12 relays.
This forced younger swimmers to step up.
The team finished fourth after it fought against perennially ranked teams like Texas A&M and Texas, as well as the illnesses of several Jayhawk swimmers.
The influx of less experienced swimmers was one of the reasons the jayhawks saw a noticeable difference in their performance from years past.
"Normally we're up there competing really well with Missouri," coach Clark Campbell said.
Kansas finished in a distance fourth with 43 points while Missouri captured third place with 75 points. Texas A&M barely edged out Texas for first place with 109 points. Iowa State and Nebraska-Lincoln finished fifth and sixth respectively.
"We just have to be patient," Campbell said. "It's going to take a few months for us to realize our potential."
The highest any Kansas relay team placed on the day was third. That team consisted of senior Erin Goetz, juniors Julia Kuzhl and Joy Bunting and freshman Brooke Brull. They competed in the 200-yard medley relay. They earned a time of 1:45.35, but lost to relay teams from the University of Texas and Texas A&M.
Numerous Kansas relay teams managed to fight their way to fourth place finishes.
Among these were the 3x100 yard breaststroke relay team, the 100-yard medley relay team, the 200-yard freestyle relay team, the 400-yard medley relay team, the
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3 by 50 yard backstroke relay team and the 100-yard freestyle relay team.
Several individuals within the relays performed well for Kansas. Kuzhil provided several dominating backstroke performances, earning Kansas an early lead in her backstroke leg of the medley relays. Goetz also had several solid performances on the day.
"Erin had an awesome meet," Campbell said. "She really stepped up and swam some great races."
Though some swimmers did perform well, the team as a whole struggled to finish its races strong.
Time splits for many of the Kansas swimmers were about four seconds slower at the end of their relay leg than at the beginning.
"We need to work on bringing races home," Campbell said.
The team will work to make this correction as they enter a new stage of their training this week.
This stage focuses on building strength and endurance in the water, which will aid the swimmers in maintaining their pace throughout the course of their races.
In its next meet, Kansas faces tough duels against two of last year's Top 25 teams, Florida and Arkansas.
"We have a really intense schedule, especially at the beginning of the season," senior team captain Carrah Haley said.
Edited by Alicia Banister
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