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KANSAN.COM/SPORTS | MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017
After injury, Stigler set on proving he's not a 'fluke'
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The line is usually out the door as Lawrence residents flock to The Roost on Sunday mornings.
The Roost, a restaurant on Massachusetts Street that specializes in breakfast foods, is located in the space previously occupied by Milton's, a breakfast spot now located on New Hampshire Street.
The husband-and-wife partnership of Sean and Manda Jolly brought The Roost to life. They both worked at Milton's before discovering that the restaurant was planning to close.
"When we found out [the space] was opening up, we reached out to the landlords and they wanted to work with us," Sean, who is also
The Roost's head chef, said.
Officially opened in the summer of 2013, the restaurant is nearing its fourth summer in business, serving around 1,500 customers each weekend. The restaurant also won "Best Breakfast Spot" in the 2015 Best of Lawrence awards. Sean said The Roost is successful not only because of its location, but because of the food they serve.
"I like to think that we offer a good product," Sean said. "Good food, good service."
Sean said The Roost tries to be different from other chains around Lawrence by cooking all of their menu items from scratch. Whether it's baking their own biscuits or making their own sauces and gravy, the recipes are all created by Sean
and the rest of the kitchen staff. The Roost also offers a variety for breakfast, listing dishes from "Breakfast Sammys" (sandwiches) to a wide range of omelets.
"We offer something a little more unique," Sean said. "Be it the chorizo and eggs or the campfire breakfast."
The most popular item The Roost has to offer is the Rooster, Sean said. The Rooster is a breakfast plate with the choice of French toast, pancakes or potato pancakes; two eggs; and the choice of bacon, sausage, ham or fruit. Sean said that is the biggest breakfast plate that The Roost offers.
What also makes The Roost unique is its love for anything and everything eggs Benedict. Sean said it offers him a creative outlet
in cooking and is excited for the restaurant's love of the dish.
"On Fridays, we do an eggs Benedict special," he said. "I kind of look around and see what we've got, or maybe take inspiration from wherever else."
Students who do not have morning classes also take to The Roost for a big breakfast or a light snack. Steven Davis, a diner at the restaurant and sophomore at the University, said he likes to go to The Roost occasionally on Friday mornings.
"I love the variety [the Roost] has to offer, especially with a new [dish] to try every Friday," Davis said.
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athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
Senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 20 at the Kansas Relays.
"I can't believe how loud
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
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In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59.2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
in at a time of 3:53-57. Richards finished ahead of Joyce by .01 seconds.
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
Jacob Morgan Senior
I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?"
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
dles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hur-
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day, but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabnev.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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