THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013
TRACK AND FIELD
PAGE 7B
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Kansas is setting the pace
COLIN WRIGHT
cwright@kansan.com
The Kansas men and women track and field squads will take part in three different meets this Friday and Saturday, including the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., the ISU Classic in Ames, Iowa, and the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash.
"All of our competition is progressing fast and I think our athletes are really adapting to that," said coach Stanley Redwine. "It's not just an issue anymore of how we are performing compared to last year; it's how well we're progressing compared to our competition, and I think we'll continue to see that."
The women's team is having one of its best weeks in recent memory after a strong performance at the Armory Collegiate Invitational last weekend in New York. On
Tuesday, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) ranked the women the No. 1 team in the country after spending the first few weeks of the indoor season at No.2.
On Monday, horizontal jumper Andrea Geubelle was named Division I National Athlete of the Week by the USTFCCCA. On Wednesday, Geubelle received yet another award when she was named Big 12 Female Athlete of the Week.
Of the women's team being ranked No. 1, Redwine said, "The athletes are definitely excited and we want to keep that excitement, but we also need to make them understand that the target on our back is even larger. We need to continue to compete to the best of our ability and hopefully the recognition will keep coming."
On the men's side, the distance medley team of Brendan Soucte,
Drew Matthews, Nick Seckfort and Josh Munsch ran a season-best time of 9:46.92 in New York, ranking them 11th in the nation. Kyle Clemons now holds the school record in the 500-meters after his time of 1:01.32, and pole vaulter Alex Bishop is ranked in the top-16 in the nation.
With the Big 12 Indoor Championships just two weeks away and the NCAA Indoor Championships just a month away, both the men and women's teams will look to improve this weekend in its last weekend of competition before those two meets.
"We're looking for everyone to keep getting better as the season progresses," Redwine said. "As we train harder, the performances have continued to get better. We're excited about where we are, but know we haven't hit our ceiling yet."
—Edited by Tyler Conover
Jayhawks swim team peaking at right time
STELLA LIANG sliang@kansan.com
The Jayhawks met the Cyclones earlier this season in the Kansas Classic, a swimming-only meet
SWIMMING
The Kansas swimming and diving team, 5-4 overall and 1-0 in the Big 12, will compete against conference rival Iowa State (5-4, 0-0), at home Friday and Saturday. The two-day dual meet will be the last meet for both teams before the Big 12 Championship at the end of the month.
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The teams will compete in the same events as a regular dual meet, but the events will be spread over two days. This format is to help the teams prepare for the conference championship, which will be held over four days. The teams will experience racing in the evening with a quick turn around having to swim again in the morning.
November. The Jayhawks finished in second place and the Cyclones finished fourth out of six teams. Kansas had topthree finishes in 14 of the 18
events over the course of the three day event. Kansas was led by senior
Kansas faces Iowa State at 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday in Robinson Natatorium, Kansas is coming off of a home loss to Arkansas and Iowa State is coming off of wins to Nebraska-Omaha and Northern Iowa.
This time around, look for Iowa State sophomore Sarah Deis to have a strong performance in the freestyle races and sophomore Dani Harris to continue her strong finishes in the backstroke. For Kansas, look for senior Brooke Brul, junior Alison Mofitt and Molden to turn in strong races. Also look for senior diver Christy Cash to continue to have success off the board. Both teams hope to use this last meet as a tune-up for the Big 12 Championship.
Morgan Sharp, junior Alison Lusk, freshman Haley Molden and freshman Bryce Hinde. Iowa State was led by sophomore Amanda Paulson and freshman Marissa Engel.
"The sport of swimming is a peaking sport," Head Coach Clark Campbell said. "You are trying to peak for a high performance. For us, it's Big 12s at the end of February. For us to improve right now is increasing the quality of our training, meaning more training at race pace and improving our skills—starts, turns, finishes, that type of thing—and that will help us peak."
Christy Cash, a Senior on the University of Kansas Women's Swim Team, dives at a Feb. 2 meet against Arkansas inside Robinson Natatorium. Sharp placed third in each of the two diving events.
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Edited by Tyler Conover