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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012
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CROSS COUNTRY
TRAVIS YOUNG/KANSAN
Junior Allie Marquis races towards the finish line Saturday morning for the Bob Timmons Classic 5k. Marquis was the first Kansas runner to cross the finish line placing fourth with a total time of 19:44.60.
High hopes for a young team
NATHAN FORDYCE
nfordyce@kansan.com
Unlike the men's cross country team, the women don't have a clear coat. No.1 runner to lead the pack.
This year's team has a disadvantage from an elite talent level since they don't have a front runner they can rely for each race.
"It's cliche for our sport that we need a strong front five, but we don't have a clear cut No. 1," assistant coach Michael Whittlesey said. "We don't have a standout runner that we've had the last three or four years."
Not having a standout No. 1 runner isn't necessarily a bad thing. Whittlesey said it could benefit the team because it forces others to step up each race.
"When you don't have the clear cut, now everyone is pushing to try to be that No. 1 runner" Whittlesey said. "Everyone starts to realize that they have to work together to have a really tight one-two-three."
This year, the team's goal is to have a tighter top five who will push one another every day. Whittlese says
Senior Tessa Turcote, from Albuquerque, N.M., leads the group of jaywhacks, who bring back 12 letter winners and five Big 12 scorers from last season. Turcote said the team can push one another to be a No.1 runner.
"It helps us more because there isn't that clear cut and your not settling," Turcotte said. "We all want to be in that spot."
The women's cross country team has both youth and experience. The four seniors are Kyra Kilwein, Kathleen Thompson, Devin Wiegers and Turcotte. In addition, there are four redshirt freshmen, six true freshmen, three sophomores and one junior. Since the team is young, Whittlesey said he is expecting great leadership from the senior class.
Whittlesey said that any of the six true freshmen could make an immediate impact on the team.
"Everyone has put in a lot of work," Turcotte said. "Our freshmen have really stepped up and know what it means to come into a D-1 program."
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Intramurals available for fall
RECREATION
JOSEPH DAUGHERTY
jdaugherty@kansan.com
As the semester begins, students return to campus to attend early morning classes, purchase overpriced textbooks and renew competitive spirit for a new season of intramural sports. The Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center will offer a variety of intramural activities this season, said intramural supervisor Usman Wajid.
The list includes basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer, floor hockey, kickball and hard court volleyball. Flag football sign up started Aug. 21 and ends next Tuesday. Sign ups for dodgeball begin Oct. 16..
"I played basketball all through out high school and I just love to play," said William Nelson, a senior from Kansas City. "So to be able to play in a structured league is great and it gives me an opportunity to showcase my competitive nature."
Nelson said he played with a student from New York two years ago who didn't know anyone. By the end of the intramural season, Nelson's teammate was hanging out with several guys from the team outside of games.
Noble Stegall-Bey, a senior from Kansas City, has participated in
basketball and flag football intramurals. He said his experience offered more than typical recreation center activities.
"I loved playing in the basketball leagues because the competition level [is higher] than the normal pickup games at the Rec and I like to test my skill against higher level players."
For many students, intramurals provide both a social and competitive outlet.
Both Nelson and Stegall-Bey said they would like to try some of the different sports available at the recreation center.
wouldn't mind trying flag football, either."
FOOTBALL
"I would like to try flag football and volleyball" Nelson said. "I consider myself a pretty solid volleyball player and I would like to see what the league is like." He adds, "I
Intramural season champions receive a T-shirt emblazoned with their team's victory and a team photo on display at the recreation center for a year until the next season. The basketball and football championships are held in Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium respectively.
K-State strives to repeat past success
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State didn't have much trouble dealing with complacency last season.
Just about every week the Wildcats were the underdogs.
cats were the underdogs.
That won't be the case after a masterful job by coach Bill Snyder resulted in a season that far exceeded expectations — 10 regular-season wins, a surprising trip to the Cotton Bowl and the emergence of quarterback Collin Klein as a Heisman Trophy candidate.
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Now, pundits are expecting No. 22 Kansas State to succeed, and for the first time since Snyder returned to the sideline, complacency could become an issue.
"The consequences sometimes are pretty astonishing." Snyder said recently. "It's kind of a bad habit to get into because it's a bad habit to break once you have gotten into it. There's a lot of trouble. As far as on the football field is concerned, we've got a lot of examples."
The Wildcats were coming off another 11-win season, which included a stunning upset of heavy favorite Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game. They went 4-7 the next year.
Kansas State was coming off an 11-3 season capped by a 35-21 victory over Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl. The Wildcats scuffed to six wins the following season.
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"We called it taking your performance level for granted," Snyder said, "and we did that, as you recall. It was obvious."
an easy, confidence-building win, and it would have turned into a brutal, confidence-sapping loss for Kansas State if not for a 33-yard touchdown pass with 1:33 left in the game.
Kansas State was outgained by an average of 106.8 yards in Big 12 play and ranked sixth in the league in pass defense, allowing more than 263 yards through the air.
The Wildcats return more starters this season than any since 2006, but Snyder is quick to warn that nothing should be taken for granted — remember that whole complacency issue?
"Last year people really just started tightening down their defense, giving us some very unusual looks because they weren't as concerned about our passing," co-offensive coordinator Dana Dimel said. "Now we're hoping that with the way (Klein) has improved his passing, it will create a lot more problems for people defensively."
The Wildcats probably won't be outscoring everyone this season, either, but Kansas State does intend to employ a more diverse offense. Last season it was a steady dose of Klein on the ground, with a few pass plays thrown in to keep defenses off balance.
The Wildcats learned from the scare, putting together a season that left most outside observers scratching their heads. But the Wildcats still have room for improvement.
"Consequently, the reverse effect is you have to be better on pass defense unless you decide you will line up and outscore people, which are not our kids."
Using a deep stable of running backs should help take the load off Klein, who had more rush attempts than pass attempts last season — and nearly as many yards, 1,141 on the ground to 1,918 through the air. And it should also open up the pass, particularly down the field.
It appears that the veteran team has taken Snyder's preaching to heart, too.
"just because we finished in some close games doesn't mean we're there," Klein said. "We were a better team at the end of last season than we were at the beginning, a better team at the end of spring than we were at the beginning of spring, and we've just got to make sure we're a better team at the end of camp than we were at the beginning of camp."
"We can all talk about it," Snyer said. "It's what we do about it that makes a difference."
Still, the Wildcats know that talk is cheap, and it won't be until they play Missouri State in their season opener Sept. 1 that people will start to draw conclusions about the team.
Those are the kinds of numbers that a 10-win team isn't supposed to yield.
"Most people would look at statistics and say we need to improve against the pass, which we do," Snyder said, before providing a caveat. "In this league, statistics throwing the football are going to be significantly higher than they might normally be in most conferences.
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