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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
INSIDE SPORTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
SWIMMING
Kansas dives and swims its way to victory over Illinois
Serving it up
The Kansas swimming and diving team defeated Illinois, 185-115. Saturday at Robinson Natatorium.
Kansas had outstanding performances on the diving boards, winning both the one- and three-meter competitions. Junior Casey Topol was the top diver in the one-meter competition with a score of 250.05 and sophomore Noohan
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won the three-meter competition with a score of 259.95.
Senior Miranda Isaac and freshman Terri Schramka both recorded two individual event victories at the meet. Isaac won both the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke with times of 1:05.37 and 2:21.87, respectively. Schramka won the 100 and 200 backstroke with times of 58.38 and 2:05.74, respectively.
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The Madison, Wis., native picked up another event win as a member of the 200 freestyle relay (1:36.05) team, which included senior Amy Gruber, junior Lindsey Urbatchka and freshman Anne Linggitt.
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The Jayhaws recorded another relay victory in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:53.13. The winning team consisted of Gruber, junior Gina Gnatzig and sophomores Hannah Bakke and Jenny Short. Gruber collected an individual win in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.89. Kansas also recorded individual event wins from senior Becca Zarazan in the 200 butterfly (2:07.57), junior Emily Rusch in the 400 individual medley (4:31.63) and Urbatchka in the 100 butterfly (57.18).
The victory moved the Jayhawks overall dual meet record to 2-3 this season. Kansas won 12 of the meet's 16 events which included one-and three-meter diving competitions.
"I was very pleased with the way the team bounced back after the disappointing loss last week," head coach Clark Campbell said. "The divers performed especially well today. Our diving coach, Eric Elliott, had them very prepared for the competition. They were diving at a top-Big 12 level today."
"We are very excited about today's performance," Campbell said. "Hopefully the momentum from today's meet will carry over to the Nike Cup in a couple of weeks."
— Kansan staff reports
Nike Cup in a school The Jayhawks will next be in action when they travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to take part in the Nike Cup, Nov. 18-20.
TODAY
Kansas athletics calendar
Women's basketball vs. Fort Hays State, 7 p.m.
TOMORROW
Volleyball at Nebraska. 7 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
Rowing vs. Kansas State, TBA
Soccer vs. Craigton in NCAA Tournament, TBA
Volleyball vs. Baylor, 7 p.m
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Jaron Anderson, Wichita senior, serves to his roommate yesterday evening at the tennis courts by Robinson Center.
Kansas hoops takes top spot in both latest preseason polls
BASKETBALL
Kansas will open the season with a No. 1 in ranking in both major polls.
After being announced as the toprated team in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll last week, the Jayhawks were awarded with the top spot by The Associated Press this week.
Kansas received 25 first-place votes and,1,697 points overall,edging out No.2 Wake Forest,which received 22 first-place votes and 1,680 points.
Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Illinois rounded out the top five.
This marks the 13th straight season the Jayhawks have been ranked in the top 11 in the first preseason poll.
FOOTBALL
The last time Kansas earned the top spot in the preseason poll was the 1956-57 season, when the Wilt Chamberlain-led team lost the national championship game to North Carolina in three overtimes. No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 16 Texas were the only other Big 12 teams in the top 25.
Jesse Newell
AP TOP 25 PRESEASON POLL
Pts Pv
1. Kansas (25) 1,997 16
2. Wake Forest (22) 1,680 17
3. Georgia Tech (10) 1,567 14
4. North Carolina (10) 1,558 18
5. Illinois (2) 1,457 13
6. Syracuse 1,452 20
7. Oklahoma St. (2) 1,342 4
8. Connecticut 1,281 7
9. Kentucky (1) 1,177 2
10. Arizona 1,061 22
11. Duke 981 5
12. Mississippi St. 913 8
13. Michigan St. 910 —
14. Louisville 876 —
15. Maryland 765 19
16. Texas 671 12
17. Pittsburgh 596 9
18. Alabama 510 —
19. N.C. State 490 15
20. Notre Dame 429 —
21. Wisconsin 378 10
22. Washington 355 —
23. Florida 337 —
24. Memphis 283 24
25. Gonzaga 215 3
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press'men's preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2003-04 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last season's final ranking:
The Associated Press
Quarterback roundtable spins again as Nielsen gets nod
Another week, and another quarterback for the Kansas Jayhawks.
good job against Colorado."
After last week's starter, junior Jason Swanson, went down with an injury that was described as similar to sophomore Adam Barmann's, senior walk-on John Nielsen stepped in.
Nielsen has played just twice since transferring to Kansas from Palomar Community College, in California.
This week, Swanson is expected to again be unavailable, as will Barmann, the regular starter, necessitating that Nielsen lead the team.
"We're going to go with John Nielsen," Mangino said, "He did a
Notes
Notes Kansas and Texas will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday in a game which will be televised nationally by Fox Sports Net.
good job again
Nielsen will be backed up by junior
Brian Luke, who played briefly against
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After bemoaning his team's propensity for drawing penalties over the first seven games of the season, Mangino seems to have solved that problem. On Saturday, the team was hit with just two penalties for 10 yards.
On the Big 12 Teleconference, Mangino said that Barmann's rehab was progressing better than expected. He still doubted, however, that he would be available for any games this season.
— Jonathan Kealing
Tigers reflect on blown leads during weekend off from play
The Tigers don't play this weekend, so they're getting away from the game for a few days.
For frustrated and beleaguered Missouri, it's the perfect time for a break.
Coach Gary Pinkel said yesterday there was no temptation to work his team, which blew its third double-digit lead of the season in Saturday's 35-24 loss to Kansas State, as a form of punishment.
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Missouri's next game is Nov. 20 against Kansas and Pinkel said the Tigers (4-5, 2-4 Big 12) will have plenty of time to prepare.
They also need a breather considering the way their season has gone south, returning to practice on Thursday.
Wide receiver Thomson Omboga said he saw dread in teammates' eyes as the lead evaporated, but Pinkel didn't know about that. He said it boiled down to making plays.
Earlier in the year they squandered a 14-0 lead against Troy State and a 17-0 advantage against Oklahoma State.
"We played a very,very good first half and in the second half we didn't play as well," Pinkel said. "The moral of the story is play better."
"If you have players who don't care, then you have to take a different stance," Pinkel said on the Big 12 coaches' teleconference. "I just don't feel that way. I don't think that's the right thing to do.
"We played a bunch of close games against good teams and came up short. We're going to fight through it."
The Associated Press
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