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First, Kansas senior Steve Vockrodt grabbed the lead, then junior Mike Putzke took it, and finally sophomore Tyler Kelly stepped up to cross the finish line first for the Jayhawks, third overall.
No matter who led for the men's cross country team Saturday, a pack of teammates was always close behind. The Jayhawks cruised to victory Saturday at the Kansas State Wildcat Invitational in Topeka despite holding their top two runners, sophomore Benson Chesang and senior Chris Jones, out of the meet.
KANSAS STATE WILDCAT INVITATIONAL Top finishers for Kansas men's and women's cross country teams
out of the mocs Kansas beat five teams at the invitational, including Big 12 opponents Kansas State and Oklahoma.
KANSAS STATE WILDCAT INVITATIONAL
"The guys ran really, really solid," said assistant coach Doug Clark. "It's a mature, deep team. This wasn't an extremely competitive race, but we competed well in the race."
Men's 8K Run
Runner Time Overall Place
Tyler Kelly 25:26 3
Matt French 25:37.5 5
Josh Mathadil 25:42 6
Colby Wissel 25:44.5 7
DJ Hilding 25:46.1 8
Mike Putzke 26:10.2 13
Dan Ferguson 26:19.9 15
Women's 6K Run
Connie Abbott 23:29.9 12
Laura Major 23:32.4 16
Dana Seibel 23:47.5 24
Jessie Violand 23:51.3 25
Angela Pichardo 24:01.4 27
Source: www.kuathletics.com
The top five Kansas men finished only 20 seconds apart. After Kelly, who placed third at 25 minutes, 26 seconds, Kansas took fifth through eighth place,
with Matt French in 25:37.5.
Joshy Madathil, 25:42, Colby Wissel, 25:44.5, and D.J.
Hilding, 25:46.1.
"I think as a pack we ran well, and that made the difference in the race," said coach Stanley Redwine.
Redwine said he was especially impressed with Kelly's performance. After competing in just three meets last year, Kelly has now finished second and third in
But Kelly said he could do better.
"I felt a little sluggish for the first couple of miles," he said. "I felt better last week, but I still put together a race."
Like the men, the women's team stayed in a pack for much of the race, but it finished far behind winner Oklahoma State and placed fourth out of eight teams in the six-kilometer race.
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Patrick McGowan, Kansas freshman runner, races to the finish against Zach Taylor, Wichita State freshman. The Kansas men's team captured first place in the Kansas State Wildcat Invitational in Topeka Saturday morning.
"They ran in a group," Clark said, "but the group was in the wrong place."
The team was led by a pack of freshmen and sophomores. Freshman Connie Abbott finished first on the team, placing 12th in 23:29.9. She was followed by sophomores Laura Major, 16th, 23:52.4, Dena Seibel, 24th, 23:47.5, and Jessie Violand, 25th, 23:51.3, and junior Angela Pichardo, 27th, 24:01.4.
Redwine said he wasn't too disappointed with fourth place, considering the inexperience of the team.
"When you're depending on young athletes, these things happen," he said.
Abbott said she was pleased to finish first on the team in just her second college race. She placed third on the team at the Bob Timmons Invitational on Sept. 4.
"I felt ten times better than last week," Abbott said.
Senior Megan Manthe, the top Jayhawk finisher to the Bob Timmons Invitational, sat out to rest a hurting foot and to ensure that she wouldn't turn an ankle, as she has the past two seasons at the meet.
Many athletes complained about the course. But they will run it again at the Big 12 Championships on October 30.
"There were a lot of tight turns," said junior Matt French. "The footing was not the greatest. But I'm glad we saw it, so we know what to expect."
know what to expect.
The Jayhawks will get a break this weekend before heading to Minneapolis, for the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 25, where they will line up against some of the best teams in the nation.
Woodard inducted into Naismith Hall of Fame
Edited by Steve Schmidt
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWITER
The most decorated female athlete in University of Kansas history was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday night. Lynette Woodard, a fourtime All-American and the leading scorer in the history of women's basketball, was honored at ceremonies in Springfield, Mass., this weekend.
Former NBA players Clyde Drexler, Jerry Colangelo, Bill Sharman, Maurice Stokes and Drazen Dalipagic were also inducted into the hall. Legendary Kansas broadcaster Max Falkenstein was honored for being awarded the Curt Gowdy media award earlier this summer.
Woodard was the 11th woman to be inducted into the hall as a player. During her acceptance speech, she thanked her family and former Kansas
coach Marian Washington.
Woodard told reporters after the ceremony that the feeling was overwhelming.
"I feel my spirit soaring," she said. "It is an out-of-body experience."
Woodard played at the University from 1977-1981. She finished her career with 3,649 points, which is second only to Pete Maravich for most points by a college athlete.
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Woodard was a member of the
1980 and 1984 Olympic teams and won a gold medal in 1984. Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, who became a member of the hall in 2000, coached Woodard in the 1984 Olympics. She was also in attendance for Friday night's ceremony.
Summit said that she knew from the start that Woodard was a special player. She said if Woodard were playing today, she would still be an All-American.
"There are not many people
that you look back on and say that about," Summitt said to The Kansas City Star.
Woodard was also the first woman to play with the Harlem Globetrotters, joining the team in 1985. She also played two seasons of professional basketball with the WNBAs Cleveland Rockers and Detroit Shock.
Last year, when Washington took a leave of absence from coaching women's basketball at the University, Athletics Director
Lew Perkins appointed Woodard as the interim head coach.
Woodard, a native of Wichita, said her career was a dream come true.
"I started to dream when I was six years old that I would play for the Globetrotters," she said in her speech on Friday night. "I got to do that after 20 years of saying it and believing it before it came true."
Edited by Ashley Bechard
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