UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, September 18, 1995
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Cross country teams falter on Saturday
Richard Devinki/KANSAN
By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter
Kansas sophomores Lewis Theobald (left) and Kurt Aiken participate in the Jayhawk Invitational Satur day at Rim Rock Farm. Aiken was the first Jayhawk to finish the race for the men's team.
It appeared that the Kansas cross country teams had the intangibles on their side in the Javhawk Invitational on Saturday.
The Kansas men's and women's teams, which were both nationally ranked, each would face only one other nationally ranked team. Also, Kansas would be running in its own backyard — just outside of Lawrence at Rim Rock Farm.
"Not a good day for the Jayhawks," Kansas cross country coach Gary Schwartz said. "It's just disappointing because this is our course."
However, a big turnout of fans watched the men finish sixth while the women finished in fourth place.
Kansas senior Sarah Heeb, who finished eighth overall, was Kansas' top fincher in the five-kilometer race. This was Heeb's first meet of the season. She missed last week's meet at Southern Illinois because of personal reasons.
Heeb's return was desperately needed because the women's team ran without junior captain Colleen McClimon, who was Kansas' top finisher two weeks ago at Southern Illinois. She did not run because of medical reasons.
"We miss Colleen," Schwartz said. "There is no doubt about it."
The only other ranked women's team besides the No. 19 Jayhawks was the No. 6 Georgetown Hoyas, who destroyed the competition with a winning score of 18. They were 65 points ahead of second-place Kansas State, who finished with 83.
The Hoyas had six runners finish in the top 10 in a field composed of approximately 80 runners. The individual winner of the race was Georgetown junior Miesha Marzell, who finished the race in 17 minutes, 50.8 seconds.
"I saw a lot of blue in front of me," Heeb said.
"Now I know that I don't want that to happen again."
Despite the finish, it is a young team that has not had two of its leaders, Heeb and McClimon, run together this season.
"I really like the direction the women's team is headed," Schwartz said. "They're working really hard; they're making progress."
Schwartz was not thrilled with the men's team performance, though..
"It was ugly," Schwartz said. "They went out, we had a good pack, and then we fell apart badly. We didn't respond at all, and that's very disheardening."
Kansas junior Kurt Alken was Kansas' top finisher at 15th place overall.
"Our intensity just wasn't there today," Aiken said. "We've got to correct that problem, or it's going to be a long season."
One reason the intensity has not been there is a lack of leadership.
Three upperclassmen, senior Chris Gaston, junior captain Bryan Schultz and junior Chris Ronan, that could have provided leadership have been injured. Gaston is expected back as early as next week.
The winner of the men's eight-kilometer race was unranked Central Missouri State, which totaled 37 points.
Kansas State junior John Thorpe won the
men's race with a time of 24:57.7.The Wildcats placed second in both races, finishing ahead of the Javhaws.
"I guess maybe I'm reacting more that I'm upset being beat by K-State." Schwartz said. "Being a KU grad, it's never easy to get beat by the purple and white."
"Coaches always get antsy about getting beat early in the season, but in a sport like cross country it is not as important as what we're going to do later." Schwartz said.
Kansas will get another chance to win at Rim Rock Farm during the Big Eight Conference Championships on Oct.27.
Kansas rugby club team cruises past Emporia State
By Jeffrey Auslander Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's rugby club team brightened a gloomy Saturday afternoon with a 49-0 victory against Emporia State.
The game, which was played at Broken Arrow Park, 31st and Louisiana streets, was as lopsided as the score indicated. Emporia State rarely advanced the ball onto Kansas' side of the field and Kansas had little trouble scoring.
The key score for Kansas came in the middle of the first
half. Jake Corrigan, St. Louis junior, swept to the right and made a kick pass to Derek Scott, St. Louis senior. Scott picked up the ball and streaked down the sideline to put Kansas ahead 10-0.
"We had an overload on the outside, and I saw Jake going for the pop kick. As soon
Scott returned the favor with an assist to Corrigan that made the score 17-0. After he caught Scott's pass, Corrigan ran 40 yards for the score.
on the field.
"We basically play 'you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours,'" Corrigan said. "Derrek Scott knew exactly where I was going to be, and he made my job easy."
Kansas got help from its
Kansas went up 19-0 after the two-point kick that followed Corrigan's score, and the lead never was challenged.
Corrigan said that luck and familiarity contributed to the play.
as he did, I just took off." Scott said. "I just guessed the ball was going to bounce up into my hands. I kind of got luck, but after that there wasn't anything between me and the goal line."
"I have to say there was a little bit of luck involved, but the people I play with — I know they are going to be there all the time," Corrigan said.
"That's the great part about playing with these guys. I know where everyone is going to be
younger players on Saturday.
"We had a lot of young guys come here today with little experience, but they reall y stepped in and showed that they could do it." Scott said.
One of the new players was Derrek Scott's younger brother, Joel, a freshman. The younger Scott scored his first try ever for Kansas.
"Scoring was pretty exciting and a pretty big rush," Joel Scott said. "As for Derrek, he pushed me to join the team, and I'm glad he did because I'm having a good time with it."
Joel Scott was impressed with his older brother scoring two tries. However, he said that it was only a matter of time until he equaled his brother.
"He scored two tries, but I'll catch up with him next game," Joel Scott said.
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