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ATHLETICS
Volleyball team roars with excitement from the fieldhouse
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bschuster@kansan.com
Hearing a roar coming from mid-court of Allen Fieldhouse is nothing out of the ordinary.
Hearing a roar from the volleyball team from the floor of Allen Fieldhouse is a little more peculiar.
Nonetheless, after winning the CHAMPS award at Monday night's 2011 Jayhawk Senior & Scholar Athlete Banquet, the Kansas volleyball team erupted in cheers of excitement.
The banquet, which was held on the court of Allen Fieldhouse for the second-straight year, celebrated the achievements and careers of Kansas' senior student athletes.
The CHAMPS award is handed out by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and is no easy trophy to capture.
All year long, each athletic program is pitted against one another as each tries to be the best to demonstrate personal development and team camaraderie.
Points are awarded to teams in five categories; attending home competitions for all Jayhawk teams, community service, Student Athlete Advisory Committee participation, team GPA, and participation in department-sponsored life skills and career seminars.
"It embodies all the things that you want your athletics department to be about,"Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger said.
The volleyball team had done more than its fair share to qualify for the award. Volunteering at soup kitchens, attending various Jayhawk home events for other programs and spending time reading to children at schools were normal activities for the volleyball
team this season.
"It's cool to know that we are recruiting kids that really care about all aspects of life as well as helping others," coach Ray Beachard said.
Outside hitter Karina Garlington, a senior from Denver, also took home the night's most prestigious award, the Robert Frederick Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year award and couldn't help but smile when being asked about the award at the conclusion of the banquet.
"Winning that award shows how hard we worked, and how much effort we put in. Competing against other teams, it's all in good fun, but it's a great award to win." Garlington said.
— Edited by Danielle Packer
The volleyball team accepts the title of "Jayhawk CHAMPS" at the 2011 Jayhawk Senior & Scholar Athlete Banquet last night in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawk CHAMPS award was designed to reward participation in personal development opportunities and ignite healthy competition between all Jayhawk teams. Teams earn points by, among other things, attending home competitions for Jayhawk sporting events, performing community service and actively participating in the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
Jayhawks raise the bar in four track and field meets over the weekend
TRACK AND FIELD
BY GEOFFREY CALVERT gcalvert@kansan.com
The Kansas track and field team had a successful weekend, winning 11 events spread throughout four different meets. The majority of the team competed at the Bill Williams/ Bob Laptad Invitational at Missouri Southern University on Friday. The majority of the throwers competed
Saturday at the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Classic, and many jumper competed Saturday at the Drake Relays. The distance team competed at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
At Missouri Southern, 18 Jayhawks placed in the top three, with five taking first. Freshman Diamond Dixon captured first
the outdoor season. Her winning height of 4.07 meters edged out freshman Demi Payne, who placed second with a 3.97 meter jump.
place in the women's 100-meter dash with a time of 11.53 seconds, her personal best. Kendra Bradley was equally impressive, winning the 400-meter dash and breaking the Fred G. Hughes Stadium record, which stood for 18 years.
Sophomore Kathryn Lapton competed in the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles, and was successful in both. She won the 100 hurdles and placed second in the 400 hurdles, right in front of freshman Timmie Morris. Sophomore
A week after finishing second in the pole vault at the Kansas Relays, senior Jaci Perryman broke through with her first victory of
Nick Canton was the final victorious Jayhawk at Missouri Southern, winning the high jump.
On Saturday at the Warhawk Classic in Monroe, La., sophomore Mason Finley once again led the throwers, as he placed first in both the shot put and discus throw. His winning mark in the discus of 199 feet was a personal best. Senior Scott Penny followed suit, taking first place in the hammer throw and setting a personal best of 197 feet, 4 inches.
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The final group of Jayhawks, the jumpers, competed at the Drake Relays in Des Mines, Iowa. Sophomore Francine Simpson placed second in the high jump, the highest placing Jayhawk. Sophomore Andrea Geubelle placed sixth in the long jump and 12th in the triple jump.
Sophomore Heather Bergmann won her second javelin title of the season, throwing 152 feet, 11.75 inches. Last week, Bergmann set a Kansas record by throwing the javelin 168 feet, seven inches at the Kansas Relays, good for second place. She also claimed the javelin title at the Razorback Spring Invitational.
The final group of Jayhawks competed at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford University. Junior Rebeka Stowe broke her own school record in the 3000-meter steeplechase by running a time of 9:53.12 seconds, good for fifth place. Stowe's previous best in the steeplechase came at last season's Payton Jordan Invitational.
Freshman Jessica Maroszek's freshman campaign could not be going any better. She placed first in the discus again this weekend, her fourth victory in that event in her past four meets. The last time Maroszek failed to win the discus
Junior Cori Christensen was the lone Jayhawk to win at Stanford, capturing the 800-meter run title. Her time of 2.09.81 seconds was a personal best. Five other Jayhawks set personal bests at the meet.