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KANSAS RELAYS
Jayhawks dominate high jump on first day
Junior Nick Canton clears the high jump at the 6'10.25" mark, a personal best, during Wednesday's opening of the 84th Annual Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium. Canton who is competing in the decathlon is currently third overall with 5 of the 10 events completed. Chris Bronson/KANSAA
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Iowa State's freshman Jamal Currica is in first place after the first day of competition in the Men's Decatillon at the 2011 Kansas Relays. Currica won three events on the first day, which gained a 122-point lead over Nebraska's Teran Walford.
Currica had the only time in the 100-meter dash under 11 seconds, and also took the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.63 seconds. Currica struggled in the jumping events, finishing second in the high jump and third in the long jump.
"The long jump was rough, I fell on my first two. So I just wanted to get a safe one in there. I didn't jump as far as I wanted to," Currica said.
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Currica came up favoring one of his legs due to muscle tightening after the 400, but brushed aside concern that it could seriously affect him in the competition tomorrow.
"It's the 400, it happens all the time on the last 50 meters. No cramps or anything, I just need to stretch and cool down." Currica said.
Kansas junior Nick Canton sits in third place after the first day. Canton is competing in his first decathlon. Previously Canton had only competed in the high jump.
"I feel a lot better than what I thought. At first I was pretty nervous because I haven't worked on all the events for a long time, but since I'm done I feel pretty good about everything." Canton said.
Canton was the only decathlon athlete to record a successful high jump over two meters in the event, which was 2.09 meters.
"I feel pretty confident, I made up a lot of points in the high jump so that felt pretty good. I'm excited for tomorrow," Canton said.
The decathlon resumes competition at 8:30 this morning with the 110-meter hurdles.
Edited by Brittany Nelson
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Kansas State freshman Julia Zeiler clear the 5'1" mark during the high jump in the women's heptathlon at the 84th Annual Kansas Relays Wednesday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. Tied for 53th place in the event.
Sophomore Rebecca Neville celebrates after successfully hitting a personal best at the high jump during the 84th Annual Kansas Relays heptathlon event with a jump of 5' 5.75'. Neville is currently in first place after completing 4 of the 7 events of the heptathlon. Competition will continue today starting at 9 a.m.
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