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TRACK & FIELD
Jayhawks perform well at invitational in Oklahoma
GEOFFREY CALVERT
gcalvert@kansan.com
Two Jayhawks claimed individual titles and several others had strong performances at the John Jacobs Collegiate Invitational in Norman, Okla., on Saturday. Sophomore Kyle Clemons claimed the 400-meter dash, and sophomore Francis Simpson won the long jump.
Simpson, who has the longest jump in the NCAA this year, won with a jump of 6.36 meters, and Clemons clocked a time of 46.87 seconds in the 400-meter dash. Clemons
also set a personal best in the 200-meter dash, with a time of 21.24 seconds, which put him in fourth place.
"I thought he went out and did a great job of running the race the way we planned," coach Stanley Redwine said of Clemons' performance in an Athletics Department press release. "Going into today's meet, he was focusing on certain sections of the race and he did a nice job in those areas."
"We had several personal bests set and I am excited about the progress I am seeing."
Junior Nick Canton and freshman Nick Giancana tied for second in the high jump, and Canton also placed third in the javelin. Senior Brian Bishop was second in the discus, and senior Jordan Scott, the top-ranked pole vaulter in the Big 12 Conference, took second in the pole vault. On the women's side, freshman Charlene Brown placed second in the 3,000-meter run.
STANLEY REDWINE Coach
Five other Jayhawks placed second in their respective events.
In the women's pole vault, senior Jaci Perryman recorded her second best mark of the year en route to her first top-three finish of the outdoor season
Freshman Diamond Dixon had a full schedule, and competed in three events. She took fourth in the 400-meter dash, eighth in the 200-meter dash, and teamed with senior Kendra Bradley, sophomore Taylor Washington and junior Shayla Wilson to place fifth in the 4x400 meter relay.
Junior Jamaica Collins finished fifth in both the long jump and the triple jump.
In the men's 800-meter run, eight Jayhawks placed in the top 18, led by freshman Dalen Fink in fifth place. Three Jayhawks finished in
"I thought as a whole everyone did a really good job. We had several personal bests set and I am excited about the progress I am seeing," Redwine said in the press release. "The team is coming together and we are all looking forward to a great Kansas Relays next week."
Overall, Redwine was pleased with his team's performance. He is optimistic about the Kansas Relays, which will be held Wednesday through Saturday.
The men also did well in the field events. Freshman Alex Bishop placed fourth in the pole vault to complement Scott's second place finish. Junior Darryl Trotter placed sixth in the long jump and third in the triple jump. Junior Joel Krause placed fourth in the shot put, and Scott Penny was third in the hammer throw.
the top seven of the 3,000 meters. Eric Dyson was fourth, sophomore Ben Wilson was fifth, and freshman Emilio Trujillo was seventh. Both 4x400 meter relay teams finished in the top five. The 'A' team, which consisted of Clemons, freshman Dominique Manley, Marx and senior Keron Toussaint finished third. Junior Isaac Bradshaw, senior Ebo Browne, Fink and sophomore Sam Jones made up the 'B' team that finished fifth.
Edited by Amanda Sorell
MLB
Pineda assists Seattle to victory against Kansas City
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Michael Pineda is giving the Seattle Mariners hope they have found a formidable pitcher to pair with CY Young winner Felix Hernandez atop their rotation.
Pineda, a 22-year-old with a 99 mph fastball, held Kansas City to one run and three hits over six innings. Brendan Ryan had a tiebreaking two-run single and the Mariners beat the Royals 3-2 Sunday to snap a four-game losing streak.
Jamey Wright pitched two hitless innings, while walking two. Brandon League gave up a run in the ninth on Wilson Betemit's single, but finished for his third save.
Pineda (2-1) has a 2.33 ERA in three starts, while holding opponents to 13 hits and striking out 16 in 19 1-3 innings.
"I can't say enough about this guy," Ryan said. "From the end of spring training, I've said this guy has a legit shot to be the rookie of the year. You see his stuff. You make guys look the way they do on all three pitches, he's outstanding and he's only going to get better. ... He's got a great chance to be something special."
with it. His breaking stuff is only to get better. When you're throwing 97-98 (mpi) there's so much more you can get away with. He's going to be good. Once his breaking stuff gets even better, he has a chance to be really special."
"Pineda's fastball is as good as I've ever seen," said Wright, a 13-year major league veteran. "He throws strikes and attacks hitters
The Royals entered the game leading the American League with a .279 average, but managed just five hits, matching their season low.
"The kid's got electric stuff," Royals manager Ned Yost said of Pineda. "We weren't chasing pitches outside the zone. The kid's got a live arm. It was our first look at him. He's got a good fastball and breaking ball and he threw strikes. He's in there throwing 95 with his fastball and with a sharp breaking ball."
Blake Wood then replaced Jeff Francis and Ryan brought home both runners with a hit on a 3-1 pitch. The Mariners won for only the third time in 14 games.
"I think I can safely speak for everybody we're not having fun right now," Ryan said. "I'm not having any fun. This is not how
Ryan laced a single to left in the seventh to score Justin Smoak and Miguel Olivo to snap a 1-all tie. Smoak led off the inning with a single and advanced to second when Olivo ended an 0-for-27 skid with a single. Ryan Langer-hans' sacrifice bunt advanced both runners.
I wanted to start out the season, personally and as a team. We're going to get better. Hopefully things will start falling and start going our way, because they havent."
Francis (0-1) is still searching for his first victory with the Royals. He was charged with three runs on six hits, while walking none and striking out one in 6 1-3 innings.
Jeff Francoeur led off the Royals' fifth with a one-hop double off the right-field fence, the only extra-base hit off Pineda. He advanced to third on Betemit's fly out to center. Brayan Pena's sacrifice fly scored Francoeur for the only run Pineda would allow.
"We knew he threw hard and then we saw he had 99 (mph) on the second pitch of the game." Francoeur said. "We had to give ourselves a chance to swing the bats."
The Mariners tied it in the sixth with Ichiro Suzuki starting the inning with a double down the right-field line. He scored on Milton Bradley's two-out triple to right. That snapped a Mariners' 14-inning scoreless drought.
Woolridge will leave Kansas program
Royals left-fielder Alex Gordon singled in the first to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, the longest active streak in the majors and one game shy of his career best.
In the fourth defection from Kansas in the last eight days, Royce Woolridge will transfer to another school to finish his college career. It is still up in the air as to which school that will be. With Josh Selby's Thursday announcement that he would enter the NBA draft, Woolridge
had an outside chance at earning legitimate playing time next year for Kansas, but he told ESPN that he thought leaving the Jayhawks would
be the best move for him.
"it's tough having to leave the program because I feel like all the
players are family, my brothers," Woolridge said. "We've been through a lot. I'm going to miss them. I'm going to miss Kansas. I'm going to miss everything about it. But sometimes you have to do what's best for yourself"
Woolridge saw an average of 2.8 minutes in 16 games this year, and average 0.6 points.
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