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10A / SPORTS / MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
TRACK & FIELD
Maroszek wins discus at Texas Relays
Mke Gunnoe/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Mike Gulene/KRASAN FILE PHOTO Sophomore long jumper Francine Simpson flies through the air in the long jump event. Simpson placed second in the long jump's A division, jumping 6.47 meters at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Friday.
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BY GEOFFREY CALVERT
gcalvert@kansan.com
Freshman Jessica Maroszek set the second best mark in Kansas history in the discus throw at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Friday. Maroszek won the A division of the discus with a throw of 54.05 meters.
there were a lot of great competitors in the field. Getting a good throw on my firstattempt allowed me to relax."
"I was really nervous entering the meet," Maroszek said in an athletic department press release. "This is a big-time meet and I knew
Although Maroszek was the only Jayhawk to win an event, four
meters. His teammate, sophomore Jesse Vaughn, took second in the B division, throwing 62.53 meters.
"It was kind of windy today, so I was just trying to get a good mark."
other layhawks placed second. Senior Jordan Scott claimed second in the A division of the pole vault with a jump of 5.5 meters. The defending NCAA Champion pole vault placed first and second in the two meets he has competed in thus far this season. In the women's pole vault, senior Jaci Perryman set a personal record with a jump of 4.1 meters, good for sixth place in the A division.
Sophomore Francine Simpson had an impressive performance for the women's team in the long jump, placing second in the A division, jumping 6.47 meters. Simpson, a Jamaican native, used the warm Texas weather to her advantage.
In the A division of the men's javelin, freshman Johann Swanepoe placed third with a throw of 72.64
"It was kind of windy today, so I was just trying to get a good mark," Simpson said in the press
FRANCINE SIMPSON Long jumper
release. "I am used to the warm weather since I am from Jamaica. I think the weather helped me jump well."
Junior Donny Wasinger was another second place finisher for
the Jayhawks, as he set a personal record in the A division of the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:48.14. Sophomore Mason Finley placed fourth in A division of the discus throw by tossing it 58.41 meters, missing out on second place by 0.28 meters. The Jayhawks will be competing this weekend at the Sooner Invitational in Norman, Okla. The following week the team will host the Kansas Relays in Lawrence.
— Edited by Becca Harsch
FOOTBALL
Pair of former wide receivers land roles as starting safeties
BY KORY CARPENTER kcarpenter@kansan.com
If fans needed more proof that things in life — and sports — don't always go as planned, look no further than the Kansas secondary. A pair of former wide receivers in high school,
Keeston Terry and Bradley McDougald are now the startin safeties for Kansas as spring practices get underway.
Terry,asophomore from Blue Springs, Mo.,originally committed to the University of Nebraska as a receiver before switching his commitment to Turner Gill and Kansas in
McDougald
making 10 tackles and forcing a fumble in the first three games last season, Terry suffered a season-ending lower leg injury against Southern Mississippi. The big production in a small sample size was encouraging, though.
Terry
"I was pleased with myself" Terry said after Friday's practice. "When I had the opportunities to make plays, I feel like I did."
With a year spent studying the position and bulking up in the weight room, Terry could be in store
for a breakout year in 2011.
"The sky is the limit," McDougald said of Terry's potential on defense. "He's still young, and that's the greatest part about it, he's like a spoonie."
McDougald, a junior from Dublin, Ohio, was a highly-coveted safety in high school, garnering attention from Wisconsin and Ohio State, among others. He committed to Kansas as a receiver, but is back on defense in his third year in Lawrence. He said that while he's the elder statesmen in the secondary, there's times when Terry corrects him during practice. Both players seem to complement each other on the field, and while McDougald gets an adrenaline rush from intercept passes, Terry disagrees.
"I feel like there's more of an adrenaline rush after a big hit," he said. "It gets everybody hwred."
McDougald, with a grin on his face, was quick to intervene.
"I don't know about that one," he said, shaking his head and smiling. "I just don't know."
When the safety tandem isn't pushing each other to get better, coach Gill's new grading scale does the job. Each day, the coaching staff shows the players their grades from the previous day's workout or practice. Whether it's interceptions or big hits, the players can see how they performed the day before.
"If we feel we had a good day and our numbers don't show, we use that to go back out and have a better day," McDougall said.
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Whether it's Terry going after that big hit or McDougald waiting for his interception, both players are excited to anchor Kansas' secondary for the foreseeable future.
"Right now we're just creating chemistry," Terry said. "It's going to take time to get better and more equipped with each other, but I think we can definitely be a great tandem for the next couple of years."
Edited by Becca Harsch
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