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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005
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Team splits for Penn Relays
TRACK AND FIELD
BY PATRICK SHEHAN
pshehan@hansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
If two of the most elite relay meets in the country land on the same weekend, what do you do? Go to both.
Go to book.
That's what the Kansas track and field team did this weekend. Coach Stanley Redwine led half of the team into Des Moines, Iowa, for the Drake Relays. Amy Linnen, senior pole vaulter, Benson Chesang, junior distance runner, and Sheldon Battle, junior thrower, led the other half into Philadelphia for the Penn Relays.
The Penn relays, in its 111 year history, brings in talent from high schools, universities and Olympic training facilities worldwide. The Jayhawks proved worthy opponents with three first-place finishes.
Battle won the men's shot put with the mark of 65 feet, .912 inches. His victory updated his current No. 1 ranking in the Big 12 Conference.
"I felt good. I knew there were a lot of good guys here, and I've been executing well," Battle said.
Amy Linnen took home another victory as she won the women's pole vault. The senior vaulted 13 feet,10 inches,setting
a new Penn Relays record. She vaulted five inches higher than the second place finisher, Arkansas' Stacy Manuel.
Benson Chesang won the men's 5,000-meter run. He also won the men's invitational mile last weekend at the Kansas Relays. In his first trip to the Penn Relays, and his first effort of the season in the 5,000-meter race, Chesang finished in the time of 13:57.42. His time vaulted him to third place in the Big 12.
The highlight of the meet,
Redwine said, was the men's
4x800 meter relay. Mike Rost,
Cameron Schwehr, Brandon
Hodges and Joshi Madathil fin-
issued third behind Big 12 rivals Kansas State and Missouri.
The best 4x800 team couldn't compete because of the split. Redwine said, but the four's performances were their best.
"Mike Rost ran a personal best and set the team up for success. Joshy Mandathil ran a solid leg." Redwine said. "We're definitely excited."
Rost ran the first leg of the relay team. The Wichita sophomore ran 1:52.8, his best time in the 800-meter run. In his first trip to the Drake Relays, Rost said he was pushed by the excitement.
Edited by Nikola Rowe
Juggle, juggle, toil and trouble
Bradley Barger, Lawrence graduate student, practices juggling techniques Saturday afternoon on Wescoe Beach. Barger is a member of the KU Juggling Club. He's been juggling for about 10 years. Anyone interested in joining can e-mail the club at juggle@ku.edu.
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