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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. 2005
WOMEN'S GOLF
All-American team claims three Hawks
Three members of the women's golf team were among 37 student athletes selected to the 2005 academic all-Big 12 Team yesterday.
Juniors Chelsey Pryor and Meredith Winkelmann and sophomore Amanda Costner were named to the first team.
Pryor, Winkelmann and Costner all earned a 4.00 grade point average.
Pryor is a communications studies major and has competed in each of the Jayhawks' five tournaments this spring.
She is second on the team, with a 78.87 stroke average. This marks the second time she has been named to the first team.
Winkelmann, who is majoring in business administration is also a second-time selec tion.
She has participated in four tournaments so far this semes ter.
Costner gained first-team honors for the first time in her career.
- Costner is majoring in applied behavioral science, and leads the Jayhawks with a 76.80 stroke average this spring.
She recently took first place at the Lady Boilermaker Invitational, on April 10, winning the tournament by three shots.
To qualify for the academic all-Big 12 team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher, either cumulative or the two previous semesters combined, and must have participated in 60 percent of her team's scheduled contests.
Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence.
Senior student athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria but percent of participation are also eligible.
Travis Robinett
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Weaver has high expectations that attendance will swell by the end of the Gold Zone time.
What Weaver calls a "revolutionary change" has officials at USA Track and Field buzzing as well. Michael Cain of USA Track and Field, and Weaver's college roommate, said that this had created quite a buzz with track squads across the country.
"Best idea they have had since the Relays started," Cain said.
Charlie Gruber is returning to compete in his fifth Kansas Relays, this time as part of the Gold Zone. He's excited to come back to what he still considers his home track.
This year's presentation gives fans so many more reasons to come out to the Relays, he said.
"I think it's a great idea. I think it's going to be really super to get all the elite athletes from the 'premiere' events in a three-hour block," Gruber said.
Gruber said he thought this format would give the Relays a greater chance to compete with the most popular sports, such as football and basketball, and also with entertainment such as movies. That's how one of Weaver's main goals
"This is one of their few chances to see some of the best athletes in the world, not just the U.S. It truly has a world stage. This is one of the few times they'll be in Lawrence," Gruber said.
The Relays take place Thursday through Saturday, with events beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets for non-students are good for the entire weekend and are $10 for adults and $5 for children and seniors. There is also a family pack that offers admission to two adults and two children for $20.
A full schedule of meet events will appear in Thursday's University Daily Kansan.
Edited by Austin Caster
Streak
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"It's not to do what Wichita did to us last week when they ran Pelfrey out there. It has no intention of that," Price said. The Jayhawks faced the Shockers' ace starter, Mike Pelfrey, last Wednesday in Wichita.
Sophomore right-hander Kyle Touchatt (3-0, 2.19 ERA) is the scheduled starter tonight for the Shockers.
But tonight's match-up is not based on old news. Kansas knows that the losing streak must end here.
"I haven't given up and I know the rest of the team hasn't given up, so we're going to come out here pretty pumped up." Richardson said. "We're going to beat the snot out of the Shockers."
Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee (25) and catcher Michael Barrett (8) congratulate each other after the Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-1 yesterday in Cincinnati. Lee and Barrett both hit home runs in the game.
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— Edited by Ross Fitch
Gimme some glove!
Defense
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Mangino brought in a talented group of junior college players in defensive tackle Wayne Wilder and linebacker Eric Washington.
The most talented member of the incoming transfers has yet to arrive on campus.
Allen was a first-team junior college All-American last season and had 10 sacks.
The majority of the defensive unit remains in tact from last season's team, which allowed just 21.4 points per game.
Rodney Allen, a defensive end from Garden City Community College, is expected to join the team this summer and could be yet another addition to a strong defensive line.
"This year we have been playing together for so long we know each other's mentality, and we know what we are going to do," said Floodman, who was named a captain along with Reid and Kane on Saturday.
Mangino said he hoped that this group of transfers would mesh with the veterans and help the Jayhawks improve on last season's 4-7 record.
"We are bigger, we are faster, we are stronger, we've executed better, we are a better fundamental team," Mangino said. "We hope that each year we get a little better. This spring was better than last spring. And now the goal is to make next fall better than last fall."
- Edited by Kim Sweet Rubenstein
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Shehan
He ran the 100-meter dash in 9.79 seconds at Athens in 1999. He even came to the Kansas relays in 2000 shortly after achieving the record Training with some of track's elite athletes, Greene shattered the 100-meter dash record with years of effort and training. Not by using THG.
Before the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Greene said he couldn't wait until the time came when testing could be effective in keeping steroids out of the oldest sport in history. The truth has finally been exposed.
In a sport where the elite athletes are ridiculed because of performance-enhancing drugs, Maurice Greene stands above the accusations that have led to the demise of other track stars. When he competes in the Gold Zone on Saturday, it will be an opportunity to see sport in its truest form.
Despite the state of BALCO accusations, one can find such purity in Greene.
♦ Shehan is a Denver sophomore in journalism.
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