The University Daily Kansan
Monday, June 17, 2013
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Senior Paris Daniels sports a mascot sticker as she watches other events during the championships on June 8.
The 2013 women's track and field team captured the FIRST women's national championship in school history.
They also led the entire NCAA with 16 first team All-Americans, the most by any school this season. Senior Paris Daniels was one of seven women to be named an All-American in three events. The Kansas women that were named for the first time include junior Natalia Bartnovskaya and sophomore Lindsay Vollmer.
The team also featured the first All-America 4x100 relay team in school history, composed of junior Diamond Dixon, senior Denesha Morris, freshman Tanna Valentine and senior Paris Daniels.
Senior Andrea Geubelle has been named an All-American 12 times,the most in school history,after earning honors in both the long jump and triple jump.
The women's track and field team started in 1973, many years after the inception of the men's program. During this time, Marian Washington, a prominent figure in Kansas athletics, served as the first and only women's athletic director from 1974-79, as well as the women's basketball coach.
In its history, women's track and field has had numerous accomplished athletes, including the first time All-American in women's track and field history, Anne Grethe Baeraas, who was a three-time All American.
- Edited by Allison Kohn
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