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Monday, June 17, 2013
The University Daily Kansan
ATHLETE BIOS
13 women competed at the national track and field championship. Learn a little bit about each athlete and their contributions to the winning title.
CONNOR OBKEROM editor@kansan.com
PARIS DANIELS
Hometown: St Louis. Mo.
Events: 200m,
4x100m relay,
4x400m relay
Results: She placed fourth in the 200-meter and earned the second-
best time in the semifinals with a 22.56 seconds. She also placed fifth in the 4x100m relay along with Valena, Morris and Dixon with a time of 43.92 seconds. Daniels also placed sixth in the 4x400m with Washington, Valentine, Morris and Dixon with a time of 3:32:74 minutes.
DIAMOND DIXON
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Event: 4x100m and 4x400m
Point: 4x100m
and 4x400m
Results:
Placed fifth in
the 4x100m
with team-
mates Daniels.
Valentine and Morris. She earned sixth in the 4x400m relay along with Daniels, Valentine, Morris and Washington.
NATALIA BARTNOVSKAYA
Hometown: Krasnovarsk, Russia
Event: Pole Vault
Results: Placed second in pole vault with 4.40m(14'5.25").
CHRISTEN GUENTHER
Hometown: Lake Quivira, Kan
Event: Pole Vault
Results: The former pole vaulter at BYU in her only season at Kansas placed 11th at the pole vault with a throw of
4. 20m (13'9,25") , giving the team six points.
ALENA KRECHYK
Hometown: Grodno, Belarus
Event: Hammer Throw
Results: Finishing sixth last year at the Championships, she topped this year with third
place in the Hammer Throw with a 68.22 mm (223"10").
SYDNEY CONLEY
Hometown: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Loud Long Jump Results: Placed 17th with a jump of 6.20m (19'9") and was one of two Jayhawks to place in the top 20 in the event.
ANDREA GUEBELLE
Hometown: University Place, Wash.
Events: Triple Jump, Long Jump Results: The bronze medalist in the Olympic Trial placed second in
the Championships with a jump of 13.63 m (44'8.75"). She also placed second in the Long Jump with 6.50-meter jump (21'4").
JESSICA MAROSZEK
Hometown: Seymour, Wisc.
Event: Discuss Results: Placed fourth in discus.
HEATHER BERGMANN
Hometown: Concordia, Kan.
Event: Javelin Results: Placed sixth with a throw of 52.67m (172'9") a personal best.
LINDSAY VOLLMER
Event: Heptathlon
Hometown: Hamilton, Mo.
Results: Placed first in heptathlon (comprised of 100m, high jump, shot put, 200m long jump, javelin and 800m) and became
the program's first outdoor individual champion.
Received 10 points, and it was obviously her personal best. Her best event was placing first in javelin with 46.18m (151'6")* , also a personal best. Her other personal bests during the meet include a 13.58 in 100-meter hurdles, a throw
All photos from KU Athletics
of 11.97m (39'3.25") in Shot Put, a 24.27 in the 200m, a jump of 6.16m (20'2.5") in the Long Jump and a time of 2:19.36 in the 800m.
TAYLOR WASHINGTON
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Events: 4x400m Results: Placed sixth along with her teammates Valentine, Daniels and Morris.
DENESHA MORRIS
Hometown: Manchester, Jamaica
**Events:** 4x100m and 4x400m **Results:** Placed fifth in the 4x100m and sixth in the 4x400m
Events: 4x100
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
TIANNA VALENTINE
Limits: 4x100
meter relay
Results: Placed
fifth in the 4x100
meter relay with a
time of 43.92 along
with her teammates
Morris, Daniels and
Dixon.
- Edited by Allison Kohn
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