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TRACK & FIELD
Bartnovskaya rewrites school record again
CALVIN WHITNEY
cwhitney@kansan.com
Junior and 2013 indoor NCAA pole vault champion Natalia Bartnovskaya broke the school and meet record for the second week in a row. In the second meet of the outdoor season, Kansas saw NCAA top-10 performances in five events. The Kansas men's and women's track and field teams competed in the Sun Angel Classic on Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.
Last week, Bartnovskaya and senior teammate Christen Guenther cleared 4.31 meters (14'1.74") at the Texas Relays. On Saturday, Bartnovskaya again eased her way through the heights until she endered her day with a career-best and school record of 4.41 meters (14'5.5"). Guenther earned fourplace with a jump of 4.21 meters (13'9.75"). While only two meets into the season, Bartnovskaya's clearance is the third-best in the
NCAA.
Senior Heather Bergmann threw a top mark of 52.23 meters (171'4") on her last javelin attempt of the meet. This mark gave her a third-place finish. Bergmann's throw is only 16 inches short of her own school record and places her fourth in the NCAA rankings.
The women's 4x400-meter team had a great performance on the track. Denesha Morris, Diamond Dixon, Taylor Washington and Paris Daniels led from the gun. Daniels anchored the team to the finish line with a time of 3.32.26, beating second-place Arkansas by almost five seconds. This is the third-fastest time in school history and the eighth-fastest time in the NCAA this year.
The men's 4x400-meter relay team also grabbed their first win of the 2013 outdoor season. Kyle Clemons, Michael Hester, Michael Stigler and Kenneth McCuin finished with a time of 3:05.95. Mc-
Cun was able to hold a lead in front of the Sun Devils' anchor in the last 100 meters.
Junior Brendan Soucie clocked the best half-mile time of his career, finishing in 1:50.21 and fifth overall. This time is also the fastest 800 meters run by a Kansas male since 2005.
Junior Natalie Becker also had a career-best time in the 5,000-meter event, finishing 3.2 miles in 16:57.82. This time earned her the victory and is number seven on Kansas' all-time performance list.
The Jayhawks will be competing in the John McDonnell Invitational next weekend in Fayetteville, Ark. The invitational begins Friday with hammer throw and discus events and will conclude on Saturday. The Jayhawks will then return home for the 86th Annual Kansas Relays starting April 17.
Edited by Allison Hammond
TARA BRYANT/KANSAN FILE PHOTO Junior pole vaulter Natalia Bartnovskaya broke the school record in Sun Angel Classic on Saturday in Tempe, Ariz. this past weekend. Bartnovskaya broke the record with a height of 4.41 meters.
NHL
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Blackhawks rally and defeat Predators, snag playoff spot
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CHICAGO — Rookie Brandon Saad and Jonathan Toews scored 55 seconds apart midway through the third period, and the Chicago Blackhawks rallied to beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Sunday night to become the first team to clinch a NHL playoff spot this season.
Chicago (29-5-4) had fallen behind 3-2 early in the third on a goal by David Legwand, but Saad and Toews connected against Pekka Rinne to put the Blackhawks back ahead.
The Blackhawks defeated the Predators for the second time in two days and improved to 13-0-1 against Central Division teams.
Both teams skated without key forwards.
Andrew Shaw and Bryan Bickell also scored for Chicago, and Patrick Kane added an empty-net goal.
Nashville left wing Gabriel
Rinne, who leads the NHL in games and minutes played, made 35 saves as he appeared in his 29th straight contest.
Shea Weber and Nick Spaling each had a goal and an assist for the Predators (15-17-8), who are 13th in the Western Conference with 38 points, five behind eighth-place Detroit at the postseason cutoff.
Chicago's Ray Emery stopped 19 shots, following a 20-save, 1-0 win at Nashville on Saturday. The Blackhawks improved to 4-0 against the Predators this season.
The Blackhawks killed off the only penalty against them on Sunday and have snuffed 17 straight chances. Chicago hasn't allowed a power-play goal in 10 games, dating to March 18.
Bourque, who is tied with Legwand for the team lead with 11 goals, missed his fourth game because of an upper body injury. Mike Fisher, third on the Predators with 19 points, sat out after aggravating a hand injury that caused him to miss three games last week.
Patrick Sharp, who led the Blackhawks with 33 goals last season, missed his 14th game with a shoulder injury. Dave Bolland sat out his second because of a lower body injury, believed to have been caused when a shot by Webe struck him last Monday.
The Blackhawks dominated the first period, outshooting the Predators 17-7. But a turnover by defenseman Johnny Oduya in the slot set off a scramble that led to Spaling's goal that made it 1-1 with 2:44 left.
Michael Frolik jumped on a rebound that Rinne had deflected to the left boards, then turned and fired on goal in one motion. Shaw, who had slipped behind defenseman Roman Iosi and parked in front, deflected the puck over Rinne's shoulder.
The Blackhawks entered the game as the third-least penalized team in the NHL, training the New York Islanders and Rangers.
Shaw opened the scoring 6:34 in on a tip-in.
Weber tied it at 2 just over three minutes later, when he fired from the top of the right circle directly from a faceoff win by Spaling. Weber's high screened shot beat Emery on the stick side.
Bickell, who scored Chicago's only goal on Saturday, put the Blackhawks back in front 2-1 at 2:09 of the second.
Legwand scored on a rebound to put Nashville ahead 3-2 at 6:54 of the third to cap a scrum around the
After Oduya couldn't handle a pass from Toews, Sergei Kostitsyn grabbed the loose puck and shot from a sharp angle to the right of the net. Emery stopped that attempt, but Spaling fired in the rebound before Emery could recover.
Chicago net.
Emery stopped Weber's shot from right wing and Matt Halischuk stuff-in attempt from the left side, but Legwand popped in a loose puck from the crease.
Saad tied it at 3 at 9:37 from 10 feet. After fanning on the first shot attempt, defenseman Duncan Keith swept in and fired a shot that Rinne blocked. Saad converted the rebound.
Toews put Chicago ahead 4-3 at 10:32. Kane outraced two Predators to a loose puck on the back boards, then centered to Toews, who connected on a low shot from the right circle.
Kane's goal with 32 seconds left completed the scoring.