SPORTS MONDAY APRIL 19 2010 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
TRIPLE JUMP
**Above:** Freshman Andrea Guebelle lands in the sand for a clean jump following her three-jump approach during the women's triple jump. Guebelle finished third overall after advancing out of the second flight.
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Left: Freshman triple jumper Andrea Geubelle jumps on her approach Friday at Memorial Stadium. Geubelle advanced to the finals of the women's triple jump and finished third.
After a two-week absence, freshman takes third place
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
Following a two-week absence from practice and competition because of a minor knee injury,
freshman Andrea
Geubelie took
third place in the
triple jump at the
Kansas Relays
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"For not doing the last two weeks I guess it's pretty good." Geubelle said. "At the same time I'm disap pointed that I lost. I'll come back in a week at Dorka
a week at Drake and see what I can do."
jumped 41 feet, 2.9 inches on her first firals attempt. That mark put her in second place throughout most of the final flight.
Getebuelle couldn't hang on,
though, as her troublesome knee
Guebele qualified for finals with the second best overall jump at 41 feet, 8 inches. She then
"For not doing the last two weeks I guess it's pretty good. At the same time I'm disappointed I lost."
led to a scratch on her second of three finals attempts.
ANDREA GEUBELLE
jumper
ing me for about the last week and a half. It just didn't feel right. I didn't really finish it."
"I collapsed on my last phase," Geubelle said of her scratched second bump. "My knee has been bother-
In the next and last round of attempts iliies ileo of Iowa
Central flew past Geubelle's best mark with a distance of 42 feet, 4 inches. That elevated lleo to first place in the event and pushed Geubelle down to third.
"I thought she did really well,"
sophomore jumper Jamaica Collins said of Geubelle, "but everyone is harder on themselves than everybody else. You're your own worst critic, but I still thought she did really good."
Collins also represented Kansas in the women's triple jump. She finished in seventh place overall
that leap she became one of just three Jayhawks to ever jump farther than 42 feet.
"I thought she did really well...everyone is harder on themselves than everybody else."
Before the Kansas Relays, Geubelle last competed at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on April 3. There she earned her career high as a Jayhawk with a jump of 42 feet, 8.75 inches. With
JAMAICA COLLINS jumper
with her best jump of 37 feet,9.54 inches coming on her first finals attempt.
"I did so-so," Collins said. "I'm still working on triple. I defi-
practice a little bit more on my phases."
Edited by Allyson Shaw
100-METER DASH
Ivory Williams gets fastest time of 2010
Two false starts didn't bother Ivory Williams, who runs professionally for Nike, in the Men's Invitational 100-meter dash at the Kansas Relays Saturday.
Professional runner finishes at 9.95 seconds
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Williams said he just tried to remain focused after the false starts, the second of which disqualified Antigua's Brendan Christian.
Williams took an early lead out of the blocks and recorded a time of 9.95 seconds, the fastest time in the world for the 2010 season.
"I tried to come out of the blocks like I usually come out, and I did just that." Williams said.
The 5-foot-8 spinner from
jefferson County, Texas, took an early lead and held off a field filled with Olympians. He hit the finish line a quarter of a second ahead of the second-place finisher Darvis Patton. A wind reading of just 0.8 meters per second meant the record would stand.
Patton, a sprinter from Dallas who finished eighth in the 100-meter in Beijing, finished in second place with a 10.19. Patton ran a 9.89 second 100-meter in the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2008, his personal record.
Churandy Martina, a sprinter from the Netherlands Antilles who finished fourth in the 100-meter at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finished fourth in the race, recording a 10.29. Martina also finished
Men's 100 Meter Dash Invitational Results
Ivory Williams, Nike, 9.95
Darvis Patton, Nike, 10.19
Rae Edwards, Nike, 10.26
Churandy Martina, Nike, 10.29
Brian Marano, Netherlands Antilles, 10.42
Josh Norman, Unattached, 10.47
Antoine Adams, St. Kitts & Nevis, 10.66
Brendan Christian, Antigua, False Start DQ
Edited by Jesse Rangel
"I just came out here focused and trying to run my race, and didn't worry about nobody else and tried to come out with the victory," Williams said.
"I should be able to do that every time I step on the track. Williams said, "I have a lot more work to do."
second in the 200-meter in Beijing before being disqualified for a lane violation.
The time is also the new Kansas Relays record in the 100-meter dash. Williams was named the 2010
Kansas Relays Most Outstanding Male Performer for his efforts
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MLB
Royals defeat Twins 10-5 in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Alberto Callaspo had two home runs and a career-high six RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals roughed up Carl Pavano in a 10-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
Josh Rupe struck out Jim Thome with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh to preserve a two-run lead, and reliever Jesse Crain served up Callaspo's second three-run homer of the game in the ninth to put the game out of reach.
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