UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Fridav. April 12, 1996
Track and field team heads to Wichita meet
By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas track and field team will travel to Wichita this weekend for the K.T. Woodman Centennial Classic.
Six Jayhawks lead the Big Eight Conference in their events heading into this weekend's meet after the Texas Relays and Alabama Relays, both outdoor meets.
Kansas junior Michael Evers broke Steve Rainbolt's decathon record of 7,598 points, with an NCAA championship automatic qualifying mark of 7,701 points, last weekend in Texas.
Ever's' goal is to break assistant coach and former Tennessee decathlete Doug Hedrick's best score of 7,609 points.
"That just opened my eyes to bigger things—now I want 8,000. Evers said. "Now I'm ready to really just let one loose and go to the Olympic Trials and see what I can do there."
Kansas junior Pierre Lisk provisionally qualified for the NCAA championships and leads the conference with a 10.34 second 100-meter dash time.
Senior Jeff Dieterich leads the Big Eight javelin field with a throw of 219 feet. Dieterich is less than three feet away from a provisional qualifying mark.
On the women's team, two seniors and a freshman lead the conference.
"We've really got a great group of seniors, we've got Melissa Swartz and Kristi Kloster and Erin Howerton, who add a tremendous amount of leadership," Kansas junior Amy Cook said. "This is a different team mainly because we've got fifth-year seniors and we've got freshman.
"We really work good together and we just keep each other motivated."
Swartz provisionally qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships in the 5,000-meter run at the Alabama Relays on March 22. Swartz leads the conference with a time of 16:61.51.
Senior Sarah Heeb leads the Big Eight in both the 3,000-meter run and the 10,000-meter run, in which she crossed the finish line in 9:45.14 and 35:48.14 respectively.
In the discus, Kansas freshman Marlea Woodman leads the Big Eight with a provisional throw of 164 feet.
After the Jayhawks' meet in Wichita, they will get ready for the Kansas Relays, which begins Wednesday in Memorial Stadium.
"From here, all the work's been done, all you can do is fine tune," Kansas sophomore Lewis Theobald said. "In every event on this team there's a ton of talent. It's time to fire up and get going."
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Michael Evers, Jeff Dieticher, Pierre Lisk and Marlea Woodman all lead the conference in their events.
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"Both programs have been doing well," Center said. "Hopefully we can both come away with wins."
"Us and Colorado are probably the two best teams in the conference on paper," Center said. "This is going to be our stiffest test in the conference and we have to be prepared."
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The men also are concentrating on the Buffaloes.
Both teams have one goal in mind for the weekend.
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The No. 10 men's team will face off against Colorado at 10 a.m tomorrow and the No. 18 women's team will play the Buffaloes at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Both matches will be played in Boulder, Colo.
"We don't want to look past our opponents," Kansas senior Victor Fimbres said. "Now that we are ranked in the top 10 we have to realize that people are focusing on us. We have to not look past teams that are not ranked."
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The teams travel together and face conference opponents at the same time during Big Eight Conference play. Playing alongside one another helps build the program, Kansas men's tennis coach Michael Center said.
The Kansas tennis teams will face Colorado in a doubleheader this weekend.
"The Big Eight season is enjoyable because the men and women travel together," Center said. "We are already close to one another, but this
Both teams have finished their home matches and must play the rest of the season on the road. But all the traveling should not bother the women.
"You kind of get used to it," Kirchof said. "It would be nice to play at home, but we can win at other places."
helps us come together. It is nice to be able to support one another."
"Colorado is one of the toughest teams in the conference for us," junior Bianca Kirchof said. "They will be tough for us, but we should be able to win."
The men also are not worried about playing on the road, but have another concern.
Both teams are undefeated in the Big Eight. The men are 3-0 and the women are 4-0. The men are looking for their third consecutive conference title and the women are looking for their fifth.
This weekend is a good chance for both teams to move closer to the last Big Eight titles.
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