UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, April 2, 1996
3B
Track off on the right foot
Men finish second and women third at Alabama Relays
By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's and women's track and field teams started the outdoor season on the right foot with second- and third-place finishes at the Alabama Relays last weekend.
Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said he was pleased with the teams' performances and their enthusiasm at their first outdoor meet.
The Kansas men finished second to Mississippi State, and the Kansas women's team was third behind Auburn and Pittsburgh. More than 30 men's and women's teams competed at meet in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
"Outdoor is the most important season of them all," Schwartz said. "I thought we had some good competitive spirit. People were competing hard."
Kansas junior Michael Evers finished second in the decathlon with 7,701 and qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Kansas junior Nathan Prenger took third in the decathlon with 7,108 and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships.
Kansas sophomore Marc Romito won the pole-vault competition with a vault of 16 feet 3/4 inch.
The men's 4 x 100 meter relay team also finished first. Senior Eugene Coleman and Juniors David Cooke, Nathan Hill and Pierre Lisk finished the event in 40.51 seconds.
Kansas senior Jeff Dieterich set a personal record and captured fourth place in the javelin with a throw of 218 feet 11 inches.
The women's team captured two
first-place finishes.
Kansas senior Melissa Swartz won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:51.51 and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships
In the 3,000-meter run, Kansas senior Sarah Heeb missed the provisional-qualifying mark by less than two tenths of a second.
Heeb won the event in 9:45.14, and she defeated Jasmine Jones from Tennessee, who was one of the favorites in the race.
Kansas left the NCAA Indoor Championships three weeks ago with five All Americans and a national champion in Kristi Kloster, who won the 800-meter run.
Name Event Results Finish
Results from the Alabama Relays
Men
Sarah Heeb 3,000-meter run 9:45.14 seconds 1st
Melissa Swartz 5,000-meter run 16:51.14 1st
Amy Cook, Erin Howerton, Kirsti Kloster, Kerri Wool-heater 4x800 meter relay 8:58.50 2nd
Lisa Brian hammer shot 14 2 feet 1 inch 3rd
Marlea Woodman shot put 45 feet 5 inches 3rd
Kim Feldkamp javelin 138 feet 5 inches 3rd
Lisa Beran shot put 44 feet 4 and 3/4 inches 5th
Whitney Ace, Emily Miles, Tiffany Spratt, Tracey Thompson son 4x1500 meter relay 19:46.38 4th
Carleen Roberts, Dawn Steele-Slavens, Melissa Swartz, Diamond Williams 1,600 sprint medley 3:52.53 4th
Latanya Holloway, Carleen Roberts, Dawn Steele-
Marco Event results Phinish
Marc Romito pole vault 16 feet 3/4 inches 1st
David Cooksey, Eugene Coleman, Nathan Hill, Pierre
Lisk 4x100 meter relay 40.51 seconds 1st
Michael Evers decathlon 7701 points 2nd
Nathan Prenger decathlon 7108 points 3rd
Jeff Diericher javelin 218 feet 11 inches 4th
Chip Malmstrom pole vault 15 feet 1 inch 4th
David Henderson, Eric Galbreath, Travis Perret, Nathan
Prenger 4x110 shuttle hurdles 1 minute 2.24 seconds
5th
Name Event Results Finish
Women
Latanya Holloway, Carleen Roberts, Dawn Steele-
Slavens, Diamond Williams 4x100 meter relay 46.04
seconds 5th
"The competition is definitely a lot better — that's the biggest difference between indoor and outdoor," Tan said.
Kansas junior Paul Tan said the indoor season prepared the team for the tougher competition and bigger meets that were in the outdoor season.
"We use indoors to get ready for the outdoors."
"We've been in here for six months,"he said.
indoors.
The Jayhawks will compete this weekend at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas.
Kansas junior David Cooksey said the team's goal this season was to win the Big Eight Championships in Lincoln, Neb., on May 20-21.
Kansas senior Bart Peters said the teams were looking forward to no longer practicing and competing
"If we don't win Big Eights, that's OK, as long as we take a lot of people to NCAA's and try to do real well there," Cooksey said.
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Worn-out men's tennis team begins the Big Eight season
By Spencer Duncan
Kansan sportswriter
The No. 12 Kansas men's tennis team will start competition today with a few problems.
been playing some tough competition lately. It has taken its toll. But now a different part of the season is beginning for us."
The Jayhawks spent their spring break in Hawaii. But instead of taking a vacation, they worked on tennis.
"Not everybody is in great shape," Center said. "We have
"Right now the guys are a little beat up, they are tired, and they are not all feeling that well," Kansas men's tennis coach Michael Center said.
"It's good for a little rest," senior Victor Fimbres said. "But we still worked on tennis and had teams to play."
Although the Jayhawks now have an overall record of 14-5, the recent travel and tough competition have taken its toll. Kansas has experienced jet lag. Some players are banged up, including a few that have sore shoulders.
Today, Kansas begins its quest for its third consecutive Big Eight Conference championship against Missouri in Columbia, Mo.
While in Hawaii, the team defeated Hawai and California-Santa Cruz.
"It's just nice to win," Center said. "Our goal is to play our best tennis when the NCAA tournament begins."
The other goal the team has is simply to win. And win at the right times.
"Winning the Big Eight is what people around here recognize," Center said. "We play some of the top teams in the country before conference play begins. That prepares us for what we will see in the conference. Winning a Big Eight championship is always a main goal of this team."
The Jayhawks have gone undefeated in the conference the last two years, winning 15 consecutive matches. The reason for the success during the last two years can be attributed to Kansas' strong non-conference schedule.
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The No.18 women's tennis team begins work on its fourth consecutive Big Eight Conference championship today.
The Jayhawks (9-7) will face Missouri at 4 p.m. in Columbia, Mo.The match marks the beginning of Big Eight play for Kansas.
Kansas has won the Big Eight title each of the last three years. During that stretch, the Jayhawks have compiled an overall conference record of 29-1 and have won 10 consecutive conference matches.
Kansas heads into the competition after a 2-1 record during spring break.
The Jayhawks swept Utah 7-0 and defeated Nevada-Las Vegas 7-2 last week.
However, Kansas lost to No. 10 Brigham Young 5-4.
The doubles team of Hunt and junior Jenny Atkerson, ranked No. 10 in the country, also went 3-0.
During the three meets, junior Kylie Hunt, ranked No. 2 in the country, went 3-0. Hunt has now won 32 matches this season.
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