THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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SPORTS
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basketball notes
Sherron Collins underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery on Monday. Collins, a sophomore guard, had been bothered by injuries all season. He had surgery for
a stress fracture in November and twice played through stretches where he had a bruised knee.
Kansas coach Bill Self said they knew Collins would eventually need surgery because of those complications.
"Doctors said the surgery went very well and anticipate no complications," Self said. "Sherron should be starting rehab soon and doctors expect a full recovery. With the season recently ending, he has plenty of time to heal."
Despite the injury problems, Collins averaged 9.3 points and 3.1 assists per game. He was also named the Big 12's Sixth Man of the Year.
Recruitina visit
Tyshawn Taylor, a point guard from St. Anthony's High School, will visit Kansas on Wednesday and Thursday, according to Jayhawkslant.com. Taylor originally signed with Marquette but asked to be released from
his letter of intent when coach Tom Crean left for Indiana. Taylor is also considering Florida, Texas, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech.
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Tough competition benefits team
>>ROWING
Coach happy with victories, sees significant improvements from regatta
BY BEN ASHWORTH bashworth@kansan.com
The Kansas rowing team returned to action in the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta, held on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Kansas provided impressive competition to a regatta featuring squads from schools such as Purdue, Grand Valley State, Kansas State, Tulsa, Southern Methodist University, Alabama, Jacksonville and Louisville, among others.
The races took place Saturday and Sunday, with the semifinals taking place on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. The Jayhawks entered five boats into the semifinals and successfully had four of those boats advance to the finals.
The Second Novice Eight was the only boat not to qualify.
On Saturday, two boats won their respective heats while two others had impressive showings. The Varsity Four boat and the First Novice Eight claimed victories while the Second Varsity Eight finished second and the First Varsity Eight third. Despite being third, the First Varsity Eight came in with the second fastest time in school history.
The Sunday races featured stiffer opposition, resulting in no first or second place finishes, but coach Rob Catloth was not discouraged. "We made improvements over last week; our times against Kansas State were improved upon. It was good for us to have that high level of competition."
The First Varsity Eight Innisheu fourth behind the winning boat, Purdue, by only four seconds with a time of 6:51.50. This event was considered to be the premier event of the entire regatta.
The Varsity Four came in third behind Emory and Stetson with a time of 8:16.00. The First Novice Eight came in third as well, finishing at 7:04.90, just three seconds behind the winner Grand Valley State. Both third place finishes earned medals. Finally, the Second Varsity Eight placed fourth with a time of 7:07.21. The winner of that competition was Kansas State.
Each final that the Jayhawks participated in consisted of the six boats with the best performances from Saturday. Also competing were many men's rowing teams
from schools such as Duke and Clemson. Kansas does not field a University sponsored men's rowing team.
The overall winner of the regatta was the University of Purdue, which won both the women's and men's competitions. The SIRAs served as preparation for the South-Central Regionals, which will take place in the same waters on May 17 and 18. The team will compete in the cold waters of Minnesota coming up on Saturday, April 26.
"Minnesota is a top 20 team," Catloth said. "But we have increased our speed and experience." This will be the team's final regatta before the Big 12 Invitational in Austin, Texas.
MLB
Cardinals eager for results from offseason trade
St. Louis Cardinals' player Troy Glaus toses his batting helmet after striking out to end the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in St. Louis April 1. Three weeks into the season the Cardinals are still waiting, patiently for the most part, for the big bat that will solidify the middle of the lineup after trading Scott Rolen to the Toronto Blue Jays for Glaus in the offseason.
—Edited by Sasha Roe
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ST. LOUIS — So far, the St. Louis Cardinals have the better of the Rolen-for-Glaus third baseman swap by default. Of course, Scott Rolen is on the disabled list with a broken finger and hasn't played an inning.
Troy Glaus is playing, but sporadically. Three weeks into the season the Cardinals are still waiting, patiently for the most part, for the big bat that will solidify the middle of the lineup.
"He just went through a road trip where he had some big hits, and I don't discount those days just like I don't ignore the fact he's had some days where he's still not himself consistently," manager Tony La Russa said. "Overall, I think he's been a good player."
Glaus, a four-time All-Star and 2002 World Series MVP, also exercised patience while awaiting his first home run and batting a lightweight. .242 with five doubles and 10 RBIs in 19 games. He's not, by a long shot, the only struggling star in the early going.
Just don't ask him about the extra pressure trying to get his season rolling, perhaps complicated by moving to a new team that is aware of the numbers but hasn't seen it aside from the occasional highlight clip.
"No offense, but I think that's one of the stupidest comments I've heard in my life," Glaus said. "People say, 'Are you trying too hard?' Hell yeah, I'm trying hard. We're all trying hard. But I think it's impossible to try too hard, I really do."
La Russa isn't so sure about that. He watched le斗itter hitter
Skip Schumaker begin to press after three straight hitless games to open the year, and discussed the burden of expectations carried by the Brewers' Prince Fielder, who led the majors with 50 homers last year and finally got his first to beat the Cardinals last week in extra innings.
an issue for Glaus, given this is his third team in four years.
"I just think he gets impatient," La Russa said. "But home runs come because you swing good, and he's done a lot of work. When it happens, the hits are going to come and the home runs are going to come."
Glaus, who hit 38 homers for the Blue Jays in 2006 and has three other 37-plus seasons, said the issue was not more complicated than getting his timing down. Some days he feels good, other days not as good.
Glaus had 20 homers and 62RBIs last year while hobbled by foot problems blamed on artificial turf in Toronto that limited him to 115 games and required surgery. His reputation took a hit with reports linking him to steroid shipments in 2003 and 2004 earlier this month and in the Mitchell Report.
No doubt, it can't help that he also entered this year under a cloud of suspicion, and coming off an injury-shortened season.
MARATHON
Kenyan man, Ethiopian woman take first in race Robert Cheruiyot earns his fourth victory in Boston "This was the hardest," Cheruiyot said. "Boston is not a very easy course, it's very difficult. (But) I enjoy running the hills." Although he checked hi
BY JIMMY GOLEN ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — Robert Cheruiyot is well-versed in the Boston Marathon course, with four victories in five trips from Hopkinton to the Back Bay.
Abderrahime Bouramdane visited for the first time on Monday, learning what thousands before him have come to understand as they reached Heartbreak Hill, 20 miles in.
"Up," he said, "is the problem."
Cheruiyot pulled away from Bouramdane as they entered the Newton Hills, reaching the crest of Heartbreak Hill with a 27-second lead and coasting to the sixth-fastest time in Boston Marathon history.
Dire Tune outkicked Alevtina Bikimirova after a back-and-forth last mile to win by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race. Cheruiyot, of Kenya, and Tune, of Ethiopia, each earned a recently enhanced prize of $150,000 — the biggest in major marathon history.
Cheruiyot won in two hours, seven minutes, 46 seconds to become the fourth man to win the race four times. After crossing the finish line, he dropped to his knees to kiss the ground before standing up and counting off his four victories with an upraised arm.
Although he repeatedly checked his watch as he ran alone for the last miles, Cheruiyot did not challenge the course record of 2:07:14 he set two years ago.
His problem: No one to race with.
"It's very difficult when you're running alone here in Boston," he said. "You need company"
Tune, who finished in 2:25:25 was the first Ethiopian woman to win since Fatuma Roba won three straight from 1997-99. She ran side-by-side with Biktimirova into Kenmore Square, and appeared to give up an edge when she nearly missed one of the final turns.
Tune quickly composed herself and took the lead before the last turn, but Biktimirova caught her and regained the lead briefly. Tune pulled ahead for the good on Boyston Street in the last few city blocks and beat the Russian to the line.
"I was fighting until the end," Biktimirova said, "And in the end I just didn't have enough speed."
The previous closest women's finish came two years ago, when Rita Jeptoo beat Jelena Prokopcuka by 10 seconds. Jeptoo finished third this year, 69 second behind Tune.
Cheruiyot's third straight victory gave Kenya its 15th men's title in 17 years; Kenyans also finished sixth through ninth. But Cheruiyot's countrymen struggled more than usual overall, with just the one man in the top five — the fewest since 1992 — and one woman in the top 10.
》 MLB
St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Ryan Ludwick misses a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Corey Hart during the eighth inning of an MLB game Monday in Milwaukee. The Cardinals won 4-3.
Cardinals pitcher makes return after elbow injury
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MILWAUKEE — Cardinals right-hander Russ Springer was activated from the disabled list Monday before St. Louis' game with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Springer was sidelined with nerve irritation in his elbow after he allowed hits to all three batters
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he faced on April 4. The 39-year-old reliever has made three appearances this season and has a 13.50 ERA.
To make room for Springer, the Cardinals optioned infielder Rico Washington to Triple-A Memphis.
Washington was a surprise addition to St. Louis' opening day roster after spending 11 years toilling as
a minor leaguer. By the time he played a game with the Cardinals, he had been in 1,134 games and had 3,980 at-bats in the minor league systems of Pittsburgh, San Diego, Tampa Bay and St. Louis.
But he's struggled in limited at-bats this season, going 3-for-19 with two doubles and two runs scored.
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