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Junior swimmer Sarah Hetterbach accelerates towards the finish in the 50-yard mixed breaststroke during the KU Alumni swim meet held at the Robinson Center on Friday. Hetterbach placed second in her heat. The Jayhawks' next meet will be Oct. 8 at 2 p.m.
New assistant leads way at inaugural Alumni Meet
BY KORY CARPENTER kcarpenter@kansan.com
The swimming and diving team opened its season Friday with the inaugural Alumni Meet. The group of former Kansas swimmers was highlighted by new assistant coach Danielle Herrmann, who finished first in the 100-yard individual medley while placing second in the 50-yard backstroke, 50-yard breaststroke and 50-yard butterfly.
Senior Iulia Kuzhil was the only current swimmer to take first in an event, winning the 50-yard backstroke. Kuzhil also holds Kansas records in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes.
Junior Stephanie Payne said the Alumni meet was a good way to get back into form for the season.
"It was fun," shesaid. "It kind of hurt though, because it's our first week of fully getting back into things."
trip to the NCAA Championships are the goals for the team.
"It was fun. It kind of hurt though, because it's our first week of fully getting back into things."
STEPHANIE PAYNE Junior swimmer
As a sophomore, Payne broke the Kansas individual medley record with a time of 4:13.33.
"We have a lot of really good freshmen, and I think we'll be better than last year," Payne said.
That theory will be tested at the annual Intra squa q Meet Oct. 8th
Now a junior, she believes the Jayhawks can be very good this season. Continued improvement and a
at Robinson Natoratium before the team heads to Tuscon for the Arizona Quad Duals Oct. 15th.
Edited by Tim Dwyer
MLB
Missed chances cost Braves
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlanta Braves' drive for the NL wild card spun its wheels again Sunday, with wild pitchers and missed opportunities at the plate contributing to a 4-2 loss to the last-place Washington Nationals.
Every Nationals player who scored got on base with a walk, the last two runs coming on Ian Desmond's tiebreaking single in the seventh that followed three straight free passes from the Braves bullpen.
The Nationals took two of three from the Braves, who began the day tied with San Francisco for the wild-card lead. The Giants beat Colorado 4-2 to move into a tie with San Diego for the NL West lead, pending the outcome of the Padres' game against Cincinnati later Sunday.
Atlanta has lost five of six. The Braves, who lost the season series 10-8 to the Nationals, now
head home to finish up with a six-game stand against Florida and Philadelphia.
The Braves put two runners on base with fewer than two outs three times in the first six innings and failed to score each time. Rick Ankiel was the only Atlanta batter to produce runs, leading off the fifth with a home run and a doubling home Melky Cabrera with no out to make it 2-all in the seventh. Ankiel never budged from second after that hit, watching his teammates strike out twice and then ground out to end the inning.
Brandon Beachy, making his second career start, struck out nine over five innings to keep the Braves in the game. But the right-hander, who is playing a major role in a
critical part of the season because Jair Jurrijens has a sore right knee, also walked three batters — and two of them turned out to be the only two runs he allowed.
Kyle Farnsworth (0-2) was even more off course, walking two of the four batters he faced. He entered in the seventh and got a pair of quick outs before walking Willie Harris and Danny Espinosa. Farnsworth was relieved by Jon Ventors, who promptly threw four straight balls to Nyjer Morgan to load the bases. Desmond then singled to center to put the Nationals ahead for good.
Cowboys win first of year against undefeated Texans
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HOUSTON — Jerry Jones can exhale, at least for now. So can Wade Phillips.
But Williams and Dez Bryant caught third-down passes from Romo to get Dallas moving. Miles Austin beat Brice McCain on a 17-yard reception to the Texans 1, and Barber scored on the next play, the Cowboys' first touchdown rushing this season.
Ware sacked Schaub again with less than two minutes left in the half. Buehler put Dallas up
Tony Romo threw two touchdown passes to Roy Williams, Marion Barber ran for another score, and the Dallas Cowboys got their first win by beating the Houston Texans 27-13 on Sunday.
Romo threw a 32-yard pass to Felix Jones on the Cowboys' next snap, but it was negated by an illegal block, exactly the kind of mistake that plagued Dallas in its first two games.
10-3 with a 49-yard field goal; he missed shorter attempts in each of the first two games.
Dallas now heads into an early bye week with a victory to build
The announced crowd was 71,456, a record for a Texans game at Reliant Stadium. But Dallas supporters were well-represented and taunted the hometown fans with "Let's Go, Cowboys!" chant in the waning minutes.
Arian Foster, the NFL's leading rusher, ran for 106 yards on 17 carries for the Texans (2-1), who were eager to knock off the Cowboys for reasons beyond earning the franchise's first 3-0 start.
Romo went 23 for 30 for 284 yards, Williams caught five passes for 117 yards and the Cowboys (1-2) finally turned in a dominant performance after starting 0-2 for the first time since 2001.
Johnson, who sprained his right ankle in last week's win over Washington, aggravated the injury early in the third quarter. He caught a short pass from Schaub, then fell awkwardly after he was tackled by Orlando Scandrick.
On the 'Texans' second series, Foster converted a third down with a 20-yard run and Johnson gained 24 more yards to the Dallas 6. The Cowboys' defense stopped Houston there, and Neil Rackers kicked a 24-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead.
Foster went over 100 yards rushing with a 26-yard run late in the third quarter. The undrafted free agent has topped 100 yards rushing in three of his four career starts.
Houston looked ready to get much closer when it reached the Dallas 1. But the Cowboys twice stopped Foster at the line, and Keith Brooking sacked Schaub on third down, forcing Houston to settle for another short field goal.
Romo then went to work on the Texans' suspect secondary, which allowed more than 400 yards passing in each of the first two games. Bryant caught a 30-yard pass down the sideline, and one play later, Williams pulled down a 15-yard touchdown catch over McCain for a 17-3 lead.
Ware set the tone on Houston's first series, surging past left tackle Rashad Butler and sacked Schaub. Butler, a five-year veteran, was making his first career start in place of Duane Brown, who began serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's banned substance policy. Brown had started the last 34 games.
Trainers helped Johnson hobble off the field, but he returned for Houston's next series. Schaub threw a deep pass to him that Mike Jenkins intercepted at the 10-yard line for the Cowboys' first takeaway of the season.
The Cowboys' defense got its first three takeaways of the season and held Houston's top-ranked offense to 340 yards. DeMarcus Ware sacked Matt Schaub three times, and the Dallas secondary limited All-Pro receiver Andre Johnson to four catches for 64 yards.
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MLB
CLEVELAND — Pinch-hitter Michael Brantley's two-run double capped a five-run rally in the eighth inning that carried the Cleveland Indians to a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
Five-run eighth inning dooms KC
Shelley Duncan tied the game with a three-run homer off Robinson Tejeda (3-5). Singles by Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-Soo Choo started the inning before Duncan hit a 1-2 pitch into the home run porch in left field.
on rather than concerns about what its unpredictable owner Jones might change after another embarrassing loss. Coach Phillips even got a chance to smile on the sideline late in the game.
Vinnie Pestano, called up from Triple-A Columbus on
Andy Marte singled with two outs and went to third on Luis Valbuena's ground-rule double. Brantley, batting for Lou Marson, hit a 1-2 pitch past first base and down the line in right field to give the Indians the lead.
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The Indians won the season series 10-8.
Josh Fields' RBI single gave Kansas City the lead in the first. Carmona retired the first two
Bruce Chen tossed 6 2-3 scoreless innings and was on the verge of his fourth win of the season against the Indians until Tejeda gave up the lead.
Fausto Carmona allowed two runs in six innings.
Mike Aviles hit a solo homer with one out in
the fifth, the 5,000th home run in Royals history. Billy Butler, who had three hits and a walk, added an RBI single in the seventh.
of his fourth win of the season against the Indians until Tejeda gave up the lead. Chen held the Indians to four hits, struck out three and walked three.
Bruce Chen tossed 62-3 scoreless innings and was on the verge
Friday, worked the ninth for his first major league save in his second career appearance.