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SPORTS / MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
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Freshman Zach Zarda runs at the at the Bob Timmons Classic at Rim Rock Farm on Sept. 4th. Zarda finished in second with a time of 19.01.30.
Jayhawks finish well on weekend
CROSS COUNTRY
BY LAUREN NEWMAN
Inewman@kansan.com
"This couple of weeks we have off is the time we can use to strengthen oursels," Zarda said. "We're just trying to stay positive during our hard workouts and continue to have our eye on our overall goal of going to nationals. If we just work hard every single day we're getting that much closer to that goal."
"I think collectively as a team we had a strong showing and a lot of work during the summer has paid off. Overall we're happy but we're still looking forward to upcoming meets." Capriaro said.
The cross country team has a two-week break between now and their next meet, but that isn't stopping it from turning up the heat during practices. The men's team is coming off a win after the Missouri Cross Country Challenge and hope to keep that momentum during the time off.
Senior Nick Caprario, who made his first appearance at Saturday's meet and finished second overall, felt positive about the team's performance at the meet.
One of the three captains, Caprario has assumed responsibilities and has possessed a clear position on the direction of the team.
Junior Zach Zarda was hyped up after beating Missouri Aug. 12. Zarda, who placed fourth overall, felt that the Jayhawks' effort and hard work has begun to pay off.
"As a team you can't really be upset about winning," he said. "We went out there and did exactly what we planned on doing."
With two weeks until its next meet, Zarda knows how important it is not to lose the momentum and energy that the team has been bringing to the meets.
"Communication is a big thing and we're making sure that even our younger guys are still on the same page and keep an overall positive attitude," Caprario said. "The freshmen are doing real well. They've come in and made an immediate impact and for them to come in and help us out is really big contribution."
The women's team is also coming off a strong weekend. The women finished second at the meet, just six points back of Missouri. Sophomore Allie Marquis made her first appearance this year and placed second overall, with a personal best 5K time of 18:01.90.
Marquis felt that her first race was an overall success for herself personally and for the team.
"I trained really hard over the summer so I was pretty anxious to get out and see how I was going to run. I was pretty confident in my endurance and speed." Marquis said.
Preparing for the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational has been tougher than previous practices but Marquis thinks that once they get the entire team out there, including senior Amanda Miller and juniors Rebeka Stowe and Kara Windisch, they will be pretty stacked competition.
"We're focusing on working hard and knowing that we will have more of our team out there opposed to our two previous meets will add a lot because we've been successful without the full team," Marquis said. "So it is exciting to see how we will perform at our next meet."
Edited by Tim Dwyer
MEN'S GOLF
Team will host Kansas Invitational
BY ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
"If he can get a good solid starting round under his belt, he should have a pretty good chance" to repeat, coach Kit Grove said.
Senior Nate Barbee will look to defend his last year's victory as the men's golf team hosts the Kansas Invitational today and tomorrow. Barbee shot under par in his final two rounds to win by six strokes in last year's event.
Junior Doug Quinones returns to the lineup after placing second in last weeks Fairway Club Invitational in Nebraska City, Neb. Sophomore Chris Gilbert will also return to the lineup. He placed 22nd in the Fairway Club Invitational.
Sophomore Alex Gutesha will make his first appearance of the year for the Jayhawks, after he competed in 12 tournaments last year as a freshman.
"He is rolling it pretty well with the flat stick, which is always good," Grove said. "The winds are supposed to be up tomorrow which will help him because he hits a pretty low ball."
Freshmen Bryce Brown will make his first appearance competing in a team competition for the Jayhawks. He competed as an individual in last weeks Fairway Club Invitational, where he tied for 13th place.
"We are a little deeper than we have been in the past," said Grove. "Bryce played solid last week, finishing in the top 15, and Alex played in every event last year so he has some of the most D-1 experience on the team. It's time we put a little heat on them and see how they do under the gun."
The Kansas Invitational will take place at the Jayhawks home course, Alvamar Public Golf Course.
Edited by David Cawthon
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BIG 12 FOOTBALL
LUBBOCK, Texas — The Texas Tech crowd was loud, the atmosphere was hostile. Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert stayed cool, though, despite some rough moments in his first road start.
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Texas quarterback handles first road start in 24-14 win
"He didn't look any different on any play," Texas coach Mack Brown said. "It's amazing to me. His demeanor didn't change at all. Now, on the last drive that we had for the touchdown, he did get after them and he was animated, and that was the first time I'd seen him do that."
Gilbert threw for two touchdowns and 227 yards to lead No. 6 Texas in a sloppy victory for the Longhorns on Saturday night.
Texas put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter after draining more than nine minutes off the clock. The 22-play drive included a risky and successful fake punt on fourth-and-1 on its own 29. Ryan Roberson took a direct snap and ran up the middle for 2 yards and a first down.
"Nobody with any sense would call a fake punt on their own 30, leading by very little. I thought it would be a surprise and Ryan Roberson's a good back," Brown said. "I told Ryan if he messed it up, head west. I wasn't going to see him again and I'd probably have to go with him."
Gilbert capped the march with a 1-yard pass to Barrett Matthews to give the Horns a 24-14 lead with 9.26 left. Gilbert finished 21 of 36 with three interceptions
The game included seven turnovers, four by the Longhorns (3-0).
1-0) and three by the Red Raiders (2-1, 0-1).
"Weird things happen in Lubbock," Brown said.
Texas got a field goal and a touchdown off two Texas Tech
"You've got to be able to run the ball, and we weren't able to run it at all."
Brown wanted more points early — the Longhorns had scored only a field in opening quarters of first two games — and he got them. In the first 7:30 minutes Texas had two touchdowns.
On Texas Tech's first play from scrimmage, the snap went over the head of Potts and was recovered by Jackson Jeffcoat at the Red Raiders
turnovers. Red Raiders cornerback Jarvis Phillips intercepted Gilbert twice and returned one 87 yards for a score.
led him at the Texas Tech 14. The Longhorns got only a field goal, though.
Taylor Potts finished 21 of 35 for 159 yards, with a touchdown and two interceptions for Tech.
James Kirkendoll had six catches for 122 vards for Texas.
On the long drive that put Texas up 24-14, they got help from Will Ford on a third-and-13 from the Red Raiders 27. Greg Smith dropped a pass from Gilbert but Ford was called for a taunting penalty to give Texas a first down and another shot to get a score. A few plays later Gilbert hit Matthews with a lob pass for the touchdown.
TOMMY TUBERVILLE Texas Tech coach
In the opening drive of the third quarter Curtis Brown intercepted a pass from Potts at the Texas 14 and it appeared he would scamper for a touchdown. But Baron Batch caught up with Brown and tack-
Potts left the game briefly with what appeared to be an injury to his right hand. Backup Steven Sheffield came into the game for one series and was sacked for a 13-vard loss on his third snap.
7. On the next play Fozzy Whittaker rushed it in, stretching his arm across the goal line to put the Horns up 7-0.
Gilbert's 7-yard pass to Mike Davis put
Texas up 14-0.
Texas Tech had 144 yards of offense, its worst game in 10 years.
The last time Texas Tech had fewer than 150 total yards came in 1990 against Miami when they got just 93 total yards. First-year Red Raiders Tommy Tuuberville was a defensive coach when the Hurricanes beat the Red Raiders 45-10 in Lubbock.
"You've got to be able to run the ball, and we weren't able to run it at all" he said. "That bad snap put us in a big bind. We never had a bad snap in practice."