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Monday, February 2, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Injuries, illness slow track teams
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI Staff writer
The men's and women's track teams knew they wouldn't be at full strength when they left for Columbia, Mo., to compete in the University of Missouri Invitational.
The men's team had to compete without three team captains and the women's team had to leave several dance runners and pentathletes at home.
But, according to Orrin Gains, sophomore sprinter, the best was made of the situation during Saturday's meet.
Gaines finished third in the 60-yard dash in 6.36 seconds.
"I was pleased with my performance because I competed well with one of the best sprinters in the world, Chidi Imoh," Gaines said. Imoh, who competed unattached, won the event in 6.19 seconds.
No team totals were kept, but men's coach Bob Timmons said the men's team would have been the unofficial winner over Arkansas State, Kansas State, Iowa State, Memphis State, Missouri, Western Illinois and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Quarter-miler John Creighton, pole vaulter Scott Huffman and decathlete Craig Branstrom, who are all
This is the first meet away from home that had some good competition, so now the competition jitters are gone.
— Denise Buchanan shotputter
team captains, missed the meet because of injuries that required surgery.
"We were pleased with the overall performance because we were missing a lot of our top athletes because of injuries." Timmons said. "We determined the adjustments we needed to make in our line up, and didn't let the loss affect our individual performances."
The women's team, competing against Kansas State, Memphis
State, Wisconsin, Missouri and Arkansas State, brought only about half of its members.
Women's coach Carla Coffey said sickness and injuries had been hampering the Jayhawks throughout the indoor season.
She said the team had much work to do during the next three weeks to get ready for the Big Eight Conference meet Feb. 28.
"I am concerned about the conference meet because it is going to be a tough meet." Coffey said. "If we can get healthy, we will be OK. It's going to take a lot of effort on the athletes' part."
Denise Buchanan, a senior shotputter who has qualified for nationalists, said that in the past, the team as a whole had not competed well at the Missouri meet, and that she was not worried.
"This is the first meet away from home that had some good competition, so now the competition jitters are gone." Buchanan said "I think this might be a good place for us to start because I know that we will improve. We won't get any worse."
Buchanan finished second in the shot put with a throw of 49 feet 10
"It is still a little early in the season so, I am not going to dwell on it." Buchanan said. "Besides, I know that the team has already qualified for nationals."
inches.
Coffey said the first place finish by the women's mile relay, clocked at 3:53.55, was a positive way to end the meet.
Neither team had any qualifiers on Saturday for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Indoor Championships March 13 in Oklahoma City.
Other top performances for the women included a second-place finish by Mylene Maharaj in the 300-yard dash in 36.18. Veronda O'Hara finished third in the 600-yard run in 1:25.33.
The men also turned in a strong performance in the mile relay, finishing second behind Missouri in 3:19.39.
Courtney Hawkins recorded the only first-place finish for the men's team in the 60-yard hurdles with a time of 7.36 seconds.
Coffey and Timmons both said the Jayhawk Invitational at Anshutz Sports Pavilion Friday and Saturday would be an important meet for their teams.
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