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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007
athletics calendar
TUESDAY
- Softball vs. UMKC, 2 p.m.
and 4 p.m. Arrocha Ballpark
- Baseball vs. Penn State, 5 p.m. Hoglund Ballpark
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Wichita State,
6 p.m. Hoglund Ballpark
Men's basketball vs. TBA
Softball
Softball vs. Cal Poly.
Naples, Florida
- Softball vs. Idaho State, 5
- Baseball vs. Texas A&M 6:30 p.m. College Station.
- Women's golf, all day,
Austin, Texas
SATURDAY
- Baseball vs. Texas A&M, 2 p.m. College Station, Texas
- Softball vs. Georgia Southern, 2 p.m., Sacra-
- Softball vs Pittsburgh, 5
- Women's golf, all day,
Austin, Texas
SUNDAY
■ Baseball vs. Texas A&M, 1 p.m. College Station, Texas
■ Softball vs. Colorado State, 1 p.m. Sacramento, Calif.
- Women's golf, all day,
Austin, Texas
SWIMMING AND DIVING Season ends with two top-30 NCAA finishes
Senior captain Jenny Short highlighted the group performance, breaking a school record in the 200-yard backstroke in what would be her last race as a Jayhawk. Finishing in 32nd place, her time of 1:58.82 beat her previous season-best by nearly a second and capped a weekend that saw her two teammates race to top-30 finishes.
The Kansas swimming and diving team concluded its season Saturday with three swimmers contributing strong finishes in the Division I NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, Minn.
The Jayhawks strong showing in this year's championships points to a bright future for the program. Not only did Kansas qualify its most swimmers since 1998, it entered the event riding a third-place finish in the Big 12 Championships.
Sophomore Danielle Herrmann achieved hers on Friday when she placed 25th in the 100-yard breaststroke. The following day freshman Ashley Robinson swam to a 29th place finish in the 1,650-yd freestyle event.
TRACK AND FIELD
BY TAYLOR BERN
Daniel Molina
Agafonov and Wissel teamed for 12 points to put the lahwack men in 12th place, while Sultanova's six points were good for a tie for the women's 34th place.
Kansas will take a week off before starting the outdoor season March 25 in Tulsa, Okla., for the Hurricane Invitational.
Agafonov takes home title
After finishing second in the weight throw at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Championships, junior Egor Agafonov admitted that he was not the best competitor on that day. On Friday, Agafonov left no doubt who was the best in 2007.
The 2006 and 2007 Big 12 Conference champion used his second throw to toss a career-best 77-05.25, good enough to give Agathonov his first national championship.
"This is the biggest win of my life. I can't really describe how I am feeling right now", Agafonov said in a press release. "I haven't let it set in yet, but I am very glad that I have won such a big event."
"Today's events will definitely serve as motivation for the outdoor season." Wissel said in a press release. "You only get a day or so to lick your wounds and then you have to get back out there."
Agafonov and the layhawks' assistant throws coach. Andy Kokhanowsky, knew that setting an early tone could make the difference. The mental edge of getting his winning throw early gave Agatonov an advantage against Auburn's Cory Martin, who finished second at 76-04 25.
Colby Wissel used his finishing kick to take seventh in the 3,000-meter, but overall the 2007 Big 12 champion wasn't satisfied with his performance Saturday. The school record-holder in the event finished with a time of 7:58.42.
Kate Sultanova set a personal record and tied a Kansas record with
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
her vault of 14.01.25, but clearing the height on her second attempt kept her in third place.
Kansan sportswriter Taylor Bern can be contacted at tbern@kansan.com.
Egor Agafonov finished the indoor season as both the big 12 Conference champion and NCAA champion. He finished in second place at last year's NCAA Championships.
- Edited by Lisa Tilson
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