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SPORTS / THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
CROSS COUNTRY
Runners prep for first 2010 event
Cross country breaks in nine new runners
BY LAUREN NEWMAN
inewman@kansan.com
Last year at the Bob Timmons Classic, then-sophomore Donny Wasinger held his own ground and set the pace for the Kansas men's team. This year his expectations are just as high for the season and for the team at the Bob Timmons Classic at Rim Rock Farm on Sept. 4. The past four years the Jayhawks have swept their own home opener
and Wasinger hopes for the Jayhawk team to do it again.
The team is undergoing two-a-day practices in order to prepare for the
"Cross country isn't a one or two person sport."
ning mentality in the men's team's mind and continue to provide a positive spirit.
The excitement surrounding the men's team is also noticeable on the women's team. Junior Rebeka Stowe recently won The Race for the Cure on the women's side in Kansas City, Mo., and this has motivated her this season and allowed her to evaluate her own fitness level.
race and break in the nine freshmen. The race at Rim Rock is a way for the coaches to judge who is going to step up on the team. It allows the freshmen to get their feet wet with competition.
AMANDA MILLER
Senior cross country runner
Last summer Wasinger lived and trained in Lawrence for the upcoming season and frequently met with assistant coach Michael Whittlesey. Wasinger, along with other runners, has taken a leadership role on the team in order to set a run-
Although she and senior Amanda Miller will most likely not be running at this year's Bob Timmons Classic, they are still enthusiastic about starting
Adam Buhler/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
a new season and how it's going to come together. Stowe noticed that the sophomores have stepped up their level of competitiveness and are determined this season.
As for the new freshmen, Stowe has high hopes for them as they begin to adjust to college life.
"It's hard to judge the freshman class since there has been little interaction with them but there is definitely potential," she said.
Senior Amanda Miller plans to continue to keep everyone in a positive atmosphere and give out motivation that the graduated Lauren Bonds left behind. Stowe believes
Don Wasinger leads a flock of Jayhawks near the start of the Men's 6k race last year at Rim Rock Farm. With a third place finish, Wasinger led the Jayhawks to a first place team standing at the 2009 Bob Timmons Invitational meet.
she will be held out of the Rim Rock race so the coaches can get a sense of who will step forward this year.
effort and this year coaches will be able to see who is going to set the bar for the women's team."
"Cross country isn't a one or two person sport," she said. "It's a team
— Edited by Tim Dwyer
Longoria powers Rays past Rangers
NATIONAL
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Evan Longoria hit a solo homer and drove in four runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 8-6 on Wednesday, completing a sweep of the three-game series between potential playoff opponents.
Longoria also had a pair of RBI doubles and a sacrifice fly. The All-Star third baseman had threeRBIs in Tampa Bay's 10-1 victory Tuesday night.
James Shields (11-11) allowed two runs and four hits over seven innings, stopping a personal two-game slide. He had given up 12 runs over nine innings in his previous two outings.
Tampa Bay, which began the day tied with the New York Yankees for the AL East lead, has won five straight overall.
Taylor Teagarden and Mitch Moreland homered for the AL West-leading Rangers, who are 7-10 since July 30. AL batting leader Josh Hamilton had a run-scoring grounder in the eighth but went 0 for 4 for the day and 1 for 10 in the series.
Moreland hit a two-run shot off Lance Cormier in the ninth but Rafael Soriano came in and got the final two outs for his 35th save.
Longoria hit an RBI double off Derek Holland (2-2) in the first and a solo drive in the fourth for his first homer in 20 games, making it 2-0.
Tampa Bay went up 5-1 in the
fifth on B.J. Upton's 11th homer, Longoria's run-scoring double and a bases-loaded walk to pinch-hitter Matt Joyce.
Teagarden cut the Rangers' deficit to 2-1 with a fifth-inning homer. He has connected three times in his last five starts.
Joyce also singled in a run in the seventh and Longoria added a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Holland, recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City before the game, made his first big league start since May 30. The left-hander gave up five runs and six hits in 41-3 innings.
St. Louis loses fourth straight
ST. LOUIS — Randy Wolf pitched three-hit ball into the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the slumping St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Wednesday, handing 17-game winner Adam Wainwright his first home loss of the season.
Trevor Hoffman struck out Brendan Ryan with the bases loaded to earn his 598th career save. Hoffman came in after the Cardinals pushed across a pair of runs in the ninth.
After sweeping the mini two-game series, the Brewers are 18-9 at Busch Stadium the last three seasons. The Cardinals have lost four straight and dropped out of the top spot in the NL Central.
Former Stanford star Gerhart finds his place in the NFL
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
Associated Press
"I was hardly ever touched," he recalled this week.
A year ago, Toby Gerhart wore a yellow bib during Stanford football practices signaling. "Precious cargo — Handle with care."
Now he's getting mashed, bashed and smashed on every practice play as a high-profile rookie tailback for the Minnesota Vikings, who face the 49ers in an exhibition game Sunday at Candlestick Park.
So much for the NFL Welcome Wagon. Instead of wearing bright-colored bibs for protection, Gerhart practices against tacklers bent on
mayhem as if it were a Pacific-10 Conference showdown.
"Guys want to test you," said Gerhart, who finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy last season after gaining a schoolrecord 1,871 yards and scoring 28 touchdowns. "I get hit by guys, and think, 'All right, this is how it is.'"
After a month of professional football Gerhart, 23, has learned "everybody puts everything into it."
Peterson's backup.
The former Cardinal tailback has as well. Gerhart's return to the Bay Area this weekend will provide another opportunity to show he's worthy of being All-Pro Adrian
Gerhart had a highlight-reel 22-yard run last weekend in his pro debut against the St. Louis Rams, but gained two yards on seven other carries. Not exactly an eye-popping performance but still better than chief rival Albert Young for the No. 2 tailback position.
The running backs are engaged in one the most intriguing rivalries at Vikings camp this summer. But the competition has been shuffled to the side this week with the arrival of quarterback Brett Favre.
Gerhart had finished an interview before the NFL great appeared Tuesday at the training facility in
"Now is there a specific role for
Vikings running back coach Eric Bieniemy said the team isn't assuming the rookie can immediately become a third-down back.
Eden Prairie, Minn. But his respect for Favre is clear: Gerhart used to wear a No. 4 Favre jersey as a child while following the Green Bay Packers.
Whether he will take handoffs from his childhood idol remains to be seen. The Vikings took the hard-charging rusher in the second round of the NFL draft in April as a possible replacement for free agent Chester Taylor, who signed with Chicago.
Toby?" the coach told reporters last week. "He's going to define that role. But you never want to throw a guy in that hasn't had that experience yet out there. Will he learn? Yes he will."
"They're showing me that I'm just a rookie," he said.
At 6-feet, 231 pounds, Gerhart has embraced such challenges since coming out of Norco High School with the California state career rushing record of 9,662 yards.
Gerhart has learned NFL players don't give anyone a break.
"I have never gotten the impression that anything was too big for him," Minnesota coach Brad
Childress told reporters recently. "I have seen him make people miss. I have seen him bang through some stuff that people are going to struggle to get him on the ground with."
He instinctively knew what to do last Friday when defensive end Ray Edwards shoved him after a two-minute drill in the Vikings' final camp in Mankato, Minn. Gerhart, who ran a route designed to "chip" the defensive end, immediately shoved right back.
"Two weeks into camp everybody is getting on each other's nerves," he said.
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