Wednesday, April 18, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Golfer lands first hole-in-one
By Brandon Stinnett sports @kanans.com Kansan sportswittler
Senior golfer Saruh Mahoney accomplished something most golfers only dream about on Saturday.
Mahoney made her first career hole-in-one on a 145-yard par-3 in the first round of the Hawkeye Invitational at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City, Iowa.
"I didn't believe it," Mahoney said. "I just dropped my club and kept saying, 'Ohmy God.'"
The shot came on Mahoney's second to last hole in the first round.
"It bounced once and it went in," she said.
With emotions still riding high, Mahoney had problems concentrating afterward.
Since becoming a golfer, Mahoney has dreamed of making a hole-in-one.
Mahoney: notched first hole-in-one
most amazing port because it was my senior year and my second-to-last tour
nament," Mahoney said. "It was very unbelievable."
Kansas coach Nicole Hollingsworth said Mahoney, who shot a 78 in the round, had played well in recent weeks.
"She's played great the last two tournaments," Hollingsworth said. "She's really stepped it up and done a good job."
Freshman golfer Jennifer Bawanan was glad to see Mahoney make the hole in one.
"I'm excited for her because it was her senior year, and she got to have a hole-in-one in one of her last two tournaments at the University of Kansas," Bawanan said.
Mahoney's shot helped the golf team
capture ninth place in the tournament. The Jayhawks finished the two-day event with a team score of 848, 46 strokes behind first place Michigan.
Senior Ashley Bishop led Kansas, shooting 235 and tying for 23rd. Mahoney was second on the team at 28th with 237.
Kansas will be back in Iowa on April 23-25 for the Big 12 Championship tournament in Ames.
"This weekend, we competed with great team effort," Hollins worth said. "We are playing well together, and that should help us in the Big 12 tournament next week."
Edited by Brady Chan
Alane Thomas, senior rower, front left, works hard in a team workout Tuesday on the Kansas River . Thomas has made big strides since walking on her freshman year. by J.E. Wilson/KANSAN
Rower has overcome challenging waves
By Jay Mullinix
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
e. Thomas is used to change.
Marie Thomas is used to change. Growing up, the fifth year senior member of the Kansas women's rowing team rarely stayed in one place for long. Thomas' mother works for the military, teaching the children of American servicemen posted overseas. As a result, Thomas has lived in Mexico, Germany and, during her high school years, the Netherlands.
Things have changed quite a bit for Thomas in her three-year rowing career at Kansas as well.
Although Thomas is a member of the second varsity eight boat, which has raced well this season, rowing hasn't always been so kind to her.
It took Thomas until her junior year to work up the courage to walk on to the team. Though she excelled in basketball, soccer and volleyball in high school, Thomas knew little about rowing.
"I was completely surprised when I made the team," she said.
That first season, the learning process was a little too hard to keep up with.
"My first year, I consistently got worse as the season went on," she said.
jokingly. "It was at the point that people pretty much figured if I was in the boat we'd be last. Everything seemed just so hard to learn."
Despite the constant struggle in her inaugural season, Thomas said she
never thought of giving up.
"I ended on such a bad note that it was like, 'I can't end like this,'" she explained. "So I just really gave myself over to working and improving for the next year."
Last year, the hard work began to pay off for Thomas. She suddenly began improving by long strides while racing with the varsity four boat.
"I don't know how, but something that second year just clicked, and I started to get it, and rowing really becamefun," she said.
Fun is something Thomas and her boatmates have been having a lot of this spring. They have jumped out to a 4-0 record.
After Thomas' early struggles, her becoming a key component in one of Kansas' best boats is a testament to her drive, said coach Rob Catloth.
Another sign of how far Thomas has come since her first year is that her boatmates no longer fear her presence in the boat.
"She's more than capable of pulling her weight in any boat," said junior Tawnva Bach.
While change has seemed to be a steady part of Thomas' life, the sport she almost never tried has proved to be a stabilizing force for her in college.
"Rowing has given me a place to belong at KU," she said. "It has been a constant for me since coming here and makes me feel like I'm part of something and I love that."
—Edited by Brandy Straw
Kansas Relays are dream come true for runner
'Hawk will run for fourth time
by Michael Southate
sports@kansas.com
Kansas sportswriter
By Michael Sudhalter
A native Kansan who redshirted in
A year his first year as a member of the track team at the University of Kansas will fulfill his dream of running in the Kansas Relays for the second straight year.
Brian Blachy,
a junior from
Paola, has followed
the
Blachly:competing in Kansas Relays
'Hawks for as long as he can remember. He said that being part of the
Jayhawk track program had made his track and field efforts more meaningful.
"It's pretty special when you grow up in the area and root for Kansas," Blachy said. "It is a dream come true of sorts for me to compete for them."
Blachly said the team had been headed in the right direction since the coaching change from Gary Schwartz to Stanley Redwine last year.
"For the most part, everyone benefited," Blachly said. "The new coaches took what we've had, and the middle distance runners are running to the level that we thought we could the last couple of years."
Perhaps Blachy's greatest accomplishment as a Jayhawk was during the 2001 NCAA Indoor Championships, when the team placed in the Top 10. Blachy ran the 800 leg of the distance medley relay alongside seniors Jabari Wamble, Charlie Gruber and Andy Tate.
"It was really special being on that distance medley rel team," Blachly
said. "After we set the school record at Iowa State, we qualified for the NCAAAs at Notre Dame."
Redwine said Blachly had brought a lot to the team in both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
"Brian did a great job for us indoors, and he stepped up in the 800 leg of the relay," Redwine said. "Brian has definitely been a great asset to the team, and we are excited and pleased to have him in the spring season."
Blachly said he was excited about the upcoming Kansas Relays, the pinnacle event of the season for the program. Blachly competed in the Relays as a high school junior and senior and last year as a sophomore for the Javhawks.
"I don't think it's a stretch to say that it's my favorite weekend of the year," Blachly said. "The track team is the center of the campus for one weekend."
A sports science/pre-physical therapy major. Blachly plans to attend graduate school for physical therapy after graduating from the University.
KANSAS RELAYS
Today's events: 10 a.m. — Decathlon, 100-meter dash; 10:30 a.m. — Heptathlon, 100-meter hurdles; 10:50 a.m. — Decathlon, long jump; 11:20 a.m. — Heptathlon, high jump; 12:40 p.m. — Decathlon, shot put; 1:50 p.m. — Heptathlon, shot put; 2 p.m. — Decathlon, high jump; 3:10 p.m. — Heptathlon, 200-meter dash; 4:30 p.m. — Decathlon, 400-meter dash
While he is not sure if track will be in his future, Blachly has high goals set for his remaining seasons on Mount Oread.
"I'd like to win an individual Big 12 Championship, qualify for the NCAAs this spring and all three seasons next year, and break the four-minute mark in the mile," Blachly said.
Edited by Sydney Wallace
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