Friday, March 9, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 7
Track gears up for NCAA meet
By Michael Sudhalter sports@kansan.com Kansan sportwriter
Six members of the Kansas track and field team will compete at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships today and tomorrow in Fayetteville. Ark.
Senior All-American Scott Russell will compete in the weight shot, and junior Ryan Speers will participate in the shot put event. Senior All-American Charlie Currier will
doer will work a double shift this weekend, running the one mile and the distance medley relay along with
teammates junior Brian Blachly, senior Andy Tate and senior Jabari Wamble.
Coach Stanley Redwine will be returning to his alma mater for the first time as a Jayhawk in the indoor season. Redwine said that although it is nice to return to Fayetteville, the special attention should be placed on the six athletes who have qualified for the season's final competition.
"We are excited to have these six individuals going to the NCAA meet," Redwine said. "This group is led by seniors in Wamble, Gruber and Tate, and because they are such great competitors they are going to go out and do their very best."
Russell, who is currently ranked third in the weight throw, heaved a 75-10 throw at last month's Big 12 Championships in Lincoln, Neb. Russell said he has set some lofty goals for this weekend's important meet.
"The competition is going to be awesome, but I don't expect anything less than first place, and I won't be happy with anything less than that," Russell said. "I would be happy with being an All-American, but I really won't be satisfied unless I win the whole thing." Speers, who threw 61-0 in the shot put, is currently ranked 14th in the nation for that event.
Gruber will try to become only the fourth Kansas track athlete to earn All-American honors in two different events in the same season. Gruber is ranked seventh nationally in the one mile, and he is also the anchor leg for the No. 4 distance medley relay team. Wamble will run the 400 meter leg while Twill take on the 1,200 meter leg; Blachly will run the 800 meter.
Wamble said he is optimistic that the team will work together and let Gruber bring home the victory in the final leg of the distance medley relay.
"It's going to be the best competition we have ever seen, and we fully expect to win the DMR." Wamble said. "For my leg of the race, I just want to get the baton and set up Gruber for the anchor leg of the race and let him do his thing."
Redwine said the team should maintain its consis tency in the NCAA event.
"We need to go in and do what we have done all year and we will do great," Redwine said.
'Hawks eager for Cyclone rematch
The Jayhawks might not tell you this, but they've got one eye on Kansas State and the other on a possible Sunday match-up with Iowa State in the finals of the Big 12 Tournament.
By Zac Hunter
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Edited by Melissa Cooley
The desire for the Big 12 Conference championship game against Iowa State has been a hot topic for sophomore forward Drew Gooden, who has never beaten the Cyclones since coming to Kansas. After Kansas' final regular season win against Missouri, Gooden said he had other teams on his mind.
In the rematch in Ames, Iowa, freshman Shane Power and Freshman of the Year Jake Sullivan, burned Kansas from the outside. Sullivan buried 6-of-8 three-pointers while Power drilled all four of his attempts en route to the 79-71 win.
Kansas has some unfinished business to tend to with the Iowa State, a team that has owned the 'Hawks for the last two and a half years — Iowa State has rattled off five straight wins against Kansas.
"I want Iowa State," he said. "Iowa State beat us twice, and we need to get that game."
In the two previous meetings, the Cyclones' outside shooting killed the Jayhawks. In the first match-up at Allen Fieldhouse, senior guards Jamaal Tinsley and Kantralt Horton put on a three-point shooting clinic, going 7-for-10 from behind the arc. And despite a Kansas comeback attempt, Iowa State hung on to win. 79-77
But if Iowa State and Kansas happen to
meet in the championship game, the Cyclones will be playing a Javakh team with a chip on its shoulder.
The Hawks are looking to win their first Big 12 Tournament since 1988 and Chenowith said the trophy needed to be back in the right hands.
"The Big 12 Tournament is really important to us," he said. "We feel some ownership towards it. It's in our
back yard. We think it's our tournament. We think it's our tournament to win."
But coach Roy Williams knows the difficulty of squarring-off against Iowa State — a team he thinks could get one of the top four seeds after the selection committee announces them on Sunday evening.
"They deserve a No. 2 seed," he said. "With some upsets, if they were to win the whole thing, I think you could make a good case for them possibly being a No. 1 seed." Although Kansas wants to play top-seed Iowa State on Sunday, Chenowith is focused on the games leading to the championship.
I would love another shot at them, no question," Chenowith said. "But we have to take care of our second round games first before we get to Iowa State. I respect the team a great deal and I would love to play them again."
— Edited by Courtney Craigmile
Golfers to resume play at Louisiana tournament
John Domoney
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
It's been a while since the men's golf team has competed, but don't look for the time off to affect them.
The last time the Jayhawks played was Feb. 12 and 13 when they won the Rice Intercollegiate tournament. On Monday and Tuesday they will return to the Oakburne Country Club course and the Louisiana Classics Intercollegiate tournament where they finished second in a tournament last year.
"It is a good course for us," said head coach Ross Randall. "It's also a tough course because it's tree lined, and it has small greens."
The Jayhawks will rely on their experienced players to lead them. Senior Andy Stewart shot 219 and tied for sixth-place with former Jayhawks Jake Istnick and Ryan Vermeer last year.
But because the Jayhawks no longer have a superstar like Vermeer, who was a third-team All-American last year, Randall has learned that any player on this team will lead at difficult times.
"Any of our top five could step up and play good," Randall said.
Junior Casey Harbour also has something to prove. In last year's Louisiana Classics, Harbour shot a 232, which put
him in 58th place. After he tied for third place at the Rice Intercollegiate tournament, he isn't worried about returning to the site of his worst finish last year.
"One thing that I've learned this year is that all I can do is play with what I have on that day," Harbour said.
One of those is senior Conrad Roberts, who has been hampered by an injured thumb lately. Despite wearing a heavy bandage, Roberts practiced on Tuesday.
This loose attitude has benefited the Jayhawks all year and leaves them excited to return to the greens.
"We're ready to play, and everybody's antsy to play." Harbour said.
The team will shoot a few practice rounds this weekend before the tournament begins and prepare for a field of stiff competition, which includes some Big 12 teams.
"This is a little stronger field than the first tournament," Randall said. "There are a lot of
Women golfers continue streak
Big 12 teams and teams in our district. We need to stay ahead of the other guys in our district as far as rankings go."
That is something Kansas will be concerned with for the rest of the season because the team will face conference and nonconference foes for the remainder of March and most of April.
By John Domoney sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
"I'm looking forward to it because the real season is going to begin now," Randall said. "This is what we've been working on, and we're ready to go."
Maybe the Kansas women's golf team doesn't need a spring break.
The Jayhawks have carded four straight top 10 finishes after their 10th place finish at the "Mo"morial tournament at the 6.032-yard par-72 Pine Forest Country Club Monday and Tuesday in Houston, Texas.
Spring break won't be a diversion,
though, as the Jayhawks will be in
Myrtle Beach, S.C., for practice and
some play throughout the week.
NCAA rules require the team to face an opponent during the trip, so Kansas will play the College of Charleston Thursday, March 22. After that, the Jayhawks will compete in the Indiana Invitational Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 8. and
Edited by Doug Pacey
the Iowa Invitational Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15 before the Big 12 Championships.
"We just need to focus on our short game because we haven't been out much this year," Hollingsworth said. "We'll keep at it."
In the "MO" morial tournament, the Jayhawks finished with a 955 after a final-round 321. First place Indiana fired a 917 and won the tournament by two strokes.
"I think we did real well, and we beat four higher ranked teams which is a huge improvement for us," said coach Nicole Hollingsworth.
"Everyone had a very successful tournament."
Sophomore Tiffany Krugel followed her ninth-place finish at last month's Carolinas Collegiate Classic with a tie for 27th with a score of 237.
California freshmen Jennifer Bawanan and Chrystal Thayer had successful performances in Houston. Bawanan shot a 239, including a finalround 79 and tied for 38th place. Thayer finished in a tie for 53rd with a 243. Also competing for Kansas were senior Ashely Bishop, who tied for 53rd, and sophomore Heather Rose, who finished in a tie for 56th.
Kruggel has shown the most improvement on the team and has become one of the most dependable team members.
"I felt I could have been better," Kruggel said. "I'm glad I kept on pushing towards maintaining a good finish."
Much of the Jayhawks' optimism came after its 10th-place finish in a strong field. Along with first-place Indiana University, Hollingsworth's alma mater, the 'Hawks also squared off with Big 12 foes Baylor, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas A&M. Oklahoma and Texas A&M finished tied for second place just two shots behind the champion Hoosiers.
"Competition-wise it was a step up," Hollingsworth said. "We faced three or four powerhouses from the Big 12." — Edited by Matt Duaherty
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