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'Hawks fail to make the cut
Distance medley team advances; others fall short
By Michael Sudhalter sports@kansan.com
Kansas swimmer
Members of the Kansas track and field team were all across the map this weekend in their last-chance attempts to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Track Championships, which will take place this coming weekend in Favetteville, Ark.
The distance medley team of junior Brian Blachy, senior Charlie Gruber, senior Andy Tate and senior Jabari Wamble qualified for the NCAA Championships with a 9:39.16 time at the Alex Wilson Institute in Notre Dame. Ind.
"I said it in the fall that we could compete and win the distance medley relay," Tate said. "As long as you have a guy like Gruber on your team, you need to give him the stick
and let him dance with the big bovs."
Coach Stanley Redwine said sending the team to Notre Dame was crucial to its entrance into the NCAAs.
"We are extremely happy for our distance medley team," Redwine said. "It was a good decision to send them to Notre Dame — if we didn't send them, they wouldn't have qualified."
In Ames, Iowa, two Jayhawks broke school records at the Iowa State NCAA Qualifiers, but came up short of qualifying for next week's NCAA Championship meet. Senior Eric Patterson ran the second fastest time in school history for the 60-meter hurdles (7.97) and the women's 4x400-meter relay team set a new school record with a time of 3:44.10.
Relay team member Emiola Ajayi senior, said she was glad that the team could finish the indoor season on a high note.
"We wanted to go out and do our best," Ajai said. "It was a bonus being my last indoor event at Kansas to go out and break a school record."
Others competing in Ames were junior Jennifer Foster in the shot (45-9 1/4); freshman Laura Lavoie and junior Katy Eisenmenger in the women's 800 (Lavole, 2.12;38; Eisenmenger, 2.12;9), sophomore Eve Lamborn in the mile (50.48;9), and junior Derec Lacio and senior Keith Wellman in the men's 800 (Lacio, 1:54.11; Wellman, 1:55.21).
While some Jayhawks competed in the Midwest, two Jayhawks competed at the USA Championships in Atlanta. Senior Andy Morris finished 14th in the heptathalon with 5,063 points. The event is nonexistent at the NCAA Championships. Junior Ryan Speers finished eighth in the shot put event with a 57-6 1/2 toss, but did not gain an automatic qualifier for the NCAs.
"As long you have a guy like Gruber on your team, you need to give him the stick and let him dance with the big boys."
Andy Tate
with the big boys."
relay team
Senior member of distance medley
Closer to home, junior Jeremy Hull competed in the pole vault at the Nebraska NCAA Qualifiers in Lincoln, Neb., but also came up short of qualifying for NCAs. He had a 15-11 1/4 vault.
Redwine said he was looking forward to the NCAA Championships on Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.
"I am excited for our athletes," Redwine said. "It is time to go there and do our very best; we're ready for competition."
— Edited by Courtney Craigmile
Strong tourney play lifts golf team
The Kansas women's golf team is feeling good heading into the GTE
dent after their strong six-place finish at the Carolinas Collegiate Classic last week in Pinehurst, N.C.
Playing good was exactly what the Jayhawks did, and coach
"It's a lot different than playing at Alvamar," said senior Ashely Bishop. "Everybody wants to play good at Pinehurst."
Nicole Hollingsworth was excited about her team's performance.
"I'm really happy with our Top Ten finish," Hollingsworth said. "To beat seven higher ranked teams gives us a good feeling heading into the week."
The team finished with a total score of 644 after sophomore Tiffany Krugel tied for ninth place and Bishop tied for 15th.
“The first day, I struggled a little bit, and I should have played a lot better,” Bishop said. “I could have done better, and I expect more out of myself for the rest of the season.”
As the team enters the busy part of the year, the pieces appear to be fitting into place. The sixth-place finish at the Classic was the second-straight Top 10 finish for the women. Kansas placed fourth at the Islander Spring Invitational on Feb. 19-20 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
"To beat seven higher ranked teams gives us a good feeling heading into the week."
the week."
Nicole Hollingsworth Women's golf coach
"We're doing good right now, and our confidence is really high," Hollingsworth said. "We're capable of playing good golf, if not great golf."
The recent success has been a pleasant surprise for a team that counts upon so many young players this season. The Jayhawks' starting lineup consists of only two seniors — Bishop and Sarah Mahoney — who are expected to lead the team in the right direction.
If age hasn't been a hurdle for the team, the weather surely has. The weather hasn't gone unnoticed by either the 'Hawks or their opponents.
"This year we've been out a little, but most of the teams we played in the last tournament had been outside more." Hollingsworth said. "It's no excuse for us."
Despite the weather, the Jayhawks continue to work on the little things that will make them tough to beat.
Confidence is key for the team as it heads toward the few remaining tournaments before the Big 12 Conference Tournament on April 23-25 in Ames, Iowa.
"Thinking we can beat people and then actually going out and beating people is key for us," Hollingsworth said. "The future of Kansas golf is one that's bright."
Edited by Melissa Cooley
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