KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011 / SPORTS
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TRACK
Jayhawks finish with 12 titles
Individuals earned eight wins as the team swept all four relays
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Distance runner Kyra Kilwien tries to pass her opponent from South Florida to gain the lead. Kilwien finished second in the woman's one mile with a time of 5:01.69.
BY ALEC TILSON
atilson@kansan.com
When freshman sprinter Diamond Dixon took her mark for the women's 400-meter race at the layhawk Classic on Friday, it was no secret that a former Olympian lined up a few feet away.
Dixon battled alumnus and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games spinner Nickesha Anderson the entire way but crossed the finish line four one-hundredths of a second behind. Second place, but also the second fastest time in school history.
"Diamond showed her a lot of respect at the beginning of the race," coach Stanley Redwine said, "but with someone that good you have to show that respect."
Twenty-six schools competed inside Anschutz Sports Pavilion where the Kansas' Track and Field team took home eight individual titles and placed first in all four relay events.
Sophomore spinner Denesha Morris won the 60-meter dash for the third time this season. Her time of 7.47 was a personal best and third fastest time in school history. She later ran the third leg for the winning 4x400 relay team with Dixon, senior Kendra Bradley and sophomore Taylor Washington.
All-American junior Rebeka Stowe won the women's 3000-meter race, followed closely by senior Amanda Miller. It was the first time this season Stowe ran the event.
Sophomore Kyte Clemons won the men's 400-meter event in 48.27. He too ran the event for the first time this season.
In the 600-meter race senior Keron Toussaint looked strong for the men. Still, his first place time of 1:21.18 left him hungry.
"I really liked my time," Toussaint said. "Of course I would have liked to run faster but that's what it is like in every race."
The men finished first and second in the mile race. Freshman Josh Munsch took first, less than five seconds ahead of redshirt
sophomore Austin Bussing. The two would team up later to take first in the distance medley relay along with freshman Brendan Soucie and sophomore Sean Proehl.
For the women, sophomore Kyra Kilwein took second in the mile run.
Also impressive were senior Nick Caprario and freshman Dalen Fink. Caprario blew away the field in the 3000 meter run. He finished 19 seconds over the next runner. Fink brought home the victory in the 800-meter run.
In the 4x400 relay, freshman Nicholas Seckfort, sophomore Derrick Perry, junior Isaac Bradshaw and freshman Alex Hermes took first.
All in all, Redwine liked what he saw.
"I thought we ran really well as a team," he said. "We're continuing to get better week by week and we are very excited with what happened today.
Inside the track on Ray Evans Field, freshman thrower Jessica Maroszek won the shot put competition.
Sophomore thrower Mason Finley, who posted an NCAA season high in shot put last week, didn't participate and said he was just hanging out.
The team will compete in the NewBalanceCollegiateInvitational in New York on Feb. 4 and 5. After four consecutive meets at home, the team will not race in Lawrence again until the Kansas Relays, an outdoor event in April.
— Edited by Corey Thibodeaux
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball falls into foul trouble
BY ETHAN PADWAY epadway@kansan.com
The women's basketball team lost its fifth straight game, 65-60 to Kansas State Saturday. The Jayhawks have lost six of their last seven games to Kansas State. Sophomore forward Carolyn Davis fell into foul trouble early and was able to play just 19 minutes of the game.
Davis entered the game as Kansas' leading scorer, averaging 17.5 points per game, but was called for two quick fouls and did not score in the first half. Davis ended the game with just nine points and one rebound.
"It was tough to sit on the bench that long. I tried to stay in the game by cheering my teammates on," Davis said in a press release.
The Jayhawks had to count on
senior forward Kristen Boogaard to make up the minutes lost by Davis while she was on the bench. Red shirt freshman forward Tania Jackson was also called upon to take up some of Davis' minutes while she was on the bench. Boogaard scored eight points for the lavhawks.
"I was helping Krysten (Boogaard) and coaching her. I knew coming out in the second half I was fresh and I knew I had to come out and be the player I had to be for my team," Davis said in a press release.
Fouls affected the whole team. Kansas' leading scorer, sophomore guard Monica Engelman, and Jackson also fouled out of the game. Engleman scored 18 points in the game.
"Boges (Krysten Boogaard) came in and gave us three for five which helps and we still
tried to run some things for her. We go back to Monnie (Monica Engleman) a little bit and some screening action for her and we get Tania (Jackson) in a post-up once," coach Bonnie Henrickson said in a press release.
Despite solid contributions from the bench,the Jayhawks could not overcome the absence of Davis.
"A big chunk of the play card is her primary look and her secondary looks but that happens and we have got to learn from it and she will learn from that and not get into foul trouble. That is a helpless feeling having to sit there and do nothing. She had some teammates around her that stepped up and tried to hold on until she got back into the game," Henrickson said in a press release.
- Edited by Becca Harsch
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Coaches lace up to fight cancer
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
twitter.com/kansnball
The events of this past week have shown that there is more to life than basketball.
Last weekend it was the death of Thomas Robinson's mother. This weekend was another glimpse into the meaning of "something bigger." Not only did Robinson return to Kansas' lineup, but also, coaches across the country laced up their gym shoes against cancer. It was part of Coaches vs. Cancer's annual Suits and Sneakers weekend.
"Everybody wore sneakers and I thought mine matched my suit tonight." Self said.
The coaches and their staff were encouraged to wear sneakers for the support of cancer awareness. Former Missouri coach Norm Stewart started the Coaches vs. Cancer in 1993 after surviving colon cancer.
"Coaches for Cancer, it's a cool deal, because, obviously Coach Stewart had as much to do with the beginning of it as anybody," Self said. "But to be a part of something that has affected so many is always a good thing."
The Coaches vs. Cancer Mission (from the National Association of Basketball Coache website):
To increase cancer awareness and promote healthy living among students, faculty, school staff, fans, and the community at large, through year-round awareness efforts, fundraising activities, and advocacy programs.
On Saturday, coach Bill Self and Kansas State coach Frank Martin were two of the many coaches across the country who participated.
Martin said it is huge for him to be a part of something like this.
"Cancer's that dreaded evil," Martin said. "We've been trying
as a society, across the world, to fight it and overcome it and we've made tremendous progress, but every other incredible disease that's existed, we've found a cure for."
According to the American Cancer Society, there were 1,529,560 new cases of cancer in the United States in 2010. It reported that 13,550 of the cases were in Kansas.
Self said Coaches vs. Cancer helps people because it brings attention to the disease. Martin agrees and wants to use his position in college basketball to bring light to cancer.
"I can tell you as coaches we're competitors and we are very united in trying to do everything that we can because of the stage that we live on. [We're committed] to do everything we can to fight that thing." Martin said.
- Edited by Sean Tokarz
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