/ SPORTS / FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
TRACK
Teams prepare for first indoor track meet
Weekend marks debut for any athletes
BY HANNAH WISE
hwise@kansan.com
Anschutz Sports Pavilion will be filled with indoor track and field athletes from the Midwest on Saturday. This will be the first college meet for many Kansas track athletes. "This is the first opportunity for some of the freshmen to wear Kansas so they are really
Freshman spinter Diamond Dixon is one of those excited young faces. She came to Kansas from Houston.
"I am new here so I am just trying to stay focused and compete well."
FRANCINE SIMPSON
Sophomore long jumper
"It is a big change from high school. I wouldn't say that it has been easy. It has been sort of a challenge but I have gotten used to it." Dixon said.
"I think that I am going to drop a good time down." Dixon said.
The throwers have been hard at work in the offseason to improve technique,
This will be her first meet for Kansas.
She has been training hard since her arrival in Lawrence and has high hopes for this weekend and the season. Saturday she will be making her debut as a part of the women's 4x400 team.
"I am new here so I am just trying to stay focused and compete well. Hopefully I can get a good mark so I can qualify for the NCAA," Simpson said.
Nick Canton, a junior from Fowler, is a returning high jumper. At the Big 12 outdoor competition last season he said he was not able to finish as well as he had liked because of the rain. This season brings more opportunities after an additional offseason of training.
"I have been going to the weight room every day to get strong and I have been trying to come up with a good approach all while continuing to work hard," Canton said.
Longjumper Francine Simpson is a transfer sophomore from Chapelton, Jamaica. She has been working on her jumping techniques to help her improve her distances.
strength and distance.
M a s o n
Finley, a
sophomore from Salida,
Colo., had an impressive freshman season.
He finished eighth in both shot
put and discuss at the 2010 USA National Track and Field Championships in June. Saturday's meet will give him an opportunity to experiment with the indoor hammer.
"I haven't had much experience with it. Last year I threw 50 feet so I would like to throw farther than 50," Finley said.
Heather Bergmann, a sophomore thrower from Concordia, will be competing in the shot put on Saturday.
"I am a little nervous just because I haven't practiced shot put on a whole lot, but I am excited because to get into competition is always a great feeling," Bergmann said.
Demi Payne, a freshman from Corpus Christi, Texas, will be wearing her Kansas uniform for the first time as she competes in the pole vault.
"I want to keep my focus and keep my nerves down," Payne said. "I never did that much running, and now that I am working out really hard I am getting a lot of speed and it is really helping my vault come together"
Even with all of the nerves and
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior long-distance runner Isaiah Shirlen competes in the Bob Timmons Classic last December. The track and field team will compete in their first indoor meet this season.
excitement both the coaches and players appear to be prepared for competition.
"We had a really young team
last year and now they are much improved and we are ready to see them out there. We want to win everything that we are in and I
do not want to settle for less"
Redwine said.
Edited by Lisa Curran
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Cougars take on No.5 Wildcats
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But the Cougars (5-0) have yet to face a top opponent.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State is the only remaining undefeated team in the Pac-10 and boasts two of the league's top three scorers in Klay Thompson and newcomer Faisal Aden.
That changes Friday, when No. 5 Kansas State (6-1) comes to Pullman and gives the Cougars a chance to show if they are for real: The Wildcats' only loss of the season is to No. 1 Duke.
"We have not played an opponent like Kansas State this year," WSU coach Ken Bone said. "I am anxious for Friday night to be able to gauge, where we are as a team."
The Cougars were in much the same position last season when Kansas State built a big early lead to run away with an 86-69 victory. Jacob Pullen and Denis Clemente did much of the damage for the Wildcats.
Bone is counting on his returning players to remember that loss.
"Last year we didn't go in there and really compete," Bone said. "At least we won't be surprised in what's coming Friday night."
Pullen leads Kansas State with 16 points a game. Rodney McGruder is adding 14 points and 6.6 rebounds.
Pullen is a multiple threat, Bone said.
"He can shoot it from the perimeter. He has a good mid-range game, and gets to the rim," Bone said. "His assist-to-turnover ratio is impressive."
Washington State's victories this season have come against Sacramento State, Southern, Idaho, Portland and Fresno State.
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