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SWIMMING AND DIVING
Junior sets records in victory over Nebraska
Freshman Brittany Ropienski does the backstroke in the 200 yard individual medley. The 200 yard medley consists of the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.
In Kansas' first Lawrence-based swim and dive meet since Dec. 31, junior julia Kuzhil and her teammates defeated Nebraska rather easily, 182-109, on Saturday.
In the 100 backstroke event, her time of 55.20 seconds broke the Robinson Natorium record set in 1993. That time met the NCAA 'B' qualifying standard.
Kuzhil, who competed in the NCAA Championship in her first year at Kansas last season, won the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events to lead the Jayhawks against the Cornhuskers.
Kuzhil also broke the pool record in the 200 backstroke with her time of 1:59.42, surpassing the previous record set in 2008.
Senior Meg Proehl met the
SOUTH DAKOTA/
NORTHERN IOWA
Jan. 23
3 p.m.
Robinson Natatorium
NCAA qualifying standard for the one-meter dive and for the three-meter dive.
Both of those scores were career highs for Proehl.
The Jayhawks improved to 6-4 in dual competition with the victory.
Kansas returns to the pool Jan.
23 against South Dakota and
Northern Iowa in a double dual
meet at Robinson Natatorium.
The meet is set to begin at 3 p.m.
— Jayson Jenks
SOFTBALL
Team picked to finish ninth in conference
The Kansas softball team was picked to finish ninth out of 10 teams in the Big 12 Conference preseason coaches poll. Kansas finished ninth last year with a 21-31 record, including 6-11 in Big 12 play. Kansas is returning six starters and will be led by first-year coach Megan Smith.
Oklahoma was picked first with seven first place votes while Missouri was picked second with three first place votes. Baylor, Nebraska and Texas rounded out the top five.
Kansas opens the season Feb. 12 at the Marriott Hobby Invite hosted by the University of Houston.
NHL
Zach Getz
Knee surgery to sideline Avs star
Hejduk won't be at the Vancouver Games after playing in the last three Winter Olympics for the Czech Republic. He was a member of the gold-medal winning team at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano.
DENVER — Avalanche forward Milan Hejduk will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday and miss up to four weeks.
He's missed six games this season because of the injury, and watched Monday's skate around leading up to a game with the Edmonton Oilers.
Associated Press
Missouri defeats Kansas
TRACK AND FIELD
BY SAM ANDERSON sabderson@kansan.com
sabderson@kansan.com
Missouri narrowly defeated Kansas for the second year in a row at the Kansas versus Missouri Dual this weekend.
Missouri won by only 20 points, but the loss to a rival still didn't sit well with Kansas.
"Nobody wants to lose to Mizzou," freshman Andrea Geubelle said.
However, the lajyahwks did experience some success with many athletes hitting provisional marks or setting personal records. Meeting a provisional mark qualifies an athlete to be considered for a spot in nationals later in the year.
Geubelle hit a provisional qualifying mark in the triple jump with a distance of 12.74 meters.
"It really motivated me to see
that I could hit provisionals," Geubelle said. "It makes me want to work that much harder."
Geubelle wasn't the only jayhawk to have a solid showing.
Sophomore Rebeka Stowe, freshman Kathryn Lupton, sophomore Cori Christensen and senior Lauren Bonds all contributed to the Jayhawks' victory in the distance medley event with a time of 11 minutes 48.82 seconds.
The women's pole vaulting team also had a very successful weekend, winning the first six places in the event. Juniors Jaci Perryman and Abby Jones tied for first place with a vault of 3.7 meters.
Senior All-American, Jordan Scott, led the men's team with a vault of 5.35 meters, improving from his last meet by almost six inches. Freshman Corey
Shank set a personal record of 5.05 meters and finished second behind Scott.
After the meet, Shank credited pault vault and high jump coach Tom Hays for his improvement.
"Every practice is great just between all of our jumpers pushing each other," Shank said. "Coach Hays, being the best vault coach in the nation, [makes] it pretty easy to get better."
Senior Reggie Carter won both the 60-meter and 400-meter dash. Freshman Kyle Clemons finished right behind Carter in the 60-meter dash and also placed first in the 200-meter dash.
The Jayhawks will have another chance to compete against Missouri at the end of February at the Big 12 Championships.
-Edited by Becky Howlett
NBA
Flynn keys Minnesota win
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — Jonny Flynn had a career-high 29 points and nine assists and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied from 20 points down to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-103 in overtime on Monday.
Al Jefferson added 23 points and 13 rebounds to help the Timberwolves complete their biggest comeback of the season against the stunned Sixers.
Andre Iguodala had 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Sixers but missed a jumper at the buzzer that would have given Philadelphia the win in regulation.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Core Bryre Leath, left, bats the ball away from Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson (3) during the first quarter of Monday's game in Minneapolis.
Flynn had four points and a key steal in the first minute of the extra period to get the Wolves on track for just their ninth victory of the season.
Minnesota trailed by 17 points at halftime, but Ryan Gomes scored 14 of his 16 points in a 33-18 third quarter to get the Wolves back in the game. Damien Wilkins added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolves.
Willie Green scored 16 points and Allen Iverson had 11 points and nine assists, but hardly played in the fourth quarter and overtime for Philadelphia.
Now, 7eers coach Eddie Jordan really might start feeling the heat. Team president Ed Stefanski recently refused to guarantee Jordan would last the entire season, and this collapse against the worst team in the Western Conference certainly won't help his cause.
Philadelphia cruised out to a huge early lead thanks to torrid shooting and another lackluster start by the young Timberwolves, who missed 22 of their first 29 shots
The Sixers, who have struggled to score points all season long, rolled up 57 in the first half and only turned the ball over four times to build a 17-point lead at the break.
This came three days after coach Kurt Rambis said he was "embarrassed" for his players' defensive effort in a 135-110 loss at Memphis on Friday night. Rambis didn't even take questions during that brief postgame evaluation and went so far as to have a team spokesman notify reporters before the end of the game that he was going to be ready to talk immediately after the game was over.
The Wolves played without Kevin Love, who missed the game because of an illness.
The Timberwolves finally started to play like Rambis wanted in the third quarter. A 13-2 run put them back in the game and Flynn hit a 3-pointer to tie the game 73-73 late in the period.
Even without their leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, the Wolves outrebounded Philly 43-39 and had a 22-8 edge in second-chance points.
NOTES: Dalembert, who ranks second in the NBA in blocks per game, has at least three blocks in five of the last six games. Timberwolves C Ryan Hollins returned to the lineup after missing six games because of an upper respiratory infection.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Coppin State loses 8th in a row as S.C. State cruises
ORANGEBURG, S.C.—Jason Flagler scored 26 points to pace South Carolina State in an 87-65 win over Coppin State on Monday.
Flagger shot 11-for-13 from the field and added nine rebounds for the Bulldogs (8-7, 2-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Darnell Porter contributed with 25 points and eight rebounds.
Flagger hit back-to-back baskets to open the second half, giving the Bulldogs a 44-32 lead with 19:10 remaining.
A 3-pointer from Coppin State's Michael Harper cut the lead to 48-39 with 17:35 to play, but the Eagles would get no closer for the remainder of the contest.
Sam Coleman finished with 12 points and seven rebounds to lead the Eagles (5-11,0-4), who have now lost eight straight games.
Associated Press