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Women's track team speeds past Cyclones
Men place fourth at invitational
By Matt Woodruff
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's and women's track teams ran well Friday at home and on the road.
Most of the team traveled to Cedar Falls, Iowa, to compete in the Mercantile Bank Invitational against host Northern Iowa, Drake, Iowa, Minnesota and Big 12 Conference rival Iowa State.
The Kansas women placed first, edging out the Cyclones 62-56.
Iowa State won the men's competition, followed by Iowa, Northern Iowa and Kansas.
"This was a good competition," he said. "I thought our team did a great job on both sides."
Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said he was pleased with the teams' performances.
The Kansas women had four individual event winners.
Carleen Roberts won the 200-meters with a time of 24.81.
Amber Mounday won the high jump (5-7 1/4). Diamond Williams and Madinah Hazim tied for first in the 55-meter
The Kansas women also won the 4x400 relay, beating Iowa State with a time of 3:54.20 to the Cyclone's 3:55.33. The relay team consisted of Williams, Roberts, Candace Mason and Latanya Holloway.
event with a time of 7.20.
Two men's team members won events, and two others posted NCAA provisional qualifying times.
Pierre Lisk, an NCAA qualifier in the 55-meter event last year, posted a qualifying time of 6.30. Nathan Prenger qualified in the 55-meter hurdles with a 7.38 second finish.
Gene Coleman won the 400-meter event (48.84), and Ricardo Amezcu took first in the 3,000-meters with a time of 8:30.12.
The athletes who didn't travel to Iowa competed in the Jayhawk Invitational at the Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
No team scoring was done in the Jayhawk Invitational, but Kansas won three events.
Lynn LoPresti won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:06.84. Doug Kleper won the 600-yard run (1:14.66), and Jason Archibald earned first place in the high jump (6-8).
Although the Jayhawks who competed at home performed well, some of the coaches
Track Results
Mercantile Bank Invitational Final Standings
Team Points Place
**Men**
Iowa State 160 1st
iowa 95 2nd
Northern Iowa 94 3rd
Kansas 75.25 4th
Minnesota 37.25 5th
Drake 33.5 6th
Women
Kansas 62 1st
Iowa State 56 2nd
Northern Iowa 43 3rd
Drake 35 4th
Iowa 32 5th
Minnesota 25 6th
thought that not enough of them competed.
"I understand why they missed the meet," said Al Hobson, coach of club team Nike Central. "But I don't agree with it."
Kansas assistant coach Paul Danger said the team did what it thought would help the most
"Northern Iowa had some tough teams scheduled in that meet," he said. "Going there gave our top runners a chance to compete against some of the best."
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