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Monday, February 5.1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Kansas dominates track invitational in record-setting day
By Adam Herschman
Kansan sportswriter
Some of the toughest competition presented to the Kansas track and field team Saturday at the Jayhawk Invitational in Anschutz Pavilion came from within.
In one of the closest races of the meet, Kansas junior spinner Brian Martin edged out fellow junior Pierre Lisk in the 200-meter dash by a hundredth of a second.
Martin's time of 21.70 seconds made him the new Kansas 200-meter dash record holder, a title that Lisk captured on Jan. 13 when he tied Hassan Bailey's mark of 21.73 seconds.
The Jayhawks competed against schools from different collegiate levels, such as Baker University and Garden City Community College.
But Kansas did face Division I opponents Tulsa, Wichita State and Missouri at the meet.
"It's a chance to get some good competition in for our kids in a meet that isn't all of pressure," Kansas track and field coach Gary Schwartz said.
"We've got an excellent facility. We're providing that facility for the area schools to come in, and it helps the sport of track and field."
TRACK & FIELD
Besides setting a school record, Martin also won the 400-meter dash in 47.63 seconds.
Despite finishing second in the 200-meter dash, Lisk finished first in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.29 seconds.
Kansas freshman high jumper Jason Archibald leaped 6-11 3/4 inches to earn first place.
In the men's shot put, Kansas junior thrower Brad Schepers won the event with a toss of 48 1/2 inches. Kansas sophomore Darin Schmitz finished second in the event.
On the women's side, the 20-pound weight throwers swept the top four spots. Kansas senior Lisa Brien took first for the fourth consecutive meet with a toss of 50-7 inches. Sophomore Lisa Beran, junior Kim Feldkamp and senior Amelia Holmes finished second, third and fourth, respectively.
Feldkamp also won the shot put with a throw of 46.2 1/2 inches.
Kansas sophomore Candy Mason jumped 5 1/2 inches to capture first in the high jump.
Although some the Jayhawks did not compete this weekend, Kansas senior jumper Afton Moxey said this was a good meet to see
"I think this meet is a great meet for athletes, in terms of finding where they're at, and what they need to do, and I think it gets us excited as a team," Moxey said.
where everyone stood.
The only Kansas woman to win two events was Kansas junior spinner Carleen Roberts. She finished first in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.16 seconds, as well as the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.31 seconds.
Kansas junior Amy Cook won the 600-yard run in 1:28.95.
In the 800-meter run, Kansas dominated,
capturing the top five spots. Kansas sophomore Tracey Thompson crossed the finish line first in 2:20.25.
Kansas senior Kerri Woolheater won the 1000-meter run in 2:58.72.
Kansas freshman distance runner Tiffany Spratt won the mile in 5:19.79.
in the 5000-meter run, Kansas sophomore Lynn Lopresti won with a time of 18:43.78.
Kansas will travel to Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday to compete in the Husker Invitational. The Jayhawks will not be competing at home again until the Kansas Relays begin on April 17.
"It's just kind of nice being home for a meet." Kansas junior jumper Marcus Scheid said.
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Kansas freshman Jason Archibald makes a successful high jump at the Jayhawk Invitation on Saturday in Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Archibald won on to win the event.
Women fall to William and Mary, beat Notre Dame in weekend action
By Spencer Duncan Kansan sportswriter
The No.25 Kansas women's tennis team thought it would be a tough weekend, and it was right.
The Jayhawks split a weekend series with No. 13 William and Mary and No. 16 Notre Dame. They lost to William and Mary 4-3 and beat Notre Dame 4-3. Both meets challenged the team.
"Our motto is 'any way you can.'" Kansas
women's tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher said. "We don't have any automatic wins in any spot we play in. We just gotta fight hard and put it on the line."
The Jayhawks first captured the doubles point by winning two of three doubles matches against William and Mary on Friday.
Kansas' No. 2 doubles team, junior Kyle Hunt and Jenny Atkerson, defeated the No. 37 team of Lauren Nikolaus and Lauren Tsaggaris 8-2.
Teams are awarded one point for the doubles competition and one point for each singles match.
In singles competition, Kansas dropped four of six matches.
Kansas' two winners were No. 7 Hunt and No. 74 freshman Kris Sell. Hunt defeated No. 20 Nikolaua 2-6, 6-6(3), 6-4. Sell upset No. 35 Tarin Ann Toro 2-6, 5-7, 6-2.
Losing the four singles matches cost the Jayhawks the meet, 4-3.
"We played well," Hunt said. "Every match
was tough, but we just didn't turn it up."
On Sunday evening against Notre Dame,
though, the Jayhawks did turn it up.
Against Notre Dame, Kansas lost all three doubles matches but won four of six singles matches, capturing a 4-3 victory.
"You've got to give the girls a lot of credit," Merzbacher said. "We got smoked in the doubles, but we won the second half."
One single loss for Kansas was between Sell and undefeated Notre Dame freshman Marisa Velasco. Velasco was 11-0, and Sell
took the match to three sets before falling 6-4, 6-1, 7-5.
Winners for Kansas were Hunt, sophomores Maria Abatjoglou and Christie Sim and junior Bianca Kirchof.
The weekend split brought the Jayhawks record to 2-2, and Merzbacher said he saw hard work as helping his team increase the numbers in the win column.
"We've gotta fight hard and scrap," Merzbacher said. "We're a blue collar team all the way."
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