Jumper, vaulter leap past records

By By Patrick Shehan

Monday, February 7, 2005

The Kansas Track and Field team traveled to Lincoln, Neb., this weekend for the Husker Invitational to compete against Big 12 Conference rivals such as Kansas State, Baylor, Colorado, Oklahoma State and Nebraska.

Although it was not a team-scored event, the Jayhawks stepped up to bigger competition by setting two school records. Both Ekaterina Sultanova and Brooklyn Hann replaced their previous school records this weekend with NCAA qualifying scores.

Sultanova, a freshman from Krasnodar, Russia, set the women’s pole vault record with a score of 13-feet-7.75-inches. Her score replaced her previous record of 13-feet-7.25-inches set just three meets earlier at the Arkansas Invitational. She ranks second in the Big 12 in women’s pole vault.

Hann set the women’s record in the triple jump with the length of 42-feet-4.25-inches. Her score at the Husker Invitational replaced her record of 42-feet-3.25-inches, set in 2002 at the Alex Wilson Invitational, which broke the women’s triple jump record that stood for 10 years.

“I wasn’t really focused on setting the record,” Hann said. “I always just try to focus on my position and technique, and hope that the jump goes well.”

Hann said the record-setting jump came at the most opportune time.

“I’ve been expecting to break that record, and jump farther,” Hann said. “After the knee problems that I’ve been having, I felt like I was overdue.”

She stands third in the Big 12 in the women’s triple jump. Hann also contributed to the second-place finish in the women’s 4x400 meter relay.

On the men’s team, sophomore Benson Chesang started off his 2005 indoor season with a victory in the 3,000-meter race. The Ravine, Kenya, distance runner finished with a time of 8:05.28. Freshman Colby Wissel, fresh off his victory last week at the Jayhawk Invitational in the same event, placed third. The distance runner ran at a time of 8:23.14.

The Husker Invitational provided an early barometer to show where the Jayhawks stood in the midst of higher-ranked Big 12 schools. Nebraska, Kansas State and Baylor finished in the top three in men’s and top six in women’s at the Indoor Championships last year in Lincoln. The Jayhawks finished ninth and seventh at the Championships, respectively.

Coach Stanley Redwine said the competition at the invitational forced the team to be prepared mentally and physically.

“Any time you set two school records at a meet, you’re performing well,” Redwine said. “It’s too early to tell how we stack up against these teams, but I can tell that we’re doing a lot better than last year.”

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Record-setting jumpers

Two women’s track and field jumpers set new records Saturday at the Husker invitational in Lincoln, Neb. Each broke her own mark.

NAME EVENT PREVIOUS RECORD NEW RECORD

Ekaterina Sultanova Pole Vault 13’-7.25” 13’-7.75”

Brooklyn Hann Triple jump 42’-3.25” 42’-4.25”

— KU Athletics Department

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