Track opens first day at Texas Relays

Friday, April 6, 2007

Junior Egor Agafonov and sophomore Zlata Tarasova made impressive outdoor debuts for the Jayhawks as Kansas scored plenty of early success at the Texas Relays on Thursday.

Agafonov, the 2007 NCAA indoor weight throw champion, won the hammer throw with an impressive toss of 233-04 feet, the third best throw in the nation and a new school record. Tarasova took second place with her throw of 200-01 feet. Both Agafonov and Tarasova earned qualifying marks for the Midwest Regional Championships, the meet at which Tarasova tossed a school record 204-05 feet in 2006.

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Still to compete is 2007 Big 12 indoor pole vault champion, freshman Jordan Scott, who makes his outdoor debut. Also pole-vaulting will be Indoor All-American Kate Sultanova and freshman Britany Parker.

Opting to keep some athletes in state, the Jayhawks will send a group to compete in the Emporia State/State Farm Relays on April 7.

Junior Ashley Brown and senior Janiece Gatson also qualified for the meet, finishing in 10th and 19th place, respectively. Brown, the Co-Female Track and Field Athlete of the Week, finished in 59.10 seconds, while Gatson was close behind at 1:00.76. The men’s 4x800 meter relay team finished in 7:34.01, good for fifth.

Brown still has the 100-meter hurdles, an event that she won at the Tulsa Duels two weeks ago.

Opting to keep some athletes in state, the Jayhawks will send a group to compete in the Emporia State/State Farm Relays on April 7.

Highlighting the field will be female pole-vaulters Laura Gjerde and Libby Harmon, along with Josh Kirk, who will compete in the 110m hurdles, shot put and discus.

All athletes are competing with an eye on the Kansas Relays, which take place on April 18-21 at Memorial Stadium.

Kansan sportswriter Taylor Bern can be contacted at tbern@kansan.com.

— Edited by Trevan McGee

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