Weekend meets bittersweet

Monday, April 30, 2007

The Kansas track and field team competed at four different meets this weekend, traveling across the country in search of better competition and returning with mixed results.

At the Drake Relays, junior Egor Agafonov continued his dominance with a season-best throw of 228-04 feet, winning the hammer throw. Agafonov avenged a second-place finish at last year’s Drake Relays and has won every outdoor meet this season.

Sophomore Zlata Tarasova finished third in the hammer with a throw of 199-09. Both Agafonov and Tarasova own regional-qualifying marks.

Competing in the long jump, senior Eric Babb failed to follow up his success at the Kansas Relays. Babb came in 10th with a distance of 23-10 feet. Junior Barrett Saunders tied for 18th at 23-00.

The most success for the Jayhawks this weekend came at the UMKC Invitational.

Sophomore Victoria Howard, fresh off of her Kansas Relays victory in the 100-meter dash, won both the 100 and 200.

Howard came in at 12.20 seconds in the 100-meters, and then crossed the line in 24.45, winning the 200.

In the pole vault, junior Libby Harmon and sophomore Ryan Hays swept the event for Kansas.

Harmon cleared 12-5.5 feet, while senior Laura Gjerde was second in the event with a vault of 11-11.75. Hays soared over 15-5.

Junior Maresia Pencil won the 800-meters in 2:13.41, and freshman Mary Lacy placed second in the discus with a throw of 126-06 feet.

At the Penn Relays, junior hurdlers Ashley Brown and Julius Jiles each failed to make it to the finals after disappointing preliminary times.

Brown had a 14th-place time of 13.80 in the 100-meter hurdles, while Jiles’ time of 14.25 in the 110-meter hurdles also left him in 14th. The top eight advanced to the finals.

Results from the Cardinal Invitational were not available Sunday.

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

— Edited by Carissa Pedigo

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