Friday, September 28, 2007
The stakes and importance will be the highest they have been this season when the University of Kansas men’s and women’s cross country teams step foot on the course for the first time in two weeks on Saturday.
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The Jayhawks travel to Minneapolis, Minn., to compete in the Roy Griak Invitational. This will mark the toughest competition the Jayhawks will have faced this year because seven of the top 15 teams in the Midwest will be competing. Among those teams are names like Arizona State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
The men’s team will be led once again by All-American Senior, Colby Wissel. Wissel is 100 percent on this season, winning both of his first two events. Last year, he put up an inspiring performance finishing ninth overall.
Another strong finish last year came from the other All-American senior Paul Hefferon. Hefferon did not run for the men’s team in Manhattan and should have the rest needed to help get a victory. A second key component will be on the legs of sophomore Bret Imgrund.
Imgrund has run well in the first two events of the year, and expectations continue to rise among Imgrund and the media. The men’s team received votes to be in the U.S. Track & Field Coaches Association Poll this week and that can only help the team confidence as they depart for Minnesota.
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Who: Doubles partners Elizaveta Avdeeva and Edina Horvath
What: ITA All-American Championships
When: The pre-qualifiying matches are on Saturday and Sunday. The qualifying match is on Tuesday.
Where: University of Southern California in Los Angeles
The women’s team wants to build off its youth’s production and avenge a loss in its last outing. The women will take the field Saturday with three seniors at the reign, but it may be an underclassman that will be the missing ingredient.
Sophomore Lauren Bonds will run again this Saturday. She had a very strong performance at the season opener.
Facing the tough competition this week, the women will need to make a team effort to finish in the top 10. With the underclassmen stepping up and the trio of seniors pushing the tempo, the women will create a stir this weekend when they toe the line at 12:50.
The gun will sound Saturday for the men at 12:10. They go into the meet 2-0, as the women just missed that mark, entering 1-1. This meet also will be the first NCAA championships qualifier of the year.
— Edited by Kaitlyn Syring
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