Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Coach Stanley Redwine tries to find the good in any situation. Despite the majority of the Kansas track and field team struggling at the New Balance Invitational in New York City, he’s proud of some of the performances and how they will help in the future.
“People are starting to perform better,” Redwine said. “Week by week they’re getting better, so we’re looking forward to the next weekend.”
During the two-day trip, the team had some highlights in the distance races. Sophomore Amanda Miller took third place in the women’s 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:53.31. Bret Imgrund, junior, and Patrick McGowan, senior, also placed 11th and 13th respectively in the men’s one-mile run. Imgrund finished with a time of 4:15.86, and McGowan finished in 4:15.90.
But things didn’t go as hoped for senior Victoria Howard, who placed 22nd in the 200-meter dash and missed the cut for the finals for the second straight year.
“It wasn’t a performance that I was happy about, but I could build off of for the next meet and for conference,” Howard said.
Howard was happy with her performance in the 4x400 relay, helping her team win its heat and place ninth overall. Howard ran as anchor with a time of 56.30 seconds for the team. She was filling in for fellow senior Sha’Ray Butler who had to attend to family matters.
In the field events, junior Jordan Scott was not able to match his best jump of 5.50 meters (18 feet) and took second place with 5.30 meters (17 feet 4 inches) in the men’s pole vault championship.
“It’s disappointing, but you can’t always have a good day,” he said.
Scott said it was great that they invited French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie to compete at the event. Lavillenie took first place jumping 5.70 meters (18 feet 8 inches).
Redwine said that this weekend was a learning experience.
“I think the athletes learned an awful lot and sometimes racing on the East Coast is a little bit more different than racing in the Midwest,” he said. “They’re a little bit more aggressive on the track and our athletes take what they learned and take it to the next meet and make themselves better.”
— — Edited by Susan Melgren
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