Friday, February 13, 2009
For his 20th birthday, sprinter Keron Toussaint would love to get a victory at one of the toughest track meets in the country. “I’m going to win both of them,” Toussaint said about competing in the 400-meter dash and 4x400 relay.
Toussaint, Lawrence sophomore, and some of the Kansas track and field team will head down to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Tyson Invitational, while other members will travel to Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa State Classic.
The team is split up with most of the sprinters heading to Arkansas while the mid-distance and long-distance runners go to Iowa State.
Nickesha Anderson, Hanover, Jamaica senior, sprints to the finish line during the Jan. 16 KU-Missouri track meet in the Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
“The surface at Arkansas, most people will get a faster time,” coach Stanley Redwine explained. “The majority of the middle-distance and distance runners will go to Iowa State because it’s an oversized 300 meter track and it’s closer to running like outdoor (season) so they’ll produce faster times.”
The Tyson Invitational is not just a college meet; it will also feature professional and Olympic track athletes in the invitational events.
One Jayhawk will have the opportunity to compete with some of the best. Senior sprinter Nickesha Anderson will compete in the women’s open 200-meter dash. “We’re really excited to see her compete against some of the best in the country,” sprints coach Elisha Brewer said about Anderson.
Senior sprinter Victoria Howard believes this meet is a good experience going into the Big 12 Conference Championships.
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Who: Kansas Track and Field
Where: the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., and the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa
When: Friday Feb. 13th and Saturday Feb. 14th
“It will be good competition, so we’ll be used to it and we won’t be scared and hopefully we go out and compete with the best of them,” Howard said. Howard will be competing in the 200-meter and the 60-meter dash.
The women’s 4x400 relay has been successful for the past two meets, taking first place at the Adidas Classic in Lincoln, Neb. This weekend, the four-person squad will have senior Sha’Ray Butler back after she missed last weekend’s meet.
Butler, who has run on the Arkansas track in the past, says it can be tricky the first time.
“If you haven’t run on it before, it can be challenging just to get adjusted to how high it is and coming down and going up on the bank,” Butler said.
Butler, who is also running in the 400-meter dash, said she was looking forward to coming back and moving up on the Big 12 list of top sprinters in the 400-meter.
In the distance events, senior Colby Wissel will attempt to break the school record in the 5,000 meter run at the Tyson Invitational. Last weekend, Wissel provisionally qualified in the one-mile at the Husker Invitational.
On the field, junior Jordan Scott is looking to bounce back in the Pole Vault. Scott said he’s been working on technical adjustments to be able to jump 18 feet. Last time in Arkansas, Scott got a provisional jump of 5.40 meters (17 feet 8 inches.).
In the triple jump, freshman Corey Fuller got a personal best in New York of 49 feet 7 inches. Fuller said he was happy with his performance and is looking to get a jump of 51 feet 6 inches in Arkansas.
Iowa State Classic
After finishing third in the women’s 3,000 meter, sophomore Amanda Miller will take on the 5,000-meter run in Ames, Iowa, along with freshman Rebeka Stowe and senior Hayley Harbert.
Senior Patrick McGowan and junior Bret Imgrund look to repeat the success they had in the mile at the New Balance Invitational by taking on the men’s 3,000-meter run.
“I’m not quite where I want to be at the end of the season, but we’re making strides in the right direction,” McGowan said.
In the middle distance, senior Corey Mims will be competing in the 600-meter along with junior Jacob Breth and sophomore Anna Barber.
This weekend the team is looking to show the world who Kansas Track and Field is and freshman Keith Hayes believes that they are ready to do it.
“The work you put in, it comes out on the track,” Hayes said. “Whether you run for Nike or Butler County Community College. It’s all going to show no matter what.”
— — Edited by Liz Schubauer
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