Monday, February 16, 2009
Keith Hayes has a saying: The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. However, after this weekend in Arkansas, the freshman sprinter feels like he is straddling that fence.
Members of the Track & Field team traveled to Arkansas this weekend to compete in the Tyson Invitational. The team sent its best sprinters to compete against some of the top schools and fastest times in the nation.
Tyson Invitational
Women
60-meter dash
36. Victoria Howard 7.81 seconds
37. Aubree Dorsey 7.82
400-meter dash (seconds)
37. Shayla Wilson 57.36 seconds
48. Kendra Bradley 58.54
53. Sha’Ray Butler 58.88
4X400
13. Kansas 3:46.34 minutes
Open 200-meter Invitational
2. Nickeshia Anderson 23.60 seconds
Men
43. Jarrell Rollins 49.39 seconds
60-meter hurdle consolation
5. Keith Hayes 8.06 seconds
Triple Jump
2. Corey Fuller 15.09 meters
Pole Vault Championship
3. Jordan Scott 5.20 meters
10. Kirk Cooper 4.90
ISU Classic
Women
5,000 meter non-seeded
3. Kara Windisch 17:27.57 minutes
5.Hayley Harbert 17:33.66
15.Rebeka Stowe 18:38.81
1-mile non-seeded
10. Allison Knoll 5:12.48 minutes
1-mile seeded
5. Lauren Bonds 4:43.74 minutes
Men
600-yd run
15. Corey Mims 1:14.70 minutes
1-mile non-seeded
7. Donny Wasinger 4:16.01 minutes
3,000 meter seeded
17. Bret Imgrund 8:27.16 minutes
Coach Stanley Redwine said that he believed that the meet went well overall for the Jayhawks.
“Some athletes did well while some didn’t,” Redwine said.
For those who didn’t fair too well this weekend, Redwine said he wanted them to learn from their mistakes.
“We don’t want them to go into races not being able to achieve their goals,” he said. “If they go in hesitant, they don’t know where the mistake is.”
Hayes competed in the 60-meter hurdles, where he took fourth place with a time of 8.17 seconds in his preliminary heat. His time was strong enough to place him 16th overall. The top 16 finishers in a preliminary race continue competing. The top eight go to the final round and the bottom eight finishers compete in a consolation round.
“It didn’t feel all that great,” Hayes said about his performance. “It’s great that I got a second chance, but it wasn’t that great.”
Hayes said that he was glad to be able to get past the preliminary rounds because in the past couple of meets, Hayes has failed to qualify in the top 16 and felt like he has been running into a wall.
“Hopefully I can break out of that at conference,” Hayes said.
Hayes said while he was competing, he wasn’t thinking about going up against some of the best collegiate sprinters in the country.
“To me, everybody is doing the same thing. It’s just different schools with different color uniforms,” Hayes said.
With the Big 12 Indoor Championships just two weeks away in College Station, Texas, Hayes said his primary goal is to be able to score points for the team.
“In the past couple meets, we haven’t been all that successful in the points standings,” Hayes said. “Hopefully we can knock out some teams and come out on top.”
Redwine said that the next couple of weeks will go toward preparing for the Big 12 Indoor Championships.
“Right now we have to finalize things that need to be corrected,” Redwine said. “It’s a very competitive meet and we want our athletes to be able to step up.”
— — Edited by Sam Speer
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