Monday, March 30, 2009
The track and field team was planning on competing in its outdoor first meet this weekend, but the weather stopped them halfway through. The 10th annual Missouri Relays canceled its Saturday events because of below-40-degree temperatures and the possibility of snow. “The decision was solely due to the weather,” coach Stanley Redwine said.
Redwine said that he was fine with the decision and that meet officials had canceled the events with the athletes’ health in mind.
Nikki Littleton, senior hurdler, sprints toward her first obstacle during the Jayhawks' Jan. 16 meet against Missouri in Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
“We didn’t want any of the athletes to be injured,” Redwine said.
Although Saturday’s events were canceled, Friday’s were held. Meet officials gave the athletes the option of competing Friday.
“They gave us the choice if we felt like we were warmed up enough that we could run. If not, we didn’t,” freshman Keyen Porter said.
Porter decided to compete in the 110-meter hurdles and won his heat with 14.29 seconds in the preliminary rounds.
“I was already there so I might as well run,” Porter said.
Porter had the fastest time going into the finals, which were supposed to be held on Saturday. With Saturday events canceled, meet officials decided to use Friday’s times as the final times, thus giving Porter the victory overall in the event.
“I’m pretty happy. I wanted to run a decent time and that’s pretty good,” Porter said of his performance.
Porter said that the weather could have played a factor in his performance.
“I know the wind helped, but the cold might have cancelled it out,” Porter said.
Having run the 60-meter hurdles during the indoor season, Porter said he preferred running the 110-meter hurdle event because he felt like he had a whole race.
“Usually the beginning of my races are like my worst part,” Porter said. “So after I get going, it gets better.”
Porter said he hopes that he can build off of his first outdoor race experience.
The team as a whole will have its first meet of the outdoor season in Tuscon, Arizona, at the Arizona Invitational next weekend and coach Redwine hopes for cooperative weather.
“It would be great to have great weather but it’s definitely out of our hands,” Redwine said. “As for the team, I hope that the things we weren’t able to do last weekend, we’ll be able to accomplish this weekend.”
— — Edited by Liz Schubauer
Track and field meet canceled
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