Monday, May 4, 2009
Kansas tried to extend its list of regionally qualified athletes in Arkansas on Friday. But, Mother Nature had some plans of her own.
With severe thunderstorms and a tornado threat, the Arkansas Twilight meet was canceled. It was the Jayhawks’ third outdoor meet that has been canceled because of inclement weather.
The Missouri Relays in March and Nebraska’s Open in Lincoln, Neb., last week were also canceled because of weather.
Senior sprinter Nickesha Anderson ears into the fourth leg of the women's 4X100 relay at the Kansas Relays in April.
Women’s Events
Hammer Throw 5. Zlata Tarasova 55.77 meters 17. Elise Umbarger 40.31 meters 18. Micah Wesley 23.31 meters
Discus 2. Stephanie Horton 41.69 meters 6. Micah Wesley 38.93 meters 7. Mary Lacy 38.26 meters 10. Elise Umbarger 35.18 meters
Long Jump 6. Jamaica Collins 5.63 meters
High Jump 4. Kelsey Erb 1.65 meters 5. Elizabeth Beisner 1.60 meters
Pole Vault 7. Abby Jones 3.71 meters 9. Danielle Hayes 3.56 meters 10. Mackenzie Wills 3.41 meters 13. Claire Christie 3.26 meters
Men’s Events
Discus 2. Brian Bishop 51.92 meters 12. Jacob Breth 37.32 meters 14.Corbin Kratovil 33.18 meters
Pole Vault 1. Jordan Scott (unattached) 5.30 meters 3. Kirk Cooper 4.90 meters 4. Ryan Hays 4.75 meters 7. Cooper Merrill 4.60 meters 7. Clint Robison 4.60 meters
“It’s disappointing that the athletes didn’t get the opportunity to compete this weekend,” coach Stanley Redwine said. “They wanted to go out and compete though the rain came, the lightning came and the tornado sirens came.”
Redwine said the meet was ultimately canceled for safety reasons.
“It was definitely the best thing to do, unfortunately they didn’t get to compete,” Redwine said.
About half of the field events and all but two of the track events were canceled; the two track events that did take place were the 4x100 relay events, which the women’s team participated in.
Seniors Nickesha Anderson and Victoria Howard, junior Aubree Dorsey and sophomore Kendra Bradley were able to get a victory running a time of 45.76 in a downpour of rain.
Howard said that less than 10 minutes before their race, the tornado sirens went off.
“We ran into the Arkansas basketball complex and waited for an hour,” Howard said. “Then we went back out and they gave us 30 minutes to warm up, then we ended up running it in a downpour.”
Howard, who ran the anchor leg of the race, said right after the event, the meet was postponed because lighting was visible. Soon after, the meet was entirely canceled.
Bradley, who ran the third leg of the race, said she felt that she did well with all that was going on.
“I think I ran pretty well despite all the rain in my eyes,” Bradley said. “But running a faster time in that kind of conditions was pretty good.”
Bradley admitted that she is terrified of thunderstorms, but that once the gun went off, her focus shifted toward the race and not the rain.
Although Anderson, Howard, Dorsey and Bradley got the victory, Howard said it was disappointing that they were just sixth-tenths of a second off from qualifying for the Midwest Regionals.
“We’ll just have to get it at conference,” Howard said.
With the Big 12 Outdoor Conference Championships in Lubbock, Texas, two weeks away, it’s uncertain if the team will try to have a meet in that time, but what is certain is wanting to be prepared and race ready.
“The only thing we can do is probably more race-simulated workouts and have them try to be sharp,” Redwine said. “We don’t want them to get rusty; we just have to change their workouts and hopefully keep them sharp.”
While the rest of the team was in Arkansas dealing with severe weather, junior Lauren Bonds headed to Palo Alto, Calif., to compete at the Peyton Jordan Invitational in the 1,500-meter run.
Bonds took ninth overall in her heat and her time of 4:20.95 is the third best time in the 1,500-meter run event for Kansas.
— — Edited by Sam Speer
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