CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? Kansas University’s swim team placed fourth in a 10-team field Saturday at the Nike Cup Invitational. KU had a three-day total of 435.5 points, finishing behind North Carolina (959), Virginia Tech (573.5) and Michigan (534).
KU sophomore Amy Gruber placed second in the 100 freestyle in at 50.22, topping her season best time by almost three seconds. KU’s 400 freestyle relay team of Gruber, Jackie Krueger, Aly Colver and Ashley Dower, finished fourth place in 3:27.03.
Kristen Johnson was ninth in the 200 breaststroke in an NCAA qualifying time of 2:17.97.
“This invitational set our team up for the rest of the year. We will keep plugging away to get ready for the Big 12 Championships,” coach Clark Campbell said.
College Station, Texas ? Kansas University’s men’s and women’s track teams both finished fourth in their respective fields in a quadrangular here Saturday in the Jayhawks’ final meet before the Big 12 Championships, May 17-20. On the men’s side KU was led by a new addition. Tim Hackler, a KU football player, placed second in the high jump with a leap of 6-113*4 in his first meet since high school days. Junior Ryan Speers won the shot put (58-5 3/4), and junior Jeremy Hull won the pole vault (16-8 3/4). Sophomore Benaud Shirley was second in the triple jump (50-0). On the women’s side, Kansas’ 1,600-meter relay team took first with a time of 3:46.6. Junior Jennifer Foster won the discus (158-9).
TOLEDO, OHIO ? Kansas University’s men’s golf team placed fourth at the Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational Tuesday after carding a final-round 309 at the par-71 Inverness Club.
The Jayhawks, who finished fourth last week at the Topy Cup in Japan, shot 300-290 590 in Monday’s 36-hole first round for a 54-hole total of 899.
Freshman Travis Hurst led all Jayhawk golfers with a 72-69-77 218 and tied for seventh place. Junior Casey Harbour finished in a tie for 24th-place with a score of 78-73-72 226.
