Six KU seniors graduate as historic six in one class
Six Kansas University basketball players, Jerod Haase Scot Pollard Jacque Vaughn B J Williams Joel Branstrom and Steve Ransom graduate today in KU's 125th commencement at 2 30 p m at Memorial Stadium. The group includes Academic All Americans Haase and Vaughn along with transfer students Branstrom Ransom and Haase who logged five years.
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Memorial Stadium
Kansas University
Jerod Haase
Scot Pollard
Jacque Vaughn
B.J. Williams
Joel Branstrom
Steve Ransom
Wayne Walden
Jayhawk
Pollard
Vaughn
Willams
Branstrom
Ransom
Haase
Walden
Jacque
Jerod
School of Education
Jayhawks
Hawaii
Paul Buskirk
Buskirk
KU Softball Faces Regional Final After Tough Loss
South Carolina edged Kansas 1-0 as KU committed three errors. Sarah Workman took the loss while Tina Plew and Kim Pietro delivered the decisive moments for South Carolina. KU rebounded to beat South Florida 3-1 behind Workman in Orlando, with Hubler and Richins contributing key hits.
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South Carolina
Sarah Workman
Kim Pietro
Julie True
Tina Plew
True
Holland
Heather Richins
Kristina Johnson
Shannon Stanwix
Workman
Bunge
Lea Mishlan
Michelle Hubler
Kansas Mason sets heptathlon record at Big 12 meet
KU multi-event athletes fueled Day Two as Kansas sits eighth in the team standings with 12 points and the women hold sixth with 21. Candace Mason finished second in the heptathlon with a school-record 5,368 points, Amber Mounday fifth with a personal best 5,082, both NCAA provisional qualifiers. Michael Evers was third in the decathlon with 7,455 points.
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Waco
Texas
Kansas University
Jayhawks
Nebraska
Candace Mason
Amber Mounday
Heidi Lundervold
Michael Evers
Nathan Prenger
Marlea Woodman
Lisa Beran
Marcus Scheid
Regional softball and baseball matchups and results
Kansas high school and NAIA regionals feature Lawrence High Leavenworth Manhattan and other teams with games at Washburn Rural, Manhattan, and Carbondale. Notable results include Baker falling to Kansas Newman 9 7 and DeSoto facing Hayden in Santa Fe Trail softball round.
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Lawrence High
Leavenworth
Washburn Rural
Rural
Junction City
Bellevue
Neb
Kansas
Newman
Baker
Wildcats
Roddy Field
Kyle Battle
Pace
Jeff Topping
DeSoto
Hayden
Santa Fe Trail
Perry Lecompton
Carbondale
KU lightweight eight secures runner up at Central Region
Oak Ridge Tennessee KU lightweight eight finished second at the Central Region regatta on Lake Melton. The crew included Julie Kassik Kristin Borel Kristen Wiebe Birgit Ederer Shana Burton Jessica Burge Heather Daniels and Kelly Miller with Shannon Krider as coxswain. KU also placed fifth in varsity four with coxswain Karen Chandler Ashley Masoni Rebecca Walburg Kari Watson Jennifer Adams. The Jayhawks finished eighth in novice eight.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Kansas University
Lake Melton
Jayhawks
Tennessee
Julie Kassik
Kristin Borel
Kristen Wiebe
Birgit Ederer
Shana Burton
Jessica Burge
Heather Daniels
Kelly Miller
Shannon Krider
Karen Chandler
Ashley Masoni
Rebecca Walburg
Kari Watson
Jennifer Adams
Lawrence High swims to second at state meet
Lawrence High finished second with 224 points behind Blue Valley Northwest at the Kansas state girls swimming meet in Manhattan. Sophomore Kim Miller led LHS with a 2:11.46 in the 200 IM and 59.84 in the 100 butterfly, setting a school record. Freshmen Caitlin Standish and Rachel Sellon earned multiple medals, while divers crowned Tammy Crystal of Blue Valley Northwest with a meet record 509.30.
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Lawrence High School
Lions
Shawnee Mission East
Kansas State
Ahearn
Blue Valley Northwest
Lawrence
Grenda
SM East
Kim Miller
Jeanne Poggio
Miller
LHS
Caitlin Standish
Standish
Rachel Sellon
Sellon
Grzenda
Christina Schnose
Beth Wegner
Lora Wedd
Keely Malone
Wedd
Mae
Malone
Tammy Crystal
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Hubler
Sarah McCann
Christy McPhail
Jennifer Funkhouser
Richins
Johnson
McCann
Trinity Johnson
Carrie Elliott
W—Johnson
L— Workman
South Florida
Jennifer Thompson
Janeen Sabush
W—Workman
L.—Thompson
Hr—Mishlan
Mason
Manhattan
Emporia
EHS
Lawrence Hign
Fop Falls
Central Region
Kim Mi
Mike Young
Journal-Worto
State
Mike Yonen
Journal-Wor
Wesauat
Weenie
Oak Country
Massachusetts St
Clinton
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