University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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BEFORE FANS GOT TO WITNESS ALAN WEBB MAKE HISTORY IN THE MILE- INVITATIONAL AT THE 82N KANSAS RELAYS, THEY WITNESSED LAUREN BONDS MAKE SOME HISTORY OF HER OWN. ln the vvomen's 1 ,500 meters, Ronds, lunior, ran a personal best 4:27.35 in front of her home crovvd. The time dualiied herforthe NCAA Midvvest Regionals in May. lm thrilled that its novv out of the vvay, Bonds said. Bonds said she ovved her performance tojunior Kellie Schneider. Schneider, vvho Won the unseeded 1 ,500 on Thursday, paced the first three laps of Ronds' race like a rab- bit before a planned dropout. l'm really indebted to her, Bonds said. The next historic event featured athletes such as Amerie can mile record holderAlan Webb, 2003 Olympian Christian Smith and Retervan derWesthuizen, a former University of Nebraska runner from South Africa. Throughout each lap, fans cheered on the runners as they tried to break the four-minute mile. ln the end it came dovvn to Webb and Van Der Wes- thuizen vvith Webb edging out as the vvinnervvith a time of 315390. Van Der Westhuizen finished right behind him vvith a time of 3:59.54 Shortly aftervvard both men took a victory lap around as both celebrated running a sub-four minute mile. Webb's time ranks second all-time in Kansas Relays history, behind Kansas' Jim Ryun's 3:54.70 in 1057. The men's 1 10-meter hurdles Hnals vvas deja vu for freshmen Keith l-layes, Keyen Rorterand Lavvson Montgom- ery because last year all three vvere in the finals at the Relays inthe hurdles event in high school vvith Rortervvinning out. l-layes took second running a time of 14.05 seconds in the event behind Jeffrey Julmis of Cloud County Community College being edged by .03 seconds. Porter came in third A running at 14.35 seconds l-layes said around the last hurdle is vvhen he really lost his composure almost falling at finish line but felt that he executed very vvell getting a regionally duaiifying time. lm satisfied vvith my race for novvf' l-layes said. ln womens action Kansas, Missouri State and Seton l-lall battled out the 4x400 race dovvn to the last leg. For Kansas a team of freshman Shayla Wilson, and seniors Nickesha Anderson, Sha'Ray Butler and Charity Stovvers vvith a time Of3:43.14, gave up the vvin to Missouri State vvith atlme of3:41.3Q. KANSAS RELAYS I I6O