Comments on: Name your favorite spring sport

By: RikRok

RikRok — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:57:38 +0000

Made of iron?

Running as fast you can while wearing shorts and a tank top, not so much.

Spinning in a circule and chucking a hunk of lead? Don’t see that either.

I enjoy track, but I can’t exactly see it as a sport for supermen and superwomen. It makes for a nice social gathering though.

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By: David

David — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:21:37 +0000

Without a doubt, T & F. This is an iron man sport, especially the Distance Runners. These kids get no satisfaction watching a boring baseball game. C’mon you gotta respect these student athletes for their off season training and determination. Wanna watch a truely intense sport, come to a track meet, not a diamond or a court

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By: David

David — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:18:16 +0000

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By: zach

zach — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:28:45 +0000

BASEBALL!

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By: David

David — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:52:27 +0000

Thanks Joanna! You must know that Track and Field in the state of Kansas is the Number 1 sport of Spring. These student athletes are made out of iron, especially the Distance runners. There’s a reason why most kids would choose baseball instead of Track and Field. They would actually have to run everytime they’re in the game. Ironmen sports, men and women both rule on the field, not the diamond, or court!! Go IRONMEN SPORT OF SPRING (T&F)

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By: Rex

Rex — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:55:33 +0000

Varsity poetry by far. Poetry is a underated and overlooked sport. Plus it can’t be any gayer than swimming.

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By: Sports Gal

Sports Gal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:09:55 +0000

Track and field for me, but it doesn’t get much love on this website!

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By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:11:11 +0000

I would have to go with track and field. But Mark does have a point. Last year there were a lot of rainouts. KT Woodman was rained out and a couple other meets. But the State meet is crazy. Its fun watching some of the fastest people in Kansas run, because there are a lot of great track and field athletes in Kansas. Last year Lane Boyer of Fredonia was real good and was all SEC in cross country as a freshman. Also Luke Bryant of Clearwater was a real good thrower. Usually scores are announced at a track meet when they get the official results of an event.

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:08:11 +0000

I’ll go with swimming, based on last “season.” If you’ll recall, the other sports each seemed to have more rainouts than actual games or meets. I love to watch a game on a beautiful spring afternoon, but I think there may have been about three beautiful spring afternoons in all of April and May last year. Let’s hope for some decent weather this time around. The problem with the swimming format, from a spectator point of view, however, is that it is impossible to follow the scoring as the competition goes along. Even the hard core fans and swimmers themselves often don’t know how many points each place is worth. With computer technology, couldn’t someone enter race by race results into a program that would constantly update team totals, which could be reported after each race by a PA announcer? It happens at the City League meet, why not always? Same goes for track and field, another sport which loses drama since often nobody knows who has what score.

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By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:39:53 +0000

High school baseball in Kansas can be challenging to watch. Yes, there are some teams that are worth watching when they hook up, but in general, it’s a struggle.

I’m a baseball guy, 100%, but I’ve come to appreciate the State track and Field meet. Now THAT is good stuff!

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