RCW: Bird's Eye View 4.34
Each week the Bird’s Eye View captures some of the best moments for Kansas Athletics. From the playing field, practice gym or behind the scenes, don’t miss this exclusive perspective into the Kansas Jayhawks. 
EVENING STROLL – Forced to play in late afternoon due to morning thunderstorms in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the first round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship for the KU team left senior Daniel Sutton walking off the 16th tee box at Karsten Creek Golf Club in the golden glow of the setting sun on Friday, May 25, with his playing partners from BYU and North Carolina. The five members of the Jayhawks’ team were forced to finish their first round on Saturday and immediately play their second round in 98-degree heat.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
AGAINST THE WIND – The tall Spartan Juniper trees spread around the Reserve at Spanos Park leaned with the strong winds in Stockton, California, just as KU senior Daniel Hudson leaned against those winds during the first round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Regional on Monday, May 14.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
ON TRACK – KU senior Daniel Sutton used a putt tracker to groove his stroke before the second round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Regional held at the Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton, California, on Tuesday, May 15.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
BY THE BOOK – KU senior Daniel Hudson consulted his “Book,” the highly important leather-covered information folder containing distances to pins, pin placement and green slopes for each of the three rounds of the NCAA Men’s Golf Regional held at the Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton, California, on Monday, May 14.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
KICKED BACK – With play backed up on the holes ahead of Charlie Hillier, the junior golfer took a seat on the folding stool of KU golf coach Jamie Bermel as he waited for the green to clear so that he could hit his second shot on the par-4 first hole during the third round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship at the Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Sunday, May 27.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
CHILLIN’ – As a joke, KU’s Daniel Sutton stuck his head into a cooler on the 17th tee box at Karsten Creek Golf Club on Sunday, May 27. Temperatures in the upper 90’s, along with high humidity, made play on the heavily tree-lined course difficult during the three rounds of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship played by the Jayhawks in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
STARS AND STRIPES – The Stars and Stripes were on full display before the KU baseball game against West Virginia on Sunday, May 6. As part of the Salute to Service events at Hoglund Ballpark, KU ROTC cadets held the flag in center field during the National Anthem.
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TWISTER – KU sophomore Maria Toran Ribes twisted back to slash a forehand during her doubles match with partner senior Despoina Vogasari against Pepperdine during the Jayhawks’ second-round match of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Regional at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on Saturday, May 12.
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WATCHING YOU – Through an opening in the windscreen, KU assistant tennis coach Caroline Lilley watched sophomore Maria Toran Ribes play doubles during the Jayhawks’ second-round match of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Regional at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on Saturday, May 12.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
THAT WAY – Sophomore Tatiana Nikolaeva signaled a service call to her partner, junior Nina Khmelnitckaia, during the Jayhawks’ second-round match of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Regional at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on Saturday, May 12.
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BALANCING ACT – Before the KU tennis team played its first-round match against Denver during the NCAA Women’s Tennis Regional, injured junior Anastasia Rychagova carefully picked up tennis balls and balanced them on her racket after she completed a rehabilitation practice at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on Friday, May 11.
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FRAMED – Redshirt freshman Amber Policare was framed in a windscreen opening at Pepperdine University while hitting a serve during KU’s first-round match of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Regional against Denver in Malibu, California, on Friday, May 11.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
HEAT RELIEF – With a temperature of 84-degrees at the start of the women’s 10,000-meter run, KU senior Sharon Lokedi used a sponge soaked in cold water to cool herself during the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Lokedi won her third conference 10,000-meter title in Waco, Texas, on Friday, May 11.
Photo by Laura Jacobsen
ABSTRACTION – The plastic windows of a tent at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship gave an abstracted look to the stretching routine of senior Nicolai Ceban during a practice session at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Waco, Texas, on Friday, May 11.
Photo by Laura Jacobsen
LONG BOOM – A long television boom captured a clearance by KU’s Joel Long during the men’s high jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Waco, Texas, on Saturday, May 12. Long finished in fourth place in the high jump, clearing a personal-record bar of 2.15 meters (7-0.5 ft.).
Photo by Laura Jacobsen
SHAKE IT – KU pitcher Taylor Turski shook droplets off his ice-water-soaked hair in the dugout after the senior threw six innings allowing just one run off five hits and a walk, while striking out seven during KU’s 5-2 victory over West Virginia inside Hoglund Ballpark on Sunday, May 6.
Photo by Jeff Jacobsen
