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LAWRENCE, KS - On Friday, April 21st, Nichole Denby won the women's 100 meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays, beating an impressive field that included Joanna Hayes, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist. Denby set a meet-record time of 12.72 which is also the fastest time in the world thus far in 2007. Along with Bershawn Jackson, Denby was chosen as the meet’s outstanding athlete. Denby defeated Hayes, 12.72 to 12.78, in a 1-2 finish by athletes from Riverside North High School (Calif.). When the results were flashed on the video board, Denby put her arm around Hayes as the two walked back to the finish line. “We come from the same stock,” Denby said about the high school connection with Hayes. “I mean Joanna is great. There is no rivalry but if we keep going like this, there is going to be one.’’
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