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Monday, October 10, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Sports Briefs
SOFTBALL GOES 3-1: The Kansas sofftball team rebounded from an upset victory to host invitational tournament 3-1 last weekend in Omaha, Neb. ending its season.
Tracy Miller, Lawrence graduate student, is traveling to Seoul, South Korea today to participate in the Paralympics.
In the opening game, the Jayhawks fell to a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, with two outs, losing 3-2.
Kansas rebounded to beat Nebraska 2-0, Southwest Missouri State 3-0 and Nebraska-Omaha 1-0 in extra innings.
KU TENNIS SUCCESSFUL:
Kansas tennis player John Falbo won the singles championship while the team of Chris Walker and Craig Wiley rose to No. 1 in the Tour-ItaTC Mid-Americas Regional Golf Tour in Wichita.
As winners in one of the eight regional tournaments, Falbo, Walker and St. Paul lead the Roles ITCA National Championships. The national event, in which 32 single players and 16 doubles teams will be held Feb. 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Falbo, the top seed player in the tournament, lost just one set in the six matches he played over the weekend. The Charleston, W.Va., sophomore from Vassar College in Savannah and Southeast Missouri State, d-4, 6-4 in the finals.
Walker and Wildey, who were the first to lose, did not lose a set until they reached the final. The Kansas teammates beat Nashville's Jump and Jump, 2-6.
KU WOMEN'S SCOCCER: The Kansas women's soccer club lost to Nebraska 62 and finished in a scoreless game, which played lasted at Shenk Field.
Junior Kristin Wolfe and sophomore Becky Fitch scored for Kansas in the loss to Nebraska.
**LOVELYBALL NOW 2-15:** The Kansas volleyball队 lost matches to Northern Iowa and Ball State over the weekend. Dallas, La. to drop its record to 2-15.
**RUBY TEAMS VICIOUSIOR:** Gearing up for the Heart of America tournament this weekend in Kansas City, the Kansas varsity and club-ship teemds won their first day at Sklen Complex in Lawrence
The Kansas varsity routed Pittsburg State 43-0, improving its record to 7-1.
KU wheelchair racer to compete for the gold
Stephen Wade/KANSAN
Grad student leaves today for Paralympics
By Jeff Euston Kansan sportswriter
Basketball star Danny Manning and baseball coach D.Bingham aren't the only athletes with Kane. He'll take a trip to Seoul, South Korea.
Tracy Miller, a 25-year-old lawrence graduate, will attend the 2016 tournament to participate in the 1988 Paralympics as a member of the United States Disa
The competition will be held at
the Olympic Games in the
concluded Olympic Games.
The games run from the Oct. 16 to 24
morning. About 5,000 athletes
attend.
Miller, who previously has competed only in 10-kilometer and marathon races, will compete in five individual track events: the high jump race, the long jump race and the marathon. She also might compete in the 4x 400 relay.
"All except the marathon are on the track," Miller said. "I don't really like going around and I can't see where I am, I like being out on the road."
Miller uses special wheelchairs for racing — one for road racing, which weighs about 17 pounds, and another for a few weights about 10 pounds. The wheelchairs have special wheels, similar to the back wheels, and a lowerering mechanism.
During the last several months, traveling has become common for Miller, who is from Manhattan and received an undergraduate degree in life science at Kansas State. She has competed in Long Beach, Florida, and Atlanta and Detroit. But this trip is her biggest vet.
"I've never competed in international competition before," said Miller, who now is working toward her master's degree in recreation management. "I always do fairly well in competition around here. It's hard
I think it's really important for people in wheelchairs to stay active. It's a very sedentary life, and it's good to get out and do something, whether it's competition or just for recreation.'
— Tracy Miller
KU wheelchair racer
because I don't know my competition. This is the biggest event I've competed in.
"I've never trained this hard in my life. After I found out I made the team (in June), I really began to take it seriously.
"A lot of people are taking time off from work or school to go to Seoul, but I'm staying in school and my friends have been really good about it."
Miller is receiving financial support
Miller is taking donations from
individuals and companies.
Her parents will join her in Seoul.
compete in groups according to the seriousness of their injuries. Miller is competing as a Class Four athlete.
Class One athletes are quadri-
plegies. Classes Two through Five
are paraplegics with varying
degrees of mobility.
Athletes in the Paralympis
Miller suffered a spinal cord injury in a 1979 car accident. She was able to walk with a crutch until 1985 But a cyst developed on her spinal cord, and she had to leave. Then, when she has used a wheelchair,
Mo., where she met Bill Botten, another Kansas student who was active in wheelchair racing.
After returning from Seoul, Miller said she would be looking forward to taking a break. She said she would like to work in a wheelchair sports organization after she graduated in May.
Miller worked out at the Rehabilitation Institute in Kansas City,
"I think it's really important for people in wheelshacks to stay active," she said. "It is a very sedentary life, and it is good to get out and do something, whether it is competition or just for recreation."
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