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Wednesday, April 21. 1976
University Daily Kansan
Shorter shows Olympic form at KU Relays
Bv GARY VICE
Sports Writer
Frank Shorter ended 64 years of frustration for American distance runners when he won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. The last American before Shorter was Jack Rowe, who tested was John Haves in 1908.
Shorter, who's pace just missed the Olympic record of 2:12.11.11 by 8.5 seconds, said, "I've never been good at setting records. I'm better at winning races."
But the Yale graduate did both at the Kansas Realys in the 5,000-meter run against a strong field that included the Pumphrey and Domenico Tadzuka and Castenada.
HISC RECORD TIME of 14:17.2 broke the Relays record of 14:19.0 set in 1967 by Oscar Moore of Southern Illinois, Tadhua, a native of Columbia, pressured Shorter with his characteristic strong finishing kick, but fell short to claim second in 14:17.4.
Shorter said he entered the race to strengthen his finishing kick, which he wants to develop for competition in two events at the XXI Olympiad. The Olympic champion hopes to compete in the marathon in Montreal this summer. He finished fourth in the 10,000 at the 1972 Olympics and is currently ranked the world's second best.
"I'm working on developing my speed," the 5-10, 135-pounder said. "If I want to run the 10,000 at Montreal I'm going to have to be a lot faster at the finish than I was today."
"T'S EASY TO RUN : 37 (in the final 440)
when the rest of the race was so slow. This
would have been worse."
Frank Shorter wins 5,000
anywhere in the Olympics you're going to
be able to finish it for 25 laps and still
be able to finish it.
Shorter said the time would have been faster if the winds hadn't been so strong. "It's too much wind," she said.
Western Illinois KU victim
By KRIS ECKEL
Sports Writer
KU's football team pulled one out of the fire and stretched its perfect record to 14-0 by beating Western Illinois University twice in a row. The Cyclones beat Holoform Sports Complex in Lawrence.
KU ended the first game with a tight 8-7 victory and had little trouble winning the
Kansas was plagued by errors in the field in the first few innings of the opener, and they were not scored. The Hawks weren't have trouble hitting, but Western down KU with the exception of Paula Frank, who slammed a home run over center field in the game.
Trailing 6-1 in the fifth innning, KU started its comebreak. A triple by Gloria Graves, singles by Debbie Kuhn and Nancy Stouf, doubles by Kelly Phipps and Frank enabled the Jayhawks to score seven runs to pull ahead of Western, 8-6.
What caused this sudden display of power by the Jayhawks?
"Drysdale, that's what happened," said KU assistant coach Karen Harris. "We had Drysdale told them that she thought part of the reason we weren't doing very well was that they (KU) were kind of in a hurry." KU assistant coach Shannon think when they walk out on the field that
they can beat somebody and that they're good enough to do it.
"They're good enough to play with
their country, and they went out
and showed us."
KU then shinned in the batter's box and infrequently as well, KU held Western to one side.
But it was tight. With two out and a runner on in the sixth, Western plowed one out to the field that could have turned the game back around. But KU right fielder Kuhn made a sterling catch saving KU's lead and the game.
Graves, pitching under pressure from the Western hitters, managed to strike out seven and walked only three during the windy game.
"I think we needed this kind of game," Harris said. "We've been playing and pretty well running over some people. Now not only do they (KU) know that they can play with the best, but they know that they have to play their best in order to beat them. What are we going to do? They've got to go out playing ball and playing well."
KU wasted no time scoring in the second game, leading in the first inning, 20. Kuh scored the third run, sent home on a single by Janet Brown. Western errors gave KU its fourth run, advancing Edna Isares around the bases to score KU's final run.
Winning pitcher in the second game was last, struck out eight batters and walked only.
FLO KENNEDY
said, "Whoever the leader is in a wind like this is not going to win the race. It's so much easier running if you're behind someone. One wanted to take the lead."
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"If we had gone much slower there would have been a danger of some miller in the race coming up and burning us at the finish. It looked like Castaneda finally said, 'This is ridiculous' and went out and took the lead," Shorter said.
"TED (CASTANDED) led the critical part of the race. You can't lead that far in the wind and win unless you're so much better than everyone else."
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Cataneda, winner of the Billy Mills 10,000 earlier in the screen, the screened other runners from the strong wind while in the lead. Shorter, running just behind the heels of his Colorado Track Club teammate, took the lead with the bell signaling the final lap.
"I wanted to start my kick with one lap to
"Shorter. Said "but the wind stopped
He stretched out his lead in the turn andought off a strong challenge by Rik Hojas (28).
"FOUR YEARS AGO I couldn't have won this race. Even though I went a marathon runner I wasn't a spinner. It just seems I'm getting stronger and faster. I think I'm just maturing as a runner. I'm 28 now, which is about the right age for a distance runner."
He said he was just "running through" the Olympic meets, but still running at all. (BRENDAN MCKINLEY)
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"The races are good because you can never force yourself to put forth as much effort in practice as competition demands." You should run a race and run some races to round out your training.
"I train for three miles and the 10,000. I just run the marathon when it comes along and train for it once a week, maybe on Sundays.
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The team will crowd five games into three days.
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Asked if the Olympics was the goal that motivated him in his training he replied, "That's what is in the back of your mind all the time you're training. You just keep working and working and your goals increase.
"My problem can be that I train too much. I really like running so much I've overworked myself before. Last year I finally forced myself to rest."
He said he wouldn't challenge the entire marathon course at Montreal prior to the race.
After winning his first 17 matches this season, Clarke was beaten by Tres Mitchell, Missouri's No. 1 singles player, 6-3, 6-4 with a straight-sets victory to the Jiayhawk win down with him.
"I'll run parts of it so I've at least seen the whole course, but not all at once."
Explaining his strategy for the marathon, which he considers his main event, he said, "You've got to get away early and just forget about everybody else."
KU was nipped, 5-4, by the Tigers. Still,
that's an improvement over the 8-3 loss
Missouri dealt the Jayhawks earlier this
year.
Clarke, netters fall to Tigers
Ballie Clarke was to the rest of the Big Eight tennis players yesterday that he was down.
The two teams played to a 3-13 tie in singles, with Mark Hosking, No. 3; Jeff Thomas, No. 5; and Greg Buller, No. 6, all winning.
But the Jayhawks lost two of the three doubles matches, which made the difference. The No. 2 team of Butler and Joe Ruysset lost to Brian Mitchell (Tres' brother) and Jon Powell, 6-1, 6-0. But the 4-3 team of Thomas and Hankey won, 6-4.
So it all came down to the 1. No doubles match of Clarke and Tim Headlack against Missouri's Tress Mitchell and Rick Flach. The pair fell for third, while jayhawks fell apart in the third, losing 6-2.
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