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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday. April 21, 1999
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Competition 'awesome' at relays
By Mike Miller sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
The Mount SAC Relays were so big that it took two days before the results were final.
The relays were completed late Sunday night, but results were not released to the press until yesterday afternoon.
And, with four different competition divisions, some of the athletes did not even know how they finished.
"I jumped 12-6 but couldn't tell you where I placed," said senior All-American Candv Mason.
Though 12-6 was good enough to win the Big 12 Championships last year, it didn't even give Mason a top-10 finish in the women's pole
The men's and women's track teams spent four days in southern
vault.
"It was awesome competition," she said. "I just think we were out there wav too long."
Normally, the team leaves the day before a meet starts, and athletes compete the next day.
his heat in the 800-meter run, had mixed feelings.
"It was OK," he said. "I wish I could've run earlier in the week, but I'dn't mind too much."
Did the extra time affect some performances?
Gruher's time of 1:49.02 was the
Sophomore Charlie Gruber, who finished 13th overall, eighth among collegians, and second in
sixth best time in school history.
"I was happy with the effort, but it seems like I'm disappointed if I don't set a personal best
every time." he said.
International teams from eight countries and 21 ranked men's and women's teams made this the deepest meet the Jayhawks will compete in this season.
But the Jayhawks had four athletes establish team-best marks
last weekend.
Sophomore Eric Patterson ran a season-best 14.34 in the 110-meter hurdles, placing seventh in his heat.
Tomlin, who ran a personal best of 21.46 in the 200 meters, finished sixth in his heat.
Sophomore Marlea Woodman placed eighth in her discus heat, throwing 155-2.
Senior Kevin McGinn ran a personal best of 3:49.14 in the 1,500 meters, finishing 15th overall, 10th among collegians and ninth in his heat.
"From first place to last place was a gap of eight seconds, so it was just like guys crossed the finish line one after the other," he said. "The big boys really show up for this meet."
Edited by Jon Campbell
Los Angeles in line for NFL franchise
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The NFL wants to put its 32nd franchise in the Los Angeles Coliseum.
That does not guarantee, however, that pro football will return to Los Angeles. Still to be determined is an ownership group for the new team, which must satisfy other
NFL owners with its stadium and financing plans.
nancing plans. NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced the league's intentions yesterday at a news conference in front of the Coliseum.
Eleven team owners, members of the league's expansion committee, were on hand.
opposed putting a team back in the Los Angeles Coliseum apparently had unpleasant memories of their teams playing the Raiders there.
The Los Angeles area has not had a pro football team since the Rams, who played at the Coliseum before moving to Anaheim, left for St. Louis and the Raiders returned to Oakland, both after the 1994 season. Some NFL owners who have
"I think there were owners who had their teams play against the Raiders here a few years ago who felt that there was a safety issue, a rowdiness issue." Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan said after he and other civic and business leaders met Monday with the expansion committee. "Those are the ones who have changed their minds."
Who would own the new team also remains a large question, and there is no guarantee that Los Angeles will even get a team. The owners, well aware that the area represents the nation's second-largest TV market, voted 29-2 last month to spurn a bid by Houston and award the franchise to the Los Angeles area on a conditional basis.
The NFL gave Los Angeles until Sept. 15 to put together an ownership and stadium package. If a deal can't be reached, the new team, which would begin play in 2002, probably will go to Houston.
Hampton coach alleges racial bias in lawsuit
The Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va. — A women's basketball coach and two others have filed a $30 million lawsuit alleging racial bias in their detainment by Lubbock, Texas, police investigating a scam.
The lawsuit filed Monday contends that police engaged in racially discriminatory behavior when they detained Hampton coach Patricia Bibbs, her husband, Ezell, and assistant coach Vanetta Kelso on Nov. 16. All three, who are African Americans, said they thought race played a role in how they were treated.
"The city of Lubbock and its police department have known and tolerated the selection and retention of police officers who have exhibited racist attitudes toward African Americans and other minorities," the lawsuit said.
The suit also contends that police violated the constitutional rights of due process, equal protection and protection from unreasonable and illegal arrests, searches and seizures.
Their attorneys, including O.J. Simpson lawyer Johnnie L. Cochran, filed the suit in U.S. District Court.
The Bibbses and Kelso were detained Nov. 16 outside a Lubbock Wal-Mart by officers responding to a customer's complaint that someone tried to scam her. The three were handcuffed and held for several hours.
Police studied security tapes from the store, determined that the Bibbses and Kelso had no contact with the shopper and said no charges would be filed.
The Hampton team was in Lubbock for a Nov.17 game against Texas Tech.The game was canceled.