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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, January 29, 1999
Programs keep students in shape
By Melinda Weaver
Kansan sportswriter
The University of Kansas Recreation Services will begin a variety of spring programs Monday that are designed to involve students in athletic and fitness activities.
For intramural teams, the spring season focuses on basketball. Jason Krone, director of intramurals, said he expected about 240 teams from various groups on campus to organize their members for a three-week regular season.
Each team has a manager who requests a time block for the team to play once a week.
After the regular season, the teams face single elimination playoffs.
Kelvie Fitzgerrel, Copeland senior, has competed during the last two seasons with her Campus Crusade group — Salt, Light and
Skill.
"I joined the team to have fun," Fitzgreler said. "But I also want to develop friendships with other girls that I might not get to know under other circumstances."
All of the games are played on Monday and Thursday evenings at Robinson Center.
Another recreation program that begins Monday is the KU Fit Program, where students and faculty are offered a variety of fitness classes and programs in the mornings and evenings.
Classes offer range from high/low aerobics and step to boxing and hydroaerobics.
Michelle Reiter, director of the program and Beloit graduate student, said 300 to 400 people participate in the classes each year.
She said participation was higher during the spring season.
up with their New Year's resolutions," Reiter said.
Some students said they were drawn to the programs because they thought organization could help motivate them to stay consistent in their workout routine.
"Most people are trying to keep
"If I have a special day to work on, I'd probably be less likely to skip it," said Cassie Glimore, Pittsburg freshman. "If you get me with a group of people, I'd be more motivated to go."
KU Fit also offers a program for those who don't like aerobics. Student trainers are hired to work with weight-lifters on an individual basis. The trainers help students to develop an efficient workout.
In the past, anyone seeking the advice of a trainer had to pay an additional fee. This semester, working with a trainer is free with the purchase of the $60 KU Fit membership.
"Some students have never been in our weight room before and are interested in gaining knowledge," Reiter said. "The trainers help familiarize them with the weights and set them up on a program. Other students are tired of their same workout and work with a trainer for variety, so they don't get bored."
Students also see the advantage to working with a personal trainer.
"There are so many advantages," said Alexis Vansase, Great Bend freshman. "So often people do exercises that don't help them, but they feel tired, so they think it is working. When they don't see results right away, they tend to give up. A personal trainer can act as a motivator to continue."
The KU Fit Program runs from Monday Feb. 1 to May 9. A KUID is required to purchase a membership.
Sibling rivalry to reignite in Kansas tennis match
Two siblings from opposing teams will meet this weekend in Williamsburg, Va., when the Kansas tennis team competes with Duke on Saturday.
Kansas also will play William and Marv on Sunday.
Kris Sell, and her sister Kathy, who attends Duke, will face each other as team rivals for the second time this season.
Although the sisters have not faced each other in singles, the two competed last year at No.3 doubles. Kris won the 9-7 with partner Cheryl Mallaiah.
rise sisters will not play each other this time, said Kansas head coach Jenny Garrity, the duo's older sister.
Garrity said there was no real rivalry between the sisters.
"Both root for their team," she said. "We always get really fired up for Duke."
Duke was NCAA runner-up
last year, and its top singles player, Vanessa Webb, is a three-time All-American. Sell will face Webb in a singles match.
"I think Kris is really excited to play such a good singles player," Garrity said.
Lack of experience could hinder the Jayhawks. They return four members of last season's team including Sell, Brooke Chiller, Warrnambool, Australia; Julia Sidorona, Riga, Latvia; and Monica Sekulov, Hammerles, Australia.
Newcomers Cheryl Mallaiah and her sister Lisa Mallaiah, and Christi Wagenaar will use Duke as an experience builder.
"It will be an evaluation of what we need to work on in the future," Garrity said. "I just wish the test was not so early in the season."
Amanda Kachube
Atlanta, Denver talk big game
Buchanan, Sharpe exchange trash talk before super Sunday
The Associate Press
MIAMI — The luminous, the lightweight and the loose-lipped have a way of stealing the Super Bowl spotlight.
For every Joe Montana, John Riggins and Emmitt Smith, there's been a Mark Rypien, Larry Brown and Desmond Howard who took MVP honors.
For every serious game prediction, there's been a Joe Namath guarantee and a Jim McMahon moonshot.
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And this year, there's the Shannon Sharpe-Ry Buchanan thrashathon.
Sharpe: "Tell Ray to put the eyeliner, the lipstick and the high heels away. I'm not saying he's a cross-dresser; that's just what I heard."
Buchanan: "I'll tell you, that's an ugly dude. You can't tell me he doesn't look like Mr. Ed."
The Atlanta cornerback, who wore a dog collar to media day because the Falcons are considered underdogs.
clearly isn't taking a backseat to the Broncos tight end in the dissing department. But that's one of the few areas where defending champion Denver and upstart Atlanta appear equal heading into Sunday's game.
Terrell Davis, last year's most valuable player in the big game and this season's NFL MVP, frowns when asked about the disparity between his defending champions and Atlanta's first-timers.
"People rate you according to your status," said Davis, the fourth 2,000-yard rusher in league history this season. "and if you start to live like
season, "and if you that, I think it becomes a problem.
"I know what it takes for me to get ready to play on this level. I always
antics — spitting, stomping on opponents — give him a recognizable image, even if it doesn't match his true persona.
make time to work out. I knew that was the most important thing for me ... even when I was on the road, I was working out in hotels. I know where my bread is buttered and it is on the field, not off the field."
On the field, the Broncos are far better known. They have a future Hall of Fame quarterback in John Elway.
There's Ed McCaffrey, that rarity in the NFL, a Caucasian wide receiver. There's safety Steve Atwater, a terrifying tackler, and soupseller DE Neil Smith, approaching 100 sacks for his career. And don't forget placekicker Jason Elam, who merely tied a 28-year-old record by nailing a 63-yard field goal this season.
They have "Rome," intimidating linebacker Bill Romanowski, whose
"We don't look at it as being stars.
fullback Howard Griffith said. "We look at it as having good football players who know how to win." And, he quickly added, that's just what the Falcons have, even if hardly anyone
outside of Georgia — and many folks inside the state — don't know it.
Take Chris Chandler, the Falcons quarterback, for example.
"They might not get the credit they deserve because they haven't been on a winning team that gets a lot of attention," Griffith said.
Chris might not be considered a star, but he's as good as any of the so-called stars," Griffith said.
The Associated Press
WALTHAM, Mass. — Now that Michael Jordan is gone, somebody has to lead the NBA in scoring.
Why not Antoine Walker?
"Me?" he said. "I don't know, it's hard to say because you never know what your role's going to be on this team. We've got a lot of guys who can score."
None of the other Boston Celtics has done it as well as Walker.
He was 31st in the NBA in scoring with a 17.5-point average as a rookie, then jumped to fifth last season at 22.4. Jordan won the scoring title the last 10 years that he played in the NBA, interrupted only by a stint in minor-league baseball.
His retirement leaves the race wide open. In addition to Jordan, only Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Mitch Richmond outscored Walker last season. And now the Celtics have added shooting coach Andy Enfield to help Walker, a 64 percent free-throw shooter, and his teammates.
"I want to get better at free throws if I plan on having the ball late in the game when you get fouled," Walker said. "That's not something that I'm overly concerned about because I
know I can capable of doing that with a little concentration, a little work."
Last season, the 6-foot-9 Walker averaged 20.8 shots per game but hit only 42.3 percent of them. Still, he led the team in scoring in 55 games. Rookie Ron Mercer was second, leading 14 times.
But Mercer should improve his 15.3 point average, and rookie Paul Pierce provides added offensive punch. And point guard Kenny
Anderson, limited by injury to 16 games last season with Boston after being traded by Toronto, is adept at distributing the ball to the open man.
"He's trying to get everyone involved," guard Dana Barros said of Anderson. "I think if Antoine was on a team that didn't have as much scoring and wasn't playing the type of style that we were, maybe he could lead the联赛. But I don't think he will now."
Pierce, the highly-touted rookie from the University of Kansas, already is impressed with Walker.
"He can lead this league in almost every offensive category," Pierce said. "He's that good talent."
Walker tied for seventh in the NBA last season with 10.2 rebounds per game. For the Celtics, he was first in steals and second in assists and blocks.
The Celtics prefer a running style that should improve now that they have Anderson for a full season. That means they're not likely to call a lot of plays for Walker or isolate him on a defender.
It's fine with general manager Chris Wallace if Walker doesn't replace Jordan as the NBA's leading scorer, but he wouldn't mind if Walker emulated other parts of Jordan's game.
"He has that capability" to be the top scorer, Wallace said. "I think we would prefer to have an Antoine Walker that's ranked very high in a number of statistical categories ... and we're winning. We're more concerned about that than leading the league in scoring."
That philosophy has worked for the Celtics throughout their glorious history. No team has won more than its 16 NBA titles. Yet the Celtics never had a league scoring leader. Not Bob Cousy, Not Bill Russell. Not John Havlicek, Not Larry Bird.
And maybe not Walker even if Jordan dan no longer has a lock on the title.
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