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The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
83rd Year, No. 131
Friday, April 20, 1973
Kansas Relays Edition
Relays Schedule
F.M.F. FIELD EVENTS
1:00 Lake windy, high school & finals & finals
1:00 Lake windy, high school & finals & finals
1:00 Spot put, Univ.Cal. prelim & finals
1:00 Spot put, Univ.Cal. prelim & finals
1:00 High school & finals & finals
1:00 High school & finals & finals
P.M. TRACK EVENTS
120 aft hard hurdles, High School, semifinals
120 bft hard hurdles, High School, semifinals
102 dash Ulysse, Univ. Col., finals
102 dash Ulysse, Univ. Col., finals
400 fand run, High School, semifinals
2 aft medley relay, JC finals
2 aft medley relay, University finals
2 aft medley relay, University finals
600 masters' mile 40 and over), finals
600 masters' mile 40 and over), finals
500 Cuffman 400 yard hurdles, open, finals
500 Cuffman 400 yard hurdles, open, finals
500 run, Ulysse, finals
500 run, Ulysse, finals
500 lily relay, High School, prelimits
500 lily relay, High School, prelimits
500 lily relay, High School, prelimits
500 lily relay, High School, prelimits
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
A.M. - NOON
**10. Vole vault, high school, pro finals & finals**
**11. Trap jump, high school, pro finals & finals**
**12. Diving, high school, pro finals & finals**
**13. Triple jump, high school, pro finals & finals**
**14. Long jump, high school, pro finals & finals**
**15. Long jump, Univ.-Col. brials**
A.M. TRACK EVENTS
7:00 Kansas Relays marathon, open
9:00 One mile steeplechase. High School, finals
P.M.F. DEMAND EVENTS
12:30 Pole vault, open, premials & finals (twv.)
12:30 Lush, Udv-C, finals
12:40 Lush, Udv-C, finals
12:50 Shok open, open, premiers & finals
1 Two mile run, High School, flauna
2 Two mile run, High School, flauna
3 One mile relay, High School, flauna
4 One mile relay, High School, flauna
5 Two mile relay, High School, flauna
6 400 yard relay, High School, prelims:
7 400 yard relay, High School, prelims:
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100 120 yard high hurdle, High School, finals
101 120 yard high jump, High School, finals
102 120 yard high, University, finals
103 120 yard high, High School, finals
104 120 yard high, High School, finals
105 Spartan medley relay, High School, finals
106 Spartan medley relay, University, finals
107 Queen motley relay, University, finals
108 Queen motley relay, University, finals
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Kansas Relays Financing A Gamble with Weather
Rain has never caused postponement of the Kansas Relief. But the capricious Kansas weather plays a large part in the financial success or failure of the relays.
According to John Novotny, business manager and assistant athletic director at the University of Kansas, there are two main ingredients needed for a successful
relays—beautiful weather and star athletes.
beautiful weather and star athletes. The Kansas Ralies are not like the other (Texas and Drake) ralies in that we can't really play well at the games, but the relays budget," Novotny said. "So much depends on the weather. If it's n.ice, a lot of people come. If it rains, the people don't
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Saturday's Open Competition To Highlight Kansas Relays
While Wednesday, Thursday and today carry most preliminary races, Saturday will carry the finals and feature some of the nation's finest open event competition.
The final day of Karsas Relay competition will begin at dawn Saturday when the marathon begins and the athletes start to train. They must prepare for the day's final competition.
THE AFTERNON finals for the university-college division will begin at 1:55 p.m. with the four mile relay, and at 2:30 p.m. the spring medley relay begins.
However, today should not be a day to miss. The university-college finals will be on Thursday at 1 p.m., the pole vault and the shot put will begin at 1 p.m. and the triples in the triple jump will
Unlike years past, the focus of Saturday's competition will not be on the mile run. Ryan Ryn has turned professional and the event will be without a superstar. The most at-risk will probably be on the open division of the 120-hurdles, the pole vault and the shot put.
The Master's mile starts at 3 p.m., followed by the Cliff Cushman 440 yard hurdles at 3:25 p.m. and the University mile at 3:50 p.m.
ROD MILBURN, world record holder in the hurdles, will be the main attraction when he takes a crack at his own world record of 13.0.
Milburn, a senior at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., was the 1971 Athlete of the Year. In 1972 he was the gold medal winner in the Olympics games in Munich.
This winter in the indoor season, Milburn was undefeated and he will be the strong team of the season.
Thomas Hill, Arkansas State senior, will be the strongest competition for Milburn. Hill is ranked as the world's third best with a clocking of 13.3.
THE STRONGEST competition of the day will probably be the open pole vault competition that begins at 12:30 p.m. Last year Swedish pole vaulter Kjell Isksson won the event with a vault of 17-6 and he will be running this year, but with stiff competition.
The best competition is expected to come from Steve Smith of the Pacific Coast Track Club who is the world indoor record holder with a vault of 18-04.
Although Smith will be favored, strong competition is expected from Isaksson, Hans Lagerqvist, another Swedish vaulter, Jan Johnson, the University of Alabama's Olympic bronze medalist in Munich, KU's Terry Porter, who was the recent winner of the Rio Olympics and the University of Rice, who was the KU Ramses University division champion last year.
COMPETITION IN the open shot put will also have world class entrants. Fauw will have the first shot and then be placed.
Colson Aims for Top; Olympics Next
By EMERSON LYNN
George Woods and Al Fourier, holder of
her indoor room backstreet, compete for top
hand.
BY EMERSON LYNN
Kansas Sports Editor
In the first two meetings of the outdoor season, Colson broke two stadium records. In the first meet against the University of Alabama, Colson threw 290-10, which was almost 400 feet farther than anyone else had thrown in the collegiate ranks this year.
Pushing Woods and Feuerback will be K-State'S Tom Frosius, who won the Big Eight Indoor with 644's and Sam Walker from 597's. They placed and placed fourth in last year's NCAA meet.
Tall, powerful and fired with a desire to throw the javelin farther than anyone in the world, Sam Colson of the University of Kansas is breaking record after record and is the number one collegiate threer in the United States today.
The following week, Colson showed that the Alabama mark was no flake as he broke the UCLA stadium record with a 288-8 throw.
THE KANSAS RELAYS, which is already one of the nation's largest meets, has added four events to give the athletes a broader competition spectrum.
Colson seems unbeatable. But he is not taking himself for granted.
"You have to keep in constant training," he said. "If you let up at all, you can run the season's continuity. And I have a lot of work to do before my technique is perfected."
The Jayhawks now have 10 more meets this season and Colson thinks that before it's time to win, they need a win.
gust of wind at the right time."
THE KANSAS RELAYS is one of the country's most popular meets. Last year, 32,000 people came to the competition, and they got good, as many, if not more, are expected.
IF COLSON did pass 300 feet, be would be the holder of the American record
Tickets for today's competition will be $50 for high school students, $2 for general admission and KU students will be admitted free.
"I think I would have thrown 10 feet farther at both Alabama and UCLA if the conditions would have been better," Colson said. "All I would have needed is an extra
"I know it sounds rather insignificant to most people, but getting the javelin just so much higher is difficult. Five feet is too much for that," he said. "The zone, that bead," he said. "I'll hit 900 feet."
TO RANK as one of the world's best in the javelin takes a quick release, strength and practice. And the javelin has been a part of Coşun's schedule since he was a freshman in high school, when he took up the sport to complement his talents as a baseball pitcher in his home town's (Mankato) summer league program.
Timmons said that there were 60 events in this year's relay, and that it was the largest ever. Timmons also said that 45 teams have been entered in the university division, 63 in the college division, 24 in the junior college division and 76 in the high school division.
The Master's division will have the addition of the 100 yard dash, the open division will have the 440 yard dash and the men's intramural group will have the 440 yards.
In the high school division, the hammer throw was added. Coach Bob Timmons said this was the only major relay in the midwest that would have the event.
Tickets for the final competition on Saturday will cost KU students $1, high school students and below, $1, general admission $2.50 and reserved seats will be $4.50.
Colson said that so far this season his throws had been too flat, not reaching the needset height at the apex of his throw to reach a maximum distance.
In High School, Colson was one of 'Kansas' best track man, but his athletic talents did not end with track. He was named to the all-state basketball team both his junior and senior year and was named to the all-league football team his senior year.
Even though Colson was an outstanding
"You either have a quick release or you don't," Colson said. "It isn't that something you develop. When I played baseball in Mankat, I was always able to throw a faster ball than most people. And it doesn't matter how big you are, the velocity is by the quickness of the release That's why I have done so well with the javelin."
basketball player, he thought he was too short, at 6-5, 260, to play college basketball. And with basketball out, he came to KU in 1969 on a track scholarship.
The Olympic trial experience was somewhat disappointing for Colson. To that date he had the nation's best pitch of 275.8, but did not make the final Olympic team, ending up sixth. The second round, Colson offered an interesting explanation of the outcome.
THE TRANSITION from high school to college athletics seemed smooth as Colson threw 238 his freshman year to take second in the Big Eight outdoor meet. However, his sophomore year cast a shadow on any of his past performances. He ended his second season with a best of 262.5, which was a 25 second overtime win and also named to the All-America track and field team and was winner of the NCAA and AUM teams.
"A WEEK before I left for the trials," he said. "Karl sail B, and I were having 40 yard fences."
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pinsoness and we were tied at 2-2. In the last race, I pulled a muscle in my thigh. For the rest of the week and during the Olympic trials, I could hardly move my leg.
Although his junior year was a good one, he was injury-ridden in the early part of the season with a broken arm and later, during a biopsy or acyte trials, with a pulled thigh muscle.
"My sophomore year I progressed more than I ever had before," Colson said. "Everything improved, my speed, technique and my mental attitude."
"When the trials began, I got to the semifinals with a throw of 259, and I thought that I would really have to throw well to progress any farther. In the process of warming up and throwing, I pulled the muscle again. As it turned out, I would have done better if I hadn't warmed up and seen what I could have done."
Coulson's next shot at the Olympics is three years off, and to remain eligible, he plans to enter Law School where he can continue his studies. He will be a place to train and to people to训.
"ILL GRADUATE this year with a degree in education and I could teach but I could train as I would like to," he said, "and I will participate in any other amateur meet."
However, the thought of turning professional is not far from his mind.
"Next season the International Track Federation is supposed to give $1000 for first place, $500 for second, $250 for third and $100 for fourth," he said. "If I did as well as I am doing now, that could be a good living—especially since they plan to have at least 20 U.S. meets and several more European meets.
"This year, if I were competing
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