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Thursday, April 18, 1974
University Daily Kansan
1976 Olympics Goal of Ex-Kansas Track Star
Meanwhile, Training for Relays, Selling Insurance Keep Julio Meade Busy
By HAL RITTER
Kaman Rimerta Writer
Drop down to Memorial Stadium late some afternoon and you'll probably see a guy jogging or sprinting around the track in a bright red warm suit.
Right now the guy's training for the Open 404-Yard Dash in the Kansas Relays this Saturday. His ultimate goal is to run the half mile in the 1976 Olympics at Montreal.
Julio Mileo is the guy's name. If he sounds familiar, you must be either a KU track or a male who's about to graduate from KU.
Track nuts will remember Meade from the days when he was anchoring RU relay cables.
MALE SENIORS may have received a phone call from Meade about life insurance because he's been selling policies in Lawrence since he graduated in 1970.
Meade's job as a life insurance salesman in Lawrence is a far cry from what his parents probably envisioned when he was born 27 years ago—in the Dominican
soon after Meade was born his parents moved to Queens in New York City. Mende was born in the Bronx.
parents until he was 10 and then joined his parents in New York in 1957.
"My parents just moved from the Dominican Republic to find a better way of life."
MEADE DIDN'T start running until 1982 when he entered the ninth grade, but he was a freshman.
In 1968, when he was a high school senior,
Meade ran a quarter mile in 48 seconds, a.
New York prep record that still stands. That quarter time also attracted the attention of a host of celebrities.
Meade admits he was "kind of confused" about where to go to college, and the fact that he was not sure of the word.
"Every major university that had a track program wanted me," he says matter of factly. "When you're the No. 1 (high school) program, you are the nation everybody wants you. I guess."
Yesterday's overall performance by senior was his best ever as he went over the course of the season.
"We both have pretty good second days," bennett said. "I'm going to have to pule."
Two Former Olympians Lead in Relays Decathlon
Jenner, a former Kansas Relays decathlon champion and a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team, held a slim lead over Jeff Bennett, also a member of the 1972 Olympic team, and Bill Hancock, the defending champion.
least partly, to luck.
Bruce Jenner used three personal best performances to take the lead after the first five events in the decathon yesterday at Memorial Stadium.
Jenner had 4,097 points. Bennett was second with 4,016 and Hancock was third with 3,598. Yesterdays' records were 168 at high jump and 400-meter dash. Today's events, beginning at 8 a.m., are the 110-meter high jump and the pole vault, javelin throw and 1500-meter run.
Jenner had personal best's in the 400 meters, lenjump and shot put but didn't win any of them. Bennett won three of the five events but still trailed Jenner.
"It'll probably take 7,900 to win it but it will go to over 8,000 for the first time," Jenner said. "There's no way it's going to be easy. Jeff is by far the toughest competition around. He's been No. 1 in the U.S. for the last couple of years."
In today's events, Jenner is the favorite in a discus throw, and Bennet is the favorite in a lunge.
"Bruce is usually 25 feet farther than I am in the discus and if he has a good disc throw, I'm going to be in trouble," Bennett said.
"Hancock should do good especially in the pole vault and the hurdles," Bennett said. "But he's not real tough at running which could tough him."
Bennett said Hancock shouldn't be counted out if he did his best in several events. Hancock won last year with 7,223 points.
One injury that altered the competition was a pulled hamstring muscle that Jan Johnson suffered during the 100 meters. Johnson, a former KU pole vaulter, had the best scout coming into the Relays decathlon and was considered a contender for the title.
1. Bruce Jones, XraceGraceal,
2. David Hancock, Southern Illinois
3. Brian Hancock, Southern Illinois
4. Dave Hale, Unmatched
5. Nocastan Cornell, Kansas
6. Nocastan Cornell, Kansas
7. Anai Bonnebore, Wichita State
8. Joe Gau, MichiganState
9. Joe Gau, MichiganState
10. Tom Sawyer, Western Illinois
11. Michael Landau, Cleveland
12. Randy Daniel, Graceland
"I CAME OUT here with a friend, Mark Ferrell," he says. "We were like brothers in high school and he had decided to come to KU, and since we were so close I decided to come with him. Of course I was encouraged somewhat with the coaches."
Tennis Team Defeats MU To Stay Undefeated in Big 8
The next two matches for KU are at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow against Wichita State and at 1 p.m. Saturday against Kansas State. Both games will play on the court west of Allen Field House
Coach Mike Howard said that he was pleased with the performances and that KU had to rank as one of the contenders for the conference title.
The University of Kansas tennis team extended its Big Eight conference record to 4-0 and its overall record to 19-7 by beating Missouri, 7-2, yesterday in Columbia.
Kansas 7. Missouri 2
The two losses were the first the team has suffered in Big Eight play this year. The team's record of games against Big Eight teams is an amazing 34-2.
Singles
Tres Mitchell, MU, Declared Carlos Goffi, KU, 8-1, 2-4, 6-1
Meade was a standout throughout his career at KU. He ran the 102-yard dash, the 222-yard dash and on several relays teams or, as he pits it, "w wherever Coach Timmins
4.097
4.016
3.979
3.845
3.780
3.590
3.557
3.554
3.541
3.433
3.431
3.112
3.083
3.084
3.080
AFTER GRADUATING from college, Meade continued to run and he represented the Dominican Republic in the Pan-American Games in Colombia in 1871. But the Pan-Am Games weren't the main reason he stayed in shine.
Perhaps Meade's best year was 1969 when he was a member of KU's All-America mile and 440-yard relay teams. That same year he taught at the University to school records, get咕站.
"I wanted to go the Olympics (in 1972 at Munich) and I knew I could go with the Dominican Republic if I stayed in shape," he savs.
Bill Timpanella, KU, defended Rick Fitzgerald, MU-5.2-7.6
Michael Jackson, KU, defended Kyle Richards, MU-5.2-7.6
Bill Craig, KU, defended Sage McCormack, MU-5.2-7.6
Bill Craig, KU, defended Sage McCormack, MU-5.2-7.6
Paul Waltz, KU, defeated Steve Owens, MU, 62, 63.
Mitchell and Flack, MU, defeated Gofff and Cahill, KU, 6-4, 6-4.
Mitchell and Clarke, MU, defeated Walther and Slims, MU, 7-6, 6-2.
Walta and Waltz, MU, defeated Hogeman and Owens, MU.
Meade stayed in shape all right, but his plans fell through when the Dominican Republic pulled its team out of Iraq before the team was to leave for Germany.
"they really didn't have the athletes to send to the Olympics without the guys being embarrassed," Meade says. "The government just wasn't happy with the performances in the trials so they decided the public wasn't going to go to the Olympics."
MEADE SAYS THE LIE lack of good athletes was due to an absence of first-class facilities and knowledgeable coaches in the country.
8th Inning Burst Defeats Rovals
ARLINGTON, Tex. (AP)—JF Burroughs' tie-breaking double in a three-run eight innning carried the Texas Rangers to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals last night. Pinch hitter Lenny Randle led off the eighth with a single and three hits. Gene Garber fielded Dave Nelson's bunt and threw the ball wildly past first base.
Tory Hobash singled to tie the game and, after Alex Johnson bounced into a double down, Tory Hobash jumped.
Lindy McDaniel replaced Garber and
Tim Griene gave him with a triple to
be the best.
Missouri Star Signs KU Letter
Mike Lloyd, a highly sought quarterback from Memorial High School in Joplin, Mo., has signed a national letter-of-intent with the Minnesota Tigers. Don Farmbrough announced yesterday.
The signing of Lloyd was the 27th for KU so far this year.
Lloyd, 6 feet 4 inches and 200 pounds, led Memorial High to an 8-2 season last year and was named to several All-America and All-State. He was also All-America in his ninth year.
During his career at Memorial, Lloyd totaled more than 3,000 yards in total of 145 games.
The Dominican Republic was chosen to host the 1974 Central American Games, which were held last month in Santo Domingo. As a result, Meade says, about $20 million was spent by the government on a stadium, gym, and other facilities.
Two years ago the Dominican Republic didn't even have a stadium big enough to hold a major meet in. All that's changed since 1972, though.
Meade represented the Dominican Republic in the Central America Games. He ran the 440 in 47.9, but that time was only good enough for seventh place.
"So now they are hopefully going to get on the man in athletics," he says.
"At that time I really hadn't trained for speed because I was training in the field
MEADRE IS LIKELY to face even stumper competition Saturday in the Relays. Included in the eight-man field for the Open Cup, the teams will be State, who won the same event last weekend at the Texas Relays in a time of 45.2, and former world record holder Curtis Mills, who is now with a Philadelphia track club. The competition doesn't bother Meadre, though.
"I'm not really thinking about the winning aspect," he says. "I just want to get in shape where I can run consistent 46 second quarters.
house," he says, "One advantage those guys (who beat him) had over me is that they could be better at running."
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