Page 10 University Daily Kansan, April 22, 1981
MARK MCDONALD/Kansan staff
MARK MCDONALD Oksanen State KU sophomore Tudie McKnight competes in the long jump Saturday during the Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium. McKnight, from New York, won the event with a jump of 19-6, a new KU women's record.
Positive attitude helps McKnight's distances
By DEANNA BUSH Sports Writer
She was only 8 when she started running, and then she also ran in the usual playground races. But by the time she reached the seventh grade, she ran with the boys' track team she wouldn't be aren't any girls who could keep up.
HALCYON "TUDIE" McKnight, a sophomore from New York and current University of Kansas record holder in the women's long jump, said she didn't take track seriously until she was about 13.
It was then, she said, that she began to get serious about track.
"When you are young, do your running and jumping for fun," McKnight said. "When you get older, you know that starts looking at your times and distances and expects you to do good."
And do good she did.
As a senior at John F. Kennedy High in the Bronx, McKnight set a New York City and New York state record in the long jump with a leap of 20-6. She was recruited by many colleges during her senior year, she said, but finally narrowed her choices to Florida and Kansas.
"I decided to come to KU because, academically, it's a really good school," she said. "Besides that, they recruited me awfully hard."
AS A FRESHMAN, McKnight won the long jump at the Kauai Naali Rangel and the Big Eight Outdoor meet, and he set a new school record of 19-6.
This season she has added a Big Eight Indoor championship and a new school record to her long list of achievements. McKnight set the national high school girls state Memorial State Invitational track meet, where she jumped 28-14½.
The jump, which also qualified her for the AIAW National Outdoor meet in May, gave her more confidence for the future, McKnight said.
McKnight said before the Relays that her goal was to jump in the high 20s or possibly 21 feet, if she got a good wind behind her.
That confidence paid off last weekend when McKnight again won the long jump at the Kansas Relays.
Rainy weather kept McKnight from achieving her goal of 21 feet, but she won the event with a leap of 19-11%.
MKENJIGHT CREDITS Head Coach Carla Coffey with knowing how and when to make athletes reach their peak.
"We started working out on October 4," McKnight said. "We ran over distance at first, and then she brought us down and geared us out for the first day." We were starting to work back up for the Big Eight Outdoor and nationals."
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Men's tennis team loses two conference matches
Sometimes things just do not go your way, the KU men's tennis team proved this weekend in Colorado in its second weekend of Big Eight play.
KU lost to Iowa State, 7-2, and to Oklahoma, 9-0 over the weekend. The two matches KU won against Iowa State, which finished eighth in the Big Eight last year, were in singles with Careza as winners, and freshman Oscar Careza as winners.
The Jayhaws did not get to see how a new doubles lineup would have worked because sophomore Jim Snyttra sprained his ankle. Coach Randy Wooldrew was injured over spring break and that the ankle still bothered him at times.
Because of the injury, Bolen had new doubles partners for the matches, which made a difference in the doubles tennis play.
"We played good considering that we hadn't played together before," Bolen said of being teamed with junior Tom Hall.
The Jayhawks are now 1-4 in the Big Eight with 10 points for the 10 matches won in Big Eight play. The number of matches won, along with the Big Eight
McGrath said that the team had improved despite the losses.
tournament, will determine the Big Eight champion.
"Some of the guys have really improved," he said. "The differences from the fall are very noticeable. It's hard not getting discouraged though."
Bolen said he was pleased with his play over the weekend.
Because of the high altitude, the ball is lighter and moves faster, which will make shots longer. The Jayhawks used a long barrel that was still some difference, Bolen said.
"This weekend I played the best I have played," he said. "My game is coming around, which is good for me since the Big Eight is coming up."
"The ball floats because of the high altitude," he said. "Iowa State had a day to get used to it."
The Jayhawks will finish regular season play this weekend as they play Nebraska on Friday and Missouri on Saturday in Lawrence. It will be the only Big Eight match of the year in Lawrence.
Houston clobbers Kings in series opener, 97-78
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo.,—Moses Malone scored 19 of his game-high 28 points in the second half last night to give the Houston Rockets a 97-78 victory over the Kansas City Kings in the opening game of the Western Conference championship series.
Malone scored the 19 points in a span of only 18 minutes of the second half and left the game for good with 6:01 winning, training and the Rockets ahead, 84-69.
He was joined in double fugures by kite and sail. Duneay with 13, and Aen Leward with 12.
Dunleavy hit a three-point basket 35 seconds into the second half to move Houston from a three-point halftime edge to a 47-41 advantage. Malone then scored on the ensuing free throw and shot a steal i the next 3 ½ minutes to help the Rockets open up a 53-43 lead.
Malone added 12 of Houston's 14 points during the final five minutes of the period to keep the Rockets in front, 66-60.
The Kings remained within six, at 73-67, as last as 12:25 into the final period.
But the Rockets then went on a 13-2 spree, getting four points apiece from Reid and Leavell to take an 86-94 lead. The Raptors took a 70-66 sixth road victory of the playoff season.
Houston beat the Lakers in Los Angeles twice to win the best-of-three miniseries and then beat the Spurs in San Antonio three times to capture that title. But in only its second conference championship in the Rockets' 12-year history.
Ernie Grunfeld led Kings scoring with 20. Scott Wedman scored 19 and Reggie Kubiak 16 to pace Kansas City, the second game against tickets again in the second game tonight.
The game also marked the return to the Kansas City lineup of point guard Phil Ford, who had been absent since shattering an eye orbit in a game against Golden State Feb. 22. But Ford was not a vector in the game, showing signs of rustiness in scoring only 5 points.
In Eastern Conference action, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics 105-104 in Boston in the first game of that best-of-seven series.
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