Page 2 University Daily Kansan, April 16, 1981
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Relays Index
1969 Kansas Relays
Edition Staff
Coffey . . . . . . . p. 10
Committee . . . . . . p. 2
Decades
1920s . . . . . . . p. 9
1930s . . . . . . . p. 8
1940s . . . . . . . p. 6
Sports Editor, Kevin Bentel
Associate Sports Editor, Tracee Hamilton
Editor, David Lewis
Art Director, Bob Schaad
Managing Editor, Eliseh Greenwalt
Staff Artist, Greg Wheat
Writers, Mike Ardis,丹Bowers
1950s . p. 5
1960s . p. 4
1970s . p. 3
1980s . p. 1
Equipment . p. 11
Schedule . p. 6
Timmons . p. 10
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Paul D, Bowker, Cynthia Carrine,
Brenda Durn, Cynthia Henrichii,
Mark Lee, Bob Moe, Gene Myers,
Alvin A, Reid, Jim Small, Brad Stertz,
Pal Wetzel, Dale Watelz
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Student Committee struggles planning Relays year-round
By ALVIN A. REID Sports Writer
Every year, thousands of athletes come to the Kansas Relays with high expectations and most leave pleased. The events run smoothly and every detail appears carefully handled during the five-day event.
A few of those athletes may give a some credit to officials at Kansas. Fewer, if any, give the credit to the group that often should receive it, the Student Relays Committee, which has been separating the Relays since September.
The Relays committee is responsible for three of the most important considerations of the track meet: soliciting sponsorships, finding housing for participants, gathering entry forms. Committee members also work at the meet as student officials.
Larry Lemaster, committee chairman, said the group had to start early in the year to assure an excellent job.
Lemaster said finding sponsors for the Relays was important because the cost of buying awards came from their private donations.
"TO SAY THE LEAST, we've really worked hard this year," he said. "We used to try and prepare for the RELays in量量曼, but that was just impossible."
"The Lawrence businessman have responded beautifully to our system of sponsorship," he said. "They donated
over $8,000 this year and all of it will come in hand."
THE LARGEST EXPENSE the committee faces is the price tag on watches for event winners. This year, more than 90 watches will be presented, along with 200 second- and third-place medals.
"If businesses donated over 150 dollars, they were listed as the sponsor of an individual event," Lemaster said. Contributors who donate over $50 were given "Friends of the Relays," but of course we welcome any size contribution."
For the past two years, the Relays have fallen on the weekend of Good Friday and Easter, increasing the difficulty of finding housing for visiting athletes.
"The fraternities with houses have given us a lot of help in housing the athletes," Selman said. "This year 110 students attended campus during the Relay weekend."
Mike Selman, co-chairman of the committee said the KU Greek system played an important role in finding housing.
The burden of finding housing for many of the 700 athletes that will converge on Lawrence falls squarely on the responsibility of the Student Relays Committee.
SELMAN SAID individuals and track clubs booked hotel reservations through the committee. He said earlier that he was confident that DC Striders would usually make their
housing arrangements long before April.
"Finding a place to stay is very difficult, not to mention the expense involved," Selman said. "This is what we do, housing service so vitally important."
To insure that the Kansas Relays is a quality track meet, all entrants must have times or distances that qualify them for the competition.
"We receive almost 1,100 entries, of which only 700 to 800 will qualify." Lemaster said. "Both track and field competitors must meet qualify standards and it's up to us to make sure they do."
Besides processing the entries, the committee must group race heats and make sure every competitor is entered in the correct event.
"Sounds simple, but during the meet any number of things could go wrong," Lemaster said.
He said committee members would work as student officials throughout the entire Relays. He said they would be responsible for compiling information and statistics and reporting them to the track announcer.
THE COMMITTEE has also done research on individuals and past Relays for the official program, which will be sold at the stadium.
"Keeping up with all the athletes and times is " nervy nerve-racking " we've got to stay on our toes to avoid any injury in any of the 76 different events."
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