University Daily Kansan, February 17, 1981
Nebraska victory excites swim team
By JIM SMALL Sports Writer
The Kansas men's swim team is on a streak that will hopefully bring the Big Eight All-Star Gig Conference Championship, and team members are excited about it.
KU is fresh off a victory this weekend against reigning Big Eight champion Isaiah and will carry a 4-1 record into next season with nipponships next month in Norman, Oka.
Much of the reason for Rowland's optimism can be found in the Nebraska match.
"THE TEAM IS real confident and ready to go, said junior sprinter Jim Rowland. "The biggest thing about us is that we are consistent. Everyone has swum consistently well. A lot of other Big Eight teams haven't done that."
With the big Jayhawk for an audience, Kansas diver Ben Spencer beads for the water during Saturday's dual swim meet with Nebraska at Robinson Natatorium. The Jayhawks defended the Cornhuskers 68-45. DAVE KRAUFKASS staff
Before the meet, KU Coach Bill Spahn said that for the Jayhawks to win the Big Eight Championship they would have to have at least 35 wins and did just that, pulling off a 68-45 victory.
KU started off at a torrid pace in the meet, winning the first four events.
"I think that we took them by surprise at the beginning." Spahn said. "I think that our winning those first few events got them a little down."
Leading Kansas was Rowland, who led the 200-meter freestyle and 100 freestyle, Bob Vince, who captured the 500 freestyle and co- captain Steve Kearn, who set a pool record in the 260 individual medley with a time of 1:54.32.
NOT ONLY DID the Jayhawks swim well, but Spahn said that he saw
potential in KU's diving. Nebraska is considered by most coaches to be the Big Eight power in diving.
"We really showed improvement in diving," he said. "Mark Marphy finished second in three-meter diving. I was very pleased."
Rowland said he expected greater things out of the Cornhuskers when the two teams meet at the conference championships.
"We beat Nebraska twice last year by a wider margin than Saturday's meet and they turned around and won Big Eight Championship." Rowland said.
Spahn also expects a tougher test from Nebraska later in the season.
"WE SWAM WELL Saturday, but in three weeks it could be different," he said.
If Nebraska wants things to be different they will have to reckon with Graves because, according to Spain, the senior is the driving force behind the team.
"There is no doubt that he is the leader of this team," Spahn said. "Everyone on the team knows that and everyone on the team respects him."
Graves is also respected by people who are involved with swimming programs around the league.
"I have been aware of him for several years," Nebraska Coach Cal Benz said. "He is a fine swimmer and an outstanding young man. I have a lot of respect for him as do the swimmers on this team."
every year that he has been at KU and is expected to be among those competing for national honors this year in Austin, Texas.
For four years Graves has been a mainstay in the KU program. He has swam at the NCAA championships
LAST YEAR WAS perhaps Graves' finest year. He finished 18th in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA meet at Cambridge, Mass.
"I enjoy competing in the national's because it gives me a chance to see different parts of the country," he said. "It's just a lot of fun."
records and is the current conference record-holder in the 200 and 400 individual medleys. He also holds school records from the 1978-80 and the 200 and 400 individual medley.
But the story of Steve Graves goes back to installations in the pool according to Sparks.
Graves has broken six Big Eight
"He'll be a very successful person in what ever he does," Spahn said. "He is hard worker at whatever he does." He added that wants to do well in life and he will."
Graves, perhaps better than anyone else, displays the qualities that make the good student athlete. Competing in a sport that requires 6:30 a.m. practice to go along with two-hour afternoon workout, Graves still manages to maintain a 3.5 grade point average with a major in accounting.
"FOR AS MUCH and as hard as we work it is pretty hard for anyone to do well in the classroom, "Spahn said. "It helps to believe that he is doing so well."
Graves prefers to shrug off his classroom achievements as part of a daily routine.
"I just sit down after dinner to study," he said. "He takes a little discipline and a lot of studying on weekends, but most of the other guys on team do well in school also. I don't know if I'm different from anyone else."
KU women's loss should help against KSU, KU coach says
Graves said that he was also optimistic about the Jawahar's chances of winning.
By SANDY CLARK Sports Writer
If there's any such thing as a timely
team effort, the football team
may have had one Saturday.
Taking their No. three ranking and 10-game winning streak into Detroit, the Jayhawks were riding high. So high that the unranked Titans caught them with KU paid the price, losing 82-46 and to sixth in the national rankings.
The Jayhawks will have a chance to show renewed respect for their opponent when they meet the Kansas State University in Allen Field House. Tioff is at 8:17.
KU Head Coach Marvin Washington more grateful for the loss than bitter
The Jayhawks' overconfidence was understandable considering that they had won nine of their last 10 games by 20 points or more. At times during that period they even wen when they didn't play their best.
"THEERE NO DOUBT about it that this loss will help us," she said. "We've played 24 games and won 20 of them. I think things like this happen for a reason. This might have been just what we needed to push us."
But KU, with a second-rate effort,
couldn't get past a surprisingly tough
Detroit team. The Jayhawks shot only
30 percent from the field and 50 percent
from the free throw line. They suffered
a miserable drought in the first half,
missing all six of their free throw attempts.
That performance could be easily forgotten with a victory over K-State tonight.
"TM'SO GLAD we have this K-State game so soon," Washington said. "It'll help us forget that whole bad experience. I know the kids are eager to
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The Wildcats would also like to forget their bad experience at Drake over the weekend. They were easily beaten by the Bulldogs, 94-74.
"Our confidence is definitely down," K-State Head Coach Licky Hymick said. "We've lost a couple of games that we should have won. I think Drake is the second best team in the division to KU, and shouldn't have gotten best that beat
Nothing would get the Wildcats' confidence back up faster than a win over KU, but that may not be easy.
KU has had the upper hand in both contests against K-State this season, winning 85-60 in January and 88-64 days later in Manhattan. The Wildcats had won 21 straight games against KU on their home court before that loss.
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tonight, they will have swept the season series for the first time ever.
"We've never had a year where we've won every game from them in a season," Washington said. "I'm hopeful that the kids can do it. We'll give the ball and show more intensity. The sing most important element is intensity."
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