Page 8 University Daily Kansan, February 17, 1981
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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 Jayhawks their 11th Big Eight Conference team. The team and team members are excited about it.
KU is fresh off a victory this weekend against reigning Big Eight champion Ben Hogan, carrying a 4-4 record into the conference championships next month in Norman. Ola.
"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 ha'ven't done that."
Before the meet, KU Coach Bill Spain said that for the Jawahringh to win the Big Eight Championship they would need to have a 75-40 victory did not hurt, calling off a 84-46 victory.
DAVE KRAUSKAN assists With the big Jayhawk for an audience, Kansas diver Ben Spencer heads for the water during Saturday's dual swim meet with Nebraska at Robinson Nstatorium. The Jayhaws defeated the Cornhurricane 68-45.
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." Spald said. "I think that our winning those first few events got them a little down."
Leading Kansas was Rowland, who won the 200-meter freestyle and 100 freestyle, Bob Vince, who captured the 500 freestyle and co-captain Steve McKinnon who set a pool record in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:54.32.
NOT ONLY DID the Jayhawks swim well, but Spaun 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 divined," he said. "Mark Murphy 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.
Spahn also expects a tougher test from Nebraska later in the season.
"We beat Nebraska twice last year by a wider margin than Saturday's meet and the turned around and won big Eight Championship, 'Owland said.
"WE SWAM WELL Saturday, but in three weeks it could be different," he said.
I Nebraska wants things to be different they will have to reckon with Graves because, according to Spahn, the driving force is the driver
“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."
For four years Graves has been a mainstay in the KU program. He has spent more than 30 years teaching.
every year that he has been at KU and is expected to be among those competing for national honors this year in Austin, Texas.
LAST YEAR WAS perhaps Graves
finest year. He finished 14th 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. "I just aust of lot of fun."
Graves has broken six Big Eight
But the story of Steve Graves goes beyond his accomplishments in the pool, according to Spahn.
"He'll be a very successful person in what ever he does," Spain said. "He is a very hard worker at whatever he does." And that's where 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. m.s 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, "Spah said. "It is good 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. "It takes a little discipline and a lot of studying on weekends, but most of the other guys on the team do well in school also. I don't think 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 Jawahara chances at winning the race.
By SANDY CLARK Sports Writer
If there's any such thing as a timely
basketball team that 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 on the ground paid the price, losing 52-46 and falling to sixth in the national rankings.
The Jayhawks will have a chance to show renewed respect for their opponent when the Kansas Wildcats tonight in Allen Field House. Thoiff is at 7:30.
KU Head Coach Marian Washington more grateful for the loss than bitter.
"THERE'S 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."
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 won even when they didn't play their best.
records and is the current conference record-holder in the 200 and 400 individual medleys. He also holds school records for the 1980s and the 200 and 400 individual medleys.
But KU, with a second-ear effort,
couldn't get past a surprisingly tough
Detroit team. The lajwahays shot only
30 percent from the field and 56 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.
"I'm SO GLAD we have this K-State game so soon," Washington said. "I will 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 Lymie Hickey 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 we've had it gotten best that bad.”
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 88-68 days later in Manhattan. The Wildcats had won 21 straight games against KU on their home court before that loss.
tonight, they will have swept the season series for the first time ever.
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"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 have to control the ball and show more intensity. The single most important
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