University Daily Kansan
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Thursday, Sept. 14, 1961
Harriers Seeking Big Eight Title
For the first time in 14 years Coach Bill Easton's cross country team will be seeking the Big Eight championship instead of defending it.
Last year at Stillwater, Oklahoma,
KU's Billy Mills' first place finish wasn't enough to win for the Jayhawkers as Oklahoma State captured second, third, and fourth spots to sew up the team title.
Hoping to fill Mills' shoes is senior captain Bill Dotson who finished fifth in the Big Eight meet last year after bypassing the sport his sophomore year. In outdoor track last spring, Dotson was the fourth fastest college miler with a 4:02.9 clocking.
THIS YEAR MILLS, last year's captain, is gone. In Big Eight cross country meets Mills placed fourth as a sophomore, second as a junior, and first last year. In the NCAA cross country meets Mills placed 5th-6th-5th.
JUNIOR BILL HEYWARD will be counted upon heavily. Last year Heyward won the Texas Relays 3000 meter steeplechase. His winning time topped the national lists for several weeks.
Expected to give the Jayhawk harriers a big boost are Mike Fulghum and Bill Thornton. Last fall the pair competed for Coffeville Junior College and finished 1-2 in the national junior college meet.
Thornton transferred to Kansas second semester last year and was a mainstay for the Jayhawkers during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Thornton, an 880 man, ran third position on KU's two mile relay
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OTHER upperclassmen counted upon for help are Dan Ralston and Larry White, a junior college transfer from Hutchinson.
team which held the fastest time in the nation for several weeks.
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"The presence of transfers Thornton and Fulghum will enhance the team considerably. Both are outstanding runners with a lot of experience."
The harriers opened practice for the fall season Monday.
"We think we have a very fine team," said Coach Easton. This year we have competition for the top spots. Our depth will make us a much stronger team over last year's squad.
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COACH MITCHELL HAS NOT asked for much defensive work from his top 22 players and an evaluation is hard to make on that basis.
Jayhawker Trail
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Individually, possibly the most awesome performance, on a consistent basis, has been that of the offensive displays by burly Curtis McClinton.
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The 215 pound senior has been the toughest runner to tackle throughout practice and looks as though he may well have the best year of his stay at KU.
AMONG THE LINEMEN, Elvin Bashem again seems to be leading the squad in the "guts and determination" department. Bashem, weighing in at 190, 15 pounds more than last fall, has apparently lost none of his fire and agility and continues to be a very reckless but smart defender and a vicious blocker.
In general, the Jayhawker preparation to the present can safely be called satisfactory; but hardly up to the level which will be necessary to achieve the lofty positions in the national polls which have been predicted for the Crimson and Blue.
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