SPORTS
University Daily Kansan, March 19, 1985
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NEWS BRIEFS
Ewing, Mullin, Tisdale repeat
BRANFORD, Conn. - Pat Ewing, Chris Mullin and Wayman Tisdale were repeaters on the National Association of Basketball Coaches' first-team All-America squad, the NABC announced yesterday.
Ewing, Georgetown's 7-foot center, was selected to the team for the third time. Oklahoma, a St. John's guard, and Tisdale, Oklahoma forward, made the 1983-84 team.
They are joined by Johnny Dawkins, Duke guard, and Keith Lee, Memphis State forward. Tisdale and Dawkins are juniors, the rest are seniors. Ewing, Mullin and Tisdale were all on the gold medal-winning 1984 U.S. Olympic team.
On March 26, the NABC will name one of
the All-Americas Player of the Year.
The second-team Division I squad consists of Jon Koncak of Southern Methodist, Kenny Walker of Kentucky, Karl Malone of Louisiana Tech, Mark Price of Georgia Tech and Sam Vincent of Michigan State.
On the third team were Xavier McDaniel of Wichita State, Leni Bias of Maryland, Benoit Benjamin of Creighton, Andrew Benton and Dwayne Washington of Syracuse.
Manue Bol, the 7-6 center from Bridgeport, heads the Division II first team All-America squad. Bol is joined by Charles Oakley of Virginia Union, Ron Nunnelly of Central Missouri State, Todd Nunnelly of Tampa and Bucker Warner of Gannon
On the Division III first-team were Tim Casey of Wittenberg, Bill Bessoir of Scranton, Reggie Thomas of Roanoke College, Terry Porter of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Dick Hempy of Otterbein College.
The NABC All-America team is sponsored by Kodak.
Silverdome to get new roof
PONTIAC, Mich. — Pontiac Silverdome officials announced yesterday that they would take down remaining roof panels to put up an entire new covering to replace the dome's collapsed roof. The new roof won't be ready until mid-June.
That means all events at the stadium are canceled until the fabric roof is in place. they said. Part of the roof collapsed during a rainstorm and the crowd grave way during the next several days.
The Detroit Pistons immediately announced they would play the remainder of their schedule at Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit, with the exception of one game that has been shifted next door to Cobo Arena. A rock group refused to move next door from Joe Louis Arena on April 5, so the Pistons had to.
James Clarkson, chairman of the Pontiac Silverdome Authority, said at a news conference that the few panels not cripped out by high winds and heavy snow would be removed so an entire new covering could be installed. The new panels are said to be of a more durable Trefon-coated canvas.
No events will be staged, Clarkson said,
Until the new roof is installed and inflated
allow crews inside to complete repairs
in the building in seats in the
*stadium*, which seats 80,638.
1. The first event, Clarkson said, will be a game scheduled for some time at an airport.
Deadline for completion of installation of the new panels is June 15.
Bird named Player of Week
NEW YORK -- Larry Bird, who set a Boston Celtics record by scoring 60 points in a game last Tuesday, was named NBA Player of the Week yesterday.
Bird shattered the team scoring record against Atlanta and helped the Celtics to a 4-0 record for the week. He averaged 43.5 points a game for the week and hit 59 percent of his shots. He also had 42 rebounds and 20 assists in the four games.
Bird, a 6-foot-9 forward averaging 29.0 points a game this season, shot 22-for-36 from the field and 15-for-16 from the foul line in Boston's 126-115 win over the Hawks. In the Celtics' other games last week. Bird scored 31. 35 and 48 points.
Compiled from United Press International reports.
The Kansas novice Crew team lifts one of two new boats down from a rack to prepare it for use. The Kansas Crew team won the Heart of Texas Regatta in Austin, Tex., last week.
Crew team's new boats helpful, not-so-helpful
The KU crew team has two new eight-man boats. One helped him win, and the other wasn't very helpful when they traveled to Austin, Tex., over spring break.
Sports Writer
The crew team won first place in the overall competition at the Heart of Texas Regatta on March 16 in Austin. They won 10 of 14 races and amassed 298 points.
By SUE KONNIK
KU used one of the new boats and loaned the other to the Texas roaring team. Texas defeated KU in the men's varsity heavywweight eight division.
"I knew it was a good boat when Texas beat us using it," Cliff Elliot, men's head coach, said vesterdav.
Wichita State placed second with 179 points, and Texas was third with 78 points. Reynolds was the first competition of the year for Texas. Teams from eight schools participated.
THE NEW BOATS hit the water for the first time in Texas, and the boats are exactly what the teams have been needing, Elliot said.
"the boats are in really good shape," he said. "During the fall we tried to row them across the river and out because of the large number of crew members and small number of boats."
The crew team has 75 members, down from 150 during the fall, and has six eight-man boats, one four-man and one double.
One of the boats was donated by Virginia Hardin, 2401 Harvard Road. Hardin has a
"I figured it was a good place to give my money, to the kids," Hardin said. "They have a lot of members and needed the boat."
son, Chris, on the team now and has two daughters who rowed for Kansas.
THE OTHER BOAT was bought with several smaller donations collected this winter.
This is the second year that KU has come out on top in the overall competition in the regatta. However, Elliot said, the program is stronger this year.
"The crew had gone down to the number of people who really want to row and work extra hard." he said. "The weather in Texas was good, and we got an a good workout."
The teams prepared all week for the regatta on Saturday. They had only been on the water in Lawrence (twice before leaving Texas) and the other teams from Texas had been rowing all winter.
The results and times from key races KU won are as follows:
- Women's novice four — KU first in 5:04.
* Mixed sight — KU first in 4:98.
- Women's varsity heavyweight four — KU first in 4:56.4.
Tennis teams back from trip to California
- Men's open eight — KU first in 4:01.7.
- Men's novice lightweight eight — KU first in 3:59.5.
- Men's novice heavyweight eight — KU first in 4:06.5.
- Women's novice heavyweight eight — KU first in 4:42.7
By MIKE BRENNAN Sports Writer
- Men's varsity lightweight eight - KU first in 4:00.3
- Men's novice four — KU first in 4:58.5
Sports Writer
Spring break may have seemed short to some, but for the men's and women's tennis team, it may have been too long.
Both teams traveled to California and spent the week in competition. The men's team played seven matches in seven days and came away with four victories, while the women played six matches in seven days and won three.
The teams played in Irvine, Calif., and head coach Scott Perelman said the weather there had been good all week. Because of the heat, he said, some fatigue and injuries occurred.
Charles Stearns, who plays No. 3 singles, severely twisted his ankle in the third set of a singles match against Richmond. In his previous two singles matches, Stearns had lost each in the third set and not wanted to lose a third.
HE WAS LEADING 5- in the third set when he went for a volley. When he jumped, his ankle twisted. Within minutes, his ankle broke and the size of an orange. Peelman said.
Stearns played 20 minutes with the injured ankle and wom the third set. 6-2
Perilemal took Stearns to the hospital after the match. A cast was put on the ankle, which the doctor there called the worst ankle sprain he had seen without a bone being broken.
"It was the most inspirational event of the west. Pereiman said "The Yale victory was incredible."
Before Friday's Yale match, the men had defeated Texas Tech and U.S. International. They had lost to California at Irvine, and were defeated by Mexico, and were in danger of losing to Yale.
THE MEN WERE down 4-2 after the singles matches. The Nos, 1 and 2 doubles matches were over, and the match was tied between the two. The Mahaffy and Mark McLiney battled Andy
Thurstone and Todd Khoury to 6-6 in the third set, forcing the match into a tie breaker.
Mahaffy and McLiney fell behind 6-7 but came back to win the tie-breaker and the match. 10-8.
"Before that match we were tired, sore and we felt sleepy. I think, but somehow the guys move the battle back."
After the Yale victory, the Jayhawks
after Richmond 7-2, to bring their overall
record to 5-1.
"All of the losses have come to teams that have been at one time or another ranked in the top 25 in the country," Perelman said. "Our program has come so far when you can split the singles with the No. 12 team. I think we earned a lot of respect this time around."
THE WOMEN'S TRIP didn't start out as quickly as the men's trip did.
The women had two full days of practice before their first match on the court, and they played every day.
for the rest of the trip and, like the men, battled injuries.
Cindy Bregin re-injured the shoulder she hurt last fall. She had to sit out the New Mexico State match, which Kansas won, 6-3.
Going into the week, KU had a six-match winning streak. That streak was snapped on the first day by California at Santa Barbara, 6-3. The Jayhawks then lost to Houston 7-2, but came back to defeat Utah and New Mexico State.
BEFORE THE WOMEN left for California,
Marie Hibbard defended Janelle Bolen in a challenge match, giving Hibbard a spot on the roster for the trip. This made Perelman slightly his line-up, which worked out well, especially in the doubles ladder.
"They put in a phenomenal amount of practice time out there," Perelman said about the women. "Their work effort was as good as it has ever been."
The Jayhawks played three new doubles combinations playing in the matches.
Track team goes south to relays in Tallahassee
Sports Writer
By DAVID O'BRIEN
While hundreds of students celebrated spring break in southern Florida, the Kansas men's track team turned in some impressive performances a little farther north in the Sunshine State at the Domino's Pizza Relays in Tallahassee.
"I thought it was a very good meet for us," head coach Bott Timms said. "I think it indicated to everyone that we will airgarder outdoor than we were indoors."
Craig Branstrom led the Jayhawks with a second-place finish in the decathlon. Branstrom finished with 7,376 points, bettering the record of 6,806 points that belonged to former KU freshman Nolan Cromwell.
Timmons said several other track team members excelled in the meet.
"Branstrom had a great mark," Timmons said. "He's already close to qualifying for the national championships. We feel he can score at nationals."
"I was very pleased with Greg Dalzell," Timmons said. "I thought his 47.9 split on the mile relaw was excellent."
the 800-meter run and finished fourth overall in one minute, 54 seconds. Dalzell also ran on KU's delay-medley and relay teams, turning in fast legs on both.
GREG DALZELL WON his section of
MIKE MILLER FINISHED second in the second division of the 400-meter intermediate hurdles by running them in a team formation. In the third division of the Jong bump with a 24-3 lead,
Dennis Malley won the pole vault
Sunday with the 14ft 5in scott.
Scott Watt had the 14ft 5in
Ron Bahm finished sixth in the javelin with a 224-0 throw. The javelin is not thrown indoors, so this meet gave Bahm opportunities to throw competitively this year.
"It tained all day Saturday and I'm surprised anybody even got off the ground in the pole vault." Timmons said. "Malley did a real good job in winning."
The Jayhawk's next competition will be March 30 at the Ralph Giggins Invitational in Los Angeles.
Swimmers end season
By DAVID O'BRIEN
Sports Writer
There won't be any members of the Kansas men's swim team in the Robinson Natatorium pool this week.
The KU men ended their season with a fourth-place finish at the Big Eight Championships March 7-9 in Lincoln, Neb. The Nebraska men joined the Cornhushker women as conference champions, easily winning the meet with a record 612 points.
Iowa State won a close battle for second place, finishing with 349 points. Missouri was third with 321 points, one point ahead of KU's 305. Iowa's olympia finished in fifth place with 155 points.
"We really did a great job," KU Coach Gary Kempi said. "We performed at a higher caliber for our potential than any team there."
The only individual winner for the Jayhawks was freshman Chuck Jones, who won the 1,650-hour freestyle in 15 minutes, 36.15 seconds. Jones defeated Nebraska's Ernie Duran, the 1984 conference champion in the event, by more than eight seconds.
cuck swam a tremendous race," Kemp said. "He swam a well well paired race to be the winner."
Kempf said senior Ken Grey was the team's top performer in the meet. Grey finished second in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:51.27, fourth in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:54.04 and fourth in the 100-yard butterfly in 50.33.
Senior Brad Coens was second in the 100-yard backstroke in 51.82, third in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:53.99 and third in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:53.32.
Jones also finished third in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:31.28.
"Ken was phenomenal, and Coens also had a great meet." Kempf said of his senior co-captains. "They have to be pleased. They had what I consider their best meet of the year."
Kempf said sophomores Karl Stumpf and Chris McCool also performed well.
Stumpf finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 57.21 and second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2.05.82. Tim Brinner captured a narrowly defeated Stumpf in both races.
McCool was fifth in the 200-yard individual medley, sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.41 and sixth in the 100-yard freestyle in 46.17.
Former NCAA official fills new football post
By CECILIA MILLS
Sports Writer
"Our men's season is over." Kemp said.
"We're going to miss the seniors, and they'll miss
A new administrative assistant for the football office started work here yesterday. Dave Didion was chosen to fill the position created by Mike Gottfried, head football coach.
Didion said that during the investigation he
For the past seven years, Didion, 33, has been an enforcement representative for the NCAA in Shawnee Mission. Didion was one of the investigators in the 1981 case of recruiting infractions by the KU football office.
Didion said he would interpret National Collegiate Athletic Association rules and regulations for the football coaches. Didion said Gottfried offered him the job March 5.
Gottfred said that Didion would serve as a laisser to the Big Eight Conference office and the NCAA as well as working with the NCA's support program for football players.
mathetic Director Monte Johnson and
assistant Athletic Director Lonny Rose.
"I KNEW little bit about KU, and I liked the atmosphere." Dillon said yesterday. "I used Kansas had quality programs. The job was interesting but limited. I'm trying to expand myself."
"He probably has the best current events knowledge of anyone," Berst said. "He knows about prospective student athletes and who is enrolled where.
Didion was graduated from Ohio State University in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in education. After graduation, Didion spent five years employed by the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in Columbus before his NCAA job in Kansas City.
David Berst, director of enforcement, said that Didion would be missed.
Didion, who was a senior employee of the NCAA, worked his last day there Friday
"He's a fountain of details."
Didion said he and his wife would be moving to Lawrence as soon as they sold the house.
Roy Stewart/KANSAN
David Didion sits among his belongings in his new office. He started a new job in the football office.