University Daily Kansan / Friday, May 1, 1992
SPORTS
NCAA rule will eliminate coaching jobs
By Jerry Schmidt
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas pitching coach Wilson Kilmer said he has worked hard to get to the position he is in. An NCAA rule that will go into effect next season may erase that hard work.
The rule, passed during the NCAA Convention in Jan. 1991, will limit college baseball coaching staffs across the nation to one head coach, one full-time assistant coach and one restricted-earnings position, which is limited to a salary of $16,000.
The rule will eliminate graduate assistants. Kansas has two graduate-assistant coaches, Rob Hole and Scott Dwyer
Kilmer, 35, will be demoted to the restricted-earnings position. Hitting coach/recruiting coordinator Brad
Hill, in his second year at Kansas, will be the full-time assistant coach.
Wilson Kilmer
"Obviously,
I'm not too
thrilled about
it," said Kilmer.
"I have worked
hard to get to the
point where I
am. This is a
good situation here and it is kind of disheartening to kind of limit your livelihood like that.
"It has been a tough decision for me," Bingham said. "He wants to stay in college coaching and wants to get what he is worth. He has a good track record."
State in 1984.
Kilmer, who has a 3-year-old son,
said he will try other ways to make up
for the income he stands to lose next
season.
"We've looked at some different avenues like cambs." he said.
Kinner is currently the director of the Dave Bingham Baseball Camps and clinics. Nearly 800 kids attended lastyear's sessions.
Bingham said the rule will put an extra burden on the existing coaching staff.
"It is already a difficult job," he said.
"The sad thing is that they didn't look at baseball. This will limit the development of programs and baseball was not treated fairly."
Kilmer said coaches around the country have begun a letter-writing campaign to college chancellors concerning the rule. He said Chancellor Gene Budig has received some letters in regard to the rule.
"The cutbacks were to help the students," Kilmer said. "What young men are looking for is to be coached and the rule has cut back this ability."
Dwyer and Hole, the Jayhawks' graduate assistants, are in a worse position than Kilmer. They will be unemployed at the end of the season.
Dwyer, in his second year at Kansas, said it will be much harder to find a job now that there will be so many coaches in the job market. He said that he is willing to take a restricted-earnings position somewhere or a
position at a junior college.
Dwyer, a graduate of Menlo College, said the rule will hurt college baseball in the long run. He said others won't have the opportunity to be graduate assistants and gain valuable experience in college coaching.
"When I came here I thought I knew a lot about the game." Dwyer said. "I have learned a lot here and it is a shame that other people can't take advantage of it. I hope some things happen so this sort of thing won't happen to the Wilson Kilmers' around."
Hole, a graduate of Emporia State in his second year at Kansas, said he plans to interview for the head coaching job at Pratt Community College. He is also certified to teach and coach at the high school level but he wants to stay in the college game.
Up, up and away
Jenni Schmitz, Salina junior, throws the discus during track practice near memorial Stadium in preparation for the final regular season meet this weekend.
Softball seeded No.1 in tourney
BvCodvHolt
Kansan sportswriter
"We're going in with the attitude that we have to win," said senior shortstop Christy Arterburn. "We don't want to put it in anyone's hands."
Despite a 40-7 record, a No. 9 national ranking and the No.1 seed in the Big Eight Conference tournament which begins today in Oklahoma City, the Kansas softball team isn't taking anything for granted.
At stake is a bid to the NCAA regional tournament May 15-17. The winner of the conference tournament receives an automatic bid, but the losers are left to await an at-large bid.
Of all the teams in the tournament, the No. 9 Jayahaws are in the best position to receive an at-large bid. But Coach Kalum Haack remembers two years ago when Kansas finished the season No. 13 in the nation but placed second in the post-season
conference tournament and did not receive a bid to regionals.
"I don't think we're guaranteed of anything," he said. "We're going to have to play well and win the dadgum tournament."
Haack said he has his team confident and ready to take on all competitors.
"Bring 'em on and we'll play 'em," he said. "And hopefully we'll come out on top."
Junior outfieldter Ty Saxby said the reason for the Jayhawks' success is strong leadership from the four seniors, pitching and team defense.
"Everyone is contributing," she said.
Kansas coach Kalum Haack was named Big Eight coach of the year.
Sophomore outfieldier Kelly Bongatti, senior shortstop Christy Arternburn and senior third baseman Camille Spitaleri were all named first-team all-Big Eight.
Postseason a possibility for KU
By Jerry Schmidt
Kansas sportsunter
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas baseball team is still alive in the race to make the postseason Big Eight Conference tournament.
Kansas plays host to the Missouri Tigers in a four-gameseries this weekend.
The Jayhawks and Tigers will play at 7 p.m. onnight with a doubleheader scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow. The series will conclude with a game at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Kansas, 24-25 overall and 7-13 in the conference, are two games behind fourth place Missouri, 27-19 overall and 9-11 in the conference. For the Jayhawks to make the conference tournament, which takes only the top four conference finishers, they must win three of the four games this week
Big 8 Overall
Okahama 14-6 33-18
OSU 13-7 35-13
Nebraska 9-7 28-19
Missouri 9-11 27-19
K-State 8-12 27-23
Iowa State 8-12 18-20
Kansas 7-13 24-25
Baseball standings
end.
Plus, Oklahoma State would have to take three games against Kansas State in their weekend series for the Jayhawks to make the tournament.
Kansas coach Dave Bingham said he doesn't think the Wildcats can beat the Cowboys twice in Stillwater, Okla.
"Wehave a legitimate chance," he said. "The question is if K-State wins two games at Okla
homa State. But they will be playing for the conference championship. So it is very realistic."
The Jayhawks must concentrate on tonight's first game as they will be facing last year's co-conference player of the year, Misssouri's ';' senior pitcher John Dettet. Dettet broke his own school record for most strikeouts in a season with 127 last year.
"He's not having the kind of season he had last year," Missouri coach Gene McArtor said. "But you can't get much better than what he did last season."
Dettmer is 4-3 with a 5.37 ERA and has 81 strikeouts this season. He was 9-4 last season with a 2.63 ERA and 127 strikeouts.
A selfish sport
Rigorous schedule enables triathlete to succeed
By Chris Jenson Kansan sportswriter
The day began at 5 a.m. for professional triathlete Clark Campbell. It is a routine he won't break. His jobs as a professional triathlete, full-time student and coach don't accommodate time in the sack.
"My life is the ultimate in time management," he says. "If I ever do have dead time I'm catching up on homework or reading."
The crisp morning air on whips against the runner's tall, lanky body, as he runs down an isolated gravel road northwest of Lawrence. Dew on the bean fields sparkles as the sun begins its ascent.
"Clark is an incredible time manag er," says his mother Kay Campbell "He is very focused."
Time management and selfishness are key words for the professional triathlete. Campbell is no exception.
Triathlon was conceived, in part, by John Collins, a boisterous and big-headed navy-man who, after a few too many beers, proposed the race. It is now a fixture in its beginnings, the sport attracts eccentric and loose-screw personalities.
"This is a very selfish sport," he
said. "You, you, you and doesn't
involve me."
Campbell, a senior from Coffeeville, is neither. He is driven.
At the age of 6 he was inspired by watching Mark Spitz swim and win multiple medals in the Olympic games.
Drive and focused Campbell to athletics at an early age.
10 a.m. Clark is waiting on Wesco Beach for his exercise physiology class to begin. He is catching up on some reading and laughs when he overhears a conversation between some fellow students.
"When he was young he would draw pictures of himself swimming in front of crowds," Kay Campbell says. "He loved the thrill of winning."
In 1983, at the age of 16, Campbell entered his first trial. He had been swimming competitively since the age of 14 and was 14, but he had just started cycling.
"I like being on campus and hearing I would have done it, but I just didn't have the time." he savs.
"I am very mediocre in all three events," he says. "But I had a strong desire to succeed. When I put all three together I was pretty good."
During high school Campbell began sacrificing for triathlons.
But Campbell has always known what he wanted to do and where he wanted to go.
He finished second overall in that race. He was hooked.
"The big thing to do when he was in high school was to go out drinking."
Kay Campbell says. "He did it once and saw the futility of it. He knew he had to give up some things to excel in sports."
In 1894 Campbell entered the University of Kansas. He was an exercise science major and a member of the team. But his mind was elsewhere.
"Iwas a horrible student," he said. "I didn't realize the importance of education. When I was in class I was always thinking how I would rather be riding bikes."
"He would never really hang out
the guys," she says. "He was
always too shy."
Giving up his social life was easy for Clark, his mother says.
After his sophomore year in college it was obvious that Clark was serious about becoming a professional triathlete. He dropped out of school so he could spend his time training and racing.
"I was not into being a student. I was into being a triathlete."
"I'd always dreamed of being an elite athlete," he says. "Triathlon was
His parents weren't surprised.
"We weren't disappointed when he dropped out because he had a reason," says Kay Campbell. "He got so busy with his training and racing. Triathlon
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Clark Campbell, Coffeeville senior, shares his experience as a triathlete-by coaching the KU triathlon and swim club.
Jayhawk athletes dominate in '91-'92
David Mitchell Staff columnist
The Kansas women's tennis team captured the Big Eight Conference title Sunday. The title marked the team's first championship in 13 years.
Indeed, for Kansas athletics, 1981-92 was a championship season. The year began with the Kansas football team marching to its first winning season since 1981. With 40 returning lettermen, the team will be aiming even higher in the fall.
The fall semester also brought prosperity to the Jahaykw volleyball team. After finishing third in the Big Eight, Kansas was invited to the National Invitational Volleyball Tournament. It was the team's first appearance in a postseason tourney. Coach Frankie Albitz was honored as the conference coach of the year.
The men's cross-country team also made it to postseason play. The 'Hawks made it to the NCAA's and were ranked 15th in the nation. Senior Cathy Palacios and junior Julia Saul made it to nationalas well. Palacios also was dominant in the indoor track season. After winning two of three 1,500-meter runs, she earned All-American honors.
For the men's basketball team, 1992 brought both glorious triumphs and unbelievable defeat. The team won its second consecutive Big Eight title. And Coach Roy Williams was honored as the conference's top coach. Kansas dominated the conference and the conference tournament, but fell victim to a second-round jinx against Texas-El Paso in the NCAA tournament. However, the loss could be a good omen for the Jayhawks. The last two Kansas teams that lost in the tourney's second round, 1985 and 1990, advanced to the Final Four the following year.
The Jayhawks will return two first-team All-Big Eight guards, Adonis Jordan and Rex Walters. The last time Kansas returned two all-conference performers was with Jo Jo White and Rodger Bohnenstiel in 1968. That Kansas team finished 22-8.
Kansas also continued its domination of Kansas State in 1992. The last time the Wildcats beat the Jayhawks in Manhattan was 1983. To put that in perspective, freshman Greg Gurley was 11 years old.
Basketball success was not limited to the men's varsity team. Coach Mark Turgeon guided the junior varsity squad to a 19-1 finish.
Yet another Big Eight Championship was claimed by the women's basketball team, Coach Marian Washington was honored as the conference coach of the year after guiding the team through an injury-plagued season.
Swimming coach Gary Kempf also was honored as the conference's top coach. The Kansas women's team finished first in the conference, and senior Barb Pranger earned All-American honors for the fourth straight year
Heading into this weekend, the
kansas softball team was ranked
first in the nation.
Every new season brings remem-
brances of the one that precedes it and
the one to come.
Things have not gone as smoothly for the baseball team. After winning14 of their first 18 games, the Jayhawks have dropped to 24-25. The team can take some comfort in the fact it will lose just one senior, pitcher Curtis Schmidt.
David Mitchell is a DeSoto senior majoring in journalism.
Track team to compete
The Kansas track and field team will be competing against two of the Big Eight Conference's top teams this weekend at the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb. But coach Gary Schwartz says he isn't going to be disappointed if the Jayhawks finish third.
*Sometimes you gain things by coming in third just because of the caliber
Both Nebraska and Kansas State finished ahead of Kansas at the 1991 Big Eight outdoor tournament. But the Jayhawks are hoping to turn the tide at this year's event.
The meet will be the first meet of the outdoor season that Kansas has
"It's a good opportunity to get in a scoring meet before the Big Eight championships," Schwartz said.
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