Friday, April 10, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B • Page 5
Track teams run on pride
By Angela Johnson
Kansan sportswriter
In a track and field intrastate rivalry, Kansas, Kansas State and Wichita State will challenge each other tomorrow at the Wichita State Triangular at Cessna Stadium.
Kansas head coach Gary Schwartz said the team would carry a certain amount of pride to the meet.
"With all three state Division I schools competing against each other, there will be natural competitive ties," Schwartz said. "If you can't get excited about instate competition, you're dead from the neck up."
Like the Arizona State Invitational on March 21, scores for the men's and women's team will be tallied separately. At Arizona State, the Kansas men captured the team title and the women came in a close second.
"The key to winning this meet will be uniself fish performances on part of the better athletes." Schwartz said. "Candy (Mason)
and Scott (Russell) will be doing a lot of things."
The Jayhawks have not competed in a triangular since the Kansas State Triangular on Jan. 31, during the indoor season. In that
Scheid: Senior long jumper to lead team vs. Kansas foes
meet the combined men's and women's team until the last four events,but they finished third.
Schwartz compared track competition to a basketball game.
"In basketball, they talk about matchups," he said. "Even if we win ugly, it's still a win. We're hoping to match up strong, especially in the field events."
The Jayhawks have more strength in the men's long jump in the form of Marcus Scheid. The Overland Park senior had used up
his eligibility to compete during the indoor season, but he is still eligible for the outdoor season.
Scheid won the men's long jump title at the Texas Lakes last weekend, one of the Jayhawks biggest competitions of the outdoor season. Scheid leaped 24 feet, 53/4 inches to take the gold.
Field events begin at 2 p.m. and the running events begin at 2:30. The meet is scheduled to last about four hours.
"We look to Marcus for senior leadership," Schwartz said. "Winnning at the Texas Relays is a big thing."
"These kind of meets are the essence of what track is all about," Schwartz said. "It's about head-to-head competition. You're in shape, you're competitive, and you're ready to go."
Fitness stressed in new courses
By Erin Thompson
Kansan sportswriter
Twirling in circles until you get sick and fall down is not in the curriculum of the new spinning class at Robinson Center.
Spinning, a cycling class, is one of four new classes being offered next semester by the department of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences.
The other new classes being offered are in-line skating, marathon and 10K training and basic firearms.
James Lapoint, associate professor for the department, said the department was offering the new classes because the enrollment of traditional classes like racquetball, tennis and swimming had been low.
"We wanted to upgrade the 100 level classes and give students more options." he said.
In-line skating will be taught at
Foster said he would encourage runners of all skill levels to participate in the class but only those who were already able to run for about 40 minutes should expect to complete a marathon by the end of the semester.
Spinning is a cycling class that is taught in an aerobics class style. The class has stationary bikes in either a circle or a straight line, and a leader sets the pace.
Sport 2 Sport, 5200 Clinton Parkway. This will give students the chance to skate as well as be instructed. Lapoint said students also would be able to skate outside when the weather was warm.
Brian Foster, Atlantic City, N.J., graduate student, will teach the marathon and 10K training class. He ran cross country and track at Kutztown University, a Division II school in Pennsylvania.
"A lot of people associate intensity and skill with the love of a sport," he said. "That's not true. The goal is to run a marathon and it doesn't matter what time you finish in."
Basic firearms will be taught by George Lottes, certified National Rifle Association instructor.
Lapoint said the new classes would focus on lifelong skills.
"We're trying to offer those courses that students can benefit from and can continue to participate in when they leave the University," he said.
He said this should not discourage anyone from taking the class,
though.
Other changes also have been made to other classes in the department for the fall. Golf will now be offered for a full credit, and weight training classes will be offered earlier in the morning and later at night.
These classes would close the Robinson weight room to students not in the class.
Horses train, trainers strain in final races before Derby
On the biggest day of the year for Kentucky Derby contenders and pretenders, Favorite Trick will try to win the Arkansas Derby and become the third unbeaten starter at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Neil Howard will try to win two Derby stepping stones tomorrow — the Blue Grass at Keeneland with Lil's Lad and the Wood Memorial at Anudect with Parade Ground.
Trainer Bob Baffert already has Indian Charlie and Real Quiet, 1-2 in the Santa Anita Derby, set for the May 2 Kentucky Derby. But he could add another starter should Prosperous Bid win the Wood Memorial. Baffert won the 1997 Derby with Silver Charm.
Trainer Shug McGaughe apparently won't have a Kentucky Derby starter even if favored Coronado's Quest wins the Wood Memorial.
The Associated Press
"The Derby is out," said McGaugey, who has struggled with the talented but temperamental Coronado's Quest all year. The colt acts up badly when it's time to saddle him.
Favorite Trick, the 1997 horse of the year and unbeaten in nine starts, is the 4-5 favorite to defeat seven other 3-year-olds in the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park and to join Indian Charlie and Event of the Year, each undefeated in four starts, in the Kentucky Derby.
It will be only Trick's second start as a 3-year-old and his second for trainer Bill Mott, who replaced Patrick Byrne in January when Byrne accepted a deal to train for Frank Stronach of Canada.
Lil's Lad, first in all four starts this year, appears set for the Kentucky Derby. Parade Ground also could earn a Derby start, and Howard has a possible third Derby horse in Comic Strip, winner of the Louisiana Derby, but out of the money in the Flamingo.
Prosperous Bid will be making his first start for Baffert, who last Sunday got the colt from John Mabee.
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