Friday, April 3, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
A group of University of Kansas Horror-Zentals pose for a team photo after winning the consolation bracket of the Mardi Gras Ultimate Friere tournament in Baton Rouge. Contributed Photo
Frisbee fans flock to Fool's Fest
Lawrence tourney to feature nation's best Ultimate teams
By Tim Harrington tharrington@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
They start with a mile or so warm-up run. Then about an hour and half of drills, practicing set plays, learning the offenses and defenses. They scrimmage until the daylight runs out and wrap up practice with a variety of stomachwrenching wind sprints.
They do this five times a week.
They play frisbee ... Ultimate
Frisbee.
They do this five times a week
And they represent the University of Kansas in tournaments across the county.
However, this weekend will be different. The Kansas Horror-Zontals don't have to fly to Santa Clara, Calif., or drive to New Orleans as they've done earlier this year.
This weekend is the 17th annual Fool's Fest, the tournament the Zontals play host to in Lawrence.
Between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at the fields at 23rd and Iowa streets and next to Robinson Center, 20 men's teams and 10 women's teams will do disc-battle until one of each group has taken a title.
Steve Chaitin, Chicago senior and Zontals captain, is optimistic about
having the home-field advantage.
"We can win it," he said. "If we play to our potential we could win the tournament, but we have yet to play to our potential."
It would be an upset if the Kansas team did win. The Zontals are a seventh seed in their bracket, and the competition will be fierce.
Among the 20 men's teams competing are some of the strongest in the country. Colorado University's Mama Bird is ranked second in the country in the Ultimate Players Association power-rating system of the roughly 150 registered teams across the country.
Other traditional powerhouses in attendance will be Carleton College, the University of Wisconsin and the Boulder, Co., club team, the Spice Boys.
The Zontals are especially looking forward to meeting the Carleton College team, which is in their pool. A regular at the nationals tournament, Carleton beat the Zontals 13-10 in the Eastern Conference tournament during spring break.
"We'd really like to put the hurt on 'em," said Dave Bruchmann, Barrington, Ill., senior and second-year Zontal. "There are certain teams that the Zontals like to turn it up for. Carleton is one of them."
In 1995, when Chaitin was a rookie Zontal, the Kansas team was the powerhouse. The team held a brief No. 1 ranking in the country but missed being one of the 12
In '96 and '97 the Zontal roster dwindled to 13 players, and it reflected in their ranking.
teams invited to the national tournament by one game.
"You could say that last year was a rebuilding year," Chaitin said.
"The past few years the Zontals kind lost their edge. But this year we have the best chance to make nationals in two or three years."
"This is the most promising group of rookies that I've ever seen," he said. "They're tall, athletic and they play with heart and pride."
The Zontals' roster is up to 23, and the team's ranking is in the low 30s. Chaitin said the rejuvenation was because of a core of seasoned veterans and a group of over-achieving rookies.
Chaitin hopes he and his rookies will be in Minneapolis, Minn., in May for the national tournament. The world Ultimate Frisbee tournament also will be held in Minneapolis in August.
It will be a big step for the 30-year-old sport, whose players are as dedicated and die-hard as any other sports'.
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Ultimate Frisbee also will make its debut as a medal sport in the 2001 World Games in Japan.
"It goes God, family, school, Ultimate," Chaitin said.
Bruchmann disagrees only slightly.
"Ultimate,family,and more Ultimate," he said.
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