SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN pane9 Kansas Relays set for 68th year Kansas junior Daniela Daggy heads down the track during practice, as senior Laura Cook, right, and freshman Carolyn Schumm run behind. The Jayhawks will compete among 80 collegiate teams and clubs in the 68th Annual Kansas Relays, which begin today. All-Americans from past, present will participate Kansan sportswriter By Blake Spurney Korean sportswriter Starting at 10 a.m. today and continuing through Saturday, more than 2,600 athletes will gather at Memorial Stadium to compete in the 68th Annual Kansas Relays. The Relays have declined somewhat in popularity compared to past years. When former world record holder Jim Ryun was wearing the pink and blue for Kansas in the 1960s, more than 25,000 people paid to watch him run the distance events. Ryum still holds the Relays' record in the mile, at 3:54.7. The men's decathlon and women's heptathlon will be held today and tomorrow, and the remaining college and high school events will be Friday and Saturday. Friday at a track coach Gary Schwartz said that the Kansas Relays was one of the five major relay events in the nation. Kansas assistant coach Theo Hamilton, a member of Kansas' track team from 1974-75, said the competition was down a little from when he competed. Kansas cannot afford to pay unattached world-class athletes thousands of dollars to attend because of budget constraints. People that attend the relays will not have to worry about a lack of track stars, however. "It is an excellent college and high school event," he said. "I'm not worried about getting sumatera post-college athletes to participate." Last year's male and female outstanding athletes, Kansas junior Michael Cox and Barton County Community College's Inez Turner, will return. So will many past and present All-Americans. Turner said she would be running the 400- and 800-meter runs, and in the 400 and 800 relays. She said that she looked to the Kansas Relays as a valuable stepping stone for her entire season. Cox, a 1993 indoor All-American in the mile, was honored as the outstanding athlete after he anchored the Jayhawks' winning four-mile and distance medley relays. This year, he will be running the Glen Cunningham Mile Run. "We're not the only ones in that situation," he said. 1 He said that many on the Kansas team looked 1993 Kansas Relays The 88th Annual Kansas Relays begin today with competition in the decathlon and heptathlon. Athletes from colleges and high schools will compete in the Relays, and athletes from competitions, in all, about 2,000 athletes will participate. Schedule Today: Decathlon and Heptathlon (start at 10 a.m.) Note: Students will be admitted for $3 with KU ID. Others must wear a Kansas Relay Buttons to enter the stadium. Buttons can be purchased in advance for $5 at the KU Store. The cost of an additional button also will cost $6 at the gate Friday and Saturday. Thursday: Decathlon and Heptathlon (start at 10 a.m.) KANSAN to the Relays as one of their biggest meets Friday: Miscellaneous events (start at 8 a.m.) Senior high jumper MaryBeth Labosky agreed. She is the defending champion in the high jump, the event in which she set the Kansas outdoor record at 6-1. "This year, the KU Relays, I believe, will be better than the Texas Relays," she said. "There's just a special place in my heart for the Kansas Relays." Saturday: Miscellaneous events (start at 8 a.m.) Nearly 80 college teams and clubs will bring athletes to Lawrence. One athlete, 60-year-old decathlete Phil Mulkey, will be attempting to break the world record in the decathlon's 60 and over division. He has participated in the RELays before, competing in the decathlon from 1955-66, winning it eight times. Schwartz said the top teams attending the meet would be Michigan, Arkansas State and Southern Illinois. One aspect of the Relays to watch may be the distance events. Michigan's women's team features indoor track and cross country All-Americans in Karen Harvey and Molly McClinton. Former All-America Wolverine, Mindy Rowland, competed at the Olympic Trials and is entered in the 3,000 as an independent. Michigan's men's team also has two cross country All-Americans scheduled to compete. Kansas topples Sooners 4-2 Jayhawks strengthen grasp on first place in conference race By Brady Prauser Kansas sportwriter "Good pitching is going to beat好 hitting any time." Cochell said. Oklahoma baseball coach Larry Cochell best summarized last night's game at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium against No. 12 Kansas. Sploitorrf improved his record to 4-0, and Kansas improved to 27-7 overall and 8-3 in the Big Eight Conference. Kansas got good pitching from freshman right-hander Jamie Splittorff, who lasted seven and two-thirds innings and struck out eight in Kansas' 4-2 victory against the Sooners. The Jayhawks have won three of their last four against Oklahoma. Senior reliever Jimmy Walker pitched one and one-third scoreless innings for his fifth save, tying the school record for saves in one season. Splittorff agreed that his fast ball was better last night than it had been all season but also conceded that the game was not a solo effort. 084648009 Kathryn Dave Bingham her and Sandi Tolstoy's performance "We're hitting, pitching well, and playing good defense," he said. "Those are the ingredients for a good ball club." "He had the best stuff since he's been here," Bingham said. "When he mixes up the breaking pitch with his fastball, he really slows down some bats." Kansas gave Splittorff an early cush ion, scoring one run in each of the first three innings. Senior second baseman Jeff Berblinger led off the game with a single, stole second base and scored on senior first baseman John Wuycheck's RBI double, giving the Jayhawks a 1-0 lead. In the second inning, Oklahoma pitcher Ron Steves walked Berlinger with the bases loaded, scoring senior right fielder Rory Tarquino, making the score 2-0. Steves, 1-0, got the loss and took and early exit from the game. Damon Gardner replaced Steves in the top of the third inning, but was met with a rude awakening. Wuycheck, leading off the inning, crushed a Gardner fistball over the right-center field fence for his fourth home run of the season, giving Kansas a 3-0 lead. Oklahoma struck back in the top of the fifth inning on first baseman Chip Glass' 2-out, 2-RBI double, narrowing the deficit to 3-2. The Jayhawks completed the scoring in the bottom of that inning on Rory Taquino's RBI single, increasing Kansas' lead to 4-2. Wuycheck said he was looking for the fastball. "He had thrown it inside on the four previous pitches," he said. Tarquinio has hit in all 11 Big Eight games. The Jayhawk defense also was a factor last night, especially in the sixth OKLAHOMA (23-12.7-5) OKLAHOMA (23-12, 17, 18) b r b r h ri rf Taylor 4 0 1 0 b Gutierrez 3 0 0 0 cf Glass 3 1 1 0 b Norton 3 1 0 1 ss Hills 3 0 1 0 dh LeCronier 3 0 1 0 lf Berry 3 0 1 0 lb Smedes 4 0 1 0 c Carmichael 1 1 1 0 30 2 7 2 KANSAS (27-7,8-3) ab r h rbi 2b Berlinger 3 1 1 0 cf Monroe 4 0 1 1 b Wuyche check 3 0 2 c Niemeier 4 0 1 if igou 2 0 0 rf Tarquinio 3 1 1 b Wilhelm 3 0 0 dh Mahon 4 0 0 ss Rude 3 0 0 31 4 8 4 Oklahoma IP, H R ER BB SC Steves 2.0 3 1 2 3 0 Gardner 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 Bellows 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Muskall Spittoff 7.2 6 2 2 8 8 Walker 1.1 1 0 0 2 2 E Willem DP Oklahoma 1, Kansas 2 LD OBklahoma 12, Kansas 8 2North Lim, Carmichael, Monroe, Wuycheck, igou RWUy Hueckey SB Berlinger ming. In the top of the inning, Darryl Monroe made a sprinting catch at the center field wall of Jason Leoncriser's deep blast, and sophomore shortstop Dan Rue robbed Mike Berry of a hit in shallow left field. Although Kansas leads the Big Eight, Bingham downplayed the sig- Senior second baseman Jeff Berblinger swings at a pitch during the Jayhawks' 4-2 victory against Oklahoma. Berblinger had one hit, one RBI and scored one run in the game played last night. pificance of the standings. "That's 11 games," Bingham said. "I'm greedy, I want to win them all. We need to keep our heads on straight and keep playing fundamental baseball." The Jayhawks have had a meteorite rise in the three major college baseball polls. Besides Its No. 12 Baseball America ranking, Kansas is No.11 in Collegiate Baseball and No.12 in the USA Today/Baseball Weekly poll. The final game in the five-game series is scheduled for 3 p.m. today at Hogland-Maupin. Senior David Soult, 5-1, will pitch for Kansas. Soult beat the Sooners on Friday. BRIEFS Softball team takes two from Shockers Kansan staff report Junior pitcher Stephani Williams shut out Wichita state on three hits in the opener. The 133b-ranked Kansas softball team swept a doubleheader from intrastate rival Wichita State last night, shutting out the Shockers in both games, 6-0 and 10-0. Williams returned in the second game and allowed only two hits, while striking out six Shockers. She improved her record to 17-4. Kansas is row 18-8-1 and will play this afternoon against Southwest Missouri State in a doubleheader that begins at 4 p.m. at the Johnson County Athletic Fields in Shawnee. Men's golf team is in third place Kansan staffreport After two rounds of the Western Intercollegiate Golf Tournament in Santa Cruz, Calif., the Kansas men's golf team is in third place, with a team score of 601. Kansas junior Matt Gogel is in third place individually, firing rounds of 72 and 74 on the par 71 Pasatiempo Golf Course, Gogel, from Tulsa, was the 1991 Big Eight Conference champion. Among the rest of the six man Kansas field, sophomore Tom Sims is in eighth place after shooting 75-74. Senior Brad Bruno is 29th, shooting a 75-77. The final round of the tournament is today. Woodard named KC athletic director The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Foreran basketball player Lynette Woodard has been appointed the first athletic director in the Kansas City, Mo. School District. Woodward scored 3,648 points in her career at Kansas, the most of any male or female player in lahvawk history. She was a member of the 1980 Olympic team and captain of the 1984 Gold Medal team. She was the first woman elected to the Kansas Hall of Fame and the first woman to play with the Harlem Globetrotters. Woodard graduated with degrees in speech communications and human relations. CORRECTION Women's golf team finishes eighth Editor's Note: Yesterday's brief on how the women's golf team teamfired in the Eskimo Pie Susie Maxwell Classic was incorrect. Kansan staff report the Kansas women's golf team was tied for fifth place after 36 holes of the Eskimo Pie Susie Maxwell Classic. But the Jayhawks shot a 44-over par score of 382 in the final 18 holes yesterday, and finished in eighth place. Oklahoma won the 11-tie tournament at the Trails Golf Club in Norman, Olda, with a team score of 934. kansas junior Holly Reynolds turned in the best individual performance for the Jayhawks with a sixth place finish at 232. Entry Fee $20 per team Tournament Begins Friday, April 23,1993 Entry Deadline Wednesday,April 21,1993 Pickleball! Tournament Begins Friday,April 23,1993 Entry Deadline Wednesday, April 21,1993 Men, Women and Co-Rec (singles and doubles) for novice, intermediate and advanced!