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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 1, 1963
MIKE DOWNEY . . . all-America swimmer transferee from SMU.
By Randy Neil
Swimming Picture Looks Brighter
KU's swimming team will likely be among the top three contenders for the Big Eight crown this year. With Oklahoma still the team to beat, Coach Dick Reamon feels the Jayhawks are finally in a position to challenge the Big Red.
"I feel there will be a top man in every event," Reamon said. "We are blessed with the best talent we've had in years. With Nebraska being the other big one to beat, we should do no worse than third."
Reamon, in his second year as coach after being an all-Big-Eight swimmer two years ago, will rely mostly on the depth from his 1963 squad, but he has high hopes for four freshmen and one college transferee.
RETURNING FROM THE 1963 squad will be sprinters Dick Bisbee, Steve Brooks, and co-captains Bill Mills and Mike Caldwell. Another spinter and holder of four freshman records is Jerry Higgins, who is expected to return in the spring after one semester of inelegibility.
Coach Reamon's surprise package of the year could be Mike Downey, a transfer student from Southern Methodist University.
"Mike was a two-year all-America at SMU and could prove to be the best all-around swimmer to ever enroll at KU. He could mean the difference between a close second and a strong first in the conference," said Reamon. Downey's mainstay is the backstroke.
"Backing up our team in 1964 will be our diving squad," explained Reamon. "Point-wise, they finished first in the Big Eight last year and their reliability may mean the difference for victories in dual meets."
KU's top divers are Ron Marsh and Don Buckholz.
WHILE THERE are only four freshmen on the team, Reamon is counting on them to use their experience to add depth to the squad.
They are: Don Pennington, Shawnee-Mission; Gary W. Nelson, Kansas City; and Martin Holmer and Steve Graham, both of Wichita. All have been in competitive swimming for seven years and hold AAU medals in various events.
Reamon feels that the swimming scheduled this year is probably the most challenging KU has ever faced.
The schedule:
Dec. 13, Colorado at Boulder; Dec. 14, Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs; Jan. 27, Texas A&M at College Station; Jan. 28, Texas Tech at Lubbock; Feb. 7, Washington University at Lawrence; Feb. 14, Kansas State at Manhattan; Feb. 22, Nebraska, here; Feb. 29, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska triangular meet at Norman; March 5, 6, and 7, Big Eight meet at Ames, Iowa; March 27-28, NCAA meet at New Haven, Conn.; and the National AAU meet at Bartlesville, Okla.
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