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The University Daily KANSAN
February 28, 1984 Page 12
Swimmer has nation's fastest time in freestyle KU's Pease sheds shadow of former teammate
By GREG DAMMAN Sports Writer
Last year, Kansas swimmer Tammy Thomas was a double winner at the NCAA Championships. She placed first in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles and won the women's long jump.
If you've watched the KU women's swimming team in action this year, you might have noticed someone named Jonas Löwes has again in the 50 and 100 freestyles.
However, her name is Tammy Pease, and although she hasn't accomplished quite as much as Thomas, she has in the nation this season in the 50 freestyle.
Although Pearse swam in the shadow of Thomas last season, it's not as if she suddenly burst upon the scene. Last year as a freshman, she set KU records in the 50-yard breaststroke, 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard individual swimming. Pearse also finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the individual midweight.
"IT WASN'T TOO bad." Pease said,
But "I'm enjoying this year a lot
more."
Although she placed second to Thomas at most meets last year, Pease
Tammy Pease
said that swimming with Thomas helped her confidence.
"Just being able to see what she did, from where she was, and then going all the way to be the American record that I should maybe I could do the same." Pease said.
Kansas swimming coach Gary
Kemp said that Peace's development
happened in the early 1980s.
"I think it's just one of those things that when Tammy Pease came here, Tammy Thomas was the fastest in the nation," Kemp said.
Pease finished second to Thomas in the 50 and 100 freestyle races in last year's Big Eight Championships. She is behind Brianna Hull in charts, behind Thomas, in both races.
With Pease having this year's fastest time in the 50 freestyle, the Jahawks have a chance to claim the top spot at the NCAA Championships in that event for the second year in a row. And Pease has not ruled that out as a possibility.
"I HAVE A SHOT, maybe." Please
please should be ready to a least
east.
Pease swam her top-ranked 50 freestyle time of 23.39 in September at the Post-Summer Jayhawk Swimming Classic at Lawrence. Even though she was in the country, Pease said that her goal was simply "to do well at nationals."
"I can't wait," Pease said. "I'm looking very forward to it."
Her chances of doing well at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Swimming Champions are just as good in the breaststroke events.
"My breaststroke has been going real well," Pease said. "It's been fun because I've been able to go so much faster."
PEASE DISPLAYED her speed in the breaststroke this past weekend during the Big Eight meet. She won the race and was placed second in the 100 breaststroke.
"I think Tammy is a threat to win the conference meet in any event she swims," Kemp said. "She's what I call a money swimmer. When the pressure's on, Tammy performs very well."
The Jayhawks have taken 10 straight Big Eight Championships and have five returning All-Americans. But, Please respect her conference opponents.
Last week before the conference meet, she said, "There's a girl from Nebraska, she's been tied exactly in the neck. She doesn't know how she's going to swim."
As it turned out, Nebraska's Dana Powers narrowly defeated Pease in the 50 freestyle on the first day. It was the first time all year Pease had been beaten by the bounced back though, defeating Powers the next day in the 100 freestyle.
PEASE GRADUATED from Rolla, Mo. High School and although her school didn't have a swim team, she received valuable guidance from her father, Bob, who is the swimming at the University of Missouri at Rolla.
"We swam with the University of Missouri at Rolla Miners when I was younger. They were like the Jayhawks I looked up to a lot of them." Please said.
When Pease made KU her college choice, she considered more than just a job. "I had to do something," she said.
"I wanted to major in architectural engineering." Pease said. "And KU was one of the only schools that had it." He took a swim team. It was also close to home."
Pease has since switched from architectural engineering to mechanical engineering. She finds time for her job, but admits that sometimes it's difficult
"THE WORST THING about it is you get so worn out that all you want to do is
sit in a corner."
Pease works out year round and says that her off-season lasts about a week.
Kempf said that Pease benefited from a very strong combination of hard work and experience.
SPORTS
News briefs from staff and wire reports
Office has tickets for sale for KU's first-round game
Tickets for KU's March 6 opening-round game of the Big Eight Conference tournament went on sale yesterday at the ticket office in Allen Field House.
Student tickets cost $2. General admission tickets are $7.
Ticket manager Terry Johnson reported that a steady flow of customers had purchased tickets yesterday. However, he did not have figures on first-day sales.
By clinching a finish in the upper division of the conference, the Jayhawks earned the home-court advantage for the first-round game. The semifinals and the championship game will be played March 9-10 at Kemmer Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
The March 6 game is scheduled for a late starting time of 9:10 p.m. because it is part of a television doubleheader. Johnson said he didn't expect the startling time to keep local fans away.
He said, however, that some out-of-town fans might decide not to come to the game. Most home games begin at 7:30 p.m.
KU's opponent in the game will not be determined until Saturday, when Big Eight basketball teams play their final regular season games.
"If we play K State or Missouri, obviously we'll sell more," he said. "A lot of people are waiting to see who we will play."
Cloudy is Big 8 Player of the Week
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Forward Stan Cloudy of Nebraska was named Big Eight Conference Player of the Week yesterday on the strength of his 42 point, 11-rebound performance in victories over Oklahoma State and Colorado.
"We saw the old Stan Cloudy." Nebraska center Dave Hoppen said "He came out and took control."
Cloudy had 20 points in a 67-64 road victory over Oklahoma State and 22 points in a 75-67 home victory over Colorado. He was 17-of-24 from the field during the week and also had 11 assists in the two games as Nebraska improved its records to 6-6 in the Big Eight and 19 overall.
Gill says no to Cornhusker baseball
LINCOLN, Neb. — Turner Gill, whose quarterbacking skills helped Nebraska to a 24-2 record the past two seasons, will prepare for the Canadian Football League season rather than play college baseball, the school said yesterday.
Gill, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound shortstop, signed a four-year contract with the Montreal Concordes of the CFL earlier this month, reportedly for more than $3 million.
Cornhusker baseball coach John Sanders said yesterday that Gill informed him of his decision Saturday.
"Turner had indicated to me on Friday that he was still looking forward to playing for us this spring, but on Saturday he said he wanted to quit now so he could begin to prepare for his professional football career." Sanders said.
Gill was the Chicago White Sox second-round draft pick after his graduation from high school in Fort Worth, Texas.
Last June, he was selected by the New York Yankees in the 17th round of the draft despite announcing his intentions to play his senior year of
Tisdale says Sooners still underrated
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Oklahoma was a pre-season pick to finish fifth in the Big Eight but an 11-1 start in the conference — including a string of 11 consecutive victories following a season-opening 74-68 set at Iowa State — elinehed the title for the Sooners with two conference games to play.
OKLAHOMA'S OTHER two losses this season were to a pair of Top 20 teams, Arkansas and Memphis State, but the Sooners have run up victories in Arizona, Arizona State, Syracuse and twice against Big Bight runner-up Kansas.
Oklahoma is 13-0 at home this season and can enhance its NCAA Tournament value with victories this week: on the road tonight against defending Big Eight champion Missouri and at home on national television Saturday against Nevada-Las Vegas, a season-long Top 10 entry.
The key for the Sooners, obviously, is sophomore Tisdale, who ranks fifth in the nation in scoring with an average of 27.2 points a game. He also leads the conference in rebounding with an average of 10.2 a game and is a shooo-in for his second consecutive All-Big Eight membership.
You can excuse Wayman Tisdale for being provincial about his Oklahoma citizenship.
The 6-foot-9 center is flattered that his Sooners have been cited in each of the last four weeks as a Top 10 team – champions who are still undergirded.
"I'd put us in the top three behind North Carolina and maybe Houston," Tisdale said. "I think we can match up with anybody. I think we're just as good as Houston on any given night. We have the jumpers and shooters just like they do. And I think we'd be pretty even with North Carolina . . . except that they have a little more experience than we do."
TISDLE SCORED 810 points a year ago to break Wilt Chamberlain's 25-year-old Big Eight single-season scoring record and he's certain to break that record again this season, conceivably this week. He already has the top five games in the next five days (the Sooners meet Nebraska at home Thursday).
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"Wayman is stronger than he was
last year," Oklahoma coach Billy Tubas. "I weighed him the other day, and he was at 250. Last year he was at 235. And let me tell you something about that 250 — it's all man. A lot of guys put on extra weight and it translates to fat. Not Wayman — he's matured physically."
MOURSISU'S STAR FORWARD Malcolm Thomas, who was thrown off the team by coach Norm Stewart last week (pictured). He also played team, but in a non-playing capacity.
Stewart dismissed Thomas, who leads the team with averages of 17 points and 9.3 rebounds, when he refused to do some drills in practice Friday. But he phoned Stewart that night, showed up at Missouri's practice in street clothes Saturday and sat on the Tiger bench again in street clothes during Sunday's overtime victory over Oklahoma State.
"He made a mistake and admits it," Stewart said. "He apologized for his actions and remarks and that's a good starting point. He said he wants to continue his education and his basketball here at Missouri.
"BUT HE'LL REMAIN suspended until he meets his responsibilities as a basketball player and as a student to the team and to the university. I don't anticipate him rejoining the balletclub this year."
In the only other game tonight, Nebraska hopes to lock up a first-division finish at home against Kansas State in order to obtain a home court advantage in the first round of the Big Eight Tournament. The Cornhuskers are 6-4 in the league and will be 10-9 in the league and Wildcats are 4-8 in the league and 12-13 on the year. Kansas State has won only once in 11 road games this season.
Fortunately for Frederick and his
they've had the help of a campa
After use of it began during the summer of 1982, the $12,000 IBM computer has changed the Williams Fund's soliciting methods and has increased its efficiency, Frederick said.
"Without the computer, it would have been impossible." he said.
Not surprisingly, he said, donations have increased 12.9 percent in fiscal 1983 and are expected to increase by even more this year.
This marks a 57 percent increase. The figures are deceptive, however, because the last four months of fiscal 1983 were the most successful of the year for the Williams Fund. The monthly average for fiscal 1963 and the third quarter for the first seven months of this year are both nearly $90,000.
For the past three weeks, Bob Frederick, director of the Williams Fund, has been writing letters of solicitation to each of the 2,800 people who give money to the athletic department.
By MATT DeGALAN Staff Reporter
Williams Fund donations climb about 13 percent
Computer is a vital tool for KU office
Nevertheless, Frederick attributed much of the Williams Fund's success to his own efforts.
"I made our job a lot easier,"
Felicia said. "And it's more than
a year."
When Frederick was appointed director of the Williams Fund in April 1981, one of his top priorities was to automate the fund-raising system, he
The Williams Fund solicits donations for athletic scholarships and other athletic department expenses, and it funds the athletics program of the athletic department's budget.
"Our internal operation has changed dramatically since then," he said. "When I got here three years ago, we were recording contributions on 5-by 7 index cards and acknowledging those individuals with individually typed letters."
Though often regarded as a dehumanizing technology, computers have speeded the process of writing solicitation letters so much that the fund is able to add a personal message to each contributor.
"It had gotten to the place that with 2,000 contributors, it was quite a challenge."
"Every personal touch counts. People remember it."
The computer also stores information about contributors, such as names, addresses and amounts that each has contributed to the Williams Fund in the past.
After reviewing several options, including going onto the University's computer system, Frederick decided IBM computer and an IBM printer.
"It's been a great time-saver for us, and more importantly it'allowed us to get information to our people more quickly and personally." be said.
"People think that computers make things more impersonal, but in our case they are real."
The computer also reminds Frederick and his staff when to send letters to contributors who have chosen to pay in quarterly installments. If the letters are sent late, he said, some contributors may not send the money.
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