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University Daily Kansan, August 18. 1983
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Missouri native passed over MU Versatility marks KU's new track recruit
By KEVIN LOLLAR Sports Writer
Denise Buchanan, who will enter the University of Kansas this fall on a track scholarship, exemplifies a rare combination of athletic and academic ability.
During her career at Glendale High School in Springfield, Mo., Buchanan lettered all four years in basketball, volleyball and track.
In basketball, she was all-state her senior year, all-district two years and all-conference three years. In volleyball, she was all-conference two years.
But Buchanan excelled in track. She won two consecutive state championships in both the discus and shot put, was named All-America in discus and holds the state discus record in Missouri with a throw of 133-4.
BUCHANANN'S BEST EFFORT in the shot, 46.3, is almost two feet farther than the Missouri state record. But her throw did not qualify for the state record because she used the throw at the state championships.
These are the kinds of performances that attract college recruiters.
Buchanan, whose relaxed and open manner masks a fierce competitive drive, said that she never counted how many schools contacted her but that she thought the number was about 15. Included in that number are schools such as Georgia, Florida, Nebraska and Missouri.
KU also was suitably impressed. Who else should not be impressed?
were her marks and consistency over the years," said Cliff Rovello, assistant women's track coach. "She placed them on top of other athletes deemed to place high as she got older."
SHE WAS INDEED the model of consistency. To her best recollection, she said, she lost a couple of meets her freshman and sophomore years and didn't lose once her junior and senior years in either of her two events.
Rovelo said that Buchanan's consistency was not her only important quality.
"Another point in her favor was that she throws in both events," he said. "You want people who can do more than one thing because of a person can participate in only one event, even if they are not competing." Only it may be able to score in that event.
"So the fact that Denise was in both the shot and discus was the most impressive thing."
With all the colleges recruiting her, Buchan's choice came down to Missouri and KU. Her visits to both campuses helped up her mind.
"I DIDN'T LIGHT MISSOURL, I"
"I thought it was cold. I got the impression of a dreary冷. When I got home people rushed to open the柜 for me."
"I just liked the people more. At MU, they put me in a van, and a coach gave me a little 15-minute tour of campus.
"At KU, they gave me a type tuniciner. They showed me all around, and I stayed with the throwers. I got out of there and went to MU, I was with a coach all the time so
Buchanan is more than a superb athlete.
I couldn't find out what the throwers thought of the program."
In her four years at Glendale, she carried an 3.8 grade point average while taking, in part, trigonometry, calculus, chemistry, accounting and
This fact, too, attracted the KU coaching staff. Rovelte said.
"SHE'S AVERY FINE STUDENT.
After we look at the marks, we want people who won't be grade problems or discipline problems," he said.
Although she has not made up her mind whether to major in business, accounting or data processing, Business Studies offered the chance to KU first as a student.
"I'm not going to college with the main intention of staying on the track until I'm dead," she said.
"If I just concentrated on track and blew off my studies, I could improve more but I have more important things to about than track and covers first."
This is not to say that she hasn't set some ambitious goals for herself in
"My first goal is to make nationals," she said. "And I like to be All-America. The Olympics are in the back of my mind, but I want to wait until after college and see where I am in my development."
ACCORDING TO ROVELTO, these goals are not out of the question.
"She certainly is capable of being conference champion, a national qualifier and possibly an All-American." he said. "She has a
chance to go to to the '88 Olympics, but her peak might be in '92.
"Her strength and style are going to improve as she gets older."
Bekey McGranahan, KU women's record holder in the disc, helped support the team.
Despite her high school All-America status and state championships, Buchanan does not seem to be well suited to head swollen by past achievements.
BUCHANAN KNOWS THAT what she has already accomplished won't mean much when she starts throwing against college competition.
She said, "She's very down-to-earth. She knows where her head's at and where she needs to go. She has no idealized view of college life."
"I don't like to take anybody for granted," she said. "I know I'm not starting at the same position where I first started in high school. I'll be starting at the bottom."
"I think I can compete in the discus
In the shot, I'll have to wait and see
because我 is changing to a spin"
Buchanan has received a lot of media attention in the past four years, but she seems unaffected by it all.
"I don't care that much about publicity. In fact, I get a little tired of it at times because it slights the other people on the team.
She said she didn't even give much thought to her high school All-America status.
"It was nice at the time," Buchanan said. "I got excited about it but I don't go around talking people about it. I can talk to them, but I not have to spread it around."
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Paterno wants concentration as Lions prepare title defense
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — It's time for Penn State's players to leave the books behind and start to concentrate on football, or so Coach Joe
The defending national champion Nittany Lions begin two-a-day workouts this week in their second week of training. The team is Aug. 29 against Nebraska.
Now that exams are over, Paterno would like his team to settle down and begin training.
"There have been a lot of distractions," he said. "We haven't gotten into the groove yet, and I don't think the coaching staff has gotten into the groove." The situation is where we are, and we just have to get settled on a couple of things."
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Juniors Doug Strang and Dan Lonergan are competing to see who will replace Todd Blackledge. The contest is rated fairly even after a week of practice. Paterno said he was in no hurry to name a No. 1 player.
"I don't think there is a time limit," he said. "Who knows, it may be a half-hour before the game. I would like to let them know earlier for the kids' sake, but I feel good about our quarterback situation. Those kids have shown the squad that they are the type of people who can do a job for them."
THE BIGGEST CONCERN for Paterno at the moment is the offensive line. Three starting spots are open. The line has two holdovers from last year, tackle Ron Heller and guard Dick Magninis, but they are injured.
"We're way off offensively, and that's not because of the quarter-backs." Paterno said. "Our offensive line is having some problems, and right now that's our biggest concern. The only two players who have played any football for us are hurt, and there really is not a leader in there."
The Penn State defensive unit is considered the strength of the team, but the unit's performance has been difficult to measure because of the sputtering offense. Paterno said. In addition, he said he was concerned about depth on the defense at some positions, but he did not name them.
Although the first week of practice was not a total waste, it was not as crisp as Paterno would have liked. Much of the reason was summer school, which more than 40 players attended. Final exams were conducted last week.
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