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University Daily Kansan, April 20, 1983
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Women's division strong in Relays
By BOB LUDER
Sports Writer
With two winter world record holders in the 800-meter run and the 3,000 run, and a world class sprinter from Nebraska, the women's collegiate field at the Kansas Relays should be something to behold.
Heading the list of women's competitors are Nadezda Dilazenko and Svetlana Ulmasova from the Soviet Union. Oizarenko is the current world record holder in the 800 run with 1:53.43, which she set in winning the gold medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Ulmasova currently holds the record in the 3,000 with a time of 8:26.78.
OLIZARENko IS joined in the 800 by teammates Teiga Minneae, with a top mark of 1:54.34, and Lydiuma Veselkova at 1:55.34. The best collegiate
time in the event is held by Drake's
Mary Simpson with a time of 2:07.14.
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Ulmasona is backed for the 3,000 by
Tsayana Pomar for 8:35.31.
Missouri Post Fischer holds the top
college time at 9:09.34.
college, the top events in the women's competition of the 58th annual Relays will include the sprints. Nebraska's Jamaican star, Merlene Otte, ranked by Track and Field News in the world's top 10 in the 100 and 200 dashes the last two years, tops the list of qualifiers in both events with times of 29.11 and 22.14 seconds in the 60m. In 10.39 and anchors Nebraska's leading 440-yard relay with a time of 43.67, far aboard the second fastest qualifying mark of 46.10 by Kansas.
OTHER TOP EVENTS in the meet include the 1,500 run, led by Soviets Tatyana Poznyakova and Nadezhda Raldugina in 3:56.50 and 3:58.17, and
the sprint medley relay, also led by Nebraska's time. 138.34.
Carla Coffey, KU head women's track coach, leads a strong Jayhawk squand in the 1983 Relays, led by long jumper Tudie McKnight, discus thrower Becky McGranahan and shot putter Sine Lerdahl.
McKnight leads the qualifiers in the long jump with a leap of 21.10-10. She is currently the Big Eight Conference outdoor record holder in the long jump and has achieved All-American status twice.
McGranahan holds down the third best qualifying mark in the discus at 159-7, behind Mary Hyeder of Missouri with 165. She is supported by team-mates Lisa Bossoch in fifth and Kari Hadby in tenth.
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LERDAHL RANKS third among the Relays' entrants in the shot put with a best throw of 49-11%.
at throw of 49.11°.
Another strong event for KU is the 400
dash with Lorna Tucker, the KU record holder, in the third qualifying position at $53.40.
Connie McKernan, Donna Smitherman and Cherise Taylor will wear the Jayhawk colors in the 100 hurdles. McKernan holds the fifth-fastest qualifying time at 13.91. Smitherman ranks 15th at 14.24 and Taylor holds down 20th at 14.74.
Dora Spearmann is the lone Jahewk
entry in the 100 dash while Annette
Craighad is the only KU competitor in
the 800 run. McKnight joins Spearmann
in the 200.
Taylor, Smitherman and Cindy Cox lead a Jayhawk triple threat in the 400 hurdles, ranking 16th, 17th and 21st among the qualifiers.
The Jayhawks' mile and sprint medley relays round out the Jayhawk contingent in the women's division of the meet.
Tennis team beats K-State
The KU women's tennis team defeated Kansas State 8-1 yesterday in Manhattan to raise its record to 13-6.
In the singles matches, which the Jayhawks swept, No. 1 Steffanie Dicke beat Christal Felder, 7.5-3, 6-4; No. 2 Christine Parr edged Tami Pepe, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5; Laura Runnels whipped Carlye Madelen, 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 3 match, No. 4 Maureen Guilfoil sue Bue Peep, 6-2, 6-1; No. 5 Bobie Stephens beat Lisa Creighton, 6-2, 6-3; and Debbie Coleman bet Beth Nencel in the No. 6 match, 6-2, 6-2.
In No. 1, doubles, Part-Dicke beat Fielder-Madelen, 63, 6-4; No. 2, Rumels-Guilffol whipped Peugh-Peugh, 63, 6-3; and Nemec-Lorabragh handed KU its only loss, beating Stephens-Coleman, 63, 6-3.
Skill, 'die-hard' image appeals to KU rugby players
KU rugby players Eric Hanson, Chris Boutte, Bob Hills and Matthew Blondell contest a line-out in a collegiate team match with Kansas City last weekend. The KU collegians won, 24-6.
By TRACI CLARK
Staff Reporter
It's a rainy day and paddles of water are scattered across the field. Time-out has been called to check on the player living face down in the mud.
The rugby player had a broken nose after being kicked squirally in the face.
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being kicked squirally in the face. The chances are good that this scenario will occur at any rugby game anywhere in the world. To many people who watch rugby, it may appear brutal, or seem to be a game without much direction. But members of Rugby Football Club misuse that rugby is not as hard as it seems — that it is in its own skill of skill and highly trained reflex.
FOR TWO FIRST-YEAR players, Cortney Drake and Phil Thonan, the hardest part of rugby is not getting hurt, but learning the rules and gaining experience.
"I like the competitiveness of it," said Thoman, a St. Louis freshman. "It's fun to get in there and hit. I just try not to goo up."
And Herrick's experiences have been both good and bad.
veteran or the gambler.
"New guys are the heart of our club." Herrick said. "Experience is the key to rugby."
Drake, a Lenexa freshman, said,
"Aside from the learning part, the hardest thing is when I get my toes stoned on."
But the experienced players offer a great deal of assistance to the new players, according to Mike Herrick, a veteran of the game.
Herrick said that every practice was a learning situation, and that it might take two years or longer to fully understand the game.
both good and HERRICK BROKE HIS neck a year ago playing rugby. He doesn't like talking about it because he said he didn't want sympathy since he had fully recovered. He isn't playing right now, but he goes to practice. He wants to play again, even though he said he would probably be more susceptible to another injury.
Rugby is, in a few ways, similar to football. But in rugby, the players are without protective pads or helmets.
During a rugby game, there are 11 players from each team on the field. Each team has two alternates on the sidelines who can only be used if another player is injured. The decision is left to the referee.
LIKE FOOTBALL, the object is to get the ball in the other team's end zone. But in rugby it is called a try zone. And instead of scoring touchdowns, rugby is scored in trys, which are worth four points. Extra points are worth two points.
Another aspect of rugby is that it is a game of continuous running.
"Football has stops," Herrick said. "But rugby flows in almost never."
THE NEWER PLAYERS said the running part of rugby was difficult. They agreed that if someone were going to play they should be in physical condition.
Thomas said that after practices, the players ran for about 40 minutes. That part of the practice is called the Death Run, and is intended to build endurance for the games, which has two 40-minute halves.
players make the competition is intense on all levels." Herrick said. "It's not at all dearranged. play Club Side B."
The KU Rugby Football Club has three divisions. One is the Club Side B. Newer players, some alumni and older players make up this team.
Next is the collegiate team. To be on this team, a player must be enrolled in at least three hours of college. This is strictly enforced, according to Herrick. New members can be brought up to the collegiate team if they are needed. Many of the players on this team, like Herrick, have years of experience.
AT THE TOP OF THE pile is the notorious Club Side A team. These players are mostly alumni, are the most experienced and tour the country. This summer, 40 members will be traveling to New Zealand to play.
"We have a wealth of rugby knowledge," Herrick said. "We really encourage beginners."
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But dedication to the learning of the rules and promise of better physical condition are not the only attractions of rugby. There is still the appeal of the tough "rugby image."
"There are two parts to rugby." Drake said. "There's the practice and game part, and the social part."
"In a game, what is very different is how two teams can be so physical, and then go have a beer with the opposing team."
home. Sastry, a freshman from India, has played for five years, although this is his first year on the KU team. He played previously in England.
ANOTHER PLAYER, Narayan Sastry, said there was more to rugby than just playing the game and then going
"There's a stronger social aspect here, it's like a ritual," Sastry said.
The ritual Sastry referred to was the songs the rugby players sing. The songs are tradition. After each game, win or lose, the players get together and
lose, the players get gored.
Some of the songs are bawdy and
off-color, and one is a ritualistic
strip-tease.
"It it's an initiation," Sastry said. "A player has to do it after he scores his first try. It's a big deal and quite an accomplishment."
SASTRY HASN'T SCORED, or performed the "Zulu Warrior" dance yet, but Drake has.
Understanding all your alternatives makes you really free to choose. Replace pressure and panic with thoughtful, rational reflection.
"The image is a big factor of comradeship. In back said, and the image is agreed.
"I thought, 'Oh no, I shouldn't have scored,' but afterwards it's not all that bad. It makes you feel proud," he said.
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Sastry said, "It helped me adjust here, I would have been lost."
Thoman said that rugby became a wav of life.
"If you have any interest in the game, you won't worry about getting hurt," he said. "It's fun, and it helped me meet people outside of the dorm."
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Drake said, "I like the tradition of being a 'die-hard' rugby player."
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Seitz, 9-1, allowed only one walk. The farthest any Wildcat advanced was to second base in the seventh inning on a one-out single and walk.
THE JAYHAWK DEFENSE retired the next two batters to end the game as KU improved its record to 27-5, the best in seven years.
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"She doesn't throw as hard as Tracy (Bunge)." KU coach Bob Stanclift said. "They had a hard time adjusting."
Setz, who had encountered control problems earlier this year, threw her third straight shutout with the win over LSU. The team came against St. Louis and Missouri.
KU GOT ITS FIRST runs in the third inning when Ann Brent, Liz Commino and Colette Seitz scored on singles by Becks, Ascencio and Tracy Bunge.
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IN THE FIRST game, the Wildcats collected their two runs on five hits as KState defeated the Jayhawks for the first time this spring. Janel Andersen, the losing pitcher in the second game, picked up her seventh win by holding KU to six hits.
her second straight loss as her record fell to 19.6. Her scores scored one run in the third and one in the fourth. The K-State defense allowed only one run, that coming in the sixth when Kim Cobb singled home Cox.
Cold sledge in. In that same inning the Wildcats foiled another KU threat. With the bases loaded, the K-State centerfielder nabbed a one-out line drive by Bunge to center field.
The Jayhawk softball team, still a little sluggish from last weekend's Missouri Invitational, came back from a first game 2-1 loss at Kansas State yesterday to win the second game, 7-0, on two-hit pitching performance by Colette Seitz.
By COLLIN HERMRECK Sports Writer
Jayhawks split games at K-State
"They're starting to put things together," St兰斯Claift said. "We expect to see two different pitchers so we'll have to play well to be in the games."
Stanclift said the games against Creighton would be important regional games as KU gears up for the upcoming playoffs.
The 2-1 loss was the fourth one-run loss for the Jayhawks this season.
KU WILL HAVE the day off today before taking on Creighton at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Holcom Sports Complex. KU defeated the Bluejays earlier this season in both games of a doubleheader.
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