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University Daily Kansan, March 30, 1983
Joking sprinter gets serious about setting personal goals
By EVELYN SEDLACEK Sports Writer
Snicker all you want about the ambitions of Dora Spearmon.
She doesn't care that people laugh at her, because most often they are laughing with her. She is not only known as a team clown, but also as one of the fastest sprinters this season on the Kansas women's track team.
On or off the track, she is frequently outgoing and outspoken. And because Spearman is the one to make jokes, her teammates thought they'd play one on her by digging up her childhood nickname — Doo.
ALTHOUGH SPEARMAN is often either making jokes or taking them, she takes college life — both athletics and studies — very seriously.
"My mother told me before I came to Kansas, that I should always give my best in whatever I planned to make of myself," she said.
Spearmon, who is one of 14 children, sees track as both a sport and a way of getting to college, something that might not have been possible without a track scholarship. She said her mother helped her keep that in perspective.
"She stressed the importance of a good education, which is something KU offered along with a good track program. Here my studies come before track. I am responsible for both, but an additional responsibility is something you can always rely on."
SPEARMON CAME to KU to compete in a high school prep meet in January 1881. Carla Coffey, women's
head track coach, learned about her through Donna Schulenberg, Spearmon's coach at Eisenhower High School in Robbins, Ill.
KU also knew of Dora through her brother, Wallace, who was being recruited by the men's track program.
"We knew her brother and went through that direction to learn more about her," Coffey said. "At the time it was a little strange how you can see that you get the other, Dora signed with us in 1801, but her brother chose Arkansas over KU."
In high school, Spearmont lettered all four years in basketball, cross-country and track. She received the MVP award from UWF and was selected All-American, All-State. All-Area and All-Conference during those years.
"SHE'S GOT TALENT, that's for sure. She can readdy a lot of strength to our spirt areas." Coffey said. "She's able to come into her own," she said.
Coffey said that the adjustment to the collegiate competition had been difficult for Spearman, who had to learn to run against much faster opponents. She said that Spearman's times had dropped because of the adjustment.
"Last year was sort of a frustrated year for her, being her first year," Coffey said. "For comparison, Dora's best time in the 100-yard dash is 12.11. Her second time is 11.6, a range that she ran in high school and still is capable of running."
for the Jayhawks in 25.0. She had run that same race in 23.4 in high school, a time Coffey said she was sure Spearman could clock again.
In addition to the 100-yard dash,
Spearman has run the 200-meter dash
"TODAY. THE 200-meter dash would be one of Dora's best opportunities to qualify for the NCAA outdoor nationals." Coffey said. "It's early yet in the season to make such a statement, because she still has a slight problem with a hamstring injury she received last year.
"Through the injury has healed relatively well, she still has to stretch a long, long time before she runs. So far she's been doing all that work and that's what she wants to do."
Spearman said since her recovery from the injury, she had run faster than
"I feel like I'm stronger than I was then," Spearmann said. "I expect that I'll be off to an even better start next year. I think I have a chance of making it happen." He sprinted up the sprinter, but I don't know if I want to stick with track after I graduated."
AS SHE SAT relaxed in the bleachers, she appeared nonchalant as she looked over the track in Allen Field House. Spearman spoke about the future and about the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
"At the present time I can't predict that will happen," Spearman said. "I have been working on it."
"The possibility of making them isn't completely out of her reach," teammate Cherise Taylor said. "She's one of the biggest contributors to the indication that it takes to make it happen."
By United Press International
NEW YORK — Two good teams that missed the thrill of competing in the NCAA tournament will seek the satisfaction of being a "Consolation No. 1" when they meet in the finals of the National Invitation Basketball Tournament tonight at Madison Square Garden.
The match-up will be DePaul, for 40 years a contender for top honors in college basketball, against Presto in college for a name if itself in college basketball.
Fresno State to meet DePaul
grounds that the Broadway odd-makers know coach Ray Meyer runs a first-class operation and are largely successful. State's basketball background
DePaul is a slight favorite on the
DEPAUL, WHICH advanced to the finals with a 68-58 victory over Nebraska, has a 21-11 record, while Fresno State, which whipped Wake Forest, 86-62, in the semifinals, has a 24-10 mark.
Meyer said Fresno State was not to be taken lightly and pointed out that he attempted to recruit some members of the team for DePaul.
"I know the makeup of the Fresno State sound," he said, "Most of them
worked out in our gym and I tried to recruit some of them. I know them and they're good."
MEYER SAID he was dissatisfied with DePaul's showing against Nebraska despite the final 10-point margin — especially because the Blue Demons continued their habit of missing free throws. Meyer said that poor free throw shooting was response to five DePaul losses this season.
"We didn't play as well as we normally do against Nebraska." Meyer said. "The reason was, Nebraska would be the way they thought we would."
Iowa coach takes Arizona job
By United Press International
IOWA CITY, Iowa / Lute Olson, the winning basketball coach at the University of Iowa, has accepted the coaching post at the University of Arizona, Iowa Athletic Director Bump Elliott confirmed yesterday.
the post, with a base salary of $80,000 and the balance in trenues benefits.
"He made the decision that he will accept an offer to move to the University of Arizona as basketball coach." Elliott said. "Olsen's decision was sudden; it certainly wasn't pre-planned in any way, shape or form."
OLSON WILL replace Ben Lindsey, who was fired this season — his first at Arizona — after his team finished 1-17 in the Pacific Ten and 4-24 overall.
Olson, who had eight years left on a 10-year contract, reportedly was of African descent.
"THERE'S NO question about the fact that time is on getting and we want to get a replacement as soon as we possibly can."
"It's really hard to say exactly how soon (a successor will be named), but we certainly will start just as soon as we possibly can in observing all the various things that go along with the replacing of a major coach," he said.
Olson took the Hawkeyes to five straight NCAA post-tournament appearances, a Big Ten record ten and fifth in the league at 10-8 this year.
Iowa was seeded No. 7 in the NCAA Midwest Regional this year. The Hawkeyes beat Utah State and Big Ten in a closely contested first before bowing to Villanova, 55-54.
Weather hits, so players sit
Kansas 'unpredictable weather continued to wreak havoc on the baseball season, raining out today's baseball games and yesterday's scheduled softball game.
Today's canceled doubleheader against Kansas Newman is the third home baseball game affected by weather this season.
Yesterday's softball home opener against Missouri has been rescheduled for 1:30 p.m. April 4.
The softball team will play in the Southwest Missouri State Tournament
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