Sports Page 10 University Daily Kansan, February 28, 198 $ ^{2} $ 'Hawks win two Big Eight championship titles Women win ninth straight Tracksters continue to dominate conference with record-breaking swims By COLLIN HERMRECK Sports Writer KU Women's Swimming coach Gary Kemp said before going into the Big Eight championships that this year's team was probably the best he had seen in his eight years at KU. The Jayhawks proved him right this past weekend, compiling a record 874 team points en route to their ninth straight conference title in Norman, Okla. Nebraska won a close battle with Iowa State for second with a distant 427 points followed by the Cyclones 423. Oklahoma finished fourth with 350 and Missouri fifth with 293. "I'd rate this as probably the best performance ever in the Big Eight," Kempi said. "They were a very competitive team and very team-oriented. We proved why we've owned the Big Eight championship now for the last nine years." After the totals were counted up Saturday, the Jahyahws had captured 13 of the 24 conference records to give them a total of 19 spots in the record book. Junior Jenny Wagstaff was named the meet's outstanding swimmer for the second time in three years and earned that honor with record-setting finishes in the 100 and 200-yard butterflies and 200 and 400 individual medleys. She also kept her title in the 200 freestyle. Senior Tammy Thomas nabbed four records, three of which she previously held, with top individual finishes in the 50 freestyle, 30 butterfly, 100 freestyle and 100 individual Freshman Tammy Pease made her presence known by establishing a Big Eight record in the 100 breaststroke. She edged out defending champion Dawn Lamarca of OU for the刀。 Other record-setting performances for the Jayhawks came in the 200, 400, and 800 freestyle seasons. The Jayhawks, who won 18 of the 24 events, also got first place finishes from Celine Cerny in the 50 and 100 backstrokes, Stephanie Raney in the 1,650 freestyle and the 300 medley relay. Among Kempf thought the Jayhawks were a little slow at times in the preliminaries, he said the women saved up their strength and went all out in the finals. "We have a habit of calling the final showtime," Kempf said. "Sometimes we're show in the preliminary, but we're a finals show." The Jayhawks got important second and third place finishes from Tana Bauen, Mary Kay Fitzgerald, Susan Schaefer, Kelly Burke, Maureen McLeury, Peary, Ceren, Wagtail and The only events the Jayhawks did not place in the top three were the one and three-meter diving competitions. Kempf and his staff decided before the meet not to take any divers but rather to go with 18 swimmers. That strategy seemed to pay off as every KU entry scored. "We dominated more than I expected," Kemph said. "We swatter better than we ever had before." Thomas We wanted it more, and once we get on a roll, we're a dangerous team." The Jayhawks have now won every Big Eight championship since the first in 1975. The 874 points was the most points KU has scored in the conference championships. The first and second day team totals also surpassed those records, as KU finished Thursday with 300 points and Friday with 295. "I am as proud of this team as any team before, if not more," Kempf said. "They are a dominant team, and the ladies proved to themselves that they're a good club." Still ahead for the Jayhawks is another season goal, placing in the top 10 teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships, March 17-18 in Lincoln, Neb. The recent addition of Cerny and Pease have given KU nearly 20 entries for the NCAA meet. The imgung we showed was that what we've done all season long was very good," Kempf said. "We've built more and more confidence. We're in the air and we're on our way." Bob Timmons, return as KU men's head track coach was not an easy one. Timmons, who was forced to sit out all of the indoor season because of a stroke, sat Saturday that he had been a "nervous wreck" throughout most of the Big Eight Indoor Championships last week at the Bob Devance Center in Lincoln, Neb. But what happened on Wednesday was their fourth straight conference championship by finishing 15 points ahead of second place Missouri. unET THE JAYHAWKS, led by Deen Hogan's world-best time in the quarter-mile and Jeff Buckingham's 18-1 effort in the pole vault, scored 95 points to MU's 80. Iowa State, placing third with 77 points, was followed by Kansas State with 64, Oklahoma with 62, Colorado with 54, Oklahoma State with 50 and Nebraska with 45. "I felt very nervous all day." Timmons said. "Early on, we were thinking we may have lost it," centerday we had a big day. Today, we were feeling more secure. Our foot, we were looking back over our shoulder all day." After Friday's preliminaries and finals, it appeared that the only way the Jayhawks would lose the meet was by not showing up for finals on Saturday. The 'Hawks scored 18 points in the long jump and two points in the three-mile run to build up an eight-point lead in the N.F.L. playoffs, also qualified eight others for Saturday's finals. Only Missouri and Oklahoma had as many finalists. DURING FRIDAY'S long jump competition, Warren Wilhite, jumping in his first meet in a Jayhawk uniform this year, leaped a seasonal best of 25-8 to set a Devanty Sports Center record and to quality for the NCAA Indoor Championships in March. Finally, three were teammates Mark Hanson, third with a jump of 24-1, and Siniya Ovolabi, fifth at 24-1. "I can't help but be pleased with a win." Wiloite said, "but I always want to jump farther. I've only been in two meets this year and I'm not sure if I'm going to meet, but I'm quite pleased with the results." "My biggest goal right now is to win nationals. Barring any more injuries, it should be a stellar Also on Friday, distance runner Brent Steiner ran the three-mile in a time of 13:52.2 to finish The first sign of collapse came when Owolabi, who was the heavy favorite to take his second conference indoor title in the triple jump, felt the effects of a severe bruise on the heel of his takeoff foot and scratched all three of his preliminary jumps. "I bruised my heel in the long jump yesterday." Owlabi said Saturday. "I probably shouldn't have long jumped, but I'm glad I could help out the team there." I was disappointed, though, because now I won't be able to compete in the nation's." The Jayhawks still earned one point out of the triple jump from Glen Foster's sixth-place jump. OWLABOUS INJURY was just the beginning of KU's problems. Within about 30 minutes, pole vaulter Jim METER pulled a leg muscle on an approach run; Anthony Polk, the second fastest qualifier on Friday, had a false start in the 60-yard dash; and the distance medley relay finished a disappointing fifth despite strong legs from Todd Ashley, who had a time of 2:59 for a three-quarter mile leg, and Greed Lebert, who had a 4:10 mile. The Jayhawks were down and definitely needed a good performance to pick them up. "I felt excellent the whole way," an elated Hogan said. "I ran relaxed for the first 400 and then opened it up a little on the last stretch. I knew Uti was going to be tough, but I had predicted a time of under 47 seconds and knew that would win." Enter Hogan in the 440 dash. Just coming back from an illness, Hogan looked controlled and relaxed the whole way. He finished strongly down the final straight to hold off Iowa State's Sunday Ui. Hogan achieved a time of 46.88, unbanked for a quarter on a 229 yard, unbanked track. MEANWHILE, THE pole vault field had dwindled to Buckingham and his conference rival from Oklahoma State. Joe Dial. Already eliminated was last year's NCAA indoor national champ Doug Lyle of Kansas State, who went out at 17-8 $\frac{1}{2}$. Both Buckingham and Dial cleared 17-8 $\frac{1}{2}$ but failed on their three tries at 18-1. However, because both vaulters were deadlocked with the same amount of misses, they were given a fourth try at the 18-1 barrier. Buckingham cleared the height cleanly and Dial missed to give the KU senior the victory. "I'm disappointed I didn't go any higher." "I knew it would come down to Dial and me, and I thought 18-4 would be good enough to win. I thought I would get 18-4 today with no problem, but I thought I would get 18-4 and I could get the first three points for the team." KU'S ONLY OTHER individual win came in the 1,000 run when senior Van Schafer took the lead with a lap to go and held off a late charge by Leigh Koehler. The run was 2:11.83 to 2:11.84. "I didn't know for sure if I'd won," said Schaffer, who has lost just one race over the 1,000-yard distance this year. "The pace was going a little slow, so I decided to take the lead a little bit earlier than usual. I'm glad I was able to hold on because I'd just about hit it at the Several other Jayhawk athletes gave strong performances to contribute to the team victory. GUNDY BUMDY but his second-best career time in the 1,000 was good enough for third place. Gundy came back later in the day to finish fourth in the 1,000 with a time of 2:12.03. in the 1900s with a title of L.2.12. Junior weightman Clint Johnson threw the shot 59-9-3 to place second behind Kansas State's Greg Bartlett's 63-2-4. Mark Rau, the Big Eight champion in the 600 run in 1981, placed fourth in the event this year in 1:09.99 behind Kansas State's Mike Bradley's Big Eight record time of 1:09.89. Rau took the lead with a hap to go but was passed by Bradley, and he continued his passage by Mike Cielocha down the final straight. "I wasn't happy with my finish, but I'm happy I scored." Rau said. "I just didn't have the strength or leg speed to keep them off down the last straight. But the season isn't over yet." JOHN SEASE, who had Friday's fastest qualifying time in the 60 high hurdles in 7.31, finished third in 7.36 on Saturday behind Davidson and winning and national-quality time of 7.29. High jumper Pat Craig jumped 6-11 to place fourth. Iowa State's Brian Tiegenjus won the event with a Bigh eight Record 7-4, breaking the former Jaswyk Hawk Y Peacock set his year. The Jayhawks finished off the meet with a third-place finish in the mile relay behind The Jayhawks were without the services of last year's 600-run champion Rodney Bullock. Bullock failed to show up for team practices in the two weeks prior to the Championships. Cyclones fall to full-court Kansas effort The women's basketball team proved that their loss to Kansas State earlier in the week was only a temporary setback as they rolled by Iowa State. The Iowa State Field House was also a sparse audience of 150. The Jayhawks, whose six-game winning streak was snapped earlier in the week, put together a team effort to control the contest against the Cyclones. Although the regular starting five began the game for Kansas, Washington substituted freely, playing the entire bench. Some of the players hadn't seen court time since the semester began, when Philicia Allen became eligible and Vickie Adkins rejoined the lineup. "You have to have a bench," Washington said. "The rules say you have to start five, but that's not going to be the case." The game wasn't as wide open as the final score. Until the final ten minutes of the contest, when KU scored 10 unanswered points, the 'Hawks were pushed hard for control. "We have a certain tempo that we like to play and when the other team plays a little faster or slower, you have to struggle." Washington said. "We were fuiting that throughout the game." "This was really the first ballgame that we've been able to stay with full court pressure, I think that our full court pressure put the game in our own hands we have to just work constantly on our plan." Wildcats win 200th contest, 70-63 Allen, KU's 6-4 center, was in top form, controlling the inside lane to score 21 points and grab 7 rebounds. Angie Snider, who had scored 31 points in the first matchup between the two teams, came from some around him. Vickie Adkins took up the slack to pump in 22 points and grab six rebounds. As a team, the 'Hawks, now 8-4 in conference action, shot 52 percent from the field and 70 percent from the line. Iowa State's percentages were better, 51 and 80, but the Cyclones turned the ball over eight more times, and KU's ball control made the difference. KANAS M M FG FT B R A T F Adkins, B 35 4.6 5-5 1 4 1 12 Adkins, V 32 19-12 1-3 7 0 2 22 Alen 26 11-23 1-2 0 4 0 11 Stein 62 15-12 1-2 0 2 1 11 Snider 32 15-14 1-2 2 2 0 11 Hurley 17 0-2 0-2 2 1 1 0 Larsson 5 0-2 0-2 2 1 1 0 Platt 6 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 Slauster 6 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 Mauka 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 Schell 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Myers 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 Maitin 36-07 12-17 12 30 11 17 84 control teams in the The women finish out their home schedule at 7:30 tomorrow night against the Nebraska Cornhaskers. IOWA STATE Cain 22 3-1 0-1 4 1 3 6 Cain 32 5-7 0-1 4 1 3 6 Hurrell 8 1-2 0-1 4 1 3 2 Hurrell 35 5-12 0-1 4 1 2 4 Lesman 35 8-12 0-1 7 1 2 14 Lesman 35 8-11 0-1 7 1 2 14 Thacker 35 0-11 0-1 0 1 1 4 Thacker 35 0-11 0-1 0 1 1 4 Mason 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18 Mason 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18 By GINO STRIPPOLI Sports Writer It had all the earmarks of a typical Kansas-Kansas State basketball game. Alen Field House was packed to the rafters with boisterous Kansas fans and a regional television audience looked on as the two teams, led by Joe Maddon in the Big Eight Conference, preformed for the play. prep. to play But something went wrong, and that something was the play of the Kansas Jayhawks. The Kansas State Wildcats broke a seven-game loose streak by defeating the Kansas Jayhawks, 70-63, before a sellout crowd of 15,200 on Saturday. "THIS WANN'T an all-time low, but it was close," head coach Ted Owens said following the game. "This is one of the most disappointing losses we've ever suffered." "We had been taking steps forward in our few games, but today we were back to our normal routine." Kansas was just a shadow of the team that had defeated Oklahoma on the same court just a few years ago. Buddv Mangine/KANSAN K-State's Jim Roder tries to find an open teammate as he is stopped by KU's Calvin Thompson and Ron Kellogg. the fifth straight time. The Jayhawks shot just 28 of 70 from the floor and turned the ball over 16 times. They also were unable to stop the Wildcats, 4-8 in the conference and 12-13 overall, from getting the ball inside to their big men. "We were a half step behind all day," Owens said. "I was worried about the psychology of this game. All I read was that we had the momentum and they were on the way down." "You have to be hungry to win and we just never asserted ourselves." Jeff Dishman, who has never played in a Kansas victory over K-State, then came alive. He followed a Kelly Knight miss to close the gap to three points and then he stole a pass and went the length of the court for a thunderous arrow K-State to lead one, 32-91, at hallway. THE JAYHAWKS led early in the contest, 18-17, as Kerry Baggio scored eight of Kansas' 18 points. The Wildcats then outscored the Giants with a 32-27 lead with 1.13 left in the opening half. The momentum from Dishman's two late baskets carried through to the beginning of the second half, as the Jayhawks outscored the Wildcats, 12,6 to take a five-point lead, 43-38. The lead, Kansas' biggest of the game, was the last hurrah for the 'Hawks. "WE HIT A LITTLE spurt in the second half where we played well, but for the most part we played the way they wanted us to." Owens said. "We played like a different team. On defense, we just moved with them." From that point on, it was all Kansas State. The Wildcats scored the next seven points to take the lead, 45-43, and after Kansas tied it in the fourth, the Wildcats put the game away with six straight points. Kansas State was led by freshman guard Jim Roder, who had the best all-around game of his career. He scored 17 points, grabbed seven touchdowns and had no turnovers to pace the Wildcats. "We just have to keep our heads up." Boogan said, "There's only one place to go and that's The Jayhawks will close out their regular season with games against Nebraska at home and Colorado on the road. Kansas, tied with Colorado in the basement of the Big Eight at 3-9, then go on the road for their first round game in the Big Eight playoffs. KANAS M M FG MT R A R A TP Beogni 35 0-11 1-2 1 6 2 12 Thompson 29 2-8 0-0 3 1 3 4 Knight 35 0-16 1-1 1 1 4 5 Heury 35 0-16 1-1 1 1 4 5 Heury 22 1-4 0-1 1 4 4 2 Kellogg 16 1-5 1-2 1 4 2 3 Dishman 77 4-1 0-4 1 4 2 3 Martin 4 0-1 0-1 1 4 0 0 4 28.70 1-4 75.17 14 0 63 KANAS STATE Jackson 26 2-5 3-3 6 1 1 7 Lakota 20 2-7 3-2 6 1 1 7 Tall 20 5-12 4-2 5 1 4 14 Marschall 32 1-9 4-2 5 1 4 18 Roder 40 5-4 3-2 6 1 1 11 Roder 24 5-4 3-2 6 1 1 11 Degner 18 2-5 3-4 1 0 1 11 Cody 8 2-2 1 0 1 0 11 McIlish 8 2-2 1 0 1 0 11 McIlish 28 5-3 4-0 39 10 12 7 'Hawks, Sooners both place fourth The Kansas women's track squad shared a fourth place finish with Oklahoma at the Big Eight Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday in Lincoln, Neb. The two teams compiled 41 points, while Nebraska chalked up 172 points to take the conference title for the fourth consecutive year, beating out Kansas State in second and Missouri Jayhawk Sine Lerdahl placed second in the women's shot put behind Karen Wood of Nebraska, with 47-10 throw. KU's Beesman, with a 42-33 mark, a personal best for her. Kansas long jumper Tudie McKnight jumped 20-5.1, a KU indoor record, on Saturday to qualify for National Collegiate Athletic Association indoor championships. That mark placed her behind Huske Angela Thacker, who set a Big Eight Meet Record at 21-2. The Jayhawk mile relay team took third place behind the Sooners who finished in second and the Huskers in first. Other Jayhawks who qualified for finals on Saturday include long distance runner Gretchen Bajema, who took sixth in the 1,000 run. Donna Smitherman, who finished fifth in the 60 high jump, and Dora Spearmann, who ran the 60 race, and Dora Spearmann, who ran a personal record time to take fourth in the 300 dash. Two other Jayhawks joined McKnight in qualifying for the indoor nationals. Lorna Tucker finished third in the 440-yard dash in his team's fifth season, taking to touch 160 yards (touch in the 60 high hurdles in 8.01). Jayhawk tennis team rolls to easy wins The KU women's tennis team remained undefeated and untested as they continued to roll last week, defeating Southwest Missouri State and Stephens College. "I still don't feel that we've been tested," coach Scott Perelman said. "It's been good for their confidence." The Jayhawks opened the meet against Southwest Missouri State. They played the doubles matches first and AL lost two of the three matches to back sweep the singles to take the match T-2. Kansas came back to sweep Stephens College 9-0. Perelman switched the doubles combinations around and the results turned out well for the Javahaws. KANSAS 7. SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI STATE 2 Singleton, Christina K防 k, de Sophie Byington 64, 6-64 Laura Runnels K防 k, de Helena Ion 70, 5-7, 39; Mireille Drinke K防 k, de Lynn Walden K防 k, 61; Maurienne Gullifell K防 k, de Kay Schlumberger K防 k, 82; James Sutcliffe Bde Stephen K防 k, de Kelly Leah 74, 6-8 Distillers. Hjringsten Johannes def. Gauiloff K-8, 1-Kurp Farkel K-8, 1-Guten Wahnens K-8. Keumung Kelly-Marrons K-8. Singles, Christine Parr k, def. Carol Cederhart 63, Laura Lauger , def. Saul Bafna; def. Carla Steinke; def. Keith Grummett 76, 44, 75; Maureen Gullifoll k, def. Tami Nelson 61, 62; Debbie Cheese; def. Matt Nelson 63, 62; Debbie Cheese Doubles Purr Dicke K. def. Rudger-Grummer 8-5. Guinnied Gunned K. def. bad Nashman 6. Column-Batham 2-3. 1 1