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Sports
University Daily Kansan, January 31, 1983
Jayhawk men finish first at track meet
Ry BOB LUDER and EVELYN SEDLACEK
Sports Writer
Senior distance runner Tim Gundy stretched his winning streak to four races, taking wins in the mile and two-mile runs, as the KU men's team advanced to a four-game final with a four-town field at the Missouri Invitational.
The women placed third in the same meet on the Hearnes Track in Columbia, Mo.
The men won six of 15 events to rack up 64% points, easily outstanding Missouri in second place with 41 Kansas State scored 36 points to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State scored 24 for fourth place.
The women won four events with a total of 33 points. K.State captured the meet with 53 points and MU was a close second with 51.
GUNDY STARTED slowly in the tightly packed mile field, but put on a strong finishing drive in the final half mile to easily in 4:08.99, his personal best in that event. Teammate Dave Cote finished second in 4:12.37 and Greg Leibert placed fourth in 4:14.95.
Gundy returned later to win the two-mile with a blazing kick during the final quarter mile. His shot was a 17-foot field goal.
For the second straight weekend, the trio of Van Schaffer, Todd Ashley and Greg Dazell swept the top three places in the 1,000-yard run. Schaffer winning in a time of 2:12.04. Sophomore Dalzell, in running 2:12.71 for third, improved his own best time in the 1,000 by three seconds.
"The mile went out real slow for the first half which was kind of a pain," Gundy said. "A couple of Missouri runners kept sprinting to the finish line, but I stopped. I would have liked to have gone out faster."
TRIPLE JUMPER Sanya Owolabi made a successful return in a Jaawky uniform, winning with a leap of 51-8. Saturday's meet was Owolabi's first in the indoor season and his first for KU in more than a year after red-shirting last season. Glenn Foster jumped 47-2½ for third place and Fred Lewis jumped 46-3 to finish fourth for the Jaawkys.
"The two-mile felt a lot better. The pace was a lot more even and comfortable."
Senior Anthony Polk also performed strongly in two events, winning the 60-yard dash in 6.33 seconds and finishing second in the 300-yard dash in 31.48.
Seniors Rodney Bullock and Mark Rau ran times of 1.11.9 to take first and second place respectively in the 600-yard run.
SENIOR POLE vaulter Jeff Buckingham lost for only the second time this season, taking second to Oklahoma State's Joe Dial, who broke the Hearnes Track record with a vault of 18.1-14. Buckingham's runner-up jump of 17.9% was his fourth in the vault. Randy Howard placed fourth in the vault at 16-4.
KU women nip Mizzou in triple overtime
Junior shot putter Clint Johnson also lost for the second time this season in his event. Johnson and K-States' Greg Bartlett both had throws of 60 feet, but the winner on the bench was Clint. His second best mark
In women's field events, the Wings placed first in the shot put with a 45-1 throw by Stine
KU's Lorna Tucker won the 440 dash in 57.21. Dona Smithman took first in the 60-yard high hurdles in 8.21. She beat teammates Cherise and Connie Mckernan, who finished fourth.
THE KU MILE relay team, which took second to K-State in the All-Comers meet last weekend, reversed the order this week, winning with a time of 3:55.23.
Other winners for the Jayhawks were Becky McGranahan who took four in shot put and Smitherman, who placed third in the 60 dash. Teammate Cindy Cox finished third in the 600 dash and Spearman second in the 500 dash. Annette Craighead finished the 880 run in fourth
Controversy entered the meet when KU's top quarter-miler, Deon Hogan, cruised to victory in the 440-yard dash, only to be disqualified for stepping out of his lane.
KU's next competition for men and women will be next weekend when they meet Nebraska at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln.
Angle Snider wrestles a rebound from Missouri's Sarah Campbell as Jayhawks Barbara and Vickie Adkins watch. Snider scored a career-high 38 points in KU's triple-overtime victory over the Missouri Tigers in Allen Field House Saturday.
You can forget the official's accidental whistle with :18 left in regulation, erasing a Kansas basket and sending the game into its first overtime.
By BILL HORNER Sports Writer
You can forget the two last-second shots that gave Missouri another shot at life, sending the game into its second and third overtures.
You can forget the crucial free throws that were missed in each of the overtime periods.
But you'd better remember this: Kansas won. When the intensity level had gone down a few Richter points and the smoke had cleared, the Kansas women's team had beaten the Boston team in 18-11-11 in triple overtime before a sparse but vocal crowd in Allen Field House Saturday.
WHILE MOST of the state was focusing on Manhattan, where the KU and K-State men were playing, the KU women battled Missouri.
The two teams played close in the opening minutes of the game, trading baskets for the first six minutes. The Tigers took a brief lead midway through the half, but Kansas outscored Mizzou 12-6 to take the lead, 37-28, with 5:16 left in the second half. KU extended the lead to 53-41 at halftime.
The surprise of the half was the play of 5-5 guard Dee Dee Polk, who had started in only two of the Tiger's 17 games. She sank all seven of her points into the half, half, and had 18 points going into intermission.
IN THE FIRST two minutes of the second half, Philicia Alien picked up her second, third, and fourth foils, sending her to the bench, and the team received more chances to penetrate KLU's zone defense.
Missouri pulled to within five points of Kansas less than three minutes later, and at 12:28 scored 10 unanswered points, cutting KU's lead to 65-4 with less than nine minutes remaining in the game.
The teams played even from there on. The score was tied at 75, 77, 79, and finally at 81 with 1:28 left
Then Kansas fouled Missouri's Lorraine Ferret, who made the front end of a one-and-one. Her second shot bounded off the rim, but KU was called for a lane violation. Ferret made good on her extra try, and Missouri led 83-81 with 1.07 remaining.
TOUK control of the ball, and Mary Myers was fouled, getting a chance to tie the score at 53 with a one-and-one try. She missed, and Missouri rucked. The Tigers were called for a three-second lane violation, and Kansas took control, calling a time out with 34 help.
KU took the ball inbounds, and worked it around to Angela Taylor, whose shot was blocked. In his effort to signal that the block was clean, one of the officials inadvertently blew his whistle, stopping play. In the meantime, KU's Angie Snider, who scored a career-high points, grabbed the ball and scored. But the basket off officially been stopped, the basket was nullified.
Then, controversy.
With 18 on the clock, KU had the ball inbounds and, after a missed shot, Barbara Adkins tied the game at 83 with '08 left. Missouri couldn't score, and the game went over into overtime.
EACH TEAM held the lead at least once during the first overtime period. With .25 left and the score knotted at 88, Barbara Adkins hit two free throws to put KU into the lead.
The Tigers were called for a traveling violation and the ball went back to Kansas.
The Jayhawks went into a full-court press and Myers was able to steal the ball. She was 'foiled by Polk and had a chance to break the tie with Kobe. The Lakers had one of a one-and-one, and Missouri took the ball.
KU's Taylor was then fouled, and failed to convert on the one-and-one. Missouri took the ball and Joni Davis connected on a 15-footer at the buzzer.
Boom. Overtime again.
During the second overtime, Snider hit both ends of one-and-one situations three times, and KU hit by five points at 1:35 left.
BUT THEN it it was Missouri's turn. The Tiger's Polk scored and then hit a pair of free throws to bring Mizuow with one, 102-101 with an inside the ball, and Chris Hurley was fouled by Polk.
Hurley hit the front end of her one-and-one try, and KU led 103-101. She missed the second, and Polk took the ball and drove to the basket. With :02 on the clock, she launched a 10-foot shot from the right side of the lane.
The third overtime was all KU, and all Angie Snider, who scored eight points to lift Kansas to the 118-111 win.
"It was a tremendous game," coach Marian Washington said.
"We've been building the point of being a competitive ball club," she said. "We knew that if we played hard, we'd have the potential to make a close run in the conference."
Snider, who added nine rebounds and five steals to her 38 points, said, "We knew all along we'd come around together. We knew what we have to do to win. We had everything we needed as a team — we just had to prove it."
WASHINGTON SAID that the polls would consider the game an upset, but for her the game was an indication of the potential of her team.
Wildcats scratch past'Hawks, 58-57
Sports Writer
By GINO STRIPPOLI
MANHATTAN — Thirty-one to 23 and 26 to 4.
Those numbers, the amount of rebounds and free throws for the game, were the main reasons the K-State Wildcats deflected the KU Jayhawks, which scored 11.428 at Auburn Field House on Saturday.
"I thought we played a fine basketball game," said KU head coach Ted Owens, who saw his team drop its fourth straight conference game.
"We didn't block out a few times and that hurt. Also, the game was won at the free throw line. I'm just disappointed that we only went to the line four times."
EARLY IN the game it didn't look as if the Jayhawks would need to worry about going to the foul line. They jumped to an eight-point lead, 24-16, with 6:0 left in the opening half. The Kansas defense had stymied the Wildcats, forcing them to shoot just five of 20 from the field. But the Wildcats hit six of their last 10 shots to tie the game at halftime. 32-32.
"In the first half, we were nervous and frantic," K-State head coach Jack Hartman said. Halftime, we just talked to them about doing down and had much better efficiency in the second half."
The Jayhawks were led in the first half by the play of three of their newcomers — Henry and freshmen Calvin Thompson and Kerry Bogaji who combined for 26 of the 32 points and 10 of KU's 16 rebounds. Bogaji led the scores with 10 points. Henry and Thompson each scored eight.
"They just started hitting their shots," junior Carl Henry said. "We kept the pressure on them, but they started hitting the open man."
THE WILDCATS showed the pace of the game in the second half and K-State jumped to a six-point lead. They held that lead until 8;32 remained in the second half.
The Jayhawks then outscoed the Wildcats 10-2 during the next two and one-half minutes to take a brief lead, 54, 52; but the Wildcats hit the next four points to take the lead for good. 56, 54.
Henry was fouled by Elder and went to the line for two shots, the only foul shots for KU in the second half. Henry hit the first one but the second shot rolled off the rim and fell into Cret's hands.
The Wildcats, holding a one-point lead, then went into a delay game with 2:15 left to play. With 40 seconds remaining in the game, Jeff Guiton flicked Jackson.
JACKSON, a 50 percent free-throw shooter this season, missed the front end of a one-and-one But Kelly Knight and Jeff Dishman knocked into each other going for the rebound and the ball bounded off their hands into Craft's arms. He was fouled by Thompson.
Craft hit both free throws and all the Jayhawks could manage was a stuff shot by Knight at the buzer to make it 58-57, after the referees put one second back on the clock, ruling that KU had called a timeout before the clock had run out.
"We had our chance and didn't take advantage of the situation." Owens said, "We had our destiny in our own hands. If we would have had the ball win, we would be seconds on the clock, it would game to win."
THE WILDCATS, who were nine of 12 from the field in the second half, were led by Craft, who scored 16 points and tied for the game high in rebounds with six. Elder added 15 and Jackson hit for 10 for the Wildcats, who now are 11-6 overall and 3-1 in conference play.
The Jayhawks were led by Henry, who played the entire 40 minutes. Henry had 15 points and six rebounds. Bogmi had 14 points on seven of 10 shooting, and Thompson had 10 points and six rebounds. Kramer was the best conference leader the season, had eight points and four rebounds in 15 minutes of play.
Another high point for the Jayhawks was the play of Guiot. He played all 40 minutes, had four points, a season-high nine assists and only two turnovers. The Jayhawks had a season low of 11 turnovers.
THE JAYHAWKS shot 51.9 percent from the field compared with 47.6 for the Wildcats. K-State had 31 rebounds compared with 31 for KU. K-State shot 13 of 25 from the line, while the Javhawks were three of four.
The Jayhawks, who are off to their worst start in the Big Eight since the 1946-47 season, made no excuses after the game.
"We just didn't get the ball inside enough," Boagni said. "It was the best we played against the zone, but we just couldn't get a break."
KU tennis team loses first match
The KU men's tennis team opened their spring season by dropping two matches by identical 7-2 scores against Purdue and nationally ranked Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in Edwardsville this weekend.
"We played very hard, but not particularly well." Coach Scott Perelman said. "It was our first match of the season and we came out a little nervous."
Purdue, which Perelman had already played a couple of matches, won the top three singles matches. KU's N. leaded player, Scott Alexander, fell to Adam Abele, 6-1, 7-6. No 2.Brett Blair lost to Andrew Hobert, Michael Center lost to Bill Shelef, 5-7, 6-1, 7-5.
Charles Stearns got the first win for the Jayhawks by edging Mark Koza, 6-4, 6-3; 6-4. No 5 Franco Caciopolini fell to Todd Lugar, 3-6, 6-4; 6-3. Jim Snyttre won the only match for the Jayhawks by slipping past Frank Rehwinkel 2-6, 6-4, 7-6.
"We were very competitive and very involved." Perealman said. "We didn't have the confidence that we had at the end of the fall season."
against Edwardsville. Caciopolpi got the only singles victory when he knocked off Monty Oppenheim 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 in the No. 5 match.
Jayhawk men, women swimmers take first in dual with Tigers
KU's Jspier Brink starts off the blocks in the 50-yard freestyle in the dual meet against Missouri. Both the KU men and women won the meet, which was part of Alumni Weekend.
By COLLIN HERMRECK Sports Writer
The KU men's swimming team has discovered what pressure, strategy and attitude are all about. They've also found a way to use them to their advantage, which they showed Saturday when they held on to defeat the Missouri Tigers 58-53 in a meet at Robinson Natatorium.
"They stayed in it and swam well under pressure." Coach Gary Kempf said of the men's training.
The meet wasn't decided until the next to last event when KU's Chuck Neumann defeated Missouri's Matt Frestos in the 200-yard breaststroke to seal the win for the Jawahiers.
"We had to win the 200-backstroke to win the meet and he did," Kempf said. "We knew they were going to win the last relay. They had more left than we did."
KEMPF AND his assistants spent a large part of the day deciding which events the Jayhawks were strongest in, and the planning paid off.
"A lot of strategy was involved in the meet as to where to put our people," Kempf said. "We ran out of people in the end, but we ran out ahead, so we were OK."
Ron Neugent led the Jayhawks once again by sweeping the 1000-yard freestyle, 500 freestyle and the 200 butterfly in which he barely edged out MU'S Scott Haliburton.
"Our divers did the best job they've done in season long." Kemp said. "I think that team was a good one, and they finally did it."
medley relay to help pace the inynawk. KU'S DIVERS contributed significantly to the win with second and third in the diving competitions. Mark Murphy won second in the three meter and third in the one meter, while Mike Prangle won second in the one meter and third in the three meter.
The win for KU marked the first time the Jayhaws have beaten Missouri since the 1978 fall season when KU won 69-44. The Jayhaws were defeated twice last year at Columbia and at the conference meet where KU took fourth and Missouri third.
Gardner Wright won the 200 backstroke and the 400 medley relay to help pace the Invitational.
"Missouri swam very well, and you know, this is the thing that college athletics is all about." Kempf said. "The meet was very, very close. Tenths of a second determined the outcome of almost every race. The biggest key is that the men got over the hump."
THE WOMEN continued their dominance over Big Eight Conference foes by defeating Missouri 64-47, taking first in 10 of 12 events. Tammie Thomas and Stephanie Ruben led the Kansas women with two indictments, which Thompson won both in 100 freestyle while Raney scored the 200 and 500 freestyles.
Jenny Wagstaff, Kelly Burke, Celine Cerny
"WE SWAM very well in some places," Kempf said. "Basically, everything we did was just about a step and a half better than we did last week."
and Mary Kay Fitzgerald also posted individual first place finishes. Competing in her last home meet as a Jayhawk, Fitzgerald ed teammate Maureen McLeay in the 100 backstroke. KU's 400 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay also finished first.
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However, Kempf said the team had not quite regained the intensity it had two weeks ago in Austin, Texas.
KU divers Shelly Wirth and Lisa Coon also turned in good performances that helped lead the Jayhawks to another victory. Kurt Anselmi, KU's diving coach, said he was pleased with the consistency the women showed, something that had been lacking in previous meets.
"We're still not back to the level that we were at the All-America Meet, but we do have a tendency to swim at the level of competition that we face." Kemmf said.
"THEY DID some real good things today."
Aniemi said, "I'll be a good confidence booster
Saturday's varsity dual was just part of the Alumni Homecoming Weekend that began Friday night with an alumium 15-event intersequal game and back jack more than 45 former Jayhawk swimmers.
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