University Daily Kansan, April 16, 1982
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Top-ranked miler leads men high schoolers
By TOM COOK
Sports Writer
100-Meter Dash
An aspiring group of high school athletes, including the nation's No. 1 ranked miler, Mike Regan of Wichita, will converge on Memorial Stadium today for their portion of the Kansas Relays.
Regan, a senior from Kapau Mt. Carmel, is the top prepster in his category. He is the two-time defending state champion in the 1,000 and 3,200 meter races, and is also the state cordholder for both events in Class 5A.
In addition to his records on the crown court in the 1981 cross country stage champions.
Other top entrants include: Kyle Rose, Lawrence; Steve Spillant, Great Bend, two time cross country champion John Francis, Northwest Classen, Okla.
Legion is the top quarter of the Vienna Ryun One Mile Run. His best time of 4:11.9 is almost eight seconds better than the next best qualifying time of 4:19.7, set by Dodge City's Torey Keller.
This could be a very interesting event as all 24 qualifiers have broken the 11-second barrier. Kenneth Zachary, of New York, pack with the carper best of 10.2.
300-Meter Intermediate Hurdles
Northwest Classen has two of the top seven runners in this event. Anthony Germany and Wayne Cogburn each have personal visits of 10.6. But Willie Vinson, Omaha Burke; Mike Smith, Bishop Ward; Moses Aimable, Junction City, and Galen Faggitt, Wichita South, are in the 10.4 to 10.5 area.
110-Meter High Hurdles
Wyandotte's Robert Mimbs, who will attend KU this fall on a football scholarship, has recorded the best time of all qualifiers at 13.8. However, Scott Harris, Omaha Burke; Doud Henckrish, Shawnee Mission East, and Brian Reffern, Hutchinson, are within .02 seconds of Mimbs' time.
Harris may not have the best time in the 110 Meter Hurdles, but he definitely is the favorite in this race. His time of 37.6 is nearly a full second better than Hendrick's. Larry Hill, Blue Springs; Kent Engle, Ablene, and Chris Henry,
Northwest Classen, will push Harris for the title here.
Great Bend's Spiolar appears to be in the driver's seat. His best time of 9:21.1 is eight seconds better than that of Ricky Spragg, Salina Central. After those two come Bob Cingerman, Haysville Camps; Bayro Lopez, Buhler, and Chris Taylor, Northwest Clasen.
Omaha Central will put its top two muscle men to work in this event. Larry Station has heaved the discus 196-1 to lead the qualifiers. His teammate, Tom Stainwalt, follows with a toss of 82. Gene Abernethy, Kappan Smith, and John Burrill are all 15 feet better than the fourth best qualifier, Mark Henderson, Lawrence.
Discus Throw
Javelin Throw
Gary Arpin, Salina Central, has the best throw of the qualifiers at 217-8. Among the top entrants are: Jay Hilgen, Frankfort, Wisconsin; Dan Borshka, Northwest; Pat Boushka, Kapaun Mt. Carmel and Ron Bahm, Topea Seaman.
Omaha Central's Station has nearly a
two-fetet advantage in the shot put. his put of 61-8 is challenged only by Abernathy's loss of 58-9, and a heav of 20 pounds. Booker T. Washington, Tulsa, Okla.
High Jum
Smarriff Hazim, Topeak West, is one of five athletes to have cleared 6-10. Rob Castleberry, Papillon, Okla.; Whitney Smith, Sapura, Kaplan; Kevin Smith, Kansas City Washington, and Kenneth Santa Pe Trail, are the others.
Sixteen jumpers in this event have gone over 6-6. Hazim broke his school record with the 6-10 jump recently at the Ottawa Relays, West Coach Jerry Wright said Hazim cleared the bar by at least two inches.
"He had a real good jump at it," said Wright. "He's an aggressive jumper. He doesn't back off from the challenge at all."
Hazim's goal of 74 has been attained only by three Kansas high school athletes. Lansing's Dean Herzog holds the eight-year record. The others are Wichita North's Joe Edwards and Jayhawk-Lim's Tony Kastl.
Long Jump Ornaha Central, once again, has the
Long Jump
top qualifier. Nathanial Blanks' mark of 23-1 will be pushed by Mike Baumann, Concordia; Vincent Scott, Junction City; Tony Patterson, Shawnee Heights, and Mark Mitchell, Wyndotte.
Pole Vault
Trinity High School in Hutchinson has produced the top vaulter in the event. Denis Fraser has cleared 15-6. The closest competitors are Chad Sidles, Omaha Burke, and Jeff Holmes, Garden City.
Brian Burk, Shawnee Mission East; Jerome Spann, Junction City, and Mark Hursh, Shawnee Mission North, are among the top qualifiers.
Triple Jump
Mark Mitchell, Wyandotte; Nathanial Blanks, Omaha Central; Charles Fenness, Wyandotte; and Kevin Colon, Kansas City Washington.
400-Yard Relay
The team from Booker T. W. Washington has turned in the fastest qualifying time at 42.23. Omaha Burke has the second fastest time, followed by Wyandotte.
Leaping 48-1 1/2 this year, Chris Heeher of McCook, Neb., leads the qualifiers. Among the other entrants are:
Among the remaining top squares are:
Blue Springs, Hutchinson, Northwest Classen, Highland Park, Junction City,
and Kapau M. Carmel.
One Mile Relay
Two Mile Relax
Booker T. Washington also has the best time in this event at 3:20:00. However, Blue Springs has run it in 3:20:1. Omaha Central and Omaha Burke will be in contention along with Northwest Classen and Wyandotte.
Twenty-four teams entered in the tent have recorded times of less than 320 seconds.
Kapum M. Carmel is the only school to have broken the 8-minute mark (7:56.0). Among the top teams are Central High, Blue Springs, Wyandotte, Northwest Classen, Blue Valley, and Dodge City.
With a qualifying time of 10:23.2, Dodge must be to beat Shawnee Mission, Northwest and Shawnee Mission south each have run 10:30.0, while Central High comes in at 10:31.0.
Manhattan, Omaha Burke, Shawnee Mission East, Blue Springs, and Lawrence are some of the top teams.
Carter, Redo top Relays women's list
Kapaum M. Carmel's Mike Regan (left) taps the men's high school list in the mile. Regan is the nation's No. 1 ranked miler.
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By TOM COOK
Snorts Writer
Wichita is famous for its industrial production, namely Boeing airplanes. Wichita also is famous for its 1920s buildings, namely Jill Redo and Kym Carter.
Carter is the defending champion in the high jump, while Redo will run for the first time in the 100-meter hurdles. He was ranked No. 1 in the nation in their events.
Redo, a senior at Wichita Heights,
and Carter, a senior at Wichita East,
head the field of high school girls
in competition today in the Kansas Relays.
**RDOW EONS A personal best of 13.4, a mark she set last summer at a meet at the university of Arkansas. She ran a race with her classmate, the best by a junior in high school.**
However, she missed most of last season with an ankle injury she suffered in basketball. She came back just in time to make the 6A regional competition and proceeded to win her second straight state title.
Redo was ranked second in the nation as a sophomore and was the national champion in the AAU Junior Olympics in 1980.
Her best time this year is 14.4, which came in the only race she has been able to run. Inclement weather, along with a disqualification for a false start, have hampered her opportunities to run more.
This year's time of 14.4 is the best in the state by nine-tenths of a second, but she said she could go faster.
"ALWAYS START out slow," Redo said. "I do all right, but not as good as I'd like. Then I come on pretty good at the end."
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x 100 sprint medley relay team, Redo is expected to be challenged in the hurdles by Rhonda Lewis, John Marshall High School, and Melissa Burton, Ottawa. They are the only three qualifiers who have cracked the 15-second barrier, and Redo is the only one to have broken the 14-second mark.
Carter, said Track and Field News writer Don Steffens, "has the ability to become a world class track star."
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she holds the Kansas state high school record at 6-0%, a mark she set in a California meet last summer. She has never jumped 6-0 in high school competition, with Wichita East coach Steve Sell, but her leap in the California meet still counts as the Kansas state all-time best.
Helping you say it right.
CARTER HAS jumped 5-10 this year, a height she attained in the Southeast Invitational on March 26, but her inconsistency has shown, said Sell.
consistently has shown in the Last Saturday, she won the Emporia Invitational, but cleared only 5-6.
Ranked 11th overall in the nation, Carter is within one-half inch of the national high school record of 6-14. She is the two-time defending champion in 6A competition and went to the Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., in 1980.
She threw 166 and 168 feet in competition last year, but neither mark counted because she scratched both times.
In addition to the high jump, Carter will compete in the shot put. However, she can all but scratch her hopes of winning that category. That's where Manhattan's Pinkie Suggs comes into the picture.
Lisa Suff, Kapun Mt. Carmel, is expected to be Carter's biggest challenger. Volk cleared 5-10 last year. Among the other top qualifications are: Graves, Topeka, Colts Seedt, West, and Melissa Burch-Ottawa.
In the discus, Suggs should be in perfect position to take the title. Kelly Abernathy, Kapau Mt. Carmel, is the closest competitor and her best toss is still more than 25 feet away from Suggs'.
Sugas, a 5-10 senior, is the defending, two-time 64 state champion. She also is the defending state champion in the and hold state records in both events.
"I think it has helped Kym tremendously to go to the camps in the
Last weekend, she set all-time state bests of 47-2 in the shot put and 158-2 in the disc. Those marks rank as the 15th best ever in the nation.
Suggs goal, she said, is to break the national high school discus record of 183-11. But her best mark in a decade — 189-18 — has thrown in the 170s, said Congleton.
Other top qualifiers for the discus are Amy Anderson, Clyde; Tracy Benning, John Ransom; Hewley; Manhattan; Becky Kaub, Owlsay, and Kelly Werner. Great Bend.
"BECAUSE OF basketball, she missed the first meet of the year," Sell said. "Then, we we've only had two days to do any really good jumping because of the weather. She just jumps better late in the season."
"She jumped her first year on sheer power. She was just physically better than anybody else. The last two seasons she has concentrated on technique."
"Hopefully, she will be able to establish strong KU Relays' records in both events," said Manhattan coach Bong Conelton.
summer," said Sell. "Her form and technique are better.
Sell said Carter has always been a late bloomer, but she manages to come around in time for the big meets.
A HIGH SCHOOL All-American for the past two years, Suggs gets most of her strength from her awesome ability in neck push, where she lifts 25 pounds.
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