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University Daily Kansan
Jayhawks challenge for track title
By CARLOS MURGUIA
Sports Writer
The favorite is Iowa State and the long shot is Nebraska. But the darkhorse that might win the Big Eight track championship is Kansas.
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One of these three teams is the odds-on favorite to win the meet this weekend in Lincoln, Neb., according to women's track coach Tert Anderson.
"Iowa State is the two-time defending champion," Anderson said. "Nebraska recruited some individuals who have given them a lot of depth. But we're not conceding that and myself don't want second place. We will do that." Nebraska centered individuals and desire to finish first.
"WELL BE COMPETITIVE in every event," she said. "State is extremely
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strong in the middle and long distance races but after that they're weaker in the other events. Nebraska is similar to our team in that we're both well-balanced.
"I believe that this year's team has the first legitimate shot at taking first. Everyone on the team is excited about the match, and finally we'll be in the meet the very end."
sprinters and hurdlers to rack up most of their first place points. Two main reasons for this are defending Big Eight champions Sheila Calmese and Lori Lowry.
Calmese is the two-time defending champion in both the 60- and 300-yard run. Her main competition should come from teammate Lori Green. Green owns the best time in the Big Eight this year in the 300 (53, 32) and Calmese the best in the 60 (6, 9).
KU will be relying heavily on their
17th-ranked Kansas hosts Tigers
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By NANCY DRESSLER
Sports Editor
The winner of tonight's Kansas-Missouri women's basketball game could be the team that scored most points.
"I think it is a real fine ballgame," KU coach Marian Washington said yesterday.
"If we play the way we should, we should be victorious.
"The team that makes the fewer mistakes will have the advantage."
Kansas has not made many mistakes since a 73-65 loss in January to Kansas State. The defeat ended an 11-game winning streak for the Jayhawks.
Netters begin spring season play
Tennis teams from Cowley County Community Junior College and the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale will invade Lawrence this weekend as the KU men's tennis squad opens its spring campaign.
The Jayhawks will face the young Cowley county squat at 2 this afternoon at Avarnar Park.
Kansas coach Tom Kivisto said this afternoon's match against Cowley County, a team dominated by freshmen, would be a good test for his netters.
It is also important from a recruiting standpoint, he said.
"It's a kind of school that can contribute a lot to our program."
Kivisto held a different view of Southern
Illinois, whom the Jayhawks face at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow at Alvaram.
"They are strong." Kivisto said.
Southern Illinois, led by South American Jelbower, has not been defeated in its first season.
The 'Hawks will be led by Bct Collier, who has replaced Mark Hasking as KU's No.1 singles player. Kivito said minor injuries to Hasking and KU were recent incidents that prompted the switch.
"Cheet's playing excellent tennis right now and deserves to play on. 1," Kivisto said.
Kivisto also has shuffled his doubles pairings. Hooks and Collier will team in the 1. no. spot; Bill Krizman and Wayne Sewall will play No.2; and Joe Ryuuser will be paired with either Rick Wertz or Ed Bolen.
NAIA track meet opens in KC
KANSAS City, MO. (UPI) - Defending co-championships Jackson State and Abellene Christian were among four schools last night to qualify two athletes in championship events in the first day of the 14th Under-18 Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Jackson State topped all schools with 11 athletes advancing in various rounds of competition. The Mississippi school adjudicated the winners both the 400 and 600 yard dashes. Two of Jackson State's 440 qualifiers, Colin O'Brien and Willis Alexander, won their respective records.
Since that game, Kansas has been little short of awesome in winning four straight games. Its smallest margin of victory was over the San Francisco 49ers at Nebraska-Omaha in Allen Field House.
Mississippi Valley State and Southern University were next with five advancing athletics while Abilene Christian and Prairie View A&M each advanced four.
IN TWO OF the games, the team exploded for 100-point plus showings. The first came against Iowa State in a game played before a men's game with Oklahoma State. Kansas
Lori Lowry is the defending champion in the 60-yard hurdles. She has the best time in the Big Eight this year. **8.2. Like Calmess, she beat her own teammate. Gwen Press is one of the winners.**
Jackson State qualified heat winner Michael Watson in the 1,000 yard run and qualified the distance medley team. Abulette Johnson and Dennis Schoenbeck entered and Martin Guerreau in the shot-put.
KU's hopes for victory also will depend on the performances of Shawn Corwin in the long and high jumps, Linda Newell in the shot-put, Michelle Brown and Maureen Finholm in the mile and Deb Hertzog in the 1,000-yard run.
The Jayhawks also scored more than 100 points against Southwest Missouri State. The Titans beat the Eagles.
Washington said she was pleased with her
attempts in these few games.
KU beat Northwest Missouri State University Tuesday, 70-54.
"On the whole, we've been playing pretty consistent ball," she said.
The two teams have met once this season and KU emerged with a 63-41 victory to win the Big Eight tournament in Lincoln, Neb., last month.
Kansas is going to need every bit of that consistency when the Tigers, which also have momentum, invade the Field House for tonight's 7:30 game.
KU's star in that game was Adrian Mitchell, the team's all-time leading scorer. Mitchell, who had 20 points in the tournament game, has been a competent performer against Missouri. She scored 24, 28 and 31 in three meetings between the teams last season.
MU BRINGs A 29-0 record into the game and is led by Sharon Farrath, who averages 15 points. The Tigers, like KU, have been in the playoffs since 2013 and they're out, and KU, 23-5, is ranked 17th.
FOR THE FIRST time ever, the Big Eight will have a pentathlon event. The pentathlon consists of the 60-yard hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot-put and the 800-yard run. KU's entrant will be Bev Fuller, the 1978 National Junior College pentathlon winner. Enter this year. Fuller qualified for nationals both in the pentathlon and the high jump.
Several players are recovering slowly from illness and injury. Forward Patt Mason is still hampered by a brained thumb, but she will be able to play. Center Shaul Holden is not at full strength because of a cold, Washington said.
She is the team's second leading scorer of the season, behind sophomore Lynette Woodard, who is averaging 30 points a game.
Anderson team that besides making a competitive run for the title, the Jayhawks also will be able to quality more athletes to the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women indoor track national, which will be held in Columbia, Mo., on March 2-3.
Amy Miles in the 60-yard run, Hertzog ... the 1,000 and the mile relay team of Green, Calinees, Hertzog and Claire Overstake have a chance of qualifying for the national post.
Other KU entrants competing are: Karen Fitz and Louse Murphy in the two-mile run; Jack Simpson, Jo McMillion and Mariane O'Neil in the four-mile race in the 880, and Norma Wilson in the 440.
Two more gridders sign Big 8 letters
Two more pre grid stars have signed Big light letters of intent with RTU, bringing the program to its mark.
Big Eight letters do not commit players to play for RU, but rather prohibit them from playing.
Ken Powers, 6-4, 225-pound tight end linebacker from Moscow, Kan., reportedly signed late Wednesday. Pat Barnett, 6-4, 205-pound lineman from Pittsburg, signed yesterday. They joined seven players who signed Wednesday.
Powers was a member of Moscow's state champion eight-man team and is the first eight-man player to sign with Kansas in several seasons.
The seven prep players signed Wednesday were: Jim Boushka, 6-3, 220-pound tight end-defensive from Kapan-Mt. Carmel. The nine-prep players signed Wednesday were: 195-pound fullback-defensive end from Lawrence; Ernie Goalsby, 6-2, 220-pound tight end-linebacker from Dodge City; Dave Mehrer, 6-2, 200-pound linebacker from North Carolina; Joey Harris, Mr.; Jeff Schleicher, 6-4, 200-pound tight end-linebacker from Shawnee Mission North; Dave Wessling, 6-5, 220-pound offensive lineman from Westphalia North; and Jim McClure, 6-4, 220-pound end-linebacker from Wichita Southeast.
KU needs victory from rival K-State
By JOHN P. THARP
Associate Sports Editor
Kansas, which will appear in the Big Eight television game of the week tomorrow, is hoping to look more like a star than it did in its past three TV tilts.
KU plays arch rival Kansas State in a 1:40 p.m. game that has been sold out since December. The Jayhawks have lost to K-State and Devakra and an undefeated 85-63 (85-63) over the season.
But KU probably won't be thinking about the cameras because the Big Eight conference race is a more pressing issue. Teams with no cameras at place 6-4, needs to win games to try to get a home berth in the first round of the post-season tournament, which starts on Saturday.
"We're concentrating on trying to win ourselves a good spot for the playoffs," KU coach Ted Owens said yesterday. "We've got that kind of game we can in the battle for position."
KU'S BATTLE for position suffered a backset when Iowa State won Wednesday 59-60. KU's offense had a lead, Wincrafts beat Oklahoma State 59-50. Before those games, both teams were fored at 6-4. Now KState is alone in second place.
When the two teams played at Manhattan in January, K-State fans saw a few players who couldn't fault it would rather forget it. The Wildcats shot a record 70 percent from the field. Center Steve Seldon hit 28 and scored 27 points. Both will start tomorrow.
K-State's 96 points were the most scored by either team in the history of the 72-year old rivals and the KU team. When the teams said, "Nobody likes to take a lickin'."
Darnell Valentine, the Big Eight Player of the Week, will be trying to equal or better his team high of 20 points from the first contest.
"WE HAVE TO take it to them," Valentine said. "It's going to be a lot more intense because it's such a big rivalry and because the race is to situb."
Freshman guard Tyrone Adams will also guard and forward Ed Nealy, another freshman, will be opposite Blackman.
Opposing Valentine will be 5-11 guard Glenn Marshall, who repeatedly penetrated KU's defense in Manhattan during the season. He one of that best performances this season.
Owens said he would use the same starting lineup—Wilmore Fowler, Valentine, Tony Gay, John Crawford and against K-State that he would against IU.
Mokesi's knee, which was injured Wednesday, is still tender, Owens said. The 7-1 center was knocked down several times during the ISU game.
In other games tomorrow, league-leader Oklahoma, 83, plays fifth place Colorado, 47, in Boulder; Iowa state, tied for fourth at 56, faces last place Arkansas, 34, in Sillwater and Missouri travels to Lincoln to play Nehaska, 54.
Swimmers host last dual meet
The meet will be the last dual for seniors
the meet will be the last dual for seniors
Kris Flanaka and Jesra Gray
KU's men's swimming team 5-2 in dual competition, will host Nebraska tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in Robinson Natatorium to wrap up their dual season.
"These guys have had good careers," head coach Bill Spahn said. "All of them placed high at last year's conference meet. We'll really miss them next year."
Spain said the Cornhuskers, 64 in dual
competition, were a much better team than
the Cardinals.
According to Spain, the Corunkers have been good hammerer in every event and very good player.
"This will be the most important meet of the year for our divers," Spahn said. "We're going with a strong lineup. Most of our guys will swim their best events."
With the conference meet two weeks away, Spain has been shortening the team.
"We're loosening up more and our sets are shorter," Spahn said. "We're trying
Gymnasts to Big 8
The KU women's gymnastics team will compete in the Big Eight tournament today.
Ken Snow, women's gymnastics coach, said the meet should be very close because they were already at least 135 points a meet this season. KU's best score this season was 127.8 points against Minnesota.
"The only reason we can't be above 130 points is our vaulting," said Snow. "We're not the best team."
Nebraska should be one of the top contenders. Their score of 135.05 points against KU last weekend in Lincoln was the top score in the conference this season. |
Colorado and Oklahoma State universities should also be strong, Snow said.
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