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Wednesdav. Januarv 31,1979
University Dally Kansan
DiPinto feels pressure but excels
By BRETT CONLEY
Sports Writer
One has to tell Jackie DIPinto that it's a long way to Chicago.
The freshman gymnast has found that being far away from her hometown Chicago can be as hard to handle as the long hours of school and study and the lack of time for a social life.
"Just the pressure of gymnastics and the pressure of being away from home build up together," DiPinto said. "I get homesick so much, but I try not to bring it into the gym."
She obviously does a good job of handling the homeiness and the pressure, as she has been the top performer this season on the women's gymnastics team. She scored best scores on the team in four events and is best for the best score in the one other event.
"TTS SO tough because I am such a family person," she said, "and I am the first woman to win a Nobel Prize."
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family and everyone is just pushing behind me."
Last year as a senior in high school,
Pinto didn't even know if she would go to college.
"But my coach told me to try because he thought I could get there with my gymnastics abilities," she said. "I wrote a bunch of letters, and then I personally letter back and it hilt me the best."
Ken Snow is the women's gymnastics coach.
Even though she has surprised many people and has become the ministy of the country, she remains a relic.
"Right now I am just in a growing stage and I haven't hit my peak yet," she said. "Instead of peaking now and sliding back three years; I am going to slowly build up."
"I THOUGHT when I got to college it was going to be nice and easy and I was going to have a great time, but I got here and it was tougher practices and tougher routines."
Much tougher than learning new routines, Dipino said, is the lack of time for other activities.
"I don't have time for other hobbies or interests because of gymnastics and school," she said. "And when I do have freetime, I am so tired that I just want to relax. I don't have time to go out and socialize."
She also dislocated a finger earlier in the year, but despite all of her problems in and out of the gym, she is convinced that things will continue to get better here.
"The program here is headed up," she said. "Ken is a great coach and he has a lot of dreamtown. He has a lot of goals which in turn helps him think he has a good nucleus to build from."
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With a big wad of chewing tabacco bulging from his left cheek, men's swimming coach Bill Spahn sits at the poolside attentively watching his swimmers turn lap off.
"We're taking it easy since the flu is going around."
Spain has he and his team will have difficulty defending the Big Eight title.
Spahn coached the Jayhawks to the conference title in his first year at the helm, 1978, with virtually the same team that took fourth in 1977.
Before taking over KU's coaching duties, Spahn, a native of Austin, Minn., served as head coach of the Wichita Swim Club. His teams, which included several former Jayhawks, won four straight Missouri AAU indoor and outdoor championships.
Spain admits he doesn't have to pysch the team up a great deal before a meet.
"I'm not a rah-rah type person," Spahn said. "We train hard, set out goals, and talk about what we should expect out of each individual."
"I enjoy working with these guys," Sphin said. "I like to watch them grow and mature."
SPAHN LIKES the attitude and make-up of his team, and searches for recruits that
Spahn, a 1964 graduate of Texas Tech University, puts his team through a one-hour workout in the morning, in addition to a 2/4 hour workout in the afternoon.
Competition is fierce among the Jayhawks in practice and duals to see who will represent Kansas in the Big Eight tourney, to be held March 1-3 in Lincoln,
of the league," Spahn said. "These guys are present Kansas well. They're a classy crowd."
"We have 20 guys trying hard to make the 17 swimmer cut," Soapa did.
"IT REALLY wasn't a goal of mine to coach at the college level." Spahn said.
Spahn, who was a three-year swimming letterman, and captain of the Texas Tech team his senior year, doesn't know if his daughter has won Eight tournament, as she did last year.
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Notre Dame stays at top perfect Indiana State 2nd
Bv the Associated Press
Notre Dame survived a rash of upets in college basketball last week—including a loss of its own—and remained at the associated Press poll yesterday ahead of the Top Twenty's only unbeaten team. Indiana State.
The Irish, beaten by Maryland 67-66 Saturday, received 15 first-place votes to the Sycamores and 32 in balloting by a nationwide panel of 60 writers sporting an average of 124 points. Duncan, 122, edged Indiana State 67, by a vote of 1,124 points to 1,111.
"But it's a dream and I want to talk about reality," said Indiana State Coach Bill Hedges. "But if I never dream, it will never come true."
THE SYCAMORES were philosophical and unconcerned about not being No. 1. They said they were more concerned about winning the Missouri Valley Conference title and getting into the final championships—against Notre Dame.
Nore Dame and Indiana State both were named on all 60 ballots. Notre Dame, beaten by Maryland 67-68 Saturday, was tailed to lower than sixth while the Syracunes, while the Syracunes were listed as low as 10th by one panel member.
WHILE THE Irish and Sycamores struggled at the top, there were some big changes in the rest of the Top Ten.
Duke, with eight first-places and 1,025
points, moved from seventh to No. 3 after victories over Virginia and Marquette.
North Carolina, at No. 21 last week, also lost Saturday, 66-41 to Clemson. The Tar Heels dropped to fourth this week with 979 points, one first-place vote.
UCLA, ranked sixth last week before victories over Washington and West Virginia, tied for first place one point for No. 5, with two first-places votes and 957 points. The Cardinals, fifth last week before defeating St. Louis and the Cavaliers, got the remaining two first-places.
OHIO STATE, unranked three weeks ago, continued its climb, jumping from 10th to seventh with 851 points.
The Top Twenty teams in the United Press International basketball poll, with first place votes in parentheses and season records:
Texas shot from No. 17 to the 10th spot.
The rest of the Second Tent included Marquette, Alabama, Illinois, Michigan, and Arkansas. Inland, Temple, Akansas and Vanderbilt.
Syracuse had 692 points, and Georgetown 623 to take the eighth and ninth positions, while Louisiana State completed the Ten Ten with 497 points.
Illinois dropped from eighth to 14th after losses to Michigan and Iowa. Michigan State landed at 15 after being forced to lose by Iowa in bowling losses to Michigan and North Dakota.
North Carolina State, a member of the Top Twenty since the beginning of the season, was the only team to drop from the ranks. Maryland, in and out of the Top Twenty all season, was the only new member this week.
1. Notre Dame (12) 12-4
2. Indiana State (18) 18-4
3. LCA (1) 17-4
4. Duke (12) 12-4
5. Louisville (2) 12-4
6. North Carolina (2) 12-4
7. Ohio State (3) 12-4
8. Syracuse 12-4
9. Marquette 17-2
10. Georgetown, D.C. 17-2
11. Texas 14-4
12. Arkansas State 14-4
13. Michigan State 14-4
14. Texas A&M 17-4
15. Akron 17-4
16. Vanderbilt 14-4
17. Manhattan 14-4
18. Temple 13-4
19. Weaver State 13-4
20. Furman 14-4
The Top Twenty teams in the Associated Press college basketball poll, with first place votes in paren
theses and season records
North Carolina (1)
2. Indiana State (12)
3. Idaho State (14)
4. North Carolina (1)
5. UCLA (2)
6. Ohio State
7. Syracuse
8. Georgia D.C.
9. Arkansas State
10. Texas
11. Marquette
12. Madison
13. Illinois
14. Michigan St.
16. Texas A&M
17. Maryland
18. Temple
19. Arkansas
20. Oklahoma
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