University Daily Kansan
Fridav. Januarv 19. 1979
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Tracksters open indoor season
Jeff Buckingham, freshman from Gardner, attempts a 16-foot pole vault in preparation for tomorrow's men's and women's indoor track season coach in Allen Field House. Buckingham, who has cleared 17 feet, will be one of several KU entrants in the field events, which begin at 5:30 p.m. Running events will follow at 7 p.m.
By GENE MYERS Sports Writer
Sports Writer
Soaring high
After weeks of practice and preparation,
most of KU's men and women tracksters
still have only an unofficial intersquid meet
to show for their efforts.
But that should all change tomorrow when the two track squash kick off their 1979 tour in Birmingham.
The men will be host to national powers Wyoming and Southern Illinois universities and the women will be host to Kansas State and Fort Hays State universities and Barton County Community College. Field events at 5:30 p.m., and the running events at 47 p.m.
“It’s our first competition since December, and we’re really excited,” said Bob Timmons, who enters his 14th camp as men’s head coach. “It’s a very important meet because it’s our first one and we’re going against two fine teams.”
According to Timmons, Wyoming has an abundance of talent, especially in the distance events. Southern Illinois traditionally fields strong, well-balanced teams, and Timmons said this year's team would be no different.
"WE JUST want to go out and do well and avoid any serious problems with injuries."
Last year, KU had a bumper crop of injuries but still captured the Big Eight Indoor Championship. Heading into tomorrow's opening triangular, the Jayhawks are basically healthy, even though spinner shots and goalie saves have been sidelined with minor injuries.
Hogan has a slight hamstring pull, and Bauer is still recovering from a nose operation during Christmas break. He should be ready to be ready for KU's second meet Jan. 27.
Freshman triple jump Sanya Owolabi, who last month broke the freshman school record on his first collegiate jump, is nursed a bruised heel but is still scheduled to
Injuries have already hit KU's women. Sheila Calmese, the defending Big Eight champion in the 60-and 300-yard dashes and the American record holder in the 300, is out
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for a month with a pulled hamstring. Women's head track coach Teri Anderson is counting on freshman Lori Green and sophomore letterman Amy Miles to offset the loss.
"THIS IS our first actual competition," Anderson said. "What's important is we're using it to train and gain experience for the future." He added that meetings it should be a good meet for us.
Since the meet is designed mainly as a training and experience gaining tool, Anderson said, every athlete on her team will participate in one event and team scores will not be kept.
Anderson is expecting first place finishes in the shot put, 60- and 300-yard dashes, 60- yards hurdles and the mile and two-mile runs. She is relying heavily on outstanding performances from Linda Newell in the shot put, Danielle O'Brien in the dashes, Lori Lowrey and Gwen Poss in the hurdles, and Karen Fitz and Louise Murphy in the mile and two-mile events.
"WE HAVE an extremely strong and talented team this year." Anderson said. "We're well-balanced, KU has always been good in the sprints, but we're starting to really improve in the weight and distance events."
"We might be young but more importantly, we're talented." she said.
Despite having just nine returning lettermen and one senior and four juniors competing in the initial meet, Anderson will be the new team's overall youth as a bandicap.
Timmons has 26 lettermen returning. Timmons the Jayhawk is defending Big Ten coach Jason Kidd and the NCAA INA Deer All-American Lester Mickens. Also returning are Outdoor All-Americans Kevin Newell, Anthony Coleman, Stan Bauer, David Bluchter, Tom McCall and Bo Loota.
MICKEENS, freshman pole vaulter Jeff Buckingham, and five of their teammates got an early jump on the 1979 indoe season in two major meetings during Christmas break.
Buckingham, who recorded the nation's second best effort by a preper perform last year, traveled to Saskatoon, Sask., Dec. 31 for the Knight's of the Columbus Invitation, an amateur meet. Even though he was the only collegiate competing in his event, Buckingham tied for third with a vault of 16.5. Former world record holder Earl Bell
won the event and Canadian Olympian Bruce Simpson took second.
On Jan. 12, 123, Buckingham captured it in the East Tennessee State Invitational Relays at Johnson City, Tenn., with a vault of 17 feet.
Owolabi and Whitaker also competed but failed to place.
Mickens placed second in the university 440-yard dash in the relays. Newell took fifth in the invitational 690-yard dash while Hogan took sixth in the high jump. Steve Rainbow took sixth in the high jump.
National powers to face gymnasts in home meets
By BRETT CONLEY
Sports Writer
KU's women gymmats get a chance to prove that their victory in a triangular meet last Monday was no fukke when they meet Boston University on Saturday. State University tonight in Springfield, Mo.
SMS should prove to be a formidable opponent. The team is ranked in the top 10 in the country and finished fourth in the world for Women national tournament last year.
"They're not as tough as they were they last two years," Ken Show, women's gymnastics coach, said. "We will be competitive with them for the first time since I have been here. I think they are overrated."
KU scored 118.9 points in a victory over Colorado State and Emporia State in last Monday's meet, CSU scored 107.15 and ESU scored 77.3. Kansas was led by Jackie DePinto, who swept all four events on her way to the all-around title.
KU'S MEN'S team also returns to action this weekend in tomorrow afternoon's dual meet with nationally-ranked Iowa State in Robinson Gymnasium. The meet starts at 2
It will be the Jayhawks' first competition in more than a month. A scheduled meet with Central Missouri State University was cancelled because of an injury only three gymnasts were not injured.
Bob Lockwood, men's coach, said he was worried that the long layoff might leave the
"I'd hoped to have at least some kind of competition before the Iowa State dual and I am a little concerned we haven't," he said. "We're going to be the right mental attitude, we'll be all right."
Flip special is off
Flip Wilson isn't going to quarterback the Amasas Jayhawk to a football victory over the Warriors.
The comedian came to KU in September and filmed a television special, "Flip Wilson's Salute to Football," that was to be shown before Sunday's Super Bowl.
However, the Canadian company that produced the special has announced that no network has bought the film. There is a chance that it might yet be sold to an independent network, the company said, but it probably won't be shown this year.
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