Friday, September 13, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Track stars represent KU at Olympic trials
KU track star Jim Ryun, coach Bob Timmons, and three other Jayhawkers arrived at South Lake Tahoe, Calif., last weekend for the final Olympic trvouts, which began Monday.
In four recent tuneup meets Ryun has run the 880 in 1:47.9 at Flagstaff, Ariz., the mile in 3:59.0 and 3:55.9 at Eugene, Ore., and Walnut, Calif., and the 1,500 meters in 3:43.0 at South Lake Tahoe.
Bornkessel, who graduated last year from Shawnee-Mission North high school, Johnson County, Kans., clocked 49.8 two weeks ago at South Lake Tahoe, knocking more than a full second off his previous best for the 400-meter hurdles.
Ryun, who holds world records for the mile (3:51.1) and 1,500 meters (3:31.1), as well as the unofficial mark for the half-mile (1:44.9), is said to be in top form following a seige of mononucleosis early in the summer.
Members of the 1969 Kansas varsity squad who will be competing for the right to go to Mexico City this fall are: Ryun, Whitica, senior, 800 and 1,500 meters; Stan Whitley, Washington, D.C., senior, long jump; Karl Salb, Crossett, Ark., sophomore, shotput, and Dick Bornkessel, Shawnee Mission, freshman, 400-meter intermediate hurdles.
The only time in Big Eight history the race has been run faster was when former Kansas ace Cliff Cushman finished second in the 1960 Rome Olympics in 49.6.
Salb, who is also in his first year at KU, recently pushed his career best for the shot to 64-3½ with a second place finish behind Neil Steinhauer at Eugene, Ore.
Whitley spanned 25-7.at the South Lake Tahoe meet, just missing his best mark of 25-81/2 which he set last June. He reports he is no longer bothered with an ankle injury that plagued him throughout the 1968 collegiate season.
In addition to the four current Jayhawks, two former KU track stars will bid for further Olympic honors. Al Oerter, discus champion at the last three Olympic meets, will try for his fourth trip to the world games. Billy Mills, surprise winner of the 10,000 meters at Tokyo four years ago, is hopeful of a chance
Gridder qualifies for two awards
Mike Ccoy, a 210-pound sophomore offensive guard from Hiawatha, has qualified for two of KU's highest scholarships on the basis of his freshman academic record.
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McCoy, an electrical engineering major, qualified for the Summerfield and N. T. Veatch awards. The Veatch award is made to top students in the School of Engineering. Because McCoy is already on a full KU athletic scholarship, NCAA rules prohibit him from receiving additional financial aid.
McCoy's GPA's last year were 2.69 first semester and 2.82 second semester.
Coach Pepper Rodgers stationed McCoy at No. 2 tight guard as backup man to Kenny Wertzberger, a Lawrence senior who played regularly at that spot last season.
The 1,000-member group wants the rules changed to allow a golfer to shoot out-of-bounds or to improve his lie without a penalty, according to the Encyclopedia of Associations, published by Gale Research Company, Detroit.
to defend that title at Mexico City.
The U.S. trials at South Lake Tahoe run from Monday of this
week to next Monday and follow the exact schedule of the Olympic games, to be held in Mexico City October 13-20.
Football coach Pepper Rodgers, preparing to start his second year at KU, likes to point out that the Jayhawk squad is made up mostly of Kansans.
Kansans anchor grid team
This is counter to the normal trend of far-flung recruiting in college football, he points out.
Eight of the 11 players on the
top offensive unit and five of the top 11 defenders for the 1968 season are from Kansas. There are 13 other native Kansans or Kansas Citizens slated for backup duty.
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