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University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 17, 1959
KU Freshmen Tops in Big 8
Kansas University's domination of Big Eight track may continue for some time.
Besides building top varsity teams that strike fear into Big Eight Conference foes, Coach Bill Easton is also producing top freshman teams for the future.
This year the varsity track team is stronger in the sprints and the hurdles than the distances. The varsity is also lean in the pole vaulting department. The freshman team
is strong in the distances, although it shows no signs of being weak in the sprints or hurdles. The team has at least one good pole vaulter.
Ken Olson, whose powerful shoulders helped him set a new Big Eight Conference indoor pole vault record of 14 feet $ _{1/2} $ inch, is leading the way for bright prospects in the future for the KU freshman track team.
KU scored 49 19/28 points in the Big Eight Conference freshman postal indoor meet to win first place.
Oklahoma finished second
34 19/28 points.
Bill Dotson captured first place in the mile run. 4:20.5; the two-mile run. 9:28.0; the 880-yard run. 1:56.5, and the 1,000-yard run. 2:15.4.
Curtis McClinton took first in the 60-yard low hurdles; .07; tied for first place with Ron Leitch in the 60-yard high hurdles; .07.5, and placed sixth in the 60-yard dash.
hurdles, is expected_to develop also
Clarence Peterson, who finished with the second best time in the lows and in fourth place in the high
nurdies, is expected to develop also.
In other events, Robert Albright put the 49 feet $11\frac{3}{4}$ inches to place third. Marvin Wilson placed seventh in the broad jump, jumping 21 feet 9 inches.
The KU freshman squad is weakest in the mile relay, where it finished last. The four KU men entered in the 440-yard dash placed 30th, 32nd, 34th, and 35th out of a field of 35 contestants.
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Tom Skutka
The senior, middle-distance man is expected to enjoy his best year on the outdoor track.
Skutkra ran 4:09.6 to finish second behind Oklahoma's Gail Hodgson in the 1958 Big Eight Outdoor mile. He was 13th for the last two years in the NCAA mile, clocking 4:12.3 both times.
He has also won the Big Eight Indoor mile at 4:11, the third fastest time ever run on the Kansas City track. He also won the 1957 Big Eight cross-country race.
Kansas University's Bill Nieder was the first collegian ever to throw the shot past 60 feet. April 14, 1956, was the date and 60" 3" was the mark.
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