Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1956 University Daily Kansan
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Jan Howell Among Top In Big Seven League
Hard work and the desire to get ahead has made Capt. Jan Howell one of the top three cross-country runners in the Big Seven conference, said Coach Bill Easton.
"Jan had trouble making the cross-country team last year, but he has shown tremendous improvement since then." Easton said.
The Macksville senior is one of the top runners on KU's cross-country team, and will probably be one of the leading milers when the indoor season begins.
Howell turned in one of the fastest times in Big Seven history in the mile when he covered the distance in 4:10.2 at the Central Collegiates in Milwaukee last summer.
Although he was beaten by Ted Wheeler of Iowa, Howell rates this race as the top effort of his running career. "The conditions seemed to be just right that day, and Wheeler's time was just a fraction of a second better," he said.
In high school Howell began his track career as a 440-yard dash man and increased the distance to 880 the following year.
JAN HOWELL
He had never given much thought to running the mile until his junior year when he raced his team's top miler in practice and beat him. "Since that race, I've been running the mile," he said. Howell didn't run cross-country in high school because he said, "I didn't even know the sprint existed."
His First Year Was A Success
The physical education major's sophomore year was his best at KU, but it appears he will far surpass those performances this year.
He placed sixth in the Big Seven cross-country meet that year and was no. 28 in the NCAA meet. In the 1955 outdoor season, his time of 4:17.5 earned his second place in the conference mile race. His best two-mile time was 9:30.7 for fifth place at the Drake Relays.
He helped lead Kansas to the Big Seven indoor title last winter with a second place clocking of 9:32.6 in the two mile event. He came in no. 41 in the 1955 NCAA cross-country meet at East Lansing.
In the 1956 outdoor season Howell ran fourth in the conference mile with a time of 4:19.9. He also ran the fastest half mile of his career, but failed to qualify for the finals.
Would Like To Run 4:05
Would Like To Run 4:05
"I have not set any specific goal for myself and I won't say that I'll run a four minute mile, but I would like to get my mile time down to around 4:05," he said.
After graduation Howell plans to go into a branch of the service and would like to continue his running for a service team. "Td like to keep on running until I feel that I can't improve any more or until something more important comes along," he said. Most runners don't reach their peaks until they are around 26 or 27 years old and Howell is only 21.
Howell rates Don Delaney of Villanova and Jim Bailey of Oregon as the top milers he has ever run against. He faced both in the NCAA mile race last spring and finished ninth. Both Delaney and Bailey have run a four-minute mile.
"Wes Santee is the best cross-country runner I've ever faced," he said. He rated the former Kansas ahead of Selwyn Jones and Henry Kennedy of Michigan. The latter two led Michigan to the NCAA cross-country championship last year.
"Kansas has more depth in cross-country than last year but we'll have to pull our fifth place finisher if we expect to beat out Michigan in the NCAA," Howell said. "Our fifth place man usually comes in around 30th place and this increases our score too much." In cross-country the first five men count in the scoring and low score wins.
When not running cross-country or track, Howell enjoys flying, and has a private pilot's license, "I also like to do mechanical things with my hands," he said.
ATO Wins; Plays Jim Beam Today
The A team Hill football championship will be decided Wednesday when Alpha Tau Omega, winners of the fraternity. A team championship, meet the winners of the Jim Beam-Moodies independent game to be played today.
The fraternity B champion will be crowned today when Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta-Pi clash at 4 p.m. on the gridiron.
ATO Wins: 18-6
ATO won the fraternity championship Friday when they beat the Phi Delts 18-6. Quarterback Jim Trombold's passing and a rugged set of rushers held the Phi Delts to a standstill.
ATO scored first in the second quarter when Trombold threw 15 yards to Mark Boxberger to make it 6-0. Phi Delt bounced back near the end of the quarter when Jack Redding passed to Bob Richards to tie the score.
Phi Delt started another scoring threat in the third period with Redding throwing, but mid-way in the quarter, a stray Redding pass was intercepted by Carl Lauterjung who rambled 25 yards for the winning score.
ATO added an insurance touchdown in the fourth period when Trombold, passing from his own 45, hit John Cooper with a long pass and Cooper dashed the rest of the way untouched to complete the scoring.
The fraternity B championship brings together Phi Delt and Beta, Phi Delt drew a bye in the first round and reached the finals by beating Phi Gamma Delta 25-13. Beta rolled past Phi Delt II 26-0 in their first playoff game, and drew a forfeit from Beta II to win the right to meet the Phi Delts for the championship.
Jim Ream vs. Moodies
Jim Beam vs. Moodies
In the independent A division,
Jim Beam and Moodies will battle
today for the right to play for the
hill championship against ATO.
Jim Beam advanced to the finals by downing Battenfeld 8-6 and Navy 20-0. Moodies defeated the Oilers in their first game, and blasted Oread 26-0 in the semi-finals.
The B Hill championship will be a match of an earlier regular season game which the Phi Delts won by an 8-7 count. The passing arms of Dean Graves for the Phi Delts and Larry Schwartz for the Betas will be featured in the final game.
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