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Wednesday, August 23,1978
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Gym squad looking to improve
The women's gymnastics team might improve its 6-4 record of last season because it lost to Australia in the final.
"Undoubtedly, this is potentially the best team we've ever had at KU," Ken Snow, women's gymnastics coach, said. "Although a good all-round grant, Laurie Propt, graduated, we have (freshman) Peter Pinto, who could both be national caliber."
Snow had coached Danleo, from Tucson, at a gymnastics camp in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Both Danlane and DIPinto had scores of 35.00 in a possible 40.00 in their all-around test.
Snow said that two standouts would head the list of returns. Angie Wagle has two years of eligibility left after outing one year when in injury, Renée Neville, also will
He said Wagle scored in the 31s in the all-around, and Neville was in the 30s.
LIRE THE TWO freshman, Wagle and Neville will compete in the all-around.
Two gymnasts will be balance beam specialists, Snow said they are Sue
which places them in all four events: side horse vaulting, balance beam, uneven ground.
Snow, in his fifth year as coach, said the team needed leadership.
"Leadership is something we've got to have this year," he said. "If we get it, we will have tremendous potential to win the Big Eight championship."
There are two titles at stake for the team. The first is the Big Eight title, which
**THIS YEAR, according to Snow, Nebraska will have problems because of graduation and gymnasts quitting the team. Because of that, he said, the team to beat this year is Colorado, last year's runner-up. The Buffaloes have an Olympic gymnast on their team. Snow also said he did not how good a recruiting season Colorado had.**
The second goal for the team is to compete
for the national title. The competition involves the top 10 teams in the country, which
To get into the nationals, a team must progress through the state tournament to the regional meet, where they must score at least 134 points. The top team in each regional meet goes to the national meet, along with six at-large teams.
"We're not deep enough to last out any key injuries," he said. "If Angle and Rene were injured."
INJURIES COULD determine how far the KU squad will go. Snow said. A few injuries are to be expected, he said, but injuries to children will usually all-arounders, could hurt KU's chances.
Even though gymnastics has spread nationally, only five schools in the Big Eight compete in women's gymnastics. The other two schools are Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Iowa State.
Missouri is the only one of the three others considering forming a team, he said. Kansas State had a team at one time but discontinued the sport three years ago.
Big 8 stacked against gymnasts
After suffering through a conference season that was dominated by Oklahoma and Iowa State last year, my gymnastics coach Bob Lockwood may find little
The Sooners return Olympian Bart Conner, who took three events at the Big Eight meet and won a all-around at the NCAA meet. Nebraska has grabbed an outstanding freshman gymnast in Jim Olsen who competed internationally for the United States.
Although KU's team got as high as 17th in the national rankings last year, it was mired in last place in the tough Big Eight race. It finished fourth last year, and is favored again this year.
From the Jayhawks' point of view, it may be improvised to teach two of the two students to transfer students.
Steve Foerch and Larry Caplin are the freshmen that Lockwood is counting on this year. Capulin last year placed sixth in the Illinois state high school finals on the pommel horse. His best score is 8.5 of 10 possible.
Jay Gazare, like Waldo Casares of last year's team, is transferring from New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, Casares, to New Mexico to study law enforcement.
Scott Bear will strengthen the KU contingent on the pommel horse, Lockwood
Coaching position difficult to fill
Bill Schroeder, last year's women's golf coach at the University of Kansas, resigned his position Aug. 14. Schroeder has taken a job in Colorado that does not invest golf.
The Jayhawks are searching for a replacement for Schreiber but do not expect to see him until next season.
"If we can't find a teaching job or something of that nature, for these part-time coaches, it becomes difficult sometimes to teach positions filled, Washington said.
EVEN IF they do not have a permanent coach to start the fall season, the Jayhawk golfers will be prepared for their first Tournament. Sent, 10 in Oklahoma City.
According to Marian Washington, Director of Women's Athletics at KU, filming this coaching job as well as keeping the position is only part time.
Nancy Huey, Leavenworth senior, was one of last year's top performers for the Jayhawks and went to the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women National Championship Golf Tournament last spring.
"Nancy is quite a fine golfer, and we will be expecting a great deal of leadership from her."
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Optimistic . . .
Washington listed Cathy Ealy, Reston, Vir., freshman; Cynthia Johnson, Miam., Minn., freshman, and Sally White, Independence freshman, as KU's top recruits.
said. Boar sat out last year after transfer from northern Illinois University
three, the Big Eight, the Region VI and the nationals."
"He will be a strong addition to our team." Lockwood said. "He is legitimate national leader."
THE BIG EIGHT Championships will be held Oct. 12 at Missouri, and the Region VII championship will be held Nov. 6-8 at Kansas.
Following the season opening at Wichita, the squad will host K-State and Nebraska, Sept. 23. The team then will travel to the Missouri Invitational, Sept. 29, the K-State Invitational, Oct. 7, and the Nebraska invitational, Oct. 14.
The final outing of the season, the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women nationals, will take place Nov. 18 in Boulder, Colo.
Top all-arounders returning to the team are led by Brad Foech, older brother of Steve Foech. They also return Ron Ottman (center), who was one of the still rings, while Kelley is best on the horizontal bar. Mark Folger, another all-arounder, was the only freshman to compete in the Big Eight finals last year. He went fourth on the parallel bars at the meet.
"Last year, we finished fourth or fifth in the Big Eight," Anderson said. "This year I really think that we will push Iowa State, the defending national champion.
"Iowa State will be very strong, as they didn't lose any of their people, but we should at least make a strong bid for second."
WHY BE TACKY?
KU's rubicous place in the Big Eight last year was offset by a 7-4 record, with its only losses at the hands of the four other Big Eight teams that compete in the sport. These are Oklahoma, Iowa State, Nebraska and Colorado.
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Kahn, who participated in the Big Eight meet last year, will compete exclusively on the field.
Betsworth sat out last year with a knee injury and has four years of eligibility remaining. His best events are the parallel bars and rings. Lockwood said.
Lockwood also singled out Larre Bettsworth and Richard Kahn as returnees who
KU's schedule will be beeped up this year with the addition of Southern Illinois University in the Big Eight Invitational meet in November.
Gymnasts compete in the six Olympic events. These are the pommel horse, still rings, long horse vaulting, parallel bars, horizontal bar and floor exercise.
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