Wednesday, August 23, 197
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Recruits, veterans compose solid swim team
By LIONEL TIPTON
Sports Writer
Although the KU women's swimming team has won every Big Eight title since 1974, when the league began competition, coach Gary Kempf is not forgetting there
"We could be favored again, but it will be a close race," Kemp said. "Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri have strong teams." Kemp said KU's team primarily would be made up of freshmen and sophomores, promising freshmen, including two divers
The other state champion is Patty Muellerberger, from Kansas City, Kan. Muellerberger was third in the Kansas state diving championships last year, but Kempf said he thought she had an "off-mee," and was the best diver in the state last year.
Paula Wehner, from Kansas City, Mo., the Missouri state champion in high bobsled.
"Diane is outstanding in the individual
Experience boosts men's tennis squad
KU's men's team will open its fall
regulation with confidence.
Five of last year's top six players, Including No. 1 singles player Mark Hasko,
Three other freshmen who will help the team on the swimming side are Diane Ellis, Gladney Nohineh and Lynette Lange, Kemof said.
Rounding out the squad will be lettermerr
and Ruyser, Wayne Sewall
and Hilkizram.
"We have some fine players returning," said Tom Kivisto, head tennis coach. "We also have a new player, Rick Wertz, an All-Star from Cowley City Junior College in Ark City."
The Jayhawks are adding a fall season to their program this year, which opens Sept. 22. The highlight of the season should be the State State Invitational.
Oklahoma State, the defending Big Eight champion, Southern Illinois, Tulsa University and North Texas State will be there.
RELYING ON a big serve and the ability to run down shots. Collier will play No. 2.
Hosking, known for his aggressive game and powerful overhead, will lead the team in his second year as the number one singles player.
"Our other four positions are pretty much open," said Kivisto. "Just who gets them will depend on how much improvement there has been over the summer."
Last year Kansas finished fifth in the Big Eight Championships and ended the season with a 5-2 record.
"Actually, we did better than our record
might indicate," said Kivisto. "When you
consider we played one of the toughest schedules in the nation, facing powerhouses such as UCLA and Arizona State, we really had a fantastic season."
"One of the things that I was really pleased with is that we won all of our close matches," Kivisto added. "In fact, we won every match. It's a maturity to consistently win the close ones."
THE TEAM certainly will need maturity.
According to Kivito, this year's schedule is
to be announced.
"We anticipate matches with many nationally ranked teams," said Kivisto.
"It takes tough schedules to build strong programs," said Kivisto. "Unlike many team sports, however, the toughness and maturity you gain don't show up overnight. I expect that the fierce competition we had will do us more good than it did then."
Ellis, from Albuquerque, N.M., and Nohinek, from Kansas City, Kan, competed in the AAU annual meet this summer in Woodlands. Tex.
Lange, from Omaha, Neb., is a spinner and competes in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyles. She has received All-America honors in the sprint events.
medley and backstroke and a versatile all round swimmer, "Kempi said. 'Gladney is coming off a year's layoff, she is an artist and a cheerleader,' backstroke and individual medley."
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Lanny Schaffer, Topea sophomore, also competed in the AAU national meet this summer and will compete in the freestyle, backstroke and individual medley this year.
The team also returns the top swimmer last year in the breaststroke, Linda Savidge,
The five freshmen will try to offset the loss of four members of last year's team.
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Part of last year's All-America 200-yard freestyle relay team also is returning, Kemp said. Sophomores Erin McMorrow and Maureen Sheean both were considered top-airners, and Kemp added Sheean would compete in the butterfly this year.
Lindstrom competes in the freestyle, backstroke and individual medley.
Balagna Memorial Fund for son reaches $1,500
Balagna's son, Joshua, born 10 days before the accident, will be the beneficiary of the trust fund. It will become his when he turns 18.
About $1,500 has been contributed to the Demis Baligna Memorial Fund, set up this summer for the infant son of the University of Kansas football player who died June 28 in a construction accident in Topeka.
Kempi said he expects about six to 12 swimmers to walk on and make the team, including Freshman Tyler Cormack, senior Water Safety Goering of Wichita and Salary Burger of Kansas City, Kan.
Last year, nine swimmers competed in the association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national meet. Kempt said that he was going to take the entire team to the national meet.
He died when a 10-foot deep ditch in which he and former KU football player J马克斯蒂勒 were working collap�ing the wall. He and a sewer line at a Topeka street corner.
The four were Laurie Propt, a diver who also competed in gymnastics, Cathy Call, who will assist Kemp this year, Debbie Bunker and Vickie Ingham.
Balagna, who would have been a senior, was a standout at nooseguard his first two years, earning Big Eight Freshman of the Year honors. He sat out during the shoulder injury, but returned to spring drill and became the No.1 left offensive guard.
The team was 7-9 in dual meets last year, but Kemp said this year's team had a few weaknesses in the breaststroke and butterfly.
As far as returning swimmers are concerned, Kempf said Janet Lindstrom. Des Moines, Iowa, sophomore, "is the most successful of all American swimmers." She has definite All-American potential.
Although the team will start practice sept. 5, their first meet is not until Nov. 11.
Dennis Balagna
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