Friday, October 26,1979
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Swimmers of 1969 were best in Big 8
By DAVID BURNS Sports Writer
The men's swimming team has won the Big Eight title 10 of the last 12 years, but Dick Reamon's 1969 squad is conquered to be one of the top teams in KU history.
In the 1969 season, the Hawks went 10-8 in dual teams and the Big Eight 12-7. They had won NCAA national meet and, although they didn't place, they broke a number of records.
"We'd gone eight straight meets without a loss that year before we lost a close one to SMU, a power in the south," Reasonam said recently. "We also went 10 years without losing in the Big Eight, and we really helped our recruiting efforts."
"Every time we won, I felt I could recruit a hundred in every direction."
Reamon took over as coach in 1982 from Jay Markley, who later went to Oklahoma. At the time, the team lacked not only top-quality swimmers, but also a top-quality pool. Swimming took place in Waco Gym, where Wescoe Hall now stands.
"WHEN I TOOK over, all we had to with were two wets and an over-sized bucket. We couldn't even get four swimmers in the pool at the same time for the butterfly."
"I'd say swimming at KU really began when I was a kid," the Gym was in 1992, he said. "I was a great place to swim because it gaw our swimmers at least two-and-a-half feet to the pool."
Reamon is also responsible for developing a number of All-American and All-Big Eight swimmers and all-Alt American relay team to the NCAS.
"Success breeds success," Reamon said. "A lot of people called us a Midwest team." He added that it would be hard to lot to do with it, but mostly I'd give the credit to the mine. We worked much harder than our neighbors did.
NO FULL scholarships were available for swimmers while Reamon was coaching.
"At first we had to recruit mainly in
the state," he said. "But when we started winning, it made me feel I could comfortably go outside to Oklahoma to see the sun." Kempf and his brother Gary (women's swimming coach) out there in the park, and they were valuable additions.*
"Probably the one main reason we were a Midwest power was because we put in a hell of a lot of work. The sport would have been tough, but should stay active year-round." he said.
REAMON SAID that during his tenure swimmers in the West could be depended upon to beat any Midwest team.
"Swimming out there was more fun," Reasonan said. "I lost a lot of good swimmers because they didn't want to swim out here and we could offer them a swim lesson." Swimmers wewrmed did get came here because KU was a fine institution in those days.
"NOT TOO many swimmers back then came to KU just to swim. Those that did quickly became very dissatisfied colleague, and soon all the very glamorous sport to begin with. It mundane, boring. There's no real reward involved, so the only motivation was self-impulsion."
Reamon said the swim team had a different breed of athlete because swimming required total dedication to a painstaking sport.
"They liked the sport and were willing to pay the price for success," Reasonam said. "It was tough, they were doing the same thing ever over and again, day by day, but they would never have beaten the Big Eight title without the effort."
So far, every record but one set by the team has broken his record. The record that remains to be broken is the number of Jayhawks to compete in the NCAA
"We were good back then, but we weren't quite there yet," Reason said. We sent nine swimmers to the Naults, but didn't place any out of the 80 team there. Yet we did break five team records in the nine events we entered.
with a much better point of view on the situation related to racial problems."
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"I came to the meeting apprehensive," he said, "but left with a great feeling about our kids and their approach to some very difficult problems they were going through.
Timmons said the meeting had been very revealing and had pointed out how little he understood about the time.
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"I thought they were very, very fair and their approach was direct. That was really something really special, important to me and them."
"We became a lot more aware of where athletes were coming from and did a much better job because of it," he said.
As Timmons looks back, he says ne is pleased he didn't leave during those times of violence and social change.
"WE MADE SOME adjustments to thinking and approaches to some things. It
"Though I didn't agree with the way it came about, I don't know if as much would have happened with a job," Timmons said. "Sometimes people won't change."
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helped us all. We became more understanding.
"It's still going on, all the things we're going through. In some ways, we're closer, but we've got a long way to go to get rid of policies unfair to athletes."
"I like the forward a lot better than center,"钉勋 said. "What I feel I have over other forwards is that I can shoot the ball. I like to go outside with it."
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Knight said the switch could be advantageous.
OWENS, WHO BEGINS his 16th season as head coach, said even though there is an adjustment from college to college basketball, that he agreed with the 1972 NCAA ruling, and that he wasn't reluctant to play freshmen if they canable.
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