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Thursday. March 20,1975
University Daily Kansan
KU longjumpers soar to national fame, eye Olympics
By KEN STONE
Snorts Writer
Danney Seay and Theo Hamilton,
Danny Seay Kansas track team members,
play a game
The object and the rules of this game are quite simple: dash down a Tartan (or asphalt or grass or dirt) runway, step vigorously on a white wooden board and try to leap as far as possible. The longest jump wins the game.
In track this game is called the long jump, and at the University of Kansas the long jump means Danny Seay and Theo Hamilton.
It also means world-class ability, fierce competition and Olympic potential.
Ticking off the superlatives describing the talent and potential of these two Jayhawk athletes is easy. As aay as getting Theo Hamilton to smile is almost about an hour's last weekend or coursing Danny Suse to speculate on the prospects of KU Track in 1975.
Hamilton and Seay have their ambitions,
you might say.
But Hamilton said this week that he was a coach. He KU indoor record jump of 26-7 at Detroit
"When I got up in the air it seemed as if I wouldn't come down," Hamilton said.
Owens gets extension
Ted Eowens, University of Kansas
employees of Americans don'l job security.
It was announced Wednesday by Clyde Walker, KU athletic director, that Owens has received a three-year extension to his contract, effective through the 1978-79 season. Owens has one year left on his current contract.
Jerry Waugh, assistant athletic director, said salary terms of the new contract hadn't been worked out. Owens currently earns $28,000 annually.
Owens came to KU in 1960 to replace Waugh as an assistant to head coach Dick Harp. In 1984, Harp retired and Owens became the head coach in KU basketball history.
In 11 years as head coach, Owens has compiled a 210-91 record—a .699 winning percentage in the teamwork six times and the six-year-old Jawahir Hayekian four times. Owens has coached five Big Eight Conference champions and has led the 'Hawks
After the Jayhawks won the Big Eight championship in 1974, Owens was selected as "Coach of the Year" by the Associated Press.
"All of us recognize the outstanding job Ted Owens has done," Walker said in making the contract announcement. "His record speaks for itself. The entire team worked diligently of his accomplishments and pleased that we reward him in this manner."
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"I think if Theo had had a longer pit, he would have jumped longer. I think he was scared (of hitting the board marking the end of the pit) and this had an effect on his
Bob Timmons, KU track coach, was a little more explicit in describing Hamilton's skill.
Tad Talley, assistant track coach, said before the NCAA meet be and long jump
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a jumping competition there in mid- January.
And Timmons has the same opinion of Seay, who placed second to Hamilton in the nationals and won the Big Eight indoor crown with his 25-11 best.
Hamilton said that he didn't think he was in great shape now but that his fall training allowed him to come back to good form quickly.
Hamilton, a 2-foot half miler, mile relay runner and 2-14 foot lumpier at West End High School in Birmingham, Ala., said until his coming to Kansas he was complete
said, "I'll be back and forth all year. But he's a competitor, there's no doubt about it."
'Anyone who has ever been around Danny has really been impressed with his skill. He's a true leader.'
coach Gary Pepin had talked about
Harry's chances in the meet.
Talley said Pepin said, "if Theo puts it together, he'll get jumps of over 27 feet."
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Considering that Hamilton was injured and couldn't train intensely for a long four weeks before the Big Eight indoor, his feat grows in stature. Hamilton, who transferred to Alabama two years ago, suffered a muscle pull at Pocatello, Idaho, in winning
self-taught. His best before coming to KU
from Oklahoma in Junior College
championships in 1974.
If the addition of good facilities and good coaching are two explanations for Hamilton's improvement, so is his competitive instinct.
The man who should know that best is teammate and friendly rival, Danny Seay. "I think Theo is one of the best competitions I've ever been up against," Seay
But what is "competitiveness"?
It's Seay winning the Big Eight indoor on his last jump and Hamilton pushing himself at the NCAA meet despite his 84-3 in the second round. He probably have satisfied any other jumper.
"I have things about the last jump," Seay said. We talk at each other and wait艾艾 until the jumps end.
Hamilton said many of the same things. "I just didn't think he hit him more than any other jumper. I don't
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Hamilton said he saw himself going "in the high eight."
So when the "big one" comes, how long will it be?
"It's possible, if the competition is right," he said. "I'll go high f28, no problem. I like jumping outdoors. I'm looking forward to a couple of (relays championship) watch."
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Seay, who has improved steadily from his first year of jumping as a senior at Shawnee Mission North high school through his junior year at KU with yearly bites of 23-6%, 24-8, 25-3 and a wind-aided 25-9 last year, has similar intentions.
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"I just want to get consistent at 26 feet. If I can do that, 27 feet will take care of itself." Seay said. "Twenty-seven feet is definitely there. It's something that's going to be done by both of us. We see us both going close to 27-5, 27-6."
Seay: "I'm definitely looking at the Olympics right now, I'd be a fool not to."
And after this year?
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Now the Olympic games might be a place
for people to play. And could have a lot
of fun playing long jump.
Hamilton: "I'm thinking strongly towards Montreal."
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