8B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, AUG. 20, 2001
Young women's golf team looks to juniors as leaders
By John Domoney Kansan sportswriter
Entering her third season as Kansas women's golf coach, Nicole Hollingsworth is hoping that the third time is a charm.
After her first two teams both finished last in the Big 12, this year's edition of the jayhawks even featured a conference championship.
"As a coach you don't talk about that a lot." Hollingsworth said of the Big 12 championship. "However, a lot of people look at that. We want to do better, and we're capable of doing better."
Much of Kansas' fortune rests on its junior class, which will lead the team. The Jawahires are without a senior on the roster with the graduation of Ashely Bishop and Sarah Mahoney last year.
"I think it's always nice to have senior leadership. This year somebody's going to have to step up." Hollingworth said.
Hottingsworth and the Jayhawks are counting on Topeka, junior Tiffany Kruggel, and Martinsville, id., junior, Heathen
Rose elevated her game to new heights during last year's Big 12 Championship to finish in a tie for 28th.
Krugel also showed promise placing 59th in the championship.
Hollingsworth said that , along with Kruggel and Rose, Great Bend junior Kristy Stra ib and Modesto, Calif., sophom re Jennifer Bawanan would form the nucleus of the team.
Hollingsworth is look ing for impact players in her fre shman class of Morgan Arb uckle, Meredith Winkleman and Lawrence Free State High School graduate Laren Phlegar.
The Jayhawks also good news when Jill Mac a junior from Kent State to transfer to Kansas.
MacDonald brings added experience to the squad and has Hollingsworth elated.
"I'm very excited al out Jill coming to play for us bec ause she has a lot of international l experience." Hollingsworth sai d.
Although NCAA rules prohibit the team from having any practices during the summer, the women stayed busy competing in tournaments, practicing and playing rounds ever day in preparation for what is a critical year for Kansas.
Hose said that tour naments were a large part of the golfers' summers.
"We competed in different tournaments all over the country," Rose said. "There a tournaments for amateurs all the time in the summer."
The Jayhawks will use their hard work during the summer to fine tune their games for the competition they'll face, especially in the difficult Big 12.
"It's always a pretty competitive conference that is considered one of the two or three best in the country." Hollingsworth said.
metore Kansas tests its improvement against the rest of the Big 12 at the Big 12 Invitational on Oct. 1 and 2 in Sillwaukee.
The team then heads to the Baytree Intercollegiate in Myrtle Beach Sept. 7 to 9.
Next comes a trip to Big 10 country in East Lansing, Mich., at the Mary Fossum Intercollegiate Tournament with host Michigan State Sept. 15 to 16.
The fall schedule wraps up with the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational at Alvamar Golf Club in Lawrence Oct. 15 and 16.
The Jayhawks know they have a lot to work on when practice begins Thursday, but Rose said the team was anxious to get started.
"We're very excited about the year, and we're going to have a good year." Rose said.
Domoney can be reached at 864-4810 or sports@kansan.com
Oran e not so ultimate for athletes
Energy sup lement
an unsafe ption.
football pla ers say
By Randy Ricardson
Kansas spor writer
Several Kansas football players have said they knew about the energy supplier ent that may have contributed to the death of Northwestern fo ball player Rashidi Wheeler, though they said they had used the supplement.
Ultimate Oran e an energy drink available ov the counter, is banned by the CAA because it contains th stimulant
freshman offe sive lineman
Joey Guzman, ju ior offensive
tackle Gabe Ros is and junior
offensive tackle Justin Sands
each said they ha heard of Uli-
mate Orange ank knew what it
was but never ought about
taking the supple ment.
The NCAA re caused a survey that showed tha 42 percent of college athletes ave used some kind of supplier ent other that interests.
Harrison Hill senior receiver and team co-ca stain, said last week that he di not think any Kansas footb player was using substance that they knew were banned by the NCAA.
Coach Terry Hen said he had spoken with se ral players who did not know what Ultimate Orange was.
Jack Fincham, dean of the School of Pharmacy, said that ephedrine was once used to reduce nasal decongestion.
Fincham said a common side effect was stimulation of the central nervous system, which increases heart rate. The substance has been linked to strokes and heart attacks.
Wheeler died Aug. 3 after he collapsed during a sprinting drill on a Northwestern practice field.
The Cook County, Ill., medical examiner said Wheeler died of bronchial asthma. But there have been reports that Wheeler and some other Wildcats may have used Ultimate Orange, a nutritional supplement that contains herbal ephedrine.
Toxicology tests due in a couple of weeks will show if Wheeler used ephedrine, said Dr. Edmund Donoghue, the medical examiner.
"A team is studying every aspect of the tragedy with the aim of preventing something like this from happening again," Northwestern athletic director Rick Taylor said. "We're looking into everything."
Northwestern players reported to camp in Kenosha, Wis. on Thursday. Wheeler's family and Northwestern have ongoing investigations into Wheeler's death, and an investigation Thursday about the gruelling conditioning drills they endure.
Wheeler's mother, Linda Will.
Ultimate Orange facts:
Ultimate Orange is an energy supplement available over the counter and sold as an energy drink.
The supplement contains ephedrine, a stimulant that is banned by the NCAA.
Ephedrine stimulates the central nervous system and can lead to increased heart rate.
Ephedrine has been linked to strokes and heart attacks.
talked to a number of her son's teammates and has said that Wheeler didn't have to die.
Will has enlisted the help of the Rev. Jesse Jackson and lawyer Johnnie Cochran, Jr., who contend Northwestern wasn't prepared to deal with such an emergency.
Northwestern has furnished Cochran's Chicago law partners with a video tape of the practice that shows paramedics attempting to resuscitate Wheeler.
Coach Randy Walker has agreed not to use the sprinting drill that Wheeler collapsed while performing.
Richardson can be reached at 664-4810 or sports@kansan.com
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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