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Wednesday, September 24, 1975
University Daily Kansan
Women swim team members anchor a floating lane marker in Robinson Pool
Staff Photo by GEORGE MILLENEED
Potent swim team returns
By KELLY SCOTT
Sports Writer
Not many expect to see University of Kansas women swimmers in next year's Olympic Games in Montreal. But KU coach Claire McElroy said the team's chances of repeating as Big Eight champions were better than ever.
She said the overall depth that characterised last season' team is again its greatness.
She said she thought that the team would and more swimmers to nations this way.
"A FEW INDIVIDUALS have the capacity to be excellent, but we think they'll have a tendency to raise the level of their performance and stand out from the crowd." McElroy said.
Swimming is an individual competition, she said. In intercollegiate team competition, however, a school wins meets with a few individual players, overseeing, not with a few individual superstars.
The intensive training and time required to produce an Olympic caliber swimmer (women) is 18 weeks.
The three returning members from last year's national-qualifying 400-yard medley relay are Teri Pollard, Cassie Strom and David Moffett also qualified in the 50-basket freestyle.
STOM WAS UNDEFEATED in the 50-
s and breast-stroke events
throughout the season.
McElloyd parcelled out three scholarships to Magner and newcomer Jamet Walker, and two others.
Call, a freshman from Kansas City, Kan,
and Walters, a sophomore transfer from
Johnson County Junior College, will both
swim freestyle and individual medley.
Laurie Propt and Jacque Schuster return as the team's top divers. Freshman Karen Mundy, an experienced diver from AU competition, also joins the team.
Scott Pyle will double men's and women's diving coach. Pyle, a former coach of the Nantucket Swim Team in Dallas, will head to for Olympic competition, McEllroy said.
THE SWIMMING SEASON won't start until Nov. 2, but McElroy and assistant coach Burk have started a rigorous condition program of running, easy distance swimming and working with weights.
McElloy said she would trim the 33 hopefuls participating in the conditioning program down to a squab of 26 swimmers. Of those, 13, will make the traveling team.
Although national champion University of Miami found that working out with the men is to the advantage of the women's team, including training with the KU men's team,
Melvoey said the Robinson Natatorium already was crowded. The team practices in the airfield.
MCCELROY SAID THAT, according to Title IX guidelines, the women's team should be able to get the pool during the prime darttime hours.
But the women on the team voted to work during the dinner hour rather than jeopardize what McEenoy called a good relationship with the men's program.
Staff Photo by GEORGE MILLENER
Cassie Strom
Golfers to test Oklahoma links
By JOE RADCLIFFE
"We're looking forward to a lot of success this year," Waugh said. He said this year's results are on hold.
Despite the rough opponents, coaches Kennedy and Jerry Waugh are optimistic.
Some of the toughest competition in the nation awaits the University of Kansas golf team today when it begins its season at the Oklahoma City Golf Classic.
KENNEDY SAID, "WE want good depth
balance, not just a real few good
reals."
As for long-range goals, both Kennedy and Waugh hope to improve on the team's seventh place finish in last year's league meet.
**"WE DO A LOT OF WORK at the driving range, but you can only improve so much. Then you have to think your way around the field." This is where a lot of guys don't make it.**
Kemedy is a pro at the Alvamar golf course.
Kennedy said he found it hard to get his payers to improve in a sport where impediments were common.
"We have more quality players than a year ago," Waugh said. "Last year we had quality players, but not very many of them. Now we have much better balance."
"OSU and OU have the first two places locked up," said Kennedy, looking ahead to the season. With the attitude we have on this this week, we could get fourth in the conference."
"There's just two fundamentals in golf, distance and direction," he said. "You can't teach someone to hit the ball farther. That's natural ability."
Waugh said that better balance meant more competition among team members.
last year, the same six guys always met them. "We all themselves," he said. "This year the top eight or nine are all within several strokes. it's a motivation factor because everyone has to be there."
JIM DOYLE, KRIS Kennedy, Craig Palmer, Jim Pearson and Bob Maison traveled to Oklahoma City. Three of KU's top players - Rick Kennedy, Coryek Eyer and Doyle Gerard — weren't able to travel with the team because of conflicts with school.
Gary Calthon is the team's top player. But his position could change at any time, since the top five players are all within five strokes of each other.
Kennedy concentrates on improving players' control.
Then he smiled and said, "Maybe third, if we're lucky."
SUA INTERVIEWS FOR FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
The following positions (chairmen and committee members) are needed for Festival of the Arts:
- Technical
- Security
- Publicity
- Tickets
- Ushers
- ★ nospitally
- Creative Writing Contest
- K.U. and Lawrence Events
Interviews will be held Wednesday,
September 24, 1975, from 7-10 p.m.
Please sign up in the SUA office.
FREE UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT
PLACE—at the Free University table or the SUA office (both located in the Student Union)
DATE—Thursday, September 25th Friday, September 26th and Monday, September 29th
TIME—9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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