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University Daily Kansan, September 1, 1982
Ironhawks: An uplifting group
By TOM COOK
Associate Sports Editor
Paul Fairchild, senior offensive guard and co-captain of the KU football team, spent many hours throwing around tractor weights, hay bales and other equipment on his father's farm in southern Alabama. His chance to work out with real weights.
And now the 6-foot-4, 282-pound lineman has something to show for it — the top spot among 13 football players in an elite group called the ironhawks.
To be a member of the Ironhawks, one must be able to lift a total of more than 1,000 pounds in three different roles on the bench press, squat and power clean.
"I'll was going to have to lift weights,
but I can't take something of it."
Purchased said.
HE CERTAINLY achieved his goal, easily clearing the required amount by 332 pounds during early-season workouts. Fairchild bench pressed 454 pounds, squatted 553 pounds and garnered 352 pounds which the bar must be brought from the floor to the chest in a single motion.
Dave Wessling, a 6-5, 259-pound senior offensive tackle, totaled 1,252 pounds for his three lifts, and Anthony Penny, 6-2, 265-pound senior offensive guard, was one pound shy of the 1,250-pound mark. Besides having the most total of the three lifts, he best matches with body weight subtracted.
Fairchild's mark of 1,070 pounds is an
Ironhawk's record. His lift in the bench press also broke the KU record, formerly held by Fred Goebbels at 440 pounds. He has held the Fight bench-press record for guards.
MIKE CLARK, new KU strength coach, said that gaining the status of an ironhawk was "not an easy thing to achieve," especially in the fall.
"You never fully expect them to be as strong in the fall as you do at the end of winter training." Clark said. "We'll lift again in March and if they didn't make it
1982 KU Ironhawks
NAME      TOTAL
FAIRCLUB, 64, 202
Fairchild, 8, 259
Bassett, 8, 359
Anthony Pennery, 6, 259
Bernard Cox, 6, 258
Beckman Atkins, 6, 256
Berkshire Hathaway, 6, 256
Boeing, 6, 255
Chip Shiper, 6, 254
Parker Associates, 6, 253
Phil Harbour, 6, 251
Baswell American, 6, 251
Ariela Goldman, 6, 215
Paul Swenson, 6, 242
Johnson & Johnson, 6, 267
Former KU strength coach Keith Kephart initiated the program last year, and Clark said the challenge of organizing an incentive for players to work harder.
it now, they have a chance to make it then."
players of work that I "think it was a good idea," Clark said. "Most teams do something like this."
Along with their acceptance into the ironhawks, the players receive a gray T-shirt with a black hawk on the front. If they make it again and increase each by lift at least 10 pounds, they receive a black T-shirt with a silver hawk.
THEN, IF they increase their lifts by
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another 10 pounds, they receive a black T-shirt with a gold hawk. Only one athlete has reached the third level since his 'hawks' inception a year ago. Funchill
"I'm having a hard time finding a black XXL shirt for Paul," Clark said.
Chip Schuler, a 6-1, 250-pound offensive guard from Independence, Kan., this year became the only freshman to ever join the ironwheels when he lifted a total of 1,083 pounds, including heavies for the pitching press and 483 pounds in the squat.
"That says something for his strength," Clark said of Schuler. "It also shows how hard he's worked."
Clark said Schuler's short, stocky build gave him the potential to be one of the strongest Ironhawks ever.
"I'll be very surprised if he doesn't break the bench-press record." Clark said. "He ought to break the squat record, too. He has the potential to be the first 500-pound bench presser we've ever had.
"To be an Ironhawk, you've got to be a very powerful man and Chip is that."
Paul Fairchild, senior offensive guard and top lifter of the Ironhawks, prepares to lift 297 pounds in the bench press. Dave Mehrer, senior nose guard, lends a helping hand as Renwick Akins, junior offensive tackle, looks on.
Clark said the only injustice concerning qualifications for an Ironhawk was that it was a "prejudice for the big man."
"We've go a lot of small, strong guys on this team that won't ever be able to lift 1,000 pounds," he said.
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