Wednesday, September 16, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
Ski team third in tournament
Several KU skiers take individual first-place awards
By Amanda Kaschube Special to the Kansan
The setting was perfect: temperatures in the 90s, sun shining and smooth water.
About 150 fans cheered their favorite water skier at Lake MoKane near Eudora last Saturday.
The KU Water Ski team sponsored a tournament with Southern Illinois, Kansas State, Iowa State, Ohio State and Iowa.
Kansas placed third out of six teams, skied well and had fun, said Jeff Clennon. Joiliet, Ill., senior.
Southern Illinois placed first, but several KU skiers took first individually.
At water skiing competitions, each team is allowed five competitors in each of the three events: slalom trick and in
thing flashy to impress the judges.
slalom, trick and jump.
Southern Illinois had an amazing trick team, said Jimmy Spellman. Andover senior and club president.
"We have a lot of returning skiers with lots of experience. Last year, the skiers were just getting their feet wet, but now they're more experienced."
Clennon, team captain, took first place in the slalom by dodging buoys throughout the course. Clennon also won the overall competition and placed third in the jump, by jumping off ramps for distance.
Kelly Brullele, Olathe senior and team co-captain, placed second overall in the jump in the woman's division and ninth in the trick event.
Spellman competed in the tournament but placed lower because of a few falls.
The team has been around for 18 years and competes in tournaments every weekend. This year, the team has about 35 members.
"We have a lot of returning skiers with lots of experience," Clennon said. "Last year, the skiers were just getting their feet wet, but now they're more experienced."
"It depends on the day," Spellman said. "I missed a few things I never miss in practice."
In trick competition, skiers do flips, 360-degree turns and any-
Jeff Clennon captain of the KU Water Ski team
There are 13 active members, five women and eight men, who compete in the tournaments. The women participate in every event, while the men rotate.
As captain of the team, Clennon works more as a coach helping newer members adjust.
Members are given free access
to McKane Lake near Eudora. Members practice as a team from 2 to 5 p.m.
Four years ago, the KU team went to Nationals after winning Regionals. Each year since, the teams has placed third at Regionsals.
On Saturday, the team will travel to Purdue to prepare for the upcoming regional tournament. The top two teams will advance to Nationals from each region.
Jeff Clennon, Joliet, Ill., senior, skies at Lake MoKane, near Eudora. Clennon, captain of the KU Water Ski team, took first place in the slalom in Saturday's comepetition against five other teams. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
"The tournament will show us how we will do in Regionals," Spellman said. "We have a good
shot of placing in the top five."
The team will face Iowa the following weekend, leading up to Regionalists at Purdue, Oct. 2-4.
The team is hiring a trainer the week before Regionals.
"The trainer is going to teach us how to ski as a team." Brulley said.
Transfer waits for the OK to play football
Kansas still is trying to clear junior college transfer Kareem Carter to play football.
Carter, who transferred from Santa Monica Community College, met transfer requirements with 48 transferable hours and a junior college degree.
The school must gather a syllabus for the course work during the home schooling.
The alternative is to identify that Carter is a qualifier because he has an 1120 SAT score and a high school GPA of 3.0. However, during one semester of high school, he was home schooled.
However, Kansas policy does not accept transfer hours that are D's for student athletes, leaving Carter about three hours short of courses he needs to be eligible.
Injury Update
Defensive end Dion Johnson suffered a separated shoulder Saturday in the Jayhawk's loss to Missouri and will not play this weekend.
- Free safety Chad Coellner also suffered a partially separated shoulder in Saturday's game, and it is doubtful that he will play this weekend, coach Terry Allen said:
- Kansan staff report
Volleyball home debut set to continue winning
By Laura Bokenkroger
Kansan sportswriter
Last year, the Kansas volleyball team had lost four matches when it opened at home in the Jayhawk Classic.
This season, the Jayhawks are 7-1 going into their Allen Field House debut against San Francisco in the Jayhawk Classic at 7 p.m. Friday.
But that isn't the only difference from last season.
So far this year, the Jayhawks have recorded the second best start in school history.
They broke the record for consecutive games won in the beginning of a season with their 13-0 start.
They finished first in the Eastern Michigan Early Bird Tournament and second in the Doubletree Guest Suites Classic.
"It was a battle the whole way," defensive specialist Kristi Kiyabu said. "It was just a matter of which team could put it down faster. We wish we could've won that game, but we showed that we could bounce back by beating Eastern Michigan after that."
Although the Jayhawks picked up their first loss at the tournament, dropping three straight games to Kentucky, they were able to extract some positives from that match.
Coach Ray Bechard said that the Jayhawks showed improvements in areas they had been working on but that they struggled with fundamental skills.
"There were some things we were doing well that we may have let down on a little bit by focusing on those areas where we needed some work," Bechard said. "It's good that we've made some adjustments, but passing and serving has to be an everyday skill."
Beachard said that his team gave up too many aces serves. The lapse in passing and missing their own serves at critical moments also cost them, he said.
But the Jayhawks' momentum hasn't slowed, and the focus hasn't changed.
tier in the Big 12 Conference is still the ultimate destination.
The goal the team set in the preseason of moving into the middle
Bechard said that his team has been using practice time and the experience from these matches to help achieve that goal.
"Prior to conference games, we're trying to simulate how valuable the ball is in each and every possession," Bechard said. "We want to be more efficient on first-ball side outs, using the first opportunity we have to attack to end the play."
But the Jayhawks also have a more immediate goal. This goal they have been anticipating since the beginning of practice in August, winning the home opener.
"We don't have anything spectacular to show." Kiyabu said. "We just want to show fans what we've been working on."
Bechard said that fan support definitely was something they were looking forward to.
"If we play like we should and we do things the best we can and with it being a new season with a new staff, then it should raise the level of curiosity," Bechard said.
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