Reamon: Season Prospects Good; New Pool Important to Swimmers
By Will Hardesty
KU's swimmers are five weeks into practice and prospects are good for a successful season.
"We could be anywhere from second to fourth in the Big Eight," Coach Richard Reamon said.
Reamon, a full-time staff member and graduate student working toward his master's in Guidance and Counseling, says he believes KU's new pool will be a major factor in how his team fares.
"A LOT of how well we do will depend on how soon we can get into the new pool. It could make a difference of one or two places in the conference."
There are 41 men out for swimming. Of this group, five are seniors, two juniors and the remaining 34 are sophomores and freshmen. Two of the 41 are divers.
"This year we'll have depth. The Big Eight allows a team to consist of 18, but we'll probably travel with 15. We have two good men in every event, and one or both are potential first place winners," the coach happily announced.
REAMON ATTRIBUTES the team strength to summer age-group swimming programs. This program, popular at local pools all over the country, encourages competitive swimming during the summer in several age-brackets.
"This program." Reamon declares, "is directly responsible for much of the U.S. success in the Olympics. This program began shortly after the war, and collegiate swimming is beginning to reap wholesale benefits. There is no question about the fact that this year's group is the best bunch we've ever had out for swimming at KU.
"Last year, the freshmen broke every swimming record but one. This year those freshmen are eligible for varsity."
LAST YEAR KU finished third
in the Big Eight behind Oklahoma and Iowa State. Reamon predicts Oklahoma will repeat its conference domination. OU has 13 consecutive conference wins.
KU's first meet this year is with the University of Colorado Dec. 10 in Boulder. KU has never lost to the Golden Buffs in the four years Reamon has coached KU swimmers. He says he hopes for another victory this year.
Dec. 11, KU's swimmers trek 100 miles south of Boulder to tangle with the Faleons of the United States Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs.
"WELL HAVE a tough time against the Air Force. We'll have to be really up for the meet to win. It will be one of the most even meets we have all year," Coach Reamon said.
The last time the Jayhawks met the Falcons, in 1963, KU won.
A swimming meet is complex with many events. In a dual meet there are eight swimming events and a one-meter diving event. In the conference championships all 100-yard events in the dual meet have comparable 200-yard events and 200-yard races in the dual meet schedule have 100-yard races. Also added are a 1650-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley and three-meter diving.
EACH TEAM may enter four men in each event. This is where depth counts.
"Dual meets are, in reality, only practice. The only meet which counts for conference standings is the Big Eight Championship meet held in March."
Reason objects when the term "minor sport" is applied to swimming.
'It is minor only in that swimming doesn't have the spectator appeal of the so-called 'major sport.' It's certainly not a minor sport in work and preparation. Physiology tests have proven that swimmers and cross-country men
have the best respiratory recovery rates. Swimming, however, is the best over-all conditioner. Swimming as an activity has an excellent carry-over for people of any age."
MU Tackles CU Saturday
KANSAS CITY — (UPI) — Missouri plays at Colorado in a crucial game with the winner expected to finish second to Nebraska and also notch a possible bowl bid. Saturday.
KU plays the undefeated Cornhuskers of Nebraska at Lincoln.
In other league games, Iowa State plays at Oklahoma where fourth place could be decided and winless Kansas State entertains Cincinnati of the Missouri Valley Conference. Oklahoma State, Nebraska's next opponent, is idle.
Missouri's 10th-ranked Tigers face a possible let down after their disappointing loss to Nebraska last week and Thursday lost the services of their top place-kicker, Bill Bates.
Bates, 10 for 11 from the conversion line and four for eight from the field, did not accompany Missouri on its departure because of a twisted ankle. Linebacker Rich Berson, who toed an extra point in Missouri's 28-6 victory over K-State earlier in the year, is expected to handle the Tigers' booting chores.
Colorado will display the league's total offense leader in quarterback Bernie McCall and the Big Eight's No. 2 rusher in William Harris, Missouri's Charlie Brown is the leader.
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