Friday, September 17. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Clay court, hurricane may menace Jayhawks
By Melinda Weaver sports@kansan.com Kansan swordwriter
Hurricane Floyd will not stop the Kansas men's tennis players from traveling to Baltimore for the National Clay Court Tournament — but it may hinder them once they arrive.
Junior Ed Dus, sophomore Rodrigo Echagaray and freshman Eleazar Magallan will compete in the tournament, which is considered one of the four most prestigious tournaments in collegiate tennis, based on last season's regional ranking.
One of the bigger obstacles for the Kansas players to overcome will be adapting their skills to a clay court, which requires a different approach than a hard court.
"You have to be more patient," said men's tennis coach Mark Riley. "On a hard court, it's easier to move, on a clay court, you
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have to wait for an opportunity before coming to the net. On the other hand, you can't hang back too much either. Tennis is tennis, so I really don't think it will matter too much."
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The clay courts will be even more difficult if the
even more di conditions Hurricane Floyd persist in Baltimore. Yesterday, the area experienced tor
rental rain, but the weather was expected to taper off todav.
Despite the weather problems and clay courts, Riley said he expected the team to see success this weekend against some of the nation's best collegiate tennis players.
"We should do some damage this weekend because we have been conditioning since school started," Riley said. "There are always
some surprises. I expect us to do well."
Because the tournament will continue for a week, Dus and Echagarray will not compete until next week, but Magallan will compete this weekend.
Magallan qualified based on his No. 4 junior national ranking and No. 12 ranking in Mexico.
He comes to Kansas with an impressive résumé after beating Kansas senior star Luis Uribe in straight sets last season in Mexico.
Dus qualified based on his No.44 doubles ranking last season.
He and partner Uribe upset the No. 1-ranked doubles team and advanced to the semi-finals of the Rolex Indoors last season.
This season, he will team up with Echagaray, who completed the season with an 11-7 doubles and 12-6 singles record.
Edited by Mike Loader
Swimmers go jump in lake for traditional season debut
By Brent Briggeman
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
In an open water race — the only meet of its kind in the country — the Kansas swimming team will endure chilly temperatures for a SK race this weekend against Southern Illinois at Clinton Lake.
"It's a viewer-friendly race," said Kansas coach Gary Kempf. "It's the only dual meet, open-lake race in the country, and it's become a Kansas tradition."
The dual race has been held all 24 years Kempf has been at Kansas. This will be the sixth year in a row that the team will swim against Southern Illinois.
"It's tremendous for our aerobic conditioning," Kempf said. "In a pool there's always a chance to rest; you can rest on the wall or on the bottom of the
So why does the team, which competes in indoor pools, choose to open its season in such a wav?
pool. In the lake, there's no place to rest."
Members of the team agreed.
Members of the team agreed.
"It's definitely tiring," said Brian Klapper, senior captain.
"But it's fun, it's just become part of tradition."
Although the format of the race is radically different from those during the season, Kempf uses it as an indication of his team's character.
"Swimming in the lake takes them out of their comfort zone." Kempf said. "It gives you a chance to see what they're made of and who will be a little more aggressive."
Then there's the issue of the cold.
Forecasts are calling for partly cloudy skies and a high of 82 degrees tomorrow. But the race is at 8 a.m., when the air temperature will be closer to 55 degrees.
"It's going to be cold," Klapper said. "We swam here this afternoon for about an hour and it was pretty cold. Fortunately you get into it, hopefully, that
Kempf said it was warmer in the water than out.
will happen Saturday morning."
"It is that bad," Kemp said. "If it is too cold they'll swim faster. But actually the water temperature will be around 74 degrees, so the swimmers will be warmer in the water than out. They'll be warmer than me."
Kempf will take only 12 swimmers to the race from both the women's and men's squads. Among the swimmers will be senior women's team captains Rebecca Eustice, Jenny Fuller and Kerri Pribily, as well as senior men's team captains Klapper and Andy Kyser.
"We've got a big group of hungry freshmen," Kempf said. "It'll be interesting to see how they do."
Kempf also will take four freshmen on both squads.
The swim team will compete next Oct.15.
- Edited by Darrin Peschka
Kansas visits third recruit from wish list
The Kansas recruiting wagon made its third major stop Tuesday in Tripp, S.D., with an in-home visit to 6-foot-11-inch high school center Jared Reiner.
By Matt Tait
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
By Matt Tait
Along with guard DeShawn Stevenson of Long Beach, Calif., and Travon Bryant of Fresno, Calif., Reiner is at the top of Kansas' short wish list of high school seniors.
According to ESPN SportsZone's recruiting Web site, Reiner is among the top 10 centers in the nation.
While Reiner's skills certainly merit the attention, the press and publicity he has received in the past two years has been a bit overwhelming for Reiner, as well as for his coach and his town.
"It's as new to me as it is to him," said Dan Sabers, Reiner's high school coach. "This doesn't happen too often in South Dakota."
Reiner has attracted several big-name schools, Connecticut, Syracuse, Illinois, Utah, Iowa and Notre Dame join Kansas in pursuing Reiner, making the decision a tough one.
One factor will be the distance of the prospective schools from home. Sabers said that Kansas and Iowa were the same distance from Tripn.
Unlike Kansas' other top recruits this off season, Reiner recently changed his mind and plans to sign during the early signing period, which runs from Nov. 10 to 17.
Al Seibert of Heartland Hoops said that Reiner told them that his visits with Iowa and Illinois last week were very good.
Iowa visited Reiner before Kansas. But after visiting with coach Roy Williams and his staff, Reiner and his coach were equally pleased with both schools.
"It it went really well," Sabers said. "Coach Williams is very distinguished and I was very impressed with his concern for academics — he really stressed that."
In fact, the visit went so well that Sabers said that it was his opinion — not necessarily Reiner's — that Kansas and Iowa were probably the top two schools on his list.
"The visit was equal to Iowa," Sabers said. "They were both selling the strong points of their programs, which are totally different. At Iowa they are offering playing time now, and at Kansas they are offering tradition and success. He knows that at Kansas he'll have to pay his dues, but also that there may be a Final Four down the line."
Reiner, and all of the recruits, have until Sept. 26 to have in-home visits and then must decide whether to sign in the early November signing period or to wait until spring.
—Edited by Julia Nicholson
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