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Tuesday, October 17, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Swimmers and divers team up
Annual intrasquad meet fosters fun and friendly competition
By Bill Kenealy
Kansan sportswriter
The streak remains intact.
Once again, the Kansas swimming and diving teams were triumphant in the annual intrasquid meet on Friday at Robinson Natoratium.
"It just gives us a chance to compete," Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf said. "We won the 20th one in a row since I've been here. I feel good about that."
The meet gives the swimmers a break in their grueling practice schedule to play each other and gives the coaches a chance to assess the teams' progress.
"What we do with intrasquad is try to create a team dependence, a team atmosphere," Kempf said. "I thought that worked real well. I'm very happy with it."
For the meet, the teams were split into two squads, crimson and blue.
On the men's side, the blue squad was victorious 125-113. For the women, blue squeaked by 129-128.
Men's blue squad member Kostaki Chiligiris won three events. The sophomore placed first in the 200-yard freestyle, the 200-yard individual medley and, along with senior Rob Putnam, the 300-yard back-stroke relay.
"All the strokes are coming along evenly," Chiliigiris said. "But I'm trying to concentrate on the I.M."
Erik Jorgensen won multiple events, also. The junior won the 2000-yard freestyle and 400-yard individual medley.
The meet's closest race was the men's 100-yard freestyle. Blue squad sophomore Alan Kroll defeated crimson freshman Brant Peoples by one one-hundredth of a second.
Senior Donna Christensen won the women's 200-yard freestyle for the crimson squad.
"I had a really good time tonight. A lot of people swam well — I swam well," she said. "The relay at the end was a blast. Things like that bring our team together, bring out the goofiness in us."
The meet's final event was a 1500- yard freestyle relay. In a scene reminiscent of a rush-hour subway, all sixty swimmers and divers crowded the pool deck behind the starting blocks for the start of the relay. Each of the thirty members on each squad swam a 50-yard leg as teammates cheered them on. The crimson squad jumped out to an early lead it would never relinquish
The relay forced the members of the Kansas diving team to get their feet wet in a different snort.
Sophomore diver Amy Hathaway was surprised how well she swam. She also dove well, finishing second to senior All-American Michelle Roijohn in both the one-meter and three-meter boards.
Senior diver Kris Hoffman easily won the men's one-meter and three-meter for the crimson squad. However, Hoffman, the returning Big Eight Conference champion in both boards, had a bit of trouble executing the flip-turnduring his leg of the relay. He missed the wall.
"The flip-turn, that's one of my specialities," Hoffman jokingly. "It was fun. This meet brings the team together."
Levy is diagnosed with cancer
Bills coach to undergo surgery to remove cancerous prostate expected to miss three games
The Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is scheduled to undergo surgery today.
Levy is expected to miss three games and will be replaced by assistant Eljah Pitts. Levy most likely will not return to the Bills before they play Atlanta Nov. 12 in Buffalo.
"I've been coaching 45 years, and I never missed a practice and never missed a game," Levy said. "It looks as though I'm going to have to."
Off to a surprising 5-1 start, the Bills begin a three-game road trip next Monday night at New England, followed by games at Miami Oct. 29 and at Indianapolis Nov. 5.
Diagnosed with cancer during the summer, Levy is scheduled for surgery to be performed by Dr. Robert Huben at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Levy's prognosis for recovery is good since it is believed that the disease has been caught at its early stages.
"If it's confined to the prostate, it's totally curable," Levy said. "Surgery is the surest way to know, I'm told."
Levy, 70, made the announcement at a news conference at Rich Stadium after informing his players. He had known he had cancer since the summer and wanted to wait to have surgery until after the season. His doctors told him he would decrease risks by having it now.
Levy waited to break the news until after Buffalo's 27-21 victory over Seattle Sunday to avoid a distraction. The operation was scheduled more than a week ago.
He is scheduled to be in the hospital for 5-7 days. He plans to work from home by watching practice on a monitor.
"He's a remarkable man," Bills general manager John Butler said. "The whole time it has been tearing me apart. He's so tough. He's so strong."
Since becoming Buffalo's coach in 1986, Levy's record is 101-55-0, including playoffs.
Pitts, an assistant with the Bills since 1985, has primarily been running backs coach. He coordinated the special teams in 1986 and was given the added responsibility of assistant head coach in March 1982.
Pitts, a former standout running back for the Green Bay Packers, played in four NFL championships and two Super Bowls on the Vince Lombardi-coached Packers.
His professional coaching career began as an assistant with the Los Angeles Rams from 1973 to 1977.
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