Track athlete sets fast pace
When You're in Doubt--Try It Out, Kansan Classifieds.
By JAY COOPER
Amid the sounds of the Beatles'
"We Can Work It Out" Larry
Woelk starts his day . . . at 2 a.m.
Woelk is at home in a booklined study or on a cross country course. He has a 2.4 g.p.a., a position on the varsity cross country team and a ven for travel.
Woelk has travelled widely in Europe and Africa. His hometown is Wichita.
HE STUDIED at Kakamega Secondary School in Kenya for
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for his junior year of high school. This was possible because his father was teaching chemistry at Kakamega in the Fulbright Cultural Exchange program.
LARRY WOELK
During his time in Kenya, Larry watched Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan distance runner, in several track meets before Keino became a world track figure. Woelk says the Africans will be the next great distance runners of the world.
After a dinner comparable to breakfast, but adding Kool-Aid, orange drink or grape drink, it's back to bed till 2 a.m.
Woelk supports his theory on the basis of the natural conditioning the Africans receive. This includes the vast amounts of walking and, for many, high-latitude living. The latter is the reason, according to Woelk, Keino should perform well in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
WOELK'S INTERESTS range from collecting wine bottles, wood carvings, water color prints and rock 'n' roll records to reading detective and spy mysteries, including James Bond. Woelk does much of his reading in French, which, he says, adds spice to the stories.
CLASSES COME NEXT, followed by a cross country practice including 10 to 16 miles of running.
He gets up at 2 am., for a round of "We Can Work It Out," two or three hours of studying, and a run of six miles. He tops
Larry is a sophomore working on a double major in French and math. He hopes to teach in Kenya, as this would fit into his love for travel.
Standing with one foot on a footstool fashioned from the trunk of a tree and inlaid with colored beads, and holding a 15-foot hunting spear, Woelk explained his daily schedule.
Travel has been a large part of his life. On the way back to the United States from Kenya, Larry and his brother, Lewis, visited Cairo, Athens, Rome, Venice, Paris and LeHavre.
His travels have netted many wood carvings. Two of these, carved heads, he bought in Kakamega for a total of three dollars. Since returning he has been offered $25 for each. Woelk says his prize possessions aren't for sale.
this off with a breakfast which is likely to include steak, fish, TV dinner, hamburger or breakfast food.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IS . . .
RAGTIME PIANO NIGHT
Jackie Conklin at the piano with Skip Devol on the banjo
Our song leader starts the SHANTY-sing-a-long fun at 9:00
Come down early and enjoy our quality sandwiches from the Sandwich Shoppe.
The Shanty Tap Room
Downstairs next door to the RED DOG through the Sandwich Shoppe or use the handy 7th Street Tap Room entrance
644 Mass.
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