SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1994
SECTION E
Men's swim team captain balances school, sports
By Jenni Carlson Kansan sportswriter
There's never a dull moment for Marc Hensel.
Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf said Hensel, senior captain of the Kansas men's swimming team, was goal-oriented and went after things both in and out of the pool.
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"He knows what he wants to do," Kempf said. "He is not scared of hard work."
Kempf said Hensel was a hard worker and being selected by his peers as a captain showed a great deal of respect.
"He's got the ability to show very good leadership," Kempf said. "Marc's just a good old boy. He does the things he needs to do."
Hensel was born in Germany and began his swimming career in Bavaria, Hensel's father, Klaus Hensel, said.
Senior swimmer Marc Hensel rests after two hours of swimming practice yesterday at Robinson Natatorium. Hensel is a senior captain of the swimming team and one of the team's top swimmers.
"One of the coaches saw him and thought he was talented enough to swim competitively," Klaus Hensel said.
His family moved to the United States in 1988. Hensel's father was a military exchange instructor for military tactics at Fort Leavenworth.
"It's a great opportunity to travel to a foreign country." Hussein said.
"I miss my family that's still over there, though."
After relocating to Overland Park, Hensel swam for the Kansas City Blazers and in high school competition at Shawnee Mission East. Hensel said that he knew early on he wanted
to go another step higher.
“It’s always been my goal to swim at the collegiate level,” he said.
With over 20 freshmen on the swimming squad this year, Hensel said being a strong leader was important for the team.
"Ilike to lead by example," he said. "I'm not afraid to point out the negative."
said.
Hensel's strong work ethic in the pool paralleled his classroom work, Klaus Hensel said. Since English was not his native language, Hensel had to work a little harder in school. It was not always easy to find a balance between swimming and school.
"Marc'sjust a good old boy. He does the things he needs to do."
"Academics have always come first," he said.
Hensel said that he was currently working towards earning a master's degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing or international business.
"Swimming required a lot of practice time," Klaus Hensel said. "For him, doing his homework required more time than an American."
However, through a Johnson County Community College preparatory program, Hensel earned 58 college credits before beginning his education at Kansas.
Gary Kempf Kansas swimmingcoach
With those college hours, Hensel graduated as a junior last spring with a bachelor's degree in economics.
"It was a big day for all of us," Klaus Hensel
But Hensel's involvement does not stop with academics and swimming.
"I always have to keep busy," Hensel said.
Hensel is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity where he serves as the treasurer.
"I really like living in the house," Hensel said. "It's another quality environment."
Hensel has also been a member of several honor
societies on campus.
After finishing his education at Kansas, Hensel said he would like to work in international business in either the United States or Europe.
"Because of what he's done and how he's done it, the door is pretty wide open for Marc," he said.
Kempf said the future was bright for Hensel.
But for now, Hensel is focused on helping the Jayhawks have their best finish ever. He said the team enjoyed seeing the stands packed with fans and wanted to remind people admission was free.
"Hey, I'm a business major," Hensel said, grinning.
Bragging rights fuel players
'Hawks, 'Cats say loser of matchup gets an earful
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswriter
Mark Allison cannot forget the summer of 1994.
Yet, the junior right tackle's experience was made worse because he is from Minneapolis, Kan., a town on an hour away from Manhattan. Allison and the Jayhawks will get their chance to silence friends from K-State tomorrow night at Memorial Stadium.
"Being from K-State country, this is a big game for me especially," Allison said. "This is the game you grew up watching. It's the one that you look forward to during the football season in Kansas."
The Jayhawks could start as many as seven players from Kansas and two from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Mo.
quarter comes, you've got to dig deep down inside. "Allison said. It was a long summer 'cause I had to hear from all the K-State fans. I'd hate to have to go through that again."
"When the fourth
Ribbing is nothing new to the players in this contest.
Since 1902, athletes have gone to their respective towns and received praise — or ribbing in the case of the losers.
The teams have played each other every year except 1910 since their first meeting in 1902. The Jahwahaws lead the series 61-25-5. The Jahwahawks held the Wildcats scoreless 24 times, including six consecutive shutouts from 1960 to 1965.
In recent years, the Jayhawks have had less success but have not lost at home since 1969.
"They haven't won here in 24 years." Kansas senior running back Chris Powell said. "We don't want to be the senior class that loses to them."
Powell is one of 20 seniors on the Kansas
squad and one of the two starters from Rockhurst.
Bob Fello, Kansas defensive coordinator and defensive tackles coach, agreed that bragging rights were important to the players.
"You want to be able to have bragging rights," Powell said. "A lot of guys go back home and catch a lot of heat."
K-State quarterback Chad may said that he was motivated to play because of the rivalry.
"If a guy isn't motivated to play this one, then he ought to be in a hospital," Fello said. K-State quarterback Chad May said that he
"I grew up in California and I always wanted to play at UCLA because of the UCLA-CUS rivalry," he said. "But, I think this rivalry is one of the biggest in the country right now. UCLA and USC may be a little bigger, but we're right up there."
Kansas coach Glen Mason, whose record is 30-41-1 in his seventh season at Kansas, is 4-2 against K-State. Mason also believes the rivalry is intense and is impressed by K-State's team.
"From my perspective it's more respect," Mason said of the rivalry. "The fans are a different story. I think it might be a little more hate. I only say that because of the mail I get."
The rivalry...90 years ago
Kansas Won Manhattan Outclassed Defeated K.S.A.C.by a score of 41 to 4.
Kansas defeated the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan Friday by a score of 41 to 4.
The Kansas team was composed largely of substitutes to obviate the chances of crippling any more of the regulars before the Missouri game.
The "Farmers" could never hold the Jayhawkers and their only score was made on a field goal by Schaltz.
The Kansas team tore big holes in the Manhattan line and skirted the ends for long gains.
of seventy-five yards and a touch down.
Russell got away once for a run
Considering the fact that this score was made by practically a substitute team, it shows that Kansas will have many valuable substitutes to go in against Missouri if it becomes necessary.
Kansas leads the series with K-State 61-25-5,but the series is even in the last four meetings: The 'Hawks are 34-10-2 against the Wildcats In Lawrence.
--time a team wins, it will give them more confidence."
VOLLEYBALL
Kansan sportswriter
Rivalry isn't part of this matchup
Tonight, the Kansas volleyball team travels to Manhattan to take on the 9-4 Wildcats.
It's a volleyball battle to precede "the Sunflower State Showdown."
A week of Kansas and K-State rivatives doesn't get any better than this, K-State volleyball coach Jim Moore said.
But the fact that K-State is playing its intrastate rival will not be a motivational factor in the outcome of the match, Moore said.
"I'm not a real firm believer in rivaries," Moore said. "I sort of subscribe to the the Wooden John theory — if we do what we do well and get beat than that's the way it means to be."
The Jayhawks, coming off a three-game upset against Oklahoma on Saturday, spent the last two days refining technical skills such as blocking, hitting, passing and their transition game.
"We're not doing anything different to prepare for K-State than we did for Iowa State and Oklahoma." Kansas coach Karen Schonewise said.
Kansas, 1-1 in the Big Eight Conference, hopes to take momentum from its victory against Oklahoma into tonight's match.
"We are much more focused, and we're maintaining intensity longer in practice," he said. "Any
Schonewise said this week's practice foreshadowed the coming of a more confident Kansas team.
K-State, 0-1 in the Big Eight, opened up its conference season Saturday against last year's conference champions, the Colorado Buffaloes.
Moore, beginning his first year at K-State and the Big Eight, has a young team to work with this season.
Last year, Moore's team went undefeated in the conference at 18-0 and won the NCAA Division II title.
Going from a program with tradition and success to a struggling K-State program has been a transition for Moore. He wanted the K-State position for the challenge and a promotion to Division I. he said.
Moore has eight returning players from last season's team,
which went 0-12 in the conference. K-State's most consistent player is 6-foot-2 sophomore middle blocker Kate DeClerk.
Sophomore outside hitter Yolanda Young is another K-State standout player. Young is the go-to hitter for the Wildcat's this season, Moore said.
Moore said K-State would go into the match trying to shut down Kansas outside hiters, freshman Leslie Purkeypile and sophomore Katie Walsh. But he said that he was more concerned about his team's play than Kansas'.
Though the Kansas and K-State coaches don't take much stock in rivalries as a motivational factor, Purkeypile cited reasons why K-State was the team she wanted to defeat most in the Big Eight Conference.
BRIEF
Acclaimed guard commits to Kansas
Kansan staff report
He averaged 23 points and 10 assists per game dur ing his junior season. He has 1,980 points and 860 assists after three years at St. Charles West High School. He chose Kansas over Florida, Michigan, Arkansas and Big Eight-rival Missouri.
Raymond Robertson, a 6-foot-5 point guard from St. Louis, Mo., made an oral commitment Monday to play basketball at Kansas.
Last season, Robertson led his team to the Missouri class 4A state semifinals and was chosen as the Missouri player of the year by USA Today. Robertson will sign an official letter-of-intent with Kansas during the early signing period, which begins Nov.9. Kansas will have two scholarships remaining.
Robertson was rated the 19th-best player in the country by basketball analyst Bob Gibbons and was named an all-conference player last season. Gibbons compared Robertson to former Kansas guard Rex Walters.
Figure skating champion strives for perfection
While many of Kansas' athletic champions have received national attention, one of them, figure skater Amy Love, has gone unnoticed.
By Neal Shulenburger Special to the Kansan
Love, an Overland Park sophomore, represented the University of Kansas in the National Collegiate Championships Aug. 16-20 in Colorado Springs, Colo. She took first place in the junior ladies division, defeating nine representatives from colleges and universities from across the United States.
"Collegiate is a fun competition, designed to promote skating as a varsity sport," said Love, who was the only skater representing Kansas at the championships.
One of the competition's goals is to create more recognition for participants in the sport, Love said.
She said she was introduced to the sport by her father.
"I'm just trying to get more recognized because I know there are some people here that have skated or that do skate and are not competitive," she said. "Most of the other universities have ranks on campus and I hope that we can do the same."
"My dad was a semi-pri mockey player. When I was little, he used to take me on the pond and skate, and that is what got me interested," Love said. "Nine years ago I began to skate seriously."
Randy Brilliantine, Love's skating coach, said Love began skating at age 14, which was late for a skater. "She has been a good competitor ever since."
Love is planning on majoring in advertising and is taking a 14 credit-hour course load.
A typical day begins with a forty-five minute drive to Overland Park.
Amy Love, Overland Park sophomore, has returned to figure skating after suffering an injury last year that forced her off of the ice. Love recently won a National Figure Skating Championship after her return.
She then skates for an hour and a half before leaving for her classes.
"It (skating) takes a lot of dedication," Love said. "I have been concentrating more on school lately.
She said she took weightlifting and exercise classes so that she could earn academic credits and stav in shape at the same time.
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"It does take up a lot of your time because you have to pay attention to exercise and rest."
Love's skating career has had its hard times as well as its joyous
But tragedy struck and she fell and injured herself while attempting to land a double axle.
ones. Last year she was in third place at the same competition and had only to complete her long program in order to receive a medal.
"She had to re-learn how to skate after that injury," Brilliantine said. "Most skaters would have quit trying after facing all of the adversity she has dealt with.
"Just her continuing to skate is amazing, but for her to win a national championship and pass her gold freestyle test the next season is unbelievable." Brilliantine said. Love recently passed
Freestyle test elevating her to the highest level in college skating and allowing her to compete in the top division of the championship next year.
Love recently passed her Senior Gold
experience as well as a sport.
"The hardest part about skating is being patient. The number one piece of advice I have for new skaters is to be patient."
when you are skating you never stop learning," Love said. "Once you master a technique there are always other moves to learn.
Despite injuries and the strain on her academic schedule, Love said she continued to compete because skating was a learning
She does not intend to allow this victory to be the climax of her skating career, however.
"My goal in skating is to attend Collegiates every year that I am in college, though I may take a year off from skating to try Icecapsades, and I want to teach other people how to figure skate," Love said.
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