UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, June 25, 1997
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Games draw athletes to Lawrence
Sunflower events to be held in July
By Sean Patrick Kansan staff writer
The largest amateur sporting event in the state of Kansas is less than a month away, and the deadline for entries looms even closer.
The Sunflower State Games will be held in Lawrence on the last two weekends of July. The first entry deadline, July 3, is less than a week away.
"We are an Olympic-style event," said Kelly Mason, executive director of the Sunflower State Games. "There are 32 separate events open to Kansans of all ages. We've had folks under 8 and folks over 80."
The most popular events are the basketball competitions, but there are a variety of other sports to choose from, including archery, karate and kiting.
The Sunflower State Games began in 1990 as a way to encourage Kansans to be more active. The Games are sponsored by a multitude of businesses across the state.
"The goal of the game is to get as many Kansans as possible to participate in an active lifestyle," Mason said. "We draw everyone from weekend warriors to anyone else who wants to
join."
According to Mason, the Sunflower State Games are the largest and fastest growing amateur event in the state of Kansas.
"Last year just over 7,600 people participated in the games," he said. "We hope to have 9,000 participants this year. In addition, there will be some where between 5,000 and 10,000 spectators. All 105 counties in Kansas are represented in the games."
The events will take place at sites scattered across Lawrence.
"The clinics are being held at Sport-2-Sport, and the remainder of the games will be held around Lawrence." Mason said. "For instance, basketball is at 12 different complexes including Allen Field House and the local high school. We use a lot of KU facilities and local school venues."
Local hotels have been flooded with reservations for the weekends, and hotel managers said they expected to be booked solid by the end of the week.
The Sunflower State Games began as a non-profit, private organization.
"The state doesn't have a lot to do with it," Mason said. "They don't provide us with any money or anything, but the governor is on our board of directors. We are basically funded through entry fees and sponsorship."
On Friday, July 25, seven pregame clinics will be held at the Sport-2.
Sport facility at 5200 Clinton Parkway.
"It's going to be very crowded," said Roger Morningstar, owner of Sport2-Sport. "We won't have the room to let everybody participate. It will be more of a compact two-hour talk and demonstration. We are going to theme it on off-season preparation. We are trying to bring in high quality clinic teachers."
Clinic teachers will include members of the University of Kansas men's basketball team, most likely T.J. Pugh and Lester Earl. Other teachers will include Lori Endicott, a member of the 1996 and 1992 women's Olympic volleyball team, and members of the Kansas City Blades and the Kansas City Wizards.
In addition to the clinics, there also will be an amateur soccer coaches' certification clinic held at the Hampton Inn, 2300 W. Sixth St.
"There really isn't an entry deadline for the clinic," Morningstar said. "We would take people that day, but I
would recommend having reservations in by July 15."
The purpose of the clinic is to help raise money for the Lawrence Sports Corporation. The corporation is an arm of the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau and is designed to help promote sporting events in Lawrence.
"We would hope that we can provide a unique opportunity to a great number of kids as well as helping to keep the Sunflower State Games in Lawrence, "Morningsstar said.
The themes for the Sunflower State Games are participation and enjoyment.
"I've been telling people that if you're not going to participate then at least volunteer," Mason said. "You'll have a good time, we guarantee it."
One person who had a good time at last year's games was 12-year-old Junction County resident Terra Upham. Upham won three gold medals in gymnastics and a silver in track and wrestling on her way to becoming the Citgo Sunflower State Games Female Athlete of the Year.
"I had fun. I came because I wanted something to do during the summer, and I'm coming back this summer," Upham said. "I'll probably do the same events this year. I hope to win the Female Athlete of the Year again."
For information, contact the Sunflower State Games, 1414 W. Sixth St., or call 842-7774.
Gale Garber / KANSAN
Powercruising
Kansas State University's solar-powered car races through north Lawrence yesterday as part of a 10-day car race. The car, which is the only one representing a Kansas university, began in 18 th place after moving up in standings.
Gale Garber / KANSAN
Exercise, nutrition rather than looks are keys to fitness
Students struggle for perfect bodies
By Kirsten Havner
Kansan staff writer
Women are not alone in their quest for the perfectly toned body. Men yearn for pects and abs, just as women idealize the 5-foot-10-inch, 120-pound models who grace the cover of fashion magazines.
"I lift weights five days a week, and I run for 40 minutes twice a week to keep myself in shape and keep my image where I want it to be," said Nick Sever, Denver junior.
Having a healthy body image and accepting imperfections have become more difficult today, said Anne Chapman, Watkins Memorial Health Center dietitian.
Danielle Chauncey, Wichita sophomore, and Caroline Mathias, El Dorado sophomore, exercise five days a week.
"We do anything to get our bodies moving - kick boxing, raucetball, yoga, lifting weights and running," Chauncey said.
Physicians at Watkins said students need to realize that battling weight involved a lifestyle change, especially in the areas of nutrition and exercise. Chapman added that health is more important than pounds on a scale.
"Itry to do the low-fat thing, but I splurge," Mathias said. "I don't worry about it when I work out, but I still want to keep a good diet."
In recent years, there has been a major emphasis on the relationship between exercise and weight loss. This relationship has become an integral part of weight management, Chapman said. To lose weight, there has to be more than a change in eating habits and an increase in physical activity.
"By engaging in exercise, in a short period of time you can burn more calories than through regular physical activity." Lawrence Magee, coordinator of the sports medicine clinic at Watkins, said.
The more you exercise, the more calories you lose. If you are using more calories than you are eating, you will lose weight, Magee said.
However, Magee said the best results come from low-level exercises, such as walking or swimming for long periods of time.
Magee's recommended exercise plan is to engage in low-level activity at least four times a week for 40 minutes or longer. Longer periods of exercise increase aerobic activity. It is better to walk for 40 minutes than to run for 20. Magee said.
The first priority should be aerobic exercise, then you can integrate a weight-resistance program into your regime, Magee said.
A weight-resistance program builds and tones the muscles by targeting a particular area.
"By integrating weight training and aerobic exercise, you may feel better, look better, and wear a smaller size, but you might not lose weight by pounds, because muscle weighs more than fat, and you are building muscle," Magee said.
The emphasis is not on how much you weigh, but how healthy the body is and the way you feel about yourself, Chapman said.
The Associated Press
Cloning can't capture the soul
VATICAN CITY — Human cloning would not result in identical souls because only God can create a soul, a panel set up by Pope John Paul II has concluded.
The Pontifical Academy of Life said the spiritual soul, "the constitutive kernel" of every human created by God, cannot be produced through cloning.
The panel's reflections were released yesterday by the Vatican, which long has forbidden any kind of artificial fertilization or human cloning to create new beings.
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