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Wednesday, April 9, 1975
University Daily Kansan
Steeplechaser overcomes injury regains stride at Texas Relays
Bv BOB HANSON
Snorts Writer
Kent McDonald could barely run in November because of a broken bone in his foot. But last week he won the Iowa State Championship and Holiday at Austin for the University of Kansas track team.
It was his first try since he broke his foot.
He won the race in a dime. In a school
record, it took him 100 school records.
The story of McDonald's remarkable comeback began last summer. On a geological field trip in Colorado, McDonald and crew were hunting for caves on a deep mountainside. They had climbed up a cliff and, unsuccessful in their search, were coming down when a boulder landed on McDonald's foot.
"The boulder I was holding onto came loose and bounced off my foot," McDonald said Tuesday. "It broke the metatarsal."
Realizing he would have to stop running, McDonald visited track coach Bob Timberlake.
"Couch Timmons thought it was a joke when I went to see him," McDonald said.
But Timmens soon found out that McDonald was serious. Although he had his foot in a cast for on his ankle, he continued to swim of the fall semester. He said he tried swimming and lifting
weights to keep in shape, but it wasn't the same as running and jumping. It involved in a jump.
McDonald completely missed the crosscountry season and made very slow progress when he did start running again.
"I couldn't really run until November," it
dropped, "and I didn't do
really good until the middle of December."
Just before he was to compete, McDonald said, he looked in the room mirror and saw a little girl.
McDonald was ready to compete in the 1984 Olympics, but early March but was then killed by machete.
"I had them for a week," he said. "I must gotten them from a girl in one of my classes."
McDonald finally got his chance to run in the Texas Relays. He got a big lead at the start of the race, according to Timmons, and he was able to win 10 yards left in the race, he was only 20 yards behind Graham Hutchinson, formerly of Washington State University and the favorite in the event. McDonald turned on him and nipped Hutchinson at the finish line.
"I beaden the guy twice before, so I knew I could do it again," McDonald said.
McDonald said he thought his experience plawed a major part in his comeback.
Women golfers place fifth
The University of Kansas women's golf team placed fifth in an 11-team field at the Texas Women's Invitational Golf Tournament in Dent, Tex., last week.
Heavy rains Monday night caused the cancellation of Tuesday's doubleheader between the University of Kansas and Central Missouri State College.
Leading the way for the women's team was Beth Bource, Lawrence freshman, who
Cerrill in Missouri State College.
The games won't be rescheduled.
2 games canceled because of weather
The Hawks will try it again this weekend with a three-game series against the University of Colorado. A doubleheader is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday. The series finale will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Quigley Field.
scored a 171 total in the 36-hole tournament.
One stroke behind was Pat Morrison,
Abilene sophomore, with a 172. Kathy
Webb, Independence junior, had a 179 and
Barb Booster, Lawrence senior, shot a 186.
Scores were scored to compute team totals.
Nancy Booster, golf coach, said Monday she was pleased with the team's performance, considering that the women had won before before the meet because of bad weather.
Many of the teams that competed in the tournament were from Southern schools and had played more than KU this spring, she said.
The uniqueness of the steepelech first attracted McDonald to the event.
"After you run a little bit, you can get back in the groove pretty easily," be said.
Friday and Saturday the women's team will compete at the University of Arkansas Invitational Tournament at Fayetteville. Team totals at the meet will be computed on the numbers. Boxer was optimistic about her team's chances in this type of tournament.
"I just did it because it was different," McDonald said. "But it's just like any other race. You have to prepare yourself mentally for it."
McDonald has run the steeplecase since he was a student at Lawrence High School in addition to running the one-, two- and three-mile races.
KU tennis team scores shutout
Steve Vann, assistant coach, said he was pleased to see the players winning in straight sets because that indicated their concentration. It's easy to lose concentration during the second set when you have won the first one easily, he said.
Bill Clarke, Tim Headke, Greg Buller and Marty Gillall turned in impressive performances. Those four KU players won their singles matches in two straight sets.
The University of Kansas men's tennis team shirt out Nebraska Tuesday at the Lawrence Racquet Club. The 9-4 win was team's first Big Eight victory this season.
John Farrar, KU's 0.6 man, beat John Hammond, KU's 0.8 man, Duncan was Nikkah's top player.
Vann and head coach Kirkland Gates wouldn't confirm speculation that Nebraska jugged its line-up to have a better chance in the lower-ranked matches. Both coaches won 12-3 against the balanced team and that the ranking of the players didn't make much difference.
"Their program is building at Nebraska,
and we're been weak in the Big Eight." Gate said.
The KU doubles teams had little trouble winning. The team of Jeff Thomas and Buller won in two sets. After winning the first set 63 and losing the second 4, the doubles team of Clarke and Headtke coated to a 6-0 win in the third set.
Vann said he was pleased with Headkate's win because Headkate had lost his last two matches on the trip to Colorado. The KU team is getting from match to match experience of the players who lacked experience are getting the feel of petition, Vann said.
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