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Monday, May 6, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Department of English Congratulates the Winners of the 1995-96 English 101/102 Essay Writing Contest
Nathaniel Chaar Ashley Hoster Rashima Kingsby
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ATHLETES:
The Iowa State men's team track and field team has won 21 combined conference titles in track and field and cross country since 1984.
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Iowa State men's track and field coach Steve Lynn said he tried to recruit kids from Iowa, but that no one could win a Big Eight title or a Big 12 title with just athletes from Iowa. Iowa State has five foreign athletes, from England, Kenya, Nigeria and Russia on the men's track and field roster.
Lynn said the program's philosophy was to try to win the conference meet.
"We don't care where they're from, whether they're from New York City or London," Lynn said. "If the kid can academically handle it, I think they deserve to be in there." One reason that the recruitment of foreign athletes has grown in the last 30 years is because the number of men's track scholarships dwindled from an unlimited number to 12.6 per school. The number of women's track scholarships allowed is 16 per school.
College teams are vying to recruit the best athletes in the world to fill the limited number of scholarships.
"There should be a limitation, and the reason for that is that I would like to see the greatest percentage of our financial aid provided to American athletes so that their opportunities at the world level are enhanced," Timmons said.
Former Jayhawk and 1952 Olympian Wes Santee said that when he was competing, Oklahoma State then Oklahoma A&M, was the only school in the Midwest that had many foreign athletes.
Santee also said that he would like to see American athletic scholarships given to American student athletes.
"If foreigners want to come here and go get an education, come and go to school and then run as part of that, I would not disapprove," Santee said. "This is more in benefit of the coaches than it is our people."
At present, the NCAA has no rules that limit the number of foreign athletes who are allowed to compete in either track and field or cross country.
Athletes from the United States have had a difficult time competing against foreign athletes because foreign athletes are sometimes older and more mature.
Former Jayhawk and three-time All-American Michael Cox remembered competing against foreign athletes in the 5,000-meter run at the Big Eight championships during his sophomore year.
"I lined up against a guy who was vying for a spot on the Kenya Olympic team, and the guy next to him was ranked 10th in the world earlier in the 5,000," Cox said. "I'm doing my best and just getting smoked by these guys."
Currently, Cox is training for the 1,500-meter run in the Olympic trials. If Cox makes it, he will face a tough field of foreign competitors.
The 1,500-meter run is an example of an event that has been dominated by foreign athletes. Not since former Jayhawk Jim Ryun won the silver medal in the 1968 Olympics has an American won a medal in the event.
Ryun agreed one reason foreign track athletes are special is that they're usually further along in their development. He said that he thinks it's great that foreign athletes are in the United States, but he believes American track and field is at a point now where it needs to be able to develop the American talent.
The concern I have is instead of developing the American talent, we're giving (foreign athletes) scholarships, which doesn't allow the American high schooler to develop." Ryun said. "Basically, what we're doing is picking up the more developed athlete, a foreign athlete. I understand why they (coaches) do it because it gives them some immediate success. But I think it's wrong."
Not everybody thinks it's wrong for American universities to recruit foreign athletes.
Kansas' Theobald said he doesn't think a team full of non-Americans is the worst route to take.
"I think it's more beneficial to America, America's top athletes, to bring in solid competition and let them race against the best," he said.
Theobald, who was recruited from Canada to run cross country and track, is one example of a foreign student athlete on scholarship who's here for his education first, and athletics second.
"I didn't come here to be a professional athlete, I came here first as a student to get a degree," Theobald said.
Theobald is on a scholarship which only provides room, books and board.
"I don't feel like I'm taking an American scholarship away," Theobald said. "It's still costing me a lot more money to go here than some kid in the state of Kansas. I'm proud to be Canadian, but I'm also very proud to be a student athlete at the University of Kansas."
Timmons said if he was a new coach, and his goal was to win national championships, he would recruit foreign athletes.
"Toward the end of my career we had several foreign athletes on the team, but I didn't recruit them," he said. "I thought to myself, 'He's a student in this school. He paid his way, and he should have an opportunity.' I didn't feel like I was two-faced, because I didn't recruit him."
The arguments about foreign athletes may not be applicable to high school athletes, who are looking for the right university.
"I'm not saying don't let them come. I'm saying don't have unlimited numbers on a team."
Brent Wiley, son of former Kansas
sprinter and 1980 Olympian Clifford Wiley, is a senior at Rockhill High School in Kansas City, Mo., and a standout sprinter on the school's track and field team. Brent was ranked fourth in the metro area by the Kansas City Star for running the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.78 seconds.
Wiley has visited Kansas and Iowa State, and he has three more visits ahead of him. Brent's academic background and sprinting abilities have made colleges interested in him.
The number of scholarships that Brent will be offered will depend a lot on his 200- and 400-meter dash times. His father is aware of that.
"I have not once said, 'Now if that school wasn't recruiting those foreign athletes, he'd get a scholarship," Clifford Wiley said.
Clifford Wiley said it's an institutional question of whether foreign athletes should be allowed to have scholarships.
"I think each institution has to decide for itself what kind of athlete they want to select," Clifford Wiley-said. When he competed, Wiley said he had no problem competing against foreign athletes.
"In my book, it's whoever shows up at the meet. That's who you run against," he said.
After the collegiate outdoor track season is finished most collegiate track athletes will use the summer to stay in shape.
Not Kansas' Lisk.
Not only will Lisk be keeping in shape, but he will be training for the biggest 100-meter dash of his life this summer. Lisk has qualified in the 100-meter dash, with a time of 10.25 seconds at the 1995 Big Eight Outdoor championships, to run in the Olympics in Atlanta. When he does, he'll be wearing a jersey from Sierra Leone, Africa, not the United States.
"I think it's like a privilege to have people with talent come over here knowing that they're going to get the best training in the world," Lisk said.
Goodbye Grads!
Tim!!
Congratulations, sweetie!
You did it! I am so proud of you!
The sky is your limit -
Love Always, Amy
Alpha Chi Omega Graduates:
Congratulations and Good Luck!
We'll miss you!
Alpha Chi Love,
Your Sisters
The Kansan news staff would like to congratulate the following seniors:
things you'll need to remember, while trying to resist the Nike temptation up there in your patch of the cornfield, Seth.
First, overflowing with the bathtub is not a customary way to "meet" your neighbors. Second, when you're in a great steak just go down to your local Denny's or Sirloin Stockade, as you saw how yourts turned out! Third, check the bathroom signs before entering. Reel it to that type of interest. Fourth, running and baseball are meant for fitness and fun, not for, well, you know who. Fifth, don't forget to find out where parks in Ames close; how old are you anyway and are you of your own free will? Now, last but not least, when talking to new people, always remember to ask where they are from, if they know so and so, and then end the conversation with a friend Bye Now! I can't believe you're actually done.
Congratulations.
I love you, slovak. Love, targe.
Heather Kirkwood Scott MacWilliams Tom Erickson Joann Birk Robert Allen Christoph Furmans Josh Yancey Amanda Traxler Hannah Naughton
GO NEWSIES!! (Wish as lack at next year's softball game!)
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We are so proud of you. You are ABSOLUTEly the greatest. Congratulations, we love you!
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Good luck Tri-Delta Seniors
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To Shawdog, B-Man, and Dannyboy.
brother Matt,
brother Chris,
So here's to all the brothers who are with us tonight. They're happy, they're jolly, they're horny, by golly. So here's to all the brothers who are with us tonight.
Cheers!
Thank you boys, for being such wonderful friends. You have no idea how much you mean to me. Not only did you share your lives with me, but you became a part of mine. You danced with me, you sang to me. And hoy, you taught me to drink beer. I love you all, and good luck in all you do. So here's to our last few great nights. Love always, Sister Shelly
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The Members of Alpha Gamma Delta would like to wish the Best Of Luck to all who are moving on next semester:
Tiffany Crawford Heather Short Erin Baumgartner Jami White Jenna March Susan Deady Jennifer Addington Susan Murdock Stephanie Fitch
Love,
Your Sisters
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