Kansas' 4-mile squad breaks Drake record to sweep relays circuit
By Ron Hanson
KU's crack four-mile relay team established a record at the Drake Relays this weekend, but Jim Ryun, who was expected to set one in the mile, failed to, and barely won his race.
The Jayhawks' four mile team of Curt Grindal, Alan Russell, Lowell Paul, and John Lawson, ran the distance Friday, in 16:38.7 and broke the Drake Relays record of 16:40.7 set by the Jayhawks last year. By winning the race, KU completed a sweep of grand circuit records in the four-mile relay this year. The Jayhawks set marks in this race previously in the Texas and Kansas Relays.
RUNNING the race without Tom Yergovich, who is a regular member of the four-mile team, the Jayhawks nudged Abilene Christian for the victory; ACU ran the race in 16:40.0. Yergovich, who has been the Jayhawks leadoff runner in the four-mile relay, is reported to be suffering from mononucleosis.
Grindal took Yerkovich's place on the team and ran a 4:14.3 mile on his leg of the race. Russell followed with a 4:07.8, Paul, 4:10.3, and Lawson, 4:06.3.
KU had a comfortable lead going into Lawson's final lap, but Abilene Christian's Charlie Christmas made a great effort to overtake him. Lawson held out, however, and beat Christmas by ten yards even though the latter ran his mile of the race in 4:01.1.
IN THE SPECIAL MILE, run Saturday, KU's Jim Ryun, the fastest American miler, failed to break the four minute barrier and was almost caught by former Emporia State ace, John Camien.
Ryun won in a time of 4:05.6, which was only one-tenth of a second faster than Camien. The runner of a 3:55.8 record breaking mile at the Kansas Relays just a week ago, Ryun said he felt more tired after his race at Drake than he did at KU.
Ryun said he had followed a rigorous workout schedule last week, in preparing for the Drake meet. He admitted that he worked much harder getting ready for Drake than he did in preparing for the Kansas Relays.
WHAT STYMIED Ryun the most in the mile was his 53 second timing on the first quarter of the race. Also in this race, there was no one to pace him as Yergovich had done at the KU Relays.
In other events at the Drake Relays, KU's distance medley relay team took second place to Abilene Christian in a very close race. Abilene Christian won in a time of 9:41.6 and the Jayhawks ran in 9:42.0. Both times broke KU's 1964 record of 9:50.4 for this event.
Tom Purma, KU all-America javelin thrower, who that event at Drake with a toss of 234'-6". Purma also won the javelin at the Kansas Relays, throwing for 236' here.
KUS TOP discus thrower, Gary Schwartz, took second place at Drake, throwing the plate 170-2½". Randy Matson, Texas A and M world record holder in the shot put, won the discus event with a 185-4" throw. Matson also won the shot put with a heave of 65-3¾" for a record.
Schwartz, who did not compete in the KU Relays because of a back injury, said at Drake that he is feeling much better.
KU's Gary Ard placed second in the triple jump, leaping 47'-11¼". John Vernon of Southern Illinois won that event with a jump of 51-'7".
In the invitational pole vault held Friday, Bob Steinhoff, Jayhawk freshman, won on fewer misses with a vault of 15 feet even.
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Daily Kansan Monday, May 2, 1966
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