Swim ace places in NCAA meet
By Ron Hanson
KU's top swimmer, Don Pennington, became the first man in Jayhawk history to score in the NCAA championship swimming and diving meet held this year at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Colo.
Pennington won tenth place in Saturday's 500-yard freestyle and scored three points for his efforts. His time of 5:03.1 was considerably below his all-time best of 4:56.1 in this year's Big Eight competition.
ACCOMPANYING Pennington to the championship meet was
Hugh Miner, 100 yard freestyle specialist. Miner, a sophomore from St.Joseph,Mo., did not score in the meet.
Pennington also participated in the 1,650 yard freestyle but his time of 18:54 was not good enough for a place finish. Pennington's best time in this event is 17:21.
According to head swimming coach, Dick Reamon, the times at the NCAA meet were slower than regular season times because of the high altitude at Colorado Springs.
"THE ALTITUDE out there is 7,200 feet and it makes it hard on swimmers not used to it." Rea-
mon said. "They (NCAA) planned to hold this meet in Colorado several years in advance so the swimmers can get used to the high altitude as the 1968 Olympics are to be in Mexico City which is also very high," he concluded.
The University of Southern California won the meet with allAmerica and Olympic swimmer Roy Saari winning nine first sive because he won all nine places, a meet record. Saari's record was particularly imprescents he was allowed to enter by NCAA rules.
The Big Eight champions, Oklahoma, scored seven points in the meet with six men entered in the events.
LOOKING ahead to next season, Reamon has an optimistic outlook as both Pennington and Miner will return from this year's team which finished third in the conference. In addition, the Jayhawk freshmen, who won the Big Eight freshman meet, will strengthen next year's squad.
"I believe we will be the ones to beat next year. With the new pool in new Robinson Gym and our returning swimmers, we ought to do real well," Reamon said.
Two more sign
KU football coach Jack Mitchell today announced the signing of Robert Bork, 6-foot-2, 200-pound end from St. Marys, and Michael Bolentino, 5-foot-10, 175-pound all-state fullback from Oak Ridge, Ill.
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Hanson sidelined for outdoor track
Sprint star Bob Hanson has been lost to the University of Kansas track team for the coming outdoor season.
The announcement, made by Jayhawk coach Bob Timmons, said Hanson will undergo an operation on his right foot during the Easter spring vacation.
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