Kansas trackmen win NCAA indoor crown
KU lost one chance for a national title this weekend, but the Jayhawk trackmen salvaged the big sports weekend by winning the second NCAA indoor track championships in Detroit, Mich.
In total team points, KU had 14, one better than favorite Southern California. Third place in the National Track Federation Meet went to Nebraska and Central State of Ohio as both schools had 12 points. The next two spots went to Big Eight schools as Kansas State and Oklahoma both collected nine and a half points. Missouri, Oklahoma State and Iowa State had five, five and four points respectively in the meet.
KU had no first place finishes Saturday, but second and third places gave the Jayhawks the winning margin.
KU'S ART CORTEZ and Gary Ard finished 2-3 in the long jump Friday and John Lawson, KU two-miler, finished second in that event with a time of 8:41.3 seconds. Gerry Lindgren, of Washington State, won the two mile race with a time of 8:41.3 which bettered the meet record of 8:56.4 set last year by Herald Hadley of KU.
Friday night in the special
events entries, Jayhawk freshman miler, Jim Ryun, ran the mile in 4.03.3, his best best time this year. Since he is a freshman, Ryun was not eligible to compete in the regular NCAA championship events.
The Big Eight Conference scored three firsts Saturday. Charles Green of Nebraska won the 60 yard dash and broke his own meet record with a time of six seconds flat. Con Nightingale, Kansas State long distance runner, set a new meet record in the mile, running it in 4:03.4. The Oklahoma State two-mile relay team turned in a time of 7:30.1, edging Villanova by eight-tenths of a second.
KU, displaying overall balance in all events, picked up seven team points both nights of the meet and was behind Southern California until Saturday. Last year Missouri won the meet the first time it was ever held, and KU's victory this year demonstrates the Big Eight's dominance of indoor track.
12 Daily Kansan Monday, March 14, 1966
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While KU's Jayhawks were busy in the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament at Lubbock, Tex., this weekend, there was plenty of roundball action taking place on their home court in Allen Field House.
Garden City snares AA prep crown
School Championship Tournament played here last week, the Garden City Buffaloes came out on top, after downing Pittsburg, 62-48, in the finals Saturday night.
In the Class AA State High
Wichita East captured third place with a S3-51 victory over
Shawnee Mission North in the consolation game.
With 5.000 fans watching, Garden City became the first western Kansas school to ever win the Class AA title.
The Buffaloes finished their season with a 21-4 record.
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