KU seizes Big 8 indoor track title
Kansas notched another Big Eight Conference in door track championship during the weekend but the race most people were talking about had noting to do with varsity competition.
Freshman sensation Jim Ryun of Kansas turned in a 3:59.6 mile Friday night for the first sub-four minute clocking of the indoor season.
THE 18-YEAR-OLD Ryun was tested in the first lap, but after that the clock was his only opponent. He was behind the clock at the three-quarter mark, but turned in a last quarter of 58.6 seconds to record his first sub-four minute mile of the year.
THE KU TEAM dominated the freshman mile, winning places 3, 4 and 5 through Mike Petterson, Wichita; Gene Johnson, Yankton, S. Dak.; and Mike Kearns, Van Nuys, Calif.
Ryun's time was only 3.2 seconds behind the U.S. indoor record of 3:56.4 set by Tom O'Hara of Chicago Loyola in 1984. Ryun's best time is 3:55.3, set on an outdoor track, and this makes him the third fastest U.S. miler, behind O'Hara and Jim Beatty, University of North Carolina.
The Varsity team also produced its hero Saturday night as KU nipped Nebraska by four points to take the Big Eight track meet with 41 points.
John Lawson, Overland Park senior, scored a double win by taking the mile and two-mile events, only the third athlete to do so in the 38 year history of the meet.
The two events were only 50 minutes apart, but Lawson followed his 4:04.8 mile with a 9:08.5 two-mile. He won the second event despite taking a tumble at the start and grazing his right thigh.
KU ALSO dominated the broad jump finals Friday evening. Art Cortez, Carthage, Mo., senior, won the event with a leap of 23"11¾", and his teammate, Gary Ard, Modesto, Calif., junior, took third place with 23'-7".
Bob Hanson, Wichita senior, equalled the Big Eight record in the 60-yard low hurdle preliminaries Friday night with a time of 6.7 seconds. He recorded the same time in the finals Saturday night, but was edged into second place by Ray Harvey, Nebraska.
The KU mile relay team of Doug Dienelt, San Francisco, Calif., senior; Lowell Paul, Miltonvale senior; Dwight Peck, Woodcliff, Lake N.J., junior; and Steve Ashurst, Newark, N.J., junior; assured overall victory for KU by running second in the mile relay, the last event of the evening.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP was still open up till the last two events, but Palm Light, Lawrence junior, and Art Cortez jumped '68" each in the high jump to gain 5 valuable points for KU.
Final placings: KU 41; Nebra-
ska 37; Oklahoma $33\%$; K-State
28; Missouri 25; Iowa State and
Oklahoma State 18 each; Colorado
$9\%$.
Betas to play Law in final
In the A League championship game today, Law will meet Beta Theta Fi as a result of Friday's semi-final games. In Friday's games, Law defeated the Blackhawks, 66-44, in Independent Action. Beta defeated Sigma Chi, 44-30, in Fraternity A league semi-finals.
Lawrence defeated the High Balls, 44-38, in an overtime Independent B game Friday. The Swahili won over the Bio Faculty, 39-14, in the other semifinal game. In today's final Independent B game Lawrence will face the Swahili.
FRMERNITY B league semifinal winners were Kappa Alpha Psi over Alpha KappaLambda, 30-22, and Beta Theta Pi over Sigma Ma, 59-28. The Betas will
face the Sigma Chi's in today's Fraternity B finals. The Independent B champ will play the fraternity B champ for the B league championship Tuesday.
Law #4 defeated McCollum 10th floor 23-23 in the Independent C league semi-finals Friday. The Lodgers defended Fort Mudge Five 26-20. Law #4 will play the Lodgers for the independent C championship today.
In Fraternity C league semifinal action, Phi Delta Theta #1 defecated Beta Theta Pi #4, 28-21. Delta Upsilon #1 defeated Phi Gamma Delta #1, 41-11. The Fraternity C league winner will play the Independent C winner for the C league championship Tuesday.
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Nothing worked for Nebraska. KU's irritating defense, ranked fifth in the nation, pestered Nebraska by keeping NU shooters outside. The Cornhuskers shot a frigid 21 of 81 for 26 per cent. The NU fast break never really got started. Defensively, Kansas guards Del Lewis and Jo Jo White slickly passed and alertly dribbled around Nebraska's full-court zone press.
The quiet Nebraska dressing room showed signs of encouragement as several players slapped each other on the back. Nate Branch, who led Nebraska with 13 points, said "they (Kansas) were on, we were off."
"I don't want to brag about Nebraska but I feel we have equally good teams. Everything went as planned. We were up for all of them but . . . there just wasn't any way to stop it." Branch said with hesitation.
Lewis, who started limping after colliding with White while chasing a loose ball, explained
THE 6-1 SENIOR who scored 17 points, mostly on long-range jumpers, ran the team as if Hertz had put him in the driver's seat. Overall, it came "close" to being his second best college game. "That first Nebraska game was my best," Lewis said, referring to the tournament when he scored 24 points.
he caught his knee and twisted his ankle "a little. I just ran it out," Lewis said.
Lewis predicted Kansas will have more trouble with Kansas State than Nebraska. "You just don't run away at Manhattan," he said.
Owens agreed. "All of the Nebraska game is of no value unless we do the job against Kansas State March 5 and Colorado March 7. Those will be the big ones."
Daily Kansan Monday, February 28, 1966
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