Treading Trip Tires Team
A tired KU swimming team returned last Friday night from a six-day tour of Texas and the Midwest. The team swam at five meets, winning two and losing three.
The successes were against Texas Tech, 67-28, and Iowa State, 56-38. Losses were recorded against S.M.U., 29-66; Texas University, 40-55; and Oklahoma University, 39-56.
COACH DICK REAMON said that he was very pleased with the team's performance, but felt that five matches in six days were too much. The team traveled by car, and Reamon thought this also had an adverse effect on the performances.
He said he believes the main objective of the tour, to gain experience in swimming in 25-yard
pools, was still achieved. The KU pool is only 20 yards long, and the Big Eight Conference meet is in a 25-yard pool. As the KU team has no more matches till the conference meet, on March 3-5, this experience has come at the right time, Reamon said.
JIM COUGHENOUR. Kansas City sophomore and backstroke and breaststroke swimmer, agreed that the schedule was too tight, but for him the most tiring factor was the traveling by car. "Sitting upright for long periods made us stiff, and we were 'psyched' for the S.M.U. and OU meet," he said.
Coughenour also found the tour very rewarding.
"We were surprised to find that the OU team was not as good as
we had thought. They beat us this time, but we feel sure we can beat them in the Conference," he said.
SEVERAL SWIM MEN recorded their best performances of the year on tour.
Against Texas University the 400 yard medley relay team of Bill Johnson, Tulsa, Okla., senior, Jim Basile, Topeka senior, Hugh Miner, St. Joseph, Mo., sophomore, and Dick Bisbee, Wichita senior, returned 3:46.3. In the same meet Don Pennington, Prairie Village junior, recorded 2:08.1 in the 200 yard individual medley, and Basile clocked 2:25.4 in the 200 yard breaststroke.
Against SMU Tom Eowser,
Coffeville sophomore, turned in
51. 0 and Greg Bell, Topeka sophomore, 51.1, both in the 100 yard free-style. In the 50 yard freestyle Bell recorded 22.7.
In the OU meet Tom Van Slyke, Wichita junior, swam the 500 yard free-style in 5:20.2, and the 400 yard free-style relay team of Miner, Bowser, Pete Stebbins, Prairie Village senior, and Bell clocked 3:20.8.
In the ISU meet Bowser registered 1.52.5 in the 200 yard freestyle, and in the 60 yard freestyle Bell recorded 27.4 and Joe Henderson, Wichita senior, 27.7.
Daily Kansas 13
Wednesday, February 9, 1966
KU Nabs 6th Stays In 7th
KU held its own in the national press polls this week advancing one notch in the United Press International rating to 6th place and remaining in 7th place in the Associated Press poll.
With a record of 15 wins and 3 losses after downing the University of Missouri Tigers last Saturday night at Columbia, the Hawks come home this Saturday night to meet the Cowboys of Oklahoma State University in Allen Field House.
The league-leading Nebraska University Cornhuskers jumped into the ratings for the first time this season gobbling the ninth position in each of the two polls. Oklahoma City University upset the Huskers last night, 85-81, in over-time play.
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