High altitude slows Hawks in New Mexico track meet
By DON STEFFENS
Some of Kansas' distancemen thought they were moving at their normal pace in Albuquerque's 5300-foot altitude Saturday, but their times showed they weren't.
Most of those competing at a distance of 880 yards or more noticed a dryness in their mouth after the race. Others felt a tightness in their shoulders and arms while a few running longer races were sick
So no matter how you look at it, KU's usually strong middle-distance corps felt the effects as the Hawks lost $ 8 8_{1 / 2} $ -63 to an altitude-trained New Mexico team. Texas A&M placed third in the triangular with $ 30_{1 / 2} $ .
As a result, talk of the altitude problem which might play a vital role in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, could become more controversial.
But there was a difference—time. Ryun's winning mile and 880 races were run at considerably slower times than he's been posting recently.
For one of the Jayhawks—world mile record holder Jim Ryun—admitted he didn't notice much difference running in the higher altitude.
"My mouth felt drier," Ryun explained.
he said. "I had plenty of time between the two races, 50 minutes, and didn't feel any different at all. Anyway, they say the difference is between 5300- and '7300-ft.'"
Most experts claim running in an unaccustomed high altitude will effect 880 and above racers; they exert an equal amount of energy for a slower time.
KU's two-miler Tom Yergovich showed other effects when he stepped up his pace to equal his "lower level" performance. He stayed with New Mexico's high-altitude trained George Scott through three-quarters.
"But after that point I felt slug-gish and heavy," Yergovich said. "And I didn't have any kick left."
Yergie finished some 30 seconds off his seasonal best as Scott won with 9:01.2, only two-tenths of a second faster than Yergovich's clocking against UCLA three weeks ago.
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But the altitude does not affect all events adversely, and as the experts predict, the sprinters shouldn't be hindered.
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And Yergovich said he felt great for five minutes after finishing in 9:34.2. Then he got "sicker than a dog."
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