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THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Tuesday, June 11,1968
Olison is added to compete at Houston for Jayhawkers
JAYHAWK COACH Bob Timmons said that Olison is qualified to run either the 100, 220 or 440 at Houston, but indicated he likely would not decide until mid-week which race the rangy senior would run.
Ben Olison, who cracked his own school record with a 46.5 quarter-mile at the San Diego Invitation last weekend, has been added to the Kansas delegation that competed in the U.S. Track and Field Federation championship meet at Houston Friday and Saturday.
Four outstanding high school swimmers from Kansas City and a fifth from Wichita have signed national letters of intent to accept University of Kansas athletic scholarships. Jayaawk swim coach Dick Reamon announced.
The signees are Bob Wright and Steve Ulmer, co-captains of Wyandotte's state championship team; Bob Bishop and Jim Jones, both of Shawnee Mission South, and Mike Boyle of Wichita East.
Olison, whose home is at Bakersfield, Calif., originally had intended to pass up the Houston meet and point for the NCAA championships at Berkeley, Calif., June 13-15.
Olison finished sixth at San Diego and shaved two-tenths of a second off the school record of 46.7 he set last season at the NCAA meet in Provo, Utah.
Timmons said, however, Olison would anchor a 440-relay team that probably also would include George Byers, Lee Adams
Reamon signs five swimmers from Kansas
Wright, Ulmer and Boyle each is a state high school recordholder and each won two individual titles at the 1968 Kansas prep championships.
"THE SIGNING of these five outstanding high school swimmers makes this the most successful recruiting year in my six years at the University of Kansas." Reamon said.
BISHOP. A diver, won the Missouri Valley AAU award as the region's outstanding diver last year. He was also the Heart of America and Region Eight diving king.
"These men have had many years of experience and rank with the best ever produced in our area. They were actively recruited by most of the Big Eight schools."
Neither of the Shawnee Mission South signes competed in the state meet, but both have spent many years in the agegroup program and have won numerous honors.
Reamon indicated that he expects to sign several other top flight prep swimmers to bolster his squad that won the Big Eight championship this year. He noted that incoming freshmen will be eligible for varsity competition next season.
Jones, who specializes in the backstroke and middle distance freestyle races, spent his junior year at Deerfield Academy (Mass.) and made the 1967 prep All-America swimming team.
WRIGHT WON the 100-yard breaststroke in record time and also bagged the 100-yard freestyle at the recent state high school meet.
Ulmer set a state record in the 100-yard butterfly and also won the 200-yard individual medley as he and Wright paced Wyandotte to the state title.
Boyle also was a double winner in the state meet in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke, and broke the record in the 200 free.
and Stan Whitley. The Jayhawks ran 40 seconds flat in the Big Eight meet, losing by a scant foot to Oklahoma which was credited with the same time.
Karl Salb, Kansas freshman shot putter from Crossett, Ark., finished third at San Diego with a personal best of 61 feet 10 inches. This not only wiped out Salb's KU freshman record, but also moved him into the No.1 position among the all-time Big Eight shot putters.
THE FORMER conference best was 61-7/4 by Missouri's Gene Crews at the 1966 Big Eight Indoor.
Salb will be going to Houston this weekend for the USTFF carnival that starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday and winds up with a three-hour twilight session Saturday.
Timmons has listed a 12-man squad to represent the Jayhawks at Houston. Here is the entry list with career best performances in parentheses: Lee Adams, senior, Bakersfield, Calif., 120 high hurdles (14 flat); George Byers, junior, Kansas City, 120 high hurdles (13.7);
Kenny Gaines, junior, Kinsley, Kan., triple jump (50-7 $ \frac{3}{4} $) ; Drew Hamilton, junior, Valley Center, Kan., pole vault (15-6); Roger Kathol, sophomore, Wichita, Kan., mile (4:05:6); Doug Knop, sophomore, Olathe, Kan., shot put (56- $ \frac{5}{2} $), discus (181-11 $ \frac{1}{2} $) ; Ben Olison, senior, Bakersfield, Calif., 100 (94, 220 (20, 88), 440 (46, 15))
Jim Olson, sophomore, Salt
Distance runner signs intent here
Doug Smith of Sioux City Central, the premier high school distance runner in Iowa the past three years, has signed a national letter of intent to accept a Kansas track scholarship, it was announced recently by Jayhawk coach Bob Timmons.
Lake City, Utah, mile (4:06.5);
Bill Penny, freshman, Emporia,
Kan., hammer throw (157-0);
Karl Salb, freshman, Crossett,
Ark., shot put (61-10), discus
(172-1); Dave Stevens, senior,
Denver, Colo., 120 high hurdles
(13.9); Stan Whitley, junior,
Washington, D.C., long jump (25-
2½), triple jump (49-8).
Smith swept the Iowa prep mile and cross-country titles the past three years and helped Central win the state cross-country team championship all four years he competed.
Sweatman captures Big Eight Medal
Mike Sweatman, Jayhawk football captain from Kansas City, was awarded the Big Eight Medal during commencement week activities.
Each conference school may award the medal to a member of the graduating class who has made the most outstanding record in athletics and scholarship.
Sweatman compiled a 2.1 grade average in the School of Education and made the All-Big Eight team as linebacker following his junior and senior years.
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