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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1962
SWIMMERS SHAVE—Stewart Anderson, La Grange, Ill., sophomore, takes the barber shears to teammate Ludy Harman, Ponca City, Okla.,
junior, in preparation for the Big Eight meet this week at Ames, Iowa. The KU team is shaving its body hair for this meet.
Jayhawker Swim Team Shaves for Big Meet
By Steve Clark and Mike Miller
Whether psychological or physiological, members of the Kansas University swimming team have shaved themselves of body hair in preparation for the Big Eight conference meet Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Ames, Iowa.
Coach Jay Markley, clad in a green short sleeve knit shirt and brown trousers sat on the edge of his bleacher seat with a stop watch in hand as he watched his squad's final drill before the league meet.
MARKLEY EXPLAINED that he had his squade guard for two reasons. The first he called "feel," the second, "body, resistance."
"When the boys shave, their legs feel light," said Markley. "They feel as if they're swimming downhill."
The second reason is scientific. Air bubbles will cling to a swimmer's body hair, Markley explained. "If you watch a swimmer underneath the water, you will notice air bubbles clinging to his body. These bubbles can add extra-weight for the swimmer to carry."
HE SAID that the principle of having a swimmer shave is like a basketball player wearing weighted shoes. "When a basketball player puts on regular shoes he feels light.
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A swimmer will feel the same way," he added.
Markley substantiated his theory with the example of Jack Kelso, who last year won the NCAA individual medley. Kelso, said Markley, has very thick body hair. He shaved his body prior to the NCCA meet and cut his time from 2:07 to 2:01.
"People can say what they want," Markley said, "but shaving does have definite physical advantages. The psychological effect is also helpful," he added.
MARKLEY has two examples on his own Jayhawker team to validate the theory of shaving a swimmer's body.
Ludy Harman, Ponca City, Okla. junior, shaved his body hair prior to the Kansas-Oklahoma dual swimming meet. The result was a 220-yard freestyle win over OU's Charley Schuette, who had never been beaten in conference competition.
"I swam seven seconds faster than I have ever swum in my life," Harman said.
THIS WAS not the first time Harman had shaved his body. "I first shaved my body hair before last year's Big Eight meet," Harman said. "I swam five seconds faster in the 200-yard backstroke than I had ever gone before."
Rubbing his shaved legs, Harman added, "Some people say that it is psychological and some say that it cuts the water resistance. I don't know which it is, but I believe that it did help me.
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"It's just like shaving your face," he continued. "After shaving you feel refreshed. After shaving my arms and legs, I feel refreshed all over."
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STEWART ANDERSON, La Grange, Ill., sophomore, is Markley's second example.
Anderson has never won a first place for KU. The primary reason is that he swims behind Harman.
Anderson shaved his legs previous to Saturday's triangular meet with Nebraska and Wyoming. The result was his fastest times in both the 220 and the 440-vard freestyle.
Jayhawkers Meet Oklahoma Tonight
"When I first went into the water, my legs felt so light, that I was almost top heavy," Anderson said. "It definitely helped me, there's no doubt about it."
The last place Kansas Jayhawkers meet the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman tonight, without the services of two front-liners, forward Jim Dumas and reserve center Buddy Vance.
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Dumas received a severe ankle sprain in Saturday night's Oklahoma State game, and Vance is sidelined with a severe cold.
Expected to fill Dumas' berth in the Jayhawk lineup is Love Sparks or Jay Roberts. The rest of the Jayhawker lineup will remain intact with Jerry Gardner and Nolen Ellison at guards, Lee Flachsbath at center and Harry Gibson at the other forward position.
The game will be broadcast tonight by the KU Sports Network with Tom Hedrick handling the play-by-play. Six stations will be carrying the game including area stations KJAY, 1440, Topeka, and KANU-FM, 91.5, Lawrence.
The Jayhawkers have suffered two defeats to the Sooners by a mere margin of two points. Oklahoma won 61-60 in the Big Eight tournament and returned here 10 days ago to hand the Jayhawkers a 67-66 overtime defeat after trailing 14 points at halftime.
Hagan to Defend 1000-yard Title
By successfully defending his 1000-yard title in the 34th Big Eight track and field meet this weekend in Kansas City, Jayhawker Kirk Hagan can maintain a streak that has kept Kansas on the championship line since this event was founded in 1959. Cliff Cushman, Olympic 400-meter hurdles silver- medalist, won the first two. Hagan stretched the string to three last year by winning as a sophomore.
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