Jayhawk swimming coach announces recruiting success
"This is the best recruiting year we've ever had," Kansas swimming coach Dick Reamon remarked in announcing that nine outstanding high school swimmers have signed national letters of intent with the Jayhawks.
The group of signees include state champions Chris Holmer and Marc Wagoner of Wichita Heights and Hal Kennedy of Topeka, who Reamon describes as "the best swimmer to come out of the Topeka area.
Here is the list of signees:
Hal Kennedy, Topeka West— Sunflower league champion in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke
and second in the state in the same events.
Chris Holmer, Wichita Heights Twice Wichita city champion in the 100 butterfly and winner of that event in 1969 state meet.
Marc Wagoner, Wichita Heights
—State champion in the 400 freestyle and runnerup in the 200 free.
Roland Sabates, Kansas City, Mo., Southwest-State champion in 100 freestyle and runnerup in 200 free.
Rick Heidinger, Tulsa, Okla.
Edison—Holds school records in 50 through 400 freestyle events.
Mike Tackett, Indianapolis,
Ind., Southport—All-American in butterfly, Indiana senior champion and age-group champion in 100 butterfly. Swam butterfly leg with 1968 national championship (15-17) 200 Medley relay team. Owns times better than Kansas varsity record.
Steve Rice, Deerfield, Ill. Fourth in state in 400 freestyle and seventh in 200 free. His 400 free time is better than Kansas high school record.
Thirty-five prospective 'hawks signed to national letters of intent
Dana Staats, Deerfield, Ill-
Sixth in state in 100 breaststroke
Bob Mauer, Evanston, Ill.- Sixth in state in 400 freestyle.
Kansas football coach Pepper Rodgers has announced that 35 prospective Jayhawk football players have signed national letters of intent and indicated they will enroll at KU this fall on athletic scholarships.
"If these men improve to the same extent of our freshmen in the past," Reamon offered, "we should have some outstanding talent and potential conference champions as freshmen.
Rodgers noted that 19 of the 35 are from Kansas and nine others from Kansas City, Mo. Only two of the 35 are from outside the Big Eight area.
Bishop Miege; Carl Searcy, Valley Center.
The Jayhawks graduated only three men from the squad that won a second straight Big Eight championship this year.
The Kansas signees are:
Kansas—John Ballard, Shawnee Mission South; Reggie Baille, Atchison; Hank Bauer, Jr., Bishop Miege; Mike Burton, Washington; Mickey Casey, Wichita North; Mike Cerne, Lawrence; Bob Clements, Humbolt; Mike Douglas, Assayria; Hal Edwards, Shawnee Mission East; Curt Gasper, Salina; Danny Gay, Topea; Richard Jones, Columbus; Geary King, Lawrence; Bob Martin, Ulysses; Don Perkins, Topeka; John Schroll, Hutchinson; George Schuler, Lawrence; Jim Schumm
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