Photó by Ron Bishop
Reaching high for 26
In the peak of the best jump of his career, Stan Whitley became the third long jumper in Big Eight history to reach the 26-foot mark. Whitley's winning leap of $26'0\frac{1}{2}$ fell two inches short of the Kansas Relays record held by New Mexico's Clarence Robinson since 1965.
Jayhawks dominate
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Baton autographed
But for all the outstanding individual efforts, the crowd best remembered the distance medley. Even Ryun had a keepsake for the occasion as his teammates autographed the baton.
And the "teammates," who may forever be anonymous since Ryun anchored the classic race, were spectacular. Ryun had run a 3:55.6 anchor when Kansas set a world standard of 9:33.8 at the Drake Relays two years ago, and that mark was since lowered by four-tenths of a second.
The two-second difference in Ryun's anchor carries, plus the eight-tenths of a second chopped from the Drake clocking in 1967, made the legs run by Jim Neihouse, Randy Julian, and Thorn Bigley especially impressive. Neihouse ran a 1:50.4 half-mile before Julian whizzed a :47.1 quarter. Bigley then stepped off a sparkling 2:57.9 three-quarter, overshadowed by Drake's Gordon Hoffert (2:56.2) and giving Ryun a 10-yard deficit.
So Ryun quickly moved behind anchorman Elliott Evans, staying on the Drake miler's shoulder until the first curve of the third lap. The Kansas senior then wheeled past Evans, excited the throng with his familiar last-lap speed, and finished 80 yards ahead of Evans with a world record.
Ryun's times at the quarter marks were :57.8, 1:58.7,
3:02.0 and 3:57.6
Also claim 4-mile
The three KU triumphs in baton events Saturday followed the four-mile relay victory on a cold and damp Friday afternoon. Ryun anchored the Jayhawks to a 16:42.4 win with his 4:01.2 carry.
Roger Kathol opened with a 4:14.0 mile, followed by Mike Solomon and Doug Smith, both with 4:13.6 legs. Ryun made the race a ho-hummer, bringing the Jayhawks home 12 seconds ahead of Kansas State—anchored by Bob Barrati's 4:11.4 effort.
Spectators were treated Saturday by Al Oerter's return to Mount Oread, the first such journey since the four-time Olympic discus champion ended his collegiate career at KU in 1958. Oerter responded with a winning and record $189'7\%$ "throw in open division competition.
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1969
Past meets present
Photo by Rick Pendergrass
Former Olympic greats and Kansas alums Bill Nieder (center) and Al Oerter (right) get together with KU shotputter Karl Salb during Saturday's KU Relays. Nieder, the 1960 shot put champion at Rome, was among 20,000 who turned out for the meet dedicated to Oerter, a four-time gold medalist in the discus.
Relays' spotlight shines on preps Anderson, Callen
Maybe it was the spectacular performances by the collegiate athletes that inspired the prep stars in last weekend's Kansas Relays. If so it was an effective incentive because the high schoolers were in their finest hours.
Amid all the records that were shot down and reset by the older competitors, the preps also wore the suits of crowd pleasers as several performers turned in outstanding efforts.
Anderson, who was also clocked at 9:03.4, circled the track in a dead heat before the Wichita ace made his move.
In what turned out to be the closest—and possibly one the most exciting races in the weekend carnival—Jon Callen of Wichita East nosed out Shawnee Mission South's Dave Anderson in the final 10 yards to win the two-mile with a 9:03.4 clocking.
The exceptional performance shattered the 9:20.8 mark set last year by Wichita North's Bob Barratti. The day before
Anderson had run a 4:19.9 mile to beat Callen by two seconds.
The Shawnee Mission senior also anchored South's distance medley team, which turned in a record-setting 10:28.8 clocking. Combining with Anderson were Paul Francis, and Ted Steele in the halfs and Ryan Eichner in the three-quarter mile.
Led by Reggie Watson and Marvin Foster, Central high zipped off a 1:27.3 in the Kansas City, Mo., 880 relay to better a mark which has stood since 1958. Mathew Brown and Emmett Edwards were the other members of the record-breaking crew.
Two other meet records were set, both in the field events. Steve Wiley of Wyandotte triple jumped $44'4\frac{1}{2}$ to wipe out the record of $43'9\frac{1}{2}$ set in 1967 by Dennis Woods of Shawnee Mission East. In the javelin competition, Jim Pearce of Shawnee Mission North made a toss of $218'8$ outdistancing the old mark of $213'3$ held by Ron
Shelley of Wichita Southeast since 1965.
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