Al Oerter . . . discus phenom
AI Oerter, the only athlete ever to win four Olympic gold medals in a single event, will return to his alma mater next week to be honored at the 44th Kansas Relays. The meet will be dedicated to the 32-year-old discus ace, and Oerter will also compete in a special open discus event.
The ex-Jayhawk will be making his first trip back to Memorial Stadium since finishing his collegiate career in 1958. Oerter won his first Olympic gold medal at Melbourne in 1956 as a KU sophomore at $184-10\%$, and has since stretched his record to $141-\frac{1}{2}$ (Rome, 1960), then $200-1\frac{1}{2}$ (Tokyo, 1964), and finally $212-1\frac{2}{3}$ at Mexico City this fall.
Olympians in Relays field
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Among the top early entries for the Cunningham Mile are John Lawson, former KU ace now living in Los Angeles; Jim Crawford of Harding College, and Alan Robinson, sensational Southern Illinois freshman from Australia.
Dedicated to Oerter
Crawford ran a 4:01.2 mile during the 1969 indoor campaign, Robinson clocked a 4:01.3 relay split at the recent Florida Relays, and Lawson proved he's still in form by running the 1,500 in 3:46.6 during a tour of Europe this year.
Foremost in this category is Oerter, four-time Olympic discus champion who won three KU discus titles in 1956-57-58. This year's meet will be dedicated to Oerter, and the Long Island, N.Y., resident also will compete in an invitation discus throw inside Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Another three-time Kansas Relays winner returning is Hylke van de Wal of Ontario, Canada, the 3,000-meter steeplechase king in 1964-65-66.
The only athlete with a chance to become a relays triple winner this spring is Southern Illinois distance star Oscar Moore, member of the 1964 Olympic
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team. Moore won the 5,000 meters here in 1966 and 1967 and is competing again this season.
SWC schools return
Early entries were filed by colleges and universities from seven states. The university division includes nearly every school that participated last year plus such old standbys as Iowa, Texas, Rice, Texas A & M and Arkansas, which missed last year's meet.
States represented are Colorado, Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kentucky, Minnesota and Kansas.
Friday's day-long session begins at 8:30 a.m. and includes a number of high school events in addition to the four-mile relay, the college and university division sprint medley relays, the collegiate mile (a new event), discus and triple jump, and the open 440-yard intermediate hurdles named in honor of former KU track captain Cliff Cushman—the man to whom the meet was dedicated last year.
The meet gets under way Thursday with the open six-mile run, the women's 880 and junior college distance medley, 440 and 880 relays.
Another day-long program is slated Saturday with most of the major fireworks scheduled for the closing afternoon card. In addition to Oerter's discus competition, the Saturday
afternoon docket includes Charlie Greene's 100, Matson's appearance in the open shot put, the Cunningham Mile and 440, 880, mile, two-mile and distance medley relays.
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By April 16, 1969
Timmons searches for KU hammer throwers
Imagine KU's track Coach Bob Timmons, whose Jayhawks captured the NCAA Indoor championship and rank among the favorites for the Outdoor crown, looking for trackmen.
Nonetheless, it's true. With the nation's best corps of shot putters and one of the country's best in the discus, Timmons is searching for weightmen—hammer throwers, to be exact.
"We are most interested in getting several freshmen and sophomores started in the hammer throw," said Timmons before departing for this weekend's Texas Relays.
"Anyone who weighs more than 180 pounds, who has good co-ordination, and an interest in learning a new sport should get in touch with me at the Field House," said Timmons.
High school shot putters and discus throwers are especially encouraged to try-out. Emporia sophomore Bill Penny, who tossed the 16-pound weight 164-10 in last year's Missouri Valley AAU meet, flung just over the 170-foot range during winter workouts.
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