Champs to defend title at OSU
Jayhawk swimmers eye repeat in Big Eight meet
By JAY THOMAS
Kansan Sports Writer
For the first time in Big Eight history, Kansas goes into the conference swimming championships as the favorite not just to win, but as Coach Dick Reamon hopes, "by the greatest margin ever before seen in the league meet."
Reamon isn't kidding. KU's defending champions could do just that if all the pieces fall in the right places tomorrow through Saturday at Oklahoma State.
Compiling a 7-1 dual record—the only loss being to always-strong Southern Methodist-Kansas boasts the conference's top times in 9 of 11 individual events and returns four first-place finishers from last year's league meet.
In addition, the Jayhawks have already bettered eight of the Big Eight's dual meet records.
5 form strength
Veterans Bob Hines, Jim Kent and Roy O'Connor, all defending titlists, and newcomers Bob Wright and Scott Skultety form KU's greatest strength. Six of the league's best times belong to those swimmers.
Hines, the Big Eight record holder in the 50-yard freestyle, should repeat in his specialty and stands a good chance to take the 100 as well. Third in this event last year, Hines has churned the century in 47.3, fourth-best in the nation and only one-tenth second off of O'Connor's league mark.
O'Connor will be shooting for wins in the 50,100, and 200-yard freestyles, particularly
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the latter in which he holds the season's top time of 1:47.4.
Two 'bests' for Kent
Defending 400-yard individual medley champ, Kent will also head KU's freestyle distance entries. His 4:56 flat in the 500 and 17:44 in the 1,650 rate him ahead of all other Big Eight performers.
Freshman Wright has posted new league standards in the 200 individual medley with 2:03.2, just off the championships mark of 2:02.4, and the 200 breaststroke at 2:17, only two-tenths seconds away from the record.
Another freshman, Skulletty has a 2:03.9 clocking in the 200 breaststroke, close to the all-time low of 2:01.2.
KU has depth
Reamon expects other strong performances from Tom Ellis in the 200, 500, and 1650 freestyles; Bo Darrah in the 200 and 400-yard individual medleys, and Kim Bolton in the 50, 100, and 200-yard freestyles. Bob Warwick in the 100-yard breaststroke and Steve Trombold in the 100-yard backstroke are also considered threats.
The 'Hawks Bob and Ray combo (Bishop and Powers, that is) could make a clean sweep of the diving, feels the KU coach.
Coach Reamon says his tankers are ready and should come out on top by a whopping margin. "One thing we have to remember though," he said, "is that we cannot let up just because we are the favorite."
Need to qualify
"We'll probably win the league meet, but we're aiming
for bigger and better things now. Some of our guys have yet to qualify for the NCAA (March 27-29 at Indiana) and this is their last chance to do so," Reamon noted.
"As a result of this, and the fact that we will have to provide much of our own competition, goal times will be foremost in our thinking. If we can achieve these, the rest should take care of itself.
B-ballers to begin playoffs
The battle for the title of Hill champions begins tonight in the first round of the basketball intramural playoffs. Forty-four teams, either divisional winners or runners-up, will clash on the hardcourts of Robinson Gymnasium in a single elimination tournament.
The winners of the fraternity and independent divisions will clash for the Hill title in each of the A, B and C leagues.
In the A league the defending Hill champs—the Old Charters—will meet the Blackhawks in a 7:30 contest. The Old Charters, a team of varsity football players, are a consistently high-scoring team and look to be the team to beat.
Intramural schedule
FRATERNITY A
DU-vs-Delta Chi
Phi Delt-vs-AKL
INDEPENDENT A
Hi Ballers-vs-Pearson
Old Charters-vs-Blackhawks
FRATERNITY B
Triangle-vs-PK Theta
SAE No.2
INDEPENDENT B
Boo Boo +1 vs-Spikereiet
Independents-vs-Naismith
FRATERNITY C
DU No.1 -vs-SIGNIA Nu No.2
Phi Delt No.5 -vs-PIKA Nu No.2
Du No.3 -vs-Delt No.3
Triangle -vs-Kappa PK Theta No.3
ATO No.1 -vs-Delta Chi No.1
Sigma Chi 69 -vs-AKL No.1
Sig Ep No.2 -vs-ATO No.2
INDEPENDENT C Elawaa -- Show Stoppers Magic vs.-Manor Salvation Army vs.-Vivian Salvation Israel's Warriors MBA vs.-Grad 68
Playoff date set
In case of a first place tie in the final Big Eight basketball standings, a single game playoff to determine the conference's representative to the NCAA tournament will be held 7:30 p.m Monday night at Kansas State's Ahearn Field House. Kansas, Colorado, and Iowa State are still in the running .
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