Ryun clocks 4:06.2
Jayhawks harvest medals at Michigan State
K U ' s J a y h a w k trackmen-further asserting themselves among top contenders for the NCAA Indoor championship-captured seven events Saturday in an impressive Michigan State Relays showing.
The competition marked the return of Olympian Jim Ryun, who breezed to a 4:06.2 victory in the mile. And for the second straight week, Jayhawks shot putters scored a 1-2-3 sweep.
Kansas accomplished the
sweep on the strength of Steve Wilhelm's winning 62'7" heave, followed by Karl Salb (62-3) and Doug Knop (59-4½). Wilhelm was one of six Jayhawks to post career bests.
The Wilhelm-Salb-Knop combination claimed all the medals at last week's Oklahoma City Invitational as Salb uncorked his indoor best of 63'9".
Other gold medal performances came in the long jump, 1,000-yard run, 70-yard
tow hurdles, distance medley relay, and 280-yard shuttle hurdles. Ron Jessie, a juco transfer making his KU debut, leaped $23^{\prime}9\frac{1}{4}$ for long jump honors.
Jessie also combined with Bob Bornkessel, Ken Gaines, and George Byers to clock a winning 28.9 in the shuttle hurdles—a school record. Byers zipped to a: 07.8 victory in the 70-yard lows, while Byers (8.5) and Jessie (8.6) placed second and third, respectively, in the 70-yard highs.
Colorado, which has lost only to KU, currently leads the race with a 6-1 record, followed by the Jayhawks (6-2) and the Wildcats (4-3). The Buffs hold an earlier season victory over KState at Boulder.
Tenth-ranked KU,meanwhile, will be fighting a pair of tough teams this week. Tonight the Jayhawks play Oklahoma State, and Saturday host Missouri-a team which upset them earlier in the year-for the afternoon television battle.
K-State takes breather; Jayhawks invade OSU
KANSAS CITY (UPI)
Defending champion Kansas State takes a breather during the first part of this week, and the Wildcats will need it to prepare for Saturday's basketball battle with league-leading Colorado.
Colorado hosts Oklahoma tonight, and the Buffs could run into trouble from the Sooners.
Oklahoma forced the Jayhawks into overtime Saturday night before KU pulled out a 66-59 win.
Dave Robisch, one of the Kansas sophomore pivots, connected on a turn-around jump shot with only eight seconds remaining in regulation time to save KU. But that was all Coach Ted Owens' club needed. It promptly ran up nine points in the extra session and held the Sooners to only two points for the win.
A Wildcat victory would make the Big Eight race a whole new ball game with K-State right in the thick of it.
Colorado just barely escaped from upset-minded Nebraska Saturday. The Buffers came out with an 83-81 win only after some last second Husker strategy failed.
Marvin Stewart was fouled by the Buffs' Cliff Meely with only one second remaining in the game, and Colorado leading 83-80. Stewart sank the first free throw—then deliberately missed the second hoping a teammate could grab the rebound and tie the game. But the attempt failed and Colorado chalked up its 16th win of the season against three losses.
Oklahoma fell to the conference cellar with a 1-5 record. now 5-13 overall.
Kansas State held off surging Iowa State to keep in the conference race in another Saturday battle. The Wildcats raced to a 45-30 halftime lead, then saw it dwindle to 74-71 with 2:03 to play.
Robisch topped the KU attack with 26 points. It was the Jayhawks 17th win this season against only four losses.
But K-State settled down and pulled away for a 78-73 victory and a 9-10 season record. Iowa State is now 4-5 in the Big Eight and 10-11 for the year.
In Saturday's television game, Missouri wipped Oklahoma State, 73-52. Both teams are now 3-4 in the conference.
Missouri, which is 10-8 for the season, dominated the boards and hit on 51 per cent of its shots from the floor.
KU's other individual winner, Roger Kathol, shaved two-tenths seconds off his 1,000-yard best with a 2:10.4 clocking.
The Jayhawks' distance medley squad of Jim Neihouse (880), Jim Hatcher (440), Doug Smith (1,320), and Thorn Bigley (mile) combined for a 9:49.8 winning time. Bigley had turned in a 2:10.4 - identical to Kathol's MSU chocking.
Oklahoma City 1900bah mile Coach Bob Timmons' mile relay entry—Bornkessel, Neal Caterson, Hatcher, and Randy Julian—posted a 3:16.9 for second place.
MSU clocking-in winning the Oklahoma City 1,000 last week.
host Oklahoma State and Southern Illinois in a triangular at Allen Field House.
Julian set a KU record in the 600, placing third in 1:11.0 while Julio Meade matched his school mark at :31.1 in the 300, good enough for second place.
Two of KU's third-place finishers, both freshmen, turned in all-time best efforts-Jan Johnson, 15'6" pole vault, and Rich Elliott, 8:58.7 two-mile-for bronze medals. Stan Whitley
Big 8 Standings
BIG EIGHT STANDINGS CONFERENCE
| | W | L | Pct. | PF | PA |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Colorado | 6 | 1 | .857 | 532 | 500 |
| Kansas | 6 | 2 | .750 | 651 | 482 |
| Kansas State | 6 | 4 | .570 | 651 | 482 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 5 | .444 | 646 | 671 |
| Missouri | 3 | 4 | .429 | 462 | 446 |
| Oklahoma St. | 3 | 4 | .429 | 462 | 444 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 5 | .286 | 527 | 563 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 5 | .167 | 383 | 484 |
earned a silver medal, buzzing
:06.3 in the 60-yard dash.
ALL GAMES
W  L  M  Pct.  PF  PA  PE
Colorado 18  7  3  .810  1.452  1.347
Kansas 17  3  4  .819  1.435  1.180
Okla. St. 18  3  4  .819  1.107  1.210
Missouri 10  8  5.556  1.288  1.194
Iowa St. 10  11  4.766  1.206  1.539
Kansas St. 10  11  4.766  1.058  1.459
Nebraska 9  10  4.744  1.401  1.419
Oklahoma 5  13  2.787  1.099  1.251
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KU drowns Oklahoma
Kansas swimmers splashed and dived to an 87-26 drowning of Oklahoma Saturday. The winners piled up 12 'firsts' in the 13 events.
Kansas tankers were paced by double-winners Bob Hines and Jim Kent in the freestyle events, but plenty of Jayhawks got in on the fun.
KU won both relays and dominated the diving competition. In addition, freshman Scott Skultety cruised the 200-yard backstroke in 2:03.9, breaking his own varsity record of 2:04.5 set earlier this year.
Coach Dick Reamon was pleased with the team's performance, noting that the meet showed to his swimmers, particularly the sprinters, that their timetable is right on schedule.
The victory pushed the defending Big Eight champions' dual match record to 7-1. The Sooners dipped to 3-4 following weekend losses to Kansas and Missouri.
The Hawks are pointing to the Big Eight and NCAA championships in March.
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