Jayhawker Gymnasts to Compete In Their First Conference Meet
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Six members of the KU gymnastics team will compete in the Big Eight Conference meet at Iowa State this weekend.
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State this week. This is the first year KU has offered gymnastics as a varsity sport.
The gymnastics team has grown from a humble beginning as a club organized by a few interested students.
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For the first year, Bob Lockwood, present varsity coach, was team captain on the basis of being highpoint man in each meet.
Laptad returned as coach for the 1958-59 season as interest in the team began to grow. Lockwood was named captain of the team again.
Lockwood, an accomplished gymnast, continued to spur the growth of the club-increasing its membership, holding more meets and working to improve the gymnasts' techniques.
GYMNASTICS BEGAN in the 1957-58 school year with five club members. The club was coached by a graduate student, Dick Laptad, and had a few competitive meets.
Laptad gave up his coaching duties in the third year of the club's existence and was replaced by Lockwood.
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THE TEAM CONTINUED its growth in the next three years, partially financed by the athletic department.
Gymnastics became a varsity sport this year along with wrestling, another of the so-called minor sports. The team totals 28 members, including about 13 freshmen.
With its victory over Fort Hays State last Saturday, KU took a self-acclaimed state championship. There is no official state title competition, but the Jayhawkers have defeated every collegiate gymnastics team in the state.
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Lockwood says this year's team has considerable depth. It will lose only one member by graduation.
As high school gymnastics grows in the state, KU should have an even bigger and bigger source of talent.
The current leader in prep gymnastics is Lawrence High School.
Matmen Enter Big 8 Meet
Going into the Big Eight Conference championship wrestling meet this weekend, Coach Terry Shockley said he feels his team has "improved greatly" since the first of the season.
nasties is Lawrence High School. Lockwood predicted KU will place fourth in the Big Eight meet at Ames. Kent Dobbins, the Jayhawks' No. 1 performer, will be entered in four events and is expected by Lockwood to win at least one medal.
The championship wrestling will be at Stillwater, Okla. Competition begins tonight and the outcome of the meet is expected to go far toward determining the favorite in the national championships.
Oklahoma, the 1963 NCAA titlist, and Oklahoma State, last year's conference winner, must yield at least a share of the top billing to undefeated Iowa State.
Iowa State and Oklahoma State are the two top-rated teams in the nation and are figured to fight it out for the title now held by the Cowboys. Iowa State and Oklahoma State fought to a 12-12 draw in a
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All teams in the Big Eight are entered in the meet, with the exception of Missouri's Tigers. Most of the schools have at least nine entries. This will be the first conference competition in 30 years for KU
A capacity turnout is anticipated for the meet. More than 7,000 ardent fans are expected.
Shockley said at the conclusion of the regular season's competition, his team had improved remarkably since the beginning of the year.
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