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University Daily Kansan Monday, April 22, 1963
Jayhawkers Win Two Titles Against Tough Relays Field
By Steve Clark
The 39th running of the Kansas Relays was a success to Jayhawker track fans.
The KU team, which did not make the victory column at last year's Relays on Saturday afternoon and were shut out of the Texas Relies two weeks ago, picked up victories in the shot put and the two-mile relay against one of the most competitive fields in Relays' history.
The meet's laurels belonged to Jim Miller, a sturdy sophomore from Colorado. Miller won the 400-meter hurdles on Friday and anchored the winning Buffalo 880- and mile-relay teams. He barely missed victory in the high hurdles as he lost his footing and finished inches behind Texas' Rex Wilson. He was voted the meet's most outstanding performer.
BRILLIANT FINISH—Loyola of Chicago's ace miler, 130-pound John O'Hara crosses the finish line in the distance medley to shatter Texas Southern's string of 33 straight relay victories. O'Hara trailed Southern's Major Adams by 40-yards at the start of the final mile, but overcame him to win by 10-yards.
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BOTH VICTORIES were sweet.
Junior Yul Yost, a 32-year-old Yugoslavian who played volleyball up until two years ago when he walked by Memorial Stadium, saw some men putting the shot and asked if he could try, defeated the Texas Relays' champion Danny Roberts of Texas A&M with a 57-6$^{3}$ put. This was the best mark by a collegian this year and defeated Roberts who put 56-5.
The victory ran Yost's won-lost mark to 8-1 for the year and he and Roberts will clash again this weekend at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
The KU two-mile relay team's victory was especially sweet for two reasons. One, it came at the expense of arch-rival Missouri and second, it was a come-from-behind affair which saw Jayhawker Kirk Hagan overcome the Big Eight's defending half-mile champion Gre Pelster.
BILL STODDART, a quarter-miler who had never before ran a half-mile in competition, led off with a 1:53.5 half-mile. Paul Taylor then added a 1:53.7 followed by Tonnie Coane who ran 1:51.9 to hand off to Hagan trailing by a yard.
Hagan, who has won three conference indoor 1,000 yard run titles, quickly closed the gap and remained behind Pelster until the last turn. Coming out of the turn, Hagan shot into the lead with a burst of speed and outdistanced the conference half-mile king down the stretch. The winning time was 7:28.4.
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THE MEETS' most notable achievement occurred long after all but a handful of spectators had left. Rice's Fred Hansen, who set a pole vault record of 15 feet $6\frac{1}{4}$ inches here last year, made $16-0\frac{1}{4}$ on his final try. The time was 7 p.m. and Hansen had been vaulting since 11 o'clock that morning. Due to the lack of light, he chose not to try to go higher.
One of the biggest surprises of the Relays was the dethronement of Phil Mulkey as the Relays decathlon champion. Mulkey who had won here the past five years setting a record each time was defeated by his U.S. Olympic teammate Dave Edstrom, former Oregon star who is now in the Air Force. Edstrom scored 7,423 points to Mulkey's 7,316.
The Relays were significant in that Texas Southern's streak of 33 straight relay victories was shattered. The event was the distance medley and the man responsible was 130 pound Tom O'Hara from Loyola of Chicago.
The Texas team had a 40-yard lead when O'Hara received the baton. Running for Southern was mile ace Major Adams. The little
O'Hara moved up slowly and passed Adams on the final lap to win by 10 yards. Both teams were under the KU Relays record. The Loyola time was 9:54.2, nearly 13 seconds under the 24-year old record.
IN ALL SIX RECORDS were set. Texas Southern went on to win four more relay titles setting new marks in the 440-yard relay (40.7) and the mile relay (3.09.2). Jack Upton of Texas Christian set a high jump record of $6 - \frac{8}{3}$ and Ed Red of Rice set a javelin record of $256 - 11\frac{2}{3}$.
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Colorado high jumper Leander Durley also jumped 6-8 $ \frac{4}{3} $ but Upton was awarded first place and the record on the basis of the least attempts.
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In the Glenn Cunningham mile, a previously unheralded freshman from the University of Missouri defeated Texas Relays champion John Camien of Emporia State to win his first major mile victory.
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Robin Lingle, who is setting out a year of ineligibility after transferring from West Point, won the feature mile in 4:04.8.
freshman Bob Hanson almost de-
freshman Bob Hanson almost defeated Big Ten 100- and 220-yard dash champion Nate Adams of Purdue. Getting a good start, Hanson led most of the way until Adams overtook him in the last 10 yards to win in 10.3. Both sprinters were given the same time.
ANOTHER RECORD — Rice's Fred Hansen broke his own Kansas Relays' record in the pole vault by six inches. On his final try, he established a new mark of 16-0 3/4. He chose not to try for a new higher mark.
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KU's Floyd Manning went 15-0 for the first time outdoors in the pole vault to finish in a tie for fourth with Preston Holsinger of Oklahoma State and Bill Younger of Missouri. The three led Big Eight vaulters in the event.
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