Graduate student tutors hammer thrower
By JIM RYUN
Kansan Sports Writer
The hammer is a field event in the sport of track. Its implement is a large steel ball attached to a handle by a steel cable and the full weight totals a bulky 16 pounds.
Competition is conducted by spinning and at a precise instant releasing the hammer to sail distances up to 247 feet. Its competitors generally are not as large as those in the shotput, but work as hard in a sport that requires perfection and experience.
"It is the worst event to throw in because you need a perfect sense of balance and coordination," said Anatoli Welihozki, who is coaching the KU hammer throwers and in particular Bill Penny.
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"It is a physical and mental
discipline," he said, "because you can not muscle it as you can in the shot."
Prior to Welihozkiy's arrival last fall, Penny was in an event that the University of Kansas' coaches had little experience in although it was part of the agenda for a national championship and the Olympics. Its participants and participation had been limited to the East, particularly to the Ivy league schools.
Wellhozkiy, a graduate of Rutgers University, came to KU to work on a graduate degree in Soviet and Slavic Area Studies and to throw the hammer. He
said he had learned the hammer throwing technique in the East and was bringing it back to the Mid-West.
Penny said that people often asked, "What is the world record?" (247 feet by Anatoli Bondarchuk of the Soviet Union), and "What are you throwing?" (190 feet).
He said that people do not realize that a hammer thrower reaches his peak at about 28, after years of experience.
During last Saturday morning's rain, Penny and Welihozkiy competed against each other in open competition at the Kansas Relays. Welihozkylz won with a toss of 183 feet and 4 inches to Penny's second place throw of 181 feet 3 inches.
"I was not really disappointed," Penny said. "I have been keying more for Drake than this meet."
Although Wellihozkiy wants to compete and has aspirations of "trying out for the Olympics," he will not be eligible for this weekends' Drake Relays because he is not an undergraduate. He will travel with the team to help Penny as much as possible in competing against last year's national collegiate champion, Steve D'Autromont of Oregon State.
Jayhawks land all-state pick
One of the top high school basketball players in the Chicago area, 6-11 Bill Kossick of New Trier East High School, has signed a Big Eight letter-of-intent with KU.
Ted Owens, Jayhawk coach, was at Kosick's home in suburban Chicago, when the all-state center signed the scholarship agreement.
During his senior year Kosick averaged 28 points and 16 rebounds per game. He scored a high of 48 points against Notre Dame High of Niles, Ill. In addition to being a first team all-stater as a senior, Kosick was a two-time choice for the Chicago All-Suburban team.
Students chosen for internships
The Newspaper Fund has selected two University of Kansas women to participate in the annual editing and reporting intern programs this summer.
Carla Hendricks, St. Francis junior, was among 60 winners from more than 200 students nominated by their schools to receive the editing internship. Miss Hendricks will attend a three week intensive copyediting course in June.
Phyllis G. Jones, Wichita junior, was one of the 65 winners of reporting internships from 502 applications. After reporting for a participating newspaper for 10 weeks, she will receive a $500 scholarship.
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