New all-weather track rescues success of the rain-drenched 45th Kansas Relays
By BRUCE CARNAHAN Kansan Sports Editor
Water puddles covered the infield area and colorful umbrellas, plastic bags, hats and whatever were the order of the day for faithful spectators at Memorial Stadium — but the rain-soaked 45th Kansas Relays went off as scheduled Saturday thanks to the Jayhawks' new Jim Hershberger Track and its all-weather Tartan surface.
A crowd of 3,500, pelleted by over $1\frac{1}{2}$ inches of rainfall, braved gusty winds and tornado alerts to see the dedication ceremonies of the new track and take in the always-exciting KU track and field carnival.
Despite the downpour and the miserable weather, it was otherwise a good meet as a top-notch field turned in many creditable performances, though only one record was shattered in Saturday afternoon's running events.
New Zealander Rex Maddaford provided the only record-breaking performance when he clipped 12 seconds of the existing Relays record in the three-mile run by turning in an excellent 13:38.3 clocking.
Carlos and Matson Win
Olympians John Carlos and Randy Matson both turned in outstanding performances to outclass the field in their respective events.
Matson heaved the 16-pound
shot put 67-9/2 to defeat KU's dynamic duo of Karl Salb and Steve Wilhelm. Salb, NCAA outdoor and indoor king, captured second with a toss of 66-4. Em-
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poria State's Al Feuerbach jipped the shot 62-6 to nip Wilhelm for third place honors. Wilhelm's best was 62-3.
The controversial Carlos had expressed hopes of running a 9.2 for the Relays earlier in the week—and the ex-San Jose sprint ace nearly achieved his desire while racing to a record-tying 9.3 time in the open 100-yard dash.
Pacific Coast Club Sweeps Mile
The famed Glenn Cunningham mile featured a 1-2-3 sweep by a strong Pacific Coast Club contingent of John Mason, Tom Von Ruden and John Lawson.
Mason, former Fort Hays State distance king, nipped his two teammates with a 4.00.9 recording. Von Ruden broke the tape in 4:01.5 to finish second and Lawson, ex-Ku performer, was a close third in 4:01.8.
The other mile event, the Masters Mile for men 35 years old and over, saw favorite Jim Hersh-
berger slip to third place with a 4:54.0 finish. Hershberger, who donated $125,000 for the completion of the synthetic track which helped salvage the Relays during the steady drenching, was out-distanced by Jan Howell and Hal Higdon, Howell, like Hershberger an ex-Jayhawk competitor, won in 4:40.1, only a tenth of a second off his predicted time. Higdon, competing for the Chicago Track Club grabbed the runner-up position with a 4:49.8 mark.
Gray Bests Reaves in Dash
Missouri's Mel Gray and KU's Phil Reaves staged an exciting dual in the university-college 100-yard dash. Gray, clocked in 9.5 as was Reaves, grabbed another first place to go along with his Texas Relays crown and Reaves was forced to settle for a second place finish.
KU swept the pole vault event with Jan Johnson and Bill Hatcher providing the winning efforts. Johnson defended last year's Relays crown with a winning hoist of 16-0 and Hatcher grabbed second with a 15-6 vault.
Photo by Jim Hoffman
Bringing home a Relays record
Brian McElroy passes K-State's Bob Barratti and moves in on NU's Dan Morran in route to anchoring KU to a new Relays record of 3:18.3 in the sprint medley.
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'Hawks Capture Relay Win
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Hawks Capture Kelay Win Paul Mattingly, Randy Julian, Mike Solomon, and Doug Smith carried the 'Hawks to a winning 9:59.2 time in the distance event, K-State's premier half-miler anchored the Wildcats to a 7:31.6 win in the two-mile. The Jayhawks turned in a 7:36.4—good enough for second in front of Nebraska and Drake.
Jon Callen of KU ran away with the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:10.8. Former Oklahoma State distance runner Tom Laubert was second in 9:13.5 and Larbi Oukada (Ft Hays), who won Thursday's six-mile event in record-shattering time, was third in 9:17.4.
Jeff Bennett, of Oklahoma Christian, bested the field in the two-day decathlon competition with a Relays record-performance of 7.704 points. Russ Hodge, former world record-holder, led the field throughout the decathlon's first nine events but was forced to scratch from the final event, the 1,500 meter, in order to catch a plane back home to Los Angeles.
Jayhawk Trio Provides Points
Salb broke the Relays record in the college-university division shot put with a 66-3 throw. The distance eclipsed the old mark of $65-11_{2}$ set by Randy Matson in 1965 while competing for Texas A & M.
A recap of Friday's events saw the Jayhawk's Salb, Wilhelm and Doug Knop provide the points for KU.
Salb and Wilhelm joined Knop, the third member of the titanic 'Hawk trio, to pull off a 1-2-3 sweep of the discus. Knop's 182-5 heave was good for the top spot and Salb and Wilhelm finished second and third respectively with tosses of 177-2 and 174-5.
Photo by Jim Hoffman
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Perhaps the most spectacular moment for KU followers came Friday when freshman Brian McElroy's 1:48.2 half-mile anchor pushed the Jayhawks past K-State and Nebraska in the sprint medley relay. The Jayhawks' performance was a new Relays record and shoved Oklahoma's 1965 mark of 3:19.5 out of the Relays' record book.
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