Edge Villanova for NCAA crown
Jayhawks repeat as indoor kings
By GALEN BLAND
Kansan Sports Writer
Kansas slipped by Villanova by one and a half points to give the Jayhawks their second consecutive NCAA indoor track and field championship Saturday night in Detroit's Cobo Hall.
Villanova lost two points they had counted on when their mile star, Marty Liquori, was upset by unheralded Howell Michael of William and Mary. The two points difference between first place and Liquori's second place finish would have given the title to Villanova.
The Jayhawks captured two firsts in the competition. Karl
Salb tossed the shot 67-21/2 in winning the Hawks' only individual championship. He was followed by teammates Steve Wilhelm and Doug Knop giving KU 13 points for their sweep of the weight event.
KU's two-mile relay team grabbed the other first as they established a new world record for an 11-lap track with a time of 7.25.7. Denis Stewart, Jim Nei-house, Roger Kathol and Brian McElroy each ran an 880-yard leg in the Hawks record run.
The Jayhawks battled Kansas State in the two mile with anchorman McEriroy staving off the strong finishing kick of Ken Swenson to win by 15 yards. McEriyon was clocked in 1:49.7, Stuart in 1:53.6, Neilouse in 1:50.0 and Kathol in 1:52.4. The previous record had been set in 1964 by Villanova with a 7:26.4.
Kansas scored 27 $ \frac{1}{2} $ points in winning its third team crown in the meet's 6 year history. Villanova scored 26 and easily garnered second over Harvard's 15 points. Among Big Eight conference schools, Missouri tied for 11th and K-State was tied for 21st.
Liquori finished about 10 feet behind Michael in the Villanova star's costly defeat. Liquori lagged back in the pack until the final laps when he unleashed his famed kick. He pulled abreast with Michael on the final turn but the William and Mary miler pulled away down the stretch. Michael was timed in 4:03.1 which was one half second faster than Liquori.
good race," he said. "It wasn't that I thought Michael didn't have enough left. I guess I was just too tired."
Liquori could not explain his shocking defeat. "I don't know what it was. I just didn't run a
Michael was pleased with his race and his race plan. "This race couldn't have gone any better. It went exactly according to plan," he said. "I wasn't surprised about Liquori's strong finish, that's his pattern—to hold back and then come on."
Herb Washington of Michigan State joined nine others who have run the 60-yard dash in 5.9 seconds indoors. Tom Hill of Arkansas State set an NCAA indoor mark with a 6.9 timing in the 60-yard high hurdles.
Washington, a sophomore, said after his victorious run, "I knew
I had it won 10 yards away. I was leading with 10 yards to go a year ago but John Carlos and Wayne Long went ahead of me so I ended up third."
In the pole vault, Jayhawk Jan Johnson and Jim Williamson of Maryland both soared 16 feet 6 inches, but Williamson was awarded first on fewer misses. Bill Hatcher picked up a crucial point and a half in this event for the Hawks by tying Alartou of Brigham Young for fourth.
The other Jayhawk points were scored by Doug Smith who finished fifth in the mile and Bill Penny who was fourth in the 35 pound-weight throw.
Collins tops regional all-tourney selections
Jimmy Collins, New Mexico State's sensational 6-2 senior guard, was a unanimous choice for the NCAA Midwest regional all-tournament team to pace all vote-getters for the mythical team.
named on 32 of the 46 ballots cost.
Teammate Sam Lacey, the muscular 6-10 Aggie center, missed being a unanimous choice by only two votes to place second among vote-getters
Collins, who led his team to the tournament title, also was named the tournament's most outstanding player while being
Rounding out the five-man team were Kansas State's David Hall and Jerry Venable and Drake's Al Williams. Hall, the Wildcats' sophomore forward, was the only non-senior to make the team. He scored 35 points and grabbed 40 rebounds in two games.
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