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Thursday, April 19, 1979
University Daily Kansan
Open events highlight 54th Relays
The second jewel of the Midwest Relays circuit has traditionally featured the nation's best collegiate talent, but this year it is the team that takes on a token on slightly different appearance.
The relays have a bigger field than ever, but because of a rapidly rising number of meets throughout the nation and the Mississippi State conference, there has been spread across the United States. In fact, two of the big Eight's best squads, Nebraska and Missouri, will not make the trip.
To eliminate any loss in prestige, the junior college competition has been bolstered. But, the meet also will display the talents of several collegiate star who won Olympic accination.
The Olympic hopefuls head the billing in five special open events: the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes; pole vault and the Glenn Cunningham mile run.
OPEN 100- AND 200-METER DASHES- These fields will pit the best of the Big Eight sprinters today against the best from the past. Former Oklahoma stars John Garrison and William Snoody and former Kansas state champion Kyle Johnson will form Oklahoma's Mike Kelly and KU's Kevin Newell represent the best among present collegians.
Among the three, they have won seven big Eight individual titles. Snoddy and Wiley had their most dramatic confrontation in the 300-yard dash at the Big Eight Indoor championship, when Wiley batted Wiley by 41 seconds. Wiley dove for the tape and broke his arm in the process.
"Anyone who's followed the Big Eight over the past few seasons knows these three (Garrison, Snoddy, and Wiley) have had some classic duels," KU head coach Bob Timmons said. "All three have continued to run in good times since leaving school."
Maurice Peoples of the D.C. Internationals, and Stan Vinson of the University of Chicago Track Club and, more generally, all are ranked among the world's top 10.
Peoples, with a personal record of 45.22,
was ranked sixth in the world last year by
Track and Field News. Vinson was right
in calling for better world rankings,
with a personal record of 45.24.
OPEN 400-METER DASH--Three of the world's top 10 quarter-milers are in this field along with KU9 Lester Mickens and the best collectible middle-distance men.
A member of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic team, Coombs was 16th in the women's doubles.
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OPEN POLE VAULT — two of the best paulters in KU history will be battling in this event. Terry Porter is the elder statesman and a career player 18 to 19 to his credit plus a pro 167 Montreal Olympics behind him. But freshman Jeff Buckingham already has set a school record with a 17-8 vault last season. He's also among more than seven inches since late February.
Also in the open field are 'Peoples' teammate Fred Sowerby and Boston University standout Glen Cohen, a British jazz singer. The group is also Olympian, representing his native Antigua.
The other scheduled competitors are
Akwanaas State's Paul Pilla, who vaulted 17-
feet into the air and won a marathon match. His teammate Andy
Pintus, who has a 14-year career best to his
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vault. The sophomore has three NAIA titles to his name, two of them indoor and one of them outdoor.
Billy Olson of Abilene Christian has his second-mark in the field with a 17.10%
GLENN CUNNINGHAM MILE RUN—An Irish Olympian, a former Colorado star and a 31-year-old "discovery" are the top names in this event.
Naill O'Shaughnessy, an Irishman who attended the University of Arkansas; Rick Musgrave, a former Colorado star who is now an assistant coach at Oklahoma; and Dick Buerkle of the New York Athletic Club are the favorites in this event.
"All three men have broken the four-minute barrier," Timmons said. "I think any of them are capable of challenging Jim Rvun's meet record of 3:54.7 set in 1967."
O'Shaughnessy's 3:55.4 clocking indoors in 1977 was the second fastest indoor mile in history, but Bukeer went him one better and ran 3:54.9 indoors in 1978 to set a world record in the mile. But out of newcomer to the mile, having spent most of his career as a long-distance runner.
Bayless leads decathlon
BYGENE MYERS
Sports Writer
Bob Bayless of Oklahoma Christian finished the first day of the Kansas Relays with a 93-point lead in the only event of the day, the Jim Bausch decathlon. Bayless got his lead on the rest of the 14-member field by winning the long and high humps.
For KU, Grant Overstake was in fourth place halfway through the 10 events of the decathlon, and Mark Graham was seventh. Both KU competitors said they were disappointed with their performances and ended up 8 a.m. starting time for the decathlon.
"I guess I just have an afternoon
dismiss. "Overtake said. "But that a
really nice way to end it."
"If you don't start breaking your PTA (personal records), you know it's not going to be a very good day. I ditch it, but I'll have the time there and see what happens tomorrow."
Graham moved up to seventh after winning the 400-men, the final event of the season.
"I heard the old foosteps in the 400, and I
knew this was my event and I couldn't afford to lose it,” said Graham, who is competing in only his second decathlon. “I'm disappointed in just about everything I've done today, to tell the rest of the events and see what I can do.
"I got off to a poor start, and an 8 am. it is pretty pasthetic. My body, I guess, needs to be up for three or four hours before it can do anything. Anyone can gripe, and an athlete can pick anything apart, but I'd rather not."
The competition resumed at 8 a.m. this morning with the final five decathlon events: 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 150-meters.
— oo baysman, Oklahoma Christian, 3,720; 2,180
— newark, Delaware, 4,195; 2,565; 2,220
Illinois, 3,001; 4 Grant递增 Kansas, 3,425; 5 John Wheyne, Southern Illinois, 3,306; 3,686; 2 Brad Muller, West Point, Park College, 3,285; 3,686; 2 Jack Hill, Jackson College, Park College, 3,285; 3,686; 3,115; 11 Bob Duckworth, Northern Colorado, 3,270; 12 Robert Bardas, New Mexico, 3,280; 13 Holden King, California, 3,270
Results of the first five events of the Kansas Relays
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Decathlon determination Staff photo by STEPHAN SPECTO
Staff photo by STEPHAN SPECTOR
Grant Overstake, one of two KU entrants in the Jim Bauch decathlon in the 54th Kansas Relays, sprints toward the long jump pit yesterday in the opening day of both the decathlon and the Relays. Overstake, in 4th after five events, and 13 other athletes will finish the decathlon today.
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