University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 13, 1987
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Varsity crew team members participate in the men's open eight of the Washburn Open President's Regatta III. KU's novice team placed third in the event at Lake Shawnee Saturday, and the varsity team placed fourth.
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Kansas crew team dominates field at Washburn regatta
Staff writer
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI Staff writer
The Kansas crew continued to dominate rowing teams across the Midwest with a commanding performance Saturday at the Washburn Open President's Regatta III at Lake Shawnee in Topeka.
Even though no scores were kept, the 120 Kansas crew
members won 25 medals in the 21-team field of 14 states. Washburn won 14 medals and Minnesota followed with 9.
Coach Cliff Elliott said the performance brought the team closer to the Sunflower State Championships on Saturday at Lake Shawnee and the Midwest Rowing Championships the following weekend in Madison, Wis.
Elliott said he was pleased with the women's novice eight-man and the women's open eight-man 'A' and 'B' boats, which finished first and second in the 2,000-meter races. He said the men's open lightweight eight-man boat, which won the 400-meter race, also performed well.
Other winning boats for Kansas included the women's open
lightweight four-man boat, the men's and women's novice fourman boats, the men's open lightweight eight-man boat, the mixed novice four-man boat and the men's novice lightweight eight-man boat.
Kansas' biggest surprise was the men's 2,000-meter open eight-man race in which the novice men defeated the varsity men and
finished third
"The novice men had been coming close to the varsity boat last week in practice." Elliott said. "They just wanted to make up for their less injury in the morning to Minnesota."
Elliott said the conditions were rough in the morning, but calmed down in the afternoon.
He said he was pleased with the team's performance because it was only its second regatta this season.
In its first regatta, Kansas won the Jester Cup as the top team for the fifth consecutive year at the Heart of Texas Regatta during spring break.
Buchanan leads Jayhawks breaks two school records
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
Denise Buchanan broke two of her outdoor school records Saturday and lead the Kansas women's track team at the John Jacobs Invitational at Norman, Okla.
Buchanan finished second twice to Kansas State's Pinkie Suggs. Buchanan recorded a throw of 51 feet, $11\frac{1}{4}$ inches in the shot-put, which qualified her for the NCAA outdoor nationals. In the discus, Buchanan threw 166-$10\frac{1}{4}$, just short of the NCAA qualifying distance of 168.
Suggs and Buchan also finished first and second, respectively, in the shot-put at the Big Eight Conference Indoor Championships in February and were both named All-Americans in March at the NCAA indoor championships.
No team scores were kept at the meet, but women's coach Carla Coffey said it was the team's last chance to prepare for the Kansas Relays, which begin Wednesday.
"We try to get ready specifically for this meet." Coffey said, "because the competition is good, and we like to run well at home."
Other heptathletes placed in the javelin, including Jaci Metzger, who finished fifth with a throw of 103.6, and Kim Hutoehfer, who finished sixth with a throw of 102-10. Metzger also finished fourth in the high jump
Coffey said the team's heptathletes competed in individual events to improve their performances in those events. Most of the team's field athletes competed on the track to rest up for the Relays.
Heptathletes Andrea Schwartz and Rosie Wadman finished second and fifth in the long jump with jumps of 17-9 and 17-4, respectively.
O'Connor is second at Florida track meet
By a Kansan reporter
Kansas heptathelite Ann O'Connor finished second in a field of three Saturday at the Florida Track Class in Tampa Bay.
O'Connor finished second with 4,914 points, behind Jill Lancaster, 27, who competed unattached and scored 5,030 points. The NCAA qualifying total is 5,350.
O'Connor, who was the Big Eight Conference Indoor champion in the heptathlon in February, was invited to compete in the meet last week.
O'Connor said she expected more athletes to compete, but that just having the opportunity to compete was helpful.
"It was a good chance for me to see where my weaknesses are."
O Connor said yesterday. "But I don't think I did anything outstanding."
Cliff Rovelet, assistant women's coach, said O'Connor, a junior, had not competed in the outdoor heptathlon since her freshman year and recorded her best marks in six of the seven events.
"Ann had to jump and run into the wind," Roveto said yesterday. "And I think she did well under the circumstance."
O'Connor said she would not compete in the heptathlon in the Kansas Relays this week. She will have to wait until May 15-16, when she will compete in the Big Eight Outdoor Championships in Lawrence, to qualify for the NCAA meet.
with a jump of 5-8.
Kansas made a stronger showing than usual in the sprint events. Coffey said this showed the team had been balanced since the indoor season
Mia Wickliffe finished sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.36 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Mylene Maharaj finished fourth in 25.02. Veronda O'Hara also finished fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.75.
Maharaj teamed with Wickliffe,
Cynthea Rhodes and Yolanda Taylor
to finish third in the 4 X 100-meter relay.
Coffey said the team's time of 47.38 was a second off its best time because the baton hand offs were slow.
"We completely stopped for one hand-off." Coffey said. "We are definitely going to work on it this week for the Relays."
Maharaj, Rhodes, Taylor and Jesica Casimir finished second in the 4 X 400-meter relay with a time of 3:54.93.
Women's squad slides past Buffs
By a Kansan reporter
The Kansas women's tennis team squeaked by Big Eight Conference fee colorado 5-4 on Friday at the Allen Field House courts.
"I hope that will give us some momentum for the coming week," Kansas men's and women's tennis coach Scott Perelman said. The Jayhawks at Missouri on Tuesday and at Iowa State on Friday.
Doubles play continued to be a problem for the 'Hawks as they
Perealm said he might begin looking at different doubles combinations as soon as tomorrow.
managed only one doubles victory after winning the first set in each of three games.
"I think we legitimately need to look at some changes in the doubles." Perelman said.
Treps, last year's Big Eight champion at No. 1 singles, now has a 2-6 record in conference singles and doubles play.
Oily Barb Inman and Janelle
Bolen, the No. 3 dunk team, won
the game.
Treps, Jeanette Jonsson, Marie Hibbard and Barb Inman each won for the Jayhawks.
Mize has had a half-dozen runner-up finishes since the 1983 victory, and questions were being asked about his mental toughness.
In the singles matches, Tracey
"The whole year has been a struggle." Treps said. "It's been very frustrating."
Masters
Treps said that despite the doubles trouble, beating Colorado would give the team a boost.
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: He answered them by saving a bogey from the water behind the 15th green, gaining a playoff spot with a win, and beating the best the game can offer.
The victory was worth $162,000 to Mize, who was born and spent most of his childhood in Augusta. He now resides in Columbus, Ga
"It's the dream of a lifetime," Mize said.
Ben Crenshaw and Roger Maltbie, who shared the lead going into the final round, and Jodie Mudd each
Curtis Strange and Bernhard Langer of West Germany each got to within a single shot of the lead
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missed the playoff by a single shot
All three either led or shared the
playoff.
Track
Sophomore Craig Watchee won the event with a time of 14 minutes, 27 seconds after he broke away from the field with two laps remaining.
Also at one over par were Tom Watson, Jay Haas, D.A. Weibring and Jack Nicklaus.
"I Craig had a fast half-mile split on the end of his race." Kueffer said. "He is just running with so much confidence."
Ricky Mays recorded Kansas' only other victory in the long jump with a 12.48.
Kueffer said he thought Kansas did well in the track events, considering the team had a week of hard work.
All three either led or shared the lead during the last 18 holes.
In the 800-meter run, Gerald Harder placed second with a time of 1.54.9 and Bruce Hayes finished third at 1:55.
Team captain John Creighton, who did not compete for most of the indoor season because of knee surgery, teamed with Brad Cobb, Mike Miller and Orrin Gaines to take second in the mile relay with a time of 3:13.77.
outs before it left.
Third-place finishers for Kansas included Sharriff Hazim, who
Courtney Hawkins, who qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships last weekend at the Texas Relays, only managed a fourth-place finish in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 14.23.
jumped $6.11\%$ in the high jump, and Steve Hefferman, who ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:21 12.
Andrew Parker, who finished second at the NCAA indoor championships in March, won the event for Arizona State with a time of 13.74.
Net gains Men's tennis team beats Colorado
The Kansas men's tennis team went one-for-two this week, but the victory came in Big Eight Conference play.
The Jayhawks beat Colorado 9-0 on Friday at the Allen Field House courts, then lost 5-4 to Wichita State on Saturday.
By a Kansan reporter
Each individual and doubles victory in Big Eight matches translates into a point for Kansas in the conference standings.
Kansas was tied with Oklahoma for third place with 11 points before the weekend's play. Nebraska led the conference with 21 points but had played more matches than Kansas, Oklahoma or last season's champion, Oklahoma State.
Kansas entered Saturday's match with a 3-0 record against Wichita State this season, which No. 2 singles player Craig Wildey said may have affected the Jayhawks' performance.
"Colorado was a good solid win for us," Kansas men's and women's tennis coach Scott Perelman said. "We need to play like that to stay in the
"Our attitude was a little different for Wichita than it was for Colorado. I'd say, 'I don't think we were quite as prepared as we could be.'"
hunt for the championship."
Kansas played without Mike Wolf, who began to suffer back spasms in the doubles match with Colorado and
chose to sit out the match.
"In Big Eight matches you've really got no choice, but against Wichita State I felt like I had a choice." Wolf said. "I made it a lot worse if I played."
Wildey moved into the No. 1 spot and delivered a three-set victory, the second time in four matches against Wichita State that he has beaten the Shockers at that position.
"Earlier in the year I thought I had to win when I played at No. 1." Widley said. "Now I like it. I accept it—kind of a challenge."
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