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McCook Field, the field events area at Memorial Stadium, will be renamed Olympic Field, and the event will be named in honor of Oerter.
Oerter said he was glad to be returning to Lawrence both because of fond memories and his desire to compete again.
Oerter, who came out of retirement in 1974, is a resident of Islip, N.Y., but spends the winter months in Fort Meyers, Fla., where he trains year-round for the Olympic trials.
Oerter said his training consisted of either walking on the beach, lifting or throwing. He said he had been running because he didn't like it.
Olerer said that he was not in top condition right now, but that 1987 was more of a preparation phase for the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
"My training depends on how the fish are biting here." Oerter said. "Lately the fishing has been good."
Oerter, however, has competed consistently, posting a top ten finish at the Athletic Congress nationals last June in Eugene, Ore., with a throw more than 200 feet.
Oerter said he no longer felt pressure from competing. His decision to keep competing results from his unincornish of age.
"Being older than my competitors is a little strange at times because I am a grandfather and some of the competitors are younger than my daughters." Oerter said, "But once the competition starts, people forget about it."
Oerter said he was capable of training alone because he was able to motivate himself, adding that he had more equipment and training facilities available to him in Plerville and had at kU in the early 1950s.
Oerter said he supported the NCAA's new drug testing policy, saying it was something that should have been done in the 1960s and 1970s. That attitude was based on his disapproval of drug use by athletes, a factor that prompted his retirement in 1968 after he won his last gold medal.
"I don't think they should be suspended for 18 months, though," Oerter said. "They should be suspended for 30 months - long enough that it affects their careers."
Oerter had the opportunity to speak with former KU men's track coach Bill Easton, who also attended the news conference. Oerter said Easton, who coached at the University from 1948-1965, provided him with his foundation for throwing.
Oerter talked of his fondest memory of his coach.
"He would train and prepare his athletes," Oerter said. "Then he told them to enjoy their capabilities."
Hagler, Leonard may be a little rusty
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Marvin Hagler and Ray Leonard face an opponent Monday night possibly more dangerous than either fighter, rust.
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Hagler, who defends his World Boxing Council 160-pound title outdoors at Caesar's Palace, has not fought since stopping John Mugabie in 11 rounds March 10, 1986. His previous bout was April 15, 1985, a third-round knockout to Thomas Hearns.
And Hagler is the active fighter among the two. Leonard last fought 35 months ago, winning a ninth-round knockout over Kevin Howard May 11, 1984. His previous bout goes back more than five years to a Feb 15, 1982 victory over Bruce Finch. The championship bouts who used to fight three championships in his career
"It will keep people guessing," Hagler said.
"It will keep people guessing," Hagler said. Talk of Leonard's long layoff has irritated the former welterweight and junior middleweight chamo.
"Wouldn't ring rust affect him, too?" Leonard said. "His old coat beaches through."
Hagler says he is 32, although the Leonard camp
claims Hagler is 36. The wars he has fought were a 15-round decision over Roberto Duran in 1983, the quick but brutal Hearski fight and the toe-to-toe punchout against Mugabi.
"I think the rest is good," Hagler said. "I think the mind needs more rest than the body."
Hagler appears rested and loose in the days leading to the fight.
"I feel better for this fight than other fights," he said. "For the Duran fight, I felt tight around this time. For the Hearns fight I was less tight. This time I know what I have to do."
"I listen to what Hagler says," said Leonard, who is 30. "He has a chance to rest. I had two years off, that should make me better." (of who likes Muster Dan.)
"Fights like Hagler-Duran take a lot out of you. What he's saying is he needs the rest.
"But I don't want people to say Hagler's starting to deteriorate. He's getting old. He's been off a year. I don't want that. I want people to say I beat Hagler at his best."
Hagler says Leonard need not worry, he remains at his best.
"A lot of people said Mugabi was my toughest fight. It wasn't," he said. "I took a 'took all of punches because I realized I had to take something to get something back."
"I'm not an old man, believe me. I still feel very young. Age is just a number. I feel good at age 32. I feel a lot stronger, and I think I have the tools to put him away."
The toll from Leonard's rights were taken mostly on his left eye. The eye was swollen shut during Leonard's 11th round knockout over Hearns Sept. 7, when he was injured and required surgery to repair a detached retina on his left eye.
Hagler of Brockton, Mass., is 62-2-2 with 52 knockouts. He is making his 33th middleweight title defense. If successful, he can tie Carlos Monzon's record of 14 middleweight title defenses in his next bout. Leonard, Potomac, Md., is 33-1 with 24 knockouts.
Hagler is guaranteed $12 million and Leonard $11 million for the bout, which is expected to be by more than two million viewers around the country on closed-circuit television.
Track teams head south to Texas Relays
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
Ten members of the men's and women's track teams will compete today and tomorrow in the Texas Relays at the University of Texas at Austin, the first leg of the triple crown of outdoor track.
Women's coach Carla Coffey said that the meet included some of the best collegiate, junior college and high school track and field athletes in the country. The meet is prestigious, she said, because it is the first
important relay meet of the season followed by the Kansas and Drake Relays.
Jayhawks who qualified to compete in the meet include Anne O'Connor, high jump; Denise Buchanan, shot put and discus; pole vaulters Chris Bohanan, Scott Huffman and Pat Manson; triple and long jumpers Johnny Breckins and David Bond; hurdler Courtney Hawkins and javelin throwers Ron Bahm and Vince Labosky.
that this would be the first time this season that Bahm, a returning All-America, and Labosky, a high school All-American, will compete in the javelin.
Bob Timmons, men's coach, said
The other members of the men's and women's teams will compete Saturday in the Kansas State Pepsi Invitational in Manhattan.
Timmons said that Kansas would compete against some Big Eight conference teams, including Kansas State. Oklahoma State for the first time in Oklahoma State for the first time in
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"This will also be an opportunity for our athletes to compete in events that are only run outdoors," Timmons said, "such as the disc, javelin, steeplechase and the 4 x 100 relay."
Coffey said that she hoped for good weather this weekend, but that bad weather would give the team an opportunity to practice competing in windy, cold or rainy conditions that are sometimes part of outdoor track.
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