SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, December 8, 1993
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Experienced divers hope to build on fall successes
By Kent Hohifeld Kansan sportswriter
One semester through her junior year, Kansas diver Amy Graham has proved to be one of the bright spots for the diving team this season.
which is looking to build on last season's conference tournament championship.
"Any is an intense competitor," Kansas diving coach Don Fearon said. "I enjoy getting a chance to work with her."
Amy Graham
Graham said that she thought this season's squad would be one of the team's strongest in recent years.
"Instead of the diving team being a weakness, the team will be a real strength this year," Graham said.
She said that she thought the team had improved since her freshman year. That helped bring better talent to the team.
Graham said that the fall portion of the season had helped prepare the team for the competition it would face during its spring schedule.
Graham said that all three of the team's divers had performed strongly in most of the fall meets. She said that her best personal performance had been Nov. 13 in the meet against Southern Methodist in Oklahoma City.
Southern Methodist defeated Kansas 129-114, bit Graham came in second in the 1- and 3-meter diving board events behind Southern
Methodist's Cheryl Santini, who was a nationally ranked diver last year for the Mustangs.
Fearon said he wished that the team had competed in more diving competitions during the fall. Besides the three dual meets, the diving team performed in the Texas Invitational last weekend, which was its second 10-event, or championship, meet of the year. Each diver competed as an individual, not for the team.
He said that raising the divers' competition levels would be a key to the team's success in the spring.
Sophomore diver Michelle Rojohn said the meet in Texas proved that the team had some aspects that it needed to work on.
"We really need to work on our required dives," Rojohn said. "We have to be more consistent on those dives."
Graham said that earning high scores on those required dives had been a problem for her during the fall season. Graham said that one of her goals for the spring schedule was to gain consistency on the required dives.
Both Graham and Rojohn said they enjoyed competing in the 3-meter events more than the 1-meter events.
"Higher up, there is more time to do things," Graham said. "I'm also better at the 3-meter, so that may be part of why I like it more."
Fearon said that the team needed strong performances from Graham, Rojohn and junior Erika Rasmusson during the spring schedule.
"We're looking forward to the meet against Nebraska," Graham said of the Feb. 12 meet. "We don't want them to walk into the conference thinking they can handle Kansas diving. I don't think they can."
NCAA forms group to examine playoffs
The Associated Press
OVERLAND PARK — The NCAA is again considering a playoff system for major college football.
The governing body said yesterday that it had formed a group to study the advantages and drawbacks of a Division I-A playoff.
Clearly, there would be no time to institute a Division I playoff and settle this season's Nebraska-West Virginia-Florida State logjam at the top of the polls. Nor could a playoff system be in place before the 1995 season.
But the formation of a study group will be hailed by playoff advocates. It also could mean that schools will vote on a playoff at their convention in January 1995.
"I don't think this necessarily advances the possibility of a football playoff," said Francis Canavan, the NCAA's group executive director for public affairs. "What it advances is that, finally, there will be a firm decision, yes or no."
The NCAA Joint Policy Board said it had formed a group chaired by Charles Young, UCLA chancellor, and would include Cedric Dempsey, incoming NCAA executive director; Donnie Duncan, Oklahoma athletic director and chairman of the NCAA special events committee; and Tom Jernstedt, chief operating officer of the NCAA.
Greg O'Brien, chairman of the NCAA Presidents Commission, said the formation of the group should not be seen as an endorsement for the idea.
A high-powered sales pitch was made to the Presidents Commission at its meeting last summer, presented by in part by Nike International, which said as much as $40 million could be raised.
At that time, presidents said they were impressed by the slick presentation but not inclined to go along with it. A football playoff cannot be implemented until it gets the approval of the commission, which has promised to try to lessen the commercial aspects of big-time athletics.
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