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Monday, April 25, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Performers shine at 52nd Kansas Relays
Wiley, sun thrill fans
By ROB RAINS
KU's Cliff Wiley (middle) outran Johnny Williams and Ed Preston to win the 100 meters.
Sports Writer
Relays Two pace KU women
There were two reasons that the 7,820 fans attending the 52nd Kansas Ravens Saturday left Memorial Stadium happy—the sun and Cliff Wiley
What came later was Wilev.
After hiding behind the clouds for the first two days of the Relays, the sun broke through a little before noon on Saturday, when I was standing for what was to come later in the day.
Wiley, a junior from Baltimore, broke out of the blocks smoothly in both the invitational 100- and 200-meter dashes and went on to victories in both. He was named the outstanding performer in the meet for his efforts.
By ANDY RILEY Sports Writer
IN THE 100, Wiley defeated a talented field, which included Ed Preston of the U.S. 400-meter relay team on the U.S. 400-meter relay team at last year's Olympic trials but had to bypass the Olympics because of an injury, had to cancel an event ago at the Arkansas State Invitational.
Teri Andersen's rain-drenched win in the 5,000-meters and Sheila Calmese's sunbaked victory in the 100 pace of the KU against the 52nd Kansas Relays this weekend.
Calmes, St. Louis sophomore, outran an strong field to win the invitational 100-65 game against Washington.
Wiley got his revenge Saturday, Preston and Johnny Williams of Austin Peay, a former pro baseball player in the Kansas City and Cincinnati organizations, broke out of the blocks in the lead, but Wiley caught him through the race and went on for the win.
CALMESE HELD off Felicia Dupach, a Denver junior high school student running for the Colorado Flyers, and Debbie Carter, a senior high school student 100-yard dash Friday afternoon.
"I can't believe it," Lannes said, "good start and stayed with it. I IV showed up."
Calmness, at 4-11 and 89 pounds, said that although she sometimes ran under the watch of her coach.
Anderson, a KU graduate assistant coach running under the affiliation of Athletes in Action, established an American best in the 5,000. She ran it in 16:06.8 and finished eight seconds ahead of Iowa State University's Cook, who led Anderson until the final lap.
"I usually just ask them to lower the tape," she said. "I told them to lower it today and they did. I was really nervous, but I wasn't going to lose."
He was timed in 10.21 seconds, the fastest 100 meters in the Big Eight this season. Williams was second in 10.27. Preston, the first, both the 100 and 290, finished third in 10.3.
CALMESE ALSO was the anchor on the KU 401 relay team, which finished second to Wichita State University despite bad hand-grounding. The team was bothered by a sore hamstring muscle.
Nevertheless, the Jayhawks nearly won
the event when Calmese, who took the baton
from Jo McMillan, came within a half stride
of catching the Wichita State sporter.
AN HOUR and a half later, Wiley had his second win. Much like the 100, Wiley broke from the blocks smoothly in the 200, but trained Preston and Williams after 89 yards. Wiley made the turn, however, and then made the backschnitt to win palling away
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The first three legs, run by Connie Lane, McMillan and Jennifer Howe left the wing. The second leg, running, is at
KU also was entered in the mile relay, but it had to settle for fourth despite a skip.
But Jones, who won the open 100 at the Texas Relays three weeks ago, elected to concentrate on the relays events at Kansas, anchoring the 440, 880 and mile units.
Although Wiley defeated a classy field in both events, his victory would have been that much sweeter if Johnny Jones, the freshman sensation from Texas, had been
WILEY'S WINS on Saturday helped to soften the disappointment he and the other members of KU's 880-yard relay team experienced Friday when Oklahoma freshman William Snoddy caught Wiley at the tape to give the Soopers the victory.
The Longhorn finished second in 39.95
and with Wiley's furious anchor, wound
up thigh.
"I think we were ahead before the last exchange," Wiley said, "and I had to slow down."
Oklahoma did win--barely. The Sooners were timed in 1,237,8 and KU was right behind them.
Oklahoma also picked up its second Relays circuit triumph in the 440-yard relay. There, anchorman John Garrison's teammates gave him a five-yard lead over Jones at the exchange, and he was able to beat his rival, Chris Hanssas Relays record time of 39.82 seconds.
In the mile, anchorman Jay Wagner didn't run because of a slightly pulled groin muscle he suffered in the open 400-meter race. The team cound to Dale Udo of Missouri in that race.
KANSAS EFFORTS in both the 440 and mule relays were weakened by injuries. Anthony Coleman, who set a Relays record in the preliminaries of the 119-meter high jump, graduated a bamstring injury in the race and had both the hurdles and 440 to skip.
Jones, denied victories in both the 440 and 880 relays because of Garrison and Snoody, finally got a victory in the meet's last event—the Chuck Cramer rule relay. He led by the 63-12 coasting through an anchor leg of 46.28 seconds. Their winning time was 3:08.6.
Reardon's winning jump, a wind-aided 15-6, was a personal best. Scales won the pole vault with a jump of 16-6, a height that got him second place in the open division Saturday behind Olympic Earl Bell of Arkansas State, who cleared 17-5.
KU aaw its best performances come in the individual events. In addition to Wiley's two victories, Jay Reardon captured the long list of individual university-college division of the pole vault.
AS SATURDAY afternoon had belonged
to Wiley, Saturday morning was all Al Oerter's.
Octer, who was the first person ever to throw a discus 200 feet, didn't quite hit that mark Saturday but he did throw far enough to win the applause of hundreds of spectators lining the discus ring outside the Stadium.
Olerter, competing on an exhibition basis, wrewed 1985-1. The official winner was Art McKay.
For the third year in a row, Arkansas won both the distance medley and the four-mile relays. With Irish Olympian Niall Hearn, Razorbacks never were in much trouble.
Oerter, who is on a comeback trail that he hopes will lead him to the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, said he was planning to come back to Kargas next year.
THEY GOT A Labels record in the four mile of 16:19.4, with O'Shaughnessy blasting past Paul Craig of Texas on the last lap to finish his mile leg in 4:01.6.
Other Relays records broken during the three-day meet were in the javelin, where Alabama's Bud Blythe, a native of Uniontown, Kan, threw 288-114 to break the record of Bill Fleoker of Kansas State, 266-5-12, that had held up since 1965.
In the distance meedley, O'Shaughnessy again came from behind to give Arkansas
In the 1.500-meter run, Garry Bjorkel of the Chicago Track Club shattered the year-old mark of Frank Shorter by running a 13.55.75. In the high jump, Paul Allard of the Chicago Track Club recorded the record of 74 1/2 shared by Bill Knoedel of Iowa and Burkary Schar of Kansas.
Women win softball title
MIKE STANCLIFT and Mike Morse of Kansas both got personal bests in the javelin, where they finished third and fifth. Mike Monsef threw three 28-9% and Morse 28-1%.
Bruce Coldsmith finished seventh in the 5,000-meter, John Rosecob thrid in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Rainbelt thrd in the high jump, Kevin Newell fifth in the open 100, Dave Blatcher fourth in the open 200, Jim Pedrobrace sixth in the shot-put and Martin Barker fifth in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles to round out KU's individual efforts.
Bill Lindberg, a former KU athlete now running for the Chicago Track Club, took third in the Glenm Cunningham mile with a time of 4:06.3.
One of KU softball coach Bob Stanclift's dreams came true yesterday.
Stanfield had been worried that the weather could afterward worsen, and he began to worry in the early morning.
The Jayhawks finally got some good weather to play in, and they responded by winning their fifth consecutive state championship.
Playing in mudgy weather on sunny,
wet roads easily edged the Fort Hays
Kansas State Colleges.
SNCLIAER OPENED the day without allowing any extra bathroom and the deck to be open. The National State Code.
The weather was more to the pitchers' liking yesterday and Graves and Shelley (Nick) were on top.
Gloria Graves picked up the wir
Second baseman Beth Springgled helps the Jahyhaws in hitting with two hits in three trips to the plate. She drove in three of the five runs.
The Jayhawks had an easy time in the championship game, bowing Benedictine.
It was Sinclair's record six snout out and extended her record to 9.0.
The win extended Graves' record to 8-3 and the team record to 17-4.
The Juyahaws have time to enjoy their championship. Their next game is scheduled for April 13 when they face South Carolina State at Holcom Sports Complex.
GRAVES AND centerfielder June Kolebler each collected a triple in the game. Kolebler matched Springgate'sperfect 14th on the ground three at the plate and diving in three runs.
Staff photo by GEORGE MILLENED
Fallen steeplechaser is extra barrier for runners
Wiley blisters field named top performer
Just what an athlete has to do to be voted the meet's most outstanding performer at the Kansas Relays apparently can't be spelled out in exact words.
or if it can, Arkansas State's Ed Preston must feel like most sportswriters are illiterate. The honor, which is determined by a vote of 82 to 71, has been bestowed upon KU's Cliff Willey this year.
Wiley, a junior from Baltimore, Md., won the open invitational 100- and 200-meter dashes at the $25th edition of the Relays—the same two events Preston won last year when KU's Nolan Cromwell won the top award.
By GARY VICE Sports Editor
This year Wiley ran 10.21 in the 100 and 20.44 in the 200, as well as an anchoring KU's 440 and 880 yard relay teams. He took the outstanding performer honor with 21 votes. Ilya Olympic Niall O'Shaughnessy, who anchored Arkansas" won four mile race, and Kevin Hearn was the balloting with 14. Teri Anderson, who won the 5,000-meter run for competing for Athletes in Action, had four votes. Drake high jumper Paul Allard received one.
"CLIFF DESERVES it this year," Preston said. "He was the hottest man today. But I thought I won it for sure last year, when I won two open events. They owe me."
Preston was edged in the balloting last year by Cromwell, who won the Cliff Cushman 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 88.16 and the John Hammond the Jayhawks winning mile relay quartet.
Following the pair's final head to head competition of the meet, Preston said, "C'mon Cliff. Let's go over and pick up those medals."
WIL.EY, WHO missed last year's RELays while entangled in an NCAA eligibility hassle, said. "To be modest about it, I'd say I sort of had a good day. It's always nice to win. Seriously however, I think I had the best day out here."
Yet Preston, who had won the open 220-yard and university in 1975 when Chanion Ehzuelen of Illinois won the open 240-yard and university, awarded wasn't the least amused with Wiley.
They then ambled across the infield
toward the awards stand and sat on top of the chain link fence to make one to another.
WILEY PICKED up two gold medals and Petton picked up one silver and one bronze.
"I really don't think he's that concerned that he didn't win." Wiley said. "He has next week and another meet same as I have, so they try over one meet even if you get jets."
According to Wiley, the secret formula for his winning might just be sleep. He got a long night's rest Friday night, and took a short day's morning just before competing.
Wiley, whose personal best in the 200 is 20.3, said he has the potential to run 20.0 or better this year. And to do so, he'll follow his running formula of laying back on the curves then slapping shuttles towards the finish line.
Wiley will duel Preston again this weekend at the Drake Relays in Armes, Iowa. The field in the 100 also might include Auburn's Harvey Glance, Texas' Johnny Jones and Olympic champion Hasley Crawford.
"I got up only about an hour before
naming my bed. I felt good and lozen.
I was really relaxed."
And a little over an hour later, he completed a double win with a first in the 200. "I have a lot of confidence in my 200," Wiley said. "it's my strongest event. I can be one of the best 200 sprinters in the world."
"MY PHILOSOPHY in the 208 is to run the curve smooth only enough to help you burst out of it and accelerate down the straightway." Wiley said.
IN THE 100, Wiley was running fourth in the race with about 25 yards to go, but he turned it on and broke into the lead in the final 10 yards.
"I think I run better in tougher com-
petections," he said. "You always want to run against the enemy."
It was the second time this season and the
fifth time in the past two years that the
Sachs team was playing.
Sooners' mastery holds
Oklahoma continued to dominate Kansas on the tennis courts as the Sonets defeated Oklahoma.
KU managed two points throughout the morning, and Chet Collier was partially responsible for both. Collier, playing No 4 singles, defeated Mark Crozier, 1-6, 2-6, 2-6, to give KU its only win in the singles competition.
In other singles action, KU's Bill Clark was defeated by John Stubb in 1. No. 1 singles.
COLLIER THEN joined with Joe Russer
him 3 doubles team to defeat their OU
opponent.
6-4, 6-2. Clarke had defeated Staub in
Kalamazoo City earlier this season, 7-4, 6-1.
Mark Hosking playing No. 2, singles,
showed signs of shaking his slump when he
 took his match with Brian Crozier to three
sets before being defeated, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6.
Coach Kirkland Gates was optimistic about Hosking's play.
"MARK'S FINALLY out of his slump."
Gates said. "He played well and I am hopeful he will be able to reach his peak for the Right飞."
The Big Eight Tournament is scheduled for May 19-21 at Oklahoma City.
season record is 15-11.
The Jayhawk team Nebraska here tomorrow afternoon.