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Coach uncertain after loss of All-Americans Josh Kilner, Issac Byrd
By Harley Ratliff
Kansan sportswriter
With the 1997 baseball season around the corner, Kansas head coach Bobby Randall has several unanswered questions.
At the top of his question list. Who will replace the offense, defense, and leadership supplied by last year's All-Americans Josh Kilner and Isaac Byrd?
"They were two of the greatest players to ever play at the University of Kansas." Randall said. "They
Despite the loss, Randall is optimistic that he has the manpower to fill the void left by Kliner's and Byrd's absence.
meant so much to the team. Their effort gave confidence to the rest of the players."
"Remember, the year before, Kliner and Byrd didn't play that great, but last year they were both tremendous players," Randall said. "Right now, I'm looking for players such as seniors Joe Demarco, Justin Headley and junior Josh Dimmick to create the offense for this season."
Demarco understands that he will be counted on to make a difference.
"We just need to step up and perform to the best of our ability," he said.
Based on last year's statistics, al three appear to possess the capabili ties to put runs on the board.
Last season,
Demarco,
Headley,
and Dimmick
together produced 10 home runs, 148 RBIs,
and 34 multiple RBI games.
Bobby Randall
Outside of Kliner and Byrd, those three players
were the Jayhawks' best offensive threats.
Randall also said he was looking for other players to replace his two
"People like Nick Frank, Les Walrond, Andy Juday, Sparky Wilhelm, and Mike Dean — they've all made improvements," Randall said. "Last year they got some experience. This season they're going to be better ballplayers."
"We lost three starting pitchers from last season, so we brought in eight freshman and a junior college player to fill that gap," Randall said. "We have a lot of unproven players.
All-Americans.
The next question on Randall's list is how his pitching staff will perform.
After last season's pitching woes — in 56 games the staff gave up 497 runs — many uncertainties still remain.
Casey Barret is our only guy with some experience."
Despite the questions, Randall remains positive that his players will come through as the season progresses. He knows that if his team can overcome its inexperience on the field, it has the potential to succeed.
"How well we do will depend on how well we pitch, how well we play and how much we improve," he said. "We must improve every day of the season, from the first to the last."
Still, Randall understands his team has to play hard every game.
"Missouri was picked to be at the bottom of the Big Eight last season," Randall said. "And they won the league championship."
Big 12 increases track rivalries
Tyler Wirken / KANSAN
Kansas runner Amy Cook leads the pack in the women's 600-yard run at the Kansas Invitational. The meet was held Saturday in the Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Coaches confident of latest challenge
By Matt Woodruff
Kansan sportswriter
The competition in this year's track and field indoor season is guaranteed to be intense.
"The Texas men's and women's teams are both very good," said Kansas track coach Gary Schwartz. "A&M has a long history as being about as good as you can be, and Baylor had a guy there by the name of Michael Johnson. It will be a tough confer-
win the comes the addition of a national powerhouse in Texas and several other strong and storied teams at Baylor, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
Schwartz is not the only coach ready for the new opponents.
With the arrival of the Big 12 Conference
with a combined total of 30 Big Eight indoor and outdoor titles, Nebraska has a long tradition of competitive track and field teams. Coach Gary Pepin, the 1994 Big Eight Women's Track Coach of the Year, has plenty of reasons to be optimistic this season.
Steve Lynn, coach of the Iowa State Cyclones, will be hoping to have the same success in his first year of the Big 12 as he
ence with some very strong rivals."
Gary Schwartz Kansas track and field coach
"I'm optimistic," Schwartz said. "We have had one of the best fall semesters of training that we have ever had."
But that doesn't mean that last year's Big Eight Conference coaches are intimidated by the challenge.
did in his first season in the Big Eight, when he was named Big Eight Men's Track Coach of the Year.
"When we won it in 1994 in Nebraska — although it was not our first title — I felt we had come full-circle as a program."
Kansas throuher Kim Feldkamp thinks the new conference will be competitive, but she believes that the
extra competition may be an advantage.
"It will be a tough conference, but I think it will also open up some opportunities," she said. "Maybe Nebraska won't be able to dominate as much with the other schools coming in."
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Jan.25 Tri-Meet Lawrence
Jan.18 Missouri Invite Columbia, Mo.
Jan.11 Kansas Invitational Lawrence, Kan
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Jan.31 Mercantile Bank Invitational Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb.7-8 Husker Invitational Lincoln, Neb.
Feb.14 Kansas State Invite Manhattan, Kan.
Feb.28 NCAA Qualifying meet, TBA or March1
Feb.20-22 Big 12 Championships Lincoln, Neb.
March7-8 NCAA Championships Indianapolis, Ind.
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