UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, January 16, 1996
3B
Women's swimmers upset conference foe
Andy Rullestad/KANSAN
Kansas senior diver Michelle Roijoh prepares to break the water's surface Friday night against No. 9 Nebraska
By Evan Blackwell Kansan sportswriter
Kansas men's and women's swimmers entered last weekend's meet staring their Big Eight Conference rival Nebraska right in the eye. Kansas didn't blink
The No. 15 Kansas women overcame the No. 9 Nebraska women's team 162.5 to 137.5 Friday at Robinson Center.
Saturday, the No. 21 Kansas men's team defeated the No. 20 Cornhusker men's team 145-98 but lost to No. 10 Minnesota 139-104.
The meets were the season's final home dates for the Jayhawks. Several seniors turned in winning performances for their final meets in Lawrence.
Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf said the team had learned a great deal from the weekend.
"I see where we need to pick it up and where we need to back off a little." he said.
Senior diver Michelle Rojohn set two new school records, winning both the one- and three-meter diving events. Her scores of 303.45 on the one-meter board and 316.375 on the three-meter board shattered her previous marks of 286.05 and 291.225.
"It means a lot to me," Rojohn said. "My goal at the beginning of the year was to break my record."
Kansas diving coach Don Fearon said the Jayhawks should expect big things from Rojohn for the rest of the season.
semester doesn't mean she can't go out and re-break it," he said.
"Just because she broke her varsity record in the first week of the
The Kansas men were paced by junior Erik Jorgensen, who won both the 50- and 1,000-yard freestyles. Jorgensen's time of 9:14.14 in the 1,000 freestyle was a season best, and it qualified him for the Olympic trials later this year.
Kempf wasn't as pleased with the result of the match against Minnesota.
"I thought we spent more time focused on the wrong team," Kempf said. "We focused so much on Nebraska that we let Minnesota slip away."
Kansas also had victories when senior Rob Putnam won the 200-yard backstroke and then Jorgensen, Brant Peoples, Trent Hartl and Kostaki Chiligiris won in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
For many of the seniors, the last home meet was an emotional experience.
"My family was here, and I wanted to have a good last race here," Putnam said. "The emotions were high."
Rojohn was able to achieve her record-breaking night despite the pressure of the moment.
"I was nervous and a little tear-eyed, because it was the last meet here," she said.
Other event winners for the women were senior Jennifer Peltier in the 1,000- and 500-yard freestyles, senior Donna Christensen in the 100-yard butterfly, junior Rebecca Andrew in the 50-yard freestyle, freshman Adrienne Turner in the 200-yard butterfly, and the 400-yard freestyle relay team.
HONOLULU — With both teams breaking numerous records, the 1995 Jeep-Eagle Alaha Bowl was a high-scoring shoot-out as the Kansas football team defeated UCLA 51-30.
By Robert Sinclair Special to the Kansan
'Hawks faster on the draw
This was exactly what the Jayhawks wanted.
Kansas did just that and was quicker on the ball all afternoon, while it was hit and miss for UCLA. Granted, the Jayhawks had a bit more incentive.
"We felt coming in that if they were going to shoot it out with us, that's the way we'd rather play it," Kansas junior wide receiver Isaac Byrd said. "We didn't want to play a 10-7 ball game, where they come down and kick a field goal to tie us in the fourth quarter. We wanted to put some points on the board and say, 'Catch us.'"
Always having a flair for the dramatics, Kansas football coach Glen Mason saved his best trick for last. And it worked.
As the Jayhawks were preparing to load the busses for Mason's final, the coach shocked everyone by saying he would be returning next year for his ninth season at Kansas rather than taking the job at the University of Georgia. What made the announcement even more emotional was that, unlike his previous announcement, he was able to tell his players face-to-face, in a team meeting, rather than through his offensive coordinator.
After announcing at the beginning of the week that he was leaving to take another head coaching job, Mason no longer was singing "Georgia on My Mind" before the Aloha Bowl.
"I think it got it us a little more motivated." Kansas junior running back June Henley said. "He didn't say why, and I don't care. I'm just glad he's staying."
As a token of his appreciation, Henley helped lead Kansas to victory by scoring two touchdowns and accounting for 148 yards of total offense. However, the running back's performance still wasn't quite good enough to earn most valuable player honors.
That award went to senior quarterback Mark Williams, who played a nearly flawless game. In fact, he was perfect for a quarter, completing all 10 of his first-quarter pass attempts for 110 yards and touchdown. The quarterback finished the game with 18-of-27 pass attempts for 288 yards and 48 yards rushing.
"If I had to say what the difference in the game was, I thought Williams at quarterback was absolutely outstanding," UCLA football coach Terry Donahue said. "He had too many good plays. We couldn't match up with him as an athlete."
For Donahue, the game was especially disappointing, because it was his last as a college football coach. He took an analyst position for CBS, appearing at the Sun Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl.
He did have almost the entire game to prepare himself for defeat, though.
Kansas, on the heels of Mason's announcement, came out strong and marched 72 yards on 11 plays in the game's opening drive. Williams completed all six of his passes, including the scoring strike for nine yards to junior tight end Jim Moore.
The Jayhawks scored twice more in the half for a 17-0 lead at halftime that became 23-0 less than four minutes into the third quarter. With their backs against the wall, the Bruins' offense finally came to life.
UCLA actually won the rest of the game 30-28 as both teams exchanged touchdown after touchdown. Kansas' 51 points,
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