The Daily Nebroskan
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 196-7
Mile Provides Rewardpf 1 i E
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I admit it. I was just like
a kid about the whole
thing.
I completely blew my cool
and found myself yelling
"Come on, Jim!" right
along with everyone else. I
yelled and I clapped and
I stood right beside the fin
ish line with my heart
pounding like a kid at his
first carnival.
And Jim Ryun awarded
me with a new intercollegi
ate mile record 3:54.7.
More Than Meet
The Kansas Relays are
more than a track meet.
There is a carnival atmos
phere, this year spiced by
the heralded Glenn Cunn
ingham Mile, which drew
more than 23,000 spectators.
Although there were,
countless outstanding ath
letes doing their stuff from
9:30 Saturday morning,
you could feel the air grow
ing thicker as it approached
2:20 p.m.
"Ryun" was a magic
word, bouncing back and
forth across the crowd like
an errant electrical charge.
Kansas newspapers had
built this one up all week,
and even though four of the
sub-four minute men
brought in to push Ryun
had inexcusably bowed out
by Friday, they came and
payed to see because Ry
un had promised them a
record.
Even the announcer una-
General Rules Told . .
Spring Day Agenda
Includes Six Events
Karen Wendt and Helen
Larsen, co-chairwomen for
Women's Games have an
nounced a six-event agenda
for Spring Day, Friday,
May 5.
The general rules for this
day consist of a $5 entry fee
for each participating orga
nization; no more than two
events per individual;
and a required knowledge of
the game rules by each par
ticipant. The following events will
be scored on a 10-6-3 point
basis for first, second and
third:
The Tug of War will con
sist of two eight-membered,
tennis-shoed teams (with
equal portions of rope, of
course), and will cluminate
when the first person is
pulled into the "Pit".
In the Roller-Skating ob
stacle Race around the
track, marshmallows are
substituted for batons. Each
of the four team members
will face various obstacles
as he "glides" around his
$ egment of the track.
The Pyramid Race will
only take ten seconds. That
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bashedly cried out at 2:15
that it was just five min
utes to the featured event
of the afternoon, and there
was a perceptable differ
ence in the stadium not
a quiet, but a lowering of
voices, and everyone
seemed to be saying
"Don't make this moment
leave, stop the clocks, leave
us here. We have been wait
ing for this, we have
wrapped ourselves in wait
ing and it's a good feeling,
it is beautiful to expect."
But time is as much an
enemy to those who watch
as to those who run against
it, and the runners came
onto the track and were an
nounced slowly, one by one,
giving each one time to trot
twenty yards up the track
to the starting line.
John Lawson, a former
Kansas cross-country star
was there, and so was Ri
chard Romo, the man ex
pected to push Ryun, but
is, after fifteen contestants
make a five-man base,
hands-and-knees pyramid,
they must only hold such a
position ten seconds to win
the heat.
Mystery Events
The only lowdown on the
mysterious couples mys
tery event is that Centennial
costumes are in order.
One person per living unit
may enter the Hay Con
test, which will be identical
to searching for a "to be
designated" object in a hay
stack. Two please have been
made concerning the Hay
Contest. The first is that
there be no unnecessary
roughness; and the second
is that contact-wearers
consider some other event.
Unbreakable bal
loons would certainly be ad
vantageous in the Balloon
Contest. One person from
each organization will have
a balloon tied to the back
of each ankle.
The object is to break the
balloons of all other compe
titors while keeping at least
one of your's intact.
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3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00
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ed when Ryun was an
nounced. He trotted easily
to the line, smiling but not
relaxed but not tense eith
er. Just ready.
On Their Way
Then a gun cracked and
they were on their way, it
was here. Ryun trailed Law
son for the first lap and a
half, which was supposed
to happen; and then it
came over the loudspeak
er: "Ryun takes the lead . . .
he's out by five yards . . .
Ryun leads by ten yards
. . ." Now the crowd was
out there with him, there
was applause and his name
was no longer "Ryun", but
"Jim".
It was "Jim" 23,000 times,
and they were all saying
"Come on Jim, you prom
ised us a record."
"Ryun leads by twenty
Ann Wendell Captures Cowgirl Award
Ann Wendell a freshman
majoring in animal science
outscored last years winner
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RODEO WINNERS . . . Standing from left to right: Sondra Hutchlns, Fort Hays,
barrel racing; Larry Radant, University and John Rothwell not pictured, team rop
ing; John Sennett, University, calf roping; Gary W'eitlaufer, Kearney State, tied for
saddle bronc; and Jane McDowell, University, Rodeo Queen and goat tying. Kneel
ing left to right: Ann Wendell, University, ribbon dogging and all around cowgirl;
Butch Terrell, University, tie for saddle bronc and all around cowboy; and Joe Hed
rick, Fort Hays, Bareback and tie for all around cowboy.
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yards . . ." and 23,000 peo
ple were standing, yelling,
clapping.
AO By Himself
Ryun was all by himself
now, a good 200 yards in
front of Romo. It was his
race, and he brought it
home, not straining, runn
ing beautifully, not lunging
at the tape. He possessed a
beauty and a dignity that
Charlie Greene or Bob
Hayes could never own he
was a miler.
Fifty professional camer
as recorded the finish, but
23,000 memories had cop
ies. Ryun was immediately
deluged with photographers
and reporters and officials
and the crowd shattered
into standing applause.
I am happy. It was one
of the greatest thrills of my
life to watch that race that
wasn't a race. But one thing
about it bothered me then
and still does, and I heard
while I was there from peo
ple who know that it both
ered Ryun, too.
Commercialization
The commercialization of
Jim Ryun. Until this year,
there were no reserved
seats at the Kansas Relays.
This year the entire West
Stadium was reserved. Un
til this year, the price for
any seat was $1.50. This
year reserved seats cost $3
in the afternoon, and $5 for
the entire day;
by one third of a point to be
come the new all around
cowgirl in last week's uni
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PHOTO BY GEORGE KAUFMAN
RYUN RUNNING . . . Kansas miler Jim Ryun (111) lines up at the start with 23,000 spectators watching and
then outruns the rest of the field in his outstanding performance.
versity centennial rodeo.
Miss Wendell won the rib
bon dogging event and
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placed in the other two
events, barrel racing and
goat tying, to take the ro
deo honors.
First Time
This was the first time
that she competed in goat
tying and ribbon dogging
competition.
Miss Wendell said that it
had helped to practice in
the University's rodeo
arena a few weeks before.
She said that their were 16
or 17 girls in each event.
"I plan to compete in the
Fort Hays Rodeo May 5-6
and the Kearney State Ro
deo May 13-14 this spring,"
she added.
Girls Trophy
Thp University won the
girls trophy on a team basis
as they had 28 1-3 points to
beat out Fort Hays with 20
and Kearney State with 14.
Fort Hays took first place
for men on the team basis
with 18 points followed by 14
for Kearney state, 13 for
the University and 8 for
Chadron.
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